Obama administration official to lead prominent Catholic donors’ group

November 16, 2012

An Obama administration official who worked for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development for nearly a decade has been named the president of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA). According to its 2010 annual report, FADICA member organizations “represent a combined total of some $270 million in annual giving.”

Alexia Kelley, FADICA’s new president, worked for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development from 1993 to 2002 before serving as religious outreach director for the Democratic National Committee during Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. She later founded Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and in 2009 was appointed director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kelley, who donated $1,000 to then-Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton’s campaign in 2005, donated $1,000 to President Barack Obama’s campaign in 2012, according to federal election records.

 

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Further information:

• White House advisor named head of Catholic donor group FADICA (National Catholic Reporter)
• Alexia K. Kelley Appointed President of FADICA (FADICA)
• President Obama Appoints Antiabortion Pro-Obama Catholic to Senior Health Position – Causing Controversy (ABC, 2009)
• Alexia Kelley (Wikipedia)