Joel Vaughan is Chief of Staff for Focus on the Family. Before joining the ministry in 2003, he served as vice president of a political advertising firm in Washington, D.C., and spent nine years in various positions at the Christian Coalition. He holds a Master’s degree in biblical studies and an undergraduate degree in economics and business. Joel has served overseas with Mercy Ships and as a volunteer jail chaplain. He has lectured on grassroots politics at the university level and appeared on various radio talk shows. Joel is author of the book The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition: The Inside Story.
