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Board of Directors

Friends of Holy Trinity Catholic School

Sheila Madigan Levatino - Chairperson
Sheila was born in Chicago, IL and moved to Dallas as a child. She, along with five siblings, attended and graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 1955. Sheila attended and graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1959. Sheila attended and graduated from North Texas University, while raising four children. Sheila received a BA in Sociology in 1980 and graduated from SMU in 1987 with a Master in Theological Studiesand now is a practicing licensed family and marriage therapist ( LMFT); employed at the Pastoral Counseling & Education Center. Sheila has three sons and a daughter and Anthony has three sons. Anthony and Sheila have two daughter in laws, one son in law & eleven grandchildren.

Anthony S. Levatino - President
Anthony was born in Independence, La. graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 1954, attended 2 1/2 years at Jesuit and graduated from North Dallas in 1958. Anthony graduated from Texas Tech University in 1965 with a B.A. degree. He later received a Certificate in Finance and Certificate in Marketing from SMU Graduate School. He had a thirty year career as a real estate banker, retiring as Executive Vice President. Anthony has served as Chairman of the American Banker Association's Real Estate Committee and Chairman of the Texas Bankers Assoc., Real Estate Committee. He served seven years as a member of the Finance Committee to the Board, State of Texas Teachers Retirment System, one of the largest is the U.S.. He is an Advisory Director and and on the Finance Committee of Catholic Charities, past Treasurer and President of the St.Vincent de Paul Society at Holy Trinity Church. He is Managing Director of the St. Vincent Center and he has received his Certification for Non-Profit Management from the Center for Non-Profit Management.

Keith Manoy Director - Vice President
Keith Manoy is Project Manager of Transportation Planning for the City of Dallas, Department of Public Works and Transportation. Keith attended and graduated from St. Anthony Catholic School, Bishop Dunne High School and the University of Texas at Austin. Keith is married to Denise Manoy and they have one daughter. Their daughter, Brynne, attended Holy Trinity Catholic School from pre-school through eight grade and is now a freshman at Bishop Dunne High School. Keith and Denise have been active volunteers in the non-profit community and Keith is now not only on the Board of the Friends of Holy Trinity Catholic School, Inc. but also Catholic Charities of Dallas and the South Dallas/ Fair Park Inner-City Development Corporation.

Kathleen Dennehy-Taylor - Director Treasurer
Kathleen was born and grew up in England where she attended Catholic elementary schools. She also spent many childhood summers in her parents' homeland of Ireland. Kathleen met native Texan Brooks Taylor, an engineer and lawyer when they both worked in London. They were married in 1984 and have made their home in Dallas attending Holy Trinity Catholic Church since then. While raising their children, Kathleen attended SMU and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in English in 2001, and Cum Laude with a BBA in Accounting in 2004. She now provides accounting services to small businesses. The children currently attend Holy Trinity Catholic School and Kathleen is the 2005-06 PTO President.

Linda Hill Lee - Director Secretary
Biographical Data: Linda was born in Michigan and moved to Dallas at age 19. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is married to Michael Lee, an attorney, and member of the Holy Trinity Catholic School Board. They were married at Holy Trinity Catholic Church and have been active members for the past eighteen years. They have two children attending Holy Trinity Catholic School Amanda has just graduated from the eight grade and is attending Ursuline Academy taking a math course this summer. She will be a freshman at Ursuline in the fall. Matthew will be in the second grade in the fall. Linda has served on the Holy Trinity Parent Teacher Organiazation board for four years and served as President the past two years.

Martha Brooks - Director
Martha Brooks has lived in Holy Trinity Parish her entire life. She attended Catechism classes at Holy Trinity and made her first communion with the Holy Trinity Catholic School even though she and her brothers attended Maple Lawn School. Maple Lawn was within walking distance of her home in Oak Lawn Heights. Martha attended high school at Ursuline Academy, along with her sisters. She was President of her class the four years of attendance and was Valedictorian of her graduating class. Martha married Kenneth Brooks in 1940 and their three children attended Holy Trinity Catholic School. Martha has served as President of the Holy Trinity Catholic School Mothers Club 1954-1955 and was elected President of the Altar Society 1955-1956, the year of the 50th anniversary of the Parish. She has always been actively involved with the Parish serving on the Finance Committee when Father Jerome Calcagno was Pastor, serving on the first RCIA team , serving as a Eucharistic Minister, and Lector. When she was serving on the Finance Committee, she was the first woman to ever speak from the pulpit at Holy Trinity Catholic Church when she gave a talk about Stewardship. For many years Martha was on the Parish Council and is presently serving on the Administrative Committee.

