Bill Galvin
Senior Counseling Advisor
bill [at] centeronconscience.org
Bill Galvin is a Vietnam era conscientious objector. He has been working to support conscientious objectors since the early 1970’s. He was on the staff of the United Presbyterian Church’s Emergency Ministry on Conscience & War, and later CCCO. He is active in the Presbyterian Church having served on the Peace & Justice committee of the Baltimore Presbytery and their special task force to address urban violence. Bill received the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship’s 2009 Peaceseeker Award. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and sits on the National Committee of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. He is also a former board member of the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, an organization that lobbies to extend CO Rights to taxpayers.
At CCW he draws on his five decades of experience to serve as an expert advisor, providing final review of applications, writing rebuttals, and providing guidance on difficult cases. He previously served as CCW’s Counseling Director from 2000 to early 2026.
He is on the board of the GI Rights Hotline and he is involved in all aspects of CCW’s advocacy for CO rights. Bill is the author of a comprehensive guide for conscientious objectors in the military, and he is currently writing a manual for military chaplains.
