Kurt Metyko

President

kmetyko@serrainternational.org

After St. Anne’s Grade School and St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas, Kurt obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Notre Dame University, Class of 1964.  Following graduation, he served on active duty in the Army for two years, including one year in Viet Nam, retiring as a Captain.  After his service, Kurt joined his father’s civil engineering firm and is still practicing today.   Kurt became a member of the Houston Serra Club in 1968, joining his father Frank (1977 Serra International President).  Kurt held all the Club, District and U.S. Council positions culminating with the 2011 Presidency of Serra’s National Council for the United States.  He has been a member and past Chairman of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston’s St. Mary’s Seminary Advisory Board, serving from 1978 until March, 2014.  Kurt also serves, since 1997, on the Board of the Shalom Center in Splendora, Texas, a counseling center for Catholic priests and religious.

Moira McQueen, LLB, MDiv, PhD

President-Elect

moira.mcqueen@utoronto.ca

Dr Moira McQueen was a lawyer before becoming Director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute. She teaches moral theology at St Michael’s in the University of Toronto and is a member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission. Moira and husband Matthew have seven children and eleven grandchildren. She is the President of the Serra Council of Canada, the founding President of the Serra Club of Halton, and proud to serve on the Board of Serra International.

Greg Schwietz

Past President

Greg joined Serra in 1983 in his longtime home of Omaha, Nebraska. He worked in numerous capacities at the club level for many years until 1999-2000 when he served as club president.  His commitment to the Serra Club of Omaha continues at the club board level as trustee.  

Subsequent Serra Leadership positions include: District Governor, USA Council Region Director, USA Council Board Member, Trustee Serra International Board, and President of the United States Council. Greg currently serves as acting Southeast Region Director on the USA Council board, and Vice President for Communications of the Serra International board.  

Greg and his wife, MaryLynn, have been married for forty-five years and have three grown children.  They are currently members of Sacred Heart Parish in Omaha.  For many years Greg and MaryLynn were in TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) retreats in Omaha, and served on its national leadership team for over 10 years. Greg worked in the concrete construction industry after graduating with a business degree from Creighton University in 1974. Greg retired as president of L&M Construction Chemicals in 2017, a family-owned company which produced and sold protective treatments for concrete worldwide.

Bob Campney

Treasurer 

campneybob@cox.net

Bob has been a member of Serra Club of West Omaha since 1989, previously serving as President twice, VP Programs, VP Vocations, Trustee, and more. Bob led the 2017 Serra Regional Conference and served as District Governor 2014-2018. Bob most recently served as Treasurer for the Serra US Council from June 2019 through June 2022. Bob is a retired CPA who spent most of his career as a corporate treasurer and CFO for two different firms. Bob and his wife Rose have two children and seven grandchildren. They are active members of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob has led their Vocations Committee for many years, was choir member for more than twenty-five years, and helped form and lead their Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration efforts. Bob is an EMHC and lector at the parish.

Emanuele Costa

Vice President for Communication

ecsequor@ticino.com

Emanuele is the sixth of nine children and grew up in Genoa, Italy. He graduated from the University of Genoa with a degree in economy and commerce. After spending twenty years between Genoa, New York, and Miami managing the family-owned shipping business, he started his own private equity company, now based in Milan, Italy. He now resides in Lugano, Switzerland. Joining the Serra Club of Lugano in 1997, he has been Club President, District Governor, and President of the Italian National Council. Emanuele has three children and five grandchildren living in the States.

Margo Geddie

Vice President for Membership

margo@geddie.org

Margo received her B.A. in economics from Skidmore College.  She attended the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University with a double major in accounting and finance.  She started her career in wealth management with Morgan Stanley more than thirty years ago and recently retired as Senior Vice President of Wealth Management. Away from the office, Margo serves on the Advisory Board of St. Mary’s Catholic Seminary and is a member of the Board of Directors of Serra International. She enjoys spending time with her family including two precious grandsons.

Robert (Bob) Rudman

Vice President for Vocations

rrudman@serrainternational.org 

Bob resides in Franklin, Tennessee and has been married for sixty-one years to his wife Missy, and has four married children and six grandchildren. He was an economics major and hockey player graduating from Boston College. He took on marketing management responsibilities with National Broadcasting Co. (Huntley-Brinkley, Jeopardy and The Macneil-Lehrer Show), American Brands, and Johnson & Johnson before starting a manufacturer’s representative company. For over twenty years his company developed new markets of distribution and products for many blue chip companies. He is retired but involved in marketing and consulting for many nonprofit organizations. He currently serves on the board of the Children’s Kindness Network (teaching children to stop bullying before it starts). A volunteer with the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, which has honored him for volunteering.  Received the Exemplary Community Volunteer Award for 2014 and 2015. Volunteer with the Dominican Sisters at Aquinas College, having served on their Board as well as the School Board of St. Matthews Church. A member of St. Philip Catholic Church serving on their Legacy Committee as well as the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the parish. Bob is also a member of the Knights of Columbus and currently serves on the Advisory Committee of Mercy Community Healthcare.

