Ollie Bockwinkel - Chairman
Ollie is an entrepreneurial Catholic with a heart for Latin and Greek root words and a mind for numbers. Founder of Custos CPA, an outsourced accounting firm serving faith-based nonprofits, he joined the Board of Trustees of the Chesterton Academy of St. Philip Neri in the summer of 2021. Inspired by his own faith experience at the University of Dallas (BA ‘15, Classical Philology-Greek), Ollie knows firsthand the power of an intentionally Catholic, integrated curriculum to heal and form souls in the love of Christ and has fully embraced the mission of this high school as a seed of the New Evangelization.
Ollie grew up in Shawnee, KS and attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Rockhurst High School. He now leads the Sunday choir at Coronation of Our Lady in Grandview, MO and resides a five-minute walk away from the parish with his wife, Lindsay, and five sons.
Lisa Corley - Vice Chairman
As a founding trustee, I am excited to see the fruit of years of planning for Kansas City’s first Classical Catholic High School. I have been married to my husband, John, for 20 years and we have four children, ages 18, 17, 15 and 13. From an early age I knew that God was calling me to the vocation of teaching. God has given me a deep love for education and for children.
I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education with minors in Literature and History from the University of Kansas and worked in public schools before starting a family. For the past decade, I have studied classical Catholic education tirelessly and educated my own children in this model. I prayed for seven years that God would use me in some capacity to transform and renew Catholic education in Kansas City. He answered my prayers when I was hired at Borromeo Academy in Gladstone, MO, to lead the transition to the classical model, and is continuing that good work in my position at Christ the King School in Kansas City, KS. I graduated last summer from a three-year Masters level certification program for classical teaching, with the Circe Institute.
I have found my vocation in spreading the news and philosophy of this most humane way to educate a soul. Kansas City is becoming a leader in the revival of the Catholic liberal arts. It is an honor to serve on the board for Chesterton Academy of St Philip Neri.
Charlotte Ostermann - Secretary
Charlotte is a Catholic culture enthusiast. As a writer and educator she offers an insightful and poetic counterpoint to the project of building Catholic community in the midst of the pressures of today's frantic world. She is confident that the interior life of the Body of Christ can thrive and provide a robust response to the realities we face together. For over a decade, Charlotte has written and spoken on Catholic education and spirituality. In Souls at Rest (Angelico Press, 2018) she reflects on the role of holy leisure in the integration of Catholic spirituality and practice. That integration, made possible through the Eucharistic Sabbath is the key to freedom of the individual and the flourishing of the communities we create.
Charlotte's essays, reviews and poetry have been published in St. Austin Review, the Newman Society, Journal, Canticle, and Gilbert, and on the Catholic sites Catholic 365 and Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction, and the Wonder & Joy blog of Chesterton Academy of St. Philip Neri. Her books Souls at Work: An Invitation to Freedom, Dare Your Something, A Destiny to Burn and the Freedom Trilogy expand upon the themes of leisure, freedom, personhood, education and response to the culture. In Upschooling: Twelve Catholic Conference Keynotes, she offers the advice of a veteran homeschooler as practical support for Catholic parent educators. She offers the workshop The Place of Poetry in Catholic Formation as teacher in-service training for Catholic schools, and for homeschooling parents.
Mark Basola - Treasurer
Mark Basola is a father to seven children, including current Chesterton Academy of St. Philip Neri student Philip Basola. Professionally, he is a Vice President with Enterprise Bank & Trust, responsible for managing middle market commercial banking clients in the Kansas City region and attracting new clients to the bank.
Mark has been in banking for 15 years. He has a passion for working with privately held, family-owned businesses. Mark earned his BA in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. Mark is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Outside of the office, Mark spends time on a variety of activities focused on family and the Kansas City community. He is the Treasurer of Chesterton Academy of St. Philip Neri, and formerly on the board of reStart, serving Kansas City’s homeless population. He is a graduate of the Centurions Leadership Program through the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and an alumnus of Teach for America, where he served for two years teaching math and science in Philadelphia.
Dan Kelly - Trustee
Dan has been involved in Catholic education for nearly his entire life. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Aerospace Engineering (yes, he is a rocket scientist), Dan joined the first cohort of teaching fellows in Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (“ACE”) program, serving as a teacher for two years in Lake Charles, Louisiana and obtaining a Master of Arts in Teaching. Dan subsequently taught at Trinity School at River Ridge in Minnesota for three years before attending Ave Maria School of Law. Dan served as counsel to Chesterton Academy of the Twin Cities at the time of its founding and later served on its board as well as the board for The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Dan presently serves on the boards for Our Lady’s Montessori School in Kansas City and Adeodatus.
Dan lives in the south metro with his wife and four children and enjoys disc golf and woodworking in his spare time.
Devin Winter - Trustee
Devin Winter is owner of PWR Physio, a physical therapy company based in Lenexa. He and his wife Sarah both grew up in Kansas City and have a real love for the community. He went to Wheaton College in Illinois for an undergraduate degree in psychology prior to getting a degree in Physical Therapy from Winston Salem State in North Carolina. Both Devin and Sarah converted to the Catholic Church after college. The love for the church and the local community has helped spark his interest in developing a Chesterton Academy here in Kansas City. Devin and Sarah reside in Brookside with their five children and are parishioners at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish.
Katie Burton - Trustee
Katie is wife to Ryan, mother of seven, and has become a new homesteader with the purchase of an old farmhouse in the country near Leavenworth, Ks. She has always been interested in education and holds a Bachelor's degree in Education and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas. Her older two boys attend Chesterton Academy, and she currently homeschools her younger children. Katie has many years of experience organizing sports and other activities for children and teens, and enjoys networking and connecting others. Katie has a special affinity for the Three Hearts and desires to entrust everything to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and most Chaste Heart of St. Josep
Matt Kutz - Trustee
Matt is married to Sarah and they have four children, two of whom attend Chesterton Academy of St. Philip Neri. Sarah uses a Charlotte Mason and classical approach to homeschooling, which focuses on teaching through stories that engage the students. Matt has worked as a Systems Architect at Oracle Health, formerly Cerner, since 2008. He is a graduate of the Great Books program, the Program of Liberal Studies, at Notre Dame. Chesterton Academy is a dream in the making since Lisa Corley and Matt attended the Chesterton Conference in fall of 2019. They are very excited it is now a reality!