UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY OF THE LAKE - Key Persons


Aura Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Instituto

Brian Bickett

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Technology

Christopher A. Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Director of Feehan Memorial Library and McEssy Theological Resource Center

Craig Lackenbach

Job Titles:
  • Technical Support Analyst

Criselda Vera

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant - Instituto

Daniel Ramirez-Florez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Instituto

Dave Retseck

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, LEM / MAPS Program, Institute for Pastoral Studies

Deacon Bob Puhala

Job Titles:
  • Deacon
  • Director

Deacon Patrick Quagliana

Job Titles:
  • Deacon
  • Assistant Dean of Formation Formation Advisor
Deacon Patrick Quagliana, M.A. Assistant Dean of Formation; Formation Advisor pquagliana@usml.edu (847) 970-4858 B.A. Psychology, St. Peter's College; M.A. Pastoral Ministry with concentration in spirituality, Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall; M.A. in Christian Spirituality, Creighton University; Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Director and Retreats, Creighton University. Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University. 15 years parish ministry, campus ministry and seminary formation, as Assistant to the Rector at St. Andrew College Seminary. Adjunct Faculty members for the Institute for Priestly Formation Seminary Program (Omaha) and the Spiritual Directors Training Program (Mundelein)

DeAnne Besetzny

Job Titles:
  • Circulation Manager

Devona Sewell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Registration and Records

Dr. Gerald M. Casey

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / Retired Physician

Dr. Peter Madden

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member

Elaine LaMarre

Job Titles:
  • Event Planner

Graciela Contreras

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Instituto

Holly Gibout

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Development

Jeffrey Kendrick

Job Titles:
  • Technical Support

Jesse Weiler

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Liturgical Institute

Jim Heinen - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

John (Jack) J. Wall

Job Titles:
  • Sending Bishop Member / Bishop of Grand Rapids, MI / Reverend John ( Jack ) J. Wall

John Huinker

Job Titles:
  • Director of Public Safety

John Lehocky

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Financial Operations

Juliana Vazquez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology and Pre - Theology

Karen Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant / Coord of Student Services - Liturgical Institute

Karen Porten

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager

Katarzyna Kasiarz

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Diaconal Studies

Kathy Szamocki

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, Institute for Pastoral Leadership

Kevin D. Magas

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Director
Kevin D. Magas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology and Director of Intellectual Formation, The Liturgical Institute kmagas@usml.edu (847) 970-4937

Lay Ecclesial Ministry

Job Titles:
  • Director and Coordinator Certification

Linda Couri

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Director
Linda Couri, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., D.Min. Director of the Institute for Pastoral Leadership; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling lcouri@usml.edu (847) 837-4555 B.A. (English Literature) Drake University, M.S.W. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, L.C.S.W., State of Illinois, D.Min. University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Former appointments included Director of Students, Institute for Lay Formation; Associate Director, Lay Ministry Formation Program; Youth Minister, Saint Philip the Apostle Parish, Northfield; Residence Life Director, The Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest; Clinical Social Work Practice. As a licensed clinical social worker, additional studies in counseling at the Victor Frankl Institute for Logotherapy, and in theology at Loyola University Chicago and the Catholic Theological Union. Appointed member of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Sub-Committee on Ecclesial Ministry and Service. Professional memberships include, the National Association of Graduate Schools in Ministry, and the National Association of Lay Ministry.

Linda M. Cerabona

Job Titles:
  • Director of Music

Lois Guebert

Job Titles:
  • Technical Services Librarian

Marianne Hadden

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Director of Chicago Seminarians and Teaching Parish Program and Pilgrimage Coordinator

Marie Pitt-Payne

Job Titles:
  • Director of Intellectual Formation for Mundelein Seminary

Mark E. Therrien

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology
Mark E. Therrien, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Dogmatic Theology mtherrien@usml.edu (847) 970-4852 B.A., Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.T.S. in History of Christianity, University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. in History of Christianity, University of Notre Dame.

Martha Mehringer

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor of Welcome Center / Bookstore Operations

Mary Bertram

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant and Assistant Registrar - Mundelein Seminary

Mary Gebelhoff

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Institute for Pastoral Leadership

Most Reverend David J. Walkowiak

Job Titles:
  • Sending Bishop Member / Bishop of Grand Rapids, MI / Reverend John ( Jack ) J. Wall

Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki

Job Titles:
  • Bishop
  • Member of the Board

Most Reverend Joseph J. Tyson

Job Titles:
  • Sending Bishop Member / Bishop of Yakima, WA / Reverend Maina Waithaka

Most Reverend Michael McGovern

Job Titles:
  • Bishop Board Member / Bishop of Belleville, IL

Most Reverend Ronald A. Hicks

Job Titles:
  • Sending Bishop Member / Bishop of Joliet, IL

Mr. David Brochu

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / CEO - PureGen Power, LLC

Mr. Jerome J. Claeys III

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / Retired Chairman - Heitman LLC

Mr. John Sheehy

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member

Mr. Jorge Ramirez

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / Managing Director, Government & Labor Strategies - GCM Grosvenor

Mr. Joseph Nemmers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Mr. Mike Bruni

Job Titles:
  • Development Committee Chair, Lay Board Member / Partner - HPS Chicago

Mr. Patrick J. Coleman

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / President / CEO - Coleman Group Consulting

Mr. Robert J. Platt

Job Titles:
  • Finance Committee Chair, Lay Board Member / President - Mostardi Platt

Mr. Thomas R. Kiley - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer - Great Lakes Advisors, LLC

Mr. William M. McErlean

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / Partner - Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Mrs. Julie Jansen Kraemer

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member

Mrs. Marlene Byrne

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / CEO - Celtic Chicago, Inc

Mrs. Peggy Pandaleon

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / Formation Program Advisor

Ms. Amy Davidson

Job Titles:
  • Nominating Committee Chair, Lay Board Member

Ms. Meredith Siegfried Madden

Job Titles:
  • Lay Board Member / CEO - Nordam Group Inc

Ms. Nelly Lorenzo

Job Titles:
  • Director, Instituto De Liderazgo Pastoral

Ms. Tonise Paul

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman - Energy BBDO

Rev. Jacque Beltran

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Board Member

Reverend Donald J. Nevins

Job Titles:
  • Reverend

Sandi Seidl

Job Titles:
  • Development Coordinator

Sr. Caroline Onuoha

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director & Director of Intellectual Formation

Sydney Prochazka

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Outreach Manager and Philanthropy Advisor