The EGR Board
EGR 2009 Budget
Dr. John Hammock - Chair
John is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy & The Fletcher School, Tufts University. He is currently on leave until September, 2008 and working with fellow EGR board member Sabina Alkire in founding the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, where he is a senior research associate. He is also the managing director of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University, where his work has centered on the Human Development and Capability Program, with particular focus on policy issues and implementation. John was raised in Cuba, served as Executive Director at Oxfam America from 1984-1995 and as Executive Director at ACCION International from 1973-1980. John is a graduate of Denison University and the Fletcher School. He has also worked at the Global Equity Initiative. John's Publications.
The Rev. Dr. Ian Douglas - Vice-Chair
Ian is the Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World Christianity at Episcopal Divinity School. He is a passionate educator and activist for the worldwide mission of God. A recognzed leader in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, Ian is a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, member of the Design Group for the 2008 Lambeth Conference and member-elect of the Anglican Consultative Council as a priest representing The Episcopal Church. Read Ian's latest work "Why Should We As Christians Care About The MDGs?" Ian's Publications.
Erin Weber-Johnson- Treasurer
Erin is from the Diocese of Olympia and is currently completing her MPA at New York University. Prior to her time in New York, she served with her husband in the Young Adult Service Corps as an Episcopal Missionary to Taiwan. It was in New York, working at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, that she encountered EGR through the Desmond Tutu Education Center.
The Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn - Chaplain
Jeffery is the Resigned Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut and Retired Bishop Assisting with The Convocation of American Churches in Europe. A proflic author, hymn writer and liturgist. He is the editor of A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools and author of The Wideness of God's Mercy: Litanies to Enlarge Our Prayer. Currently, he serves as a consulting member of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music. Read Jeffery's sermon, "And Who Is My Neighbor" given at the 2005 Diocese of Connecticut Convention.
The Rev. Dr. Sabina Alkire
Sabina is an Anglican priest and economist interested in the ongoing development of the capability approach initiated by Amartya Sen. She is currently the director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at Oxford University. Her publications include What Can One Person Do: Faith to Heal a Broken World and Valuing Freedoms: Sen’s Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction, as well as articles in philosophy and economics. Research interests include value judgements in economic decision-making, the conceptualization and measurement of individual agency freedoms (empowerment) particularly in South Asia, and further development of the capability approach by the academic, policy, and activist communities. Previously she has worked for the Commission on Human Security, coordinated the culture-poverty learning and research initiative at the World Bank, and developed participatory impact assessment methodologies with Oxfam and the Asia Foundation in Pakistan. She has a DPhil in Economics, an MSc in Economics for Development and an MPhil in Christian political ethics from Magdalen College, Oxford.
The Rev. Dr. Mark Anschutz
Mark is a third-generation Episcopal priest (his daughter, Maryetta, is a fourth-generation priest!) who has spent 33 years as rectors of congregations in Worcetster, MA; Alexandria, VA; New York City and Dallas. He is deeply involved in several initiatives to aid the Episcopal Church in raising up young and gifted persons for ordained ministry and had a 25-year involvement with Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, supplying medical supplies and providing capital improvements. He is most recently retired as the rector of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Dallas. Personally, he strongly resists the word "retirement." He preaches regularly throughout the northeast; leads marriage retreats; acts as a stewardship consultant and, most important to him, wants a deeper involvement in making the Millennium Development Goals a triumph for this generation.
The Rev. Chloe Breyer
Chloe is an Episcopal priest, writer, activist and the executive director of the Interfaith Center of New York, a secular non-profit educational organization whose goal is to create understanding and respect among the different religious groups of New York City as well as to encourage members of all faiths to get involved in civic participation. She serves on the board of The Micah Challenge, a global Christian Campaign for the MDGs. Previously, she served as associate priest at St. Mary's, Manahattanville in West Harlem. She was founder-director of the Cathedral Forums on Religion and Public Life at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine and served as chaplain to the Cathedral School. She co-founded and edited Who Cares: A Journal of Service and Activism, and authored The Close: A Young Woman's First Year At Seminary, and was a contributor to What Can One Person Do: Faith to Heal A Broken World, as well as numerous other faith-based books and columns. Following 9/11/2001, she worked with the Diocese of New York on a interfaith initiative to rebuild a mosque in Afghanistan destroyed by U.S. bombs and traveled to Afghanistan in 2003, 2004, and 2006 for two additional faith-based aid projects supported by Episcopal Relief and Development.
