Our Team

Executive Leadership

Deana Spencer
President & CEO
 
Laura Grace Valentino, CFRE
Chief Development Officer
 
Callero & Callero, LLP
Finance
 
Pele Sills
Director of Human Resources 
 
Erika Jackson 
Head of Schools
 

Senior Leadership

Dr. Edmond Kelly
Assistant Principal 
 
Dwayne R. Scott 
Dean of Climate & Culture 
 
Gianna Sheppard-Howell
Director, Little Learners Academy 
 
Henry Cervantes
Program Manager, The Peace Exchange
 
Adrienne Hunter
Director, Adventures in Learning
 
Dr. Natalie K. Johnson 
Director of Teaching and Learning
 
Andre Gill
Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management
 
Leslie Hunter
Chaplain
 
Ernest Coleman
Building Engineer
 
Rev. Ronald Martin
Middle School High School Bridge Coordinator

Board of Directors

Eric Draut, Board Chair
TCP Capital
Thrivent Financial

 

David Fisher, Vice Chair
FocalPoint Coaching

 

Jerry Hufton, Treasurer 
PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC)

 

La Shawn Stanton, Secretary
Tribune Publishing

 

Samuel Baron
Chief Strategy Officer, Mindstream Media Group

 

Christie Callahan

Arrive Health

 

Fanisha Davis
Abbott Laboratories
Holy Family School class of 1995

 

Brian Frank
Milieu Landscaping

 

Rev. John Freidheim
Pastor and Chaplain (retired)

 

Marilyn Hawkins
Holy Family School

 

Francis Kehinde 
Director, Distribution & Operations, KWILL Merchant Group

 

Matt Kerr
Kensington International

 

Felicia Kohlenberger
Stepan Company

 

Jennie Kramer
Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Barrington

 

John Palmer
Putnam Investments (retired)

 

Mark Pals
Kirkland and Ellis, LLP

 

Jordan Pringle
McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert, & Berghoff

 

Deana Spencer
CEO, Holy Family Ministries

 

Frank Stanton
American Airlines (retired)

 

Linda Kay Tyler

American Student Dental Association

Holy Family Fellowship Alliance

Vineater Duffie, Associate Board Chair
Bain & Company
 
Alyssa Cruz, Finance Chair
CNA Financial Corporation
 
Jacoby Daniels, Fundraising Chair
Stryker
 
Laurel Draut, Communications Chair
Old Republic Insurance
 
Will McLennan, Membership Chair
Wolters Kluwer
 
Jerry Munk, Events Chair
American Guardian Warranty Services
 
Leigh Barnard
Cooler Logistics
 
Wesley Lam
CNA Financial Corporation
 
Ciara Palmer
Square