Meet the Team

Renew My Church Team

STAFF SUPPORT

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Fr. Jason Malave

Cardinal’s Liaison to RMC
jmalave@archchicago.org
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Mike MacKenzie

Internal Communications Director
mmackenzie@archchicago.org
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Maggie Bahler

Communications Manager
mbahler@archchicago.org
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Justin Rees

RMC Project Manager
jrees@archchicago.org
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Jim Klein

Consultant
jklein@archchicago.org
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Patty Rimkus

Administrative Assistant
primkus@archchicago.org

DISCERNMENT & DECISIONS

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Tim Weiske

Director, Strategic Planning and Implementation
tweiske@archchicago.org
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Ric Rodriguez

Grouping Consultant
rrodriguez@archchicago.org
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Denise Ehlen

Consultant (Catholic Leadership Institute)
dehlen@catholicleaders.org
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Tom Lenz

Consultant
tlenz@archchicago.org
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Valerie Jennings

Consultant (PVC)
vjennings@archchicago.org

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

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Fr. Ken Simpson

Vicar/Prof & Past Dev Priests
ksimpson@archchicago.org
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Dominic Perri

Priest Development Consultant
dperri@archchicago.org

ACCOMPANIMENT

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Cathy Walz

Dir. Pastoral Accompaniment
cwalz@archchicago.org

ORGANIZATION TRANSITION

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Paul Goetz

Sr. Director, Parish Operations Support
pgoetz@archchicago.org
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Jesse Estrada

Sr. Director, Parish Operations and Finance
jestrada@archchicago.org
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Dcn. Gerry Keenan

Director, Parish/School Operations
gekeenan@archchicago.org
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Steve Muñoz

Finance Manager
smunoz@archchicago.org
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Jake Preciado

Asset Manager
jpreciado@archchicago.org
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Vanessa Baldwin

Project Manager
vbaldwin@archchicago.org
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Leroy Chalmers

Senior Project Manager
lchalmers@archchicago.org
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Leslie Flores

Project Manager
leslieflores@archchicago.org
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Paddy Knapp

Project Coordinator
pknapp@archchicago.org
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Edith Martinez

Senior Project Manager
edithmartinez@archchicago.org
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Meghan Schmidt

Project Manager
mschmidt@archchicago.org
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William (Bill) Watt

Project Manager
wjwatt@archchicago.org

BUILDING THE NEW REALITY

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Fr. Peter Wojcik

Pastor, Saint Clement Parish and Leader of Building the New Reality
pwojcik@archchicago.org
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Katie Bak

Director of Implementation
kbak@archchicago.org
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Marco Oropeza

Chief Program Management Officer
moropeza@archchicago.org

Lifelong Formation Coordinators

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Marta Stepniak

Vicariate I
mstepniak@archchicago.org
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Brian Romer Niemiec

Vicariate II
bromerniemiec@archchicago.org
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Vicariate III
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Javier Castillo

Vicariate IV
jacastillo@archchicago.org
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Patricia Malinowski

Vicariate V
pmalinowski@archchicago.org
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Vicariate VI

Parish Vitality Coordinators

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Eleanor Segraves

Vicariate I
esegraves@archchicago.org
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Sara Pekar

Vicariate II
spekar@archchicago.org
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James Erler

Vicariate III
jerler@archchicago.org
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Rick Moreno

Vicariate IV
rmoreno@archchicago.org
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Valerie Jennings

Vicariate VI
vjennings@archchicago.org

EVANGELIZATION

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Elizabeth White

Director/Evangelization & Missionary Discipleship
ewhite@archchicago.org
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José Coronel

Senior Coordinator for Hispanic Evangelization
jcoronel@archchicago.org
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Alicja Pozywio

Evangelization Coordinator
apozywio@archchicago.org
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Sue Lehocky

Evangelization Coordinator
slehocky@archchicago.org
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Sr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Banasiewicz, VDMF

Evangelization Coordinator
kbanasiewicz@archchicago.org
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Sr. Ann Marie Bruchalski, VDMF

Evangelization Coordinator
abruchalski@archchicago.org
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Sr. Milagros Chaparro, VDMF

Evangelization Coordinator
mchaparro@archchicago.org