Sam Brownback is a Fellow for The Center for Religious Liberty at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law for the 2021-2022 academic year. He served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021. Ambassador Brownback continues to work with coalitions around the globe to promote and protect the fundamental human right to religious liberty.

Ambassador Brownback was elected the 46th Governor of Kansas in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. He left office upon being confirmed to the position of Ambassador-at-Large in January 2018.

Prior to becoming governor, Ambassador Brownback represented Kansas in Congress. After one term in the House of Representatives, he was elected to the Senate in 1996. While a member of the Senate, he worked actively on the issue of religious freedom in multiple countries and was a key sponsor of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

Ambassador Brownback began his career of public service when he became the youngest Kansas Secretary of Agriculture in the state's history in 1986.. During his tenure as Secretary, Brownback did double duty as a White House Fellow under the administration of George H.W. Bush.

Brownback is a licensed attorney, having graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law. He is a Senior Fellow at Open Doors USA and serves as co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Summit. He is also chairman of the National Committee for Religious Freedom.