Reverend Patrick McCollum

Director, is Director of the National Correctional Chaplaincy Directors Association and serves as the Chaplaincy Liaison for the American Academy of Religion. McCollum is on the National Advisory Council of American’s United for the Separation of Church and State and has served as an advisor for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Reverend McCollum's comments have been included in an official report to the United States Congress and to President Obama. This report will be used to create better policies to serve the religious diversity of the United States. Reverend McCollum also consulted with the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, providing input toward drafting the new Constitution for the European Union.

Reverend McCollum advises numerous state and federal agencies across the country on religious accommodation and faith issues, and received an official commendation from the California State Senate for his work in religion in prisons in 1999. Reverend McCollum is an activist, and is heavily involved in issues involving human rights, social justice, and the interaction of faith and spiritual communities to promote world peace.