Born and raised in New York City, David DiCerto has more than 20 years of experience working in the intersection of faith, media and the arts. After eight years, David recently departed the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, the performing arts venue of the Archdiocese of New York, where he previously served as Interim Executive Director, Director of Programming and Event Operations and Director of Film, Television and Mission Outreach. During his time at the Sheen Center, he established fruitful relationships with several major studios (including screenings with SONY, Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers) and broadcast/cable networks/ streaming platforms (CBS, Nat Geo, Amazon Prime and Netflix); secured A-list screen talent (including Mel Gibson, Chrissy Metz, Morgan Freeman, Mark Wahlberg, Kate Mara and David Oyelowo) and other high-profile speakers; curated author night series; helped establish The Justice Film Festival; coordinated with the Metropolitan Opera on a panel event for their 2023 season-opening production of Dead Man Walking; curated a sports-themed talk series featuring athletes from the NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball; and helped shape the successful Sheen stage productions of All Our Children and The Gospel of John. From 2009 to 2019, he co-hosted and produced the award-winning, REEL FAITH, a weekly movie review television program, airing in the greater New York metro area on the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn’s NET TV (TimeWarner channel 97; CableVision channel 30; and Verizon FIOS on Demand), as well as on other Catholic television stations throughout the U.S. and in Canada. Prior to that, David served as Media Reviewer for the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops where he covered the film and television industries for Catholic News Service, an international news organization with an audience of over eight million. He regularly represented the bishops at the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) film rating appeals in Los Angeles and reported to the bishops’ Communications Committee in Washington, DC on trends in the film and television landscape. David’s writings have appeared in numerous publications and he has provided commentary to such outlets as NPR, FOX News, SIRIUSXM Radio’s The Catholic Channel and The Wall Street Journal. Before entering the faith-based sector, David worked in the film industry, serving as an assistant to former NYC Film Commissioner, Richard Brick; and as a consultant on the PBS/Frontline documentary The Millennial Pope by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney. David attended the archdiocesan minor seminary, and later Fordham University in New York City where he majored in media studies with a concentration in film. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife Patricia and their 16-year-old son.