Board of Directors

Andrew Likoudis, MA

Andrew Likoudis, MA

Chairman & President

A Catholic writer, editor, and consultant based in Baltimore. As founder and chairman of the Likoudis Legacy Foundation, he carries forward the ecumenical and apologetic legacy of his grandfather, the late theologian James Likoudis. He serves as editor-in-chief of The Kydones Review and is completing an M.A. in Catholic Studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is a contributor to the National Catholic Register, Where Peter Is, EWTN News, and Philosophy Now, and a fellow of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and Johns Hopkins University.

  • Editor, Faith in Crisis — foreword by Rocco Buttiglione (En Route Books, 2024)
  • Editor-in-Chief, The Kydones Review
  • Contributor: National Catholic Register, Where Peter Is, EWTN News, Philosophy Now
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Philip Blosser, PhD

Philip Blosser, PhD

Born in China and raised in Japan, Dr. Blosser earned his BA from Sophia University in Tokyo and his PhD from Duquesne University. He is the author of Scheler's Critique of Kant's Ethics and blogs at Musings of a Pertinacious Papist. He has taught philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit for many years and serves as Secretary of the Max Scheler Society of North America.

  • Professor of Philosophy, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
  • Secretary, Max Scheler Society of North America
Mike Aquilina

Mike Aquilina

Co-founder of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology with Scott and Kimberly Hahn. He has hosted eleven television series on EWTN and edited New Covenant magazine. A songwriter whose work has been recorded by numerous Catholic artists, he is one of the most prolific and widely read authors in contemporary Catholic letters, with over seventy books to his name.

  • Executive Vice President, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
  • Author of over 70 books on Catholic history and devotion
  • Contributing editor, Angelus News
Will Deatherage

Will Deatherage, MA

Deatherage holds an M.A. in Historical-Systematic Theology from The Catholic University of America. He specializes in digital marketing and development for Catholic organizations and publishes theological content through Clarifying Catholicism. He serves as CEO of Catholics for Hire LLC and Executive Director of The New Realist Project.

  • CEO, Catholics for Hire LLC
  • Executive Director, Clarifying Catholicism
  • Executive Director, The New Realist Project
Robert Fastiggi, PhD

Robert Fastiggi, PhD

Dr. Fastiggi holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University and has taught at Sacred Heart Major Seminary since 1999. He co-edited the English translation of the 43rd edition of Denzinger-Hünermann (Ignatius Press, 2012), the standard reference work of Catholic doctrinal sources, and is President Emeritus of the Mariological Society of America.

  • Bishop Kevin M. Britt Chair of Dogmatic Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
  • Co-editor, Denzinger-Hünermann 43rd ed. (Ignatius Press, 2012)
  • President Emeritus, Mariological Society of America
Stephen Krason, PhD, JD

Stephen Krason, PhD, JD

Dr. Krason earned his J.D. and Ph.D. in Political Science at SUNY Buffalo and an M.A. in Theology from Gannon University. He is admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1992 he co-founded the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, of which he is President and Chairman, and has been Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville for over three decades.

  • Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Legal Studies, Franciscan University of Steubenville
  • Co-Founder, President & Chairman, Society of Catholic Social Scientists
  • Admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
Jack Figel

Jack Figel

A devoted layman-ecumenist with decades of engagement in Catholic-Orthodox dialogue. He founded Eastern Christian Publications in 1993 and has chaired the Orientale Lumen Foundation since its inception, organizing the annual Orientale Lumen conferences that bring together Eastern and Western Christians for theological dialogue.

  • Publisher, Eastern Christian Publications (Fairfax, VA)
  • Chairman, Orientale Lumen Foundation and Conferences
  • Sponsor, Figel Event for Ecumenism — Washington Theological Consortium

Fellows

Michael Lofton, MA

Michael Lofton, MA

Suan Sonna

Suan Sonna

  • Director of Apologetics, Diocese of Bridgeport
  • MTS, New Testament & Early Christianity, Harvard Divinity School
  • MAR Candidate, Yale University
James T. M. Griffin

James T. M. Griffin

  • Co-founder & Executive Director, Durandus Institute for Sacred Liturgy and Music
Abel Thomas, MA, JD

