John O’Neill is program manager for the Church Properties Initiative within the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE). Prior to joining the FIRE team in 2024, he worked as a program manager for Students for Life of America, coordinating diocesan and church outreach and Catholic content development. Raised in the suburbs of Chicago, John graduated with a B.A. in political science and music theory from the University of Notre Dame in 2020. In 2022, he earned an M.A. in theology from the University of Notre Dame’s Echo Graduate Service Program, during which he was placed as a theology teacher in the Diocese of Salt Lake City. John lives with his wife and son in Mishawaka, IN.