PRC Showcase 2026

David Bereit is an internationally acclaimed pro-life leader, strategic advisor, coalition builder, and dynamic communicator. His pro-life journey began in Bryan/College Station, Texas, where he rallied 60 churches and thousands of volunteers to drive Planned Parenthood out of local schools, revoke its taxpayer funding, reduce abortions, and ultimately shut down the local abortion center—prompting Planned Parenthood to label his town “the most anti-choice place in the nation.”

Bereit went on to found and lead 40 Days for Life, growing it into the world’s largest grassroots pro-life mobilization. Under his leadership, the movement galvanized 2,000 leaders and 750,000 volunteers in 600 cities across all 50 states and dozens of nations, leading to 14,643 lives saved, 177 abortion workers leaving the industry, and 96 abortion facility closures.

Today, he serves as Executive Director for the Life Leadership Conference—a groundbreaking initiative maximizing the pro-life movement’s impact through strategic coordination, unified messaging, targeted mobilization, leadership development, and a significant financial commitment to innovative life-saving projects.

Bereit has addressed over 1,000 audiences and one million people worldwide, been featured in nearly every major media outlet, raised $100 million for pro-life and faith-based causes, and advised countless ministries. His work has earned accolades and awards from the Pontifical Academy for Life, Students for Life, Legatus, the Sisters of Life, and the West Coast Walk for Life, among many others. After the reversal of Roe v. Wade, he was named among the “50 Greatest Pro-Life Leaders of the Last 50 Years.”

David and his wife, Margaret, have been joyfully married for 32 years, live in the Washington, D.C., area, and are the proud parents of two adult children.