Twenty-one men and women have been appointed as new heads of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as the 2024-2025 academic year gets underway.
Below are their names, schools and cities in which the schools are located:
Christine Spevacek, Annunciation Catholic School, Minneapolis
Ericka Walz, Ave Maria Academy, Maple Grove
Ed Friesen, (co-head) Bethlehem Academy, Faribault
Kris Sauer, (co-head) Bethlehem Academy, Faribault
Becky Harris, Carondelet Catholic School, Minneapolis
Matt Gerlach, Chesterton Academy, Hopkins
Jeb Myers, Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul
Ben Montedonico, Epiphany Catholic School, Coon Rapids
PJ Butler, Frassati Catholic Academy, White Bear Lake
Cheryl Kapler, Holy Cross Catholic School, Webster
Kevin McCaffrey, Holy Family Academy, St. Louis Park
Anne Hennessey, Immaculate Conception Catholic School, Columbia Heights
Ann Marie Zeimetz-Schultz, Mary Queen of Peace Catholic School, Rogers
Sarah Hickel, Nativity of Mary School, Bloomington
Matt O’Keefe, Presentation of Mary School, Maplewood
Erich Hoffer, St. Hubert Catholic School, Chanhassen
Megan Adam, St. John the Baptist Catholic Montessori School, Excelsior
Ann Dettmann, St. John the Baptist Catholic School, Jordan
Pam McSweeney, St. John the Baptist Catholic School, Vermillion
A.J. Barker, Saint Wenceslaus School, New Prague
Jennifer Bigelow, Visitation School, Mendota Heights
— Office for the Mission of Catholic Education
