Committees and Officers

BOARD / COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS  Ad Hoc Committees

Executive Board

  • Chair: Gregory E. Sterling (2024-27)
  • President: Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. (2024-25)
  • Vice-President: Richard J. Bautch (2024-25)
  • Immediate Past President: Sheila E. McGinn (2024-25)
  • Executive Director: Archie Wright (2024-27, 2nd term)
  • General Editor of CBQ: Corrine Carvalho (2022-25)
  • General Editor of OTA: Jon L. Berquist (2025-28)
  • General Editor of CBQMS & CBQI: Richard J. Bautch (2018-26, 2nd term)
  • General Editor of BSCBA: Sheila E. McGinn (2023-2026)
  • Chair, Committee on Finance and Investment:  Sheila E. McGinn (2018-24, 3rd term)
  • Consultor: Andrew R. Davis (2023-25)
  • Consultor: Anathea E. Portier-Young (2023-25) 
  • Consultor: Sherri Brown (2024-26)
  • Consultor: Jeremy Corley (2024-26)

Executive Board Profiles and Contact Info

Standing Committees of the CBA

Committee on Membership 

  • Ronald Herms (2023-24)
  • Laura M. Manzo (2023-24)
  • Archie T. Wright, Chair (2023-24)

Committee on Nominations

  • Susanne Scholz, Chair (2023-26)
  • Martin C. Albl (2023-26)
  • Richard J. Bautch (2022-25)
  • Angela Kim Harkins (2024-27)
  • Mahri Leonard-Fleckman (2024-27)
  • Craig E. Morrison, O. Carm. (2022-25)· 

Committee on Finance and Investment

  • Sheila McGinn, Chair (2018-27, 3rd term)
  • Garrett M. Galvin, O.F.M. (2024-27)
  •  J. Todd Hibbard (2024-27)
  • Ferdinand I. Okorie, C.M.F.  (2018-26, 2nd term)
  • Craig E. Morrison, O. Carm. (2023-26)
  • Eloise M. Rosenblatt, R.S.M. (2023-26)
  • Archie Wright, Ex Officio

Committee on the Program for the Annual General Meeting

  • Sherri Brown, Chair (2019-25, 2nd term)
  • Maria Barga (2022-25)      
  • Mark Enemali, C.S.Sp. (2022-25)·
  • Najeeb Haddad (2023-26)
  • Charles Hughes-Huff (2023-26)
  • Jaime L. Waters (2021-27, 2nd term)
  • Archie Wright, Ex officio
  • Terry Lafferty (Liturgical consultant)

Committee on Research Support

Committee expanded from 6 to 8 members per 2022 Amendment.

  • Kelley Coblentz-Bautch, Co-chair (2023-26)      
  • Harry P. Nasuti, Co-chair (2022-25)
  • Michael G. Azar (2024-15) *
  • Thomas M. Bolin (2024-27)
  • Michael B. Cover (2024-25) *
  • Mary Rose D’Angelo (2022-25)
  • Brigid Frein (2024-25) *
  • Kristine S. Garroway (2024-27)  
  • J. Todd Hibbard (2024-25) *
  • Nélida Naveros Córdova, CDP (2024-25) *
  • vănThanh Nguyễn, S.V.D. (2023-26)
  • Susanne Scholz (2022-25)

* one year appointment

Committee on Resolutions

  • Harold W. Attridge, Jr., Chair (2018-24)
  • Ahida Calderón Pilarski (2023-24)
  • Ronald D. Witherup, P.S.S. (2018-24)

Committee on Technology and Outreach

  • Christopher J. Seeman, Chair (2023-25)
  • Dulcinea L. Boesenberg (1-year term, 2024-25)
  • Francis C. Cousins (2-year term, 2024-2026)
  • Felix Just, S.J. (2024-27)
  • David A. Schones (2-year term, 2024-2026)
  • Joshua R. Scott (2024-27)
  • Archie Wright, ex officio

    Committee on Liaison with the USCCB

    • Michael Patella, O.S.B. (2013-26, third term)
    • Timothy M. Milinovich (2023-26)
    • Jaime L. Waters (2023-26)

    Note:

    All Board and Committee Member terms begin after election at the Annual General Meeting.

    Editorial Boards:

    The terms of office for the Editorial Boards of the CBQ, CBQMS, and OTA begin with the calendar year. Click here to see a separate webpage listing the names of the current members of these editorial boards.