David Platt

David Platt is pastor of McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C. and the founder of Radical (radical.net). He holds a Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has previously served as the president of the International Mission Board. He has contributed to several volumes in the CCEC series (Matthew, Galatians, 1&2 Timothy and Titus, and James) and is the author of Radical, Radical Together, Follow Me, Counter Culture, and Something Needs to Change .

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Marjorie Dannenfelser

Marjorie Dannenfelser is president of Susan B. Anthony List. Over the last three election cycles, SBA List and its super PAC, Women Speak Out, have reached more than 4.6 million voters by visiting voters at their homes to win a pro-life White House and secure a pro-life majority in the U.S. Senate. She served as chair of Donald Trump’s Pro-life Coalition after securing four pro-life commitments from the nominee during the 2016 campaign. Dannenfelser has been published widely including in TIME, The Washington Post, and National Review and profiled by New York Magazine, The Telegraph, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. She is a regular contributor to Fox News, CNN, CBN, EWTN, and NPR, among others. She serves on the board of Alliance Defending Freedom, on Life Perspectives’ Task Force, and was appointed to the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission by Senate Leader McConnell. She was named one of Politico Magazine’s Top 50 Influencers of 2018, Washington Examiner’s top ten “Political Women on the Move,” Newsmax’s top 25 Most Influential Republican Women, and Newsweek’s top ten “Leaders of the Christian Right.” An alumna of Duke University, she and her husband Marty live in Arlington, Virginia, and have five children.

Donna Hutto Edwards

Family, faith and helping others are the core values that Louisiana First Lady Donna Hutto Edwards uses to guide her life. She and Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana’s 56thgovernor, have been serving the people of Louisiana since 2016.Drawing upon her experience and knowledge as a former public school music teacher, she is excited to use her platform to make a difference for kids, families and educators, raise awareness about important issues and connect communities with needed resources and support.As first lady,Donna has created the Louisiana First Foundation, which has a three-fold focus: developing programs that center around educating the “whole child” through Teach MAM (Music, Art and Movement), fighting against human trafficking and building a supportive network to help foster children and parents with government, non-profits, businesses and faith based organizations through Louisiana Fosters. She has also started Virtual Visits with the First Lady, which enables her to interactthrough reading books with students in every corner of the state, No Kid Hungry Louisiana Campaign and Breakfast Challenge to help end childhood hunger inLouisiana.Serving as first lady is an honor and an incredible experience, but without a doubt, her happiest job is being a wife and mother of her and John Bel’s three children –Samantha and son-in-law Jonathan, Sarah Ellen and John Miller. The family lives in Baton Rouge with their three dogs

State Senator Katrina Jackson

Senator Katrina R. Jackson, was born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana. She has beenblessed to work in various areas that offer service to the community and Kingdom ofGod. Senator Jackson is the represents Senate District 34 and is a defender ofLife from the“womb to the tomb”. She believes that the protection of life at every stage is important.She was elected to the legislature in 2011 to represent the constituents of House District16 which covers parts of Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes. After 2 terms in the House,she ran unopposed I 2019 for Senate District 34. Prior to being elected, Senator Jackson received a Bachelor’s degree in Pre-Law andLegal Studies fromthe University of Louisiana at Monroe, and a Juris Doctor degree in2004, from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge.She advocates for Life and in January 2019, was blessed to speak at the National Right toLife March. She advocates around the state of Louisiana and the Country for Life. She is also a practicing attorney and owner of her own law firm, the Law Firm of KatrinaR Jackson.

Elisa Martinez

Elisa Martinez is the founder and Executive Director of New Mexico Alliance for Life,
whose mission is to advocate for better and informed choices for women facing
unplanned or difficult pregnancies. She has been involved in all aspects of the pro-life
movement for over 15 years, serving as former director of the Gabriel Project, a
pregnancy resource center in Albuquerque, and as the co-founder of Sidewalk Advocates
for Life of Albuquerque.
Elisa currently serves as a pro-life advocate, policy analyst and spokesperson. She took
on New Mexico’s pro-abortion Governor and Democrat-controlled legislature by
spearheading a bipartisan statewide coalition that defeated abortion up-to-birth and
infanticide legislation in 2019.
Her organization worked closely with the U.S. Congressional Select Panel on Infant
Lives, in identifying violations of both federal and state laws in the harvesting of infant
body parts for experimentation, which resulted in two criminal referrals.
Elisa is a native New Mexican and she looks forward to the day when New Mexico
ceases to be the late-term abortion capital of the nation, and is instead a pro-life example
for America.
Recently, Elisa announced her candidacy as a Republican for New Mexico’s open U.S.
Senate seat, where she will be a dedicated champion for life.
Websites:
New Mexico Alliance for Life: https://www.nmallianceforlife.org
Website for US Senate: https://www.elisafornm.com

