OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fr. Tim Donovan
Founder and President

Fr. Tim Donovan was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Orange in the summer of 2017. Before entering the seminary he was a youth minister and continues to have a heart for young people and their families. He loves the Church, spending time with his family, cooking, playing music, and his two French bulldogs. He currently serves as the chaplain of Santa Margarita Catholic High School and is the Founder and President of Faith and Family Life Catholic Ministries.

Steven Gaitan
Tresurer

Steven has been married for 32 years and has 6 children. He is an active member of St. Joachim Parish in Costa Mesa and for the last 16 years has worked as the Financial Accountant/Business Manager for Newport Harbor Lutheran Church in Newport Beach. Previously, Steven worked as a Senior Auditor for the Department of Defense-Defense Contract Audit Agency for 23 years. He feels blessed to serve on the FFLCM Board and is fully supportive of Fr. Tim’s leadership and vision. Steven is especially encouraged by the organization’s faithfulness to Catholic teaching and their continual seeking of innovative ways to develop hands-on catechetical methods and products that ultimately (with the help of the Holy Spirit) can open the hearts and minds of families to want a closer relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church.

 Ann Marie Jennison
Secretary

Ann Marie has been married to her college sweetheart, Jeff, for 30 years. They have four children, two of whom have flown the nest and live in Dallas, while the younger two are in high school. She and Jeff have made it a priority to pray and serve the community together as a family on a regular basis since their children were very young. She is proud of their close-knit relationships and feels thankful that all four children continue to grow as Catholics as they live out their faith in words and actions. Ann Marie’s Catholic roots come from being raised in a Catholic family and by attending mass and CCD at St. Hedwig Catholic Church in Los Alamitos, CA where she grew up, though she admits that becoming a wife and mother were turning points that drew her into a deeper understanding of our faith. In 2005, her family was blessed to become founding members of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ladera Ranch, CA and currently they attend San Francisco Solano Catholic Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. As a long-time believer in the importance of faith first being formed at home where children are most influenced, Ann Marie is excited about the potential that the Pathways programs have of transforming the lives and hearts of families no matter what stage they are in.

 Saverio Masotto
Board Member

Saverio (Sam) is a Businessman in Orange County, CA. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Bellflower, CA where he also attended elementary school. He graduated from St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, CA then went to UC Irvine and received a BA in Economics and met his wife, Laurie. They were married at Mission Basilica in San Juan Capistrano, CA and have two sons who were both baptized at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church by the same priest who baptized him. Sam is currently a parishioner at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, CA and is passionate about pro-life causes and working to assist in keeping our young adults active in the church after being confirmed, beginning with my own children.

 Laura Schuberg
Board Member

Laura currently serves as the Coordinator of Youth Ministry for the Diocese of Orange. After a powerful experience of God's love at 17, she dove into youth ministry. She has lived in Rome twice to receive further formation through the Emmanuel School of Mission which involved full time life a missionary all throughout Europe. She has been blessed to minister to the youth of the Church in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange County, including 7 years at St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point. On free evenings, you will find her hanging out on the beaches of San Clemente, baking or gathering with friends for Korean BBQ and an Escape Room.  

 Colleen Moore
Board Member

Growing up, Colleen’s family's commitment to the faith and to caring for the poor in the South Bend Catholic Worker community was deeply formative for her and inspired her eventual study of theology and ministry, and her service as a Lay Associate of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Chile. Colleen earned both her bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies, a Catholic Great Books Program, and her Master of Divinity degree from the University of Notre Dame. She has served as Director of Notre Dame's Echo Program--a two-year graduate service program dedicated to forming the next generation of leaders in faith formation in Catholic parishes and schools-for fourteen years and recently assumed the role of Associate Director of Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life. Colleen's primary interests lie in integrative approaches to theology and ministry formation and at the intersection of spiritual formation, justice and art. She is grateful for the integrative and innovative work of Faith and Family Life Catholic Ministries and is honored to serve on its board. Colleen lives in South Bend, IN with her husband, Jake, and daughter, Evie, and is a buoyant member of South Bend Community Rowing.