Yvonne O'Neal

Social Justice Advocate

Financial Consultant (retired)

New York, NY

Yvonne was elected by the Executive Council as The Episcopal Church’s lay member of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in June 2025. After a successful career as a financial consultant, Yvonne O'Neal now advocates for social justice. She serves as the Overseas Program Officer of Africa Development Interchange Network, a non-governmental organization (NGO) with special status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

She is a former member of the Advisory Council of the Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations. She is the past Vice Chair of the NGO Committee on Financing for Development and was a member of the Executive Committee of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women and the Co-chair of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development–NY. She is also active in the NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons and New York City for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. 

Yvonne serves on the Board of Directors of Stand With Iraqi Christians, the Task Force Against Human Trafficking, and the Task Force on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in the Diocese of New York. She chaired the Companion Diocese Committee for nine years and the Global Mission Commission for six. She received the Society of Financial Service Professionals’ Paul S. Mills Scholarship and holds several professional designations and FINRA licenses.

Yvonne was elected to her second term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees in 2024. She currently serves as Vice Chair of its Audit Committee and is also a member of its Finance Committee.

Yvonne received an MA from the New School University and a BS from the University of Puerto Rico.