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Leonard A. Leo, Chair

Executive Vice President of the Federalist Society

Appointed by:
Hon. Mitch McConnell (R)
Senate Minority Leader 

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Dr. Don Argue, Vice Chair

Chancellor, Northwest University

Appointed by:
Hon. Harry Reid (D)
Senate Majority Leader

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Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou, Vice Chair

Associate Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University

Appointed by:
Hon. Nancy Pelosi (D)
House Majority Leader

Dr. Azizah al Hibri, Commissioner

Appointed by:
Barack Obama
President

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Felice D. Gaer, Commissioner

Director, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights; The American Jewish Committee

Appointed by:
Barack Obama
President

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Dr. Richard D. Land, Commissioner

President, Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

Appointed by:
Hon. Mitch McConnell (R)
Senate
Minority Leader

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William Shaw, Commissioner

Immediate Past President of the National Baptist Convention, USA. Inc. and Pastor of White Rock Baptist Church in Philadelphia

Appointed by:
Barack Obama
President

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Nina Shea, Commissioner

Director of the Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute

Appointed by:
Hon. John Boehner (R)
Speaker of the House

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Ted Van Der Meid, Commissioner

 

Appointed by:
Hon. John Boehner (R)
Speaker of the House