Congressman Steve Scalise

Steve Scalise proudly represents the First Congressional District of Louisiana, stretching from the beautiful Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain and the culturally distinct New Orleans suburbs to the vibrant bayous and wetlands abundant in natural resources. He was elected to Congress in 2008 after serving in the Louisiana State Legislature from 1996-2008. He serves his colleagues as the House Republican Whip, the second highest position in House Republican leadership.
Scalise is a strong leader who upholds the Constitution, advocating for the principles of fiscal discipline, lower taxes, a robust national defense, and conservative values.
From the House repeal of Obamacare, to the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, to the largest pay increase for our troops in nearly a decade, to the historic passage and enactment of the historic Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Scalise is focused on issues that affect Americans the most.
Scalise knows the importance of energy development to Louisiana, and the necessity to achieve American energy dominance. As a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Scalise fights to enact a national energy strategy that increases the supply of American energy through enhanced production and technological innovation to lower prices at the pump and reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
Scalise is effective at working with Republican and Democrat colleagues to pass legislation on issues important to Louisiana. A steadfast defender of Louisiana’s coast, Scalise led the effort in the House to pass the RESTORE Act, which was signed into law in July 2012. The RESTORE Act dedicated the vast majority of Clean Water Act fines from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to coastal restoration. This legislation is widely regarded as the single most significant action taken to restore Louisiana’s coast. Whip Scalise also is a strong supporter of revenue sharing and leads the fight in Washington to protect Louisiana’s GOMESA funding, ensuring that Louisiana has access to the hundreds of millions of dollars dedicated to restoring our coast.
Critically wounded at a Congressional baseball practice on June 14, 2017, Scalise was saved by a heroic response from U.S. Capitol Police Special Agents and Alexandria Police Officers. Scalise fought for his life and returned to Congress, inspiring the nation with his resilience and optimism. Throughout his recovery, he was moved by the outpouring of prayers and support he and his family received from the American people.
A native of Jefferson Parish, Scalise graduated from Archbishop Rummel High School and Louisiana State University, where he earned a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Political Science. Scalise and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Madison and Harrison.

Melissa Ohden

Melissa is the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977, With a Master’s Degree in Social Work, she has worked in the fields of substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence and sexual assault counseling, and child welfare.
Melissa was formerly a College Outreach Speaker with Feminists for Life and is the former Patron of Real Choices Australia. She has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and the Australian Parliament.
Melissa is a regular guest on television and radio programs. She is the author of You Carried Me, A Daughter’s Memoir, which chronicles her reconciliation with her birthmother.
In 2012, Melissa founded The Abortion Survivors Network (ASN). Since ASN’s inception, Melissa has been in contact with over 300 survivors.
Melissa and her husband, Ryan, live in Kansas City, Missouri, with their two daughters, Ava and Olivia.

Catalina Scheider Galinanes

Catalina Scheider Galiñanes is a young Catholic teen with a passion for the pro-life movement. She is 16 years old and is a junior at Oakcrest School in Vienna, Virginia. She has lived in the Washington, D.C. area her entire life with her parents and older brother. Living in the nation’s capital has made it so that politics and government have had an important role in her childhood and adolescence. An exceptional student who enjoys learning, Catalina’s leadership skills extend to many facets of school life. She currently serves as the President of the Oakcrest School Respect Life club, and she organizes and leads a service program for the homeless and the needy. She is an active member of the Oakcrest School Concert Chorus and Liturgical Choir, serves as an editor of the Oakcrest literary magazine, enjoys performing Shakespeare monologues, writing and reading poetry, and has been playing piano for eleven years. She is honored to speak at the March for Life and defend the unborn!

