Melissa B. Kruger (BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) serves as director of women's initiatives for the Gospel Coalition. She is the author of multiple books, including The Envy of Eve a...

Melissa B. Kruger (BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) serves as director of women's initiatives for the Gospel Coalition. She is the author of multiple books, including The Envy of Eve and Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood. Her husband, Michael, is the president of Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, and they have three children.

Dr. Melissa Cain Travis earned a PhD in Humanities with a Philosophy concentration from Faulkner University's Great Books program, where her dissertation research focused on the natural theology o...

Dr. Melissa Cain Travis earned a PhD in Humanities with a Philosophy concentration from Faulkner University's Great Books program, where her dissertation research focused on the natural theology of Johannes Kepler and its relevance to the contemporary science and faith conversation. Dr. Travis also holds a Master of Arts in Science and Religion from Biola University and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Campbell University. She teaches a graduate course in scientific apologetics at Colorado Christian University’s Lee Strobel Center and is in the process of launching a Great Books honors college extension campus for Southeastern University in her hometown of The Woodlands, Texas. Dr. Travis is the author of Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God and a chapter of The Story of the Cosmos: How the Heavens Declare the Glory of God. She is a member of the Contributing Writers team at Christian Research Journal and The Worldview Bulletin. Her ministry passion is helping Christ- followers discover the life of the mind. To that end, she serves as President of the Society for Women of Letters, an organization that brings together both professional scholars and laypersons for collaborative intellectual formation and edifying community. She and her husband Jonathan have been married for 24 years and have two sons.

Melissa Fisher is writer, speaker, and church consultant. Having seen God's power work in her own life, she is passionate about seeing the lost, broken, de-churched, and unchurched find freedom, heali...

Melissa Fisher is writer, speaker, and church consultant. Having seen God's power work in her own life, she is passionate about seeing the lost, broken, de-churched, and unchurched find freedom, healing, and fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Formerly on staff at Gateway church, she now spends her time helping equip churches and ministries around the world engage the hearts of those seeking answers to questions on gender, sexuality, and faith. When she's not traveling in her van, she lives in Austin, TX and calls Gateway Church home.

Melissa Giller is the Chief Marketing Officer at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, where she oversees marketing, PR, social media, public programming, and facility rentals. She...

Melissa Giller is the Chief Marketing Officer at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, where she oversees marketing, PR, social media, public programming, and facility rentals. She has played a key role in securing major exhibitions, boosting the Reagan Library's visitor numbers, managing its social media presence, and organizing presidential debates and funerals for President and Mrs. Reagan. Previously, she was Director of Marketing at Style click (a USA Network company), where she launched two e-commerce ventures. She also held marketing roles at WebRadio.com, CyberMedia, and Norton-Lambert. Melissa serveson the boards of Patriotic Productions and the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce. She holds an MBA from Pepperdine and a BA in Communications from UC SantaBarbara.

As Director of Grassroots Education and Advocacy for the Parents Television Council (PTC), Melissa Henson directs a national network of PTC volunteers and trains local grassroots chapter leaders acros...

As Director of Grassroots Education and Advocacy for the Parents Television Council (PTC), Melissa Henson directs a national network of PTC volunteers and trains local grassroots chapter leaders across the country. Ms. Henson also directs the organization’s Advertiser Accountability Campaign, which encourages companies to sponsor family-friendly entertainment. Ms. Henson is a noted expert on entertainment industry trends and the how the impact of entertainment affects children and the American popular culture at large. She previously supervised the research and program content analysis operations of the PT and produced a number of groundbreaking PTC studies that document the levels of graphic sex, violence and profanity on television. Some of those reports include: The Ratings Sham I & II, Dying to Entertain, Faith in a Box, The Sour Family Hour, The Blue Tube, and TV Bloodbath. She began her career with the PTC in 1997 as an entertainment analyst, documenting instances of inappropriate content on television. Ms. Henson has appeared on a variety of television shows including Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Big Story, CNN Headline News’ ShowBiz Tonight, CNBC’s On the Money, MSNBC’s Scarborough Country, and CBN’s Newswatch. She is a frequent guest on radio talk shows across the country and has been quoted extensively in news sources such as Entertainment Weekly, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, New York Daily News, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Variety, Associated Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Ms. Henson is a graduate of the University of Virginia where she received a BA in Government. She resides in Falls Church, Va., with her husband and their son.

