Rev. Jim Wallis is the inaugural holder of the Chair in Faith and Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy and founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice, which advocates for racial justice and building a multiracial democracy, eradicating systemic poverty and peacemaking in the United States and around the world.

Wallis is the founder of Sojourners, a progressive Christian grassroots movement that advocates spirituality and social change, and served on President Obama’s White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

A public theologian, Wallis is a New York Times bestselling author of twelve books, including “Christ in Crisis,” “America’s Original Sin,” “God’s Politics” and “The Great Awakening.” In 2022, Washingtonian Magazine named Wallis one of the 500 most influential people shaping policy in DC.

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