NEW YORK CITY

PARTNERING WITH

In monthly sessions held at the IESE Business School, Leonine Fellows are led by Catholic thought leaders from around the greater New York City Metropolitan area. During these sessions Leonine Fellows will grapple with some of the most important questions at the intersection of Catholicism and public life.

NEW YORK CITY

PARTNERING WITH

In monthly sessions held at the IESE Business School, Leonine Fellows are led by Catholic thought leaders from around the greater New York City Metropolitan area. During these sessions Leonine Fellows will grapple with some of the most important questions at the intersection of Catholicism and public life.

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2023-2024 NEW YORK CITY

FIRST-YEAR LEONINE FELLOWS




































2022-2023 NYC Leonine Fellows

Javier Alvarez
Murray Hill Place, Inc.
Kallie Aultman
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Gretchen Bednarz
Bloomberg LP
Hilarina Casie Chitty
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Philip Castoro
P3 Analytics
Min Tae Cha
Princeton University
Heidi Cinquegrana
Con Edison
Alessandro Crocco
The Formation Foundation - In Format Ltd
Thomas Dilling
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Jeremy Faust
Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations
Kevin Fischer
J.P. Morgan
Vincent Franzonello
AvePoint, Inc
Javier Gonzalez
We Mean Business Coalition
Molly Haigh
Digital Product Management
Jacqueline Herrick
Murray Hill Place
Ameet Katkar
Genoa Telepsychiatry (Optum/UnitedHealthcare)
Kayla Keller
Seton Education Partners
Tim Kuhnen
Macquarie Capital
Irisa Kuhnen
Huge
Susana Lacouture
Barclays
Keri Landeche
Stamford Hospital
Marc LeDrappier
Prudential Financial
Patricia Leeson
Dechert LLP
Anna Lehman
Fortinet
Anina Lund
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Monica Mehan
Rosemoor Foundation
Fernando Munoz
Deloitte
Kevin Murphy
Semper Financial Strategic Investments LLC
Luis Paternina
Kings County District Attorney´s Office
Laura Piragua Bernal
Empire Medical training / Alexandria Apella
Manuela Radelsboeck
UNICEF
Maggie Ring
Canalyst
Anna Simon
Kraft-Heinz
Nicholas Tomaino
The Wall Street Journal
James Velasquez
Meta (via Planet Interactive)
Dexter Yu Galan
Bank of America
Nick Zak
StepStone Group

2021-2022 NYC Leonine Fellows

Ruby Amezquita
Seton Education Partners
Lauren Baldau
Cognizant
Michael Brewer
Investment Management
Kenneth Burchfiel
Seton Education Partners
Christopher Chornay
NYU Langone Health
Thomas Cleary
PepsiCo
Glenny Coats
Cowen, Inc.
Sarah Dawod
Witherspoon Institute
Lauren Doyle
Unicomm, LLC
Leah Estrada
Columbia University School of Nursing
Paul Harraka
Lalibela Labs, Inc
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy
World Youth Alliance
Victorialyn Keay
Alma Bank
John Ketcham
Manhattan Institute
Diane Kremheller
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Michael LaMantia
MiViLa
Jung-Woo Lee
JetBlue Airways
Anna Lux
Flatiron School
Bobby Lux
Bloomberg
David J. Miller, Jr.
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Luke Neal
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Patrick O'Brien
Asset Management
Natalie Saenz
Columbia University
Lauren Sawyer
Outreach
Sarita Soares
Yale School of Medicine
Mary Spencer
Encounter Books
David Szigeti
Divine Mercy Parish
Mary Elizabeth Tinen
Flatiron Health
Connor Tinen
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy
John Tracey
Princeton University
Jeffrey Vargas
New York City Police Department (NYPD)
Anna Wichorek
Sacred Heart Greenwich
Michal Zmigrodzki
Goshow Architects, LLP

2020-2021 NYC Leonine Fellows

Alberto Ardura-Fabregat
Kaplan Medical
Tiffany Barron
Princeton University
Criselle Bautista
Chobani
Tom Bodart
Partnership Schools
Ricky Cedrone
ESPN
Alexandra Cohill
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Raquel Cona
KCSA Strategic Communications
Nicholas Di iorio
New York City Relief
Dana Di iorio
Stephanie Frias
Brilla Public Charter Schools
Montsie Guerrero
Columbia University
Roy Issa
New York Life
Christopher Jagoe
Goldman Sachs
Timothy Kopp
Google LLC
Maria Lehman
Fortinet
Sarah Maple
Mount Saint Mary College
Silvia E. Marroquin Gonzalez
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
Olivia Martiniello
Giant Spoon, LLC
Fayne Mascarenhas
Deutsche Bank
Christian Monsalve
Rutgers University
Tess Murray
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Claire Pinto
Unilever
Gerard Pinto
Drew University
Victoria Principato
WeWork
Andrew Romano
Strategies for Wealth
Brett Steineman
Hospital for Special Surgery
David Szmigielski
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Esther Tan
United Nations
Daniel Vitagliano
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Thayer Wade
Morgan Stanley

