C3 | Religious Diversity in the Workplace

Each year, the Religious Diversity session features panelist representation from different faith traditions. This thought-provoking program is ideal for participants who have worked in religiously diverse contexts and want to explore issues of diversity in more depth.

Developing experience in supporting religiously diverse settings fosters employee retention, builds team connections, and allows the shared values of co-workers to make the workplace a more welcoming setting. Companies that promote workplace diversity tend to increase reach and contact with a wider population, clients, and customers.

Wednesday, October 14
10:00-11:30am
Zoom

Who Is This For?

All Nonprofit Professionals

What You’ll Takeaway

• Inclusion drives team cohesion and retention. Supporting religious diversity in the workplace deepens co-worker connections, leverages shared values, and creates a welcoming environment where employees feel valued and are more likely to stay.
• Broadening faith perspectives expands business impact. Engaging directly with diverse faith traditions—such as through panel discussions—helps organizations better understand and connect with a wider, more diverse client and customer base.

Meet the Moderator and Panelists

Moderator: Reverend Edward Livingston
Director of Community Partnerships, Interfaith Philadelphia

The Reverend Edward Livingston serves as Director of Community Partnerships at Interfaith Philadelphia, where he staffs the Religious Leaders Council and the Inter-Seminary Initiative—both fostering mutual support and deeper understanding among diverse faith traditions. He also contributes to Interfaith Philadelphia’s Leadership Institute, developing pathways for interfaith skill-building and engagement.

He holds a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (now United Lutheran Seminary) and studied Globalization and Ecumenism at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. With over two decades of pastoral and community organizing experience through the United Church of Christ, the Direct Action Research Training Network, and Faith in Action, Rev. Edward brings a deep commitment to equity, belonging, and mutual respect. His vocation is grounded in the belief that fostering understanding through interfaith dialogue and community-based initiatives is essential to repairing the world—one relationship at a time.

Dr. Tiffenia Archie — Muslim Tradition

Tiffenia D. Archie, Ph.D., is Associate Vice President and Chief Inclusion Officer at Temple University, where she provides strategic leadership for the university’s inclusion and engagement efforts, including inclusive education, student engagement, faculty recruitment, interfaith inclusion, gender and sexuality inclusion, strategic partnerships, and anti-racism. She serves on the Board of Interfaith Philadelphia and is a Commissioner with the City of Philadelphia’s Muslim Engagement Commission. She is a former member of Albright College’s Board of Trustees and the Board of the Pennsylvania SPCA. Recognized as an Outstanding Leader in Education, Dr. Archie is also a recipient of Albright College’s highest alumni honor, the Jacob Albright Award. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Temple University and is a contributing author to Incivility and Higher Education: The Costs of Bad Behavior (2023).

Rabbi David Levin — Jewish Tradition

Rabbi David Levin is a second-career trainer and leader ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, following a background in real estate finance and marketing.

A Fellow with Rabbis Without Borders, Rabbi Levin serves as President of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia and is actively involved in interfaith, interracial, and community leadership across the region. He lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife, Naomi.

Ryan E. Borneman — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Ryan E. Borneman serves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a trial lawyer and advisor who represents banks and other financial institutions in various disputes. As part of his banking practice, he seconded to a large publicly traded bank, managing an extensive portfolio of retail bank and lending liability litigation. He also practices in the areas of complex commercial transactions, class actions, and appellate practice. Mr. Borneman has appeared before federal and state courts throughout the United States and has extensive experience of obtaining victories in the courtroom or practical business solutions through mediation or private resolution. Also, he represents banks and other financial institutions in various disputes. Mr. Borneman is the Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and is actively involved with the BYU Management Society. Mr. Borneman’s practice also involves complex and class action business claims, including breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, and RICO. Mr. Borneman has served as a member of the firm’s e-discovery and pro bono committees. Mr. Borneman is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is a 2006 magna cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was managing editor of administration of BYU Law Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of Brigham University Marriott School of Management with a B.S. in Accounting. Ryan and his spouse have raised four children here and are Phillies season ticket holders.