Cristhian Arce

Trustee

Cristhian was born and raised in Villarrica, Paraguay. Currently, he is the President of the Serra Club of Villarrica, and has been a Serran for five years. Arce is his parish’s youth coordinator and leads the Pastoral de Juventud ministry there. He considered entering the seminary at a young age but was discouraged by his parents; now he is a lawyer by profession.

Jo-Ann Bresowar

Trustee

bresowar@verizon.net

Jo-Ann has been a member of the University of Dallas Serra Club for more than twenty years. She is a past president of the University of Dallas Serra Club and past Chairperson of the District’s Vocational Awareness Program (VAP).  In the past, Jo­­-Ann was President of the Diocesan School Board, chaired Parish Finance Councils, served as a Red Cross Volunteer, is a founding member of the Diocesan Ministry on Disabilities, was Chair of the Laity representation for the Texas Catholic Conference and a Catholic School Grant writer. Jo-Ann attended the University of Dallas, SMU and UTA. Her career was in human resource management with a specialty in International Compensation and Benefits. She worked for major international corporations as well as the US Department of Energy. Jo-Ann retired from Alcon Laboratories in 2010. It was at a Serra International Convention in Chicago that Jo-Ann first heard of the John Paul II Monstrance. The year was 2014 and she was that year’s Chairperson of the VAP. Since that time, District 46 has had the St. John Paul II Monstrance for adoration in our dioceses for seven consecutive years. Jo-Ann is now the District Governor for District 46. The District is no longer 46E and 46W but is one district which now includes the Tyler Diocese. District 46 (Dioceses of Dallas, Fort Worth and Tyler, Texas) hosted the US Council’s Serra Rally in 2022 and 2023.

Jeannette D’Souza

Trustee

jeanettedsouza.serra@gmail.com

Jeannette grew up in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal in India.  She graduated in commerce with St. John’s College in Agra, and worked with the airlines until she got married in 1966 and went to live in Kuwait in the Middle East.  After settling down with her two daughters, she began work with a local bank that was run by Chase Manhattan Bank.  When Kuwait was invaded by Saddam Hussein in 1990, she returned to India. Rather than retire so early in life she preferred to do her bit for the Church, now that she had the time. She began with teaching spoken English to candidates to the Jesuit seminary and has continued doing so for more than seventeen years. But that was not enough. She felt she had a calling to be a counsellor and took several courses in this area. She now runs two parish-based Pastoral Counselling centres with around twenty counsellors in the city of Bangalore.  She specializes in marriage counselling and has taken class, in this area, for the Redemptorist Seminarians in Bangalore. Jeanette and her husband Carlos were introduced to Serra in 2002 and ever since she has been working passionately towards fulfilling Serra’s goals in India. She introduced several innovative ideas to foster and promote vocations, in compliance with the local customs, with the help of a hard working and dedicated team. She is currently President of the Serra Club of Bangalore.  She joined the Board of Serra International in 2016. Jeanette has two daughters and three grandchildren who all live in Canada. Her husband passed away in 2011 and since then she makes two trips a year to Canada to be with her family.

Jesse Gallegos

Trustee

jesse496@aol.com

After earning a B.S. degree in 1980, Jesse was a public school teacher until 1995, when he earned a Master’s Degree in education administration from Pan American University. From 1995 through 2014, he was a middle school and high school assistant principal and principal. Jesse retired from the public schools in 2014 and currently is a licensed Real Estate Agent with Ideal Realty. Jesse is married to Delma Solis Gallegos. They have two children, Stacey Marie and Ezekiel Jesus. 

Jesse was the founding member of the Serra Club of Harlingen which was chartered on August 14, 2001 with the guidance and mentorship of his brother, Dr. Ruben Gallegos, former Serra International President. Jesse has been President, Treasurer, and Secretary of his club. He was District Governor for District 126 from 2017 through 2020. He has attended several Serra International Conventions and USA Council Rallies. As Serrans, service is the priority for our Catholic Church, priests and religious. Jesse is honored to serve as VP Communications for the USA Serra Council. In this position, Jesse’s objective is to move Serra forward and make Serra a name that resonates among all Catholics. Jesse is also the Vice President, Cultural Outreach for USA Serra.

Fred Gorges

Trustee

fgorges@serrainternational.org 

Fred Gorges lives near Wichita, Kansas, and is a member of the Downtown Wichita Serra Club. He joined Serra in 1994. He has held positions in his Club as VP of Programs, VP Vocations, and President. He has also served as District 12-2S Governor for five years, and as Region 9 Director for two years. Fred has been involved in the transportation business for almost 50 years. He owns and operates a transportation company, FCG Inc., that contracts solely to FedEx Ground. Fred and his wife Chris have one wonderful daughter named Grace.

