Speakers + Breakout Sessions
2026 PLENARY SPEAKERS
Andre Van Mol, MD
Dr André Van Mol is a board-certified family physician in full-time practice in California. He co-chairs the Christian Medical & Dental Associations Sexual & Gender Identity Task Force, and is the transgenderism scholar for both the CMDA and the American Academy of Medical Ethics. Dr. Van Mol writes and speaks for the CMDA on issues of bioethical and Christian concern, and has been extensively published in professional and general literature. He works with Alliance Defending Freedom in a coalition of professionals advising on policy matters addressing sexual orientation and gender identity. He advises legislators, government agencies, and advocacy organizations internationally on sexuality and gender identity.
Jeffery J. Barrows, MD
Dr. Jeffrey Barrows served recently as Senior Vice President of Bioethics and Public Policy for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Dr. Barrows is an obstetrician/gynecologist, author, educator, medical ethicist and speaker. He has dedicated 15 years of his career fighting human trafficking within the intersection of trafficking and healthcare. In 2008, Dr. Barrows founded Gracehaven, an organization assisting victims of domestic minor sex trafficking in Ohio. In 2019, Dr. Barrows published a novel entitled Finding Freedom that realistically portrays child sex trafficking in the U.S. He has been married to Kathy for 45 years with 3 grown children and two grandchildren.
Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse
Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives.
Just prior to joining ADF, Widmalm-Delphonse clerked for the Honorable Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Before that, Widmalm-Delphonse served as staff attorney with the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he represented clients charged with serious felonies.
Widmalm-Delphonse earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2014. He obtained his B.A., with distinction, in Political Science, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Widmalm-Delphonse is a member of state bars of Minnesota, Illinois, and Virginia.