Tom Shakely
Paige Comstock Cunningham Senior Fellow
Tom Shakely serves as a Paige Comstock Cunningham Senior Fellow at Americans United for Life. Tom preciously served AUL as Chief Engagement Officer, responsible for brand, communications, and development, from 2018 to 2024.
An eighth-generation Pennsylvanian, Tom is president of the Mount Nittany Conservancy and author of Conserving Mount Nittany: A Dynamic Environmentalism, which tells the story of Central Pennsylvania’s most remarkable mountain and its role in fostering Happy Valley’s spirit of place. Tom is also a life member of the Sons of the American Revolution and Penn State Alumni Association, and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Tom holds a B.A. in Political Science from The Pennsylvania State University, M.S. in Bioethics from the University of Mary, and M.A. in Human Rights from The Catholic University of America. Tom has appeared on Fox & Friends and EWTN Pro-Life Weekly and written for Newsweek, The American Conservative, National Catholic Register, National Review, HuffPost, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and other nationally recognized media.
Tom lives in Washington, DC with his wife and son.