The Rev. Gary Cartwright
Gary is a deacon in the Diocese of Southwest Florida assigned to Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church in Valrico, FL. A former executive with IBM, Gary's baptismal and diaconal call is lived out through his deep passion for seeking and serving Christ in the extreme poor. That finds focus in, among other places, the reconciliation work of REACH-Rwanda.
Craig Cole
Craig is the executive director of Five Talents International, an Anglican nonprofit that gives people the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty by providing access to basic savings and microcredit services. Prior to that, he spent four years with Food for the Poor, one of the largest relief and development organizations in the U.S. He held several program and fundraising positions while working extensively with churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Haiti. He is currently on the the Advisory Council for The Trinity Forum Academy and on the Diocese of Virginia Mission Commission. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences, churches and other events including the 2006 Microcredit Summit Campaign. He has a master's in economic development from Eastern College in St. David's, PA. He is married and has two children.
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry
Michael is the eleventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, consecrated in June 2000. He received the Master of Divinity degree in 1978 from Yale University Divinity School. He has also done continued study at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary's Seminary, and the Institute of Christian Jewish Studies. He began his ministry as deacon-in-charge at St. Stephen's, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1978 and was rector there from 1979-1982. He next accepted a call as rector at St. Simon of Cyrene, Lincoln Heights, Ohio, where he served from 1982-1988. Bishop Curry serves on the boards of a large number of organizations and was a member of the Commission on Ministry in each of the three dioceses where he has served. He has a national preaching and teaching ministry, having been featured on The Protestant Hour and as a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. He has received honorary degrees from Sewanee and Yale. Michael kicked off EGR's presence at the 2006 General Convention with his dynamic preaching to an overflow crowd at the EGR U2charist!
The Rev. Dahn Dean Gandell
Dahn is in her seventh year as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Honeoye Falls, NY in the Diocese of Rochester. Born in New Orleans, Dahn was raised all along the Gulf Coast. She has an undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt, a Master's in Religion with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Mobile, and, a Master's in Divinity from Yale Divinity School. Dahn has been called a "Radical Episcopal Priest," a title in which she takes great delight! She is committed to justice, inclusion, and having a wonderful sense of humor. Dahn's hobbies include scuba diving (she is part-owner of a charter sailboat in Palau, Micronesia) and stand-up comedy.
The Rev. Debra Metzgar Shew
Debbie is Canon for Community Ministries for the Diocese of Atlanta and director of the Episcopal Charities Foundation. She formerly was vicar of Emmaus House, Atlanta.
The Rt. Rev. Dabney Smith
Laura Fisher Smith
Laura is a graphic artist, painter and iconographer. An active member of the Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts, her work was displayed during worship at the 2006 General Convention. Laura draws icons for contemplative prayer and offers them for sale at www.ikonarts.net, with the net proceeds from sales of all icons, prints, cards and commissions go to relieve extreme poverty through participation in the Millennium Development Goals. She lives in Phoenix, with her husband, the Rt. Rev. Kirk Smith, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.
Staff and Volunteers
The Rev. Devon Anderson - Executive Director
Devon is the coordinator for the MDG Pilot Project in the Diocese of Minnesota. This project uses the art of public narrative and community organizing tactics to mobilize individuals in congregations to translate belief into action around global poverty. Devon is Vice President of the Diocese of Minnesota's Standing Committee, chair of the Diocesan Commission on Liturgy and Music, co-chair of the Diocese of Minnesota's Deputation to General Convention, and is finishing up a six-year term on the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music. Devon is also serving as the Program Manager for the Episcopal Public Narrative Project, sponsored by the General Convention Office and the President of the House of Deputies. During seminary at Harvard Divinity School, Devon served for two years as the teaching assistant for Marshall Ganz of the Kennedy School of Government in the community organizing class entitled, "People, Power and Change." Ganz currently serves as the advisor for both the Minnesota MDG Pilot Project and the Episcopal Public Narrative Project.
Marguy McVey - Administrative Assistant
Marguy came on board as EGR's part-time (two days a week) administrative assistant in June 2007. The Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion in University City, Missouri, graciously donates office space for Marguy and EGR.
Bill Monk - Webmaster/Internet Coordinator
Bill is EGR's webmaster and has donated more hours and expertise than we can count to make EGR's web presence what it is. His day job is with Episcopal Media Center, which hosts www.e4gr.org as well as many diocesan and other church-related websites, including the Diocese of Atlanta, where Bill lives. Bill also coordinated the wonderful technology available at the EGR booth at General Convention ... including maintaining all those computers that gave folks free internet access! Got questions or ideas about the website or about what EGR is/could be doing online? Got an event you want posted on the calendar or a sermon to put on the sermons page? Anything about EGR and the internet ... Give Bill a shout.
