Momentum is made possible because of outstanding Catholic school educators and leaders who are willing to share their best practices, expertise and good news stories. We are thankful to all those in the field who contribute to our pages.
Spencer Allen
Principal, Helias Catholic High School, Diocese of Jefferson City
sallen@heliascatholic.com
John Luke Bell
NWEA Senior Content Designer, Literacy
Julie Cantillon, Ph.D.
Associate Superintendent, Office for Schools, Diocese of San Diego
jcantillonsdcatholic.org
Charlotte Flynn Cunningham
Flynn O’Hara Director of Marketing
cflynn@flynnohara.com
Emma Dodson
Hallow Schools and Parishes Partnership Specialist
Community@hallow.app
Malcolm Flynn
Flynn O’Hara Head of Ecommerce
mflynn@flynnohara.com
Cindy Jiban Ph.D.
NWEA Principal Academic Lead, Early Learning Content Design
Cindy.jiban@nwea.org
Pamela Patnode, Ed.D., OblSB
Director of the Catholic School Leadership graduate program, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, St. Paul, MN.
pamela.patnode@stthomas.edu
Sr. John Dominic Rasmussen, OP
Disciple in Christ Education in Virtue
Fr. Tom Simonds, S.J., Ed.D.
Professor of Education at Creighton University
tsimonds@creighton.edu
Karen Villa, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
kkvphd@gmail.com
From the Field
Sister Dale McDonald, PBVM, Ph.D.,
is the vice president of public policy and educational research for the NCEA. In that capacity, she serves NCEA and its members in policy analysis and advocacy roles regarding the national education policy issues impacting Catholic schools. McDonald@ncea.org
Sister Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN, JD, Ph.D.,
is the first distinguished fellow of the LMU Center for Catholic Education. A Sister of Charity of Nazareth, she is a nationally recognized expert on the law as it affects Catholic schools and Church ministry. She serves as a consultant to numerous dioceses and is a highly sought after national speaker and the author of more than thirty texts. Angie.Shaughnessy@lmu.edu
John Galvan
is the vice president of assessments and shepherds the Information for Growth for Adults (IFG), Assessment of Catholic Religious Education for Youth (ACRE) and the Belonging Index for communities.
Jgalvan@ncea.org
Annie Smith
NCEA Vice President of Research and Data