President's Advisory Council 2009-2010

The first year’s Advisory Council has released its final report of recommendations to the President.  This past year’s Advisory Council created Taskforces which are comprised of Council members and other experts in each area. The six Taskforces are:

• Reform of the Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Office
• Economic Recovery and Domestic Poverty
• Fatherhood and Healthy Families
• Interreligious Cooperation
• Environment and Climate Change
• Global Poverty and Development

You can read each taskforce report by clicking on the links above.  You can also view the full Council report.

Council Members

There are 25 members of the Council, each serving a 1-year term.

Diane Baillargeon
President and CEO, Seedco

Anju Bhargava
President, Asian Indian Women in America; Principal Director, Global Synergy Associates

Bishop Charles E. Blake
Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ

Noel Castellanos
CEO, Christian Community Development Association

Dr. Arturo Chávez
President and CEO, Mexican American Catholic College

Rev. Peg Chemberlin
President-Elect, National Council of Churches; Executive Director, Minnesota Council of Churches

Fred Davie
Senior Director, The Arcus Foundation

Nathan J. Diament
Director of Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America

Dr. Joel C. Hunter
Senior Pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed

Harry Knox
Director, Religion and Faith Program, Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Bishop of the Thirteenth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Dalia Mogahed
Senior Analyst and Executive Director, The Center for Muslim Studies, Gallup

Rev. Otis Moss, Jr.
Pastor Emeritus, Oliviet Institutional Baptist Church

Dr. Frank Page
Pastor, Taylors First Baptist Church; President Emeritus, Southern Baptist Convention

Eboo Patel
Founder and Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core

Anthony R. Picarello, Jr.
General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Nancy Ratzan
President, National Council of Jewish Women

Melissa Rogers
Director, Center for Religion and Public Affairs of the Wake Forest University Divinity School

Rabbi David Saperstein
Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Reverend William J. Shaw
President, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

Rev. Larry J. Snyder
President and CEO, Catholic Charities USA

Richard E. Stearns
President, World Vision United States

Judith Vredenburgh
President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America