Operations
Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed.
President
Chris Weir
Vice President
Elisabeth Sullivan
Executive Director
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Director of Advanced Formation
Board of Directors
Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed.
St. Augustine Academy
The Catholic Textbbook Project
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Thomas Aquinas College
Luke Macik, J.D.
The Lyceum
Elisabeth Sullivan
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
William Huckestein
Ozeri, Inc.
Mary Pat Donoghue
Secretariat of Catholic Education
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Dr. Arthur Hippler
Providence Academy
Bishop Robert Barron
Auxiliary Bishop
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Marie de Lorimier
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
David Stiennon
St. Ambrose Academy
Advisory Board
Most Reverend J. Michael Miller, C.S.B.
Archbishop of Vancouver
Patron – Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Bishop of Lincoln
University of St. Thomas, Houston
Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit
Sr. Mary Anne Zuberbueler, O.P.
Dean, School of Education, Aquinas College
Operations
Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed.
President
Chris Weir
Vice President
Elizabeth Sullivan
Associate Director
Mary Pat Donahue
Director of School Services
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Director of Advanced Formation
Board of Directors
Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed.
President
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Thomas Aquinas College
Luke Macik, J.D.
The Lyceum
Elisabeth Sullivan
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
William Huckestein
Ozeri, Inc.
Mary Pat Donoghue
St. Jerome Academy
Arthur Hippler
Province Academy
Bishop Robert Barron
Auxiliary Bishop – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Advisory Board
Most Reverend J. Michael Miller, C.S.B.
Archbishop of Vancouver
Patron – Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Bishop of Lincoln
Dr. Dominic A. Aquila
University of St. Thomas, Houston
Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit
Sr. Mary Anne Zuberbueler, O.P.
Dean, School of Education, Aquinas College
Michael J. Van Hecke, M.Ed.
President
Mr. Van Hecke is the President and Founder of The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education. He has been a Catholic educator for 25 years, currently serving as Headmaster of St. Augustine Academy in Ventura. He received a B.A. in classical Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College and an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from the University of North Texas. He is President and Publisher of the Catholic Textbook Project, a company producing the first history textbooks specifically for Catholic Schools in nearly 50 years. As a consultant and speaker, Mr. Van Hecke loves to share his passion for Catholic liberal education across the country. When not doing that, he enjoys life with his wife and three children on their avocado ranch in bucolic Santa Paula, California.
Chris Weir
Vice President
Chris holds a B.A. and M.A. in Theological Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he also worked as the Special Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Assistant Director of First Year Programs from 2001-2005. From 2005-2017, Chris served as the Director of Admissions, Director of Leadership Development, and Associate Director of Formation at Servite High School. Chris also serves as the Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors for the Sanberg International Leadership Program. He and his wife, Annie, live in Seal Beach, California, and have two children, Mary Elizabeth and Magdalena Rose.
Elisabeth Sullivan
Executive Director
A former journalist, Beth found her passion for Catholic liberal education while exploring authentic formation in faith and reason for her own children. Beth became involved in Catholic education at the local level, serving on boards and researching curricula. She taught literature and writing at St. John Bosco School in East Rochester, New York, an independent Catholic classical school, where she also served as Director of Communications. Beth holds a B.S. in Humanities from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Beth joined in the Institute in 2010. She is a CiRCE Certified Classical Teacher, after having completed a three-year Apprenticeship Program. Beth and her husband, John, have three sons and live in North Carolina.
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Director of Advanced Formation
For more than two decades, Dr. Andrew Seeley has been a Tutor at Thomas Aquinas College in California. Dr. Seeley received a Licentiate from the Pontifical Institute in Medieval Studies (Toronto) and a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto (1995). He has taught joyfully and extensively in all the areas of a Great Books curriculum. Desiring to share his love of Catholic learning, Dr. Seeley joined the Institute in 2005. He and his wife, Lisa, have six children and four grandchildren.