Cross Catholic Outreach

Delivering food, shelter, and hope to the poorest of the poor

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Delivering food, shelter and hope to the poorest of the poor.
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Our Board and Leadership

Leadership

Jim Cavnar - President
Brian Schutt - VP of Marketing
David Adams - VP of Missions
Michele Sagarino - VP of Development
Wade Crow - Chief Financial Officer

Bishops’ Advisory Board:

Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson - Director
Archbishop-Emeritus of St. Louis
Most Rev. Sam G. Jacobs
Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux
Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi
Archbishop of Mobile
Most Rev. Edward J. Slattery
Bishop Emeritus of Tulsa

Board of Directors:

His Eminence Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien - Patron
Grand Master Emeritus, Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
Most Rev. Ronald W. Gainer - Chairman
Bishop of Harrisburg
Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila - Director
Archbishop of Denver
Rev. Gregory M. Aymond - Director
Archbishop of New Orleans
Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone - Director
Archbishop of San Francisco
Most Rev. Carl A. Kemme - Director
Bishop of Wichita
Most Rev. Alfred A. Schlert - Director
Bishop of Allentown
Most Rev. Joseph E. Strickland - Director
Bishop of Tyler

Leadership

Jim Cavnar
President

A deeply committed Catholic, Jim Cavnar cofounded Cross Catholic Outreach to follow Christ’s command to care for the poorest of the poor. Jim’s career spans more than four decades in ministry management and leadership. He has traveled around the globe to speak at conferences, parishes, and has been called upon to minister to church-based humanitarian programs. Representing Cross Catholic Outreach, Jim has traveled to the Vatican on numerous occasions, meeting St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict, and most recently, Pope Francis.


Brian Schutt
VP of Marketing

Brian Schutt is Cross Catholic Outreach’s vice president of marketing and was a founding member of Cross. He has held public relations and marketing positions since 1982, beginning in commercial marketing and leading his own commercial marketing firm before transitioning into the non-profit sector in 1991. Brian is responsible for founding the creative and marketing aspects of Cross, including launching a radio program, web and print communications, and creating a Catholic speakers’ bureau called Outreach Priests. Fifteen years later, Brian’s marketing initiatives continue to successfully attract funding for Catholic poverty relief projects, now spanning dozens of countries around the globe.


David Adams
VP of Missions

David Adams’ desire to integrate his faith into his work brought him to Cross Catholic Outreach in 2006, after years of service in the United States government, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since joining Cross Catholic, David has overseen the expansion of the ministry’s work to about twice as many countries as when he started, while also cultivating new partnerships within those countries. Today, he continues to make strides in enhancing the ministry’s ability to collaborate with partners for better accountability and reporting and the promotion of Christian values formation


Michele Sagarino
VP of Development

Michele answered the call on her life to begin fundraising for various charitable organizations, including: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Food for The Poor. In 2004 she began contracting with Cross Catholic Outreach. The next year, Michele joined the Cross Catholic team as international development manager. Today, as Vice President for Development, Michele leads a staff of 135 people engaged in multiple areas of outreach: major donors and middle donors, special events, parish and community services, marketing, planned giving, donor care, donor program services and foundations. Her philosophy is to pursue long-term relationships with benefactors, serving as the link between them and what God is calling them to do for the poor.


Wade Crow CFO
Wade Crow
Chief Financial Officer

Wade Crow brings to his role over 25 years of finance and operations experience. His move into fulltime Christian ministry came in 2001, when he began serving as chief financial officer for a large Christian media organization. He joined Cross Catholic Outreach in 2012 and, after a short hiatus, returned in 2018. Today, Wade oversees multiple departments including Accounting and Finance, Technology Services, Donor Operations and Care, and Human Resources. His passion is facilitating greater collaboration, cross-functionally within organizations, toward achieving organizational goals, for the purpose of providing greater opportunities to care for those in need overseas.


Board of Directors:

His Eminence Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien
Patron
Grand Master Emeritus, Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

Most Rev. Ronald W. Gainer
Chairman
Bishop of Harrisburg

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver
Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila
Director
Archbishop of Denver

Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond Director Archbishop of New Orleans
Rev. Gregory M. Aymond
Director
Archbishop of New Orleans

Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone - Director - Archbishop of San Francisco
Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone
Director
Archbishop of San Francisco

Most Rev. Carl A. Kemme
Director
Bishop of Wichita

Most Rev. Alfred A. Schlert
Director
Bishop of Allentown

Most Rev. Joseph E. Strickland
Most Rev. Joseph E. Strickland
Director
Bishop of Tyler

Bishops’ Advisory Board:

Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson
Director
Archbishop-Emeritus of St. Louis

Most Rev. Sam G. Jacobs
Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux

Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi
Archbishop of Mobile

Most Rev. Edward J. Slattery
Bishop Emeritus of Tulsa

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Cross Catholic Outreach
2700 N. Military Trail, Suite 300
PO Box 273908
Boca Raton, Florida 33427-3908
800-914-2420
Cross Catholic Outreach is a 501(c)(3)
EIN 65-1156061

Audited Financial for Fiscal Year 2020

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