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Deborah Flora is a conservative leader who has spent her life advocating for our core American values: freedom, family, and faith. Deborah’s heart for service has led her to become a nationally recognized parental rights advocate, radio host, national speaker, and fighter for conservative principles. As a mom and Founder of Parents United America, she has been on the front lines fighting for parental rights and educational freedom, and as a Director of Public Policy, she has advocated and testified for issues impacting the citizens of Colorado and people across the country.
Executive Director for Southeastern Legal Foundation
Kimberly Hermann serves as Executive Director for Southeastern Legal Foundation. Since 2009, she has been working with SLF where she has dedicated her legal career to the freedom-based law movement.
Katie Gorka was director of The Feulner Institute’s Center for Civil Society and the American Dialogue at the Heritage Foundation from 2020 to 2022. In 2016, Katie joined the Trump Transition Team and then served as a senior advisor in the Office of Policy at the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, where she focused on strategies for prevention of terrorism and targeted violence and combatting use of the internet for terrorism and human trafficking. From June to August 2019, she served as the press secretary for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
As President of the Threat Knowledge Group from 2014 to 2017, Katie provided expertise and training on irregular warfare and terrorism to the FBI, US Army Special Forces, Marine Corps, and law enforcement. From 2009 to 2014, was the Executive Director of the Westminster Institute, which conducted research and education on threats posed by extremist ideologies.
Katie was born in Boston and grew up in various places on the East Coast, from Franconia, New Hampshire, to Asheville, North Carolina. She earned her B.A. in Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.Sc. in Politics of the World Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She lived in Budapest, Hungary for twelve years, where she worked on aspects of the post-communist transition, including projects to help rebuild civil society.
Founder of New Discourses
An American-born author, mathematician, and political commentator, Dr. James Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects including religion, the philosophy of science and postmodern theory. Dr. Lindsay is the Founder of New Discourses, an organization dedicated to shining the objective light in the subject darkness. Dr. Lindsay is currently promoting his new book “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody.” Dr. Lindsay has been a featured guest on Fox News, Glenn Beck, Joe Rogan, and NPR.
Founder & Chairman of OptimaEd
Chair of American First Policy Institute Center for Educations Opportunity
Education expert and entrepreneur Erika Donalds is the Founder and Chairman of OptimaEd and the Chair of America First Policy Institute’s Center for Education Opportunity. Erika is known as a national expert on education policy and school choice and is a frequent media commentator and speaker. A seasoned business executive, she has offered her expertise to help further the expansion of high-quality school choice options and to improve accountability and governance in America’s schools.
Erika is a former elected member of the Collier County School Board and served as a visiting fellow for The Heritage Foundation Center for Education Policy and Guest Faculty for the Leadership Institute’s School Board Programs. She previously sat on Florida’s 2017-2018 Constitution Revision Commission, Governor DeSantis’ Advisory Committee on Education and Workforce Development, and the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees. She is an advisor for Heritage Foundation Advisory Council on Education Reform, Classical Learning Test, Moms for Liberty, and the Independent Women’s Forum Education Freedom Center.
Prior to launching Optima, Erika spent 20 years in the financial services industry. She was Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Partner at a multi-billion-dollar investment management firm, responsible for finance, compliance, and operations.
Erika holds a BS in Accounting from Florida State University and a Master of Accountancy from Florida Atlantic University, where she is a Distinguished Alumni Honoree. She is a former Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).
Erika and her husband Byron have lived in Naples since 2002 and have three sons – Damon, Darin, & Mason.
National Director of Chapters
Pat Blackburn is a retired educator and mom. She taught in both charter and regular public schools before taking her retirement and devoting her time as a mom and educational advocate. Believing strongly that every citizen should be an active participant in their local government and community, she has dedicated her free time to service. Pat served as President of the Education Foundation in Indian River County, Florida. She also served as Treasurer for Taxpayer Association of Indian River County. She is currently the National Chapter Chair Coordinator for Moms for Liberty. Moms for Liberty is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization. Moms for Liberty is dedicated to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government. She envisions a public school system in America that is reflective of the principles of freedom granted by our Creator. “God has called me, and equipped me, to do my part in service to Him and our country.”
Director of Information Technology
Keith Wharton has many decades of broad management and hands-on experience in the technology space, with a focus on application implementations. He has also obtained a Master of Science in Computer Science. His breadth of knowledge and experience is a good fit for the broad application and technology footprint that is in use in this organization. He is committed to the principles of limited government and separation of powers that has made this country great, and the organizational principles around the rights of parents to raise and education their children free from the intrusion of government and their surrogates.
Director of Policy & Legislative Affairs
Charlie Misseijer is the national Director of Policy & Legislative Affairs at Moms for Liberty. He is a freedom fighter for truth and from government interference. With a career spanning 25 years in education, law, and public policy, Charlie now works with M4L’s State Legislative Committees, state legislators, and other allies to support, craft, and employ policies that respect and protect the fundamental rights of parents to know what’s best when it comes to their child’s education, care and upbringing, while vociferously and strategically opposing policies and practices that seek to usurp those rights. Married twenty-five years to the love of his life, Tamra, they have eight children and one grandchild.
M4LU Program Director
Missy comes from the business world, with a diverse background in marketing, operations, data analytics, and tech consulting. She is a mom of 3 beautiful girls and wife to an Air Force Loadmaster for the best 22 years of her life. When she’s not on a deep dive into political issues or apologetics, she loves to play the piano, hike very tall mountains, and explore the world through mom-and-pop ice cream shops and local brewpubs. After seeing the spread of concerning ideologies and policy, she took the first step into local politics as the Judge of Elections for her precinct. She has been a proud supporter of M4L since her sister-in-law started their local chapter in Washington County, PA. When M4L was targeted by the SPLC, Missy knew (they/we/M4L) must be on the right track. She is thrilled to join as the new Program Director of M4LU, supporting the team to equip the leaders needed in this current and future generation.
