A Message from the SFHS Board of Directors
Dear Members of the St. Francis High School Community,

We are looking forward to the start of the upcoming school year and hope you are enjoying a fun and restful summer.

We are sharing an update with you regarding our search for the new president of St. Francis High School, including our communications plan, details on the Presidential Search Committee, and a special call to SFHS alumni.
Ongoing Communication & Webpage
In order to keep our SFHS community up-to-date on the search process, we will send emails in a timely manner to the entire school community whenever we have a progress update to share with you. We also will post these messages and additional information related to the search on a dedicated “Presidential Search” webpage on our website, which is linked below.
Presidential Search Committee
We are pleased to share that the Board has completed the formation of the Presidential Search Committee! Our efforts have yielded a group of highly talented and enthusiastic individuals who share an enormous love for the school and a willingness to put in long hours to conduct a successful search.

We sincerely thank each of these individuals for their volunteer service to St. Francis High School. Their dedication to the future success of the school and to our students will ensure that our incoming president is the ideal candidate. The committee represents a wide range of constituencies at SFHS, including faculty, staff, religious, alumni, parents, and Board Directors. The committee members are:

  • Michael Abernathy
  • Bridget Buckley
  • Brian Collie
  • Maureen Finn (Co-Chair)
  • Susan Jania '04 Foley (Co-Chair)
  • Jason Gilroy '89
  • Amy Holsinger
  • Fr. John Honiotes
  • Bob Mamminga
  • Debra Falduto Novack
  • Mike Radel

If you want to learn more about the members of the committee, you can read their full bios on our Presidential Search webpage.
Call to Alumni: Candidates & Recommendations
Our alumni and their families are our greatest advocates. We know this strong, unified community of former Spartans truly understands the impact that St. Francis High School has had on generations of students – they experienced it firsthand. The school has touched our lives and the lives of those whom we love in innumerable ways. We thus ask your help in the search process to repay the blessings that we all have received from the school.

Are you passionate about developing the lives of young men and women who are faith-filled participants in the Church? Do you want to see our next generation of leaders develop into critical thinkers, persons of integrity, and responsible citizens of the world?

If you have ever considered returning to St. Francis High School in a role that would continue our tradition of excellence and further the great legacy of our school, we would love to hear from you. The opportunity to serve as the president of St. Francis High School is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of thousands of young people. If you know a passionate, mission-driven individual who may be interested in the position, please send us your recommendation by email to SearchCommittee@sfhscollegeprep.org.

The full job description is linked below and is also posted on the Presidential Search webpage.
We view the presidential search process as a true partnership with our stakeholders as we move forward together in leaving no stone unturned to find the best candidate. The Presidential Search Committee has already met four times in three weeks and is taking a full-scale approach to finding the best candidate for our school as it publicizes the position and vets search firms.

Thank you for joining us on our steadfast mission as a Catholic, college preparatory learning community that promotes spiritual, academic, physical, and social development of its students in the daily presence of Jesus Christ. We look forward to dedicating our efforts to find the next president of our beloved school and sharing that news with you.

With deep gratitude and in the spirit of St. Francis,
The St. Francis High School Board of Directors