Board of Directors
Leonard Leo, President
Leonard has been involved with SFLA since 2008. Leonard serves as the Executive Vice President of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies. Before joining the Federalist Society, Leonard served as a law clerk to Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to Judge Randall Reader of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He also briefly worked as an associate attorney in the New Jersey law firm of Sills Beck. Leonard received his law degree with honors from Cornell Law School.
Debbie Cheatham
Debbie is a small town Texas girl and oldest of 8 children. She attended Catholic and public schools and The University of Texas. Debbie has been married to Bill for 31 years and is the mother of 3 grown children and has 3 grandchildren. Debbie has 30+ years of experience in real estate related fields, including the last 7 years as the Western Regional vice-president of one of the country’s largest privately held government lenders. She is active in AZ politics, including her position as a precinct committeeman in LD11; currently running for state committeeman; active supporter of TARS (teenage Republicans); active in many campaigns for conservative, Pro-life candidates over the last several years. Debbie is also an active fundraiser and supporter of several 2010 campaigns. She is an active member of Paradise Republican Women; Central Republican Women and Lincoln Republican Women; Arizona Right to Life; Susan B. Anthony List; founding committee member of Right to Life group at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Community in Scottsdale, Arizona; Member of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and The Goldwater Institute. Active supporter of many charitable organizations, including Arizona’s Children Association, Catholic Charities, K-2 Foundation and SFLA.
Josh Mercer
Josh was the former President of SFLA, and has been involved with the organization since 2001. Having reported for the National Catholic Register, and worked at the Leadership Institute, Josh has spent many years working in the campus pro-life movement. Currently, he is the Media Director of CatholicVote. He resides in Petoskey, Michigan where he lives with his wife Lori, and their 3 daughters. Josh is an alum of Hillsdale College.
Danielle Huntley
Danielle has been involved with SFLA since 2005 and was the Student President from 2005-2006. She is an alum of Boston College and Boston College Law School.
Sean O’Hare
Sean O’Hare is an entrepreneur, speaker, and pro-life activist. As an Entrepreneur he is founder, chief operating officer and president for multiple business ventures. At age 18, Sean launched his first business, the contracting company SPO Enterprises, for which he received the 2003 East Coast Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Sean later created the design/build firm L.A.R. Construction and its commercial branch, Angular Construction. The former executes residential projects; the latter services both corporate and restaurant entities, including Sean’s own restaurant business enterprises.
Sean also formed and continues to manage iThink Technologies, a business dedicated to excellence in energy management and integrated sub-systems in the upscale custom-home and commercial market. Most recently, he guided the company to incorporate energy efficient and green building technologies as a new venture, Sensible Energies.
In 2009, Sean decided to use his entrepreneurial mindset and apply it to promote the cause for life launching LifeHQ.org, which held the first-ever virtual March for Life.
Sean is a member of distinguished organizations Legatus and the Knights of Columbus. He graduated magna cum laude from Rider University in 2003.