Human Resources & Compliance Manager
Colette’s varied background has prepared her for her roles as Human Resource and Compliance Manager for M4L and M4LF, and Treasurer of her Brevard County, Florida chapter. She managed a literacy program for Utah’s Governor and First Lady (1999-2002), advocating for reading to children statewide. With experience in human services, including advocacy for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, and human resources expertise in soft skills and policy development, Colette works diligently in all she does. Present at the Madison Meetings where Moms for Liberty began, she’s humbled to support this vital grassroots effort and it’s members. Colette is a devoted wife, mother of five, and daughter of God.
Event Manager
After graduating from Penn State University in 1994, Lisa went to work for ARAMARK Corporation for eight years. She began her career with ARAMARK as a National Trainer, working all over the US instructing end-users on their proprietary software. In 1999, she became the assistant CFO for the Southeastern region of ARAMARK. After the birth of her second child, Lisa decided to take on the most challenging role of her life, Stay- at-Home Mom. In 2015, Lisa became involved with the South Brevard Debutantes and quickly went through the chairs of involvement, ultimately becoming the Vice President. She worked with over 300 juniors/seniors, during her nine years of involvement with the organization, putting them through the 15-month leadership program. Her favorite part of the program was hosting the annual debutante balls, which yields groups of 300 plus attendees. She now serves as a board member to the Debs & Gents of South Brevard. In 2023, Lisa became the Event Coordinator for Moms for Liberty and enjoys the management process of pulling together large events for the organization. Lisa is married to Sean for the last 28 years and they have three children, Lauren, Matthew and Brycen.
Political Director
Erika is married to husband Matt, and they have two young adult children. Erika co-founded the Moms for Liberty – Johnson County, KS chapter in August of 2021 and served as Vice Chair until moving to Chapter Chair in November 2024. Erika is responsible for leading our 320+ chapters in identifying, vetting & endorsing candidates for their local school boards and supporting them in their efforts to help their candidates win. When parents win, their children win!
Co-founder and Executive Director
Tina Descovich has a long record of fighting for students and parental rights in Florida, and at the national level. She was elected to the Brevard County, FL school board in 2016. She was selected by her peers to serve as Chairman in 2018. While on the school board she was a member of The Florida Coalition of School Board Members and served as the organization’s president in 2018.
As a graduate of Valdosta State University with bachelor’s degree in communication, Tina worked as a consultant on projects ranging from helping fast growing startup companies, to creating and implementing strategic and communication plans. She served on the executive planning team for the National Air, Space and Sea Foundation planning airshows and on the executive staff for the United States Army Commanding General of the Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee.
In 2021, Tina co-founded Moms for Liberty, a grassroots national non-profit organization that works to unify, educate, and empower parents to defend their parental rights, which has grown to over 300 chapters in 48 states with over 130,000 members and she currently serves as the organization’s Executive Director. In September of 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Tina to the Florida Commission on Ethics.
Tina has been a frequent guest on all major cable news stations, talk radio, leading podcasts, and penned opinion pieces in some of America’s largest newspapers. These appearances include Fox, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, The Glenn Beck Show, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Newsmax, and on CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes. In November of 2023 she and her co-founder were awarded Fox News’ “Most Valuable Patriot” Award.
Tina and her husband Derek have five children. She is passionate about America and is dedicated to protecting liberty and freedom for the future of all children.
State Representative for Florida House District 33.
Monique has traveled to over fifty countries and has lived and worked in socialist countries. That experience made her appreciate even more what makes America great and unique: Our founding documents and a true understanding that our rights are derived from God, rather than government.
Monique Miller has enjoyed a distinguished career in the computer and cybersecurity industry for over twenty-five years. She has held strategic roles in iconic companies such as Hewlett Packard and now consults federal and state governments on securing our 911 and emergency communications systems against cyber-attacks.
Monique’s love of her two children and three grandchildren led her to become an activist in the fight for parental rights in education.
Monique earned a Master of Business Administration from Emory University and studied physics as an undergraduate at Loyola University in New Orleans. She and her husband volunteer at their church.
In her free time, Monique enjoys scuba diving and supporting Florida Giant Dog Rescue.
Director of Hispanic Outreach
Kimberly Hermann serves as Executive Director for Southeastern Legal Foundation. Since 2009, she has been working with SLF where she has dedicated her legal career to the freedom-based law movement.
National Director of Chapters
Pat is a retired educator and mom. She envisions a public school system in America that is reflective of the principles of freedom granted by our Creator. “God has called me, and equipped me, to do my part in service to Him and our country.”
Director of Development
Rosalind is the Mom to a joyful son, and like most parents, the pandemic afforded her a peek behind the classroom door. As Moms for Liberty’s Director of Development, Rosalind ensures our donors are kept up to date on our work, which is made possible by their generous financial support and the efforts of our over 130,000 volunteer members.
Director of National Engagement
Tia is a mom of three with a blended family. Bess resides with her partner on a farm in Clay County, FL. She has been a member of Moms for Liberty since March 2021 when the pandemic led her to voice concerns regarding her children’s school in her district. Bess was born in Philadelphia, PA but left for Norfolk, VA at the age of seven due to gang violence in the area. Shortly after the move to Virginia, her family moved to Jacksonville, FL where she learned that her zip code didn’t define her, a message she hopes to spread to America.