Alliance Defending Freedom Leadership Team

Chapman Cox is Chairman of the governing board of Alliance Defending Freedom.  He brings to this position leadership experience in the legal profession, public service, corporate management, and trustworthy stewardship.

Mr. Cox was born in Ohio, and attended public schools in Indiana, Colorado, and California.  He earned a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.  After graduate school, he served for three years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, including combat duty in Vietnam.  During his civilian professional career, he continued to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a colonel.

Upon returning from Vietnam, Mr. Cox entered the private practice of law in California and Colorado. He was the managing partner of Sherman & Howard (a multi-state law firm), an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School, and a member of the board of governors of the Colorado Bar Association.  He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a former member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security.

In the administration of President Reagan, Mr. Cox served as assistant secretary of the Navy (first term) and as general counsel of the Department of Defense (second term).  He received two Distinguished Public Service Medals from the Department of Defense, and a Distinguished Public Service Medal from the Department of the Navy.  Later, as a private citizen, he served as a member of the Defense Policy Board. 

Following public service, Mr. Cox held senior executive positions with two multinational corporations.  He was president and chief executive officer of United Service Organizations, Inc. and senior vice president of Lockheed Martin IMS.

Throughout his career, Mr. Cox has contributed a significant portion of his time to community service.  He served as president of the Ladies Relief Society of Denver, as chairman of the Colorado Commission on Space Science and Industry, and as a loaned executive to United Way International.  He is a former board member of United Service Organizations, Inc., Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra, Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation, The Fund for American Studies, Freedoms Foundation, New Covenant Trust Company, Presbyterian Lay Committee, Manhattan Initiative, and Army Navy Club of Washington, DC.  He is currently independent trustee of several private trusts.

From young adulthood, Mr. Cox has been committed to his faith in Jesus Christ as the incarnation of God’s Word.  He is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church and has served a wide range of local, regional and national activities, both within the denomination and in other faith-based organizations.

Mr. Cox is the husband of Jeannette Korody Cox of Anchorage, Alaska, who is a professional musician and art historian.  They have two sons and five grandchildren.

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Edward Christie, Jr., is the senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer for Caring People Alliance, where he has served since 2005. Caring People Alliance, an affiliate of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, is one of the Philadelphia region’s top 10 non-profit organizations, as noted by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The agency services an estimated 18,200 low-income individuals and families each year, as well as 23,000 members of the community through Child Care Information Services (CCIS). With an annual organization budget exceeding $115 million, Christie provides direct financial and operational management for the alliance’s Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Internal Technology, and CCIS Programs.

Christie currently serves as treasurer of the Alliance Defending Freedom Board of Directors. Prior to becoming a member of the Alliance Defending Freedom Board of Directors in 2009, Christie was the vice president and chief financial officer for the national headquarters of the United Way system. United Way of America has 1,400 affiliates, with total annual revenues of over $4 billion. Christie’s responsibilities included providing United Way stakeholders with financial information, planning, and advice, as well as organizing the annual operating budgeting process and making timely and accurate reports to agencies and vendors. He chaired the system’s financial issues committee (comprised of senior financial professionals from member organizations) and was an active member of the board of directors of the United Way subsidiary Sales Service America.

Christie also served as COO/CFO for the United Service Organizations (USO) for seven years, where he managed overseas/U.S. operations, budgeting and finances, internal auditing, entertainment programs, and human resources. Prior to the USO, Christie worked as a turnaround consultant to the Baltimore Red Cross, which led to a full-time assignment as deputy executive director of administration/CFO to implement his recommendations for improved cash flow requirements. He spearheaded the merger of the blood services operation at the Washington, D.C., Red Cross into the Baltimore Red Cross.

Christie and his wife, Mary Alice, call Berwyn, Pennsylvania, home. They have three daughters and seven grandchildren. Christie also holds memberships with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Society of CPAs, and is the treasurer/board member of his homeowners association. He completed his B.S. in accounting at Stonehill College in Massachusetts and completed several graduate-level courses in finance at Adelphi University in New York.

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Marjorie Dannenfelser is president and chairman of the board of the Susan B. Anthony List, a national organization dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. As president, Marjorie directs the mission of Susan B. Anthony List, is the chief strategist, and serves as its primary spokeswoman. Under her leadership, the organization has grown to over 280,000 members and activists nationwide.

