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D. Michael Lindsay thanks the following leaders for participating in phase one of his multi-year research project on public leaders. Interviews with these leaders provided the core data for Faith in the Halls of Power, which was released by Oxford University Press in 2007.

To quickly find an individual leader, click on the letter of the person's last name below.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Thomas G. Addington

Cornerstone Consulting

John Aden

Mac Tools; Wal-Mart

Roberta and Howard Ahmanson

Fieldstead and Company

David Aikman

Author and Journalist;

Senior Fellow, Trinity Forum

Chuck Allen

North American Mission Board

Claude A. Allen

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; Deputy Secretary, Health and Human Services

J. Brady Anderson

Administrator, United States Agency for International Development

Leith Anderson

National Association of Evangelicals; Wooddale Church

Robert C. Andringa

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

Victor Anfuso

Christian Copyright Licensing Inc. (CCLI)

Guy Anthony

Stentor; Intel

Richard K. Armey

Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives

William L. Armstrong

U.S. Senator

Ronald Austin

Mission Impossible, Charlie’s Angels, Hawaii Five-O, The Father Dowling Mysteries

Jim Awtrey

CEO, Professional Golfers Association of America

James A. Baker, III

Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, White House Chief of Staff

Dennis Bakke

AES, Imagine Schools

Stephen Baldwin

Actor

Jeff Barneson

The United Ministry at Harvard; InterVarsity

Dean Batali

Co-executive producer, That 70s Show

Janet and Lee Batchler

Batman Forever;

 Smoke and Mirrors

Mariam Bell

The Wilberforce Forum

Marc Belton

General Mills

George Bennett

State Street Investment Corporation

Matt Bennett

Christian Union

Monty Bennett

Remington Hotel Corporation

Mark Berner

SDG Resources

Brian Bird

Writer and Producer

Ronald Blue

Christian Financial Professionals Network

Edith L. Blumhofer

Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals

David Bock

World Bank, I-trax

Pat Boone

Entertainer

Terry Botwick

CBS Entertainment; Thunderpoint Studios

Sandra Bowden

Christians in the Visual Arts

Jonathan Boyd

Emerging Scholars Network

William G. “Jerry” Boykin

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

John Brandon

Apple Computers, Inc.

William K. Brehm

SRA International Inc.; Asst. Secretary of Defense

Frank Brock

Covenant College

Clayton Brown

Clayton Brown & Associates

Dan Bryant

Assistant U.S. Attorney General

Eric Bryant

Mosaic

Bob Buford

Buford Television;

The Buford Foundation;

 Leadership Network

Phil Burgess

The Clapham Institute

Doug Burleigh

Young Life

George H.W. Bush

President of the United States

Jamie Bush

Boston Fellowship

Howard Butt

Leadership Laity Forum

Gaylen Byker

Calvin College

Tony Campolo

Eastern University

Richard G. Capen

U.S. Ambassador to Spain;

The Miami Herald

Joel Carpenter

Calvin College

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States

Byron and Laura Carlock

The Carlock Companies

Stanley Carlson-Thies

Center for Public Justice

Truett Cathy

Chick-fil-A

Morris Chapman

Southern Baptist Convention

William Chatlos

The Chatlos Foundation

Stephen Clapp

The Juilliard School

Corey Cleek

Silicon Valley Fellowship

Jerry Colangelo

Arizona Diamondbacks; Phoenix Suns

Michael Coleman

Integrity Media

Francis S. Collins

Director, National Human Genome Research Institute

Timothy C. Collins

The Ripplewood Fund

Chuck Colson

Prison Fellowship;

The Wilberforce Forum

Jeffrey Comment

Helzberg Diamonds

Kevin Compton

Kleiner Perkins

Gary Cook

Dallas Baptist University

Kyle Cooper

Title designer for 52 films

Karen Covell

Hollywood Prayer Network

Mike Cromartie

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Andy Crouch

The Christian Vision Project

Les T. Csorba

Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel

Gary Daichendt

Cisco Systems

John H. Dalton

Secretary of the Navy

David Davenport

Pepperdine University

Rudy F. deLeon

Deputy Secretary of Defense

Max De Pree

Herman Miller

Craig Detweiler

Biola University

Mark DeMoss

The DeMoss Group

Scott Derrickson

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Dick De Vos

Alticor/Amway

Dave Dias

Time Out, InterWest Insurance Services

John J. DiIulio, Jr.

