Alumni parent (NDA ‘08/NDAE ‘11), NDAE Parent Board (1999-2005),

Board Member – 2005, Attorney, Litigation, Business and Employment Law

Education:  University of Minnesota (BA – Political Science 1973); Boalt Hall School of Law

(UC Berkeley – JD 1977)

Activities:  Parish – St. Timothy’s; various bar groups, including Los Angeles Catholic Lawyers

Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumna parent (NDA ‘96), Board Member – 2000

Retired Teacher, Elementary School (Santa Monica School District)

Education:  St. Cecilia’s Elementary, St. Mary’s Academy (1964), UCLA (BA 1968), CSULA

(MEd 1974)

Activities:  St. Timothy’s Parish; family keeps me very busy, yoga, swimming

 

 

James Meehan, Secretary

Current parent (NDAE ’20, ’23, ‘26 and '28), Board Member – 2012

Investment Banker, Financial Sponsors Group at Barclays

Education:  Bishop Montgomery HS ’95, UC Santa Barbara (BA ’00), UCLA Anderson School

(MBA 2005)

Activities:  Parish – St. Monica; Board Service – Golden Gate Opera; volunteer mentor for

Finance Connection at UCSB and Fink Center for Finance and Investments at UCLA Anderson

School 

 

 

[1] School governance changed from a Board of Trustees to a Board of Directors with the merger on July 1, 2012.

 

 

Directors

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumna (NDA ‘98), Board Member – 2015

Tax Manager – Philpott Meeks, LLP

Education:  USC- School of Accounting, Master of Business Taxation 2004; UC -Berkeley, BA

Economics 2001, BS -Business Administration 2001

Activities:  Finance Committee Member for Notre Dame Academy Girls High School since

2011; coached AYSO girls soccer for 10 years

 

 

Patricio (Pat) Barrera

Alumna parent (NDA '18) and current parent (NDA '22), previously served on NDA committees.

Attorney and Managing Partner, Barrera & Associates, handling employment law matters, 1990 - present.  Consultant, Trial & Depo Services, LLC, 2016 - present.

Education: University of Texas School of Law, JD 1990, Texas State University, BBA 1987.

Activities:  American Martyrs Parish (President, American Martyrs Parent Association (AMPA) 2016-17, Men's Cornerstone Ministry Core Team 2006 - 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumna (NDA ‘78), Alumna Parent (NDA ’12) Board Member – 2014

Office Staff – American Martyrs School, previously with Development Office at Notre Dame

Academy

Education:  Loyola Marymount University, BA 1982

Activities:   American Martyrs Parish, St. Ignatius Guild Loyola High School, Marycrest Manor

Advisory Board – Carmelite Sister of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, Past President

Loyola High School Mothers’ Guild and Past Chair Loyola High School Interchange

 

current parent (NDA '20), Board Member – 2018

Retired attorney and full-time mom -- 20 years of practice in corporate, finance and international commercial law

Education: Bishop Denis J. O'Connell H.S., Arlington, VA (1975), College of William and Mary, BA 1979, University of Virginia School of Law, JD 1983. 

Activities:  Secretary and Board Member of Ballet Pacifica; prior Board service, including two years as Chair of Friends of American Martyrs School; Lector, SEALED Confirmation Core Team leader and Creation Care Ministry member, American Martyrs Parish; Girl Scout leader for eight years; Class reporter for College of William and Mary; Reunion Committee member UVA Law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni parent (NDA ‘13/ NDAE '09, ’13), Board Member - 2011

Family Physician, Kaiser Permanente

Education:  University of California, Irvine (BS Biological Sciences-1988), USC School of

Medicine (MD-1992)

Activities:  Hippocrates Circle mentor for middle school students interested in healthcare careers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumnae parent (NDA ‘11/ NDA ’14), Board Member - 2015

Process Control Engineer / Chevron Products Company, El Segundo

Education:  Chemical Engineering, BS - 1981

Activities:  Counselor for the Boy Scout Ad Altare Dei Catholic Religious Emblem, Core Team

Member of American Martyrs Men’s Cornerstone Retreat, Southern California Alumni

Ambassador for Case Western Reserve University, Amateur Radio Operator, Member of RCIA Team and Stewardship Commission at American Martyrs Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni parent (NDAE ’84 and ’86 / NDA ‘88), Board Member - 2005

Attorney, Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy. 