2019-2020 NYC Leonine Fellows

Diana Barrero Zalles
Joshua Becker
Evelyn Behling
Elena Castello
Steven Filippi
JP Gschwind
Theresa Hardy
Jackie Heath
Julia Henkels
JooYeon Hong
Heather Keane
Lucy Kimari
Ellie Kincaid
Ethan Mack
William McAloon
Isirame Omofuma
Terence Picardo
Rebecca Rethwisch
Tyler Reynolds
Maria Roberts
Renée Roden
Chelsea Rojas
Giovanna Romero
Stephen Saroki
Sarah Schutte
Maura Shea
Trevor Sorensen
Rebecca Sullivan
Kristen Uitenham
Luz Velazquez
Rebecca Walters

2018-2019 NYC Leonine Fellows

Eduardo Andino
Kelly Andino
John Aroutiounian
Collin Berger
William Borman
Matthew Brinzo
Leah Bromberg
Gerard Connolly
Philip DeVoe
Walker Dornisch
Sheila Enright
Dan Faas
Emily Horton
Christian Iezzi
Julia Kenney
Madeleine Kearns
John Lane
Tess Lane
Francesca Leite
Tyler Lomnitzer
Luisa Majnoni d'Intignano
Alessandro Marchetti
Ashley Marchetta
Jennifer Monsalve
Robert Nguyen
Diana Palacios
Rachel Pinto
Lord Leomer Pomperada
Gaston Rodriguez
Alexi Sargeant
Grace Shay
Serena Sigillito
Mene Ukueberuwa
Nadja Wolfe
Tara Wright

2017-2018 NYC Leonine Fellows

JACQUELYN LOPEZ ALVEREZ
EDWARD BENNETT
CHRISTIAN CLARK
CARLA CRICCO-LIZZA
JUSTINE D'SOUZA
ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
DEAN DEWEY
DORTHY FINK


ANGELA FRAGALE
DENNIS GERBER
MARIA MADDALENA GIUNGI
ZACH HORTON
COURTNEY HORTON
DUREID KHAMO
ANDREW LAIRD
FILIP MAZURCZAK
GRACE MCINERNEY
MICHAEL OF HABSBURG-LORRAINE
ANDY PEREZ-BENZO
MORGAN PINO
EILEEN REUTER
CHRISTOPHER REUTER
JOHN RHEE
KATIE ROBINSON
BRIA SANDFORD
MARY KATE SKEHAN


KATHERINE STRAUS
JOHN STRAUS
MARK WRIGHT

PROGRAM DETAILS

INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION

During the first semester of the program, Fellows engage with a curriculum that emphasizes primary Church documents, practical secondary analyses, and gain an intellectual foundation on topics including: Faith and Reason, Christian Anthropology, the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Charity and Truth, Justice and Mercy, and Catholicism and the American Experiment.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

During the second semester, Fellows explore how core Social Teachings of the Church relate to their professional and civic lives, including topics such as entrepreneurship, business, finance, culture and the arts, poverty, economics, immigration, ecology, public policy and civic engagement, bioethics, health care, religious liberty, and more.

Spiritual Development

Fellows have the chance to supplement intellectual endeavors with regular opportunities for Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, confession and spiritual direction.

Community Service

Understanding that we are called to love our brothers and sisters, Leonine Fellows have the opportunity to participate in monthly service activities as a group in New York City.

Alumni Events

Fellows join a community of over 100 Leonine Alumni, and will have the opportunity to participate in regular Alumni events — including happy hours, lectures, roundtable discussions and exclusive access to premier seminars, dinners, and more.

PROGRAM DETAILS

INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION

During the first semester of the program, Fellows engage with a curriculum that emphasizes primary Church documents, practical secondary analyses, and gain an intellectual foundation on topics including: Faith and Reason, Christian Anthropology, the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Charity and Truth, Justice and Mercy, and Catholicism and the American Experiment.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

During the second semester, Fellows explore how core Social Teachings of the Church relate to their professional and civic lives, including topics such as entrepreneurship, business, finance, culture and the arts, poverty, economics, immigration, ecology, public policy and civic engagement, bioethics, health care, religious liberty, and more.

