David J. Bobb, Ph.D., is President and CEO of the Bill of Rights Institute (BRI), one of the nation's leading civic-education organizations, whose programs reach tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students annually. A nationally recognized scholar of American political thought, Dr. Bobb has spent more than two decades working to strengthen civic knowledge and constitutional understanding through curriculum development, public programming, and large-scale educational initiatives.

Before joining BRI, Bobb served as the founding director of the Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., where he built a prominent academic center dedicated to studying the American founding and its enduring relevance. His writing has appeared in major national outlets, and he is a frequent lecturer at universities, civic organizations, and public-policy forums.

Bobb has advised state and national leaders on civic education and has been a driving force behind several America 250 initiatives designed to reengage citizens with the nation's founding ideals. His career has been dedicated to helping Americans-especially young people-understand the principles and debates that shaped the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the evolution of the republic.

Tony Williams is a Senior Fellow at the Bill of Rights Institute and one of today's most widely read interpreters of the American founding. The author of six acclaimed works of narrative history, including The Pox and the Covenant, Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged a Nation, and Hamilton: An American Biography, Williams has built a distinguished career bringing early American history to life for general readers, teachers, and students. His books have been praised for their dramatic storytelling, meticulous research, and ability to frame historical moments within broader political and ideological currents.

Williams has spent more than twenty years teaching, speaking, and writing about the ideas that shaped the nation, with particular expertise in the Revolutionary era, the early republic, and the struggles to define American liberty. At BRI, he helps lead national teacher-training programs, authors curriculum materials used in classrooms across the country, and collaborates with partner institutions on civic-education initiatives reaching millions of learners.

A sought-after lecturer, Williams presents regularly at schools, historical societies, libraries, teacher conferences, and civic forums. His deep knowledge of founding-era debates-and his gift for connecting them to the civic challenges of the present-make him a vital voice in the country's ongoing conversation about the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.