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Dear Friends,
It is with a heavy heart that I must report today that Ray Joyce will be leaving
Voice of the Faithful as Executive Director on January 19th. Ray has accepted
a new position with public television, which will give him more time with his
young family.
As many of you know Ray
has been a great asset to VOTF over the last 20 months. Among his many contributions
are: implementing the Campaign for Accountability,
increasing donations and membership, improving the national office infrastructure
and balancing the budget. In addition Ray has been a wonderful, intelligent
and sensitive person with whom to work with, as all of you who have had an
opportunity to do so can attest.
I am pleased to report
that Mark Mullaney has agreed to step in as Interim Executive Director on
a part time basis while we conduct a search for a new
Executive Director. For those of you who do not know Mark, he is an experienced
non-profit Executive Director who has recently started his own consulting
business which is part of a network of associates worldwide specializing
in small to
medium sized businesses. The skills Mark brings to us along with the skills
of his network of associates, I believe, will significantly benefit us
as we move forward. Mark has been an active member of Voice of the Faithful
since
the beginning and has most recently been assisting us with development
focused
on proposals to foundations on a volunteer basis. In addition we will look
to add additional administrative resources to assist Mark during this interim
period.
Mark will shift his volunteer
time for VOTF to heading up the search committee for a new executive director.
Mark led the last search, which resulted
in VOTF hiring Ray Joyce. We will be assembling a search committee this
week
comprised
of members from the Board of Trustees, the Officers, the NRC, the staff
and the Working Groups.
This week we remember
that the clergy sex abuse crisis first came to light for many of us when
the Boston Globe broke the story five
years ago this weekend. We have grown from a small group of concerned
Catholics
in a single church
to a group 35,000 strong across the country. We do not always know
what God has in store for us but we have to have faith that as we go through
changes
and growing pains that the Holy Spirit is at work and will lead us
where
we need to go. I ask for your prayers and support as we move through
this next
transition.
Inquiries concerning the
new Executive Director position should be directed to edsearch@votf.org.
Peace
and may the New Year bring you many blessings.
Mary Pat
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