Brian Corbin

Brian Roland Corbin has been the Executive Vice President of Member Services since 2015 for Catholic Charities USA. He also served as Senior Vice President of Social Policy (2014) for Catholic Charities USA. Prior to joining Catholic Charities USA, he served as the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio’s, Executive Director for Catholic Charities Services and Health Affairs; the Secretary/Treasurer for the Diocese of Youngstown Catholic Charities Corporation; the Diocesan Director for Migration and Refugee Services (MRS); Diocesan Director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD); the Diocesan Director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS); and the Diocesan Liaison for the Northeast Ohio Diocesan Council of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Diocesan Director of Pro-Life Activities. In these roles–with over 27 years of service at the Diocesan level–he was responsible for providing leadership to and coordination for the health and social ministries of the Church and creating opportunities for Church and community leaders to understand and be formed in Catholic social doctrine and helping persons and institutions to live out the Corporal Works of Mercy.  Brian served as the Secretary of the national Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities USA and chaired the National Advisory Council of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). He has participated on numerous boards of health and human service corporations and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Common Wealth Revolving Loan Fund, the Common Wealth Community Development Corporation, the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and Catholic Distance University.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from The Pontifical School of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He is completing his Ph.D. at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has completed doctoral work in Organizational Leadership at Youngstown State University, and holds a Certification in Health Care Ethics from The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has published several academic and popular articles on Catholic social doctrine and political economy.  Brian, a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, has been with Catholic Charities for over 34 years.  He is married to Dr. Donna DeBlasio. Follow him on twitter @brianrcorbin.