Co-Chair

Kevin Ahern, PhD is a public theologian and professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College in New York, where he directs the Dorothy Day Center for the Study and promotion of Social Catholicism. He is the author of Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good  and editor of several books. Kevin served as president of two international associations of the faithful, the International Movement of Catholic Students (2003-2007) and ICMICA-Pax Romana, a global network of Catholic professionals (2016-2021). @kevin_ahern 

Co-Chair

Deirdre Cornell is an author and the managing editor of Maryknoll magazine. She grew up in the Catholic Worker movement in a home deeply influenced by Dorothy Day and later served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Mexico with her husband and five children. Deirdre holds a master's degree in theology and is the author of four books, including Jesus Was a Migrant and American Madonna: Crossing Borders with the Virgin Mary.

Vice-Postulator

George B. Horton graduated from Holy Cross College in 1967, and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1973. In 1981, he began work for Catholic Charities and in 1991 became the Director of the Department of Social and Community Development. He co-founded an educational and storytelling program for people who are homeless. He is currently retired after serving 41 years at Catholic Charities. Since its inception, he has assisted in the Canonization Cause of Dorothy Day, and has participated in The Dorothy Day Guild.

Coordinator

Casey Mullaney earned a doctorate in moral theology from the University of Notre Dame in 2022. Originally from upstate New York, she is now a member of the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker community in South Bend, Indiana.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College, former president of the International Movement of Catholic Students

Retired businessman, catalyst for annual Dorothy Day lecture at Manhattan College, his alma mater

A member of the Benedictine Community and Prioress of Transfiguration Monastery in Windsor, New York, who is a teacher, writer, and retreat leader

A longtime practitioner of Catholic Worker hospitality, most currently at the Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York, with her husband, Tom

Community member in New York City and CW editor in the late 1970s, author of several major books on Day and editor of her journals and correspondence who has written extensively on the lives of the saints

Former chaplain to the New York City house who presided at Day’s funeral Mass, visual artist who has painted several portraits of Day in her later years

Director of Social and Community Development, New York Catholic Charities, and a vice-postulator

Cofounder and Coordinator of the Dorothy Day Canonization Support Network

Retired physician who coordinates the cause’s transcription process

Executive Director, New York Catholic Charities

With her late husband, Mark, co-author of major studies on the Catholic Worker movement and co-founder of a house of hospitality in Houston, Texas

Volunteer