Alfred M. Rotondaro, Chair

Fred Rotondaro is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., where he concentrates on issues of poverty and race. Before joining the Center, he served for 22 years as the Executive Director of the National Italian American Foundation. He has been a journalist, university professor, and Executive Director of the York County, Pa, anti-poverty agency. Fred is a board member of the Washington, DC Urban League, the International Review of African American Art, the national Colonial Farm, the Faith and Public Policy Institute and the advisory councils of the Arab American Institute and of the Catholic Alliance for the Common Good. Fred earned a B.S in English and philosophy from the University of Scranton, an MA in English from Creighton University and a Ph.D in American studies from New York University. He also received an honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Wheeling College.

Francis Xavier Doyle, Treasurer-Secretary

Frank Doyle was the Founding Executive Director of the Catholic Development Conference, founded in 1968. From 1971 through 1995, Mr. Doyle served in various positions within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including Assistant Director, Government Liaison, Director of Finance and Administration, and Associate General Secretary. He was also formerly a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, a high school teacher, and an FBI Special Agent. Mr. Doyle is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, received M.A. in Education from Hofstra University, and J.D. from St. John’s University. He has served on the Board of Directors of several non profit organizations, including the Catholic Church Extension Society, the Holdy Childhood Association, and on the Rector’s Advisory Board of Theological College, Catholic University of America. He is a member of St. Mark’s Parish, Vienna, VA, where he has served as a President of the Pastoral Council.

William J. Byron
President, St. Joseph's Preparatory School

Rev. William J. Byron, S.J., a priest of the Society of Jesus, was the 12th president of The Catholic University of America as well as the president of the University of Scranton. From 2003-2004, Byron was also interim president of Loyola University New Orleans. Fr. Byron has recently accepted the position of president at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia, from which he himself graduated in 1945. He is also a research professor in the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola College in Maryland. Entering the Society of Jesus in 1950, he was ordained in 1961. In 1969, he received a doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland.

Dr. Joseph J. Fahey
Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College

Dr. Joseph J. Fahey is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College. He received his Ph.D. from New York University and his research and scholarly interests include Christian Social Ethics and Peace Studies. His publications include Reinhold Niebuhr on Human Nature and World Peace; Peace, War, and the Christian Conscience; and Irenology: The Study of Peace, War and the Christian Conscience: Where Do You Stand?. Fahey served as co-editor of A Peace Reader: Essential Readings on War, Justice, Non-Violence and World Order. He is a member of the Workers Rights Board NYC Jobs with Justice, and also the State Committee of the Working Families Party. Fahey has served on the Boards of The Peace Studies Association; the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development; Pax Christi; the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and was a founding member and General Secretary of Pax Christi, USA.

Broderick Johnson

Broderick Johnson is the head of the Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Group for Bryan Cave Strategies, LLC. Mr. Johnson began his legal career in 1983 when he was appointed assistant counsel in the House of Representatives’ Office of Legislative Counsel. There he drafted such landmark legislation as the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Mr. Johnson serves on the boards of directors of several philanthropic and academic entities and has co-founded or served as president of several child advocacy organizations.

Prof. Jennifer Mason McAward
University of Notre Dame School of Law

Professor Mason McAward is an Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame School of Law, where she teaches civil rights and constitutional law. As an attorney in Washington, DC, her practice focused on civil rights, children’s rights, and the First Amendment. Ms. Mason McAward graduated summa cum laude in government and theology from the University of Notre Dame and received a J.D. summa cum laude from New York University. After law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski on the Ninth Circuit and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Professor Mason McAward is a member of St. Joseph Parish in South Bend, Indiana.

Edward J. McElroy

Edward McElroy, longtime educator and labor leader, is president emeritus of the more than 1.4-million-member American Federation of Teachers, having served as its president from 2004-2008. Prior to his election as a president, McElroy served 12 years as AFT secretary-treasurer. He joined the AFT executive council in 1974 and was re-elected as a vice president every two years until his election as secretary-treasurer. McElroy began his career as a social studies and English teacher in Warwick, R.I., and was elected president of the Warwick Teachers Union, Local 915, in 1967. McElroy is a graduate of Providence College. He resides in Washington, D.C.

Melba Novoa

Melba Novoa has over 15 years experience working in educational television, radio, and theater with a focus on Hispanic media. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry, a national advocacy organization. Melba Novoa got her BA/MA degrees in Communication/Communication Management from the University of Southern California and lives in San Diego, California.

Stephen F. Schneck
Director, Life Cycle Institute, The Catholic University of America

Stephen Schneck, Ph.D. is the Director of the Life Cycle Institute at The Catholic University of America. The institute is a forty member academic think tank focused on the analysis of public policy from the perspective of Catholic social thought. Special concerns of the institute include: economic justice, family & children’s welfare, values education, health care, immigration, bioethics, racial equality, and religion & society. Tenured at the university’s Department of Politics, which he chaired from 1995-2007, Schneck is trained in political science and philosophy and received his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in 1984. A well-known speaker in the Washington area, he is the author or editor of four academic books in the field of political thought.

Mark Tuohey
Vinson & Elkins LLP

At Vinson & Elkins LLP, Mark Tuohey concentrates his practice in complex civil and criminal litigation, internal corporate investigations and compliance programs. In addition, Mr. Tuohey is involved in alternative dispute resolution matters including arbitration and mediation, in the United States and abroad. He represents clients in a variety of national and international investigations and litigation matters. In 1998 and 1999, he acted as Special Counsel to the District of Columbia Council and conducted special investigations of the Metropolitan Police Department; he has also served as a Special Counsel to the D.C. Council on Anti-Terrorism Preparedness. January 2004, the Mayor of the District of Columbia named him as the Chair of the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission. Mr. Tuohey served as an advisor to the Independent Commission on Policing For Northern Ireland, and he has served as a legal advisor to the office of the Attorney General of Ireland on various matters.

Agnes Williams

Agnes N. Williams is a graduate of the College of New Rochelle and Georgetown University Law Center. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University, the Woodstock Theological Center and the Federal Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. She is also a former trustee of the College of the Holy Cross, the College of New Rochelle and Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School. Currently she serves on the Board of Advisors of the Georgetown Center for Liturgy.