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4209 47th Ave.

Suite 4K
Sunnyside, NY Frank Kaufmann Ph.D. Cell: (646) 220-8281
Home: (718) 280-9838
kaufmann.nyc@gmail.com

SENIOR EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Interreligious Relations • International, Public and Private Sector Development


• Not-for-Profit, Educational, and Humanitarian Corporations • Academic
Institutions and Initiatives

Versatile, holistic leader with 30+ years experience realizing measurable,


sustainable achievements and growth in world-level, crisis diplomacy and negotiations,
intercultural mediation, international public and private sector development, and
leadership for complex, scholarly and academic projects

Repeatedly realized goals and deadlines ahead of schedule, below budget, and
over production in sensitive arenas of ideological, religious, and culturally diverse work-
spaces.

Areas of impact include:


 Visionary, and Strategic Planning &  Business Development, Finance,
Leadership Accounting, & Budgeting
 Human Resources/Team Building,  Strategic, Institutional Alliances
establishing harmonious and  Communications Technology and
integrated work spaces amid extreme Design
diversity  Book Publications
 Mediation and Conflict Resolution  Periodical Literature Publications
 Interreligious and International  Promotional Literature
Relations  Electronic Media and Communications
 Project design, with feedback loops
and restructuring principles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Private Consultant, The Filial Group, New York, NY,


2007 to Present
Expert support for viable initiatives
Services and Project Support for:
 Executive Training  Public Speaking and Seminars
 Project Design and Development  Corporate Research
 Project Analysis  Professional Writing
 International and Interreligious  Published Writing
Relations and Networks  International Trade
 Crisis Consultation in Conflict
Environments

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Executive Director, The Bible-Quran Project, Baltimore, MD
2016 to Present
A project of Scripture and Religions Partnerships
 Conceived and Developed the Bible-Qur'an Cross Referencing App for iOS and
Android Platforms
◦ In beta release
 Co-founded Scripture and Religions Partnerships

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Editor in Chief, New World Encyclopedia, New York, NY
2005 to Present

New World Encyclopedia integrates facts with values. Written by online collaboration with
certified experts.
 Designed project proposal  Designed and Developed “Virtual
 Secured and Directed a $2.3 million Presence” Management and Production
Annual Budget Concept
 Retained and Managed Corporate  Secured Completion of 14,000 Articles
Administration Achieving 2008, Phase 1 Production
 Designed Editorial and Production Goal 56 days Ahead of Deadline, 30%
Concept Over Production, 35% Under Budget
 Retained and Directed 12-
Disciplines Editorial Board, 500
Writers and Contributors

Senior Vice President, PrayerSpark, Las Vegas, NV


2005 to Present

International corporation dedicated to human support through the power of shared prayer
 PrayerSpark provides access to prayer from known spiritual leaders, for users
especially those who do not belong to communities.
 Support For Addiction Recovery: PrayerSpark apps help recovery, and reduce
recidivism, with a broad provision of resources including spiritual support to
patients in the rehab community.
 Support For Stress Reduction And Hospice: PrayerSpark applications address the
challenges of corporate stress and burnout, and student stress and burnout.
Additionally custom, PrayerSpark apps assist those at end of life, offering instant
mobile support for patients and their support groups.

Director, Inter Religious Federation for World Peace, New York, NY,
1991 to Present
The IRFWP is an international, interreligious organization overseen by an executive
administration and a multi-religious board of advisers.

Milestones and Accomplishments include:


 Secured and Directed $3.4 m Annual  Published Dialogue and Alliance
Budget (below)
 Retained and Directed 12 HQ staff  Maintained Communications and
 Provided Executive Management for Data for Approximately 8,000
23 Foreign Representatives Associates and Members of IRFWP
 Organized, Convened, Managed and  Crisis Negotiations and Diplomacy
Moderated Average of 20 Major, (Gulf War, Ayodhya Mosque, Abu
International Conferences a year Sayef, Ethiopia/Eritrea,
 Published (as publisher, not author),  Israel/Palestine)
23 Major Books on Religion, Conflict  Work in Refugee Camps (Croatia,

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Resolution, Peace, and Interfaith Eritrea)
Relations

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Founder, President: Values in Knowledge Foundation, New York, NY
2009 to Present
The Values in Knowledge Foundation addresses problems related to media and the
transmission of knowledge and information
 The Values in Knowledge Foundation exists to meet the challenges and undo the
harm caused by the separation of values from knowledge and information.
◦ Support for New World Encyclopedia
◦ Development of values-infused tech applications, and content, such as vSearch
(in development)
◦ Development of multi-sector, and multi-institution network committed to values
in knowledge and information

Early Career
Editor in Chief, Dialogue and Alliance, New York, NY,
1998 to 2009
 Scholarly Journal on Religion and Peace, Biannual since 1981
◦ Raised journal to receive ATLA Awards (American Association of Theological
Libraries)

Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Pace University, New York, NY


1992 – 1996
 Undergraduate classes at both urban and suburban, Pace University Campuses
(New York, NY. Pleasantville, NY)
◦ World Religions
◦ Introduction to Religious Studies
◦ Philosophy of Religion
 (This work was interrupted by too much international travel)

EDUCATION

 Doctor of Philosophy in Religion, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1985


 Master of Arts in Religion, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1982
 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, SUNY at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 1974

PUBLICATIONS

Numerous: Available on request

BOARD POSITIONS

 Director, Bridges to Common Ground, Washington, DC, 2009 to Present


 Director, PrayerSpark, Las Vegas, NV. 2009 to Present
 Advisory Board, Wisdom Thinkers, Syracuse, NY. 2010 – Present
 Advisory Board, Wholistic Peace Institute, Portland, Oregon, 2008 to Present
 Advisory Board, Religion in Crisis Task Force, Houston, TX 1993 – Present

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