Adam R. Lara

Trustee

AdamLaraSerra@gmail.com

Adam is the President/Owner of National Utilities Discount for the past 18 years.  Adam has been involved in the energy/electricity business since deregulation in the State of Texas in 2001.  Adam attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Adam and his wife, Betty, joined Serra Club of McAllen in 2014. They immediately were selected to serve on the Board of Directors’ and work together on increasing membership by facilitating workshops throughout the Diocese of Brownsville.  When they learned the objectives of Serra, to bring together informed Catholic lay leaders who understand and live their own Christian vocations to service, foster and promote vocations to the ministerial priesthood in the Catholic Church.  To assist members to recognize and respond in their own lives, to God’s call to holiness in Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit.  Bishop Daniel Flores has asked Adam and Betty to serve on the Case Development Council for the Diocese of Brownsville.   Adam is serving as VP Membership and has been named as District Governor-Elect for District 126.   Adam has served on other Boards and Foundations mainly focusing in recent years on Rotary International. Adam joined Rotary in 2008 and has served in many capacities. He served as District Trainer serving over 2000 members in fifty-two Rotary Clubs throughout South Texas. Adam has served as Assistant Governor Area 11, McAllen Rotary Club President, District Strategic Planning Committee.  Adam has been recognized for his outstanding leadership service and was named “District Rotarian of the Year”. Adam and Betty have four sons and two grandchildren.

Anne Larkins

Trustee

alarkins@serrainternational.org.

Anne has been a member of the Serra Club of Melbourne, Australia, for more than 15 years. She joined her father, an uncle and a cousin in the club after coming to meetings as a guest for many years. She served as VP Membership and was the Club President from 2012-2015. She joined the Serra Council of Australia New Zealand and the South Pacific as a trustee, then VP Membership and has served as President since 2016.She has attended a number of Serra International Conventions and USA Serra Rallies over the past 10 years and values the connections with an international community of Catholics. Anne has a 25+ year career as a management consultant. She has a strong practice in probity and in public administration governance and program review. Anne serves on the Bayside Mission Pastoral Council – a Council representing 6 churches in the Melbourne bayside region.

Pat Manzo

Trustee

pat@manzo.org.

Pat has spent almost her entire life in Southern California. She earned her degree from UCLA, is the second of six siblings, and is the mother to six children. After she was widowed, a dear friend invited her to join the local Serra Club in 1997, and has been an active member ever since, serving as an officer with her local club, the Serra US board, and currently a member of the International Foundation. She also serves on the board of various local Catholic charities and currently is the president of a non-profit senior affordable housing organization. She still manages properties, and loves spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Giuseppe Miccoli

Trustee

Giuseppe was born in Ravenna, Italy and obtained a degree in Physics from the University of Ferrara in 1979. He was a Senior Researcher of the Italian National Research Council from  1985 to 2020. He and his wife Eleonora Carlett have one child. Giuseppe is a member of the Serra Club of Ferrara in Emilia Romagna, Italy. He has served as president of the Serra Club of  Ferrara (2006-2008, 2017-2019), Governor of District 76 Emilia Romagna (2010-2012),and  Member of the SI Fondazione Italiana Beato Junipero Serra (FIBJS) Board of Directors (2020-2025). Within Serra International, he has served as a member of the SI Nominating Committee (2012-2015), SI Memberships (2018-2019) and Vocations (2019-2021) VP, SI Board Trustee (2015-2024). He is a Ferrara-Comacchio Diocese member, Pastoral Office for Laity and Diocese Eucharist Minister OFS, Secular Franciscan Order Member, 3rd Order Franciscan.

Malena Salas-Dosal

Trustee

Malena comes from a large Catholic family of eight children. Malena and her husband Fernando have been married for 35 years, and are parents of two single sons, who continue to live as a family. She graduated in commerce and worked in a major bank in Mexico City, at the International Division, until she became mother. Malena and Fernando were invited to join Serra in 2009, and ever since she has been working hard in her Club, later in the National Council, and now as a Trustee. They have been active in their parishes, and enjoy volunteering their community together. She is a “Minister of the Word”, after studying the Bible for five years. Malena and Fernando are currently coaches of the “Family Support Foundation”, Love and Life Programs Mexico (marriage programs), by Fr. Jaroslaw Szymczak. She is still in charge of her family and the direction of her home.

Roberto Sebben

Trustee

engebben@gmail.com

Roberto has been a member of the Serra Club of Vale do Iguaçu in Brazil since 1990. He has served his club as president and has also been a district governor. He also serves as speaker at the ECC-Meeting for couples with Christ and assists in the liturgy of the Catholic Church as a musician.  He has a degree in civil engineering from the Federal University of Parana and serves on the engineering board as an advisor. He currently works as a physics teacher and is an expert in civil law, in the field of civil construction projects and construction of residential and commercial buildings.  Roberto and his wife, economist Sandra Mara, have two sons, the oldest being a spinal surgeon and the other a plastic surgeon.

Tony Mangione

VP of Programs

amangione@rogers.com

Tony resides in Toronto Ontario, Canada, married to his bride Ann. Blessed with two children and seven grandchildren. Graduate of York University in Toronto with a major in business, Tony retired in 2014 after having worked for several major insurance companies in real estate asset management. He is actively involved in his parish of All Saints’ R.C. Church since 1977 and a Serran since 2002. He has held several Club level positions including President, Serra Club of Toronto West and representing Serra Council for Canada as District Governor and President.

Serra, now more than ever!

A. (Tony) Mangione
S.I. V.P of Programs

Mark Saengpradab

Past President – Serra Thailand

niphonsa@yahoo.com