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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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James Unruh |
Unisys |
Rollin van Broekhoven |
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Dan Vestal |
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship |
Phil Vischer |
Veggie Tales |
Michael Volkema |
Herman Miller |
Ken Wales |
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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 |
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David Young |
Oxford Analytica |
Jose Zeilstra |