This section contains a select list of some of the current and former officials, staff or notable insiders of Scientology organizations. : A former professional
American football player in the
NFL, Adams served in 2004 as senior vice president of the Scientology organization's
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE). Adams worked in 2006 as a "communications executive with the Church of Scientology in Hollywood"; he was a vice president of the Church of Scientology in 2006. He held the position of vice president of public affairs for the Church of Scientology International in 2009, as well as vice president of the International School of Scientology. : Former member of Scientology's
Sea Org, whose members "occupy the most essential and trusted positions in the senior churches in the Scientology hierarchy"; went on to become an outspoken critic of Scientology. While a member of the organization, Armstrong was "officially authorized by the Church of Scientology to write a biography" about L. Ron Hubbard. He left the organization in 1981. : Vicki Aznaran joined Scientology in 1972. She was a
Sea Org member who rose to be one of the top officials in the Church of Scientology, and was a deputy for
Annie Broeker who had posted her as Inspector General of
RTC (1984–1987). Vicki was also posted as president and chairman of the board of directors of RTC. Vicki's husband, Richard Aznaran, was the Church's head of security. When Hubbard died,
David Miscavige made his play for power and displaced
the Broekers, Hubbard's trusted aides. By 1987, Miscavige installed himself as head of RTC and he purged anyone loyal to the Broekers or the Aznarans. The Aznarans were sent to the
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF: Scientology's forced-labor reeducation camp) in 1987 but left the Sea Org shortly thereafter. : In 1988 the Aznarans filed suit against the Church of Scientology for false imprisonment and emotional abuse. The complaint alleged staff were treated with physical abuse, lack of sleep, brainwashing and slave-like conditions. Among other deprivations, they alleged staff were paid with 'tokens' to be exchanged for room and board, and any dissatisfaction with their work or attitude would cause tokens to be withheld, resulting in staff sleeping outside and being fed only rice, beans and water. In the early 1980s, both Richard and Vicki Aznaran had been assigned to the RPF at different times, separating them from each other. Even when not on the RPF, they were separated at times for lengthy periods, including a time when Richard was sent to Hubbard's ranch and was made to sleep in a horse stable. : They cooperated with
Richard Behar for his 1991 exposé,
The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, where Vicki is quoted as saying "This is a criminal organization, day in and day out". In an interview with
Forrest Sawyer which preceded Miscavige's only television interview, Vicki said Miscavige ordered attacks—"have them, their homes, broken into, have them beaten, have things stolen from them, slash their tires, break their car windows, whatever". The Aznarans filed affidavits in support of Fishman in the case of
Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz, however, at some point Richard Aznaran reached out to
Mike Rinder to negotiate a settlement of their own case; they did settle and Vicki retracted her March 1994 affidavit just a month later. :: See below. : Was a husband-and-wife team along with as confidantes and caretakers of L. Ron Hubbard in his last years. Were deemed Hubbard's successors in leading the Church of Scientology, but were overthrown in a coup by David Miscavige. Pat left the Church; Annie stayed. Since at least 1987 he was the President of the Church of Scientology of New York, and as of 2006 was the spokesman for all the Scientology establishments in the New York and New Jersey area. : Former spokesman and director of
Celebrity Centre International, Los Angeles. Was listed as an "International Spokesperson" on Scientology Newsroom, the Church's official media resource center. : Joined the
Sea Org in 1994, In 2005,
MSNBC characterized Feshbach as a "Senior Scientologist", and
Fox News Channel called her "a high-level Scientologist" within the organization. In 2006,
MSNBC described Feshbach as, "a high-level Scientology practitioner and member of the Church's influential Feshbach family". Feshbach began working with assistants to celebrity Scientology member and actor,
Tom Cruise, in April 2005; she attended to
Katie Holmes. By 2009, Feshbach had become a public spokesperson for Scientology; : Human Rights Director, Church of Scientology International. : A former Sea Org member, Hawkins had joined Scientology in 1967 and was in for 37 years. Worked in the marketing unit. Creator of the 1980s
Dianetics promotional campaign including the TV ads with the
exploding volcano which landed the book onto
