Obama Names Members of New Faith Advisory Council
Dr. William J. Shaw named to new Council
US News & World Report
Dan Gilgoff
Feb 05, 2009
Obama Names Members of New Faith Advisory Council
February 05, 2009 01:55 PM ET
Dan Gilgoff
In launching his new Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships this morning, President Obama also unveiled a new committee of outside experts to advise the office, which will be called the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. There will be 25 members of the Council, appointed to one-year terms, including these figures (I comment on the standouts below):
Judith N. Vredenburgh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Big Brothers / Big Sisters of America Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi David N. Saperstein, Director & Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and noted church/state expert Washington, DC
Dr. Frank S. Page, President emeritus, Southern Baptist Convention Taylors, SC
Father Larry J. Snyder, President, Catholic Charities USA Alexandria, VA
Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., Pastor emeritus, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church Cleveland, OH
Eboo S. Patel, Founder & Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Corps Chicago, IL
Fred Davie, President, Public / Private Ventures, a secular nonprofit intermediary New York, NY
Dr. William J. Shaw, President, National Baptist Convention, USAP hiladelphia, PA
Melissa Rogers, Director, Wake Forest School of Divinity Center for Religion and Public Affairs and expert on church/state issues Winston-Salem, NC
Pastor Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland, a Church Distributed Lakeland, FL
Dr. Arturo Chavez, Ph.D., President & CEO, Mexican American Cultural Center San Antonio, TX
Rev. Jim Wallis, President & Executive Director, Sojourners Washington, DC
Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie, Presiding Bishop, 13th Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church Knoxville, TN
Diane Baillargeon, President & CEO, Seedco, a secular national operating intermediary New York, NY
Richard Stearns, President, World Vision Bellevue, WA
