Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, president and copublisher of ACTA Publications, is the author or editor of ten books, including Spirituality at Work: 10 Ways to Balance Your Life on the Job, which has sold more than twenty thousand copies and won two awards from the Catholic Press Association. He is a former president of the National Center for the Laity, a founder of Business Executives for Economic Justice, and a leader in United Power for Action and Justice. Pierce is a popular national speaker using his sense of humor regarding his own spiritual journey to delight and inspire audiences.
Pierce graduated first in his class at Maryknoll College in 1969 and is the 2000 recipient of the Hillenbrand Award for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He resides in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife Kathy. They are the parents of three adult children.