MERCY MCAULEY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Coach Kelly Bayalan is a Lead Dance Instructor at Emerge Dance Academy, where she enjoys teaching all ages. She designs outreach programs through Emerge and has been working as a lead instructor at Emerge for the past six years, with a total of about 14 years experience teaching dance.
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Certified Personal Trainer
Coach Tim Bley has 12 years of experience coaching high school cross country and distance track and field, as well as high school classroom experience.
In addition to over 38 years as an avid runner, Coach Bley is a certified personal trainer who has helped train athletes to run distance road races, and he has personally competed in 13 marathons.
Coach Bley is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Master of Arts in Education from the College of Mount Saint Joseph. He is also a Cincinnati Police officer who has had leadership roles in fitness training for the Police Academy and the Cincinnati Police department. Coach Bley and his family are active members of St. Jude parish, and his family has a strong commitment to Mercy education and the Mercy McAuley community.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Head Varsity Basketball Coach
Head Varsity Basketball Coach Jim Comarata has over 20 years of basketball coaching and training experience with area grade schools including St. James, St. Ignatius, St. Jude, Queen of Peace, St. Margaret of York, and Sacred Heart. He has also coached several grade school and high school level AAU teams. He will begin his first season coaching the Mercy McAuley Wolves in 2022-23!
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Secretary of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board Co - Chair Building & Grounds Committee Chair
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Program Committee Chair
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Sam Gagnon will begin her role as the head varsity volleyball coach in the 2022-23 season. She has served as the Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach at Mercy McAuley since the school opened in 2018. Prior to that, she coached various levels at Mother of Mercy High School for six years. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University, where she played volleyball. Sam is a 2007 alumna of Mother of Mercy High School, where she was a 4-year varsity volleyball starter and holds the school record for most career assists.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board Co - Chair, Mission Committee Chair
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors