Toni Van Pelt

Toni Van Pelt is the director and lobbyist of the Center for Inquiry-Office of Public Policy centered in Washington DC . Prior to her reassignment to Washington, Toni was the first executive director for the Center for Inquiry-Florida, a branch of the Center for Inquiry -Transnational. With the development of the CFI Explorers Travel Club, she has successfully married her past career in travel and business with her commitment to skepticism and secular humanism. Toni is based in Seminole, Florida.

She is active on the international, national, state and local levels. In her role as a feminist and secular humanist she is concerned with and works to increase diversity, harmony, inclusiveness and openness in our culture. Her world view and activism is informed by long time world-wide travels.

She is a businesswoman with 30 years of experience in owning and running a private company. With the development of the CFI Travel Club she has successfully married her past career in travel with her commitment to skepticism and secular humanism. The purpose of the travel program is to further the mission of the Center by creating a space where folks of like mind can meet, mingle and become good friends. She is a former President of the Florida National Organization for Women.

TV, radio, print and internet interviews, stories, articles and appearances include Women's ENews , The Independent Florida Alligator, AP stories, NPR news, All Things Considered, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC and the St. Petersburg Times. She has appeared on local ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX affiliate news and talk shows.

Range of topics, including abstinence, sex education, stem cell research, non violence civil disobedience, women's rights, separation of state and church and global warming. NEW SLIDE PRESENTATION and SPEECH: Who wants to be a porn star? Sex and Violence in today's pornography industry.

Toni is active on the international, national, state and local levels. In her role as a feminist and secular humanist she is concerned with and works to increase diversity, harmony, inclusiveness and openness in our culture. Her world view and activism is informed by long time world-wide travels.