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CRS is led by a Board of Directors, which includes both Bishops and lay members. The executive leadership consults board members regularly and the board votes on critical issues of importance to the overall operations of the organization, including strategy and policy, budget, risk concerns and management and investment of funds. CRS has 23 board members and the full board meets quarterly. Executive Leadership: Sean Callahan is CRS’ current President and CEO, and under him there are six Executive Vice Presidents on CRS’ Executive Leadership Team. The day-to-day management and decision-making regarding CRS strategy and programs are the responsibility of these executive leaders, as well as other senior leaders, who are held accountable for meeting the goals as set forth in the agency strategy. Senior Leadership: In the U.S., CRS senior leadership includes five US-based regional directors, who lead CRS’ domestic regional offices. Their role is to inform Catholics in the U.S. about global solidarity and engage them in living out their faith through advocacy and involvement in CRS programs. They work with dioceses, parishes, Catholic schools, universities, faith-based groups and religious communities. Overseas, CRS’ senior leadership includes seven overseas regional directors, who lead CRS’ overseas regional offices. These regional offices have distinct structures and lines of authority, providing concentrated managerial and technical support to the country programs. Each region has developed its own strategy to respond to agency priorities and to support program and management quality standards. The Country Representatives are the senior most leadership within CRS’ 69 Country Program offices. They oversee CRS’ programs and represent CRS to partners, donors, and church leadership. Management Support Structures: CRS’ decentralized management structure ensures that country program offices have the authority to make decisions based on local realities, under the leadership of the Country Representative, with support and oversight by the Regional Directors. Country operations are backed by robust technical and administrative support structures at the regional and headquarters levels to ensure high-quality and cost-effective programming, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. The Operational Excellence Department (OpEx) and the Institutional Donor Engagement and Advancement Department (IDEA) support country and regional offices from the CRS headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, providing backstopping on programmatic, management, representational and administrative issues within CRS and externally with donors and other development agencies. Staff: CRS leaders engage in consultative processes to inform decision making at various levels, and CRS employees are empowered to contribute to change. CRS employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide, including over 500 employees in its worldwide headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and over 5,000 employees overseas. Partners: CRS has a well-articulated partnership philosophy and partnership development materials that guide its interaction with local, international and US-based organizations. CRS has a long history of strengthening local partner organizations, helping develop their capacity to acquire and manage donor resources while providing both technical and managerial oversight to ensure sound programming. Over 1,000 local partner agencies, including religious and nonsectarian non-governmental organizations, community groups, and host country governments, implement projects with support and management from CRS. CRS trusts its partners to take the lead on decisions at the local level, and supports them to implement those decisions, in order to mitigate risk and ensure the achievement of results. |
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