The Rev. Jen Butler is the founder and former CEO of Faith in Public Life, a progressive, faith-based organization that advocates for policies on immigration, LGBTQ rights and other issues. She is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and previously served as chairwoman of the White House Council on Faith and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Katayoun Kishi is a research associate with Pew Research Center. She leads the center’s annual exploration of restrictions on religious practice around the world.  Arrange interviews through Anna Schiller.

Kristina Arriaga de Bucholz is a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. She previously served as an adviser to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

Johnnie Moore is a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He also serves as an informal spokesperson for President Donald Trump’s group of evangelical advisers.

Michael Wear is chief strategist for the AND Campaign, a Christian organization aimed at building a healthier political culture. He is the author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America.  Wear served as faith outreach director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

Sarah M. Levin is the director of governmental affairs for the Secular Coalition for America. She is one of the coordinators of a national effort to form a voting bloc of religious “nones.”

Susan Katz Miller is an author and journalist who has written widely about multiple religious belonging. In 2013, she published Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family. Her book The Interfaith Family Journal was published in 2019.

Ellen Davis is the senior vice president for research and strategic initiatives for the National Retail Federation, which studies spending related to winter holidays.

Rick Potts is a paleoanthropologist who leads the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. He’s worked to ease evolution-related conflict between scientists and people of faith. Contact through the press office at 202-633-2950.