FFC Staff

Gary Marx has served as the Executive Director of the Faith & Freedom Coalition since June 2011. Prior to joining FFC he was Vice President at Century Strategies heading up their Washington D.C. office and served as the Executive Director for the Judicial Crisis Network which worked to confirm judges to the nation’s courts who follow judicial restraint and written words of the Constitution. He was also previously posted at the Bush-Cheney 04 national campaign headquarters where he spearheaded outreach to social conservatives. His coalitions program helped increase the President’s share of the “values voters” to 21.3 million or 36 percent of the total Bush vote. Early in his career Gary served as Executive Director of the Virginia Christian Coalition and holds a Master’s degree in Political Management from Regent University. He is married to Aimee and is the father of three children.

Orit Sklar is the Director of Finance and Communications at the Faith & Freedom Coalition. She graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she received her Bachelor of Science de­gree. She is a political columnist and is known nationwide for her advancement of First Amendment rights and academic Freedom on American university campuses. She is the co-recipient of the 2009 Ronald Reagan Award from the American Conservative Union.

Jeff Ballabon is a media and telecommunications executive and the Chairman of Jewish Outreach of the Faith & Freedom Coalition. A veteran of Bush-Cheney 2000 and 2004 and referred to in the press as “the architect” of their national outreach in the Orthodox community, the Jewish Daily Forward named Jeff one of the “50 Most Influential Jews in America” for his political impact. A longtime activist in judicial nominations, he worked closely with the Bush White House on many confirmation battles, including those of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. In 2007, Jeff founded the Coordinating Council on Jerusalem, an international Coalition of Jewish organizations coordinating with members of the Knesset and pro-Israel Christian groups to successfully oppose the proposed division of Jerusalem. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, Yeshiva University and Ner Israel Rabbinical College. He and his wife Rochelle have five children.

Robert Potts is the Faith & Freedom Coalition Deputy National Field Director. His introductions to politics came in high school volunteering for the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign. In college, he chaired his university’s College Republicans chapter while volunteering working for several national and statewide campaigns. Robert came to the Faith & Freedom Coalition after graduating from Kennesaw State University in 2011, and working for a public relations firm in Atlanta.