Steering Committee
The following individuals work as the steering committee that collaboratively guides the work and initiatives of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network.
Gerard Powers, Chair
Professor of the Practice of Catholic Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
The University of Notre Dame
R. Scott Appleby
Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs
The Univeristy of Notre Dame
Nell Bolton
Senior Technical Advisor for Justice and Peacebuilding
Catholic Relief Services
Drew Christiansen, S.J.
Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Global Development
Senior Research Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and Word Affairs
Georgetown University
Steven Colecchi
Director of the Office of International Justice and Peace
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Marie Dennis
Co-President
Pax Christi International
Joseph Cornelius Donnelly
Permanent Delegate to the United Nations
Caritas Internationalis
William R. Headley, C.S.Sp.
Professor, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
University of San Diego
Msgr. Héctor Fabio Henao
Director of the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral
Cáritas Colombiana
Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia
Laurie Johnston
Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
Emmanuel College
Sant'Egidio Community in the United States
Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven
Executive Director
Institut für Theologie und Frieden
Myla Leguro
Program Director for Advancing Interreligious Peacebuilding
Catholic Relief Services
Maryann Cusimano Love
Associate Professor of International Relations
Fellow, Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies
The Catholic University of America
François Mabille
Secretary General and Director of the Center for Coordination of Research
International Federation of Catholic Universities
Katherine Marshall
Professor of the Practice of Development
Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Georgetown University
Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P.
Conférence des évêques catholiques du Burundi
Peter-John Pearson
Director, Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office
Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference
Dan Philpott
Professor of Political Science
The University of Notre Dame
Stephen J. Pope
Professor of Theology
Boston College
Gerald W. Schlabach
Professor of Theology
University of St. Thomas
Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.
Professor of Theology
Catholic Theological Union