Founding partners ground CIFA in the interfaith community, and lend specific expertise, experience and networks to the organization. Refraining from duplicating the activities of its partners, CIFA will work through them according to their core competencies wherever possible.
Founding partners and members of the CIFA Board of Trustees include:
Rev. Rich Cizik
President, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good
David Dahlin
Executive Vice President, Compassion International
Ambassador Mark Dybul
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Ruth W. Messinger
President, American Jewish World Service
Robert W. Radtke
President, Episcopal Relief and Development
Rabbi David Saperstein
Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Dr. Timothy Shriver
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Special Olympics
Richard Stearns
President, World Vision, United States
Dr. Sayyid Syeed
General Secretary, Islamic Society of North America
Ruth Turner
Chief Executive, Tony Blair Faith Foundation
Dr. William F. Vendley
Secretary General, Religions for Peace