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General Maryanne Miller
General Session 2

Maryanne Miller is a retired 4 star General for the United States Air Force.  Her last position before retirement in October of 2020 was Commander, Air Mobility Command. As the Air Component Commander for U.S. Transportation Command, General Miller was responsible for directing global air mobility operations in support of national objectives.

 

General Miller was commissioned in 1981 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at The Ohio State University. She is a command pilot with more than 4,800 flying hours in numerous Air Force aircraft.

 

Maryanne spent 39 years serving as an officer and pilot in our Air Force but now serves on the Boards of Bristow and Leaven Kids.  And since 2013 has been a volunteer and co-worker for St. Teresa of Calcutta’s Missionaries of Charity serving the poorest of the poor around the world.

General Session 3 - Education Panel Discussion: Superintendents of Three Catholic Dioceses

Louis P. De Angelo, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Diocese of Wilmington
General Session 3 - Panel

 Dr. De Angelo is the Superintendent of Schools at the Diocese of Wilmington.

Michael St. Pierre, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Catholic Education
Diocese of Allentown
General Session 3 - Panel

 Dr. St. Pierre is the Superintendent of Catholic Education at the Diocese of Allentown.

Stacie Stueber
Diocese of Bridgeport
General Session 3 - Panel

Stacie is the Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Kristine Cranley
Founder of Noah's Bitcoin
Concurrent Sessions 4 & 5 A

Kristine Cranley is the founder of Noah’s Bitcoin, a company dedicated to educating individuals and organizations about the value proposition of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, as well as an investment adviser representative and the director of business development at PM Squared Financial, a state-registered investment adviser based in Fort Worth Texas.

She began her career doing volunteer work serving women in crisis pregnancies in New York City, where her experience with young mothers struggling to find the resources to enable them to give life to their children sparked in her a passion for financial education and assisting others in achieving financial freedom.

She eventually made her way to Washington DC where she worked in commercial property management until pandemic closures afforded her the opportunity to return to Texas and realize her dream of dedicating herself full time to education on Bitcoin and sound money principles.

There she also teamed up with PM Squared Financial, a registered investment advisor in Fort Worth, TX that offers cryptocurrency exposure to its clients and 506(c) private equity opportunities for accredited investors to invest in stranded natural gas bitcoin mining.

John Meyer
Executive Director - Church Properties Initiative, Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate
Concurrent Sessions 4 & 5 B

Notre Dame's Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) educates and inspires exceptional students, conducts world-class research, and engages with an unparalleled network of industry professionals to create places of lasting value.

Through rigorous scholarship and multidisciplinary collaborations, FIRE strives to be the top real estate program in the country, doing so in a way that promotes Notre Dame's mission to be a force for good in our nation and world.

Jennifer A. Gniady
Chair, Religious Education and Nonprofit Institutions
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP 
Concurrent Sessions 4 & 5 C

Jennifer advises nonprofit organizations on a combination of governance issues, tax compliance and routine business matters at every stage of their development. Her practice is defined by accompanying organizations to meet them where they are in their life cycle. From there, Jennifer strives to ensure legal decisions reflect the mission and respect the character of the organization.

She provides assistance navigating the complexities of tax-exemption regulatory compliance, including through in-depth board training on topics such as political activities, lobbying and fundraising. Clients rely on Jennifer’s extensive background when responding to inquiries from federal, state and local charitable regulators, and her practical advice for managing litigation. In addition, she regularly participates in initiatives to improve the regulation and administration of tax-exempt organizations and has unique experience with group exemption rulings and determinations for both religious and secular nonprofit organizations.

Combining her experience in tax and corporate law, Jennifer helps organizations as they work through significant and complex restructuring projects. She frequently develops and refines corporate structures to best preserve operations and assets while managing liabilities, such as litigation claims and debt. She advises on foundational documents, such as articles, bylaws and policies, as well as board actions and dynamics. When assisting religious organizations, Jennifer creates civil structures that reflect the organizations’ missions, ensuring their singular status under constitutional law is respected.

Daniel J. Cellucci
CEO, Catholic Leadership Institute
General Session 6

Dan Cellucci is CEO of Catholic Leadership Institute, an apostolate providing leadership training and consulting to more than 300 bishops, 6,000 priests, and over 39,000 deacons, religious and lay leaders in more than 120 dioceses.

