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Meet our 2026 Speakers
and Featured Performers!
2026 MARCH FOR LIFE TESTIMONY SPEAKER
Sarah Hurm
Sarah grew up in Granger, Iowa. She is one of five girls. Sarah started to experiment with living outside of the path she was shown growing up, and she eventually was facing her fourth unplanned pregnancy. It was through her journey of starting a chemical abortion and reversing it that she truly opened her eyes, found the road to redemption and began to understand the immeasurable worth of each person. She now owns her own massage business and is a solo parent to four children.
GRAMMY-NOMINATED, DOVE AWARD-WINNING BAND
Sanctus Real
Sanctus Real is a Grammy®-nominated, Dove Award-winning Christian band known for heartfelt songs like Lead Me, Forgiven, and the RIAA Gold® single Confidence. Since forming in Toledo, Ohio in 1996, they’ve released chart-topping albums, won Modern Rock Album of the Year at the Dove Awards, and earned two Grammy® nominations.
The band is made up of Dustin Lolli (vocals), Chris Rohman (guitar), and Mark Graalman (drums). Together they continue to inspire audiences with honest lyrics, dynamic performances, and a message of faith and hope.
NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMERS
Friends of Club 21
We are proud to announce that the National Anthem at the 2026 National March for Life Rally will be led by the Friends of Club 21 Choir, a chorus of young adults with Down syndrome.
The Friends of Club 21 Choir is a dynamic and inspiring vocal ensemble composed of individuals with Down syndrome and their supporters. As a program of Friends of Club 21, a Colorado-based nonprofit, the choir exists to celebrate and showcase the unique beauty and talent within each participant through the power of music. Friends of Club 21 is committed to changing perceptions and reminding the world that every individual carries God-given gifts worth celebrating. Led by passionate volunteers and music professionals, the choir meets regularly to rehearse and perform songs that inspire joy, build confidence, and strengthen community. More than just a musical group, the Friends of Club 21 Choir stands as a shining example of how music can open hearts, change lives and reveal the incredible potential within every person. The choir is featured annually in Christmas This Year—the organization’s signature holiday production that brings together a vibrant cast of performers and volunteers to share stories of hope, joy, and the true meaning of celebration through music and the arts.
MARCH FOR LIFE PRESIDENT
Jennie Bradley
Lichter
Jennie became President of the March for Life on February 1, 2025. As a longtime Marcher who began attending the National March as a college student in 2001, Jennie is humbled and honored by the opportunity to lead the March for Life. Jennie has wide-ranging legal and policy experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including at the highest levels of the federal government. During the Trump Administration, Jennie served in the White House as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) where she supervised rulemaking and policy efforts implicating a number of federal agencies, and led policy initiatives across the federal government to defend the dignity of life. Prior to her White House service, Jennie worked on policy issues and federal judicial (including Supreme Court) confirmation efforts in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice.
She previously served as in-house counsel for the Archdiocese of Washington. Early in her legal career, Jennie clerked for two federal appeals court judges and was an associate at the international law firm Jones Day. Jennie recently served as the Deputy General Counsel at The Catholic University of America. In addition to her legal work at Catholic University, Jennie also founded and directed The Guadalupe Project, the University’s campus-wide initiative to support and lift up pregnant and parenting students, staff, and faculty.
Jennie graduated from the University of Notre Dame and from Harvard Law School, and earned an M.Phil in Theology & Religious Studies from the University of Cambridge in the UK. She and her husband, Brian, have three young children who love attending the March for Life.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE LOUISIANA, 4TH DISTRICT
Speaker of the House
Mike Johnson
Speaker Mike Johnson is the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Republican member of Congress proudly serving Louisiana’s Fourth District. On October 25, 2023, he was elected unanimously by his House Republican colleagues to serve as the Speaker. After a tenure of less than 6.8 years in the House, Mike was given the honor faster than any person in history except for Speaker John G. Carlisle in 1883, who had previously served for only 6.75 years. He was reelected on January 3, 2025, to continue serving as Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress. As a Member of Congress, he represents the nearly 760,000 residents of 20 parishes in the northwest, northeast, and western regions of his state. Mike was first elected to Congress on December 10, 2016, by the largest margin of victory in his region in more than 50 years and is currently serving in his fifth term in Congress.
Speaker Johnson is a longtime pro-life champion, defending life as a litigator, state legislator, and now as a leader in Congress. Since entering the U.S. House of Representatives, he has voted consistently to defend the lives of the unborn, and as Speaker, has proudly led the House in advancing and passing legislation that protects innocent life.
PRESIDENT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY RIGHT TO LIFE
Elizabeth Pillsbury Oliver
Elizabeth Pillsbury Oliver, from Greenwich, CT, is a senior at Georgetown University majoring in Classics with a concentration in Latin and double minoring in French and Theology. In addition to serving for her third year as President of Georgetown University Right to Life, she is also serving as Senior Director for the Annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference. This summer, Elizabeth had the opportunity to intern in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. She has also completed an internship at the Heritage Foundation in the DeVos Center for Life, Family, and Religion, an experience which has helped her better serve Georgetown’s pro-life efforts. She and her immediate family converted to Catholicism in 2017 and it’s her faith that gives her courage to continue defending life. She loves traveling, swing dancing, singing, and cooking with and for friends and family. She is passionate about strengthening the pro-life message at Georgetown and empowering other students to use their voices for the voiceless. She has aspirations for public service post college.
Shawnte Mallory
Shawnte Mallory is an operations strategist focused on building sustainable, healing-centered systems of care for families and communities by structuring and stabilizing group homes, shelters, and transitional housing programs. A certified Strengthening Families Coach and Peer Support Specialist, Shawnte supports parents, caregivers, and individuals in building resilient family bonds. Her work in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) reflects a commitment to blending evidence-based practices with compassion and lived wisdom, while also working as a substitute teacher with Prince George’s County Public Schools. Shawnte is the founder of LABIR Love and Care and Recovering Minds, organizations that blend shelter services, transitional housing, advocacy, and faith-based support. She is currently studying psychology, further strengthening her ability to serve communities through her lived experiences and academic knowledge.
SENIOR ADVISOR AND SPOKESPERSON, BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION AND SAMARITAN’S PURSE
Cissie Graham Lynch
Cissie Graham Lynch is a senior advisor and spokesperson for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization. She is the daughter of Franklin Graham and the granddaughter of Billy Graham and is raising her three children in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband Corey. She is the host of Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch: Fearless Faith in a Compromising Culture. The podcast features thought-provoking guests and challenging conversations that encourage and equip Christians to grow in their faith and face today’s challenges with confidence. Cissie believes in taking an active stand on political issues that affect conservative values. She has been a voice for family issues—encouraging others to get involved in every level of politics and to fight for the rights of children, women, and the traditional family structure.
HIS GRACE BISHOP IRINEJ, HEAD OF DELEGATION, ASSEMBLY OF CANONICAL ORTHODOX BISHOPS OF THE USA
Bishop Irinej Dobrijević
His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej (Dobrijevic) is the Bishop of Washington-New York and Eastern America for the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Diocese of Eastern America. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he earned a Licentiate in Theology summa cum laude from St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and a Master of Divinity from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York. He currently serves as the Episcopal Patron for the Milosh Obilich Society of Serbian Chivalry and the Centre for the Study of Orthodox Monarchism, both in Belgrade, Serbia; Tennessee Ambassador of Good Will; as well as a Member of The New York Landmarks Conservancy Advisory Board and Sacred Sites Committee.
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEW JERSEY, 4TH DISTRICT
Representative
Chris Smith
Elected in 1980, Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey is currently serving in his 46th year in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A prolific lawmaker, Smith has written more laws than any other member of the House of Representatives.
Chris met his wife, Marie, a fellow leader in the pro-life movement, while working at a college pro-life organization in 1974—they will celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary later this year.
In 1976, Smith became the Executive Director of the New Jersey Right to Life Committee, preparing him to serve years later as the Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, which he has done for over four decades.
Chris is the author of the Smith Amendment, which currently prevents using taxpayer dollars to fund elective abortions through the national Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program. Additionally, he is the author the author of The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act—adopted by the House four times but blocked in the U.S. Senate—which would permanently prohibit taxpayer funding for abortion across all federal programs. He has authored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which, if enacted, will ban abortion at the time a child feels pain.
Last year, Smith authored and introduced HR 2226, the Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025, which would prohibit federal, state and local governments from discriminating against pregnancy care centers because of their life-affirming missions.
Ensuring that the sanctity of life is respected in scientific research, Smith’s law, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act, created the first, comprehensive federally-supported, national network to collect and use umbilical cord blood and adult stem cells for ethical research and treatments, helping to significantly extend the lives of patients with sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, cancers, and other diseases.
Since the early 1980s, Smith has participated in or led nearly every pro-life fight in the House of Representatives, including authoring legislation to ensure that U.S. funding does not go to international organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas. He has also championed legislation to ban U.S. contributions to the United Nations Population Fund because of its complicity in China’s coercive forced abortion/birth control policy.
Smith is renowned for his legislative efforts in combating human trafficking. He is the author of the United States’ landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000—the comprehensive, historic law designed to prevent modern-day slavery, protect victims, and enhance civil and criminal penalties against traffickers both within the U.S. and around the world.
CEO OF OPTIONS FOR HER
Debbie Biskey
Debbie Biskey has served in the pro-life movement since 2017, driven by both professional experience and personal redemption. After experiencing the pain and loss of abortion herself, Debbie found healing, freedom, and restoration through her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Her personal journey fuels a deep calling to help women facing unplanned pregnancies and to see babies’ lives protected. Debbie believes pro-life work is about walking with women in their most vulnerable moments—offering compassion, truth, and hope so they can choose life for their baby.
Debbie leads a life-saving ministry dedicated to helping women and saving babies throughout Southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia region. Every day, Options for Her meets women facing unexpected pregnancies with medical care, practical support, and unconditional compassion—empowering and educating women with facts and truth so they choose life and giving their babies a chance to be born.
Through three medical office locations and two mobile medical units and a third one on the way, Options for Her provides pregnancy testing, ultrasound, counseling, education, and material assistance at no cost. These services ensure women are fully supported—emotionally, physically, and spiritually—so no woman feels alone or pressured toward abortion. At the heart of the mission is a commitment to saving babies by helping women choose life, while also offering the hope of the Gospel and a path forward for both mother and child.
