Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson

Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson serves as Senior Advisor to Interfaith Alliance, working across the organization to support the team and the Board. She is President Emerita of Auburn Seminary in New York City where she served as president for twelve years. During her tenure as President, she became recognized as a change agent, leading a 200 year old Christian institution with interfaith commitments, to become a national leadership development organization focused on building a multifaith movement for justice.

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In recognition of her accomplishments, she was named co-recipient of the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize for the innovative projects she led, including Auburn’s Face to Face | Faith to Faith Program, working with young leaders from conflict and post-conflict regions around the world, and the Auburn Senior Fellows network, a unique cohort of public faith leaders, recognized as the prophets of our time. She is the author of God’s Troublemakers: How Women of Faith are Changing the World. 

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Katharine is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) and received her M.Div. from Union Seminary in New York City and her doctorate from Columbia University Teachers College. Katharine takes delight in living in rural NY with her husband Chuck, their puppy Nelson and a host of friends who share commitments and good conversation over delicious food.

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