As Director of Mission and Ministry at McQuaid Jesuit, Dr. Damian Zynda forms leaders in McQuaid Jesuit’s adult community in Ignatian Spirituality and Jesuit Pedagogy. She holds a doctorate in Theology from the University of St. Michael’s College, the Toronto School of Theology (2004), and Certifications in Advanced Jesuit Studies from Boston College (2016), Spiritual Direction in the Spiritual Exercises, Loyola House, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (1991), and Supervision of Spiritual Directors from St. Meinrad’s School of Theology, St. Meinrad, Indiana (2014).  Since 2004 she has been on faculty in the Christian Spirituality and Master of Ministry Programs at Creighton University forming spiritual directors in the Ignatian Tradition for almost two decades. Damian is an active member of the JSN Ignatian Identity and Mission Officers’ Cohort and UNE Province Mission and Identity Cohort.

Mr. Elliott Gualtiere is beginning his 19th year at Fairfield Prep and serves the school community as their Dean of Mission and Ministry. As Dean of Mission and Ministry, he coordinates the adult faith formation programming which includes faculty/staff, parents, alumni, and the Board of Governors. He also oversees the Campus Ministry department which coordinates all the religious and spiritual life programming for students. Elliott has worked in ministry for the past 25 years as a theology teacher, campus minister, and parish youth minister. Elliott is a certified Spiritual Director and received his Spiritual Direction formation and certification through the Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Fairfield University. He lives in Shelton, CT with his wife and children.

Mr. Bob Stephan is the Director of the Office for Mission at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. Since 2005, Bob has served as a spiritual director or facilitator of the Spiritual Exercises in various contexts in Chicago, Boston, Orange County, CA, and Seattle. He completed his first spiritual direction training program at Loyola Chicago with additional formation at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos. Bob holds degrees in theology and spirituality from Loyola University Chicago and Boston College and is committed to applying the transformative wisdom of St. Ignatius to our 21st Century context.