Mary Brownell is retired, after spending more than 30 years as a director and teacher specializing in Special Education. She has a Master's degree in special education from Arizona State University.

In addition to her work with The Matthew 19:14 Project, Mary currently serves on the executive board for the Arizona Council for Exceptional Children and is the president of the East Valley Chapter of the Council for Exceptional...

Ed is founder and partner at Thrive Healthcare Consultants. Ed's previous roles include 18 years as a Medicaid consultant at a Fortune 200 company and four years as a health plan executive at a Fortune 10 company.

He has volunteered in support of many youth-based organizations, responding to a calling to support youth development during these formative years. Most recently, he has supported a Boy Scout Troop as a Troop Leader and...

Lisa is our founder. Her professional experience as a clinical psychologist along with her personal experience as Arizona Catholic high school student with a hearing loss was what drove her to establish the Arizona Catholic Schools Disabilities Fund (now The Matthew 19:14 Project) in 2014.

As a third-generation native of Arizona, Lisa was the first student to be mainstreamed at her public elementary school due to Public Law 94-162, the...

Kailey earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Benedictine University Mesa and also earned her Masters in Education with a concentration in School Counseling from Ottawa University. She attended Seton Catholic Preparatory High School and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Scottsdale.

Kailey has previous experience working with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through The Emmaus Retreat as well experience...

Kathy Johnson, recently retired is a dedicated Catholic educator who spent the last nine years at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in Scottsdale, Arizona as a resource teacher and Student Support Coordinator.

With almost 40 overall years in education, Kathy served mainly as a speech and language pathologist and an assistant special education director in public schools. Kathy has been on this board since its inception in...

Jim moved to Arizona from Omaha, Nebraska in 2018. He worked at Seton Catholic Preparatory School as the Director of Advancement for 3 1/2 years before working at Catholic Education Arizona. He is very familiar with Catholic education both in K-12 formation as well as from an administrative standpoint. Jim attended Catholic elementary school, graduated from Creighton Prep in Omaha, and earned his bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University...