Speakers
Barbara J. Elliott
President, Center for Renewal
Barbara J. Elliott is the president of the Center for Renewal, a resource center she founded in 1997 for faith-based organizations working to renew the inner cities of America. She is the author of the 2004 book Street Saints: Renewing America’s Cities and a companion volume, Equipping the Saints. As an analyst of faith-based and community initiatives, Ms. Elliott has served as a senior fellow with the Hudson Institute and an associate fellow for the Sagamore Institute. She is a board member of WorkFaith Connection, a fellow at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, a philanthropic advisor to the Legacy Group, and a lecturer at the Catherine of Siena Institute. President George W. Bush awarded her the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights in 2001, recognizing her work with refugees and the poor. She has collaborated with the White House Office for Faith-based and Community Initiatives and the Compassion Capital Fund. Ms. Elliott also served President Ronald Reagan in the White House Office of Public Liaison. She earned a B.A. in English literature and fine arts from Ohio Wesleyan University, did graduate work in political science at George Washington University, and earned an M.A. in theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Ms. Elliott received an honorary doctorate from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in 2006.
