2026 Speakers Phil Adams, Pastor, Park Community Church, Illinois Amy Andrus, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Orit Avishai, Professor of Sociology, Fordham University, New York Eric S. Baxter, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. William P. Benac, Co-founder, Dallas Fort Worth Alliance for Religious Freedom Betsy Bennion, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Elizabeth Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU Ram A. Cnaan, Professor and Program Director, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, Pennsylvania Erin Cranor, Associate University Counsel, Continuing Education, Brigham Young University Robert M. Daines, General Authority Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Derringer Dick, Strategic research associate, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Gary Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University W. Cole Durham, Jr., Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, United States of America Paul S. Edwards, Director, Wheatley Institute Allyson Egbert, President of Las Vegas Alliance of Religious Freedom and Human Dignity, United States Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, Associate Professor of African American Religious History, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, Tennessee Stacey Michelle Floyd-Thomas, Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Tennessee Steven K. Green, Professor of Law, Willamette University, Oregon Mark David Hall, Professor, Regent University, Virginia Ari Hart, Senior Rabbi, Skokie Valley Synagogue, Illinois Byron R. Johnson, Distinguished Professor, Baylor University, Texas Paul Kerry, Professor of History and Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University David G. Latimore, Director, Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary Barbara A. McGraw, Professor and Center Director, Saint Mary’s College of California Shannon Price Minter, Vice-President of Legal, National Center for LGBTQ Rights Bob Roberts, Cofounder, Multi-Faith Neighbors Network; President, Institute for Global Engagement Melissa Rogers, Distinguished Scholar in Faith, Law, and Public Policy, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, North Carolina Imam Sulaiman Salaam, Imam, Al Haqq Islamic Center, Missouri Gene Schaerr, Managing Partner, Schaerr Jaffe LLP Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU Colleen A. Sheehan, Academic Council Member, Jack Miller Center; Professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University Hannah Clayson Smith, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Karen Taliaferro, Associate Professor of Humanities, Hamilton School Byron Thomas, Senior Pastor, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Georgia Robert L. Woodson Sr., Founder and President, Woodson Center; Founder, 1776 Unites and Voices of Black Mothers United
