President and founder of the nonprofit Institute for Youth Development, which promotes a risk avoidance message that includes sexual abstinence.

Offers research and more at its Web site. Valerie Huber is executive director.

Bernard Schlager is executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, described as “the only Center for LBGTQ issues and religion established by a seminary or school of religion in the world.” Affiliated with the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., it has held conferences for LGBT religious leaders.

An obstetrician/gynecologist, is founder and chairman of the nonprofit Medical Institute for Sexual Health, which worked on pro-abstinence programs with the Bush administration and faith-based groups.

W. George Scarlett is assistant professor of child development at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. He was an editor of the Encyclopedia of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence.

Ronald William Nelson is a Kansas family lawyer who is chairman of the custody committee of the American Bar Association’s family law section.

Lynne Marie Kohm is John Brown McCarty Professor of Family Law at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Va. Kohm describes herself as “dedicated to family restoration through the application of Christian legal principles.” She also has a blog called Family Restoration.

Vice president of Entertainment Media Partnerships for the Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent organization that researches health care issues and policies. With the Entertainment Media Partnerships, the foundation partners with media organizations to develop public education campaigns on a variety of health issues, especially reaching young people with information about HIV and other sexually transmitted […]

Chitra Panjabi is the president and chief executive officer of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. For all media inquiries, contact Kristina Romines, SIECUS Policy and Communications Coordinator.