Chris Seiple, Ph.D., is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in creating and implementing strategies among diverse government and non-government stakeholders that build social cohesion through inclusion. He leads The Sagestone Group, consulting for clients such as the Templeton Religion Trust, where he helped develop and implement the “Covenantal Pluralism Initiative.”
Dr. Seiple’s extensive career includes co-chairing the U.S. Secretary of State’s “Religion and Foreign Policy” working group, chairing the research committee in support of, and advising on, the U.S. government’s first-ever summit on strategic religious engagement (at USAID), and serving as a U.S. Marine infantry officer. He has chaired the World Economic Forum’s Council on Faith, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Religious Advisory Committee. A prolific author, Dr. Seiple’s works include The U.S. Military/NGO Relationship in Humanitarian Interventions and he has co-edited the Routledge Handbooks on Religion & Security, as well as Religious Literacy, Pluralism & Global Engagement.
