Experienced Team
Catholic Engagement is an experienced team with more than three decades of faithful Catholic advocacy, campaigning, analysis, and research. Our proven efforts have advanced the causes of Life, marriage and family, Catholic education, religious liberty, and the common good through winning elections and elevating issues at the heart of our Catholic faith.
Our Catholic Engagement team is led by the Honorable Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. With 30-plus years of campaign, policy, and legislative experience, he is a well-known pro-life spokesman, Catholic communicator, and leader committed to the social doctrine of the Church. Dr. Huelskamp served in Congress for six years and in the state legislature for fourteen. He has worked as an advisor for multiple Catholic groups, conservative organizations, pro-life campaigns, conservative candidates, and pro-family ballot initiatives. Dr. Huelskamp has become one of the premier experts on Catholic voters and issues with connections across multiple dioceses, Catholic media, and leaders across the nation.
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Huelskamp is joined at Catholic Engagement by Dakotah Parshall, an experienced campaign manager, data analyst, and strategist. Parshall has managed dozens of statewide, congressional, and local campaigns. His most recent success included expanding the pro-life super-majority in Kansas. Earlier highlights include flipping several congressional seats, dozens of legislative campaign victories, and multiple ballot issue successes. In these efforts, Parshall has managed thousands of volunteers and organized millions of targeted texts, mailers, and digital ads for candidates, political parties, and independent expenditures.
Fr. Ben is our Catholic Engagement National Chaplain. A Michigan diocesan priest who currently resides in Wisconsin, he was ordained by Saint John Paul II and was a close confidant of Saint Mother Theresa during her lifetime. Fr. Ben brings state, national, international and heavenly connections to our team.