Dr. John Borelli is the Special Assistant to the President for Interreligious Initiatives at Georgetown University, a post he has held since 2004, and is responsible particularly for designing and coordinating special projects that further the university's contributions to interreligious understanding. For sixteen years, he was the Associate Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, serving as Interim Director from 2001-2002. He staffed the Bishops' Subcommittee on Interreligious Dialogue, managing three ongoing regional dialogues with Muslims, one dialogue with Buddhists, and one dialogue with Hindus, along with other interreligious projects. He has also worked on national ecumenical dialogues with Orthodox Christians and Anglicans and has facilitated other ecumenical activities.