Leadership

Board of Directors

Jack Gerard, Chair; American Petroleum Institute

Elmer Doty, Vice Chair; Accudyne

Brad Bondi; Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Susan Hirschmann; Williams & Jensen           

Susan Neely; American Beverage Association

Korie and Willie Robertson; Duck Commander

Russ Sullivan; McGuireWoods LLP

Laura Wheat; Mayor; Town of Westlake, TX

Advisory Council

Sarah Gesiriech, Vice Chair; Faith to Action and 127 Global Strategy

Roy Blunt; U.S. Senator (R-MO)

Ben Cardin; U.S. Senator (D-MD)

Chuck Grassley; U.S. Senator (R-IA)

Jim Inhofe; U.S. Senator (R-OK)

Amy Klobuchar; U.S. Senator (D-MN)

Karen Bass; U.S. Representative (D-CA)

Jim Cooper; U.S. Representative (D-TN) 

Trent Franks; U.S. Representative (R-AZ)

Jim Langevin; U.S. Representative (D-RI)

Brenda L. Lawrence; U.S. Representative (D-MI)

Elizabeth Black; Center for the Support of Families, Inc.

Lucas Boyce; Lucas Boyce Holdings Inc.

Sam Brownback; Governor of Kansas (R-KS)

Lindsay Ellenbogen; George Washington University

Jelani Freeman; Department of Veterans Affairs

Kelly Gage; St. Catherine University

Chip Gardiner; International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers

Rob Geen; Annie E. Casey Foundation

Philip Goldman; Maestral International

​Kerry Marks Hasenbalg, Former Executive Director, CCAI

Daniel Heimpel; Fostering Media Connections

Mary Landrieu;  Former U.S. Senator, Van Ness Feldman

McLane Layton; Equality for Adopted Children

Lisa Martin; The Paul Singer Foundation

Jedd Medefind; Christian Alliance for Orphans

Tracy Wilson Mourning; Honey Shine Mentoring Program

Gary Newton; Independent Consultant and former U.S. Government Special Advisor for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, USAID

Deborah Pryce; Ice Miller Whiteboard LLC

Victoria Rowell; Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan

Rita Soronen; Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Kevin Sullivan; Kevin Sullivan Communications, Inc.