Thomas W. Carroll, President of Catholic Talent Project
Former Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, Consultor to the USCCB Committee on Education, former President of the Invest in Education Foundation, and founder of the Brighter Choice Foundation. (Board of Directors)
Bob Allard
Founder and Executive Chairman of Studion, a global tech services company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Croatia that builds deeply engaging digital experiences in learning and life sciences, including the digital platform for Harvard Business School Online. Bob also serves as the Business Development Advisor of The Guild Group, which builds teams of scientists that tackle complex data analytics problems. A serial entrepreneur, Bob serves as a strategic advisor to various tech start-ups in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and elsewhere. Bob is a Distinguished Fellow at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Busch School of Business at Catholic University of America. (Board of Directors)
Fred Clark
Founder and President of Pacific Equity Management in California, which he founded after working at Goldman Sachs for five years. Fred also is the President of the Casillas Foundation. Fred has served as a board member of FOCUS and the FOCUS Mission Foundation, the Institute of Religion and Public Life (which publishes First Things Magazine), the Berkeley Institute and the Witherspoon Institute. Clark earned a B.A. at the University of South California, a law degree at the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard University. (Board of Directors)
Anthony de Nicola
Chairman of private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe. Board members of Inner-City Scholarship Fund, the Partnership for New York City, the Finance Committee of the Archdiocese of New York, and Brilla College Prep. Tony de Nicola also is actively involved in the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. Tony lives with his wife Christie in Sarasota, Florida. (Board of Advisors)
Rebecca Diaz-Bonilla
International communications consultant, working with lawyers, executives, and politicians to improve their public speaking skills, create communication strategies, and successfully deliver crisis communications. A member of the Virginia State Bar, Rebecca also serves as a communications faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), authors books on communication and has served as an adjunct professor of the University of Virginia School of Law and the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. (Board of Directors)
Mary Pat Donoghue
Executive Director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, co-founder of St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, MD. (Board of Directors)
Dennis Gerber
President, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund. Vice President of Charitable Giving for Knights of Columbus and former Director of the Archdiocese of New York’s Catholic Communal Fund. (Board of Advisors)
Sean Graber
Chief Digital Officer of EWTN. He has a background in business strategy and product and engineering leadership. Sean previously led Mapbox’s Search business, where he built geospatial products for customers like GM and Toyota. Prior to that, at Tripadvisor, Sean launched the company’s first subscription product and created Reco, a marketplace for travel advisors. (Board of Directors)
Richard Hough
Chairman and CEO at Silvercrest Asset Management in New York, board member of Christendom College, and former National Program Director of Children’s Scholarship Fund. (Board of Advisors)
Berni Neal
After a professional career in corporate marketing and advertising, Berni Neal is a board member of Thomas Aquinas College and has served on the boards of the Catholic Leadership Institute, ENDOW, EWTN, Legatus, Live Action, the Magnificat Foundation, and Pueri Cantores. With her husband Rob Neal, Berni Neal also has served as a member of the Papal Foundation. Berni and her husband Rob live in Newport Beach, CA. (Board of Advisors)
Peter Nguyen
Executive Director, St. Thomas More Teaching Fellowship. Former Executive Director of the Institute for Priestly Evangelization and middle-school math and science teacher at St. Mary of the Assumption School in Brookline, MA. Former FOCUS Missionary for Harvard University. (Board of Directors)
Daniel S. Peters
President of the Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on improving K-12 education nationwide. Dan is the former Chairman of the Philanthropy Roundtable and co-founder of the Alliance for Charitable Reform. Dan serves on the board of Hillsdale College and previously held a variety of executive positions at Procter & Gamble in the areas of advertising, purchasing and research and development. Dan served with a jet squadron in the U.S. Navy aboard an aircraft carrier. (Board of Advisors)
Shawn Peterson
President of Catholic Education Partners, former Associate Director for Public Policy with the Minnesota Catholic Conference. Shawn is a consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Education, and a member of board of directors for the Institute of Catholic Liberal Education. (Board of Advisors)
Martha Reichert
Board member of the Augustine Institute and Thomas Aquinas College. Board member and former President of Endow (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women). Martha lives with her husband Tim in Golden, Colorado. (Board of Directors)
Austin Satrio
Director of Talent for the St. Thomas More Fellowship, will continue to serve in that capacity as the program – through the Catholic Talent Project – expands to targeted dioceses across the nation. (Board of Directors)
Lannette Turicchi
President of Falling Upwards Productions LLC, Vice President of Captive Entertainment LLC, Head of Non-Theatrical Distribution for DreamWorks SKG, New Business Development at the Walt Disney Gallery and Casting Assistant at Hollywood Pictures. Lannette has served on the board of the Saint John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. (Board of Directors)