Director, Office of Faith-Based & Comm. Initiatives

Mark Dillon

Wheaton College

David Dockery

Union University

Marjorie Dorr

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Stephen Douglass

Campus Crusade for Christ

Michael Duke

Wal-Mart

Ligon Duncan

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Tony Dungy

Head coach, Indianapolis Colts

Archie Dunham

ConocoPhillips

David Eaton

Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns

Don Eberly

Director of Private Assistance for Iraq, State Department; Deputy Director, Office of Faith-Based & Comm. Initiatives

Norm Edwards

Development Counselor

Allan C. Emery

ServiceMaster Hospital Corporation

Peter Engel

Saved by the Bell, Last Comic Standing, Hang Time

Ted W. Engstrom

World Vision

William G. Enright

Lake Family Institute for Religion and Giving

David Evans

Electronic Arts

Donald L. Evans

Secretary of Commerce

Bill Ewing

Columbia Pictures

Steven Feldman

Sesame Street, Barney and Friends, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher

Micheal Flaherty

President, Walden Media

Leighton Ford

Leighton Ford Ministries

Dick Foth

The Fellowship

Randy Frazee

Willow Creek Community Church

Abigail Frederick

First Fruit

Steven French

Lifework Leadershp

Robert Fryling

InterVarsity Press

Makoto Fujimura

Visual Artist; International Arts Movement

George Gallup

Chairman of The Gallup Poll

Steve Garber

Evermay; Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

Patrick P. Gelsinger

Intel

Michael J. Gerson

Assistant to the President for Speechwriting; Assistant to the President for Policy and Strategic Planning

Kathie Lee Gifford

Entertainer

Louis Giuliano

ITT Industries

Brian Godawa

To End All Wars;

The Visitation

Marcie Gold

Touched by An Angel

Stephen Graves

Cornerstone Consulting

David Grizzle

Continental Airlines

Duane Grobman

The Mustard Seed Foundation

Robert E. Gustafson

The Stony Brook School

Os Guinness

The Augustine Group; The Trinity Forum

Ted Haggard

New Life Church; National Assn of Evangelicals

Russ Hall

Legacy Ventures

Tony Hall

U.S. Ambassador, Food and Agricultural Organization

Chris Halvorsen

The Fellowship

Michael Hamilton

Pew Evangelical Scholars Program

Pete Hammond

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

John Hamre

Deputy Secretary of Defense; Center for Strategic and International Studies

John Hanford

U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom

Alistair Hanna

Alpha

Dave Hannah

Impact XXI

Sam Haskell, III

Worldwide Head of Television, the William Morris Agency

Gary Haugen

International Justice Mission

Wallace Hawley

InterWest Partners

Jacky Hayford

Church on the Way

Daryl Heald

Generous Giving

Margaret Heckler

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Tami Heim

Borders Inc.

Jay F. Hein

Director, Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives; Sagamore Institute

Hugh Hewitt

Salem Communications

Alec D. Hill

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

Donald P. Hodel

Focus on the Family,  Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Energy

Kirk Hoiberg

CB Richard Ellis

Douglas Holladay

Park Avenue Equity Partners

Donald Holt

Fortune; Newsweek

Philip G. Hubbard

Chicago Research and Trade

R. Glenn Hubbard

Chair, White House Council of Economic Advisors; Columbia Business School

Mike Huckabee

Governor of the State of Arkansas

John Huffman

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Karen Hughes

Senior Advisor to the President

Wayne Huizenga, Jr.,

Miami Dolphins, Huizenga Holdings, Inc.

Asa Hutchinson

Under Secretary of Homeland Security

William Inboden

Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council

Chip Ingram

Walk Thru the Bible

Stuart Irby

Stuart C. Irby Company

Ann Iverson

Laura Ashley, Kay-Bee Toys

Peb Jackson

Purpose Driven

Kay Cole James

Director, Office of Personnel Management

David Lyle Jeffrey

Baylor University

Ronald P. Joelson

Prudential Financial Services

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson & Company

Stephen L. Johnson

Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Douglas Johnston

International Center for Religion and Diplomacy

Dale P. Jones

Halliburton

Jennifer Jukanovich

The Vine

Howard Kazanjian

JAG, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Return of the Jedi

Kurt Keilhacker

Veritas Forum

Tim Keller

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Jeff Kemp

Families Northwest; Former NFL player

Bruce Kennedy

Alaska Air Group

Betsy King

LPGA professional golfer

Paul Klaassen

Sunrise Assisted Living

Fritz Kling

Parker Foundation

Todd Komarnicki

Elf

C. Everett Koop

U.S. Surgeon General

J. David Kuo

Special Assistant to the President

Mark Kuyper

Evangelicals Christian Publishers Association

Linda Lader

Renaissance Institute

Drew Ladner

Chief Information Officer, U.S. Treasury Dept.