Radically freed from alcohol, cigarettes, and stimulants in 2003, Melissa Huray is an addiction counselor with a master's degree in physiology. She spent twelve years counseling addicts in intensive o...

Radically freed from alcohol, cigarettes, and stimulants in 2003, Melissa Huray is an addiction counselor with a master's degree in physiology. She spent twelve years counseling addicts in intensive outpatient treatment programs before accepting the position of executive director at the Lindell Recovery Network. Melissa is also an Emmy-award-winning news reporter and anchor, having appeared on television programs such as His Glory Ministry and CBS Minnesota's WCCO-TV. She is the host of The Hope Report podcast and the author of her memoir, Blackout to Blessing, and Radical Freedom. Melissa lives in the Twin Cities suburb of Lakeville, Minnesota, with her husband, Mike, and has three daughters.

Melissa Moschella is an assistant professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where her teaching and research focus on natural law, biomedical ethics, and the moral and political st...

Melissa Moschella is an assistant professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where her teaching and research focus on natural law, biomedical ethics, and the moral and political status of the family. Her book, “To Whom Do Children Belong? Parental Rights, Civic Education and Children’s Autonomy” was published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press. Moschella speaks and writes on a variety of contemporary moral issues, including brain death, end-of-life ethics, parental rights, reproductive technologies, and conscience rights. Her articles have been published in scholarly journals as well as popular media outlets, including Bioethics, The Journal of Medical Ethics, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Christian Bioethics, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Daily News, and The Public Discourse. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, received a Licentiate in Philosophy summa cum laude from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, and received her Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Princeton University.”

Melissa grew up in the Dallas area and has had a passion for politics since she was twelve. In college, she became more involved with local politics, serving as a precinct delegate during the Denton C...

Melissa grew up in the Dallas area and has had a passion for politics since she was twelve. In college, she became more involved with local politics, serving as a precinct delegate during the Denton County Republican Convention and working as an election clerk on Election Day 2016. She studies mass communications at Dallas Baptist University, where she is also a member of the sorority Kappa Gamma. She hopes to eventually work in public relations.

Melissa Cain Travis is a professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University, a contributing writer for Christian Research Journal, and a homeschooling mom. The author of three books in the Young D...

Melissa Cain Travis is a professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University, a contributing writer for Christian Research Journal, and a homeschooling mom. The author of three books in the Young Defenders apologetics storybook series, she is dedicated to exploring the science, theology, and philosophy behind the origins debate.

Meloni McDaniel is President and CEO of TEXO, The Construction Association. McDaniel’s experience includes construction, architecture and business development along with working for, and now leading,...

Meloni McDaniel is President and CEO of TEXO, The Construction Association. McDaniel’s experience includes construction, architecture and business development along with working for, and now leading, one of the largest construction associations during a robust DFW construction economy. TEXO is the largest commercial construction association in North Texas with members’ combined annual revenues of more than $9 billion. McDaniel has been with TEXO since October 2013 and led the member programs and services efforts until her promotion to President/CEO in March 2015. She has played a key role in the success and growth of TEXO. She attended the University of Oklahoma and majored in Architecture with a minor in Construction Science Management. Graduating in 2005, she went to work full-time for Dallas based firm, The Beck Group. She has a vast network, and is the current Chair of the Ft. Worth Society of American Military Engineers Post. McDaniel is a licensed architect in the state of Texas, is passionate about advancing the construction industry and is active with the Young Women’s Leadership Academy, which focuses on STEM education.

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com...

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud). He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network. Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas.

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com...

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud). He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network. Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas.