Steve Virgadamo created a strategic vision for growth and supervised the staff of six development professionals. He planned and implemented an annual Diocesan Campaign which generated $5 million annually. He provided oversight to the implementation of increased offertory/ stewardship programs in 57 parishes. He also implemented a capital campaign to secure $50 million to renovate existing parishes and construct new parish campuses.
2. Steve Virgadamo attended prestigious St. Francis College in
Brooklyn, New York. The college was founded in 1859 and
was the first private school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Brooklyn. The college is ranked as one of the best
baccalaureate colleges in the state of New York. He pursued
graduate studies in Public Administration at Long Island
University, Brooklyn, NY. The university aims to provide
effective and moderately priced education and is one of the
most prominent universities in the area. He completed his Post
Graduate work in Fundraising and Not for Profit Management
at the New School for Social Research, New York. Steven
Virgadamo also attended the United States Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs, CO where he was prepared to serve as a
combat ready officer. While he has left a life at mach 2 and that
of an officer behind, Steve Virgadamo can always be counted
on to be a diplomat and a gentleman.
3. Steve Virgadamo established the foundation for the
Advancement of Catholic Schools in Hartford, CT before
joining the Diocese of Wilmington as a Director of
Development and Stewardship. Later on, he joined Catholic
School Management, Inc. (CSM), Madison, CT as the Vice
President for Institutional Advancement. He provided
strategic vision to the firm and supervised various staff
members retained to strengthen the advancement efforts and
board development of Catholic educational institutions within
the United States and abroad. He, then, joined the Legion of
Christ, Inc., as a Chief Development Officer for North
American Territory.
4. Today, Steve Virgadamo is working as an Associate Director at
University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education
(ACE). Steven Virgadamo believes that effective educational
reform can only come from effective and visionary leaders and in
his leadership role at ACE he works to provide teachers and
administrators with the vision, passion and skill sets to serve the
education needs of children in Catholic Schools. He provides
guidance to the teams of consultants and researchers working with
client schools to improve the Academic Excellence, Business
Operations, Catholic Identity, Governance and Enrollment
Management of all schools. He conducts assessments of schools
and school systems to identify strategies that can increase the
academic excellence, mission effectiveness, and school viability.
Most importantly, Steven Virgadamo believes that standards based
curriculum and support for students are not mutually exclusive
and that both can be found in successful schools.
5. Steve Virgadamo is a talented and innovative executive who has
knowledge as well as skills in educational administration, strategic
planning, institutional advancement, and marketing. He is an
effective leader, problem solver, and motivational speaker. He
delivers lectures, seminars and workshops on various education
administration issues and other topics such as theology of
fundraising, at colleges, universities, or symposiums. Steve
Virgadamo attended the United States Air Force Academy and is
internationally recognized as a facilitator of innovative solutions
to critical challenges. Steven Virgadamo is unquestionably not
only a thought leader In educational administration, strategic
planning and marketing but has proven himself repeatedly as a
results driven diplomat, with the ability to think strategically and
implement operationally.
