Douglas Leal - Biography

Douglas Leal

Author, Speaker, Trainer, Consultant

E-mail: info@douglasleal.com

Biography

Douglas Leal has worked many years in ministry in New Orleans, Chicago, and Los Angeles. He is a frequent speaker and trainer on faith formation, liturgy, and young adult ministry. In addition to speaking engagements at individual parishes, he has presented at conferences sponsored by the Dioceses and Archdioceses of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, San Jose, and Las Vegas, among others. His skill-building book for lectors, Stop Reading and Start Proclaiming!, is published by Resource Publications, Inc.

In Los Angeles, Douglas served as the Director of Ministries at St. Sebastian Church. He has also worked as an initiation minister, cantor and music minister, and retreat leader. Douglas has written spoken-word performance pieces for Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago, St. Monica Church in Santa Monica, and for the National Religious Vocations Conference. He currently serves as the artistic director of the Ad Hoc Players, a Christian improv troupe.

As an actor, Douglas has appeared in numerous regional theater productions and independent films. He directed the premieres of Capsized Flotsam, Annoyed By Life, and his own musical play, Chosen. His play Outsider was produced by Write Act Repertory in Hollywood. Douglas was a member of the ComedySportz Chicago improv troupe and previously served as director of a high school drama program.

Douglas also has over 15 years’ experience as a management consultant in organizational design, effectiveness, and development. He was a Director in the management consulting practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Prior to joining PwC, he founded SoftSupport Communications, Inc., a software consulting firm which provided documentation, training, and marketing services to technology clients.

Douglas received his B.A. summa cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans and did graduate work as a National Science Foundation Fellow at Vanderbilt University. He received a certificate in Christian Initiation Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.

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