Back Row, Left to Right: Dan Roccato, Father Damian, Father Jim, William Thomas, Jeff Nick, Heather Crisci, Jerry McGowan. Front Row: Rosemary Conners, Bernie Maloney, John Sherry, Lisa Shallow, Marc Lario. Not Pictured: Jill Kramarski and Michelle Molz
Members: The following people are school board members of Our Lady of Good Counsel School:
- Rev. Damian McElroy, Pastor
- Rev. James O’Neill, Parochial Vicar
- Mr. Jerry McGowan, Principal
- Dr. John Sherry, Chair
- Mrs. Bernie Maloney, Secretary
- Mr. Dan Roccato, Finance Chair
- Mrs. Heather Crisci
- Mrs. Jill Kramarski
- Mr. Marc Lario
- Mr. Jeff Nick
- Mrs. Lisa Shallow
- Mr. William Thomas
- Mrs. Michelle Molz, PTA Representative
- Mrs. Rosemary Conners, Faculty Representative
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Four New Members Join OLGC’s School Board, April 2011
By Michelle Molz
The school board of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish School meets monthly to review academic objectives and strategies, discuss financial and facility concerns, craft marketing objectives and maintain the school’s strong Catholic mission.
The board consists of nine voting members who serve three-year terms and have a wide range of professional experience in the fields of academics, finance, law, business and administration.
Each are parishioners invited to serve at the request of our pastor, Father Damian McElroy.
Father Damian oversees the school board, which was created in 2008 and is chaired by John Sherry, a retired assistant commissioner of education for the state of New Jersey. Father Jim O’Neill serves as an ex-officio member.
Four new members have joined the board in the past few months. They are Heather Crisci, Jeffrey Nick, Lisa Shallow and Bill Thomas. They join existing members Jill Kramarski, Marc Lario, Bernardine Maloney, Dan Roccato and John Sherry.
Principal Jerome T. McGowan represents the school’s administration and Bernardine Maloney serves as board secretary. Eighth grade teacher Rosemary Conners is the faculty liaison and Michelle Molz serves as PTA liaison.
If you have any ideas to share regarding our parish school, please contact one of the following people, or speak to our priests or our principal.
Heather Crisci is Vice Principal for Academic Affairs at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill. She has a bachelor’s degree in English from Boston College and a master’s in Educational Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University. She has 15 years of experience in Catholic school education, working as a classroom teacher and administrator in the Diocese of Metuchen, the Archdiocese of Washington, and the Diocese of Camden. She recently served on the Trenton Diocese’s strategic planning committee for schools. She and her husband, Rich, live in Hainesport with their two children.
Rosemary Conners is in her 23rd year of teaching at Our Lady of Good Counsel School. A graduate of Rutgers University, Camden, she has a bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Russian Studies. In addition to her duties as an eighth grade Language Arts teacher; Mrs. Conners prepares the seventh and eighth grade students to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, serves as Student Council Moderator, and Year Book Advisor. Additional duties include acting as Teacher in Charge during the principal’s absence. Mrs. Conners resides in Pennsauken with her husband, state Assemblyman and Deputy Speaker Jack Conners.
Jill Kramarski has been a member of our parish for 40 years and served on the OLGC PTA Board for 12 years while her two children attended OLGC school. During her tenure on the PTA Board, Jill served in many capacities, including Recording Secretary, Vice President and President. She also oversaw the operation of several major successful PTA fundraising events. Jill lives with her two children in Moorestown.
Marc Lario is an attorney practicing in Haddonfield. He specializes in estate work with an emphasis on estate litigation. Marc has served Our Lady of Good Counsel School Board since its inception. Marc and his wife, Gina, reside in Moorestown with their two children.
Jeffrey Nick taught at Rutgers University and the Pennington School before becoming President of Camden Catholic High School last year. He, his wife, Monica, and their four children have been members of OLGC parish since moving to Moorestown in 1997. Before becoming involved in education, Jeff had a career in financial services, which enabled him and his family to live in some interesting places, including more than eight years in London.
Bernardine (Bernie) Maloney has been a parish member since 1968, when she and her husband, Joe, moved to Moorestown. Their four younger children are graduates of our parish school. Bernie and Joe are actively involved in parish activities and ministries.
Michelle Molz is a professional journalist who has served as marketing director for OLGC for the past two years. Her priority is to maintain healthy enrollment in our parish school and assist the parish to develop a new, state-of the-art website to enhance communications. Michelle was formerly an editor and reporter for the Courier Post and Burlington County Times, and has served the PTA Board in various roles since 2003, including grant development, publicity and legislative liaison. She lives in Moorestown with her husband, Dean, and their three children.
Dan Roccato is President of Quaker Wealth Management, a local firm specializing in financial planning, investments, tax strategies and estate planning. Dan is also a Professor of Finance at Rutgers University School of Business and member of the OLGC Parish Finance Committee. Dan and his wife, Carol, have 4 children and live in Moorestown.
Lisa Shallow is an accountant with 25 years of experience, primarily in tax accounting, and has been a certified financial planner since 1995. Her tax and financial services business operates under Lisa A. Paparone, CFP. She volunteers at OLGC in various capacities, has coached the OLGC Field Hockey team, currently serves as PTA Board Treasurer and is a former chair of the grant development committee. She also lends her math skills to the school, serving as a Math Club coach and occasionally guest-lecturing the 6th-8th graders in basic finance. She lives in Hainesport with her husband, Peter, and their three children.
John Sherry has served as chairman of OLGC’s school board for three years. He previously chaired two principal search committees for the school and has worked on numerous committees. He served as a member and chair of the Diocesan School Board for six years. He is retired from public education after 42 years of service as a teacher, principal, superintendent, county superintendent, and assistant commissioner of education for the State of New Jersey. John, who has a doctorate in educational leadership, was a professor of that field for the graduate school of Rowan University. The Sherrys have been parishioners of OLGC for 40 years.
William Thomas is an attorney who has worked in both private practice and in state government during his more than 25 years of practicing law. He and his wife, Joanne, and their three children live in Moorestown and have been members of the parish since 1995. New to the school board, Bill said he looks forward to working with group of dedicated and committed advocates of Catholic education and to strengthen the already sound financial condition of the parish school, as well as keep Catholic education affordable to all families.
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