Congressman Chris Smith

Elected in 1980, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton, N.J.) is currently in his 19th two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves residents of the Fourth Congressional District of New Jersey. In the 115th Congress, Mr. Smith, 64, serves as a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and is Chairman of its Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organization Subcommittee. He is Co-Chairman and the highest-ranking House member of both bipartisan House/Senate Commission on the Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), and the bipartisan House/Senate/White House Congressional-Executive Commission on Chine. He also served as “Special Representative” on Human Trafficking for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Previously, he served as Chairman on the Veterans Committee (two terms) and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Human Right and International Operations and the Subcommittee on Africa.

We Are Messengers

Originally from Ireland, We Are Messengers saw their career explode with the release of their self-titled debut album in 2016. The album earned them their first Dove Award nomination for New Artist of the Year and included the Top 5 hits “Everything Comes Alive,” “Magnify” and “Point to You.” In early 2019 the band released the billboard top 10 Honest EP featuring the #1 single “Maybe It’s Ok.” and the current Top 10 single “Power”. This has been a remarkable year with the band winning a K-Love Award for Breakout Single of the Year, completing an arena tour with Toby Mac, bringing their legendary live show to festivals across North America and headlining sold out shows all across the USA and Europe. The sophomore offering from We Are Messengers is scheduled for a January 2020 release.

Jim Daly

Jim Daly is an author and broadcaster, president of Focus on the Family and host of its daily radio broadcast, which is heard by more than 6.6 million listeners a week and has been honored as Program of the Year by the National Religious Broadcasters.

Under his leadership, the ministry has reinvigorated its traditional focus on helping couples build strong marriages and raise healthy, resilient kids. In just the last 12 months, with the help of Focus on the Family, 610,000 couples have built stronger marriages and 697,000 moms and dads built stronger, healthier, and more God-honoring families.

Daly and his wife, Jean, have two sons and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Claire Culwell

Claire Culwell is a twin abortion survivor. Claire met her birth mother in 2009 who told her about her abortion survival and her twin. Claire was adopted into a loving family and says that finding out she survived an abortion that was meant to take her life never changed who she knew she was: wanted, chosen and loved. Claire shares a hopeful message of forgiveness, redemption and truth, exposing the humanity of the unborn baby and how abortion hurts women. She is an internationally known pro-life speaker and soon-to-be author. She has been featured on Fox News, Focus On The Family, and many other media outlets. Claire lives in Austin, TX with her family.

Jeanne F. Mancini

President

@JeanneMFL

Jeanne Mancini was appointed to the role of President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund in the fall of 2012. In this capacity she proudly directs the small non-profit organization committed to restoring a culture of life in the United States, most notably through the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., held on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

Previously Jeanne worked with the Family Research Council (FRC), where she focused on issues related to the inherent dignity of the human person, including abortion, women’s health, and end-of-life issues. Prior to FRC Jeanne worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Secretary. Her federal government experience includes global health policy, as well as domestic and international health care issues. Before working in public policy, Jeanne worked for the Catholic Church in a variety of positions involving educating on life issues, human sexuality, marriage, and family.

Jeanne has made frequent media appearances including interviews on MSNBC, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, and others. Jeanne’s writings have appeared in The New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, the Washington Post and numerous others publications.

Jeanne holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from James Madison University and a Master’s degree in the theology of marriage and family from the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Jeanne resides in northern Virginia with her husband, David.

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Claire Pullen

Administrative Assistant

Pursuing her passion for life, intercultural communication, and people, Claire joined the March for Life in December 2019. Attending the March for Life throughout high school and college, as well as involvement in campus student ministry, helped grow her enthusiasm for supporting a consistent life ethic and respecting life from start to end.

After earning a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in French from Furman University in 2018, Claire pursued a Fulbright Grant to Taiwan where she taught English in a rural elementary school.

Claire is excited by the opportunity for adventure and is a lover of all things outdoors. Most of her free time is spent with friends, playing guitar, going for long walks, or listening to podcasts.

Mackenzie Rodgers

Grassroots Project Manager

Mackenzie joined the March for Life in December 2019 as a Grassroots Project Manager, and is excited to contribute to the organization that she remembers fondly in some of her earliest childhood memories.

She graduated in 2017 from Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus with a degree in Communications. During her 3+ years living in Spain, she was heavily invested in leading with her campus ministry team and volunteering with the homeless in Madrid. She lived with a host family in order to become fluent in the language, and loved every second of her time traveling abroad.

