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Patrick Sammon
President

Patrick Sammon took over the Liberty Education Forum on an interim basis on September 1, 2006.  He was named President in December 2006.  Sammon is a leading conservative voice defending gay and lesbian Americans and has appearanced on CNN's "Larry King Live," "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," and on MSNBC and "ABC World News." He has also been featured in many publications including Time, USA Today, and the Washington Post.

Sammon joined the Liberty Education Forum in January 2004.  As Executive Vice President, he developed and implemented many programs and initiatives, including LEF's Reaching the Heartland Program.  This program is gaining new allies for equality among conservatives and people of faith, especially in red states.  In 2004, he directed LEF's research and education efforts on the anti-family Federal Marriage Amendment. 

Sammon possesses a wide variety of political and media experience.  He was an award winning television news reporter for six years.  From 1999 to 2002, he was a television news reporter at WJHL Newschannel 11, the CBS affiliate in the Tri-Cities (Johnston City and Kingsport, TN & Bristol, TN/VA).. He served as a General Assignment News Reporter, with special focus on political reporting. In 2002, the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association gave him an award for Best News Writing in the state.  Sammon also spent three years as a television news reporter at WWNY-TV, the CBS affiliate in Watertown, New York.  He received awards from the New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association for best feature reporting and the Syracuse Press Club for best investigative reporting. 

Sammon moved to Washington, DC in January 2003.  Before joining Log Cabin and LEF, he worked as a freelance Associate Producer at Manifold Productions, a documentary production company in Chevy Chase, MD.

Sammon, a 32 year-old Seattle native, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Syracuse University in 1997, with a double major in marketing and broadcast journalism.