Board Leadership

List of 5 items.

• Building & Grounds Committee

  Background/Experience:
  Engineering, construction, architecture, design, landscaping, facilities management.
  
  

  Duties Include:

  Assist the school board in overseeing school facilities and grounds with respect to improvements, maintenance, design and safety; review (and become familiar with) the annual capital budget and assist in recommending and prioritizing capital projects; provide counsel and support to the school's maintenance personnel; occasionally assist in the solicitation of bids for capital projects; assist in preparing monthly reports to the board.
  
  

  Requirements:

  Attend and participate in scheduled committee meetings (usually 4-6 per year) and tour the school grounds periodically.
  
  Current members:
  Kevin Rice - Committee Chair
  Lucas Daffern
  Damon Lee
  Julie Roberts
  Justin Sack 
  Chris Burke - Head of School
  Tracie Kutmas - Director Finance and Operation
  Preston Taylor - Buildings and Grounds Supervisor

• Development Committee

  Background/Experience:

  Non-profit advancement and/or development, fundraising, annual fund volunteer, etc.

   

  Duties Include:

  Participate in the identification, cultivation and solicitation of past, current and prospective donors at Monte Cassino School. Provide support in fundraising and development activities.

  Foster and maintain positive and meaningful relationships between all community members and stakeholders.

   

  Requirements:

  Attend and participate in scheduled committee meetings, participate in the solicitation process and other fundraising activities.
  
  Current members:
  

  Courtney Wilson – Chair

  Grant Allen
  Nicole Allen
  Kristin Bradshaw
  Emily Davis
  Stacy Dickinson
  Meredith Fazel
  Lindsay Gray
  Lane Hartshorn

  Erica Healey
  Emily Hollaway
  Lance Laubach

  Christian Leikam
  Lauren Lusardi

  Nicole Pugh

  Cindy Rapacki

  Conner Snedden

  Brooke Sturdivant

  Courtney Tetzlaff
  Amy Witkowski
  Chris Burke - Head of School

  Joan Anderson - Director of Development

  Jessica Franczyk – Director of Marketing and Communication
  Summer Fuentes - Development Coordinator, Annual Giving and Stewardship

  Audrey Morris – Development Coordinator, Data and Reporting

  BJ Weintraub – Development Coordinator, Events and Programs

   

  
  

• Diversity and Hospitality Committee

  Duties Include: Committee advises school leadership as to the development and implementation of strategies and processes that are responsive to the demands of diversity, equity and inclusion at Monte Cassino School (the "School"). The Committee will promote Benedictine Hospitality so it is broadly construed and applied in building and maintaining a community in which all members and anyone in contact with the community would be received like Christ as a gift from God to the community. 

   

  Requirements:

  Attend at least 6 meetings per year.

  
  Current Members:
  Missy Embry, Chair
  Sara Barry
  Mary Kevin McNamara
  Brittany Radcliffe
  Carolina Reens
  Sister Julia Marie Roy, OSB
  Satish Thomas
  Chris Burke - Head of School
  

  Joan Anderson – Director of Development

  Robbie Davis – Elementary School Assistant

  Brooke Jones – Director of Admissions

  Marci Jubelirer – Early Childhood Learning Centner Principal

  Marisabel Kremeier – Middle School REACH Instructional Coach and Reading Specialist

  Steve Moore – Middle School Dean of Students

• Finance Committee

  Background/Experience:
  Accounting, finance, audit, ability to read and understand financial reports.
  
  

  Duties Include:

  Assist the Board (and CFO) in the oversight of the integrity of the school's financial statements; assist the board in ensuring compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements related to the school's financials; assist in evaluating the independence, qualification and performance of the school's external auditors, as well as the financial plans and investment activities.
  
  

  Requirements:

  Attend at least 6 meetings per year; meet with auditors; must be able to read and understand financials and audit processes.
  
  Current Members:
  

  Trey Karlovich – Chair

  David Ellis

  Mark Lauinger

  Greg Lusardi

  Blake Murry

  Mike Tetzlaff

  Mary Catherine Ward

  Chris Burke - Head of School 
  Tracie Kutmas - Director of Finance and Operation

• Nominating & Governance Committee

  Background/Experience:

  Law, compliance, risk management, previous board experience.
  
  

  Duties Include:

  Elect/re-elect board members and board officers; maintain matrix of constituencies as guideline for recruitment; assist in orientation of new members as well as continuing board education; periodically review and revise governing documents; oversee communication of board matters to the school community; prepare and implement board self-assessment.
  
  Requirements:

  Current Board of Directors Member. Attend 4-6 meetings per year; interview prospective Board Members; assist with orientation of new members.
  
  Current Members:
  

  David Guten – Chair

  Sister Marie Therese Long, OSB

  Sarah Buchan

  Del Gustafson
  Fred Jordan

  Terrell Siegfried

  Chris Burke - Head of School
  Joan Anderson – Director of Development