Stanley Carlson-Thies
Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies is founder and President of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, a Washington, DC-area nonpartisan think tank that focuses on safeguarding the religious identity and faith-shaped standards and services of faith-based service organizations. Before founding IRFA, he served from 1992-2000 and 2002-2008 as Director of Social Policy Studies at the Center for Public Justice.
He served in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001-2002, and assisted with writing "Unlevel Playing Field: Barriers to Participation by Faith-Based and Community Organizations in Federal Social Service Programs" (August, 2001). Dr. Carlson-Thies currently serves on the Task Force on Reforming the Office, a task force of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Toronto.