Spiritual Development

Fellows have the chance to supplement intellectual endeavors with regular opportunities for Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, confession and spiritual direction.

Community Service

Understanding that we are called to love our brothers and sisters, Leonine Fellows have the opportunity to participate in monthly service activities as a group in New York City.

Alumni Events

Fellows join a community of over 100 Leonine Alumni, and will have the opportunity to participate in regular Alumni events — including happy hours, lectures, roundtable discussions and exclusive access to premier seminars, dinners, and more.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, there is no required cost to participate in the Leonine Forum. You will, however, have an opportunity to donate to help defray the substantial costs of the Forum.

No. The Leonine Forum exists to equip the emerging generation of leaders in the core tenets of the Catholic Church’s social teachings. While our curriculum is intentionally rooted in the Catholic faith and intellectual tradition, we open to Fellows of various faith backgrounds, interested in understanding the Catholic Church more deeply.

The ideal letter of recommendation comes from a respected source who can speak to your professional achievement and personal character.

No. Your recommender does not need to be Catholic, as long as he or she can speak well to your professional achievements and personal character.

Applications consist of a cover letter, resume, 1-3 letters of recommendation, and a brief video to be uploaded by each applicant.

The basic format for each Session is as follows:

6:30pm — Mass

7:00pm — Reception & Conversation

7:30pm — Lecture and Q&A

8:30pm — Dinner & Discussion

9:30pm — Evening ends

The NYC Leonine Forum Sessions will take place at IESE Business School, located at 165 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019.

Priority will be given to applicants who intend in good faith to make it to at least 80% of the events (missing no more than two). The Leonine Forum is built on the community of Fellows, and when one is missing, the whole group feels it.

Yes. In the month leading up to each Session, Fellows will be given a packet of reading material (40-80 pages) selected by the Faculty Leaders to read in advance. Tolle Lege!

There will typically be 1-2 Leonine Alumni events every quarter ranging from happy hours, lectures, and exclusive access to premier seminars, dinners, and more.

New York City applicants require a minimum of 3 years of professional and/or graduate school experience. In previous years, most Leonine Fellows have had five-nine years of work or graduate school experience before joining the Leonine Forum.

First-Year Fellows will meet one evening per month during the academic year (October-June), generally the second Thursday of the month.

The emphasis on community building, and the frequency of events, requires participants to live within a commuting distance to the New York City area.

When spouses apply in the same year, they are accepted or declined together.  In the former instance, the cohort cap increases to accommodate spouses’ joint participation in the Leonine Forum.

PAST SESSION LEADERS

ALFONSO AGUILAR
Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles
JOHN ALMANDOZ
IESE Business School
RYAN T. ANDERSON
Ethics and Public Policy Center
FR. DCN. ANDREW BENNETT
Religious Freedom Institute
ARTHUR BROOKS
Harvard Kennedy School
CHARLES CAMOSY
Creighton School of Medicine
WILLIAM CANNY
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
JOSEPH CAPIZZI
Catholic University of America
DOUG DEWEY
THOMAS F. FARR
Religious Freedom Institute
THERESA FARNAN
Person & Identity Project
SEAN FIELER
Equinox Partners, L.P
ANGELA FRANKS
St. John's Seminary
ROBERT GEORGE
Princeton University
MARY HASSON
Ethics and Public Policy Center
TIM HERMANN
Secretariat of State at the Vatican
GARY JANSEN
Image Books
ELYSSA KOREN
ADF International
PETER KREEFT
Boston College
FR. DOMINIC LEGGE, O.P.
Thomistic Institute
LEAH LIBRESSCO
Author
FRANCIS X. MAIER
Ethics and Public Policy Center
MICHAEL M. MILLER
Acton Institute
WILLIAM MATTISON
University of Notre Dame
MARGARITA MOONEY
Scala Foundation
BILL MUMMA
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
MICHAEL ORTNER
JANE PETERS
College of Mount Saint Vincent
FR. GREGORY PINE, O.P.
Thomistic Institute
ROBERT ROYAL
Faith and Reason Institute
FR. GEORGE RUTLER
Church of Saint Michael
CARTER SNEAD
de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture
RJ SNELL
Witherspoon Institute
FR. RAYMOND DE SOUZA
Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario
CHRISTOPHER WHITE
National Catholic Reporter
STEPHEN WHITE
Ethics and Public Policy Center
REV. THOMAS JOSEPH WHITE, O.P.
Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum)