Outreach Staff
Adrienne Asselmeier is a Campus Organizer for CFI On Campus. She began volunteering with CFI–Michigan in 2008 and was the Campus Coordinator intern for the Michigan center in 2009. In 2009 Dren was presented with the Freethinker of the Year award and asked to speak on a panel at the CFI Student Leadership Conference. She began working at CFI–Transnational in April of 2011. Since then she has helped to coordinate national and regional conferences and has spoken at events for CFI On Campus and the Secular Student Alliance. Her background is in non-profit administration and she has her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Grand Valley State University.
Jennifer Beahan is Assistant Director of CFI-Michigan. Her interests include volunteer management, program development and evaluation, secular activism, and women's rights. She holds a Bachelor's of Music Education (K-12), and in addition to her work for CFI she teaches music lessons and is a member of WaZoBia, an Afro-Cuban drum ensemble. Prior to being hired as the Assistant Director, Jennifer volunteered at CFI-Michigan for 4 years and was the editor of a quarterly newsletter, assisted in Long-Term planning and founded several ongoing programs at CFI-Michigan.
Lauren Becker, VP and Director of Outreach, is a science and nature interpreter who has taught at museums, parks, and planetariums around the country. Known for her commentaries on Point of Inquiry, CFI's radio show & podcast, she is an experienced environmental activist and advocate for science literacy and education. Lauren holds a B.A. in Geography and a Masters in Education focused on science and the public.
Michael De Dora Jr. is Executive Director of CFI-New York City. In addition, he serves as director of CFI’s Office of Public Policy, and as the organization’s representative to the United Nations. Michael has a master’s degree in political theory from Brooklyn College, and a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric and communication from SUNY-Albany. He maintains the blog The Moral Perspective, and contributes essays on political and moral philosophy to Massimo Pigliucci's blog, Rationally Speaking. Before joining CFI, Michael was a news writer and editor at both FOXNews.com and the City University of New York. He got his start with CFI as a volunteer in 2008.
Debbie Goddard is the coordinator of CFI On Campus and the director of African Americans for Humanism. She has years of experience in volunteering and campus and community organizing. Before coming to work for CFI as a field organizer, she volunteered for CFI On Campus with local groups and on the international level as Student Publications Director and Student President. She has been involved with church-state separation and secular activism, as well as with LGBTQ and progressive issues, for over a decade.
Melody Hensley is the Executive Director of CFI-Washington DC. Ms. Hensley has a background in volunteering and community organizing. She has been involved with church-state separation and secular activism, as well as reproductive rights and progressive issues, in the DC area for over a decade. Prior to her latest role, she served as the CFI-DC event and volunteer coordinator.
Stephanie LeRoy is Assistant Director of CFI-New York City. She recently completed a bachelor's degree in Studio Art at CUNY-Hunter College. During her undergraduate years, Stephanie founded four student groups in New York dedicated to free inquiry and secular humanism. Stephanie also spent two years interning for CFI-NYC, assisting with campus group support, event organizing, and design. She is proud to be a part of CFI and applying her passion and creativity to support the movement.
Jefferson Seaver is a co-founder of CFI-Michigan and has served as its Executive Director for 14 years. He is a partner in a local marketing and design firm where he has been occupied for the past 18 years, and he has served on the ACLU of Western Michigan board for 10 years. Jeff was a committed, born again Christian of the fundamentalist Baptist variety for 20 years — even releasing an album as part of a Christian rock band. His deeply held religious beliefs led him to study the Bible, philosophy, apologetics, and comparative religion — which were ultimately their undoing. He reads voraciously especially about neuroscience and psychology, and has never let schooling interfere with his education.
Reba Boyd Wooden is Executive Director of CFI-Indiana as well as the director of CFI's Secular Celebrant Program. She started Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana in 1999, which became CFI Community of Indiana in 2005. On April 1, 2007, CFI-Indiana opened on the Indianapolis downtown canal walk at 350 Canal Walk, Suite A. Reba has a B.A from the University of Indianapolis with a major in Social Studies Education and a minor in Business Education, an M.S. from Butler University in History/Education, and an M.S. in Counseling and Counselor Education from Indiana University. She retired after 37 years in public education in 2005. She spent her last 13 years as a high school guidance counselor and the previous years in the classroom teaching mostly psychology and United States history. She is the mother of two and the grandmother of seven. She has been a member of ACLU of Indiana Board of Directors for several years and is currently serving as the board's Vice President for Education.
