Larry Taunton is founder and Executive Director of Fixed Point Foundation and Latimer House.  Like Fixed Point itself, Larry specializes in addressing issues of faith and culture.  A published author, he is the recipient of numerous awards and research grants.  He is Executive Producer of the films "Science and the God Question" (2007), "The God Delusion Debate" (2007), "God on Trial" (2008), "Has Science Buried God?" (2008), "Can Atheism Save Europe?" (2009), and "Is God Great?" (2009).  Larry has taught apologetics at Trinity Seminary in the newly established Fellows Program and formerly taught European and Russian history.  He holds academic degrees from Samford University and the University of Alabama and is pursuing a doctorate at Trinity.  He and his wife Lauri live in Birmingham with their three boys and daughter, who was recently adopted from Ukraine.

William Wortman is Fixed Point Foundation’s Associate Director.  Bill has a long history with Fixed Point and with Fixed Point’s Executive Director, Larry Taunton.  Consequently, Bill was a volunteer for many years before becoming a full time member of the Fixed Point team.  He possesses degrees in classical languages from the University of Minnesota and Columbia University.  Bill worked at International Bible Society in the translations department before teaching Latin and Greek for many years.  His responsibilities include teaching as well as providing some oversight to Fixed Point’s day-to-day operations.  He and his wife, Jenny, have four children and live in Birmingham.

Mike Murphy is Fixed Point Foundation’s Director of Marketing and Development.  He attended Auburn University where he majored in Political Science.  While at Auburn, Mike was “Aubie” - the national champion mascot roaming the sidelines at Auburn football games.  Upon graduation, Mike shed the tiger suit and made his way to the University of Alabama School of Law.  After a successful career in law and business, Mike joined the staff of Fixed Point Foundation.  He and his wife Lindsay have four lovely children and live in Birmingham.

A native of Birmingham, Ben Halbrooks serves as the Technical Supervisor and webmaster, among other roles. After attending several Bible studies in high school, Ben's involvement with Fixed Point progressed from volunteer to intern. Ben graduated with honors from Rhodes College in 2007, where he studied Biology and Film. His job entails everything from updating the website to editing film for Fixed Point productions. Ben is talented artistically and enjoys producing his own short films in his spare time.

Bekah Avery is our Public Relations and Events Coordinator.  A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Bekah attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis in Hospitality Management.  Bekah went to work for Fixed Point right out of college.  She loves to spend time with her family and her little dog (and we mean little dog), Franklin.  We are delighted to have Bekah with us.

When Alan Halbrooks was a freshman in high school, his older brother persuaded him to attend a Fixed Point Bible study.  Like Ben, Alan first served as a volunteer and is now our graphic designer. He designs our mail and web content and much of our film production. Alan was valedictorian of his class at Spain Park High School and is now a senior at Samford University where he is studying English and History.  Alan plans to enter the teaching profession.

Michael Taunton has been a part of Fixed Point Foundation in one capacity or another all of his life.  The son of Fixed Point's executive director, Michael reflects a lot of his father's interests.  As our development and research assistant, Michael is responsible for everything from the delivery of our resources to the production of our CD's. He is a senior at Samford University and is pursuing degrees in Classical languages. Michael plans to attend law school.

Mary Laura Rogan is a native of Vestavia Hills, Alabama and is currently a senior at Samford University. "M.L." has been involved with us one way or another since she was a sophomore in high school. As Fixed Point's secretary, she has a number of administrative duties that facilitate an efficient flow to our office.So effective is ML that we have considered cloning her. Currently, however, we lack the resources to do so.

Will Hill Tankersley is outside General Counsel for Fixed Point Foundation.  He is also a partner at Balch & Bingham, LLP and is that firm's senior Intellectual Property (IP) litigator.  He founded and was the first Chairman of the Alabama State Bar Section for Intellectual Property.  Mr. Tankersley is one of the few intellectual property litigators in Alabama to take trademark, copyright, trade secret and computer cases to judgment or to be counsel in a (patent) Markman Hearing. He has over 23 years of experience and holds a Masters of Law in IP and Antitrust from New York University School of Law.  After college and before law school, Mr. Tankersley served as a Regular Army officer in the Infantry and Special Forces.  But it is primarily as a lawyer that Fixed Point uses him.