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The Reverend Dr. Jack Sullivan, Jr., is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) US and Canada. He serves as executive director of the Columbus-based Ohio Council of Churches. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Sullivan is an internationally-known ecumenist, preacher, justice advocate, and death penalty abolitionist. In recognition of his work…

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…

Alexia Kelley serves as the President and CEO of FADICA, where she manages and oversees the organization’s strategy, staff and programs. In partnership with the Board and members, she developed the organization’s current comprehensive strategic framework which includes a strong focus on member-driven research and initiatives, communications, and the spirituality of Catholic philanthropy. Ms. Kelley…

Fr. David A. Kelly is the founder and Executive Director of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR) in Chicago, IL. In 2000, he, along with other members of his religious congregation, began PBMR to create a place for those who have been impacted by violence and conflict. PBMR reaches out to the one who has been harmed, to…

Leonard, executive director of the Insight Prison Project, spent over 23 years incarcerated within California’s jail and prison system for a 15-year-to-life sentence for second degree murder. While incarcerated at San Quentin, Leonard created the Responsibility, Rehabilitation, & Restoration Interfaith Roundtable to promote restorative justice by including prisoners and volunteers from many faith and ethnic backgrounds to…

The Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero is pastor of The Gathering Place, a Latino-led multi-ethnic Assemblies of God congregation in Orlando, Florida. Salguero is also the president and founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NALEC), a national coalition of several thousand evangelical congregations in the United States. He was the former Director of the Hispanic…

Mike Williams is a trial lawyer and appellate advocate who leads the representation of individuals, businesses, and governments in high-stakes litigation. Mike’s practice focuses on complex, multi-jurisdictional cases before juries, judges, and administrative agencies. Mike is a leader in providing pro bono representation to those in need. He has successfully represented death-penalty petitioners in actual-innocence…

Sylvester J. Schieber has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame. He has spent much of his career consulting with private and public sector organizations on retirement and health issues. He has also done extensive research and writing on policy issues related to these matters. He was appointed to the 1994 Social…

Sister of St. Joseph Kathy Brazda serves as the president of the Congregation of St. Joseph. She has most recently worked with the Renew My Church initiative as the pastoral accompaniment director. Before that, she founded and was executive director of Taller de José, a ministry that helps connect people to services they need and…

Eileen McCann is a retired preschool special education teacher. She and her husband, Frank, are Associates of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace and live in the Congregation-sponsored Peace House of Hospitality for asylum seekers. They have three children and nine grandchildren.

Molly Cahill is an assistant editor at America Media, the Jesuit Review. After graduating from Boston College in 2020, she completed America Media’s one-year O’Hare Fellowship program, which employs and trains three recent college grads in all aspects of America’s multimedia ministry, before joining the editorial team full time. Molly loves to read, write, and…

Brandyn Woodard is the inaugural vice president of equity and inclusion at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College, outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota (Anishanaabe and Dakota land) and previously worked at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Central Minnesota, two Catholic and Benedictine institutions. He has a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon…