David Miranda O'Brien

David Miranda O'Brien serves as the Regional Director for Project LIFT, where responsibilities include supervising staff and managing the expansion of services for at-risk teens. Concurrently, David holds positions as an Adjunct Professor at St. Leo University and as a National Speaker for Loyola Press's New Generation's Catechetical Speakers Corps. With a career spanning over three decades, David has facilitated regional, national, and international conferences as a speaker on youth and young adult ministries, spirituality, and social justice. Previous roles include Director of Formation at St. Timothy Catholic Church and Associate Director at the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative. David holds a Master's degree in Strategic Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation from the Kroc Institute, a Master's of Divinity from the University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communications from Boston University.