Daniel F. Curtin is a native Washingtonian and has served Catholic education as a teacher, counselor and administrator at the secondary, archdiocesan and national levels. Among his various roles in education, his highlights include serving as the first lay principal of any school conducted by the Brothers of the Holy Cross (Mackin Catholic High School, Washington, DC), and serving on the Board of Directors of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (1985-1991). He also served on the Middle States Commission for Secondary Schools and chairperson of numerous evaluation teams. In 1989, Mr. Curtin was appointed acting president of Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, D.C. with the task of reorganizing three archdiocesan high schools into one co-educational institution. He was elected chair of the Mount Saint Mary’s University Board of Trustees (1999-2001).

 

From 1985-1999, Mr. Curtin served on the personal staff of the late James Cardinal Hickey as Secretary for Catholic Education for the Archdiocese of Washington. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education (CACE) of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). He is a member of the Board of Directors of Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, Maryland and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Curtin also serves as an Adjunct Instructor at Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia.

 

Mr. Curtin has received numerous awards including the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award from Pope John Paul II in 1983 in recognition of his work on behalf of the Catholic Church.

 

Mr. Curtin holds degrees from Mount Saint Mary’s University (B.S.), Emmitsburg, MD, George Mason University, (M.Ed.) Fairfax, VA and the University of Notre Dame (M.A.), Notre Dame, IN. In May 2002, Mr. Curtin was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Mount Saint Mary’s University.

 

Established in 1904, the NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries and in colleges and universities.