Ralph McCloud

Ralph McCloud served for sixteen years as the Director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), an anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington, D.C.

Prior to the USCCB, Ralph worked as Division Director of Pastoral and Community Services in the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. In this capacity, he supervised the Departments of Family Life, Peace and Justice, African-American Ministry, Ministry to the Incarcerated, Ministry to People with Disabilities, Hospital Ministry, and Hispanic Ministry.

Ralph has served as President of the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators; and as a board member for the National Black Catholic Congress, the Roundtable Association of Social Action Directors, and the Center for Migration Services of New York. He is the current Chair of the Catholic Mobilizing Network.

From 1997-2005, while in Fort Worth, Ralph served four terms on the City Council and three terms as Mayor Pro Tempore. He also chaired the County Homeless Commission and was named Tarrant County’s First Racial Reconciliation Award Winner by the Tarrant County Community of Churches.

Ralph has received numerous awards, including: the Courage Award from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (2009), the History Maker Award from the Archdiocese of Atlanta (2009), Catholic Charities USA’s Martin Luther King Keep the Dream Alive Award (2010), and the Bishop John Joseph Keane Medallion from the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies from the Catholic University of America (2017).

He is currently on the Leadership Group for the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.

Ralph is a member of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Washington, D.C. where he serves as a lector and is a member of the Finance Council.