Leadership

Guidance & Management


RNS’ work is guided by our Board of Managers, the Religion News Foundation Board of Directors, our Journalism Advisory Council and our staff. This team is made up of experts from all fields, from media and communications, to nonprofit fundraising, to government and policy making, and more. Our team is guided by the conviction that accurate research and reporting on religion is a powerful force for change in the world.

RNS Board of Managers


David Roberson
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Deborah Caldwell
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Won Kim
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RNF Board of Directors


John Terrill, Ph.D.
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Deborah Caldwell
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Ken Chitwood, Ph.D.
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David Roberson
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Steven Waldman
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Tom Levinson
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Won Kim
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Betsy Shirley
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Shahed Amanullah
Managing Director of Frost Capital
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Robyn Tomlin
Chief News Officer for McClatchy
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RNS Journalism Advisory Council


Dilshad D. Ali
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Ruby Bailey
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Patton Dodd
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Samuel Freedman
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Ari Goldman
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Caitlin Hendel
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David Kurpius
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Ju-Don Marshall
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Bob Mong
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Paul Raushenbush
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Robert Rosenthal
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Amy Sullivan
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Diane Winston
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Michael Wolfe
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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
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Phil Haslanger
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