Board of Education
The Cedar Valley Catholic Schools Board of Education consists of five (5) elected members from each of the supporting
parishes (Blessed Sacrament, Queen of Peace, Sacred Heart, St. Edward and St. Patrick), as well as two (2) pastoral
representatives of these parishes and two (2) appointed representatives. No more than two (2) lay representatives may serve
from each parish. The Director of Education, principals from each school, and business manager are ad-hoc members.
NAME |
POSITION |
PARISH/SCHOOL |
EMAIL |
| Fr. Jose Comparan | Pastor | Queen of Peace | dbq213ap@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Deb Thurman | Business Manager | CVCS | dthurman@cvce.org |
| Hazel Martin | DFF Representative | St. Edward | dbq210re@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Margaret Klein | Board Secretary | Blessed Sacrament | margaret.lenz.klein@gmail.com |
| Katie Anderson | Lay Representative | St. Patrick | iowanderson@cfu.net |
| Fr. Louis Jaeger | Pastor | Sacred Heart | dbq209@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Fr. Thomas McDermott | Pastor | Blessed Sacrament | dbq208@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Jim O'Connor | Lay Representative | St. Edward | James.OConnor@uni.edu |
| Fr. Jerry Kopacek | Pastor | St. Edward | dbq210@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Matt Cowell | Lay Representative | Queen of Peace | mccowell@gmail.com |
| Mark Gallagher | Board President | St. Edward | mark.gallagher@waterloo-ia.org |
| Mary Nichols | Board Vice President | Blessed Sacrament | nicho@cfu.net |
| Mark Russell | Lay Representative | Sacred Heart | mkrusscon@msn.com |
| Amy Sandvold | Principal | Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta | dbqm04@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Julie Niemeyer | Principal | Sacred Heart | dbqe50@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us; |
| Kim Reiter | Lay Representative | Sacred Heart | kboxgirl@mchsi.com |
| Pam Schowalter | Principal | St. Edward | dbqe51@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Fr. Everett Hemann | Pastor | St. Patrick | RevEv@SaintPatrickcf.org |
| Nancy Stirm | Principal | Blessed Sacrament | dbqe49@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Tom Ulses | Principal | Columbus | dbqh08@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Jeff Frost | Director of Education | CVCS | dbqmw01@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us |
| Mike McNamee | Lay Representative | Queen of Peace | mcnameemw@gmail.com |