Rethinking Responsibility:

Reflections on Sex and Accountability

	Elayne Bennett Elayne Bennett serves as the President and Founder of the Best Friends Foundation. In addition to teaching the Foundation’s abstinence curriculum and training educators throughout the country, Mrs. Bennett serves as a spokeswoman on issues of adolescent behavior and development. Mrs. Bennett developed the Best Friends program in 1987, and due to the overwhelming demand for a boys’ program, she launched Best Men in 2000. She earned her B.A. and M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
	Michael Carrera Dr. Michael A. Carrera is Director of The Children’s Aid Society Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. For 25 years this program has served thousands of young people in New York City and other geographies around the country. The Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program is a term evidence-based program serving adolescent boys and girls.
	Tom Davis The Rev. Tom Davis is currently the chair of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Clergy Advisory Board. He is a minister in the United Church of Christ. A native of Scranton, PA, he is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Duke University. He is the author of Sacred Work: Planned Parenthood and Its Clergy Alliances, Rutgers Press, 2005.
	Cassandra DeBenedetto Cassandra DeBenedetto is a founder of Princeton’s student group, the Anscombe Society, which has received national attention for supporting the institution of marriage, the role of the family, and chastity on Princeton’s campus. After graduation, Cassy founded the Love and Fidelity Network to meet the needs of college students looking for resources and support to start initiatives similar to the Anscombe Society on their own college campuses. Since 2005, Cassy has been a contributor to the blog ModestlyYours. She and her work have been featured in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Teen Vogue, as well as on the Glenn Beck Program.
	E.J. Dionne E.J. Dionne is a journalist and political commentator, and a long-time op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He is also a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, a Senior Research Fellow at Saint Anselm College, and an NPR Commentator.
	Debra Haffner The Reverend Debra W. Haffner is the co-founder and executive director director of the Religious Institute. She is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. She is the endorsed community minister with the Unitarian Church in Westport, CT. Rev. Haffner was the chief executive officer of SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, from 1988 through May 2000. Prior to joining SIECUS, Rev. Haffner served as the Director of Education for the Center for Population Options, and the Director of Community Services for Planned Parenthood.
	Ron Haskins Ron Haskins is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program and codirector of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution and senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, MD. He is the author of Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law (Brookings, 2006) and a senior editor of The Future of Children. Haskins lives with his wife in Rockville, MD and is the father of four grown children.
	Kay S. Hymowitz Kay S. Hymowitz is the William E. Simon fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She writes extensively on education and childhood in America and is the author of Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age and Liberation’s Children: Parents and Kids in a Postmodern Age. Ms. Hymowitz has also written for many major publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, New York Newsday, The Public Interest, Commentary, Dissent, and Tikkun.
	Marie C. Johns Marie C. Johns is Managing Member of L&L Consulting, LLC, a full service organizational effectiveness and public policy consulting practice. She is the former President of Verizon, Washington. She was a Mayoral Candidate for the District of Columbia 2006 Democratic Primary. She is a member of the boards of directors of several profi t and not-for-profi t organizations, including the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Enlightened, Inc., and Girl Scouts of the USA.
	Tom Joyner Tom Joyner is founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and host of the leading nationally syndicated morning radio show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show. His daily program, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, is syndicated across the United States and heard by more than ten million radio listeners. Joyner was inducted in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site on January 12, 2008.
	Sterling Lands Dr. Sterling Lands, II, is the senior pastor of Greater Calvary Bible Church in Austin, TX and The First African Bible Church in DeSoto, TX. He serves as the Presiding Bishop of the Calvary African Bible Church International, a family of Churches with a single vision and mission. He serves as the president of the African Bible Church International Fellowship, pastors, preachers, and ministries globally united.
	Carol Platt Liebau Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political analyst, and commentator based near Los Angeles, CA. She has served as a guest host for the nationallysyndicated Hugh Hewitt Show, for KABC radio in Los Angeles, and for KFTK 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis. Carol has also provided analysis and commentary on television for PBS, CNN, the Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and on The Dennis Miller Show. A columnist for Townhall, Carol has also contributed to the editorial pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, The Orange County Register, The Sacramento Bee, and The St. Louis Post Dispatch. Her work has appeared online in The National Review, The American Spectator, Human Events, and FrontPage Magazine.
	Amber Madison Amber Madison is the author of Hooking Up: A Girl’s All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality, the host of the Internet web channel The Talk (www.ambermadison.tv), and currently tours college campuses talking to students about sex and relationships. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University where she studied human sexuality through a double major in Community Health and American Studies. She has appeared on The Today Show, NPR, various local TV and radio shows, and is frequently quoted in magazines.
	Karlo Barrios Marcelo Karlo Barrios Marcelo is a Research Associate for the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Karlo’s research at CIRCLE focuses on community service/volunteering, the youth vote, and trends in civic engagement by gender and race/ethnicity. He has co-authored book chapters on the subjects of the 26th Amendment and non-voting youth, as well as a peer-reviewed article on the civic engagement of immigrants. In addition to his work at CIRCLE, Karlo serves on a subcommittee for The University of Maryland’s Coalition for Civic Engagement and Leadership and on the advisory board for HeadCount — a non-partisan organization devoted to using the multi-faceted power of music to enable voter registration and participation in democracy.
