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Acton Policy Experts
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Rev. Robert Sirico
President
Rev. Robert Sirico has been active in public policy affairs for
the past fifteen years. His concern that religious communities knew
little about the economic issues surrounding today’s social
problems prompted him to found the Acton Institute for the Study
of Religion & Liberty in 1990. Father Sirico regularly lectures
in the United States and around the world, and his writings on religious,
political, economic, and social matters have appeared in various
journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York
Times, Forbes, National Review, Financial Times,
and Crisis. Father Sirico is often called upon by members
of the broadcast media for statements regarding economics, civil
rights, and issues of religious concern, and has provided commentary
for ABC, the BBC, NPR, and CBS’s 60 Minutes. In addition to
his duties at the Acton Institute, he has served in parish ministries,
and most recently the founding of a new community, St. Philip Neri
House in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Dr. Samuel Gregg
Director of Research; Director - Center for Economic Personalism
Dr. Samuel Gregg is a moral philosopher who has written and spoken
extensively on questions of ethics in public policy, jurisprudence,
and ethics in business. He has an MA in political philosophy from
the University of Melbourne, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in
moral philosophy from the University of Oxford, which he attended
as a Commonwealth Scholar. Dr. Gregg is the author of several books
and monographs, including Morality, Law, and Public Policy
(2000), The Art of Corporate Governance (2001), and Economic
Thinking for the Theologically Minded (2001). He also publishes
regularly in journals such as Journal of Markets and Morality,
Crisis, and Policy. Dr. Gregg is Director of Research
at the Acton Institute and an Adjunct Professor at the John Paul
II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family. In 2001, he
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Dr. Gregg
is also the American editorial consultant for the Italian journal,
La Societa, as well as American correspondent for the German
newspaper Die Tagespost.
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Karen Woods
Director - Center for Effective Compassion
Karen Woods was executive director of The Empowerment Network,
based in Muskegon, Mich., a national research and training organization
for community groups and lawmakers before joining Acton. She was
also previously a research analyst with the State of Michigan’s
Family Independence Agency. She is an expert on welfare reform policy
and has trained numerous community and charitable groups on funding
and management issues. Ms. Woods is Director of the Center for Effective
Compassion, the unit within the institute that promotes models of
private, voluntary charitable service aimed at helping the needy.
She also directs the Samaritan Awards, an annual recognition of
the best charitable organizations in the United States that operate
predominately with private funds.
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Kevin Schmiesing
Research Fellow
Dr. Schmiesing holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University
of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in history from Franciscan University
of Steubenville. He is the author of American Catholic Intellectuals,
1895–1955 (2002) and of a number of articles in the areas
of Catholic social thought and the history of economics. He serves
as Book Review Editor for the Journal of Markets & Morality.
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Anthony B. Bradley
Research Associate
Anthony Bradley joined Acton most recently from Philadelphia where
he began a PhD in Historical and Theological Studies at Westminster
Theological Seminary. He taught high school Bible at Philadelphia
Montgomery Christian Academy where he also served as Dean of Students.
He holds a BS in biological sciences from Clemson University, a
Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary, and is completing
his PhD at Westminster. Anthony's work at Acton involves research
for his dissertation and work in the Programs department. His policy
research interests are welfare and education and his dissertation
focus is the social philosophy of Thomas Sowell. He is currently
under the care of the Presbyterian Church in America.
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Kishore Jayabalan
Director of Acton Institute’s Rome office (Istituto Acton)
Kishore Jayabalan is the director of Acton Institute’s Rome
office, which is officially known as Istituto Acton. While in Rome,
Jayabalan will help to promote European religious heritage and its
moral foundation for human dignity and freedom.
As a graduate student, Jayabalan also worked at the university’s
Newman Centre. He was then selected to be the first Newman Centre
intern to serve in the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See
to the United Nations in New York. Two years later, he returned
to Rome to work for the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
For five years, he served as the Holy See’s analyst on sustainable
development and arms control.
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