About

Leadership

Welcome to the Benedictine Schools of Richmond Leadership

Our leadership team operates two single-sex Catholic high schools, informed by the Rule of Saint Benedict. Our schools, Benedictine College Preparatory and Saint Gertrude High School, have shared a brother-sister relationship in Richmond for over 100 years! Founded by the Benedictine Monks and Benedictine Sisters, the schools have many strengths including a rigorous academic environment, a strong faith-based culture, and a commitment to develop the leadership potential of every student.

However, the center of gravity for our schools is their sense of community. We refer to our schools’ community as “our family.” This family sense is created in our classrooms, chapels, dining halls, performance stages, and athletic fields. We work, pray, eat, and play together. This is how and where a family is built in the home. We believe the same is true for a school. This charism of community is inherited from the first Benedictine monasteries and schools, founded 1500 years ago, and it remains a tradition we are proud to carry forward to this day.

May God bless you and your family as you discern your membership in the family of our schools.

Yours in Prayer and Work,

Jesse Grapes

President

BSoR Board of Trustees

Mrs. Theresa Bahen '76, BCP '04, '07, '17 Parent

Mrs. Debbie Berger '87, BCP '16, '21 Parent

Mrs. Bridget Ryan Berman '78

Sister Joanna Burley O.S.B.
Mr. J. Scott Carreras '88

Mr. Buddy Gadams '89

Mr. Rodney Ganey '69
Mrs. Cheryl Goddard '80

Mr. Michael Kehoe '84, SGHS '21 Parent

Fr. Jonathan Licari O.S.B.

Mr. Kevin McNamara '74
Mrs. Kelley Mulcunry '91

Ms. Phillis Oeters '75

Mr. Steve Reardon '80, BCP '09 Parent; SGHS '10, '11, '12, '15 Parent

Mr. Richard E. Smith '88
Mr. Thomas Snead
Mr. Ken Sullivan, BCP '15 Parent; SGHS '13, '19 Parent

Mr. Joseph R. Swedish '69

Mrs. Andrea Westkamp
Mr. Jock Wheeler

List of 11 members.

Jesse Grapes

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

President

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Del Smith , IV 01

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Vice President of Mission

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Ann Michele Sweeney

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Vice President of Operations

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Erin Parkhurst

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Vice President of Strategic Communications

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Amy Pickral 95

Saint Gertrude High School

Saint Gertrude Head of School

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Greg Lilly

Benedictine College Preparatory

Benedictine Head of School

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Rev. John Mary Lugemwa , O.S.B.

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Chaplain

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Ashley Lowry

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Dean of Faculty

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Fran Pochily

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Director of Athletics

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Thomas Glass

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Director of IT

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Patrick Barksdale

Benedictine Schools of Richmond

Director of Facilities

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