Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Word Among Us helps over 2 million Catholics digitally and over 700,000 readers in print to be changed through a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ in daily prayer and scripture.
The Word Among Us (TWAU) publishes magazines, books, pamphlets, and digital resources that help Catholics in every stage of discipleship. The English "The Word Among Us" and Spanish "La Palabra Entre Nosotros" magazines touch the lives of over 560,000 Catholics in North America every month. Pastors in more than 5,000 parishes offer "The Word Among Us" to their parishioners as a way to grow as mature disciples of Jesus. TWAU Press offers books, pamphlets, and booklets that help Catholics who may attend Mass inconsistently to come to a living relationship with the Lord and begin to grow in Catholic discipleship. In 2019, TWAU Press helped 223,000 Catholics in the pews and groups within parishes grow in their faith. Over 2 million people use our digital and other non-print resources found at wau.org or in our digital magazine editions (iOS, Android, Kindle) in both English and Spanish.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Jeffrey Smith | President, CEO, & Director | 40 | $308,298 |
Patrick Sullivan | CFO & Secretary/Treasurer | 40 | $199,001 |
Leo Zanchettin Jr | Editorial Director-Magazine | 40 | $180,283 |
Nancy Clemens | Production Mgr | 40 | $161,835 |
Elizabeth Mcnamara | Publisher & Editorial Director-Press | 40 | $158,145 |
John Roeder | GM & Director of Marketing | 40 | $155,500 |
Joseph M Difato | Mktg & Ops Asst Mgr | 40 | $150,437 |
Michael Difato | Chief Marketing Officer | 32 | $133,435 |
Susan Heuver | Director & Managing Editor | 40 | $130,282 |
John Difato | Chief Information Officer | 24 | $123,673 |
David Crosson | Graphic Design Manager | 40 | $106,419 |
James Mannarino | Assistant Publisher-Press | 40 | $71,585 |
David Hughes | Director | 1 | $9,000 |
Mary Ann Wyrsch | Director | 1 | $9,000 |
David Fitzsimmons | Director | 1 | $9,000 |
Joseph Difato | Director | 1 | $9,000 |
Bryan Keilty | Director | 1 | $9,000 |
Michael Shaughnessy | Director & Chairman | 2 | $0 |
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