Zachary Moore was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, but got to Texas as quickly as he could. He is an active leader in the freethought community of Dallas/Fort Worth, serving as the Executive Director of the Fellowship of Freethought in Dallas, Coordinator of the Dallas/Fort Worth Coalition of Reason, and Treasurer for Camp Quest Texas.
Zach received his PhD in molecular biology from the University of Cincinnati and subsequently created the popular "Evolution 101" podcast. His other podcasts include the atheist/theist panel discussion "Apologia," and the newly-developed "Churchspotting" which provides a critical examination of various religious centers in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
Kate Miller, Ph.D. (Board Treasurer)
After graduating magna cum laude in Linguistics and Russian Language & Literature from Brown University in 1990, Kate Miller's career took a sharp turn to the scientific. She worked for two years as a field coordinator for Planned Parenthood, then earned a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University with an emphasis in Population and Family Health. During her MPH program, she carried out geographic information systems analyses of urban reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa.
After several years working in demographic research and reproductive health, Kate completed a Ph.D. in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania and continued her work related to fertility, contraception, STI prevention, and reproductive choice.
In 2008 Kate founded Charlie's Playhouse, an award-winning company that produces games and toys to introduce kids to biological evolution. She lives with her family in Providence, Rhode Island. She is a secular humanist.
Hemant Mehta (Board President)
Hemant Mehta is the author of I Sold My Soul on eBay and creator of the popular FriendlyAtheist.com blog. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he graduated with honors in both Mathematics and Biology and helped establish the school's first secular student group, Students WithOut Religious Dogma (SWORD). He is currently earning his Masters in Math Education at DePaul University while teaching high school math in suburban Chicago.
Hemant also serves as Chair of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA) Board of Directors and works closely with the Secular Coalition for America.
Trish Hotze Cowan (Board Secretary)
Trish Cowan is a humanist and a member of the Ethical Society of St. Louis, the largest Ethical Society in the United States.
While a student at Webster University, Trish traveled to Germany with the International Business Exchange program, an experience she calls "one of the most enriching and rewarding accomplishments of my life." After graduating from Webster with a B.S. in Religious Studies and a minor in German, Trish worked as support staff in a group home for St. Louis Arc, assisting adults with developmental disabilities with daily living skills and community integration.
Trish serves on the Religious Education Committee for the American Ethical Union, the umbrella organization for Ethical Societies nationwide. She lives in St. Louis with her husband and son.
Dale McGowan, Ph.D. (Exec. Director), ex officio
Dale is editor and co-author of Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers, the first comprehensive resources for nonreligious parents. He writes the secular parenting blog The Meming of Life and presents seminars for nontheistic parents across the United States. In 2008 he was named Harvard Humanist of the Year by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.
Dale's past non-profit work includes service as U.S. Communications Coordinator for Nonviolent Peaceforce, a global civilian peacekeeping organization based in Brussels. He holds degrees in physical anthropology and music theory from UC Berkeley and the University of Minnesota. He and his wife Becca, a second grade teacher, live in Atlanta with their three children.
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