The New York Times Best Seller list. The first of five assaults by David Miscavige was in 2002 when Miscavige leapt off a table on top of Hawkins, hitting and choking him. His book ''Counterfeit Dreams: One Man's Journey into and Out of the World of Scientology'' was published in 2010. : Both worked at
Gold Base: Claire worked for
RTC, and Marc worked in media productions. Left Scientology in 2006 and published the book
Blown for Good. Unsuccessfully sued Scientology for
forced labor. : Hubbard (1911–1986) was the founder of Scientology. : Mary Sue Hubbard (1931–2002) was the wife of L. Ron Hubbard, Controller of the
Guardian's Office. : Former auditor of L. Ron Hubbard, former Senior Case Supervisor International, ousted by
David Miscavige and sentenced to physical punishment in 1982. Mayo escaped and in 1983 started his own splinter group called
Advanced Ability Center. : McShane joined Scientology in 1973 and held numerous positions in the Church of Scientology including working in the
Guardian's Office and holding the position of assistant guardian for intelligence in New York. In 1983 he joined
Religious Technology Center and held the post of president of RTC, and later Deputy Inspector General for Legal Affairs RTC. McShane registered numerous trademarks for Scientology. :In RTC's attempt to stop the online publishing of their
OT level texts in
RTC v Wollersheim, McShane testified that "the church derives significant revenue from the fixed donations its members pay to study the texts". According to
Mike Rinder, his reputation with Miscavige was "he's the best liar I know", and McShane was frequently used in lawsuit depositions to deny Miscavige's involvement with day-to-day operations of the Church of Scientology. : Chairman of the Board,
Religious Technology Center and de facto leader of the entire
Church of Scientology network of organizations. : Denise is the twin of
David Miscavige, daughter of
Ron and Loretta Miscavige, and has an older brother Ronnie Junior and a younger sister Lori, and four children of her own—two by first husband Robert Covington, and one with husband Jerry Gentile. David and Denise were considered prodigies in Scientology when they were both on the advanced training course,
Saint Hill Special Briefing Course, as 13-year-olds in England. Denise Miscavige audited
Mike Rinder during that time (1973), and in 2018 she completed the level of
OT VI. : In the mid-1990s, Denise Licciardi was hired by major Scientology donor Bryan Zwan as a top executive earning six figures for the Clearwater-based company Digital Lightwave, where she pushed in
Hubbard's administration techniques and was linked to an accounting scandal including inflating sales figures for two quarters, and counting partial shipments as fulfilled contracts. Her actions "triggered
SEC and
Nasdaq investigations, and more than 20 shareholder lawsuits". Despite the company's top two financial officers pressuring Zwan to fire Licciardi, because of her connections it was the non-Scientologist financial officer who was dismissed, though he was later awarded a $5.2-million judgment in arbitration. Denise Licciardi resigned in 1998 with a severance package. : In 2007, Denise Gentile was auditing Scientologist Thomas Brennan, whose ex-wife and son Kyle were not Scientologists. Kyle was in the care of a psychiatrist and was on the medication
Lexapro, when Kyle shot himself in the head with his father's handgun after the father took Kyle's medication away from him. The police found the medication locked inside the trunk of Tom's vehicle. Kyle's mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the
Church of Scientology, its
Flag Service Organization, and the three Scientologists: her ex-husband Thomas Brennan, and Denise with her husband Gerald Gentile. : In 2013, Denise Gentile was arrested on DUI and misdemeanor marijuana possession charges. The
Tampa Bay Times wrote several articles detailing Denise's involvement in a
drug house she and her husband Jerry Gentile rented out. : Ron Miscavige () was the father of . He entered into Scientology in 1969, and in 1985 moved to
Gold Base where he composed music for church albums and promotional materials. He left Scientology in 2012, and in 2016 published his memoir
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me. :Wife of David Miscavige, formerly his "communicator" (executive assistant), not seen publicly since 2007, and reputedly still in the Sea Org. : Prominent Scientology attorney, previously member of Scientology division the
Guardian's Office. : Spokeswoman, director of public affairs for
Church of Scientology International, and member of
Office of Special Affairs (OSA). : Former president of the
Religious Technology Center; later left the Church of Scientology and took part in a
St. Petersburg Times exposé on the Church; today practices Scientology outside of the Church, : Former executive director of