	Will Marshall Will Marshall is president and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute. After working on Capitol Hill and in U.S. Senate campaigns, he helped to launch the Democratic Leadership Council, where he served as policy director. He was an editor of the books With All Our Might, Mandate for Change, and Building the Bridge: Ten Big Ideas to Transform America, in addition to other offerings. Marshall serves as a member of the DC Public Charter School Board.
	Amie McLain Amie McLain works as a television reporter for NBC-2 in Fort Myers, FL. She’s a proud native of New Orleans, LA. Amie comes to the Sunshine State after working at the NBC station in Hagerstown, MD for two years as the weekend anchor and nightside reporter. Amie is a graduate of Howard University’s John H. Johnson School of Communications in Washington, DC. While in the nation’s capital, Amie also interned at some of the top media networks, including CNN, NPR, and BET.
	Janet Murgía Janet Murguía has become a key figure among the next generation of leaders in the Latino community. Since 2005 she has served as the President and Chief Executive Offi cer of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.
	Cecile Richards Cecile Richards is president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Over the course of her career, she has become a nationally recognized progressive leader and a fierce advocate for reproductive health and rights. Before joining Planned Parenthood, Ms. Richards served as deputy chief of staff for Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and played a key role in her election as the Democratic Leader in the House of Representatives.
	Fred Riley Fred M. Riley has served as Commissioner of LDS Family Services since 1996 after serving six years as Assistant Commissioner. In 2008 he was ask to direct strategic planning and development of Health Services in the Welfare Department of the LDS Church. He has served as a Bishop in the LDS Church for thirteen years. Over the years his wide range of professional experience in both the for-profi t and non-profit areas, as well as his background in counseling and ecclesiastical callings have allowed him to see the best in people, organizations and institutions around the world. He continues to be dedicated to strengthening organizations, institutions and governments in ways that would enhance the quality of life for individuals and families.
	Samuel Rodriguez The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez is President of America’s preeminent Latino Christian organization, The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), which serves 15 million Hispanic Christians and advocates for 40 million Hispanics on issues related to family and political, spiritual, and socio-economic empowerment. He is a prominent youth leader, a worldwide evangelist, the founding Pastor of Third Day Worship Centers, an award-winning writer, and was selected as one of Newsweek magazine’s Top 12 People to Look For in 2008. Rev. Rodriguez also serves on the boards of some of America’s most prominent evangelical organizations, including Promise Keepers, NAE Executive Committee, World Relief, Alliance For Marriage, and Evangelicals For Human Rights.
	Will Saletan William Saletan is Slate’s national correspondent. He writes about science, technology, politics, and society. He is the author of Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War, which argues that pro-choice and pro-life activists have lost the abortion debate to a third constituency: libertarian conservatives.
	Joah Spearman Joah Spearman has written speeches for Cabinet-level politicians, articles for an array of magazines and websites including Tom Joyner’s radio show and the University of Texas at Austin, and is the author of the upcoming book, Real Role Models, a profile book about successful African-American professionals. An avid blogger, Joah now lives and works in Austin, TX, where he consults a number of businesses and non-profit organizations on communications strategies that rely on social media
	Laura Sessions-Stepp Laura Sessions-Stepp, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is a senior media fellow at The National Campaign. She is the author of two books, Our Last Best Shot: Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence (Riverhead/Penguin) and Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both (Riverhead/Penguin).
	James Wagoner James Wagoner, a respected public policy and reproductive health expert, has been the President and Executive Director of Advocates for Youth since September 1997. He spent seven years at NARAL, most recently as Executive Vice-President. During the decade prior to that, James served on the staff of Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum from Ohio. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.
	Jim Wallis Jim Wallis is a bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, preacher, and international commentator on religion and public life, faith, and politics. His latest book is The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post–Religious Right America (HarperOne, 2008). His previous book, God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It (Harper Collins, 2005), was on The New York Times bestseller list for four months. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sojourners, where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine and his columns appear in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and both Time and Newsweek online.
	Roland Warren As president of the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), Roland is dedicated to NFI’s mission of improving the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children that are raised with involved, responsible, and committed fathers. Through Roland’s leadership, the organization has quickly become one of the nation’s leading providers of fatherhood resources to communities, schools, prisons, hospitals, businesses, the military, and churches. FatherSOURCE™, a national fatherhood resource center run by NFI, now offers the most extensive assortment of specialized fatherhood resources in the world.
	Jessica Wechter Jessica Wechter is currently a master of public affairs (MPA) candidate at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington, pursuing concentrations in nonprofit management and policy analysis. She is also an assistant on the Indiana Nonprofits: Scope and Community Dimensions Project. Previously, Jessica worked as a graphic designer for Conservation International’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business and served as Vice Chair of the Women’s Information Network, both in Washington, DC.
	Kimberlydawn Wisdom Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom is the Surgeon General of Michigan. She practiced medicine for 20 years at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, MI. She also founded and directed both the Institute of Multicultural Health at Henry Ford Health System and a National Minority Quality Forum award-winning community-based health screening initiative entitled AIMHI (African-American Initiative for Male Health Improvement) focused on improving the health of those disproportionately affected by poor health outcomes — African-American men. She is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical Center and serves as adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
	Alma T. Young Dr. Young is a former practitioner/ administrator of social work and education in the Department of Social Work Services at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Currently, she maintains faculty position as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Community and Preventative Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She has a long history of participation in leadership roles on non-profi t boards and organizations providing services to children, adolescents, and family groups as well as those involved in education, health, and public service; including the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Social Workers, New Alternatives for Children, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America.