As Director of Learning and Formation at the Stephen & Laurel Brown Foundation, Tony is currently leading the Academy Initiative for the Foundation. The Academy Initiative is a new initiative of the Foundation that will focus on courses and academic programs related to the study of Christianity. He is also the project lead for a recently awarded grant from the Templeton Foundation: Higher Pursuits 2.0: Enlarging the Impact of the Christian Study Center Movement.

Previously, Tony served as the Executive Director of New Hope Peru, an organization that serves vulnerable populations in southern Peru. In this role, Tony oversaw the organization’s significant growth, working closely with government officials, ministers, and community leaders to launch a pilot foster care program—the first of its kind in southern Peru. Tony’s previous positions include a Templeton postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem and a teaching position at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where he taught a range of courses, including Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and Epistemology. While at VCU, Tony also co-founded, with another philosopher, Scholé House—a place where students, faculty, and the Richmond community engage with scholarship related to the Christian tradition.

Tony earned his MSc and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, an MA in Philosophy of Religion from Denver Seminary, and a BA in Biblical Studies from Crown College. Originally from Utica, NY, Tony lived in Peru both as a teen and, more recently, with his family in Arequipa, Peru.