Stephen Schneck — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Commissioner at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, elected Chair in June 2024.
Appointed by President Biden to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom in 2022.
Appointed by President Obama to the White House Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2015.
Founder and Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America.
Serves on the governing boards for Catholic Climate Covenant and Catholic Mobilizing Network.
Author of books including 'Person & Polis: Max Scheler's Personal Theory' (1988).
Earned his doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1984.

Biography

Stephen Schneck serves as a Commissioner at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a position he was appointed to by President Biden in 2022. In June 2024, he was unanimously elected to Chair the Commission. His public service also includes an appointment by President Barack Obama in 2015 to the White House Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He also served as national co-chair for Catholics for Obama in 2012 and Catholics for Biden in 2020.