Chez Filippini has served as the Director of Marriage and Family Life for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee since 2016. He holds a master’s degree in theological studies from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He and his wife, Kelly, and their three children, Lucia, John Paul, and Maria, reside in Pensacola, Florida.