Eric LeCompte (non-profit)

LeCompte holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. LeCompte is the former national council chair of Pax Christi USA. He also previously worked for the School of the Americas Watch, Catholic Worker and Fellowship of Reconciliation.

He is currently the executive director of Jubilee USA Network, a coalition of religious organizations that works for reforms to the international finance system that it argues will reduce poverty.{{cite web|title=Jubilee USA: Our Work|url=http://www.jubileeusa.org/ourwork|website=Jubileeusa.org|accessdate=2016-11-15}}

LeCompte supports a global bankruptcy system for countries as well as greater transparency in the international financial system.{{cite news|last1=Biron|first1=Carey|title=Norway Sets Example in Audit of Poor Countries' Debts|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/norway-sets-example-in-audit-of-poor-countries-debts/|accessdate=September 13, 2016|agency=Inter Press Service News Agency|publisher=Inter Press Service News Agency|date=August 19, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/other-meetingsevents/watch/3rd-meeting-fifth-session-sustainable-development-financing-general-assembly/3715160290001#full-text|title=3rd meeting, Fifth Session, Sustainable Development Financing- General Assembly|website=Webtv.un.org|accessdate=2016-11-15|archive-date=2017-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127143310/http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/other-meetingsevents/watch/3rd-meeting-fifth-session-sustainable-development-financing-general-assembly/3715160290001#full-text|url-status=dead}} LeCompte advised the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development{{cite web|title=Debt Workout Mechanism Working Group Members and Observers |url=http://www.unctad.info/upload/Debt%20Portal/WGlist%2029.05.13.pdf |website=unctad.info |publisher=UNCTAD |accessdate=2 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703011334/http://www.unctad.info/upload/Debt%20Portal/WGlist%2029.05.13.pdf |archivedate=3 July 2015 }} to create a guide for global bankruptcy: "Sovereign Debt Workouts: Going Forward, Roadmap and Guide."{{cite web|title=Sovereign Debt Workouts: Going Forward Roadmap and Guide|url=http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/gdsddf2015misc1_en.pdf|website=unctad.org|publisher=UNCTAD|accessdate=2 July 2015}} After the United Nations General Assembly voted to create a global bankruptcy process for sovereign countries,{{cite web|title=Resolution on Sovereign Debt Restructuring Adopted by General Assembly Establishes Multilateral Framework for Countries to Emerge from Financial Commitments|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2014/ga11542.doc.htm|website=un.org|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=2 July 2015}} LeCompte presented to the United Nations on initial steps to create a working process.{{cite web|title=UNCTAD participation at General Assembly ad hoc committee on sovereign debt restructuring processes - First working session|url=http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=725|website=unctad.org|publisher=UNCTAD|accessdate=2 July 2015}} He has presented on a potential global bankruptcy process to the International Bar Association insolvency section.{{cite web|url=http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/conf594/binary/InsolvencyMexicoCity2015_programme.pdf |title=21st Annual IBA Global Insolvency and Restructuring Conference : A Uniform Global Insolvency Regime : Dream or Reality |website=Int-bar.org |accessdate=2016-11-15}}

After Grenada defaulted on its debt,{{cite news|last1=Spink|first1=Christopher|title=Grenada seeks to overhaul finances, restructure 2025 bond|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/markets-credit-idUSL1N0C7BU720130315|accessdate=2 July 2015|work=Reuters|date=March 15, 2013}} LeCompte advised religious leaders in Grenada and met with creditors, government officials and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure a debt restructuring that limit austerity plans.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/grenada-reaches-deal-to-restructure-262-million-in-debt-1428615074|title=Grenada Reaches Deal to Restructure $262 Million in Debt|first=Carolyn|last=Cui|date=9 April 2015|publisher=|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}{{cite news|last1=Cui|first1=Carolyn|title=Grenada Reaches Deal to Restructure $262 Million in Debt|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/grenada-reaches-deal-to-restructure-262-million-in-debt-1428615074/|accessdate=2 July 2015|agency=Wall Street Journal|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=April 9, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=LeCompte|first1=Eric|title=OP-ED: Grenada's IMF Sunday School|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/op-ed-grenadas-imf-sunday-school/|accessdate=2 July 2015|agency=Inter Press Service News Agency|publisher=Inter Press Service News Agency|date=October 11, 2013}}

