Bernardin Center National Advisory Board

Dr. Ghulam-Haider Aasi
American Islamic College
Chicago

Dr. Javeed Akhter, M.D.
Executive Director
International Strategy and Policy Institute
Oakbrook, IL

Prof. Scott Alexander, Ph.D
Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies Program, and
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Dr. Imad Y. Almanaseer, M.D.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, IL

Prof. R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D
Director, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Prof. M Cherif Bassiouni, Ph.D
Professor of Law, DePaul University
Chicago

Dr. Georgette Bennett, Ph.D
President, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
New York, NY

Marshall Bennett
Chicago Real Estate Executive, Chicago Real Estate
Northbrook, IL

Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA
Professor of Old Testament Studies, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Robert L. Berner, Jr., J.D.
Baker & McKenzie
Chicago 

Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel
Vice President for Community, Government and International Affairs
Chicago

Rev. Jeremiah M. Boland
Administrator, Holy Family Parish
Chicago

Thomas J. Boodell, Jr., J.D.
Boodell & Domanskis
Chicago

Dr. John Borelli, Ph.D
Special Assistant to the President on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Rabbi Herbert Bronstein
Rabbi Emeritus, North Shore Congregation Israel
Glencoe, IL

Rev. John M. Buchanan
Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago

Dr. Cynthia Campbell, Ph.D
President, McCormick Theological Seminary,
Chicago

LeRoy Carlson, Jr.
President, CEO Telephone Data Systems, Inc. T.D.S., Inc.,
Chicago

Dr. Donna Carroll, Ph.D
President, Dominican University,
River Forest, IL

Mrs. Renée Crown
Wilmette, IL

Mrs. Margaret Daley
Pathways Awareness Foundation
Chicago

Rev. Stanley L. Davis, Jr.
President and CEO of Interfaith Connections
Chicago

Mrs. Catherine Denny
James and Catherine Denny Foundation
Chicago

James Denny
James and Catherine Denny Foundation
Chicago

William J. Devers, Jr.
President, Devers Group, Inc.
Wilmette, IL

Thomas J. Donnelly, J.D.
Mary J. Donnelly Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. John Esposito, Ph.D
Director, Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Edward A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Professor of Religion and International Affairs
Professor of Islamic Studies
Washington, DC

Prof. Samuel Fleischacker, Ph.D
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago

Dr. Nancy Furey, M.D.
Internal Medicine Northwestern Mem. Hospital
Chicago

Dr. Warren W. Furey, M.D.
Chief of Medicine, Mercy Hospital
Chicago

Harold Gershowitz
CEO and Chairman of New Century Information Services, Inc.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago

Most Rev. Raymond Goedert
Auxiliary Bishop, Retired
Archdiocese of Chicago
Chicago

Prof. Inamul Haq
Adjunct Catholic Theological Union
Department of Theology and Religion
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL

Dr. Shakeela Hassan, M.D.
Chicago

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir
Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Secretary for Social Services and President of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston
Boston, MA

Dr. Asad Husain
President, American Islamic College
Chicago

Kareem Irfan, J.D.
Council of Islamic Organizations
Islamic Society of America
Lombard, IL

Robert Jaffee
Winnetka, IL

Elizabeth Kane
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Chicago

Dr. Michael Kotzin, Ph.D
Executive Vice President, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago

Rev. Eugene Lauer
Director, National Pastoral Life Center
New York, NY

Mrs. Joan Lavezzorio
CEO, Loyola Paper
Northfield, IL

Jonathan Levine
Midwest Regional Director, American Jewish Committee
Chicago

William E. Lowry, Jr.
Vice President Human Resources, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Chicago

Joe Madden
President, Madden Funds
Oak Park, IL

Dr. Eugene T. McEnery, M.D.
Oak Park, IL

Sr. Joan McGuire, OP
Director, Office of Ecumenism and Inteerrelisious
Archdiocese of Chicago
Chicago

Andrew McKenna, Sr.
President, Schwarz Paper Co.,
Morton Grove, IL

Newton Minow , J.D.
Sidley, Austin Brown & Wood, Bank One Plaza
Chicago 

Abdul Malik Mujahid
Chairman, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Chicago

Daniel R. Murray, Esq.
Attorney, Jenner and Block
Chicago

Rev. Thomas J. Nairn, OFM
Associate Professor of Ethics, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Joan F. Neal
Vice President of United States Operations
Catholic Relief Services
Baltimore, MD 

Oliver Nicklin
President, First Analysis Investment Firm
Chicago 

Kemal Oksuz
Executive Director for the Niagra Foundation
Chicago

Talat Othman
Vice President, Council of Islamic Organization
CEO, Grove Financial, Inc.
Long Grove, IL

Mrs. Margaret Paluch
Chairperson Paulch Family Foundation
Arlington Hgts., IL

Rev. John Pawlikowski,OSM
Director of Catholic-Jewish Studies Program
Professor of Ethics, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Rev. Michael Place
Resurrection Health System
Chicago

Thomas J. Reedy
President, Reedy Industries
Northfield, IL

William E. Reidy
William Reidy Associates
Winnetka, IL

Thomas Reynolds, III
Winston and Strawn
Winnetka, IL

Rev. Gary Riebe-Estrella, SVD
Academic Dean, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Anna-Eleanor Roosevelt
Boeing World Headquarters
Chicago 

Rev. Robin Ryan, CP
Director of Catholics on Call, and Associate Professor of Systemic Theology, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Mrs. Shirley Ryan
Pathways Awareness Foundation
Chicago

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, M.D.
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Specialist
Vice President, Executive Committee, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Chicago 

Rabbi David Sandmel
Rabbi KAM Isaiah Israel
Professor of Jewish Studies, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Rabbi Herman Schaalman
Rabbi Emeritus, Emmanuel Congregation
Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Rev. Robert Schreiter,CPPS
Chair of Vatican II Theology, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Dr. Elaine Schuster, Ph.D
Consultant to the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Chicago

Sr. Katrina Schuth, OSF
Professor, St. Paul Seminary, St. Thomas University
St. Paul, MN

Mrs. Carole Segal
V.P. Civic Affairs, Crate & Barrel
Winnetka, IL

Rev. Donald Senior, CP
President, Catholic Theological Union
Chicago

Norman A. Shubert
Shapiro Foundation, Gamble Foundation,
Chicago

Emily Soloff
American Jewish Committee
Chicago

Rev. Kevin Speiss, Pastor
Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity
Winnetka, IL

Rev. Alphonse Spilly, CPPS
Professor, St. Joseph College, Renssalaer, Indiana
Former Director, Bernardin Center
Whiting, IN

Howard L. Stone
Exec. VP American Express Tax and Business Services
Chicago

Jerome Stone
Stone Container, Inc.,
Chicago

Dr. Howard L. Sulkin, Ph.D
President, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Chicago

Dr. Sayyid Syeed, Ph.D
Secretary General, Islamic Society of North America
Plainfield, IN

Mary-Frances Veeck
Chicago

Msgr. Kenneth Velo
Executive Director of Catholic Collaborations, DePaul University
President, Big Shoulders Foundation
Rosemont, IL

Maynard Wishner
Attorney at Law
Wilmette, IL

Rabbi Ira S. Youdovin
Executive Vice President, Chicago Board of Rabbis
Chicago

Sr. Dominga Zapata, SH
Chicago 

Safaa Zarzour
Board President, CAIR Chicago
Odelson and Sterk Law
Bridgeview, IL