Edward Doherty - Director - Principal - Holy Trinity Catholic School
Ed was born and raised in Chicago, IL. In 1965 he received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Our Lady of the Snows Scholastic, Pass Christian, Miss. He also received in 1973, a Master's Degree in Educational Administration from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. His work has included President of San Juan Diego High School in Austin, Principal of Holy Trinity Catholic School in Grapevine, Texas. Also, he was Diocesan Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Fort Worth, Diocesan Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of San Angelo, Principal of St Ann's Catholic School in Midland, Texas and Principal of St. Thomas of Villanova School in Palatine, ILL. Other experiences includes lower school head and fifth-grade teacher in Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. Ed did complete 33 semester hours toward his Doctoral degree in Educational Administration & Supervision. Other matters of interest is that Ed served as Lower School Head at Escola Maria Immaculate (Chapel School) in San Palo, Brazil.; the first person to hold that position and consequently was responsible for the curriculum. Ed is presently Principal of Holy Trinity Catholic School.

Carmen Garcia - Director
Carmen was born in Madrid, Spain and raised in Texas. She moved to Dallas when she was 10 years old from Victoria, Texas. Carmen attended High School in Carrollton, Texas. Attended community college for two years. Carmen is a mother of four; one son resides in Austin, one lives in Farmers Branch. Samantha will be graduating from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 2008. Daniell, her stepsister will attend Bishop Lynch this year (2007-2008). Married three years to Sam Garcia, who is the owner/publisher of Mottgage Daily.com , an online mortagage news publication. Carmen currently works for St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store as their Store Operations Coodrinator and also works fro Holy Trinity Catholic Church handling the safe environment program as coordinator. Carmen is the 2007- 2008 Parent Teacher Organization President. She volunteers at Holy Trinity Catholic School and also at the St. Vincent Center.

Gordon Gruber - Director
Frank Gordon Gruber, Jr. attended Holy Trinity Catholic School and graduated in 1955. He attended and graduated from St. Vincent's Collage, Cape Girardeau, MO. In 1959. Gordon received a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Mary of the Barrens, Perryville, MO in 1964. he continued his studies in Theology and History at DeAndreis Seminary in Memout, IL and DePaul University in Chicago. After leaving the Vincentian Seminary in 1966 he worked for Haggar Apparel Co. for the next 29 years and left as V.P. of Purchasing . After that he worked for Hat Brands, Inc. and Primeco Personal Communications in Dallas. In 1966 he moved to Tennessee to work with Kellwood Corp. and American Ordnance, Milan Army Ammunitions Plant from which he retired in February 2005. Gordon moved to Tennessee to work with Kellwood Corp. and leate American Ordnance, Milan Army Ammunitions Plant from which he retired in February 2005. Gordon moved to Dallas in 2005 and now works partime at Restland Funeral Home. Gordon was married and has three children, a daughter and two sons and two grandchildren.

Jack Harper - Director
Jack is President & Chief Executive Officer of Harper House. Jack has over forty years experience in graphic arts production and business management. He recently served a four year term on the national board of the International Prepress Association and a three year term as a board member of the Printing and Imaging Association of Texas. Jack attended Holy Trinity Catholic School from 1946 till the date he graduated in 1954. He attended and graduated from Jesuit High School at the old Oak Lawn location across the street from Holy Trinity Catholic School. He attended SMU on an athletic scholarship in baseball, graduating in 1962 with a BBA degree. He is a member of the Southwest Conference Letterman's Club Association and in the Jesuit Hall of Fame. Jack has been married to Carola for thirty-nine years and they have four daughters and three grandchildren.

Sherman LaBarba - Director
Sherman LaBarba attended and graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 1959. He attended and graduated from Jesuit High School in 1963, this was the last graduating class from the "Old Jesuit High School" which was directly across the street from Holy Trinity Catholic School. He attended and graduated in 1968 from East Texas State University, now a branch of Texas A& M. Sherman is married to Carla LaBarba and they have three children, Jeff LaBarba, Dr. Julie LaBarba Miggins and Jennifer LaBarba McLochlin. They are now the proud grandparents of Lily Frances Miggins and John Carlos Miggins. The LaBarba family had several attend Holy Trinity and was an active family in the parish.

Rosalinda Quiroga - Director
Rosalinda Ruiz Quiroga attended (K-8th) and graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 1979. She then attended and graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1982. Attended the University of Dallas, Business; Graduated 1986 in Travel and Tourism from the International Aviation and Travel Academy. She married on 1994 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church to Eliseo Quiroga. Rosalinda & Eliseo have one son, Jehoshua. Jehoshua started in pre-K at Holy Trinity Catholic School and is continuing his education a neigborhood school. Jehoshua is eight years old. Rosalinda is the Human Resource Manager for the Wyndham Hotel and her husband, Eliseo is a Dart Transit Officer.