LeCompte has been active in Puerto Rico’s ongoing debt crisis. He worked with Puerto Rico's religious leaders,{{cite news|last1=Sadowski|first1=Dennis|title=Bishop, advocates like deal that allows Puerto Rico to avoid debt default|url=http://stcloudvisitor.org/2016/07/01/bishop-advocates-like-deal-allows-puerto-rico-avoid-debt-default/|accessdate=September 13, 2016|agency=Catholic News Service|date=July 1, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701232147/http://stcloudvisitor.org/2016/07/01/bishop-advocates-like-deal-allows-puerto-rico-avoid-debt-default/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/06/puerto-rico-debt-crisis/|title=Puerto Rico Bill Goes To Senate Amid Divisions|date=19 June 2016|publisher=ValueWalk}} the Puerto Rican government and the White House and Congress{{cite web|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/fuertecabildeodelasfirmasdeinversiones-2183972/|title=El Nuevo Día|website=Elnuevodia.com|date=7 April 2016|accessdate=2016-11-15}} on solutions to the crisis.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/06/09/puerto-rico-fiscal-rescue-is-poised-to-pass-house-as-july-deadline-looms/|title=House passes Puerto Rico fiscal rescue bill ahead of July cliff|website=Washingtonpost.com|accessdate=2016-11-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/debt-bill-pays-some-attention-puerto-rico-s-high-child-n589801|title=Debt Bill Pays Some Attention to Puerto Rico's High Child Poverty Rate|website=Nbcnews.com|date=10 June 2016 |accessdate=2016-11-15}} LeCompte testified on solutions to the crisis before a sub-committee of the House Natural Resources Committee on February 2, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWIz-5fT3sI|title=Eric LeCompte Testifies to Congress on Puerto Rico humanitarian crisis|last=Jubilee USA|date=12 February 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cite web|url=http://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/updated_lecompte_testimony.pdf |title=House Committee on Natural Resources : Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs : Congressional Hearing : "The Need for the Establishment of a Puerto Rico Financial Stability and Economic Growth Authority" |website=Int-bar.org |accessdate=2016-11-15}} He supported the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act to address the crisis and worked with Puerto Rico's religious leaders to convene a debt dialogue between Puerto Rico's Governor and a representative group of Puerto Rico's creditors.

LeCompte advocates for a global finance system inspired by religious and Biblical teachings that he believes would protect the poor.{{cite news|last1=Calloway-Hanauer|first1=Jamie|title=Record Profits, Income Inequality, Global Poverty, and a New Jubilee? – An Interview with Eric LeCompte|url=http://www.redletterchristians.org/record-profits-income-inequality-global-poverty-new-jubilee-interview-eric-lecompte/|accessdate=2 July 2015|agency=Red Letter Christians|publisher=Red Letter Christians|date=May 5, 2014}} He comments regularly in religious and mainstream media.{{cite news|last1=Catholic News Service|title=Jubilee campaign for debt relief gains momentum, allies in the Vatican|url=http://stlouisreview.com/article/2014-06-11/nation-and-world|accessdate=1 July 2015|agency=St. Louis Review|publisher=St. Louis Review|date=11 June 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-set-to-announce-oversight-board-for-puerto-rico-1472660069|title=White House Announces Members of Puerto Rico Oversight Board|first1=Nick|last1=Timiraos|first2=Heather|last2=Gillers|date=31 August 2016|publisher=|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}{{cite news |last1=Donnan |first1=Shawn |last2=Moore |first2=Elaine |last3=Arnold |first3=Martin |date=5 February 2015 |title=IMF grants $100m debt relief to Ebola countries |newspaper=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ee307f38-ad59-11e4-a5c1-00144feab7de |url-access=subscription |accessdate=2016-11-15}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2016/apr/04/panama-papers-global-reaction-to-huge-leak-of-offshore-tax-files-live|title=Panama Papers: mass protests in Iceland call for PM to quit – as it happened|first1=Peter|last1=Walker|first2=Aisha|last2=Gani|first3=Ben|last3=Quinn|date=4 April 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}

In fall of 2020, LeCompte served as a resident scholar at the Collegeville Institute at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eric_lecompte/status/1299338067510267906|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Twitter|language=en}}

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