{"id":45608,"date":"2018-01-03T08:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/portfolio\/kristen-waggoner"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:23:19","slug":"kristen-waggoner","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/fr\/notre-equipe\/kristen-waggoner","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Waggoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"45608\" class=\"elementor elementor-45608 elementor-10419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3fcead elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3fcead\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8cca6a\" data-id=\"c8cca6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cffc6ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cffc6ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kristen-waggoner-ceo-alliance-defending-freedom.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-41163\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kristen-waggoner-ceo-alliance-defending-freedom.webp 378w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kristen-waggoner-ceo-alliance-defending-freedom-284x300.webp 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fb525d\" data-id=\"0fb525d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e884b67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e884b67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">Kristen Waggoner<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>CEO, PRESIDENT, AND CHIEF COUNSEL<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e62720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-divider\" data-id=\"8e62720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-divider\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-divider-line raven-divider-solid\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af005b9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af005b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2047a62\" data-id=\"2047a62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd3ed56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd3ed56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kristen Waggoner is the CEO, President, and Chief Counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom: the world\u2019s largest legal organization advancing every person\u2019s God-given right to live and speak the truth. With more than 450 team members in 10 offices worldwide, ADF is at the forefront of today\u2019s most consequential battles in law, public policy, and culture.<\/p><p>Under Waggoner\u2019s leadership\u2014first as head of U.S. litigation and now as CEO\u2014ADF has played a role in nearly 80 U.S. Supreme Court victories and won 15 of its own cases before the Court, including serving as legal counsel with Mississippi in the landmark\u00a0Dobbs\u00a0ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Waggoner personally argued several of ADF\u2019s Supreme Court cases including the well-known\u00a0Masterpiece Cakeshop\u00a0and 303 Creative cases, winning major victories for free expression.<\/p><p>She has the honor of leading ADF International, which, like its U.S. counterpart, defends religious liberty, free speech, parental rights, human life, and biological reality around the world. 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