The Secular Student Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the only national organization dedicated to atheist, humanist, and other non-theist students.

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The Secular Student Alliance empowers secular students to proudly express their identity, build welcoming communities, promote secular values, and set a course for lifelong activism.

Our People

Staff

Kevin Bolling is the executive director of the Secular Student Alliance. He has served in that position since 2017. Kevin brings with him 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience. His career has included over 10 years of student association management and on-campus program development from Los Angeles to Boston. For 10 years, Kevin served as the Executive Director of the California Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation, a charitable trust serving the healthcare needs of the industries’ largely immigrant workforce. Most recently, Kevin served as the Director of Philanthropy at the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, a major LGBTQ arts advocacy organization, whose youth outreach work has moved thousands of hearts and minds across the US towards embracing LGBTQ equality.

Kevin
Executive Director

ssa@secularstudents.org

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Matthew
National Organizing Manager

ssaorganizer@secularstudents.org

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Stephanie
Campus Organizer - West

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Chase
Campus Organizer - East

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Social Media

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Board of Directors

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Harry Shaughnessy, Chair

Board Member since 2013

North Carolina

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Ryan Bodanyi, Vice Chair

Board Member since 2022

Michigan

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Shanti Priya, Treasurer

Board Member since 2021

California

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Jennie Frishtick, Secretary

Board Member since 2019

New York

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Kristina Lee

Board Member since 2022

South Dakota

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Chinelle Ekanem

Board Member since 2022

Washington, DC

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Lishore Kumar

Board Member since 2023

Texas

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Clinton Herndon

Board Member since 2023

Georgia

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Paul Reed

Board Member since 2020

New Jersey

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Ron Zakay

Board Member since 2023

California

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Olivia Fines

Board Member since 2023

Virginia

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Mike Bills

Board Member since 2023

Utah

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Wilds Ross

Board Member since 2023

Virginia

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Stephanie McGreevy

Board Member since 2023

California

Advocacy Committee

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Sasha Sagan

Member since 2022

Massachusetts

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Rev. Barry Lynn

Member since 2022

Washington, DC

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Anjan Chakravartty

Member since 2022

Florida

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Elizabeth Reiner Platt

Member since 2022

New York

 Get Involved!

Interested in becoming a Board Member or part of the National Leadership Council?

Email us at ssa@secularstudents.org for information regarding upcoming board vacancies.

National Leadership Council

The National Leadership Council is a select group of students and recent alumni who provide insight, guidance, and support to the national Secular Student Alliance.

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Paschal Obochi

(he/him)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Rachel Himelhoch

(she/her)

University of Michigan

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Andrew Ladenheim

(he/him)

University of New Hampshire School of Law

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Nathan Unruh

(he/him)

University of Central Oklahoma

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Jessica Finger

(she/her)

Cornell University