Prior to his election as CEO, Dan served as Senior Vice President for Catholic Leadership Institute, working as the primary liaison with bishops and overseeing the apostolate’s marketing and services. Dan is a sought-after advisor, consultant, and presenter for the Church, playing a lead role in projects in the Archdioceses of Miami and Boston as well as the Diocese of Pittsburgh and at the North American College. Dan served for two years as a member of the National Advisory Council for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Dan oversees research associated with Catholic Leadership Institute's Disciple Maker Index, a parish survey tool that seeks to help pastors and pastoral leaders focus their efforts toward evangelization. Since its inception, the Disciple Maker Index has reached over 3,600 parishes and 690,000 Catholics. Working with this incredible data and more than 30 years of field experience, Dan and the team have embarked on an ambitious plan to define what the Next Generation Parish and Diocese looks like in the next 10 years. Dan and his wife Tricia are the proud parents of four children and live in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM
Past President and Senior Fellow & Ethicist
The National Catholic Bioethics Center
General Session 7

Joseph Meaney received his PhD in bioethics from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. His doctoral program was founded by the late Elio Cardinal Sgreccia and linked to the medical school and Gemelli teaching hospital. His dissertation topic was Conscience and Health Care: A Bioethical Analysis. Dr. Meaney earned his master’s in Latin American studies, focusing on health care in Guatemala, from the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated from the University of Dallas with a BA in history and a concentration in international studies. The Benedict XVI Catholic University in Trujillo, Peru, awarded Dr. Meaney an honorary visiting professorship. The University of Dallas bestowed on him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters.

Dr. Meaney was director of international outreach and expansion for Human Life International (HLI) and is a leading expert on the international pro-life and family movement, having traveled to eighty-one countries on pro-life missions over the last twenty-five years. He founded the Rome office of HLI in 1998 and lived in Rome for nine years, where he collaborated closely with dicasteries of the Holy See, particularly the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical Academy for Life. He is a dual US and French citizen and is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian, and English. His family has been active in the health care and pro-life fields in Corpus Christi, Texas, and in France for many years.

Dr. Meaney was general editor of the English edition and co-author with his father, Dr. Michael Meaney, of a chapter in the Pontifical Council for the Family’s Lexicon: Ambiguous and Debatable Terms Regarding Family, Life, and Ethical Questions and has published in a number of scholarly journals. He has also written many popular articles and has been interviewed by newspapers, radio, and television in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. His popular articles have appeared in the National Catholic Register, Crux, Inside Catholic, Crisis Magazine, Inside the Vatican, and many other publications.

Dr. Meaney, his wife, Marie, and their young daughter, Thérèse, moved to Pennsylvania from Paris in the summer of 2019.

Rev. Msgr. William J. King, JCD, KCHS
Assistant Professor, School of Canon Law, Associate Editor, Rotal Jurisprudence Journal
Concurrent Sessions 8 & 9 A

Monsignor King is a priest of the Diocese of Harrisburg, having served as Judicial Vicar and Vicar General there, and Judicial Vicar in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. He has been a pastor in urban and suburban parishes, and served as Vice-Rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Maryland. He obtained the licentiate in canon law degree at The Catholic University of America and a doctorate in canon from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is on the full-time faculty of the School of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America and adjunct faculty of the Columbus School of Law. He regularly consults in the fields of property tenure and corporate governance with Catholic healthcare systems and Catholic higher education, as well as dioceses. To maintain a modicum of sanity, he is also a private pilot and organist.

Gregory Monahan
Accounting Regulatory & Legislative Updates  Financial Fraud Prevention and Detection
Busch School of Business, Catholic University of America
Concurrent Sessions 8 & 9 B

Professor Monahan is a military veteran and retired federal law enforcement officer, financial strategist, and former corporate executive. A CPA, he teaches accounting and tax courses at CUA.

Ken Porter
Cofounder of Porter & Curtis
Concurrent Sessions 8 & 9 C

Ken Porter is a consultative insurance broker and risk management specialist with over 35 years of experience in looking for a better way.  He is a cofounder of Porter & Curtis, now a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers.  The firm is in the business of problem solving with niches in Roman Catholic dioceses and religious orders, the sharing economy, and competitive risk pools.  The common approach is to create customized risk and insurance solutions that reduce cost and uncertainty.  A recent innovation is the Integrated Risk Management program.  This enterprise-wide initiative treats risk as the "how" not the "what" in a job description.  It further calls upon everyone to manage the risk under their control.  The program creates standards, provides support, and measures results.

 

Over the years, Ken has been committed to a lifetime of excellence, always striving to improve, create, and overcome.  Ken has an MBA in Finance and the CPCU, ARM, and AIAF designations.  He is also a Power Broker Award winner.

