Our Leadership

Andrew Bechman

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

Samantha Calorie

Licensed United States Customs Broker. Focus Group Coordinator for Engaging and Empowering Youth and Young Adults. Current Religious Education Middle School Teacher. Former Diocesan Youth Council Member and LEAD Retreat Coordinator.

Denise Charron-Prochownik

Professor, School of Nursing and Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. Focus Group Coordinator for Strengthening and Diversifying Clergy. Former Parish CCD teacher and current Parish Council member. Co-Coordinator of mission project with Queen of Apostles, Uganda.

John Costantino

IT Consultant. Focus Group Coordinator for Supporting Abuse Victims/Survivors and Their Families. Former Stephen Minister.

Betsy Cwenar

Research Project Coordinator-UPMC. Secretary of the CCOC Board, and Focus Group Coordinator for Strengthening and Diversifying Clergy. Parish Lay Eucharistic Minister and former Pastoral Council member.

Regina Gentile

Focus Group Coordinator for Addressing Clericalism. Lifelong, practicing Catholic who seeks to serve through ministry to her children, her community and her Church.

Greg Harbaugh

Attorney and founding Partner of Houston-Harbaugh law firm. Focus Group Coordinator for Lay Oversight of Diocesan Functions.

Kevin Hayes

President of the Hayes Design Group — Architects. President of the CCOC Board. Former Board Chair at Seton-La Salle High School. Current Board of Advisor member to the Crossroads Foundation. Co-founder of Social Justice Seekers and Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity.

Jan Hayes

International Department Coordinator, The Webb Law Firm. Treasurer of the CCOC Board, and Focus Group Coordinator for Financial Transparency. Pastoral Council Member. Parish Money Counter. Former Executive Director of The Crossroads Foundation and former Board Member of Habitat for Humanity.

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.

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.

Marlene Verona Milik

Librarian of Epiphany Academy of Formative Spirituality. Owner of Hallmark Store. Focus Group Coordinator for Addressing Clericalism. Treasurer Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network. Parish Lector. Co-founder of Social Justice Seekers.

John Pillar

Attorney in private practice. Focus Group Coordinator for Financial Transparency.