CACE Staff - National Catholic Educational Association

Br. William J. Campbell, S.M., Ed.D.

Executive Director

Brother Bill Campbell, a Marianist Brother, will become executive director of the CACE Department beginning July 1, 2012. He presently serves as the associate executive director of the Elementary School Department of NCEA where he focuses on teacher and principal formation, principal candidate discernment and presenting workshops on various topics throughout the country.

Prior to his work at NCEA, Bro. Bill served as assistant superintendent for personnel and technology for the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon; assistant provincial and director of education for the Marianist Province of the Pacific in Cupertino, California; principal of Chaminade College Preparatory in West Hills, California; academic assistant principal in San Francisco, California, and as a religion teacher and counselor at Serra High School in Gardena, California. Earlier in his career he served in Marianist-operated high schools in Brooklyn and Mineola, New York and at Charlotte Catholic High School in North Carolina.

Bro. Bill has earned a doctorate in education administration from the University of La Verne in Southern California, a master's in private school administration from the University of San Francisco, a master's in theology from St. John’s University (Pontifical Institute), a master's in counseling education from Fordham University, and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Dayton. He also holds a certificate in teaching and learning with instructional technology from Portland State University.

Besides his other work, he has served on numerous educational advisory boards and committees. He has been a facilitator and/or speaker at conferences, workshops and strategic planning processes and is the author of several books published by the NCEA: Principal's Survival Guide, Principal Formation Program and Selecting a Catholic Elementary School Principal.

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.

Heather A. Gossart

CACE Project Director

for Innovation Institute

and Senior Consultant

hgossart@ncea.org

Mrs. Heather Gossart serves as CACE project director for the Innovation Institute, a collaborative educational partnership with Boston College. She is a senior consultant for the National Catholic Educational Association, focusing on key projects within CACE and NCEA.

Mrs. Gossart serves on the boards of Archbishop John Carroll High School, Saint Francis International School, the Catholic Business Network of Prince George’s County and Holy Cross Hospital. She retired as the president and CEO of Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland, in 2010, a position she held from 1996-2010. She was the first woman president/CEO to be appointed as the head of a Brothers of Holy Cross-sponsored high school in the United States . She has served as a principal, vice-principal, director of high school guidance and admissions, department head, and teacher. Mrs. Gossart began her teaching career in 1969 in Pattaya, Thailand, under former secretary of defense Robert McNamara’s Project 100,000.

An innovative educator and administrator, Mrs. Gossart was selected by NCEA’s Secondary Education Department to author a chapter for a forthcoming NCEA publication on Catholic school leadership. She is currently working on a book that focuses on successful methodologies for turning around failing schools.

A native of Connecticut, Mrs. Gossart holds a bachelor’s degree in English and sociology from American University in Washington, D.C., and a dual master’s degree in education and counseling from Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland .

Meg C. DeBoe

Administrative Assistant
mdeboe@ncea.org

Meg DeBoe serves as the administrative assistant for the CACE Department and the Department of Public Policy. She is a graduate of Radford University with a bachelor’s degree in technical theatre and a minor in English. Meg also attended George Mason University’s Graduate School of Education to obtain her Virginia teacher’s license in secondary English.

Mrs. DeBoe has taught seventh grade and tenth grade English. Her teaching experiences include working with adolescent youths with special needs. Mrs. DeBoe is also an aspiring author and has self-published two children's picture books: The Kissy Momster and Underkissed.