Rev. Msgr. William King, J.C.D.
Assistant Professor of Canon Law, Catholic University of America
Concurrent Sessions 8 & 9 C

Monsignor King is a priest ordained in the Diocese of Harrisburg, presently serving as Assistant Professor of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America. He previously served as a pastor and a seminary vice-rector, after 28 years in diocesan administration as Judicial Vicar and Vicar General in the Diocese of Harrisburg and Archdiocese of Atlanta. He is also a private aircraft pilot and organist. Msgr. King's areas of study are the interface of civil law and canon law in areas of property tenure and Church governance. He regularly consults with dioceses, Catholic health systems, and Catholic universities in areas of sponsorship, property tenure, and corporate governance, including compliance with canon law and the ethical directives for healthcare.

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 A is sponsored by CAPTRUST. 

Please visit them in the exhibit hall, Platinum booth #111.

Mr. Stephen H. Schott
Principal and Senior Director, CAPTRUST
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 A 


Stephen merged The Schott Group, the investment consulting firm he founded, with CapTrust Advisors in 2007 to become one of the firm’s three managing principals. He became part of CAPTRUST in 2017 when CapTrust Advisors merged with CAPTRUST. Stephen has more than 35 years of institutional investment consulting experience and currently serves as a principal and senior director of institutional religious retirement and foundation services. He advises endowments, foundations, captive insurance plans, Taft-Hartley plans, and public pensions. Stephen and his team were ranked in the top twenty for the last five years in Barron’s Top 100 Institutional Consultants list.

Stephen’s dedication to the Catholic Church is evident in the many leadership roles he holds outside of work. He was made a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Benedict XVI—an honor bestowed upon Catholic men and women in recognition of their personal service to the Holy See and to the Catholic Church through their unusual labors, their support of the Holy See, and the examples they set in their communities and their countries. He is an investment committee member for Catholic Relief Services and Sacred Heart Major Seminary Foundation. Additionally, Stephen is chairman emeritus of Schott Memorial Foundation and trustee emeritus of Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. In 2016, Stephen was invited to the Vatican as a guest speaker on impact investing.

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 A Team

Mr. Brian Waterman
Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) Special Agent
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 A

Brian is a graduate of the University of South Florida with an Accounting Degree with six years of Cost Accounting and Financial Accounting experience in Private Industry.

Brian joined the FBI in 1995 and was assigned to and continues to work at the Miami Field Office.  He has 17 years working financial crimes including Health Care Fraud, Bank Fraud and money laundering, 13 years as a member of the Miami SWAT team, including 3 years as a Team Leader, 10 Years as the Training Coordinator for the Miami Division which involves the training of FBI employees, the developing of probationary Special Agents and creating training programs for the betterment of the Miami Division, and 10 Years Supervising the Miami Division Internal Auditor Unit.

Brian is a 2-time recipient of The Attorney General Award for Exceptional Service, and The FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Investigation.

He has been featured on American Greed and 60 Minutes regarding his investigating Health Care Fraud in the South Florida area.


Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 b is sponsored by Innovest Portfolio Solutions. 

Please visit them in the exhibit hall, Platinum Booth #300.

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 B Team

Wendy Dominguez
President, Co-founder, and Principal, Innovest
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 B

Wendy is the president and co-founder of Innovest Portfolio Solutions. She has more than 30 years of experience in the investment consulting profession. Her clients include some of the largest retirement plans in the United States as well as many large nonprofits and wealthy families. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Team, which makes decisions on firm-related issues. Additionally, she leads Innovest’s Retirement Plan Practice Group, a specialized team that identifies best practices and implements process improvements to maximize efficiencies for our retirement plan clients. Wendy has been named one of the 20 Most Influential Women in Benefit Advising in the nation by Employee Benefit Adviser. Finally, Wendy has been designated as one of the Financial Times' Top 100 Women Financial Advisors.

Wendy is responsible for contract negotiation between many of our clients and their vendors. Through her efforts, she has saved clients millions of dollars. Wendy’s views on investment cost control have been published in Pensions & Investments and the National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA). She was a key contributor to the Innovest White Paper on Employee Directed Defined Contribution Retirement Plans as well as The Case for Vendor Consolidation and Investment Menu Simplification. She has also authored several articles on fiduciary related matters which have been published in several national publications. Additionally, Wendy has been a speaker at the Center for State and Local Government Excellence, a national conference in Washington, DC, the Colorado Public Pension Conference, and the Rocky Mountain Benefit Plans Conference, among others.

