Board of Directors
About the Board
The Board determines and promotes the organization’s mission and vision for the profession and future of Catholic chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education, sets policy, and assesses and approves certification standards, education, programs, and services that are appropriate to that mission and vision.
Executive Committee
Deacon Jack R. Conrad, BCC, Board Chair
Retired, former Director of Spiritual Care, CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center
Austine Duru, MDiv, MA, MHA, BCC, Chair-Elect
Chief Mission Integration Officer, Providence Mission Hospital- Mission Viejo
Donna M. O’Brien, MHA, Treasurer
Founder & President, Strategic Visions in Healthcare, LLC,
Dr. Ruth Jandeska, EdD, MA, BCC
System Director, Spiritual Health, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Spiritual Care
Erica Cohen Moore, MA
Ex-Officio, NACC Executive DirectorMembers
Rev. Richard J. Bartoszek, BCC
Director of Spiritual Care, Corewell Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe
Rev. Lawrence X. Chellaian, BCC
Vice President of Mission Integration, CHRISTUS Health
Sedona T. Montelongo, BCC-PCHAC
Palliative Care Chaplain, Dignity Health
Antonina Olszewski, MSQ
Vice President Spiritual Care, Mission Integration, Ascension Health System
Dr. Caterina Mako ThM, DMin, BCC
Director of Spiritual Care, Chaplain Services, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System