2007 CSI Conference Leaders

Bishop Rt. Rev. Thomas Samuel ( Madhya Kerala Diocese)

The Right Reverend Johncy Itty, Ph.D., is currently the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, where he serves more than 22,000 Episcopalians in 76 churches throughout Western Oregon. Bishop Itty also previously served as the human rights officer in the Anglican Communion office at the United Nations, an office of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council. Bishop Itty has served as a research consultant at United Nations Headquarters in New York, and has represented the Anglican UN Office at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Bishop Itty is married to Dr. Jolly Itty and has two daughters, Julie and Jennifer, who attend Oregon Episcopal School in Portland

Fr.  Dr. George Pulikkottil, ordained in Orthodox church, is  doing his  post doctoral research in  Trinity College and has specialized in eastern theology. He is a much sought after orator and with many papers to his credit is a scholar in theology.
 

Rev. Joseph Mathew, has served as Chaplain to two Bishops in his Diocese. He holds Master's Degrees in English Literature and in Theology. He is a musician, composer and singer, and has three English albums and one Hindi album to his credit. At present he is pastoring the CSI Emmanuel Congregation of Atlanta with his family.
 

Rev. Dr. George Oommen is presently the vicar of the St. Peter’s CSI Church of LA. Prior to this, he was professor of Christian History at UTC, Bangalore. During this period he was associate presbyter at various churches including St. Mark;s Cathedral, Bangalore.

Sam George is the Executive Director of PARIVAR International, a non-profit initiative to address the needs of youth and families of Asian Indian origin in North America. Sam is the author of the book “Understanding the Coconut Generation”  (www.CoconutGeneration.com Sam writes a national column on family issues in the Indian American community for India Tribune.

Mohan Zachariah works as the Director of the Niles Campus of Harvest Bible Church. He joined Harvest after six years of leadership in an urban ministry that deployed 100 year-long missionaries for service in four cities across U.S.

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