Wendy has a Bachelor of Science in Finance (magna cum laude) and an MBA from the University of Denver. In 2019, she received the University of Denver Reiman School of Finance Distinguished Alumni Award. Wendy was appointed to the Public-School Fund Investment Board (PSFIB) in 2020 by the Colorado State Treasurer. In her role, she oversees the investments of the $1 Billion fund for the benefit of Colorado public school students. She is also a member of the Reiman School of Finance Advisory Board at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. Wendy is a Trustee for the Colorado Trust, an organization whose purpose is to improve health equity in the State of Colorado as well as a board member for FirstBank, one of the largest privately held banks in the country. Wendy is also on the Board of The 100 Club of Denver, which provides financial support to the families of fallen police officers, and the J.K. Mullen High School, a Lasallian Catholic High School where her children attended. Wendy was also appointed by former Colorado Governor Hickenlooper to serve on the Metropolitan State University Board of Trustees in 2016, where she served for three years. Wendy is married to a retired Denver Police SWAT officer and is the mother of young adult twins.

 

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 B Team

Richard Todd
CEO, Co-founder, and Principal, Innovest
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 B

Rich is the CEO and co-founder of Innovest Portfolio Solutions. He has more than 35 years of experience in investment consulting and currently provides consulting services to institutions and families. Innovest has more than 300 clients with assets of $35 billion and nearly 60 employees. Rich has a Business Finance degree from Western Colorado University.

He has been a frequent author on fiduciary and investment related matters. He has been a columnist for the Denver Business Journal and has been published in Financial Advisor Magazine, Journal of Compensation and Benefits, Pensions & Investments, Accounting Today, Chief Executive, Family Office Magazine, and PLANSPONSOR, among others. Additionally, Rich has been a guest lecturer at conferences across the nation.

Rich is a member of Colorado Concern, an organization of influential Colorado CEOs committed to enhancing and protecting the business climate in Colorado. Rich is on the Board of Trustees at Western Colorado University and is the former President of Legatus of Colorado.

He is a member of the Philanthropy Roundtable and is on the Board of Regents for the Augustine Institute. Rich serves on the Presidential Advisory Council for the Fellowship of University College Students (FOCUS). Rich was also a member of the Arrupe Jesuit High School Board of Trustees and is currently on the Arrupe Corporate Work Study Board. He is on the Board of Katalyst, an organization whose mission is to bring Christians into the public square.

Rich and his wife Joanie have been married for more than 35 years, have two children, Alex, and Reagan, and two grandchildren, Sofia Rose and James Todd.

Philosophy – Live a life of integrity and influence others to do the same.

 

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 C is sponsored by ParishSoft. 

Please visit them in the exhibit hall, Platinum booth #109.

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 C Team

Mr. Michael MacKinnon
Sr. Vice President Sales, Catholic & Donor Management, ParishSOFT
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 C

Michael is the newest member of the ParishSOFT by Ministry Brands executive team. Michael joins Ministry Brands having spent the past several years in various sales leadership and contributor roles within the Faith and Corporate Impact verticals at Blackbaud. Michael and his family are active parishioners of Stella Maris Catholic Church on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. He currently serves as a board member of the South Carolina Virtual Preparatory Academy and previous volunteer work has included serving on the board of the American Red Cross of Idaho, American Chamber of Commerce as well as the Special Olympics Idaho.
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 C Team

Mary Jo Jungwirth
Director of Financial Standards and Parish Accounting, Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 C

Mary Jo Jungwirth, as the director of Financial Standards and Parish Accounting for the Archdiocese, coordinates parish back office operations using current technology, mission‐driven support, and centralization of systems. Her work throughout her tenure has encompassed centralized database, network planning, database maintenance, policy and procedure development for financial planning, in addition, she oversees a parish accounting services center, parish staff training, as well as coordinating an annual Standards in Church Ministry Conference on best practices and policy. Mary Jo will celebrate her 27th year with the Archdiocese in December 2023.

Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 D is sponsored by ParishSoft. 

Please visit them in the exhibit hall, Platinum Booth #113.

Jennifer Bonenfant
Product Manager, Sylogist Mission ERP, Sylogist, Ltd.
Concurrent Sessions 10 & 11 D

Jennifer has been a member of the Sylogist (formerly known as Serenic) community for over 20 years both as a customer, Senior Consultant and Product Manager.  She is a CPA with nonprofit experience ranging professionally from auditor to executive and in the community from volunteer to board member.  These roles add depth to her experience that result in delivering value to SylogistMission clients and customers.  Jennifer is a nonprofit expert with the ability to support and create transformational change, architect efficient nonprofit financial operations, build effective internal control environments, and support a wide range of users and inputs from across the organization.  Away from the office, she has held several leadership roles for both local and national organizations.  Her unique experiences allow her to connect with the clients she serves providing the confidence they need to be successful as they move forward.

Jennifer is a practicing Catholic in the Diocese of Peoria. She and her husband, David, have three children who attend Catholic High School. Jennifer serves as the Advancement Chair for Central Catholic High School of Bloomington. In that role, she leads a successful annual campaign, development of the strategic plan, and is Co-Chair for a $10 million dollar capital campaign. 

Margaret Kelly
Finance Chair, FOCUS Board; Retired CEO, RE/MAX;
Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch
General Session 12

Margaret Kelly was responsible for the day to day operations and strategic direction of RE/MAX across North America and in more than 95 countries around the world. During her 28 years at RE/MAX, the company grew from 14,000 to nearly 120,000 sales professionals.

Margaret currently serves as the Director and Chair of the Grants Committee for the Daniels Fund, the Director of the Realty One Group, and the Vice President of the Denver Chapter of Legatus.

She has been recognized by countless organizations for exceptional leadership skills, commitment to community involvement and for being an advocate for businesswomen around the globe. Most people know Margaret as the CEO who talked candidly about the real estate market on television with guest appearances on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg and Fox programs and as the spokesperson on the RE/MAX television commercials during the real estate recession.

Joining RE/MAX in 1987 as a financial analyst, Margaret rose through the ranks of the company. She was named SVP in 1997, President/COO in 2002, and CEO in 2004. In 2013, Margaret was the lead on the RE/MAX IPO which began publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange as RMAX on October 3, 2013. In January 2010, Margaret was appointed Director of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Board – Denver Branch and became Chairman in January 2015. Margaret is mindful of her humble roots, learning business basics working in her family’s machine shop in Detroit.

Dr. Tim Gray, President
Augustine Institute
General Session 13

Tim Gray is President of the Augustine Institute and a well-known Catholic speaker and author. Under Dr. Gray’s leadership, the Augustine Institute has established the largest Catholic graduate school of theology in the country, and has created best-selling programs including: Symbolon, a comprehensive program of faith formation for adults; The Search, a celebrated evangelization series; FORMED, a digital platform with a vast array of Catholic films, ebooks, and audio talks; and Signs of Grace, a sacramental preparation program for children.

Dr. Gray has a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from the Catholic University of America, and is the author of several books including Peter: Keys to Following Jesus and Praying Scripture for a Change: An Introduction to Lectio Divina. He is also the host of The Augustine Institute Show, a weekly live show that explores topics of the faith.

Tim and his wife, Kris, live in Littleton, Colorado. They have one son, a daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter.

Jane Nemcova
COO (Veuu Incorporated), Adjunct Professor of AI (Middlebury), Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California 
General Session 14

Jane leads all operations at Veuu, a FinTech startup. This includes establishing the culture at a fast-paced organization adding dozens of employees this year.

Jane is an adjunct professor of AI for graduate students at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California – a premier school for top linguists and international students in the language field – introducing them to the principles of AI, Big Data and Natural Language Processing.

Jane brings over 18 years of experience leading global teams in artificial intelligence, language, corporate operations, and sales. Most recently, Jane led the team at Lionbridge AI, a global provider of scalable dataservices for text, images, videos, and audio which has fueled the largest AI products and companies. Jane created the offering to support a high growth need in the market for data utilized in machine learning. She drove unprecedented revenue growth from $40 million to over $200 million in less than three years. Lionbridge AI was sold last year for a billion dollars. Leading this division, Jane managed a $200 million budget, led all aspects of the business including sales, operations, technology, HR, finance, marketing, employment, and recruitment. Having helped to build a workforce of over 1 million new workers in 200 countries, Jane proved her capability to establish high functioning teams and develop key talent into successful executives across the globe in US, Canada, Latin America, Finland, Ireland, Spain, France, India, China, and Japan.

Jane also brings in-depth experience as Chief Sales Officer and EVP of Global Programs at Moravia, an RWS company, which delivers product localization, global digital marketing, and testing services to the world's top brands. Jane doubled Moravia’s total revenue in her first year as CSO from $40M to $80M and created a $100 million pipeline that measured the highest organic growth in the localization industry at the time. Jane was responsible for the company-wide vision, sales and marketing, as well as operations, implementing a major change management reorganization across all of Moravia’s operations in order to scale with the increased sales growth. As Managing Director for the United States and Argentina, Jane designed and drove Moravia’s managed services offering, restructured their life sciences division, and created a diversified portfolio of customers and offerings for the company.

Jane lives in Tampa and is a practicing Roman Catholic.