Since its founding, the organization’s connected political action committee, the nonpartisan Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, has helped elect 75 pro-life candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives, seven to the U.S. Senate, and seven to other statewide offices across the country. During the 2008 election, she co-founded Team Sarah, a national community of supporters and spokeswomen dedicated to advancing the values represented by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Marjorie has represented the Susan B. Anthony List on Fox News (“The O’Reilly Factor,” “Real World with Neil Cavuto,” “America’s Newsroom”), CNN, CBN, and EWTN. She often appears on both regional and national radio shows, including Janet Parshall’s America, Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo, The Fred Thompson Show, and the Bob Dutko Show. She is a regular contributor on pro-life political issues to national radio news services like Focus on the Family Radio, American Family Radio, and Salem Radio News. Her commentaries have appeared around the country and have been published in The Weekly Standard, National Catholic Register, the Washington Times, National Review Online, Townhall.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Washington Examiner. Marjorie has been profiled in the Washington Post Style Section, WORLD Magazine, and NewsMax Magazine.

Prior to launching the Susan B. Anthony List, Marjorie served on Capitol Hill as staff director of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus. Previous to her work on Capitol Hill, she worked at the Heritage Foundation. She is originally from North Carolina, and is a graduate of Duke University. Marjorie lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband Marty and their five children, ages 8-17.

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Nathan Estruth is the vice president of Procter & Gamble FutureWorks and a former marketing manager for Procter & Gamble China. He is also a long-term marketing, strategy, and operations executive in business and public policy venues.

His interest in Alliance Defending Freedom was most influenced by the first-hand account of a particular Alliance Defending Freedom religious liberty case. He presently chairs the Programs and External Relations Committee.

His service to other boards, non-profit groups, and the local community includes Cincinnati's United Cerebral Palsy (board member), Legacy, and Common Sense Ohio. He is also a church elder and volunteer advisor for Pregnancy Care of Cincinnati.

Estruth and his family reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a graduate of UCLA, B.A. Political Science.

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Mark Maddoux is the former president, CEO, and co-founder of the USA Radio Network, vice president and chief financial officer for International Christian Media, and former head of research and development for Gelato of Texas.

A member of the Alliance Defending Freedom Board of Directors since 1994, Maddoux currently serves as secretary and member-at-large. His interest in Alliance Defending Freedom was most influenced by the need to preserve religious freedom and the ministry’s commitment to win.

His service to other boards, non-profit organizations, and the local community include the USA Radio Network, Boy Scouts of America, and Point of View (advisor). He is also the recipient of nine Katie awards and the National Religious Broadcasters Media Award for "Best Radio News Format."

Maddoux and his family reside in Denton, Texas. He is a graduate of Texas A&M, where he earned a B.S. in food science and technology.

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Tom Minnery is senior vice president of Government and Public Policy for Focus on the Family.

A founding member of the Alliance Defending Freedom Board of Directors and former chairman of the board, Minnery currently serves as member-at-large. His interest in Alliance Defending Freedom was most influenced by what he believes is the need to reclaim the court system for Christian moral principles.

Minnery is a former senior editor of Christianity Today magazine and Capitol Hill correspondent for Gannett News Service. His service to other boards, non-profit organizations, and the local community includes Regent University School of Government Board of Visitors, and local political campaigns. He has been a church elder for many years and the recipient of several recognition awards from local civic and church groups.

Minnery and his family reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a B.A. in journalism, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he earned an M.A. in religion.

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Dale Nabb is the former CEO of SmithKline Clinical Laboratories. He retired after 25 years of service and is now CEO of Condor Equities, a finance company. He also owns and manages a pre-owned car business.

A member of the Alliance Defending Freedom Board of Directors since 1997, Nabb is currently member-at-large and oversees audit and compensation issues. His interest in the ministry was motivated by the late Larry Burkett, the head of Christian Financial Ministries and an Alliance Defending Freedom founder.

His service to other boards, non-profit organizations, and the local community includes the Elachee Nature Science Center, and North Georgia Christian School.