Abel Thomas, MA, JD

  • Contract Attorney
Andrew Mioni

Andrew Mioni

Advisory Council

Mark Miravalle, SThD

Mark Miravalle, SThD

  • St. John Paul II Chair of Mariology, Franciscan University of Steubenville
  • President, International Marian Association
Dennis Bonnette, PhD

Dennis Bonnette, PhD

  • Chairman Emeritus of Philosophy, Niagara University
  • Author, Rational Responses to Skepticism
Ronda Chervin, PhD

Ronda Chervin, PhD

  • Author of over 80 books
  • International Speaker
  • Professor of Philosophy
Thomas J. Nash, MA

Thomas J. Nash, MA

  • Contributing Apologist, Catholic Answers
  • Author, The Biblical Roots of the Mass and To Whom Shall We Go?
Steven Schloeder, PhD

Steven Schloeder, PhD

  • Licensed Architect, specializing in Roman Catholic Sacred Architecture
  • Author, Architecture in Communion (Ignatius Press, 1998)
Mike Lewis, MA

Mike Lewis, MA

  • Co-founder and Editor, Where Peter Is
William Doino, Jr.

William Doino, Jr.

  • Researcher and writer specializing in religion, history, and politics
  • Co-Author, The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII
Anthony Vincent Morley

Anthony Vincent Morley

  • Digital entrepreneur; researcher in economic sociology
  • Founder, the Aristotle Institute
  • Author, Geometry & the Interior Life: On G.W. Leibniz's Situational Analysis
David Dowd

David Dowd

  • Author, Poet and Pro-Life Activist

Priestly & Episcopal Advisors

Archbishop J. Salvatore Cordileone

Archbishop J. Salvatore Cordileone

Episcopal Advisor

  • Archbishop of San Francisco
  • White House Religious Liberty Commission advisory board member
  • Board Member, Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Episcopal Advisor

  • Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend, Indiana
  • Chair, USCCB Committee on Religious Liberty
  • Former Chair, USCCB Committee on Doctrine
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann

Episcopal Advisor

  • Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
  • "James Likoudis was a courageous defender of the faith and a gentle man of the Church."
Fr. Francis Tiso

Fr. Francis Tiso

Priestly Advisor

  • Former Associate Director, USCCB Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
  • Former Professor of Tibetan Buddhism, Pontifical Gregorian University
Msgr. Arthur Calkins, STL, SThD

Msgr. Arthur Calkins, STL, SThD

Priestly Advisor (Emeritus)

  • Former Member, Pontifical Marian and Roman Theological Academies
  • Theological Commission, Ecclesia Dei (Emerita)
  • Contributor, Oxford Handbook of Mary
  • Passed away in 2024
Msgr. Charles Mangan, JCL

Msgr. Charles Mangan, JCL

Priestly Advisor

  • Member, Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
  • Associate Professor, Mount Saint Mary's Seminary
Rev. Angelo Geiger, OFM Conv., STL

Rev. Angelo Geiger, OFM Conv., STL

Priestly Advisor

  • International Speaker
  • Co-founder, U.S. branch of Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
  • Contributor, Academy of the Immaculate
Fr. Daniel Gordon Dozier, MA

Fr. Daniel Gordon Dozier, MA

Priestly Advisor

  • Adjunct Professor of Sacred Scripture, Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • Author, 20 Answers on Eastern Catholicism
Fr. Bernard Mulcahy, OP, STL, PhD

Fr. Bernard Mulcahy, OP, STL, PhD

Priestly Advisor

  • Associate Professor of Theology, Pontifical College Josephinum
  • Author, Aquinas's Notion of Pure Nature and the Christian Integralism of Henri de Lubac

Foundation Staff

Luke Duweese, JD

Luke Duweese, JD

Director, Fellows Program

Samar Tabet

Samar Tabet

Treasurer

  • Speech Language Pathologist, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Liz Moncada Sandoval

Liz Moncada Sandoval

Lead & Discussion Facilitator,
LLF Reading Circle

  • Graduate, Florida Atlantic University

Contributors

Gregory J. Downs, MATS

Gregory J. Downs, MATS

  • Novelist and theologian
  • Former Director of Information Services, Catholics United for the Faith
Gabriel Alberto Garcia

Gabriel Alberto Garcia

  • Writer and researcher