Task Force Members

The task force is made up of a diverse group of 49 individuals, plus 9 Diocesan staff liaisons, including 22 members who are either current or past parents of Catholic school pupils (37%), 15 clergy and religious (26%), 15 current and past Catholic school employees (26%), and 12 business and nonprofit leaders (21%). The members serve throughout all 8 counties of the diocese and beyond, and 53% are male, 47% female, and 8% racial minority, with 23% from institutions that mainly serve historically underserved populations directly.

Steering Committee Members:

• Fr. John Betters, Pastor, Sts. Robert and William Parish, St. John of the Cross Parish
• Ed Vittardi, Principal, St. Albert the Great School; Head of St. Albert the Great at Assumption Academy
• Frank O’Linn, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools
• Tracey Arnone, Associate Superintendent
• T.J. D’Agostino, Ed.D., Education Professor, University of Notre Dame
• Patrick Grace, Executive Director, Catholic Community Foundation
• Fr. Don Oleksiak, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia

Task Force Members

Diocesan Liaisons

• Beckstrom, Dennis Finance
• Blakeley, Mary Ann Leadership
• Fishburn, Nancy, Marketing and Communications
• Gardiner, Vincent Governance
• Gulick, James Finance
• Heskamp, Brian Governance
• Hummon, Deñe Marketing/Communication
• McBride, Tom Data and Information Sharing