Rev. Donald "Bud" Heckman is the Executive Director of Religions for Peace USA. Formerly, he was the Director for External Relations of Religions for Peace International and the Director for External Relations of the Coexist Foundation. In 2009-10, he served on the Interfaith Cooperation Task Force of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

An ordained Christian minister from the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Rev. Heckman also formerly served as Chief Development Officer of Hartford Seminary; Secretary General of Religions for Peace USA; Executive Secretary in the Mission Volunteers unit of the General Board of Global Ministries; and Program Administrator for the World Congress of Philosophy.

A summa cum laude graduate of Ohio University, Rev. Heckman holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago Divinity School and Boston University’s Division of Religion and Theological Studies. He has served rural, urban, and suburban churches in Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut.

A frequent speaker and writer on interfaith relations, Rev. Heckman edited the award-winning InterActive Faith: The Essential Interreligious Community-Building Handbook (SkyLight Paths, 2008).

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