Gene Policinski is the vice president and executive director of the First Amendment Center, which works to protect freedom of speech.

He is a veteran journalist whose career has included work in newspapers, radio, television and online operations.

Policinski oversees all operations and programs of the center, which has offices in Nashville, at Vanderbilt University; and in Washington, D.C. He also is co-author of the weekly syndicated newspaper column, "Inside the First Amendment," and executive producer/host of the touring multimedia stage production, "Freedom Sings."