Steve Appel

Steve Appel is communications director of The Joni and Friends International Disability Center in Agoura Hills, California.

Joni and Friends is a ministry founded in 1979 by Joni Eareckson Tada "to communicate the gospel and equip Christ-honoring churches worldwide to evangelize and disciple people affected by disabilities." In July 2006, Tada was present when President George W. Bush vetoed Congress's stem cell research legislation.

Mitt Romney
On September 6, 2007, Appel was named as a member of 2008 Republican hopeful Mitt Romney's National Faith and Values Steering Committee.