Mackenzie worked in Marketing for 2 and a half years at Atlantis, but ultimately realized she wanted to direct her professional efforts towards impacting the pro-life movement. In her free time, she enjoys traveling to new Spanish cities, engaging in lively theological and political debate, and watching her 14 (and counting) nieces and nephews grow up.

Caleb Nei

Jazz musician

Caleb Nei is a pianist from Winchester who can be found somewhere in Northern Virginia playing jazz on most weekends. He loves playing solo piano and in small combo situations. He finds great joy in making a moment memorable in a way only live music can. He has a music degree from Huntington University in Indiana and has studied jazz at Shenandoah University. He’s the graphic designer for the Sono Luminus record label and is the Worship Arts Director at Emmaus Church in Berryville. If all this isn’t enough, he’s married with three kids!  

Charlotte Pence

Speaker

Charlotte Pence is the  New York Times best-selling author of  Marlon Bundo’s  A Day in the Life of the Vice President  and, most recently,  Marlon Bundo’s A Day in the Nation’s Capital. Her first solo book,  Where You Go: Life Lessons from My Father (Center Street) was released in October 2018 and reveals lessons her father, Vice President Mike Pence, has taught her. Through favorite memories from childhood and vivid moments captured on the campaign trail, like the times she helped her dad prepare for debates, Charlotte offers a compelling story of love, hope, and how to overcome adversity.
She is a current contributor to  Lightworkers.com  and her work has been published in  The Washington Times,  Glamour  magazine and featured in  US Weekly, among other major media outlets. A graduate of DePaul University with a BA in Digital Cinema Screenwriting and English, Charlotte contributed writing and production skills to the Emmy  Award-winning  documentary  Fleeced  (WFYI Productions). Charlotte currently attends Harvard Divinity School where she is a candidate for a Masters in Theological Studies, with an emphasis on religious themes in literature and culture.

Angelica Park

Speaker

Angelica is a 4.1 GPA senior at Claudia Taylor Johnson High School in San Antonio Texas and a member of the prestigious Voelker Biomedical Academy with dreams of becoming a doctor in the field of pediatric oncology. She is the founder of her very own 501c, ‘THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOUNDATION,’ where she in the past year has raised over $42,000 for Pediatric Cancer and pediatric patients. In 2018, Angelica Park was crowned Miss San Antonio’s Outstanding Teen, where she was awarded over $9,000 in scholarships. She has performed and worked with numerous nonprofit organizations, such as The American Cancer Society, Eva Longoria’s ‘Eva’s Hero’s’, The Special Olympics, The Make A Wish Foundation, The American Heart Association, and The Children’s Miracle Network, to name a few. Most recently, the World Series Champion Houston Astros, asked this 17-year-old to sing the National Anthem, further confirming her dedication to celebrate America. Miss Park is a devout conservative and prolife Christian with a deep love for God, family, children and President Trump. Her greatest honor will be January 23rd and 24th, when she will stand before her fellow teens at the March for Life Youth Rally and speak of her passion for life and the strength of women in America today. She will proudly perform our National Anthem for thousands of prolife believers at our MARCH FOR LIFE in Washington D.C. 2020, where she, along with her peers will proclaim that they are the pro-life generation.

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Dr. William Hogan

Pro-Life Legacy Award, Guest of Honor

Dr. Bill Hogan began his medical career as an OBGYN in the 1960s, placing the loving care for expectant mothers and babies at the heart of everything he did, both inside and out of his practice. From serving women with crisis pregnancies in his medical practice to defending the Human Life Amendment before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dr. Hogan has fully exemplified the spirit of the pro-life movement. For this reason, the March for Life is honored to present Dr. William Hogan with the inaugural Pro-Life Legacy Award.

Sister Bethany Madonna

Rose Dinner 2020 Keynote Speaker

Sister Bethany Madonna entered the Sisters of Life in 2007. While attending the University of Central Florida, she had a profound encounter with the Lord, which drew her heart toward the vulnerable unborn and their mothers. After her graduation in 2006, she worked for the Respect Life Office for the Diocese of Orlando before joining her religious community. She made her final vows in 2015 and currently lives at the community’s Motherhouse, serving as the Vocation Director. She loves sharing the message of life and love.

Katie Yoder

Moderator

Katie Yoder is the content manager for National Review Online and a columnist for Townhall and CatholicVote.org.