Our agency is governed by the Most Reverend Shelton Fabre – Archbishop of Louisville, a Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership.

Archdiocese of Louisville

Archbishop Sheldon Fabre came to Louisville from Louisiana, where as a bishop he helped rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and was a leader in racial justice for the Church. Catholic Charities of Louisville is the social service ministry of the Archdiocese of Louisville, made up of 24 counties, 110 parishes, 52 schools, and more than 200,000 individuals.

“We are in this together… The Archdiocese is you, and me, and all of us together. My brothers and sisters, we are in this together. [The] future will largely be determined by us standing together and keeping our eyes focused on Him who unites us rather than on the things that divide us.”

Archbishop Shelton Fabre, Archdiocese of Louisville

Board of Directors

Trinity Givens, Chair
Fifth-Third Bank

Paul Burke, Vice Chair
Burke Financial Services

Peter Cummins, Chair Emeritus
Frost Brown Todd

Lisa Johnson, Secretary
KY Chamber of Commerce

Ed Cortas, Treasurer
Center for Nonprofit Excellence

Paul Burke, Burke Financial Services
Brother Peter Campbell, CFX, Director, Louisville Xavierian Community
Brian Cahoe, Retired Yum!/KFC Chief Development Officer
Ed Cortas, Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Peter M. Cummins, Frost Brown Todd, LLP
John Drees, UofL
Madonna Flood, Metro Council
Deacon Dean Giulitto, St. Catherine, St. Vincent de Paul, Immaculate Conception
Trinity Givens, Fifth Third Bank
Bert Griffin, Financial Strategies Group

Sarah Osborn Hill, KFC
Paul Humphrey, Jr., Metro Police
Lisa Johnson, SHRM-SCP, Know-How, LLC
Mary Lang, Assumption H.S.
Jim Mattingly, Bright Spring Health
Sue Perram, Brown Forman
Scott Raque, Club Zin-Home Tutoring, Bluegrass Pkwy UHaul Dealership
Greg Shade, Retired from Mercer/Marsh McLennan
Rev. Michael Tobin, St. Rita
Lucy Weaver, Stock Yards Bank

Executive Leadership

Lisa DeJaco Crutcher
Chief Executive Officer

Nick Hunter
Chief Financial Officer

Bart Weigel
Chief Programs Officer

Ellen Hauber
Chief Advancement Officer

Steve Kraus
Human Resources Manager

Becky Jordan
Director of Kentucky Office for Refugees

Holly Baumer Smith
Executive Assistant

Fr. John Schwartzlose
Director of Mission

Colin Triplett
Director of Intercultural Services

Language Services, Immigration and Legal Services, Migration and Refugee Services, Bakhita Empowerment Initiative

Swarupa Watlington
Director of Community Outreach Services

Common Earth Gardens, Community Support Services, Common Table, Sister Visitor Center, Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Program Leadership

Alison Voit
Migration & Refugee Services

Rebecca Sim
Immigration Legal Services

Jane Evans
Common Earth Gardens

Makeda Freeman Woods
Common Table

Sr. Paris Slapikas
Sister Visitor Center

Beth Yeager
Community Support Services

Alisa Pifine
Language Services

Amy Nace-DeGonda
Bakhita Empowerment Initiative

Staff

We have a good looking, hard-working, loving group, and we couldn’t be prouder! We employ practicing Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Catholics and other Christians, atheists and agnostics. The roster includes individuals born in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, including a number who resettled in Louisville as refugees over the past 30 years.