Monsignor Kevin Sullivan

Monsignor Sullivan was appointed the Executive Director of The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York in 2001, after serving as Chief Operating Officer for five years and in other leadership positions for more than 17 years.  During the 1970’s and 1980s, he served as a parish priest at St. Elizabeth’s Church and co-founded the Washington Heights-Inwood Coalition and the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation.  Monsignor Sullivan has served as a Board member of many non-profit agencies, including: St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, the Carmel Richmond Housing Corporation, and the St. Vincent de Paul Residence.  He also served as Co-chair of the Partnership for the Homeless.  He studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph’s Seminary, was ordained in 1976 by Terence Cardinal Cooke, and named Monsignor in 1999.  Monsignor Sullivan completed a Masters degree in Public Administration at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University, and a doctorate in Public Administration at New York University.  He graduated cum laude from Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception.    Monsignor Sullivan was born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers.