Roy Speckhardt
Roy Speckhardt served as Executive Director of the American Humanist Association from 2005 to 2021. He also serves on the boards of The Institute for Humanist Studies and the Secular Coalition for America Education Fund. He served as deputy director of The Interfaith Alliance from 1995 to 2001.
Speckhardt holds an M.B.A. from George Mason University and B.A. in sociology from Mary Washington College. He is the author of Creating Change Through Humanism, available here through Humanist Press. He currently lives in Washington, DC.
Posts by Roy Speckhardt
Signs You’re Being Co-Opted by the Far Right
Even humanists, despite our commitment to critical thinking, are susceptible to disinformation campaigns, especially when we aren’t fully up-to-speed on the latest scholarship and... Read More
AHA Through the Years
The following excerpt from Roy Speckhardt’s Creating Change Through Humanism (Humanist Press, 2015) is part of theHumanist.com’s month-long celebration of the AHA’s 80th Anniversary in April.... Read More
Justice-Centered Humanism
The following is an excerpt from Justice-Centered Humanism, a new book by Roy Speckhardt that will be published by Pitchstone Press later this year.... Read More
Commentary from Roy Speckhardt, AHA Executive Director
After two decades serving the American Humanist Association—fifteen of those years as Executive Director—I’ve decided the time is ripe for me to begin a... Read More
Beating the Odds
Two years ago, I received the worst news of my life: my daughter, Johanna, was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Seventeen and just starting... Read More
Commentary from Roy Speckhardt, AHA Executive Director
This is the first issue of the newly transformed Humanist magazine. As the cover reveals, the magazine changes this year from a bimonthly, issued... Read More
Humanist in the House
The following is adapted (with permission) from my presentation of the Humanist of the Year Award to Rep. Huffman at the American Humanist Association’s... Read More