People

Noelle joined CMN this summer as an Intern with The Congregation of St. Joseph Leadership Through Ministry Program. She is a rising senior at the Catholic University of America (CUA) where she is studying criminology and pre-law.  Through Noelle’s academic pursuits and personal experiences, she has developed a strong commitment to contributing to the transformation…

Ben Joined CMN this summer as an Intern with The Congregation of St. Joseph Internship in Leadership Through Ministry. He is a rising junior at Towson University, where he is studying History and Secondary Education. Ben is on the board at Towson University’s Catholic Student Center, where he has developed a strong passion for service…

John Carr is the founder and co-director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. He served for over 20 years as director of the Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, directing the Conference’s public policy and advocacy efforts on major…

Ralph McCloud is the director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), an anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Richard C. Dieter received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was named a Public Interest Law Scholar. Dick served as the Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. from 1992 until 2015.

Sheryl Wilson is the Director of the Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR), one of the oldest regional peace institutes in the United States. The Institute offers an array of resources in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, specifically in restorative justice education and training, as well as an extensive networking system for consulting and intervention.

Sharon Burns retired in 2021 from over 30 years as a non-profit leader, accountant and clinical professor. She now volunteers with several non-profits that serve vulnerable populations.

Sister Rita Ann Teichman, CSJ, is pleased to join the Board of Directors at Catholic Mobilizing Network as liaison to the congregation of St. Joseph.

Most Reverend Daniel Flores was ordained for the Diocese of Corpus Christi in January 1988. He served as Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit before being installed as the Sixth Bishop of Brownsville in 2010.

Karen Clifton is the founding Executive Director of Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN). 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.

Crystal is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Presentation High School in San Jose, CA. Crystal previously served as a missioner with Cabrini Mission Corps (a lay program of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – “Cabrini Sisters”) in New York, the Philippines, Swaziland, and Radnor, PA at Cabrini University, and it was the Sisters who first introduced her to jail ministry.

Joe Cotton is currently the Director of Pastoral Care and Outreach for the Archdiocese of Seattle. Among other things, he oversees the archdiocesan Criminal Justice Ministry, which provides chaplaincy programs in various jails and prisons throughout Western Washington.