Staff
Sean Faircloth, Executive Director
Sean Faircloth was hired as the Secular Coalition for America’s Executive Director in June of 2009. He served a decade in the Maine State Legislature and in his last term was elected Majority Whip by his colleagues. Faircloth was an accomplished legislator, successfully spearheading over thirty pieces of legislation, including the deadbeat dad child support law which saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Faircloth had numerous legislative successes in children's issues and justice system reform. While in office, he was selected to chair a Sex Crime Commission, the Early Childhood Commission, and a Commission on the Citizen's Initiative Process.
Paul Fidalgo, Communications Manager
Paul Fidalgo is originally from New Jersey, and since coming to DC he has worked in communications and research for the electoral reform think tank FairVote, Hillary Clinton for President, Blue State Digital, and interned with the ABC News’ Political Unit. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia. His music can be downloaded at iTunes and Amazon. He holds a master's degree in political management from George Washington University, where the subject of his thesis was atheists' precarious place in American politics. He lives with his wife Jessica and brand new baby son Toby.
Caroline Slobodzian, Development Manager
Caroline Slobodzian came to the Secular Coalition for America with over nine years of nonprofit general fundraising; three of those concentrated in planned giving. She has taken on the first fundraising position of the organization. She previously worked for the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the US National Committee for UNIFEM (the United Nations Fund for Women). Caroline has a undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Relations from the The Ohio State University, and a master's on Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. Outside of the office she is President of the DC Chapter of the US National Committee for UNIFEM, plays soccer on a DC women's league, and enjoys gourmet international cooking.
Brittany Meyer, Office Manager
Before joining the Secular Coalition, Brittany Meyer interned at the Appignani Humanist Legal Center of the American Humanist Association where she worked on separation of church and state cases. Prior to that, she interned from 2007-2009 as a law clerk in the Civil Enforcement Division of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Brittany obtained a bachelors degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005 and a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in 2009. She is a licensed attorney in the state of New York.
Lori Lipman Brown, Founding Director Emeritus
Lori Lipman Brown is a lawyer, an educator, and a former Nevada State Senator. From 2005-2009 she served as the first director of the Secular Coalition for America.