Barbara Forrest

Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University and author of Creationism's Trojan Horse. Barbara Forrest was an expert witness in the recent Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District trial in Pennsylvania.

 

Mark Bowen

Popular science author and photographer Mark Bowen studies glaciology, global warming and the hard facts of the Earth's health. His book Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains explores the pioneering work of Lonnie Thompson in the field of climatology. Bowen is a rock and ice climber with a doctorate in physics.

 

Paul Kurtz

Dr. Paul Kurtz is the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, CSICOP, and the Center for Inquiry. He is the author of forty-five books, including Promethean Love, Affirmations of Joyful and Creative Exuberance, and Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for a New Planetary Humanism. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

 

Joe Nickell

CSICOP Senior Research Fellow and investigative columnist for Skeptical Inquirer magazine. Joe Nickell is author of more than twenty books including Secrets of the Supernatural, Detecting Forgery, Crime Science, and Lake Monster Mysteries with Benjamin Radford.

 

Toni Van Pelt

Toni is the Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Florida, and is a member of the Center for Inquiry development team. She is a long time Feminist activist and business owner before joining CFI.

Vern Bullough

Vern Bullough, a Free Inquiry senior editor, is a noted author and researcher in human sexuality. He is with the Center for Sex Research at California State University, Northridge. His books include Man in Western Civilization, History of Prostitution, and Sexual Practice and the Medieval Church.

 

Patricia Beauchamp

Accounting Manager for the Center for Inquiry, CSICOP, and the Council for Secular Humanism. Patricia coordinates national conferences as well as the CFI Explorers Club. She assists the Development Department in structuring planned gifts and endowments.

 

James Underdown

James Underdown is the Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-West, and the Chairman of the Independent Investigations Group. He has written for both Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry Magazines, and was recently featured on Penn and Teller's series on Showtime.

 

 

 

Special Event!
The Victoria Secular Humanist Association will be hosting
members of the CFI Cruise while we are on shore in
Victoria, British Columbia.
Details to follow later

In 1953, Dr. Marion Sherman helped found The Victoria Secular Humanist Association. During this period, Dr. Brock Chisholm (afterwards a Humanist of the Year), the first director of the World Health Organization and a founder of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, became an associate when he retired to Victoria. Subsequently, the Victoria and Montreal groups began The Humanist Association of Canada in order to help Dr. Henry Morgentaler legalize abortion. The Humanist in Canada magazine (now named Humanist Perspective) was begun by Victoria's Lloyd Brereton and is now edited by The VSHA's Dr. Gary Bauslaugh. The current Humanist of the Year is Victoria's Evelyn Martens.