Staff

Staff

Margaret I. Keightley

Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation

Margaret began working at the Diocese in 2010. As Executive Director, she works closely with the Board of Directors and oversees the management and administration of the Foundation.

Her involvement with the Diocese began as a volunteer for the McMahon Parater Foundation for Education in 2009. She is an active community volunteer on the Boards of Directors of Greater
Richmond Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN), Cristo Rey Richmond High School, the International Catholic Stewardship Council and the St. Joseph’s Villa Corporation.

Margaret and her husband, Jerry, have two children and live in Richmond, where they are active parishioners at St. Bridget Catholic Church. Margaret earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in History and American Studies and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Alex Previtera, CFRE

Director of Development & Operations

Alex began working at the Diocese in 2010 with the primary responsibility of overseeing and restructuring the Diocesan Annual Appeal. In the years following, Alex conducted multiple parish efforts within the Living Our Mission campaign and served as the planned giving officer of the Diocese. In his role as Director of Development and Operations, Alex oversees the areas of planned giving, parish development services and the general operations of the Foundation in addition to his continued management of the Annual Appeal.

Prior to his career at the Diocese, Alex worked as the Director of Workplace Operations for the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Penn State University and resides in Midlothian with his wife, Jennifer, and his daughter, Abigail.

Kathryn McElheny

Director of the McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation

Kathryn joined the Diocese in 2024 as the Director of the McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation (MPSF). Kathryn oversees the development efforts at 29 schools in the Diocese and manages the Educational Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit program.

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Maryagnes F. Keenan, Ed.D.

Director of Planned Giving

As Director of Planned Giving, Maggie is responsible for all aspects of the Foundation’s planned giving program and manages the administration of charitable gift annuities and bequests.  Maggie developed a legacy giving program for parishes and schools and oversees the Lumen Christi Legacy Society. She also works with parishes, schools and individuals interested in establishing an endowment fund with the Foundation. Maggie moved to Richmond from Savannah, Georgia where she worked in fundraising, planned giving, foundation program management, and brand philanthropy for over 25 years.

Maggie earned a Doctorate from the University of Georgia in Higher Education. She is a member of the Virginia Gift Planning Council and was in the Inaugural Class of the Robert Hull Leadership Fellow Program of the Southeastern Council of Foundations.  Maggie is an avid long distance runner, enjoys skeet shooting, and plays the banjo.

Veronica Scholle

Mission Advancement Manager

Veronica joined the Diocese in 2014 and transitioned to the Catholic Community Foundation in 2015 as Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director and to the Director of Development and Operations.

Veronica was promoted to Mission Advancement Manager in 2018. She is responsible for supporting parishes with offertory and social media needs.  In addition, she stewards donors  and assists in helping them meet their philanthropic goals.

Veronica and her husband spent 20 years traveling the country and overseas.  During her time as a military spouse, she was very active as a Religious Education teacher at numerous parishes/dioceses as well as a very active member of many PTA’s. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Wright State University. She and her husband have 3 children. She enjoys hiking, traveling, and cooking.

Amanda Glass

Database Manager

Amanda has been an employee of the Diocese since 2008. As Database Coordinator, she insures that all donors’ gifts are properly applied according to their intentions. She works with donors and parishes to research, coordinate and facilitate gifts and ensures data integrity. Amanda brings her database knowledge and customer service expertise from 15 years of working for non-profits and always puts the donors’ needs first. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia.

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Karol X. Garcia

Mission Advancement Manager-Hispanic Communities

Jennifer Burkhead

EISTC Data Specialist

Jenny has been an employee of the Diocese since 2011 where she started in the Office of Catholic Schools supporting the Superintendent as an Administrative Assistant/Data Manager for school data. In 2016, Jenny transitioned to the Foundation’s team as the EISTC Data Specialist to support the data management of the tax credit scholarship program. Her primary responsibilities include managing reports related to donors, student and school data, processing forms and donations as well as corresponding with schools and donors regarding scholarships and donation requirements. Jenny earned her Bachelor of Arts from Randolph-Macon College and is a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

Joy Bowes

Development Coordinator

Joy has been with the Diocese of Richmond since 2018. Prior to joining the Foundation team, she worked for Henrico County Public Schools in their Exceptional Education program after many years of being a stay at home mother and avid community volunteer.

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Julie Casanova

Administrative Assistant