The Directors

Stephen Dillard: Steve Dillard is a convert to Catholicism, having joined the Church in the Fall of 2003. He has been married to his college sweetheart for almost fifteen years, and they have three children (one boy and two girls). Steve practices law in Macon, Georgia, specializing in appellate practice and complex litigation. He has been actively involved in Republican politics for over fourteen years, and will attend the 2008 Republican National Convention as a delegate from Georgia's Eighth Congressional District. Steve served as a legal-policy advisor to Governor Mike Huckabee during this year's GOP presidential primary season, as well as his chairman for Georgia's Eighth Congressional District. He is now actively involved with the McCain campaign, serving on the senator's Catholics for McCain National Steering Committee and as his chairman for Georgia's Eighth Congressional District. Steve is perhaps best known for founding "Catholics Against Rudy," a web-based movement that gained national prominence for strongly opposing Mayor Giuliani's bid for the GOP presidential nomination (due to his willful disregard for the Catholic Church's non-negotiable teachings on abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, torture, and marriage). He also blogs at Southern Appeal, RedState, and Fidelis, and has appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews (see here and here), Catholic Answers Live, and NPR's "All Things Considered."

Christopher Blosser, a convert to the Catholic faith, was received into the Church in 1997. Fresh out of college, he started a little website in 2000, cheekily called the Cardinal Ratzinger Fan Club -- little realizing that his favorite theologian would ultimately be elected to the See of Peter. He blogs regularly at Against The Grain as well as participating in the blogging collective known as Catholics in the Public Square. In 2008 he was pleased to participate with Stephen on Catholics Against Rudy opposing the Republican candidate's nomination on the same grounds as he currently opposes Senator Biden. He currently resides in Kew Gardens, NY and is employed in web design. With McCain's commendable selection of Sarah Palin, he anticipates that he will voting for the Republican ticket in November.

James T. "Jay" Anderson: Jay Anderson is a convert to Catholicism, and was received into the Church, along with his wife, Sarah, on Corpus Christi Sunday in 2004. Jay has been married to Sarah for 7 years, and they have 4 children - Jamie (age 6), Aidan (age 4), Mary Virginia (age 2), and Grace Assumpta (age 1). Jay graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, practiced law for a few years, and now works as a Senior Legal Analyst for a worldwide legal publisher. From September 1998 until September 2005, he served as Mayor of the Town of Columbia, Virginia. Jay now lives in Norwalk, OH, where he attends St. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer parish, serves as Vice-President of the Norwalk Catholic School Early Childhood and Elementary Advisory Board, and is active with Knights of Columbus Council 626. In addition to Catholics Against Joe Biden, Jay blogs at Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate, Catholics in the Public Square, and Catholic Dads. Jay doesn't anticipate supporting either of the 2 major-party nominees in the 2008 Presidential Campaign, although he believes an Obama victory would set back the pro-life movement a generation.

Brendan Hodge: Brendan is a cradle Catholic and a graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he majored in Classics. He now works in marketing at a Fortune 50 company. Married for seven years, he is the proud father of three daughters, and a son due in early September. Active in his local parish, he has taught RCIA and served on the parish council. Brendan’s non-fiction writing has appeared in New Oxford Review and the Catholic Homeschool Companion. He is also the author of a number of homeschooling resources at The Humanities Program. For the last three years, Brendan has blogged at DarwinCatholic under the nom de cyber “Darwin” on topics ranging from demographics and science to Catholicism, politics and philosophy.