The Catholic Mobilizing Network staff represents experience and passion. These people bring a wealth of experience that comes from years spent organizing and educating. The CMN staff is committed to working to end the use of the death penalty and promoting restorative justice.
Executive Director
Karen Clifton is the Executive Director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network. She began her work against the death penalty in 1996 in Houston, Texas, when her social justice and advocacy projects intersected with those of Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ. In 2008, Karen spearheaded the formation of the Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN).
Headquartered in Washington, DC, CMN seeks to apply the Church’s teaching on the dignity of human life in the areas of capital punishment and restorative justice.
Latino Outreach
Sr. Ilaria Buonriposi is an Italian Comboni Missionary Sister. After graduating in Social Work at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (the Jesuits’ University in Madrid, Spain), she ministered for 17 years in Peru and Colombia in different areas. In Peru she had been organizing communities and educating women for the Diocese of Lurin, and running a diocesan microcredit program to eradicate poverty empowering people living below the poverty line. In Colombia she worked with street children in a conflict zone.
Director of Communications
Alexandra Carroll is CMN’s Director of Communications. Alexandra came to CMN after receiving her Masters in Theological Studies (M.T.S.) with a special focus in Theological Ethics and Human Rights from Boston College. While living and studying in Boston, Alexandra became a weekly volunteer with the Catholic prison ministry at the Suffolk County House of Corrections. Her encounters with the women and men she met while volunteering is what inspired Alexandra to get involved with work to end the use of the death penalty.
Director of Advancement
A long time member of the death penalty abolition movement, Daniel is ecstatic to work for CMN as the Director of Advancement. He has worked previously with Alvernia University, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the Health Federation of Philadelphia, and the Community Center at Visitation in various programming and development capacities. He has a BA in Spanish and History from Xavier University and an MS in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. In his free time, Daniel enjoys urban gardening, volunteering at Catholic Worker houses, and geocaching.
