Religions for Peace (RFP) USA is pleased to welcome Mr. John Pinter as our new part-time Development Director.

John joins us with a good deal of both interfaith work and development experience. In his professional life, he is the part-time director of the United Religious Community (URC) of St. Joseph County in South Bend, Indiana, where he has served since 2015. Prior to joining the URC as a staff member, he had served on the board for six years.

John has a wide range of nonprofit skills. He has worked for organizations that include the American Red Cross in both Chicago and South Bend, Easter Seals in Salt Lake City and Chicago, and with the Congregation of Holy Cross in South Bend. He also teaches board governance in the Mendoza College of Business’ Nonprofit Administration Program at the University of Notre Dame.

John, his wife Laurie and his three young adult children have lived in South Bend since 1994. John Pinter can be reached at pinter@rfpusa.org.

Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia, RFPUSA Executive Director, said, “We welcome John as a colleague and brother in securing resources to make RPFUSA a sustainable organization so we can advance common actions for peace through multi-religious cooperation among our nation’s religious communities.”

Religions for Peace USA (RFPUSA) is the largest and most broadly-based representative multi-religious forum in the United States, with participants from about 50 religious communities, representing diversity within each of the major faith traditions and many of the minor ones. The mission of RFPUSA is to inspire and advance common actions for peace through multi-religious cooperation among our nation’s religious communities. We envision a nation in which people of faith and goodwill live together in respect and mutual support, creating paths to peace and justice.