Our Leadership

Andrew Bechman

Director of Adult Faith Formation and RCIA at a Pittsburgh area parish. Focus Group Coordinator for Addressing Clericalism.

Denise Charron-Prochownik

Member of the CCOC Board, and Co-Coordinator for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Parish Co-Chair of "Global Solidarity Committee", former Pastoral Council member, and former CCD teacher. Volunteer on Pastoral Care Team assisting Catholic Chaplain at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Retired faculty from University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.

Betsy Cwenar

CCOC Board member, Board Secretary, and Co-Coordinator of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Retired Research Project Coordinator at UPMC. Parish Lay Eucharistic Minister and former Pastoral Council member.

Dan Haller

Board member. Bio coming soon.

Jan Hayes

CCOC Board member, Board Treasurer, and Chair of the Mass Planning Committee. International Department Coordinator for The Webb Law Firm. Member of St. Raphael of the Archangel Parish Money Counter Team. Former Executive Director of the Crossroads Foundation. And former Board Member of Habitat for Humanity.

Kevin Hayes

President of the CCOC Board. Retired Founder and Principal of The Hayes Design Group – Architects. Former Board Chair at Seton-La Salle High School. Current Board of Advisor member to the Crossroads Foundation. Co-founder of Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity, Social Justice Seekers, and Catholics Vote Common Good.

Gretchen Jezerc

Sr. VP of Marketing, First Insight, Inc. Vice-President of the CCOC Board, and Focus Group Coordinator for Pathways to Lay Leadership. Parish choir member, lector, and On Mission committee member. Board Vice-Chair, Vincentian Collaborative Systems. Social Concerns Chair, Notre Dame Club of Pittsburgh. Co-founder, Social Justice Seekers North.

Don Kretschmann

Owner of Kretschmann Family Organic Farm. Focus Group Coordinator for Pathways to Lay Leadership. Past Pastoral Council Member. Board Member, Ananias Mission. Member North Hispanic and Refugee Outreach Group.

Rose Lord

CCOC Board member, and Chair of the Social Justice Committee. Retired registered nurse. Co-founder of Global Coalition for Peace and the director of the Women's Self-Reliance Program. Board Chair of HavServe Children and Family Services in Haiti. Laudato Si program coordinator at St. Paul of the Cross Monastery.

Barb McCarthy

CCOC Board member. Retired nurse and retired pastoral associate at St. Ferdinand Church in Cranberry Twp. for 33 years. Wife, Mom, and Grandma, too. Barb believes in the vocation of the laity to bring Christ's love to our Church and world.

Jim McCarville

Vice President (Lay Member) Association of Pittsburgh Priests. Focus Group Coordinator for Pathways to Lay Leadership. Instructor and Discussion Leader Osher Life-Long Learning Programs, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.