School Governance

PRESENTERS
September 17, 2019

Sister John Mary Fleming, O.P.
Sister John Mary Fleming, O.P., is a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, TN.  She is presently the Director of Education for St. Cecilia Congregation.  From 2012-2018 she held the position of Executive Director for Secretariat of Catholic Education, at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).  In that role, Sister was responsible for supporting and assisting the bishops in the development, management, and communication of priorities, plans and policies for Catholic education including elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, campus ministry, and certification of ecclesial ministry. She has a licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America.  Sister earned an M.S. Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Sister has an M.S. in Educational Administration and a B.S. in Education.  She served as teacher in elementary and second schools and as an administrator for the Congregation at the college, secondary, and elementary levels.  She has served on numerous boards of trustees at all levels. Sister assisted and managed several school building and renovation projects including the St. Cecilia Congregation Motherhouse

 Timothy Welsh
​Tim has served as Headmaster at Matignon High School since 2013.  Under Tim's leadership, the school received the 2017 Innovation Award from the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, specifically for their Strategic Plan and work on student-centered learning.  Prior to joining the Matingon community, Tim served for 13 years as the Vice President of Advancement at La Salle Academy in Providence. 

 Ed Holleran
Ed has served on the Matignon High School Board of Trustees since 2006 and as President of the Board since 2010.  Under ed's leadership, the Matignon Board has grown in both size and stature.  During Ed's time on the Board of Trustees, enrollment at Matignon has doubled and the school has invested nearly $5 million in to the facility.  Ed was a long time cable television executive, most recently serving as President of Atlantic Broadband cable system.  He is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard Business School.

​​Kristin Barstow Melley
Kristin Barstow Melley is the Director of Professional Development for the Roche Center for Catholic Education. An innovator of creative leadership training and formation experiences, Kristin engages educators in systemic, whole-school change learning, synthesizing Catholic theology with research-based educational theory. She directs two signature programs of the Roche Center: the Two-Way Immersion Network for Catholic Schools (TWIN-CS) and the Emmaus Leader Series: A Leadership Advancement Program for Catholic School Leaders. Kristin is a nationally recognized speaker on Faculty and Student Faith Formation, Professional Capital, Catholic Identity, the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools, School Board Development, Marketing Catholic Schools, and Whole-school Teacher Collaboration. She is a contributor to national publications and journals on Catholic education and serves on the steering committee of the NNC. She is the liaison for the Catholic School Office of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Kristin is pursing her Ph.D. in Catholic education, identifying global educational initiatives to support US Catholic school renewal. Formerly, Kristin worked as the Associate Superintendent of Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Worcester and as the Director of the National Catholic Center for Student Aspirations at Assumption College. She was a high school teacher of history, art history, literature, and writing and college-level world religions, ethics, and writing. She received her bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College in Norton, MA and a masters in Theology from Harvard University. She is a third-year doctoral student at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education. 

Melodie Wyttenbach, Ph.D.
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Melodie Wyttenbach, Ph.D., serves as the Executive Director for the Roche Center for Catholic Education and is a faculty member for the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. Melodie is committed to leading the Roche Center forward as it strengthens Catholic Education by developing transformational leaders, expanding innovative, and systemically collaborates to enhance the lives of those served by Catholic education. Melodie’s professional leadership experiences in the Catholic sector include serving as an Assistant Professor and Academic Director of the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program for the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to her time at Notre Dame, Melodie served as President of Nativity Jesuit Academy, a high-performing urban Catholic school serving the Latino community in a school choice environment. At the national level, Melodie also worked as Director of Mission Effectiveness for the NativityMiguel Network of Schools, in Washington, DC. 
Melodie presents nationally on topics such as Catholic School Governance and Effective Board Management, Strategic Planning, Development and Enrollment Management Strategies, and Making Schools Culturally Competent for New and Existing Latino Families. She recently published a text with Dr. Mickey Fenzel of Loyola University Maryland, titled Responding to the Call for Educational Justice: Transformative Catholic-Led Initiatives in Urban Education, and is in the final stages of editing Seven Steps to Strategic Planning for Catholic School Leaders co-authored by Associate Superintendent of Chicago Benjamin Potts. Melodie serves as the Chair for the Catholic Special Interest Group with the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and is a member of the Leadership Development Advisory Council for the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Melodie received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her Masters degrees in Educational Administration from Marquette University and Education from Mount Mary College. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Saint Louis University in Environmental Science.