Reverend Dean Nelson is a minister and executive leader who currently serves as Vice President-Government Relations for Human Coalition, a pro-life nonprofit committed to an audacious mission: transform our culture of death into a culture of life—to end abortion in America. He is chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a grassroots organization that brings the sanctity of free markets and limited government ideas to bear on some of the greatest problems facing our nation. Nelson is also the chairman of the Douglass Leadership Institute which, educates, equips, and empowers faith leaders to embrace and apply biblical principles to life and in the marketplace. Nelson was recently appointed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to the Board of Visitors for the University of Mary Washington. In 2018, he was appointed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to serve on the Congressional Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission whose mission was to honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass. Nelson previously served as Executive Director for various nonprofits and has spoken to and worked with a diverse array of groups including Prison Fellowship, SCLC, and TeenPact Leadership Schools. He has appeared on and been published in a variety of media outlets, including MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, Christian Post, CBN and EWTN. Nelson graduated from the University of Virginia where he majored in Rhetoric and Communication. He is a licensed minister from Salem Baptist Church and an ordained bishop with Wellington Boone Ministries. Nelson and his wife Julia homeschooled their three children.