FFL President Serrin M. Foster has led Feminists for Life of America since 1994. Under her leadership, FFL has advocated the Violence Against Women Act, enhanced child support enforcement and health care for pregnant women. The creator of the Women Deserve Better^® campaign has focused on developing resources and practical support for underserved pregnant and parenting students. Her landmark speech, "The Feminist Case Against Abortion," has been recognized as one of the "Great Speeches in History" in an anthology on Women's Rights. She has moderated Pregnancy Resource Forums at top colleges across America, including Harvard, Stanford, Notre Dame and Texas A & M, and internationally at Oxford and Cambridge universities, among others. Click here for more information.

Former FFL Vice President Sally Winn knows the challenges of pregnancy and parenting in college firsthand, having experienced an unplanned pregnancy as an undergraduate student. Ms. Winn has presented her story to colleges across the country and to Members of Congress and their staff on Capitol Hill. In her lecture, she covers 200 years of pro-life feminism and draws from her expertise as Director of a pregnancy center to emphasize solutions for pregnant and parenting students on campus. Ms. Winn also serves as a moderator for FFL's groundbreaking Pregnancy Resource Forums.

Ann Lowrey Forster was known for her pro-choice letters to the editor when she became pregnant her sophomore year in college. She gave birth that summer, returning to school for junior year. Urged to abort and deserted by her boyfriend, Ms. Forster continued her pregnancy and graduated on time with honors. Now a pro-life feminist, married, with a toddler and a newborn, and a law clerk with a law firm in the South, Ms. Forster believes resources and support are critical for pregnant and parenting women.

Joyce Ann McCauley-Benner was raped at 20 and chose not to abort, not knowing if her unborn son was the result of rape or of her relationship. She says, "I know what it's like to want to run as far away as possible from a problem, how it feels to hang on to ‘if I wasn't pregnant anymore, it would all be o.k. again.'" Ms. McCauley-Benner, who graduated from college while raising her son, currently works with women who have been involved in sex trafficking. In addition to her lecture, she also moderates FFL's Pregnancy Resource Forums. A mother of two sons, Ms. McCauley-Benner lives in the Midwest.

Melissa Ohden wants to transform society so all women will feel free and safe to be pregnant. At about five months' gestation, Melissa survived a saline abortion and was placed in a neonatal unit where her parents found her and adopted her. Melissa works in a social welfare agency in the Midwest. Ms. Ohden says: "Instead of being angry or bitter about the circumstances that surrounded my arrival into this world, I have chosen to be grateful, and the time has come in my life in which I believe I need to use my story to provide a voice for women and children and the obstacles that they face in the world we all live in."

Angelica Rosales founded a pregnancy center shortly after graduating from college and continues to run it in her hometown in the Southwest. Her own mother was advised to abort her but risked her life to continue her pregnancy. Her mother's courage continues to be a motivation for Ms. Rosales. Ms. Rosales presents the perspective of a woman who works daily with pregnant and parenting women, particularly college age women, facing crisis situations and she sees firsthand how lack of support hurts women: "This failure to provide resources is a reflection of how far we still need to go to eliminate the root causes of abortion," Ms. Rosales said.

Karen Shablin converted from a "card-carrying member of NARAL" to a pro-life feminist position. She discusses her experience choosing to have an abortion and how she became pro-life. A health policy expert and former state Medicaid agency head, Ms. Shablin is speaking for FFL on campus because, she says: "I can't undo my mistakes over the years - having an abortion, advocating abortion, but I can help others to learn from my mistakes. Every life counts."

Patricia Heaton, FFL's Honorary Chair, two-time Emmy Winner ("Everybody Loves Raymond") and New York Times best-selling author, appears this year on Fox's new television series "Back to You" with Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier" fame. Heaton co-founded FourBoys Films with her husband, actor/producer David Hunt, produced and starred in the TNT/FourBoys Films production The Engagement Ring, starred in the TNT/Neil Simon production of The Goodbye Girl, and produced the movie Amazing Grace in conjunction with Bristol Bay Productions. Ms. Heaton speaks on behalf of FFL on a very limited basis - typically at large national events, events on Capitol Hill, or large venues in the Los Angeles area, often together with FFL President Serrin Foster.

Margaret Colin , FFL's Honorary Co-Chair, has extensive acting credits in studio movies and independent features ("Independence Day," "Three Men and a Baby" and "The Devil's Own"), television ("Chicago Hope," "Now and Again," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"), and theatre (Jackie: An American Life). In the made-for-television movie "Swing Vote" she portrayed the pro-life wife of a Supreme Court Justice. Margaret recently appeared in the Broadway cast of Old Acquaintance, and is currently in the cast of "Gossip Girl," a new TV show this fall on The CW Television Network. She is busy with her acting career, appearing frequently on stage in New York, and raising her two sons with her husband. Ms. Colin's availability is also very limited, but she occasionally speaks on Capitol Hill or on college campuses in the New York area together with FFL President Serrin Foster.

FFL Board Member Jessica O'Connor-Petts became pregnant shortly after graduating from university in 1996 but continued with her plan to move to Washington, D.C. to work in public policy and row competitively. With the loving support of family, friends, and caregivers, she made an adoption plan for her birthson, including four joyful weeks with him after his birth. Ms. O'Connor-Petts later completed an MBA, and works with a management consulting firm in Washington while continuing to row competitively. She also volunteers for a number of organizations that serve birthmothers. Ms. O'Connor-Petts' birthson, his little sister and parents were part of her wedding in 2003, with her birth son serving as ring-bearer. Her birthson and his family now eagerly await the baby that Ms. O'Connor-Petts and her husband Ray expect in February. Ms. O'Connor-Petts is available to speak on a limited basis in the Washington area.

FFL National Program Director Cayce Utley has focused on the continuing development of FFL's College Outreach Program which helps schools create and promote resources for pregnant and parenting students. Prior to her work with FFL, she served as Deputy Director of Democrats for Life of America. The author of FFL's recent study, Perception is Reality, Cayce has led workshops on women-centered activism for students from schools around the country. Most recently, Cayce moderated Georgetown University's annual Pregnancy Resource Forum.

FFL College Outreach Coordinator Chaunie Saelens Brusie became a student mother her senior year of college. As the founder and leader of her student activist group, Chaunie worked to create support for pregnant and parenting students like herself on campus. She shares her personal story as a pregnant college student who challenged the status quo on her campus in FFL's e-series Chaunie's Journey. Chaunie graduated on time with a degree in Nursing shortly before delivering her daughter, Ada Marie, in May of 2008.