Jim Lane

New Canaan Society

Steve Largent

Former NFL player

Ralph Larsen

Johnson & Johnson

Kenneth R. Larson

Slumberland

Steven Law

Deputy Secretary of Labor

David Leitch

Deputy Counsel to the President

David LeShana

Seattle Pacific University; George Fox University

Katherine Leary

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Lauren Libby

Navigators

Keith Lindner

AFG/Chiquita

Art Linkletter

People Are Funny, House Party, Kids Say the Darndest Things

Duane Litfin

Wheaton College

Erik Lokkesmoe

Brewing Culture

Brad Lomenick

Life@Work

Terry Looper

Texon

Nancy Lopez

LPGA professional golfer

Lindy Lowry

Outreach magazine

Luis Lugo

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

Robert Lynn

Lilly Endowment

Gabe Lyons

Relevate

Allan MacArthur

Halftime

Hugh Maclellan

Maclellan Foundation

Pat MacMillan

TEAM Resources

Mac McQuiston

CEO Forum

David and Karen Mahan

Rivendell

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch

The Roosevelt Group; World Economic Summit

Joel Manby

Saab USA; Herschend Family Entertainment

Lynne Marian

Outreach, Inc.

Mike Marker

Christian Business Men’s Committee

Tom McCallie

The Maclellan Foundation

Alonzo McDonald

Deputy White House Chief of Staff; McKinsey & Company; The Trinity Forum

Steve McEveety

The Passion of the Christ;

Icon Productions

David McFadzean

Home Improvement, Roseanne

Robert “Bud” McFarlane

National Security Advisor

Joel McHale

Talk Soup, Soup

Curtis McWilliams

CNL Restaurant Properties

Edwin Meese III

U.S. Attorney General and Counselor to the President

Jim Mellado

Willow Creek Association

Marilee Melvin

Wheaton College

Eric Metaxas

Socrates in the City

Mike Metzger

The Clapham Institute; The Trinity Forum

David Miller

Yale Center on Faith and Culture

Gayle Miller

Anne Klein II

Jerry Miller

Texaco; The Cove, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Norm Miller

Interstate Batteries

Billy Mitchell

Carter & Associates

Jack Modesett

Christian Stewardship Association

Thomas I. Morgan

Hughes Supply Company

Allen Morris

The Allen Morris Company

Malcolm Morris

Stewart Title and Stewart Information Services

Richard Mouw

Fuller Theological Seminary

Ed Moy

Director, U.S. Mint; Special Assistant to the President, Office of Presidential Personnel; White House Christian Fellowship

Ken Myers

Mars Hill Audio Journal

John Naber

President, U.S. Olympic Alumni Association; Olympic swimmer

Chuck Neder

Presbyterians for Renewal

Larry Nelson

Champions Tour professional golfer

Paul D. Nelson

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

Paul E. Nelson

Crowell Trust

Steven R. Nelson

Executive Director, MBA Program Harvard Business School

Greg Newman

C2B Technology, Macromedia

Armand Nicholi

Harvard Medical School

Barbara Nicolosi

Act One

Mark Noll

Wheaton College

Peter Ochs

Fieldstone Communities;

First Fruit

Richard Ohman

Colonial Penn Life Insurance; The Augustine Group; The Trinity Forum

John Ortberg

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church; Willow Creek Community Church

