Maggie Ardiente

Maggie Ardiente is an American humanist leader, activist, and nonprofit executive who serves as President of Humanists International. Elected in 2025, she is the first person of color to hold the role.

Regarded as a prominent voice for humanism in the United States and internationally, Ardiente advocates on issues including civil rights, reproductive freedom, and the separation of church and state. As an activist for the American Humanist Association, Ardiente served as a lead organizer of the 2012 Reason Rally in Washington, DC, one of the largest ever gatherings of atheists, humanists, and non-believers in US history, before later taking on a national fundraising role for the PFLAG LGBTQ+ rights organization, and later as President for the Secular Coalition for America, which lobbies Congress on behalf of non-religious Americans.

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