Michael Gerson writes about politics, religion, foreign policy and global health and development in a twice-a-week column and on the PostPartisan blog. He is also a fellow with the anti-poverty advocacy group One. Previously, Gerson was the head speech writer and a senior policy adviser to President George W. Bush. At the White House, he was an advocate for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President’s Malaria Initiative, the fight against global sex trafficking and funding for women’s justice and empowerment issues. Gerson is the author of Heroic Conservatism (HarperOne, 2007) and co-author of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era (Moody, 2010). He grew up in the St. Louis area, attended Wheaton College in Illinois and now lives with his wife and sons in Northern Virginia.