The Rev. Dr. Eileen W. Lindner is Deputy General Secretary for Research and Planning of the National Council of Churches USA, the nation's largest ecumenical agency, comprising 36 Protestant, Episcopal and Orthodox churches with a constituent membership exceeding 45 million Americans.

Dr. Lindner is editor of the NCC's annual Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, widely recognized as the most accurate and complete compilation of facts and figures on U.S. and Canadian churches and organizations.

She previously served as Director of the Child Advocacy Office. During her tenure she established the Ecumenical Child Care Network, serving 18,000 preschool programs housed in churches of all denominations nationwide.

She is the author of numerous books and articles on a variety of child advocacy subjects, most notably, When Churches Mind Children, reporting on the nation's most extensive child care study.

Dr. Lindner is a Presbyterian minister holding a Ph.D. degree in American Church History. She has served on national and international commissions dealing with topics related to children and to families.

She serves as Theologian in Residence to the Children's Defense Fund's Summer Institute in Child Advocacy and is a member of the Steering Council for the CDF's "Campaign to Leave No Child Behind."

Dr. Lindner is a member of the Board of Directors of Stand For Children and of the Good Schools Pennsylvania Founding Council.