Carter Skeel is working to build a future for marriage and family as the Executive Director at the Institute for Family Studies (IFS).

A professor, author, speaker, and the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University, Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson’s lifelong journey in the exercise of intellectual community and socratic dialogue began years ago.

On November 5, 2025, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced his appointment of Barrett Bowdre (John Jay, Fall 2010) as Solicitor General of Alabama.

Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach, editor for Public Discourse, discusses the phenomenon of loneliness in a world more apparently connected than ever, and how her experience as a John Jay Fellow taught her the importance of building community around shared values.

As a full-time wife and mom and Director of Publications for the Federalist Society, Katie (Geleris) McClendon, Fall 2011 John Jay alumae, works tirelessly to balance work and family, using what she learned at the John Jay Institute to ground her.

Ashley Bergfield left her experience at the John Jay Institute with a deeper appreciation of the daily need for prayer, reflection, and quiet. Her mission today requires this same inner strength and reliance on her creator.  

Mother, journalist and influencer, John Jay alum Kiley Crossland is quietly leading hot-button conversations from behind the keyboard in Denver, Colorado.