Austin Waugh serves as the Chief Financial Officer for First Liberty Institute, where he oversees all the organization’s finance, treasury, accounting and taxation activities. Prior to joining First Liberty, Waugh spent three years managing financial operations for Authentix, a private equity-backed firm specializing in enhanced visibility and traceability solutions for […]

In February 2022, Ryan Gardner joined the First Liberty Institute as Counsel after spending over four years at large Dallas law firm handling complex commercial disputes at both before both trial and appellate courts. Before his time in private practice, Ryan worked in Washington D.C. as a law clerk to […]

Holly M. Randall serves as Counsel at First Liberty Institute, where she focuses on the religious liberty rights of teachers and students in the firm’s education practice group. Holly clerked for the Honorable James C. Ho of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prior to clerking, […]