Council of Advisors
![600x600_about_council_rarbogast Rebecca Arbogast](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_rarbogast.jpg)
Rebecca Arbogast
Former Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Comcast
![600x600_about_council_karriaga Kristina Arriaga](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_karriaga.jpg)
Kristina Arriaga
Former Vice-Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
![600x600_about_council_javlon John Avlon](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_javlon.jpg)
John Avlon
Senior Political Analyst, CNN
![600x600_about_council_abush Antoinette Bush](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_abush.jpg)
Antoinette Bush
Former Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs, News Corp
![600x600_about_council_jchen Joie Chen](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_jchen.jpg)
Joie Chen
Senior Advisor and Faculty, Poynter Institute
![600x600_about_council_melgenaidi Maha Elgenaidi](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_melgenaidi.jpg)
Maha Elgenaidi
Executive Director, Islamic Networks Group
![600x600_about_council_rmfranklin Dr. Robert M. Franklin](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_rmfranklin.jpg)
Dr. Robert M. Franklin
James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership, Emory University
President Emeritus, Morehouse College
![600x600_about_council_mhinojosa Maria Hinojosa](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_mhinojosa.jpg)
Maria Hinojosa
Founder, Futuro Media Group
![600x600_about_council_sehubbard Stan E. Hubbard II](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_sehubbard.jpg)
Stan E. Hubbard II
CEO, REELZ
![600x600_about_council_dmckesson DeRay Mckesson](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_dmckesson.jpg)
DeRay Mckesson
Civil rights activist
![600x600_about_council_epark Ed Park](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_epark.jpg)
Ed Park
Senior Director, Salesforce
![600x600_about_council_mregan Michael Regan](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_mregan.jpg)
Michael Regan
Founder and CEO, Pacific Compass Ventures
![600x600_about_council_crobb Catherine Robb](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_crobb.jpg)
Catherine Robb
Counsel, Haynes and Boone, LLP
![600x600_about_council_sruger Sarah Ruger](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_sruger.jpg)
Sarah Ruger Cross
Vice President, Free Speech and Peace, Stand Together and Charles Koch Institute
![600x600_about_council_mthomas Mandisa Thomas](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_mthomas.jpg)
Mandisa Thomas
Founder, Black Nonbelievers
![600x600_about_council_mtrahant Mark Trahant](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_mtrahant.jpg)
Mark Trahant
Editor-at-large, ICT
![600x600_about_council_tcwilliams Thomas Chatterton Williams](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_tcwilliams.jpg)
Thomas Chatterton Williams
Author
![600x600_about_council_ewojcicki Esther Wojcicki](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_ewojcicki.jpg)
Esther Wojcicki
Founder of Media Arts Program, Palo Alto High School, Journalist and Educator
Senior Advisors
![600x600_about_council_scoffey Shelby Coffey III](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2023/01/600x600_about_council_scoffey.jpg)
Shelby Coffey III
Former editor, Los Angeles Times
![600x600_trustee_RDE R. David Edelman](https://www.freedomforum.org/content/uploads/2022/11/600x600_trustee_RDE.jpg)
R. David Edelman
IPRI Distinguished Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology