David Miscavige is Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center (RTC), a non-profit organization formed in 1982 to preserve, maintain and protect the Scientology religion.

Religious Technology Center holds the ultimate ecclesiastical authority regarding the standard and pure application of L. Ron Hubbard’s religious technologies. RTC is not part of the management structure of the Church and is not involved in its day-to-day affairs.

The Chairman of the Board is the most senior position in RTC.An active Scientologist for most of his life, he first became a Church staff member in 1976 and has since been involved with nearly every aspect of the Church’s activities.

As a young man, David Miscavige studied to become a Scientology minister and for several years delivered spiritual counseling to parishioners. He later worked with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, helping to produce technical training films and materials for Scientology ministers-in-training. He then progressed to international management with responsibility for the worldwide activities of Church missionaries.

In the early 1980s, David Miscavige was a leader in reorganizing the corporate structure of the Church and establishing a new and stronger management set-up capable of handling the rapid expansion of the Church.

In 1993, David Miscavige was instrumental in bringing to an end the 40-year war between the Scientology religion and the Internal Revenue Service.

Although not a spokesperson for Scientology, he is frequently mentioned by media in relation to the religion. He was interviewed by Ted Koppel in a rare 90-minute Nightline show in 1992 that earned an Emmy Award.