Our Team

The dedicated Cardus team works tirelessly to extend and enlarge the conversation on faith in our common and public life through the production of credible research, the facilitation of dialogue, engaging public events, strategic public initiatives, and key publications. Learn more about our in-house expertise below.

Michael Van Pelt

President & CEO

Executive Vice President

Vice President, External Affairs

Vice President, Operations

Vice President, Research

Program Director, Faith Communities

Managing Editor, Comment

Heritage Coordinator

Marketing Director, Comment

Timothy deVries

Grants Associate

Director of Events

Nicole Feenstra

Executive Assistant to the President & CEO

Director of External Affairs

Research and Executive Assistant

B.C. Director and Education Director

Executive and Operations Assistant

Catharine Kavanagh

Alberta Liaison Officer

Marketing Assistant

Stephen Lazarus

Program Director, NextGEN & Learning Communities

Research and Editorial Associate

Peter Jon Mitchell

Program Director, Family

Senior Fellow, Cardus Family

Data Entry Assistant

Program Director, Work & Economics

Major Gifts Advisor

Daniel Proussalidis

Director of Communications

Monica Rawlek Elizondo

External Affairs Administrator

Associate Editor, Comment

Domenic Sallese

Graphic and Digital Artist

Andreae Sennyah

Director of Policy

Associate Editor, Comment

Editor-in-Chief, Comment

Stephen Speelman

Accounting Assistant

Program Director, Health

Alicia Vanderwillik

Joanna DeJong VanHof

Community Engagement Director, Comment

Director of Data and Evaluation