New church management group called testament to lay generosity

Published: 2005-07-12

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic philanthropist Kerry A. Robinson July 11 called the new National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management a testament to the generosity of lay people. It is "a magnificent testament to the generosity of highly influential, experienced laity in the fields of management and finances who are deeply committed to the Catholic Church and want to lend their expertise and guidance to the church in her hour of need," said Robinson following her appointment as the round table's first executive director. To take up the new post, Robinson, 38, is leaving her job as development director of St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale University, where over the past eight years she has raised nearly $70 million to build and endow the university's new Catholic center. At its founding meeting July 11, the board adopted bylaws incorporating the round table as a tax-exempt charitable organization and elected Geoffrey T. Boisi, a philanthropist and retired vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase, as board chairman.

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