John Weiser currently serves as Chairman of the senior Advisory Council of the United Religions Initiative, the world’s largest grassroots interfaith organization. He previously served as a Chairman of the Board of the Graduate Theological Union, a partnership of nine seminaries of differing denominations.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, Weiser served as the General Counsel of Bechtel Group, Inc., an international engineering construction firm. Earlier, he was a partner and member of the management committee of Shearman & Sterling, a major Wall Street law firm.

John and his late wife, Maria, had nine children, one of whom died as a toddler. They have eleven grandchildren. He is currently married to Susan Cony.