Nabb and his family reside in Gainesville, Georgia. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical chemistry.

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Charles W. Pickering, Sr., is senior counsel at the Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz law firm and is also a Gideon, a member of the Mission Mississippi Board of Directors, and the former president of Mississippi Baptists. He began his private law practice in 1961, and in October 1990, former President George H.W. Bush appointed him U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, where he served 13 years. Eleven months after his recess appointment from President George W. Bush in January 2004, Pickering retired as an appellate judge from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Prior to becoming a member of the Alliance Defending Freedom Board of Directors in 2008, Pickering served on the faculty for the Blackstone Legal Fellowship in 2007 and 2008. His passion as a former judge to see our Constitution restored to its original intent piqued his interest in Alliance Defending Freedom, which he sees as leading the way toward reaching this goal.

Pickering was the county prosecuting attorney for Jones County, Mississippi, for four years, served in the Mississippi State Senate for eight years, was chairman of the Republican Party in Mississippi, and emerged as the Republican nominee for attorney general of the state. He also became the first chairman of the Jones County Economic Development Authority, and co-chaired the governor's commission to establish a civil rights museum in Mississippi. Pickering served as vice-chairman of the Southern Baptist Peace Committee, which he was instrumental in creating. He authored Supreme Chaos: The Politics of Judicial Confirmation and the Culture War, and A Price Too High: The Judiciary in Jeopardy. Pickering appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes; Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity & Colmes; MSNBC's Scarborough Country; Court TV's Catherine Crier Live; PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer; CSPAN's Washington Journal; Focus on the Family; and Janet Parshall's America.

Pickering and his family reside in Laurel, Mississippi, where he has taught Sunday school at First Baptist Church for more than 40 years. He has served his church in many capacities, including chairman of the deacons. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, and helped create the Institute for Racial Reconciliation there in 1999. Pickering graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and received an honorary doctorate from William Carey University, where he serves on the board of trustees.

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John F. Rogers is the chief operating officer for U.S. Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru), and has served the organization for more than 32 years. He is also the chief of staff in the Office of the President.

Rogers’ interest in serving was motivated by his commitment to defending the rights and privileges of people of faith, along with forging a stronger partnership between Campus Crusade for Christ and Alliance Defending Freedom.

Rogers is a board member of Randolph Productions, Inc.

A graduate of Western Illinois University, where he earned a B.A. in political science, Rogers and his family reside in Orlando, Florida.

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Terry Schlossberg is the renewal advisor for the Presbyterian Coalition and immediate past chairman of the board for the Institute on Religion and Democracy. She has been an ardent pro-life advocate for decades and has supported Alliance Defending Freedom in this area of litigation for years.

Prior to becoming a member of Alliance Defending Freedom Governing Board of Directors in 2010, Schlossberg worked to promote fidelity and chastity in church leadership by serving with the Presbyterian Coalition as coordinator for the Campaign to Defeat Amendment B. Prior to that, she served as the Presbyterian Coalition’s executive director after nearly two decades as executive director of Presbyterian Pro-Life, Research, Education, and Care, Inc. Before beginning her career in the ministry, she was a secondary public school teacher and supervisor of special education programs for more than a decade.

Schlossberg has been long-established as a leader and authority on key religious and social issues. Her previous board service includes appointments with Presbyterian Action for Faith and Freedom, the Presbyterian Renewal Network, the National Pro-Life Religious Council, the Association for Church Renewal, The National Association of Evangelicals, and SEN—a mission organization based in Slovakia serving Eastern Europe. Schlossberg also served on the advisory board for Theology Matters, Presbyterians Pro-Life, and OneByOne. She co-authored Not My Own: Abortion and the Marks of the Church—which made the Christianity Today “Top 20 Books of the Year” list—and has had articles and materials on church reform published in First Things, Touchstone, Theology Matters, Presbyterian Layman, Presbyterian Pro-Life News, and various publications of the Presbyterian Coalition.

Schlossberg and her husband, Herb, who is a writer, live in the Washington, D.C., area, where she serves as an elder at National Presbyterian Church. She earned her M.A. at The George Washington University; received her B.A. from Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota; and attained certification as a supervisor of special education programs in the state of Pennsylvania.

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