Charles A. (Chuck) Donovan, Co-President and Founding Board Member, was founding president (2011–2024) of the Charlotte Lozier Institute. He served as legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee from 1978-1981, worked as a senior writer for President Reagan until 1989, helped lead the Family Research Council for nearly two decades and served as Senior Fellow in Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles, monographs and books, including Blessed Are the Barren (Ignatius Press, 1991). His prolific writing on family, life, and culture has appeared in such outlets as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Stand, and many others, and he has published in the peer-reviewed journals Linacre Quarterly and the Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. He has also appeared widely on national and regional media outlets including CNN’s Inside Politics and ABC’s Nightline as well as programs on FOX, BBC, NPR, the Voice of America, EWTN and CBN.
Chuck has played key roles in the development of federal and state policy regarding public financing of abortion, compassionate alternatives to abortion, the child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, rights of conscience, and a wide array of other life and family issues.
