The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management (NLRCM) is a lay-led group born in the midst of the Catholic clergy's sex abuse scandal

Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States

Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States refers to a series of lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, and scandals related to sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests and members of religious orders, that first rose to widespread public attention in the last two decades of the 20th...

 and dedicated to bringing better administrative practices to dioceses and parishes (19 thousand of the latter) nationwide.

The NLRCM, founded by its current leader, Geoffrey T. Boisi, in 2006, brings together top Catholic CEO's and leaders in the non-profit sector. In June 2009, they met at the Wharton School of Business and drew a dozen bishops. Boisi, who is a philanthropist and former vice-chairman at JP Morgan Chase, has also funded the Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor chair at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

 and endowed the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life

Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life

The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life is a research center at Boston College. The goal of the Boisi Center is to create opportunities where a community of scholars, policy makers, media and religious leaders in the Boston area and nationally can connect in conversations and...

 at Boston College

Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

 in 1999 with a $5 million gift.

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and recent Catholic convert Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

 (currently at Yale

YALE

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) addressed them, according to 2009 report.

Among the members of the volunteer group reported in 2008 were Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...

 chairman Charles Geschke

Charles Geschke

Charles Geschke, is best known as the 1982 co-founder with John Warnock of Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company.-Education:...

, Korn/Ferry

Korn/Ferry

Korn/Ferry International, headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's largest executive search firm, and the largest publicly-traded search firm in the United States, with 76 offices in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and South Africa. Since the firm's...

 chief executive Paul Reilly

Paul Reilly

Paul Reilly is a rugby league player who played for the Huddersfield Giants for 11 years until signing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for the 2008 season...

, former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron, Gerard R. Roche of Heidrick & Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles

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, and former McKinsey managing director Frederick Gluck

Frederick Gluck

Frederick W. "Fred" Gluck was a longtime top senior partner and director at management consultancy McKinsey & Company, serving as managing director from 1988 to 1994. At McKinsey he introduced the concept of fifteen “centers of competence”. He is a director at Amgen Inc...

; Lawrence Bossidy

Lawrence Bossidy

Lawrence A. Bossidy is a businessman and author. He is a retired CEO of AlliedSignal , and has also spent more than 30 years rising into executive power at General Electric.-Early life and education:...

, former CEO of Honeywell

Honeywell

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, has been a pro bono consultant. Kerry Robinson acted as executive director of the roundtable.