Cary Paine

Stewardship Foundation

Kevin Palau

Luis Palau Association

Luis Palau

Luis Palau Association

Earl Palmer

University Presbyterian Church

Roger Parrott

Belhaven College; Lausanne Committee

Jon Passavant

Celebrity fashion model

Rena Pederson

The Dallas Morning News

Wayne Pederson

MissionAmerica Coalition

Gordon Pennington

Tommy Hilfiger

Ken Perez

Omnicell

Thomas L. Phillips

Raytheon

Tim Philpot

Christian Business Men’s Committee

Eric Pillmore

Tyco

Bill Pinson

Baptist General Convention of Texas

Larry W. Poland

Mastermedia International

C. William Pollard

ServiceMaster

Donald E. Powell

Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Barbara Priddy

The Fellowship

William Pugh

Athletes in Action

Merrit Quarum,

Qmedtrix

David Radcliffe

The Southern Company

Tom Randall

World Harvest Ministries

Michael Regan

TranzAct Technologies; Vision and Values Conference

Steven S. Reinemund

PepsiCo

Brad Rex

Epcot, The Walt Disney Company

Herbert Reynolds

Baylor University

Mercer Reynolds

U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein

Jim Richardson

Alexandria Real Estate Services

Paul Robbins

Christianity Today International

Joyce Robinson

Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation

Pat Robertson

CBN; Regent University

David Robinson

Impact XXI,  NBA professional basketball player

Mark Rodgers

Faith & Law

Matthew K. Rose

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Daniel Russ

Center for Christian Studies, Gordon College; Trinity Christian Academy

Joseph F. (Skip) Ryan

Park Cities Presbyterian Church

Denny Rydberg

Young Life

John Sage

Pura Vida Coffee

David Sampson

Deputy Secretary of Commerce

Jody Hassett Sanchez

ABC World News Tonight

Rick and Soozie Schneider

The Rivendell Institute

Thom and Joani Schultz

Group

Horst Schulze

Ritz-Carlton

Robert Seiple

World Vision; Institute for Global Engagement, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom

George Selden

Christian Embassy

Dal Shealy

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

John Shepherd

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Ron Sider

Evangelicals for Social Action

Fred Sievert

New York Life

Al Sikes

Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

Karl Singer

AON Insurance; Ryan Insurance Group

Paul Singer

Target

Frank Skinner

BellSouth Telecommunications

James Skillen

Center for Public Justice

Robert Sloan

Baylor University

Kevin Small

INJOY; The Marcus Buckingham Company

Brad Smith

International Urban Associates; Leadership Network

Fred Smith, Sr.,

Fred Smith Associates

Fred Smith, Jr.,

The Gathering

Ray Smith

Kirell Energy Systems

Stan Smith

Professional tennis player

Don Soderquist

Wal-Mart

Gearl Spicer

First Baptist Church, Atlanta

Nancy Stafford

Matlock, St. Elsewhere

Kenneth W. Starr

Solicitor General; Independent Counsel on Whitewater; Pepperdine Law School

Richard Stearns

World Vision, Lenox, Parker Brothers

Thomas W. Steipp

Symmetricom

Chuck Stetson

National Bible Association

Cris Stevens

Women’s Professional Golf Fellowship

Michelle Suh

Hollywood Connect

Julie Sulc

Pew Charitable Trusts

Thomas A. Tarrants, III

C.S. Lewis Institute

John Templeton

John Templeton Foundation

Douglas TenNapel

Catscratch; Nickelodeon

John Terrill

InterVarsity Professional Schools Ministries

Cal Thomas

Syndicated columnist, After Hours with Cal Thomas

Roger Thompson

Regal Books

Michael Timmis

Talon LLC

Richard Tompane

Gemfire

Michael Tremain

Blue Sky Ministries

John Tyson

Tyson Foods

Myron Ullman

JC Penney, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Macy’s

James Unruh

Unisys

Rollin van Broekhoven

Judge, Department of Defense

Dan Vestal

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Phil Vischer

Veggie Tales

Michael Volkema

Herman Miller

Ken Wales

Amazing Grace, Christy

Jon Wallace

Azusa Pacific University

Jim Wallis

Sojourners; Call to Renewal

Debra Waller

Jockey

Rusty Walter

Walter Oil

Kurt Warner

Professional football player

Michael Warren

Happy Days, Family Matters, Step by Step

Sherron Watkins

Enron

James Watt

Secretary of the Interior

Greg Waybright

Trinity International University; Lake Avenue Church

B.J. Weber

New York Fellowship

David Weekley

David Weekley Homes

Peter Wehner

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives

Luder Whitlock

Excelsis; The Trinity Forum

Bill Wichterman

Faith & Law

Don Williams

Trammell Crow

Martha Williamson

Touched by An Angel

David Wills

National Christian Foundation

John A. Wilson

Books & Culture

Ralph Winter

X Men, Planet of the Apes, The Fantastic Four

Gregory Wolfe

Image: A Journal of the Arts & Religion

Kathy Wills Wright

Deputy Director, USA Freedom Corps; Special Assistant to the President

Bonnie Wurzbacher

Coca-Cola

Paul Wylie

Olympic and professional ice skater

Michael Yang

mySimon.com, become.com

David Young

Oxford Analytica

Jose Zeilstra

JP Morgan Chase

 

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