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Board of Trustees

 

  • Chairperson: Barbara Stanbridge, IHM
    • CEO CHANGE_HRD a consulting and training firm
    • Chair with TEC a worldwide learning organization for entrpreneurs
    • Former National President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
  • Vice Chair: Rev. Joseph Redican, CSB
    • President St. Michael’s College School, Toronto MA Ed MA Div.
    • Past President and Principal of Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit.
    • 4th Councilor, Congregation of St. Basil
    • Holy Name of Mary College School, Toronto
    • Active Supporter of Catholic Education, History, Literature, and Natural History
  • Harrison Blackmond, JD – Business Executive, Attorney
    • Blackmond Givens Group, The Taubman Company
    • Board member of Schools That Can
    • Active supporter of education reform efforts throughout the Detroit metropolitan area, the state of Michigan and the nation.
  • Sunbeam Hughes
    • Retired principal, St. Martin DePorres High School (2005).
    • 2000 - Catholic Youth Organization Shamrock Awardee
    • 1996 Principal of the Year, Catholic Association of Secondary Administrators. 
  • Canice Johnson, RSM, Ph.D – Sister of Mercy
    • Executive Director, Mercy Education Project (retired)
    • Mercy Education Project, Reading and Language Arts Center, Community Creativity, Inc., Mercy College of Detroit, Mercy High School, Student Mentor Partners
    • Education for under-resourced learners, health care reform, environment, immigration reform
  • Victoria Koivu-Rybicki, Ph.D - Educator (Retired)
    • Marygrove College; St. Cecilia Grade School; DPS; Detroit Group Foster Home
    • Board Member of: Our Lady of Guadalupe; Sensitive Incidents of SE Michigan Jesuit Fathers; Basilian Fathers Teach for the World; TEACH, Guatemala
    • Active Supporter of urban youth Writing/Reading literacy; urban Detroit's visual/performing arts organizations; DCRHS tutorer/mentor
  • Glenda Price
  • Maria Elena Rodriguez
  • Isabel Santiago
    • Supervisor of Bilingual/Multicultural Programs, School Principal, MA Ed. MA Bilingual Ed., NCBTMB
    • Colegio La Merced, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, Pontiac Schools, Michigan (Retired)  
    • Strategic Planning Team, Pontiac Schools; Executive Secretary, Pontiac, Administrators Asociation,: Parish Council Member at Catholic Church; various Ministries Catholic Church; Educational Consultant.  
    • Church Ministries; Educational Consultant; Parent Training; Therapeutic Massage.
  • Thomas Sepúlveda, C.S.B. - Basilian Father, pastor of the Parish of Ste. Anne de Detroit
    • Pastoral and teaching ministries in Mexico City and Tehuacán, Puebla (Mexico)
    • Board member of Assumption University (Windsor, Ont.); Mexicantown Community Development Corporation; Loaves and Fishes of Southwest Detroit
    • Exploring the States of the Western U.S.; The continuing human and religious development of young adult Hispanic immigrants
  • John Sier,  J.D. – Attorney
    • Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook – Shareholder
    • Board member of ACE Mentor Program (Architecture, Construction & Engineering); Detroit Cristo Rey High School Corporate Work Study Program, Chair; and Catholic Lawyers Society, Emeritus Director
    • John actively supports activities that develop the educational and spiritual development of young men and women to ensure high quality future leaders for our community.
  • Jolene VanHandel, OP
    • Pastoral Minister at Nativity of Our Lord Church
    • M.S. in Educational Administration from University of Wisconsin.
    • Past Work:
      • St. Catherine's High School, Racine, Wisconsin, Administrative Assistant
      • Nativity High School, Detroit, Assistant Principal
      • East Catholic High School, Detroit, Principal
      • Nativity Parish, Pastoral Minister.
  • Loren Venegas
  • Elizabeth Walters, IHM
    • Education Programs Coordinator Michigan Peace Team; MA Political Science, MA Social Justice
    • Retired Teacher Our Lady of Guadalupe, Holy Trinity, St. Boniface, St. Vincent and Holy Redeemer. Past Co-Principal Holy Redeemer High School
    • Active supporter of Catholic education; peace and equality for all humanity.
  • Angela Wilson