Channon Lucas

Channon most recently oversaw the daily operations of fourteen functional departments within the Archdiocese of New York and served as the liaison for the archdiocese’s charitable works. She successfully led large-scale capital programs including the Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal and raised over $300 million for the pastoral and capital needs of the parishes of the archdiocese. As vice chancellor, she managed high-priority, high-stakes initiatives such as the 2015 Papal Visit to New York and the launch of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture. Channon holds a MS in global affairs from New York University and a BA in politics from Ithaca College. She serves on the advisory board at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and on the Black Ministry Leaders Commission of the Archdiocese of New York.