Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

John Smyth – Calvert Mechanical Solutions – Chair

Brian Olsen – Skorpa Design Studio – Vice Chair

George Goodhues – Natural Concerns, Inc. – Treasurer

Kate Kleintank –Church of the Resurrection - Secretary

AT LARGE

Robert Ariosa - Ariosa & Company

Kim David -  Philanthropist

Nicholas Mangione - Mangione Family Enterprises

Jason Medinger - U. S. Attorney

Greg Pierce- Sparks Marketing Communications

Paul Reif - Glen Arm Building Company

Kristin Rupprecht – CCSFX & Our Lady of Grace

Joseph Slovick - Eastern Savings Bank

Fr. Michael Triplett– Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help

EMERITI

Patricia Baynes – Baltimore County Public Schools

Frank Savarese – Weyrich, Cronin, and Sorra, Chartered

EX OFFICIO

Phil Howard – Director, O’Dwyer Retreat House

Daniel Bowles– Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Board of Directors of the Msgr. O’Dwyer Retreat House are responsible for:

• Periodically reviewing the Mission Statement.
• Ensuring that members share a common understanding of the Board’s responsibilities and duties.
• Establishing and maintaining good procedures for carrying out the duties of the Board, and for evaluating its performance in doing so.
• Establishing  goals, policies, programs, and services for the House.
• Ensuring that goals, programs, and services are implemented in a manner that advances the fundamental purposes of the House and the Mission Statement.
• Ensuring that the people and organizations that the House serves, and to whom it is accountable, are well informed regarding the House’s purpose, goals, programs, services, policies, and performance.
• Identifying short-term and long-term needs of the House.
• Developing an annual balanced budget and oversee operation of the House within the approved budget
• Seeking and securing necessary funding to ensure the on-going mission of the House.
• Advancing a positive image of the House and promote goodwill for the House in the community
• Praying for the success of the House’s operation and the programs held there

Board directors serve upon the appointment of the Archbishop for a three year term, and may serve two consecutive terms.

Board meetings are four times a year (January, March, May and October).