REPRESENTING (ARCH)DIOCESE OF: Diocese of Manchester

POSITION TITLE: Finance Officer & Secretary for Temporalities

NUMBER OF YEARS IN CURRENT POSITION: 6+

NUMBER OF DFMC CONFERENCES ATTENDED: 14-15

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: CFO with responsible for the overall strategic and financial decisions of the diocese. Areas directly reporting to me include accounting, parish and school financial services, human resources, real estate and construction, risk management, investments, internal audit, cemeteries, and facilities. 

Accomplishments
CPA and CDFM Certifications
Active DFMC Board. Current member of the Planning Committee and past member of the Audit Committee
Initiated an annual Catholic Appeal for the Diocese of Manchester
Reduced Assessments
Started Parish bookkeeping services department
Built the Internal Audit Departments at the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Manchester
Started the Internal Audit Network at the DFMC conference (hosted first few years of internal audit forums)
Past presenter at the DFMC – How to Build an Effective Internal Audit Department

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR BACKGROUND PRIOR TO WORKING FOR THE (ARCH)DIOCESE: Prior to working as CFO at the Diocese of Manchester, I worked for the Archdiocese of Denver as Director of Internal Audit for over 11 years, where I managed a team of 5 parish and school internal auditors. I have an additional 15 years of work experience in internal audit, external audit, operations management, compliance, and customer service at Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Anthem BCBS, Bankers Trust, and GTE.

ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION: I am happily married with four wonderful girls and have attended most conferences with my family.

Past not-for-profit activities:
• Ran the Sister Kathleen Mission as president for 15+ years. Raised over $500,000 to support self-help programs and support an orphanage in Africa.
• Active member of the board of Directors of a medium size non-profit health care clinic in Denver, CO for approximately 9 years.
• Officer (Treasurer) in the Knights of Columbus.
• Current - Knight of Holy Sepulcher.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC.: Loyola Marymount University, BS Accounting
CPA - California (expired); Colorado (expired); New Hampshire (Current)
CDFM – 2016 (current)
PAHM (expired) – Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management

PARISH/CHURCH AFFILIATIONS: Saint Stanislaus Parish, Nashua, NH