Point of View Co-Host, Penna Dexter frequently sits in as guest host for Kerby Anderson. Her weekly commentaries air on the Bott Radio Network. Penna’s heart is in educating and encouraging Christian...

Erin Davis Valdez is a policy analyst for Next Generation Texas. Before joining TPPF, Erin was a program manager at the Charles Koch Foundation, where she served on the Educational Partnerships team....

Erin Davis Valdez is a policy analyst for Next Generation Texas. Before joining TPPF, Erin was a program manager at the Charles Koch Foundation, where she served on the Educational Partnerships team. She has been passionate about the transformational power of education all her life, having been given the gift of being homeschooled. She taught for over a decade in Austin-area schools and served as an assistant principal at a charter school in Lewisville. These experiences have given her the opportunity to see first-hand how students can thrive when they have excellent options. Erin earned a B.A. in classical studies from Hillsdale College a master of arts in classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She enjoys cooking, audiobooks, and spending time with her family, friends, and dog, Buckley.

Jonathan Scruggs serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Scruggs leads the team defending the constitutionally pro...

Jonathan Scruggs serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Scruggs leads the team defending the constitutionally protected freedom of creative professionals to live out their faith in business and professional life without being subjected to government coercion, discrimination, or punishment. Since joining ADF in 2006, Scruggs has worked on and prevailed in a variety of cases that protect the right of people to freely express their faith in their school, in their business, and in the public square. Scruggs earned his J.D. at Harvard Law School in 2006. Before graduating from law school, he completed the Alliance Defending Freedom leadership development program to become a Blackstone Fellow. A member of the bars of Arizona and Tennessee, he is also admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal district and appellate courts.

Dr. Sullins is Senior Research Associate of the Ruth Institute and Retired Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of America. He has written four books and over 150 scientific journal arti...

Dr. Sullins is Senior Research Associate of the Ruth Institute and Retired Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of America. He has written four books and over 150 scientific journal articles, book chapters and research reports on issues of faith and culture, among which are “Is Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse related to Homosexual Priests?” (National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Winter 2019); "Sample Errors Call Into Question Conclusions Regarding Same-Sex Married Parents" (Demography (2017) 54:2375-2383),“Invisible Victims: Delayed Onset Depression among Adults with Same-Sex Parents" (Depression and Research Treatment, Sept 2016)”, "Emotional Problems among Children with Same-sex Parents: Difference by Definition." (British Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science 7(2):99-120 (February 2015), "The Unexpected Harm of Same-Sex Marriage."(British Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science (August 2015), available via Pubmed or at http://ssrn.com/author=2097328. Formerly Episcopalian, Dr. Sullins is a married Catholic priest. He earned his PhD. at Catholic University and taught there until his retirement. He and his wife Patricia have an inter-racial family of three children, two adopted.

ACRU Vice President of Public Policy Kerri (Houston) Toloczko is a public policy analyst and expert in coalition building, issue advocacy, and research on domestic and international issues. She is a...

ACRU Vice President of Public Policy Kerri (Houston) Toloczko is a public policy analyst and expert in coalition building, issue advocacy, and research on domestic and international issues. She is also a Senior Fellow at Frontiers of Freedom and the Institute for Liberty and previously was Director of External Relations for Texas based Institute for Policy Innovation. She previously served as Senior Policy Director for Florida Senator Rick Scott’s Conservatives for Patients’ Rights. Appointed in 2004 by then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Ms. Toloczko was a Commissioner on the Congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. She is also the proud Army Mom of Lt. Connor Houston, currently posted in Vicenza, Italy.

Kayla Stoecklein is an advocate for those confronting mental illness. When she isn’t busy raising her three young boys, you can find her on the beach, sipping an iced coffee and searching for little g...

Kayla Stoecklein is an advocate for those confronting mental illness. When she isn’t busy raising her three young boys, you can find her on the beach, sipping an iced coffee and searching for little glimpses of heaven on earth. Join her at www.kaylastoecklein.com and on Instagram @kaylasteck. Fear Gone Wild, available nationwide September 8, 2020, is her first book.