Board Bios

Br. James Gaffney, F.S.C., is the President Emeritus of Lewis University, a Catholic and Lasallian university in suburban Chicago. He also serves as a member of eight boards of directors, mostly at Catholic educational institutions regionally and nationally. He chairs four of those boards. Earlier he served for 11 years as Provincial Superior for the…

As Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet Illinois, Tony Brandolino is responsible for securing major and planned gifts.  Tony comes to  Transformation Through Education with over 35 years of fundraising experience having raised  over $100 million for various arts, education and religious organizations in the Chicagoland  area.  Over…

Eric Koranteng is a private Health Information Analyst (Certified Medical Coding Associate). Born in the West African country of Ghana on July 16, 1959, and the second of four siblings, Eric holds a BSc (Hons) in Land Economy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. Prior to immigrating to…

Bishop Pates was born of Donald and Lenora Pates, February 12,1943, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. After studying at the St. Paul Seminary and the Gregorian University in Rome while residing at the North American College, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 20, 1968, at St. Peter’s Basilica. In the course of his…