John Slifko

John Slifko is an expert in urban planning and Freemasonry, a fraternal organization with 16th-century beginnings. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1987 with a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies and Geography. In 1989, John Slifko received his Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, and now is pursuing a Doctorate in Geography at the same institution. He served with Councilwoman Ruth Galanter from 1988 to 1989 as a Planning Deputy for Los Angeles International Airport. John Slifko also worked as a Legislative Aide and a Field Representative in Congress for eight years.

As Co-Director of the Roosevelt Center for the study of Civil Society and Freemasonry, John Slifko fund-raises, lectures, and supports scholars in promoting the academic study of the fraternal organization of Freemasonry. He is a member of the Association of American Geographers, the American Historical Association, The John Dewey Society, and the Academic Society for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism. John Slifko volunteers for The Midnight Mission, which takes the homeless off of Skid Row and rehabilitates them into self-sufficient members of society. He contributes to the UCLA Foundation’s endowment, supporting the educational endeavors of the university.

John Slifko was an active stock trader from 2000 to 2006, investing in green technologies. In his spare time, he enjoys geographical mapping and exploration, as well as archeaoastronomy, which is the study of how past cultures understood the sky. John Slifko also participates in Healthy City, a California information portal that helps residents connect to health and social services and community data.