Larry Alex Taunton is founder and Executive Director of the Fixed Point Foundation, a Christian non-profit dedicated to exploring those ideas that shape culture.  In that role, Mr. Taunton has engaged and debated some of the world's most prominent intellectuals, from Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins to Dinesh D'Souza and Peter Kreeft.  His book, The Grace Effect (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2011), chronicles some of these experiences and offers a glimpse into what the world would look like without Christian influence.  Possessing degrees in history from Samford University (BA) and the University of Alabama (MA), Mr. Taunton specializes in addressing issues of faith and culture.  An occasional columnist, his articles have been featured in USA Today and CNN.com.  He has been quoted by Rush Limbaugh, Time, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Vanity Fair and many others.  He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, NPR, BBC and, on the lighter side, the locally popular "Rick and Bubba Show."  In 2011, Mr. Taunton and his team produced a Super Bowl commercial featuring John 3:16.  Hailed by The New York Times as "slick" and The Orlando News Sentinel as one of the best Super Bowl commercials of 2011, the initiative created a national stir and paved the way for other organizations to produce ads with similarly wholesome themes.  Mr. Taunton lives in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife, Lauri.  They are blessed with four wonderful children.

A native of Birmingham, Ben Halbrooks serves as Fixed Point’s Technical Supervisor and Webmaster. Ben likes the title Webmaster, and we decided to let him have it in spite of the fact that it sounds sinister and scheming. Ben is neither sinister nor scheming. He is a nice young man who decided to join a Fixed Point Bible study on a lark while still in high school. Ben's involvement with Fixed Point progressed from there to volunteer, and then to that of intern. He graduated with honors from Rhodes College in 2007, where he studied Biology and Film and then joined our staff on a full time basis. His job entails everything from maintaining the website to editing film for Fixed Point productions. Ben is talented artistically and enjoys producing his own short films in his spare time. Some are even worth watching.

Bekah Page is our Public Relations and Events Coordinator.  A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Bekah attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis in Hospitality Management. We make no use of her knowledge of consumer sciences (we are not even sure what it is). But we leverage every ounce of her skills in hospitality management. Recently we discovered that she is an excellent cook. This suited the men on our staff since they like to eat. She loves to spend time with her family and her little dog (and we mean little dog), Franklin. Bekah's husband Kaleb is a UAB dental student who has, unsurprisingly, a sparkling smile.

Michael Taunton has been a part of Fixed Point Foundation in one capacity or another all of his life.  The son of Fixed Point's executive director, Michael reflects a lot of his father's interests.  He graduated with honors from Samford University where he earned a degree in classical languages, and now attends Yale Law school. Michael serves as the writer and developer of the Fixed Point FIX.

Mary Laura Rogan is a native of Vestavia Hills, Alabama and is a graduate of Samford University where she was named homecoming queen. At Fixed Point we don't recognize such elevated titles and simply call her "M.L." She has been involved with us since she was a sophomore in high school. As Mr. Taunton's secretary, she has a number of administrative duties that primarily involve keeping him organized and on time, and that, anyone can tell you, is no easy thing. So effective is ML that we have considered cloning her. Currently, however, we lack the resources to do so.

Will Hill Tankersley is outside General Counsel for Fixed Point Foundation.  He is also a partner at Balch & Bingham, LLP and is that firm's senior Intellectual Property (IP) litigator.  He founded and was the first Chairman of the Alabama State Bar Section for Intellectual Property.  Mr. Tankersley is one of the few intellectual property litigators in Alabama to take trademark, copyright, trade secret and computer cases to judgment or to be counsel in a (patent) Markman Hearing. He has over 23 years of experience and holds a Masters of Law in IP and Antitrust from New York University School of Law.  After college and before law school, Mr. Tankersley served as a Regular Army officer in the Infantry and Special Forces.  But it is primarily as a lawyer that Fixed Point uses him.