Jan Butter is appointed communications director for the Anglican Communion
Episcopal News Service. March 24, 2010 [032410-05]
Jan Butter, former head of global advocacy communications for World Vision's international office, has been appointed as the Anglican Communion's new director for communications. He started in his new role on March 22.
Butter comes to the Anglican Communion Office after more than eight years at World Vision, one of the world's largest relief, development and advocacy organizations, according to an announcement from the Anglican Communion News Service.
Previously, he spent several years working at the organization's U.N. Liaison Office in New York, and at its offices in Sri Lanka and in the U.K. He was a journalist for several newspapers including the Western Mail in Cardiff, Wales.
"The Anglican Communion is a wealth of inspiring and exciting stories crying out to be shared," said the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion. "Jan's experience of strategic thinking and global communications will prove invaluable in enabling the communion to shine a light on the very best Anglicanism has to offer."
Butter succeeds the Rev. Canon James M. Rosenthal, who served as communications director for the Anglican Communion from 1989-2008.
Butter is married to Jennifer. They live in Oxfordshire with their two children.