Education:  St. Monica’s High ’64, University of Notre Dame ’68, UCLA Law School ’71

Activities:  Chair of Executive Committee and Board for NDA and NDAE 2008-2014, Chair of NDAS Committee on Directors 2014; board service with UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center, Southern California Dollars for Scholars, and

Multiple Sclerosis Society; volunteer at Nazareth House and Harriett Buhai Family Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumnae parent (NDA ’05 and ‘10), Board Member – 2010

Senior Vice President and Senior Finance Manager, Bank of America

Education:  MBA, University of Michigan; BS, Wayne State University, Accounting, CPA, State

of California

Activities:  Former member and chair of St. Paul the Apostle Finance Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumna (NDA ’80), current parent (NDA ‘22), Alumnae parent (NDA ’13, ‘15, and '18),
Board Member – 2013

Dean of Student Life – Bishop Montgomery High School

Education:  Notre Dame Academy HS ’80; B.A. in Psychology – UCSB ‘85; M.A. in School

Counseling – LMU ‘98

Activities:  Parishioner of St. Anastasia Catholic Church; Past PTO President of St. Anastasia; Past Co-Chair of St. Anastasia Parish Ball (18 years); board service with St. Anastasia Consultative School Board and Catholic Charities. Volunteer facilitator for Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Program; TACSC Summer Conference Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumna (NDA ‘63); NDA Board Member 2000-2005; Board Member – 2011

Catholic elementary and high school teacher and administrator for 31 years; Rome, Italy for 10

years in SND Congregational Archives and in the Vietnamese Refugee Program; former

missionary at St. Julie Formation Center, Buseesa, Uganda

Education:  B.A. in History and Social Sciences – Mount St. Mary’s College; M.A., Private

School Administration from California Lutheran University

Activities:  Entered the Sisters of Notre Dame in 1963; Local Coordinator for SND Provincial House in Thousand Oaks; SND Kindred Heart Ministry -- adult Faith formation opportunities:  spiritual experiences, retreats, and Ugandan Mission talks at Notre Dame Center as well as at parishes and schools; member of Core Team for Stephen Ministry at SND andSt. Julie Parish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumnae parent (NDA ’16 and '18), Board Member 2016

Executive management for various corporations, including Milani Cosmetics, Sandberg

Furniture and Con Agra Foods and Nestle USA.  

Education:  Princeton University– AB Philosophy 1984, and Columbia University – MBA

marketing/finance 1992

Activities:  St. Martin of Tours Elementary – Consultative Board; Los Angeles Archdiocese –

Policy Board for Department of Catholic Schools; DCS Marketing Committee; Neighborhood

Youth Association – Board.

  

 

Board Member - 2018

Deputy Superintendent of High Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Education:  Loyola High School, UC Berkeley (BA 1999), Loyola Marymount University (MA 2004 and Ed.D. 2008)

 

Activities:  Raising two young children, plus running, swimming, biking, hiking, gardening, cooking and fishing.  Loyola High School Educational Resources Committee member; board service with Angels Nest Transitional Living Program.

 

 

Victor Sanchez

Alumni parent (NDAE ’11 and '14), Board Member –2011

Public school educator – LAUSD: 93rd Street Academy and Dual Language Center 2013 – present.

Education:  Cathedral Preparatory High School ’88; California State University, Northridge

BA ’98; California State University Dominguez Hills MA ’05; Masters in Education and

Administration: Teaching & Administrative Service Credentials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni parent (NDAE ’09 and '13, NDA ‘13); Board Member – 2013

Director of Finance – L&R Group (real estate and parking)

Education:  Oregon State University (BS) 1983

Activities:  Board Member for NDAS Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumna (NDA ’86), Board Member 2006 to 2010, and 2012

Principal Project Manager, Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Education:  California State Polytechnic University Pomona (BA Architecture ’94)

Activities:  NDA Facilities board chair; OLA Bishop's Advisory Council member