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McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation

Margaret I. Keightley

Executive Director, Catholic Community Foundation, Diocese of Richmond

Margaret has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in History and American Studies, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Richmond. She began working at the Diocese of Richmond in September 2010. Margaret’s involvement with the Diocese began as a volunteer for the McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation in 2009. Prior to her career in development, Margaret was a senior sales professional at Sanofi Aventis Pharmaceuticals. She is an active community volunteer on the Boards of Directors of Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) and Voices for Virginia’s Children. She and her husband, Jerry, have two children and live in Richmond.

Kathryn McElheny

Director, McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation, Catholic Diocese of Richmond

Kathryn McElheny is the Director of the McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation and Catholic School Development. In her role, Kathryn oversees all Educational Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit (EISTC) giving for 29 diocesan and independent schools. She also provides support and professional development for schools to enhance their overall advancement efforts.

Before her current role, Kathryn served as the Director of Enrollment and Development at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Petersburg, VA. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Public Health from William & Mary and her Master of Science in Education in School Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.

Outside of work, Kathryn enjoys playing recreational sports and spending time with her two cats.

 

Jennifer Burkhead

EISTC Specialist, McMahon Parater Scholarship Foundation

Jenny has been an employee of the Diocese since 2011 where she started in the Office of Catholic Schools supporting the Superintendent as an Administrative Assistant/Data Manager for school data. In 2016, Jenny transitioned to the Foundation’s team as the EISTC Data Specialist to support the data management of the tax credit scholarship program. Her primary responsibilities include managing reports related to donors, student and school data, processing forms and donations as well as corresponding with schools and donors regarding scholarships and donation requirements. Jenny earned her Bachelor of Arts from Randolph-Macon College and is a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

 

 

Joy Bowes

Development Coordinator, Catholic Community Foundation

Joy has been with the Diocese of Richmond since 2018. Prior to joining the Foundation team, she worked for Henrico County Public Schools in their Exceptional Education program after many years of being a stay at home mother and avid community volunteer.