Jeff Mateer is the Chief Legal Officer of First Liberty Institute, where he serves as a member of the executive leadership team and oversees and directs First Liberty’s legal operations, including its litigation, media/communications, and external affairs teams. He rejoined First Liberty Institute in October 2020 after serving as First Assistant Attorney General of Texas from March 2016 through October 2020.

Jeff has served in the legal field for over 30 years, and in addition to having received an A-V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, Jeff has been honored as a Texas Rising Star and Texas Super Lawyer. He received his undergraduate education at Dickinson College, where he graduated with honors in 1987, and his legal education at Southern Methodist University, where he graduated with honors in 1990. While in law school, he served as an editor of the law review. He is licensed to practice law by the state of Texas and is admitted to practice before all Texas State and Federal District Courts, the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

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.

Collin G. Lambert is the founder and president of Lambert Creative Media and organization dedicated to helping God’s people and faith-based organizations use media to impact the world for Christ. Collin’s 45 years in media have fully prepared him to assist organizations with staff development, program development, fundraising, coaching, training and change management.

Collin is also the host and producer of Missions Today, a 26-minute weekly program focused on missions - getting involved in God's work and movement wherever it occurs. Each week he unveils stories of missions from the neighborhood front porch to the front lines of mission activity around the world - individual, organizational, entrepreneurial, inspirational.

Collin last served as Vice President of Moody Radio, the media arm of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Moody Radio owns/operates 37 stations (English and Spanish) covering 15 states, and Canada, a Christian broadcast network, plus numerous online only stations. Collin served with Moody for over 15 years, serving as Vice President for the last 7 1/2 years. In his role at Moody, he also planned, executed and instructed numerous international media training events in Africa and Eastern Europe.

In addition to his duties with Lambert Creative Media, Collin currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Religious Broadcasters and is a voice on The Bridge Austin (AM1120/101.1FM). Collin and his wife, Patti, have three grown children, and live in their hometown of Austin, Texas.

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