Renew My Church Team
STAFF SUPPORT

Fr. Jason Malave
Cardinal’s Liaison to RMC
jmalave@archchicago.org
jmalave@archchicago.org

Mike MacKenzie
Internal Communications Director
mmackenzie@archchicago.org
mmackenzie@archchicago.org

Maggie Bahler
Communications Manager
mbahler@archchicago.org
mbahler@archchicago.org

Justin Rees
RMC Project Manager
jrees@archchicago.org
jrees@archchicago.org

Jim Klein
Consultant
jklein@archchicago.org
jklein@archchicago.org

Patty Rimkus
Administrative Assistant
primkus@archchicago.org
primkus@archchicago.org
DISCERNMENT & DECISIONS

Tim Weiske
Director, Strategic Planning and Implementation
tweiske@archchicago.org
tweiske@archchicago.org

Ric Rodriguez
Grouping Consultant
rrodriguez@archchicago.org
rrodriguez@archchicago.org

Denise Ehlen
Consultant (Catholic Leadership Institute)
dehlen@catholicleaders.org
dehlen@catholicleaders.org

Tom Lenz
Consultant
tlenz@archchicago.org
tlenz@archchicago.org

Valerie Jennings
Consultant (PVC)
vjennings@archchicago.org
vjennings@archchicago.org
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Fr. Ken Simpson
Vicar/Prof & Past Dev Priests
ksimpson@archchicago.org
ksimpson@archchicago.org

Dominic Perri
Priest Development Consultant
dperri@archchicago.org
dperri@archchicago.org
ACCOMPANIMENT

Cathy Walz
Dir. Pastoral Accompaniment
cwalz@archchicago.org
cwalz@archchicago.org
ORGANIZATION TRANSITION

Paul Goetz
Sr. Director, Parish Operations Support
pgoetz@archchicago.org
pgoetz@archchicago.org

Jesse Estrada
Sr. Director, Parish Operations and Finance
jestrada@archchicago.org
jestrada@archchicago.org

Dcn. Gerry Keenan
Director, Parish/School Operations
gekeenan@archchicago.org
gekeenan@archchicago.org

Steve Muñoz
Finance Manager
smunoz@archchicago.org
smunoz@archchicago.org

Jake Preciado
Asset Manager
jpreciado@archchicago.org
jpreciado@archchicago.org

Vanessa Baldwin
Project Manager
vbaldwin@archchicago.org
vbaldwin@archchicago.org

Leroy Chalmers
Senior Project Manager
lchalmers@archchicago.org
lchalmers@archchicago.org

Leslie Flores
Project Manager
leslieflores@archchicago.org
leslieflores@archchicago.org

Paddy Knapp
Project Coordinator
pknapp@archchicago.org
pknapp@archchicago.org

Edith Martinez
Senior Project Manager
edithmartinez@archchicago.org
edithmartinez@archchicago.org

Meghan Schmidt
Project Manager
mschmidt@archchicago.org
mschmidt@archchicago.org

William (Bill) Watt
Project Manager
wjwatt@archchicago.org
wjwatt@archchicago.org
BUILDING THE NEW REALITY

Fr. Peter Wojcik
Pastor, Saint Clement Parish and Leader of Building the New Reality
pwojcik@archchicago.org
pwojcik@archchicago.org

Katie Bak
Director of Implementation
kbak@archchicago.org
kbak@archchicago.org

Marco Oropeza
Chief Program Management Officer
moropeza@archchicago.org
moropeza@archchicago.org
Lifelong Formation Coordinators

Marta Stepniak
Vicariate I
mstepniak@archchicago.org
mstepniak@archchicago.org
Brian Romer Niemiec
Vicariate II
bromerniemiec@archchicago.org
bromerniemiec@archchicago.org

Javier Castillo
Vicariate IV
jacastillo@archchicago.org
jacastillo@archchicago.org

Patricia Malinowski
Vicariate V
pmalinowski@archchicago.org
pmalinowski@archchicago.org
Parish Vitality Coordinators

Eleanor Segraves
Vicariate I
esegraves@archchicago.org
esegraves@archchicago.org

Sara Pekar
Vicariate II
spekar@archchicago.org
spekar@archchicago.org

James Erler
Vicariate III
jerler@archchicago.org
jerler@archchicago.org

Rick Moreno
Vicariate IV
rmoreno@archchicago.org
rmoreno@archchicago.org

Valerie Jennings
Vicariate VI
vjennings@archchicago.org
vjennings@archchicago.org
EVANGELIZATION

Elizabeth White
Director/Evangelization & Missionary Discipleship
ewhite@archchicago.org
ewhite@archchicago.org

José Coronel
Senior Coordinator for Hispanic Evangelization
jcoronel@archchicago.org
jcoronel@archchicago.org

Alicja Pozywio
Evangelization Coordinator
apozywio@archchicago.org
apozywio@archchicago.org

Sue Lehocky
Evangelization Coordinator
slehocky@archchicago.org
slehocky@archchicago.org

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

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

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