Thomas Glessner is an American lawyer and the president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a public interest law firm founded in 1993.
Glessner served as the executive director of the Christian Action Council (now Care Net) from 1987 to 1992, establishing legal guidelines and programs for training board members and directors of pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) throughout the nation.
[1] In the 1990s, under his leadership, the Christian Action Council called for a boycott of a number of companies that supported Planned Parenthood, a provider of abortion services.
[2] As the CEO of NIFLA, Glessner also developed and implemented legal guidelines for PRCs, enabling them to convert their operations into licensed medical clinics and provide services such as ultrasound.
He also sits on the board of directors for the National Religious Pro-life Coalition.