Office of Special Affairs International (OSA). After years of abuse in
The Hole, Rinder escaped in London in 2007 and became a high-profile critic of Scientology. : Scientology spokesman, president of the
Union of the Churches of Scientology in France, Vice-President of the European Office of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights, chairman of European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom, and has authored the book
Everything you need to know about Scientology (in French). : Former member of the
Commodore's Messenger Organization, and senior official within the
Sea Org; later a prominent whistleblower whose exposés prompted debates in the
Australian Senate. :Norman Starkey (1943–2019) joined Scientology in 1960 in South Africa and served on the
Apollo and became the captain of the ship. In a will executed the day before the death of L. Ron Hubbard, Starkey was appointed trustee and executor of Hubbard's estate (Author's Trust Fund B). For years Starkey was deputy to David Miscavige and was involved in many of the actions related to the "Corporate Sort Out" project of the 1980s. After the Corporate Sort Out, the
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) was created to take over the functions of Author's Trust Fund B, with Starkey in charge and doing business as
L. Ron Hubbard Library. Starkey has worked in the
All Clear Unit,
Commodore's Messenger Org, the
Guardian's Office legal bureau, AVC Aide post, was in charge of the
RPF at Happy Valley, and has been president of
Author Services Inc. According to an account by Marc Headley, in at least one of Miscavige's "group punishments" it was Norman Starkey who read the lines for the "
overboard drill" at
Gold Base—"We commit your sins to the waves; may you arise a better thetan"—read prior to each staff member being forced to jump into the swimming pool wearing their full uniform. Reported to have been one of the prisoners in
The Hole. In 2023, it was uncovered that Starkey had died 4 years prior, with his death being kept a secret by the Church of Scientology. :AKA Chel Stith. In 2005 was President of the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles, later Deputy Executive Director of the Church of Scientology of Pasadena. : Andre Tabayoyon, an ex-marine with Vietnam War experience, worked for the Church of Scientology for 21 years and was the security chief for
Gold Base. He later testified extensively on the security conditions of the base including weapons, explosives, security fencing with spikes, armed patrols, monitoring devices, conditions of labor, the
RPF, practices of forced confessionals,
fair game, and other human rights abuses. When he left Scientology, David Miscavige—as revenge—ordered Tabayoyon's son to change his name and then shipped him off to Denmark. : Annie Tidman (1956–2011), formerly known as
Annie Broeker was L. Ron Hubbard's primary caretaker in his last years until his death in 1986. Tidman was one of the original four
Commodore's messengers joining in 1968 at age 12. Along with her then-husband , the couple produced a document allegedly from Hubbard wherein he deemed the couple as successors in leading the Church of Scientology. In 1987 David Miscavige published a counter-document stating the original was fabricated and that he was elevating himself as leader of the Church. Pat left; Annie stayed. Tidman tried to escape in 1992 but was caught, and remained at
Gold Base until her death in 2011. : Director of external affairs,
Office of Special Affairs, and director,
Church of Scientology International. :Yager joined the Sea Org in 1974 as a teenager and sailed with Hubbard on the
Apollo. As a member of the
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO), he worked as Hubbard's personal messenger and assisted Hubbard in video production. Yager was appointed Commanding Officer of CMO International (1982–1987 and 1993–), and Inspector General for Administration Religious Technology Center (IGA RTC) 1987–1993. As CO CMOI, he held the post of Chairman of the Watchdog Committee. Yager suffered years of abuse from David Miscavige () including being physically assaulted. He was held under private watch (1995–1996), then assigned to the
Rehabilitation Project Force, and later was confined in "
The Hole". : Vaughn (1938–2003) worked for the Church of Scientology for 22 years; was a national spokesperson and worldwide public relations officer; worked under David Miscavige at
Author Services Inc. Stacey (1952–) worked for Scientology for 15 years; worked under
Mike Rinder at
Office of Special Affairs USA. In 1989 they left the
Sea Org together and were
fair gamed and surveilled for years by Scientology. Both later were expert witnesses against Scientology in several prominent legal cases. Vaughn went on to become an online critic of Scientology, and Stacey an anti-Scientology advocate with the
Lisa McPherson Trust. == See also ==