Divine Word graduate to fill world Vinnies post

Sydney
2 February 2003

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Divine Word graduate to fill world Vinnies post

Steve N Pearson, executive director of the Society of St Vincent de Paul council of Pittsburgh for the past five years, has been named to the newly created post of international executive director for the society.

Pearson, a graduate of Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa, also holds a master's degree with mission specialisation from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

He has also served as director of education for the Holy Childhood Association, 1985-88; director of the lay mission organisation AT-One-Ment Associates, 1988-90; associate director of the mission office in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1990-94; and director of Spiritan Associates at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

Pearson will be based at the international office in Paris.

Represented in 131 countries and five continents, the Society has more than 590,000 members worldwide, including 108,000 in the United States.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul was founded in 1833.