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OUR STAFF
Thomas J. Heding
Tom Heding serves as a senior consultant and President of
Meitler Consultants. Tom brings a depth of spiritual background
and educational experience. He was Superintendent of Catholic
Schools in the Diocese of San Bernardino from 1991 to 1998. Tom
was also a Catholic school principal, department chairperson and
teacher from 1972 to 1991. He served as Accreditation
Commissioner with the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges as well as the Western Catholic Educational
Association. For 11 years he was a member of the Society of the
Divine Word in education as a religious missionary. Tom has a
BA from Divine Word College in Iowa and an MA in Education
Administration from California State University. He has been a
speaker at NCEA in the areas of strategic planning, spiritual
development programs for school staff, and crisis management.
Alan G. Meitler
Alan Meitler is a senior consultant and Vice-President, and
has been with Meitler Consultants for 20 years. He has his BS
degree from Kansas State University in Economics and MBA from
Marquette University. Over the past 20 years Alan has had a
significant consulting role in 120 projects. He specializes in
regional and diocesan planning, parish and school planning, new
school feasibility studies and new school start-ups. Many of
the projects were followed by successful capital campaigns. In
recent years, he had a significant role in 41 diocesan or
regional studies and has worked in over 50 dioceses around the
country. Alan has been a speaker for NCEA, CACE, and CPPCD on
the topics of strategic planning, new school studies, funding
new schools and market research.
Sr. Mary Anne Heenan, CSJ
Sister Mary Anne has 30 years of experience as a high school
principal and diocesan leader of Catholic Schools. She was
Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Syracuse from 1989
to 2003. She also served as Provincial Treasurer for the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Assistant Superintendent,
and Principal of Notre Dame High School, Genesee Campus, in
Utica, New York. Sr. Mary Anne has BA and MA degrees in
education and advanced study in educational administration. She
is a full-time senior consultant with Meitler Consultants.
Richard Pendergast
Rick Pendergast serves as a senior consultant and brings more
than 30 years of experience in Catholic school education as an
administrator, business manager, and teacher. Most recently he
was Principal of Pius XI Catholic High School in Milwaukee.
Rick has been actively involved with a number of educational
organizations: North Central Accreditation Association as an
accreditation evaluator, the Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Design as an international conference presenter, and
a Board Member of The Principal’s Center at Cardinal Stritch
University in Milwaukee. Rick has presented staff development
workshops for teaching staff and is the author of “Creating a
School that is Catholic in All That It Does” (Momentum, Sept.
2008). He has his M.Ed. in Education Administration and
Supervision and his B.A. from Marquette University.
Neal D. Meitler
Neal Meitler founded Meitler Consultants 30 years ago and is
currently Executive Director of the firm. Through the years,
Neal consulted almost exclusively in the areas of elementary and
secondary education, diocesan and regional planning and church
planning. He has directed comprehensive planning programs for
over 400 elementary schools, 250 high schools and 7 colleges.
Neal has worked on over 20 feasibility studies for new schools,
involving 50 potential new schools. His experience has taken
him into 60 dioceses across the country. Over the years, Neal
has worked with dozens of religious communities, many
foundations and over 30 public school districts. Neal is the
author of two publications by NCEA, the most recent being
Catholic School Growth 1985 to 1999. Neal has spoken at NCEA
and CACE on topics including strategic planning, new schools,
and school finance. Neal has a BA and MA in Business
Administration and Finance.
Mark C. Kemmeter
Mark Kemmeter serves as a pastoral planning consultant for
Meitler Consultants. Mark brings a long background in parish
and diocesan planning as well as parish ministerial experience.
He currently serves as the Coordinator for Parish Mission in the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, responsible for pastoral planning,
council development, and mission implementation. From 2000 to
2008, he served as Coordinator of Staff in the Diocese of New
Ulm with the responsibility for planning when that diocese
became the first in the United States to partner all parishes.
His parish ministry service in Milwaukee includes the positions
of pastoral associate, business manager, and DRE. He also
lectured as adjunct faculty at Sacred Heart School of Theology
and Mount Mary College, both in the Milwaukee area. Mark has a
Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of St. Mary of the
Lake in Mundelein in pastoral planning and an MTS in theological
studies from St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee.
James V. Adams
Jim Adams has more than 30 years of experience in Catholic
education. He has served as a teacher, principal, an assistant
superintendent and as Superintendent of Schools in the Diocese
of Sacramento. Jim also has been on the adjunct faculty of the
Educational Leadership program at St. Mary’s College in Moraga.
For the past six years he has served as the President of Chaminade College Preparatory—a middle school and high school on
two separate campuses north of Los Angeles. Jim has a B.A. from
California State University, Northridge, and an M.A. in
Educational Administration from the University of San Francisco.
He was ordained a Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church in 1981.
Jim is a permanent part-time consultant with Meitler
Consultants, Inc.
Linda M. LaPorte
Linda LaPorte has served as a consultant and project
coordinator on over 300 consulting assignments for more than 35
years, working in over 65 dioceses. She has coordinated
financial analysis and development of financial projections for
client projects with over 100 parishes, over 300 elementary
schools, more than 200 high schools and 7 colleges. Linda has
been with the consulting firm since 1970.
Diane L. Leon
Diane Leon has been a staff member of Meitler Consultants for
the past 20 years. She is presently a full-time project
coordinator with responsibilities for client contact, scheduling
and logistics, database management, data collection and
analysis, financial projections, and report production.
Diane has had a significant role in over 100 projects in 50 dioceses
around the country. Diane has her BA in Management and
Communications from Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin.
Roberta R. Locher
Robbie Locher is a project coordinator with Meitler
Consultants and is responsible for client contact, scheduling
and logistics, database management, data collection, and report
production. Robbie has her BA in Mathematics from Grove City
College, Grove City, Pennsylvania.
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