Staff
Morna Murray, President
Morna A. Murray, J.D. is President of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Prior to her appointment with CACG, Ms. Murray served as Senior Counsel to Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA), where she served as senior advisor to Senator Casey in the areas of health care, children’s issues, poverty, and other social justice matters. Previously, Ms. Murray served as Director of Youth Development for the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. In that capacity, she directed organizational policy and program work in areas of positive youth development, juvenile justice, violence prevention and at-risk children. She has had extensive policy and advocacy experience. After graduating from law school at the George Washington University National Law Center, Ms. Murray clerked for U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch. She was a lawyer in private practice for 7 years before specializing in children’s advocacy and other social justice issues. She has served as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and neglected children and as a faculty member of the University of Hartford. She is a member of the Connecticut, D.C. and Florida Bars. Ms. Murray has two children and resides in Great Falls, Virginia.
Victoria Kovari, Field Director
Victoria Kovari is the Field Director for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. For the last 27 years, Kovari has worked as a community organizer, political consultant and non profit housing developer. Prior to her joining the alliance, she worked as an organizer with MOSES, an affiliate of the Gamaliel Foundation, directing campaigns in Michigan for regional mass transit and health care. She also worked with Gamaliel affiliates in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Upstate New York. In October 2002 ,she was one of 20 U.S. community leaders awarded the Ford Foundation's national Leadership for a Changing World Award. She has served on the faculty of the Schools of Social Work at both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
John Gehring, Director of Communications and Senior Writer
John Gehring is a senior writer and media specialist for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Previously, Gehring was the assistant director for media relations at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where he provided media outreach and commentary writing for bishops and staff on international justice and peace, immigration and other social justice issues. A former national education reporter for Education Week newspaper, Gehring has also written for the Catholic Review in Baltimore and the Frederick Gazette in Frederick, Md. He graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. with a degree in writing and sociology and earned a Masters in journalism from Columbia University in New York City.
Jamie [Peter James] Kralovec, Program Development Manager
Jamie Kralovec is the Program Development Manager for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Kralovec graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2006 with a B.A. in Political Science and NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in 2008 with a Master of Urban Planning. While at Wagner, Kralovec spent his capstone project producing community development recommendations for Hurricane Katrina-affected communities in Gulfport, Mississippi. In addition, he served for a year as program manager of the PlanNYC website at NYU Law’s Furman Center. He has also been an intern for New York City Council Member Gale A. Brewer and US Representative Steny Hoyer, as well as a volunteer teacher at an orphanage in rural Thailand.
Sharon Dillon, Coordinator of Special Projects
Franciscan Sister and author, Sister Sharon is a respected leader, administrator and retreat facilitator. As a 15-year master Special Educator and Franciscan Spiritual Director, Dillon has previously served as the Executive Director of the Franciscan Mission Service of North America and is the former Executive Director of the Franciscan Federation of the Third Order for the United States. Dillon has co-authored the Franciscan Morning and Evening Praise prayer book and has also co- written a book of prayers focused on peace and justice called And So We Pray, along with two manuals, The Franciscan Journey and The Journey Continues. Currently, she is Coordinator of Special Projects for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good.
Nick Sementelli, Online Organizer
Nick Sementelli is the Online Organizer for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Nick graduated from Georgetown University in 2009 with a B.S. in Culture and Politics and a concentration in Religion and Politics. At Georgetown, Nick worked as a research assistant at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. At the same center, he participated in an undergraduate fellowship group that authored a report titled "Religious Lobbies: A Force in US Politics?" that was published in 2007.
