LEADERSHIP

YVONNE BONTKOWSKI, Executive Director

Yvonne Bontkowski was was born in Chicago area and raised in a devout immigrant Polish Catholic family.  In 2002 she joined the prolife organization, Children of God for Life as a Research Official  until her retirement in 2020.  During that time, she assisted with investigating vaccines and other medicines that either contained or utilized aborted fetal material in their development and production.  In addition, she helped uncover the gruesome details of the numerous abortions involved as scientists very casually and  graphically described the details and methods used to obtain fresh organs and tissues.

In faithful obedience to the admonition of the Pontifical Academy of Life, which stated in 2005 that there is a duty to “take recourse” to moral alternatives and to make one’s protest known to the pharmaceutical industry in order put an end to the gross exploitation of aborted children in scientific research.  Her work is focused on educating the public regarding both previous and current research on vaccines, medicines and other consumer products produced using aborted fetal cell lines.

She is currently a homeschooling mom of 8 children, 3 Grandchildren, Married 35 years to her retired US Marine husband, and resides in South East Wisconsin.

PAMELA ACKER, Board Member

Pamela  holds a Master of Science degree in biology from The Catholic University of America, a degree that she pursued after years of interest in fighting against the use of aborted fetal tissue in the vaccine industry.  While there, she conducted research in vaccine delivery using T4 bacteriophage nanoparticles, but ultimately left the university because the vaccine lab began using the cell line HEK-293.  In addition to teaching in classrooms from middle school to college for nearly a decade and a half, Miss Acker has published two books:  Vaccination: a Catholic Perspective, a comprehensive look at this very politicized topic that was published by the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation, and Biology: a Traditional Catholic Perspective, a high school biology textbook that she co-authored with the founders of Angelic Doctor Academy.  She now works full time with the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation using her knowledge of biology to defend a traditional understanding of human physiology as designed by God and not as a byproduct of random evolutionary processes.

CAROLYN MOEBEST, Board Member

Carolyn Moebest is a pro-life mother of eight, widow, grandmother and small business owner for over 43 years. Her expertise in small business “start ups” has led her to successfully lead two residential construction companies and a home maintenance company.

Closest to her heart is the safety of children. Her advocacy in  pro-life work  began in the 1990’s and continues today.  Carolyn is  stridently “Pro-life” from conception to “natural death.”

MICHAEL KRAMER, D.C., Board Member

Dr. Kramer is a chiropractic physician who lives with his wife and 5 children in North Carolina. As a freshman in the Midwest, his interest and advocacy in pro-life organizations led him to accept a role as president of a universities pro-life organization. In the years that followed, as a husband and father, his desire to protect the most vulnerable and voiceless among us has only increased. He hopes to work in any way he can to assist in advocating and educating for ethically derived vaccines. The pro life cause and the ending of the abuse of the use of fetal tissue for profit hits very close to his heart, as he was himself a target, diagnosed with an uncommon and complicated condition in utero in the 1980s. Living on time his mothers physicians advised against giving him at life, he intends to continuing advocating for the defenseless until he can’t any longer.

MEREDITH SHANE, R.N., Board Member

AMANDA MILLER, Board Member

Amanda Miller is a native of Clearwater, Florida. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame prior to serving as an officer in the United States Army. During her service in the Army, Amanda worked in an array of positions including as a public affairs officer. She has been married for 20 years with five beautiful children. Her family has traveled the world and lived all over the country, including Alaska and Hawaii.

Following her Army service, Amanda established her own business as a photographer. She has employed her skills as a photographer professionally and continues to offer her photography services on a voluntary basis supporting her local schools and community events. Amanda is a long-time advocate for the rights of the unborn. She has worked with numerous advocacy groups and with the Catholic Church to promote life.