Nancy San Roman - Director
Nancy San Roman attended parochial schools elementary through high school graduating from Pensacola Catholic High in 1974. Nancy then graduated from the University of Florida in 1979 with a degree in Physical Therapy. She has been employed by Methodist Medical Center for the past 25 years. Currently she is senior staff physical therapist. Nancy has been in charge of clinical education for Physical therapy students and has held adjunct faculty positions at three Texas universities. Nancy has been involved in pilot programs for the American Cancer Society and the North Texas Arthritis Foundation. She is married to her spouse, Edward and has two sons who attend Holy Trinity Catholic School.

Ronald W. Schoof - Director
Ron Schoof was born in Evanston, IL. and moved to Dallas,TX at the age of 3 1/2. He attended Holy Trinity Catholic School and graduated in 1955. He then entered the Vincentian Seminary, Montebello, California and then Cape Girardeau, MO. He graduated from St. John Seminary, San Antonio. TX. in 1959 and then attended the University of Dallas in 1959-1960 and the University of Detroit graduating with a B.A. in 1963 and an M.P.A. in 1964. He has had a career in sales management including 23 years at W.R. Grace and the last 13 years with the Outdoor Seasons Company. He served three years as Vice President of the Startfish Foundation. Co-Founder and presently Director of Marketing , The Purple Balloon Foundation. Taught CCD for 10 years and is now Eucharistic Minister, St. Mark the Evangelist Church. He has served four years as District Commisioner of the Boy Scouts of America for Collin County. He and his wife Barbara have been married for 35 years and have four children and five grandchildren.

Beatrice Guerra Carter - Director
Beatrice was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended all grades at Holy Trinity Catholic School and graduated in 1983.She attended Bishop Lynch until her junior year and was admitted into the Health Professions Magnet School where she graduated in 1987. Beatrice then attended the University of Texas in Austin in the summer of 1987 and transferred to the University of Texas in Arlington where she graduated in 1991 with a B.A. degree in Social Work. A mother of three, a son (Sophmore) and daughter (Freshman & graduate of HTCS 2006) who both now attend Townview Magnet School of Health Professions, and a daughter currently in 5th grade at HTCS. Beatrice currently works as the Librarian at HTCS and as a Case Manager at the St. Vincent Center. In addition, she also serves on the PTO Executive Board and works part-time on the Friends bookkeeping aside the Treasurer.

Paula Day - Director
Paula was born and raised primarily in the midwest. She moved to Dallas in 1990 in order to teach at St. Anthony's for several years and then moved to Austin, Texas to pursue a Master's degree in Library and Information Scinence. Paula and her husband Paul returned to Dallas and re-joined Holy Trinity Catholic Church in 1996. Their two daughters attend Holy Trinity Catholic School - one in Pre-Kindergarten and one in Kindergarten. Paula presently serves on the Holy Trinity Catholic School School Advisory Council. Currently she works as a research and knowledge manager for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. Paula's husband Paul works for IBM in the Sales & Marketing Group.

Sharon Ochs Kissner - Director
Sharon Ochs Kissner was born in Dallas. Her family has had a life long relationship with Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School. It began with her grandparents. Her grandfather, Martin C. Kleuser was chief architect for the current church and school. Sharon created a thesis entitled "Presentation Project: Holy Trinity Church" while earning her designation as an Interior Designer and was generous enough to allow the "Friends" to post it on our webpage. Sharon graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 1961 and Ursuline Academy in 1965. In 1969 she graduated from St. Mary's Dominican College in New Orleans with a B.A. in fine arts. Sharon returned to school attending El Centro College and received a certificate in Interior Design in 2004. Sharon and her husband Mike Kissner have four children between them and two grandchildren. Sharon graduated from Holy Trinity in 1961; her siblings, Jimmy Ochs graduated in 1962, Marty Ochs in 1966, Christie Ochs Duval in 1968 and Glen Ochs in 1970.

Becky Serna-Autrey - Director
Becky Serna-Autrey is a native Dallasite, attended and graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in 1973. Her two older sister, Carmen and Mary Theresa, also graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School. Becky attended Bishop Lynch High School graduating in 1977. She then attended University of Texas in Austin and graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing Degree and is now employed at the Pediatric Surgery Center as a pediatric surgery nurse. Becky has one daughter, Andrea, who is a student at Duke University and Becky's husband , Ezell, is an Obstetrician/gynecologist at Medical City Dallas Hospital. Becky is a Eucharistic Minister at St. Rita Catholic Church and has been involved with Junior League of Dallas, Bryan's House, Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas. Becky's mother, Vera Serna, is a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and is a volunteer in the office and as a Eucharistic Minister. She is also a regular volunteer at the St. Vincent Center. Her sister, Mary Theresa, is an usher and faith formation teacher at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.



Advisory Committee
Betty Bourgeois
Fr. Jack Cawley, C.M.
Edward Doherty
Ruth Lang
James Moroney, III
Dona Martinez
Reuben Martinez
Sr. Margaret Ann Moser OSU
Dr. Ned Vanders

 

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