Co-founder of The Newman Idea, David Peter Delio, PhD serves as Chair of Theology at Jesuit High School New Orleans and former S.E. Canizaro Chair at University of Holy Cross. He is a Newman Scholar, trained at the Catholic University of America, and seeks to apply St. Newman’s wisdom for the challenges of today, especially AI. He has published works on Newman including 'An Aristocracy of Exalted Spirits', chapters in several books, and articles in Newman Studies Journal.

Joshua Brumfield, PhD, a native of New Orleans, is also a co-founder of The Newman Idea, teaching and improving the courses, curriculum, and program quality. Formerly Chair of Theology at the University of Holy Cross, Dr. Brumfield remains passionate about helping Catholic students integrate their faith with their learning through formal in-class teaching and informal tutoring akin to the Oxford model.

Dr. Brumfield has published a book on Pope Benedict XVI titled  The Benedict Proposal: Church as Creative Minority in the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI, as well as essays on Dorothy Day, St. John Henry Newman, and Catholic education.

Inspired by St. John Henry Newman, St. Newman’s Idea (SNI) uses seminars and conversation that seeks to rediscover human wisdom as Images and Likenesses of God. SNI hopes to find wisdom in the work which God has committed to us. 

Although from the heart of the Catholic Church, SNI seeks to answer the question, "What does it mean to have human wisdom in our day?”