FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MICHAEL N. DUFF
Phone: 480.632.5450
Toll Free: 877.435.7834
Fax: 480.892.4417
ufi@unitedfamilies.org
PO Box 2630
Gilbert, AZ 85299
Gilbert, AZ – Michael N. Duff, President of United Families International (UFI) has announced the appointment of A. Scott Loveless, PhD. as Vice President for International Policy. The appointment takes effect immediately. “I am pleased to add Dr. Loveless and his extensive experience in education, the law, and international family policy to the UFI team. Our expanding international policy programs will be enhanced under Scott’s leadership,” Duff said.
“Dr. Loveless brings to UFI the years of experience, the scientific expertise, and the commitment to the family necessary to elevate our international efforts to a whole new level,” said Duff. “He will make UFI an even more effective proponent of the family at the UN and in the international arena as a whole.”
“I am thrilled to join the UFI team and help expand their courageous efforts to defend the family here and abroad,” said Dr. Loveless. “I hope my skills will complement their effectiveness in supporting the family worldwide.”
UFI is committed to protecting family, marriage, and life at all levels of international affairs, particularly the UN. UFI focuses their efforts on educating UN ambassadors and delegates about family policy issues, by providing legal analysis and scholarly research defending the family and sending representatives to support pro-family delegates in their efforts. UFI’s UN Negotiating Guide is the most widely used tool at the United Nations for defending the family in UN documents.
“The consequences of international law for societies and families are very real,” Loveless concluded. “I am anxious to begin working to ensure these consequences are positive ones.”
Dr. Loveless comes to UFI after serving as the Executive Director of the World Family Policy Center at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior, but left this work to pursue a Ph.D. in Family Studies (BYU 2000). His dissertation focused on the human-relational effects of personal philosophies of happiness on the marriage relationship. He has continued to write and publish on related themes, most recently in the 3-volume set, The Family in the New Millenium.
He currently resides in Provo, Utah with his wife of 35 years, Cheri. They are the parents of 3 sons, 5 daughters, and 8 grandchildren.
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