School Board

The mission of the St. Paul’s School Board is to promote Catholic values and Christian traditions in education and to ensure the continued existence of quality, Catholic primary education at St. Paul’s School.

The board consists of nine parent volunteers appointed by the pastor, the school principal, and the exiting Board Chair through a public nomination request each spring. This nomination also seeks a representative from the parish. Generally, each year it seeks three new members to serve a three-year term.

The title and authority of this board, as dictated by the Diocese of Trenton’s Board of Education under Canon Law, are to act in an advisory capacity to the pastor and the school principal. The board participates in the formulation of policies upon request, which must be approved by the pastor for implementation by the principal.

Cooperation among the members of the board is crucial as it acts as a voice for the parents of St. Paul’s School in the areas of finance, facilities, fund-raising, strategic planning and development.

The members of the board are:

Mr. Lee Brennan, Chair
Mr. Brennan is currently a Senior Credit Executive with JP Morgan Chase with responsibility for managing the Bank's Mid Corporate credit process for the Mid Atlantic and National Apparel Retail portfolios.  Lee was a founding member and first President of St. Paul's first School Advisory Board and has served as the President of the Diocese of Trenton's Education Advisory Council, Region Representative for the Mid Atlantic states on the NCEA's National Association of Boards, Councils and Commissions, President of the Catholic Urban School Program's Advisory Board, and is currently a member of the Diocesan Education Finance Council.  Lee is a past recipient of the NCEA's O'Neil-D'Mour award for outstanding contributions to Catholic Education.

Monsignor Walter Nolan, Pastor
Msgr. Nolan received a BS degree in Pharmacy from Fordham University, a Masters degree in Divinity from Pope John University in Massachusetts, and a Masters degree in Pastoral Counseling from Iona College. He was ordained in 1969.  Since ordination, he has served as Associate Pastor of St. Gregory's, Chaplain and Athletic Moderator of Notre Dame High School, and Chaplain at Rider University. He later became Director of Priest's Personnel for the Diocese of Trenton, also serving as the Diocesan Director of the Continuing Education Committee and President of the Priests' Senate. He has also been a Tribunal Judge and a Counselor for the Rachel Ministry. In addition to his duties as our Pastor, he is also host of the Catholic Corner radio and TV show.

Mr. Ryan Killeen, Principal
Mr. Killeen served as Supervisor of the Mercer County Performing Arts High School, and Assistant Principal at St. Rose School High School in Belmar. He received a BA degree in education from The College of New Jersey, where he also completed two semesters of study abroad at St. Patrick’s College in Maynooth Ireland and University College in Dublin, Ireland. He received an MA in education from the Seton Hall Catholic School Leadership Program and is currently in the dissertation phase of his doctoral degree in Education Leadership from Seton Hall University.

Mrs. Denise Salvatore, Vice Principal
Mrs. Salvatore served as Interim Principal at St. Mary School in Bordentown before becoming Vice Principal of St. Paul School.  She has served Catholic Education as a teacher and subject coordinator at Our Lady of Sorrows School.  Her BA degree in Music Education K-12 was obtained through The College of New Jersey.  Mrs. Salvatore later received an MA degree in Education Administration from Rider University, were she graduated with distinction.  Denise resides in Hamilton with her husband, Bill, and daughter, Kristina.

Mr. John Wandishin, Vice Chair and Administrative Committee Chair
Mr. Wandishin and his family are parishioners of St. Paul's.  His two daughters attended grades K-8 and graduated from St. Paul School.  John is currently the Senior Director of Marketing Communications and Product Marketing for Brother International.  In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the BMG Division's Advertising, Public Relations and Product Marketing functions.  Prior to Brother, he has held a number of Marketing and Sales management positions at Letraset, Princeton Graphic Systems, Exxon Office Systems, and Procter and Gamble.  In addition to previously serving on the St. Paul School Advisory Board, he was the School's Athletic Director for seven years.  He coached various girls' basketball teams for nine years, and was the school's track coach for three seasons.  John has served on The College of New Jersey's Board of Trustees, Foundation Board, Development Corporation, Alumni Association Executive Board and School of Business Advisory Board.  He also served on the Ewing Township Commercial Development Commission and the Ewing Township Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors.  Mr. Wandishin is a Business Administration graduate from The College of New Jersey.  He received an M.B.A. in Marketing from Seton Hall University.

Mrs. Anne-Marie Calderone, Catholic Identity Committee Chair
Mrs. Calderone is the Coordinator of Religious Education at St. Paul's Parish and the Parish Virtus Facilitator.  She has worked at St. Paul's since November, 2001.  Anne-Marie is a fully certified catechist in the Diocese of Trenton and has completed the Diocesan Certificate Program for Administrators of Religious Education, as well as being a certified catechist in both the Diocese of Trenton and Metuchen for special needs students.  Mrs. Calderone is the Level 1 Facilitator for our school teachers who need to be certified.  She also works closely with our 2nd, 7th, and 8th grade teachers and students on sacramental preparation.  Anne-Marie resides in South Brunswick with her husband, Joseph, and her six children.

Mrs. Suzanne Eberhard, Finance Committee Chair

Mr. Dick Smith, Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Dick Smith, a retired Partner from Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC, has extensive background in strategy and operational improvement.  Since his retirement, he has been teaching with the Catholic Leadership Institute, supporting the Diocese of Trenton - Office of Catholic Schools by helping parishes with Strategic Planning.  Dick has been actively involved at St. Paul School over the years.  He previously served as Athletic Director and was on the School Advisory Committee.  He currently is serving his third year on the St. Paul School Board.  Dick's children attended St. Paul School, and his granddaughter is currently in first grade at St. Paul's.

Mr. Tom Murray, Facilities Chair
Mr. Murray previously served in the US Air Force.  Currently, Captain Murray is a Pilot for American Airlines.  Tom has been a parishioner at St. Paul's for 16 years.  He and his wife, Donna, have been  members of St. Paul's PTA for the last 10 years.  Their 3 children went to St. Paul School from Kindergarten through 8th grade in the last 13 years.

Mr. John Ryan, Development and Endowment Chair
Mr. Ryan has 18 years of experience working on Wall Street and is currently a Managing Director of CFT Securities, an agency only Broker Dealer where he is responsible for client relations, business development, as well as, trading in equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities.  Prior to joining CFT, Mr. Ryan was a Managing Director of the Quellos Group, a financial services boutique, where he was instrumental in building trading relationships with hedge funds, venture funds and high net worth individuals.  Before joining Quellos, Mr. Ryan developed relationships with ultra high net worth families as a Vice President of Bear Stearns.  He started his financial services career at Salomon Brothers.  Mr. Ryan graduated from Seton Hall University in 1991 with a BS cum laude in Finance.  He lives in Hopewell with his wife, Kristin, and their 4 children. 

Mrs. Maureen Svoboda, Marketing Committee Liaison
Maureen Svoboda has over 20 years of marketing experience in the healthcare/pharmaceutical industry.  Currently, Marueen is a Principal at PharmApprove, a strategic regulatory consulting firm.  Prior to this, she spent 15 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb in global and U.S. positions in cardiovascular, obestity, and anti-infective therapeutic areas.  Ms. Svoboda began her career at Johnson & Johnson, where she held a variety of brand management assignments for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.  Maureen earned her MBA from Cornell University and her BA from The College of the Holy Cross.


Mrs. Susan Michel, Academic Committee Liaison