Jesuit named to chair New York City Campaign Finance Board

Published: 2008-05-15

NEW YORK (CNS) -- A Jesuit educator who is the president of a high school in the Cristo Rey network has been named chairman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. Father Joseph Parkes, president of Cristo Rey New York High School in East Harlem, has served on the board for the last year. Mayor Michael Bloomberg named him to the position April 8. The five-member board is an independent, nonpartisan city agency charged with administering the city's campaign finance program, publishing a voter guide on city candidates and issues, and overseeing debates during election cycles. "Father Parkes has demonstrated exactly the kind of pragmatic, evenhanded, intelligent and independent leadership that the CFB needs and deserves," Bloomberg said in a statement. Father Parkes also holds seats on the boards of St. Peter's College in Jersey City, N.J., St. Aloysius School in Central Harlem, and St. Ann School in East Harlem.

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