Professional of the Year for 2007 in Religion: Joan Brown Campbell

	Joan Brown Campbell
Industry	Religion
Title	Director, Dept. of Religion
Expertise	Role of religion in public life, racial justice and poverty
Current Organization	Chautauqua Institution
Type of Organization	Ecumenical
Major Product	Christian unity
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	M.Ed., University of Michigan; Honorary D.D.
Born	November 13, 1931, Youngstown, Ohio
Honors & Awards	Several honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees
Published Works	Numerous
Affiliations	Life Member, Council of Christian Unity; Ordained Minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the American Baptist Church; Life Member, NAACP; Chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women
Hobbies & Sports	Attending theatre and dance
Career Accomplishments	First woman to be Associate Executive Director of the Greater Cleveland Council of Churches, the Executive Director of the U.S. office of the World Council of Churches, the General Secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ and the first woman Director of Religion at Chautauqua Institution; has served as an honorary election monitor with Pres. Kaunda of Zambia in the election of Nelson Mandela as the first Africa president of South Africa; Co-Founder of the National Religious Partnership on the Environment; Co-Director with Rev. Jesse Jackson of the mission to Belgrade to successfully negotiate the releases of captured American soldiers
Work History	Numerous national and local offices including-Past Member, U.S. State Dept. advisory committee on religious freedom abroad; Trustee for the Council for a Parliament of the World Religions; the Fund for Education in South Africa, the advisory committee for Americans for Humanitarian Trade with Cuba
Children	Jane Louise; Paul Barton Jr.; Dr. James Wiley
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