Cardinal Ritter Birthplace Foundation, Inc. operates under a Board of Directors.
Updated January 16, 2026
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Mike Carter, Chair
Tom Quinkert, Vice-Chair
Rosie Shannon, Secretary
Corinne Moore, Treasurer
Rev. Stephen Banet
John Blocker, Past Chair
Edward Clere
Sarah Boyd Crane
Ray Day, Archivist
Homer Ferree MD
Chris Gahagen
Phil Hendershot
David Hock, Founding Chair
Pat Leist-Stumler
Robert Wells
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Fred Ernstberger, Ann Kulwicki, Carl Malysz, Susie Reis, Greg Sekula, Letitia “Letty” Walter, Kris Wilberding
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
Matt Lincoln, Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus Cardinal Ritter Council #1221
HONORARY MEMBERS
Most Reverend Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, IN
His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Tobin, C.SS.R, Archdiocese of Newark, NJF
Most Reverend Archbishop William E. Lori, Archdiocese of Baltimore, MD
Most Reverend Archbishop Paul D. Etienne, Archbishop of Seattle, WA
Nob. Comm Raniero Salvaggi, Antichamber of His Holiness, Rome, Italy
FRIENDS OF THE BOARD
Reverend Troy D. Overton, Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Thomas More Parishes, Louisville, KY
Reverend Dan Atkins, Retired, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, IN
Most Reverend Shelton J. Fabre, Catholic Archdiiocese of Louisville
Scott Waters, Pro bono Attorney for CRBFI
Fred Ernstberger, Neighorhood Resourse Center, Mgr.
Members of the Board of Directors as of December 16, 2025 with President of University of Notre Dame Fr. Robert Dowd. Left to Right: Fr. Stephen Banet, John Blocker (Chair), David Hock (Founding Chair), Ed Clere, Mike Carter (Vice-Chair), Rosie Shannon (Secretary and cousin of Fr. Dowd), Father Dowd, portrait of Cardinal Joseph E. Ritter, Ray Day (kneeling), Phil Hendershot, Corinne Moore (Treasurer), Sarah Crane, Pat Leist-Stumler, Bob Wells, and Tom Quinkert.
On April 7, 2013, then Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin (now Cardinal of Newark, NJ) visited the Cardinal Ritter Birthplace. Pictures with him from left to right are board members Ed Clere, Mary Kay Wolford, David Hock (Chair), Greg Sekula (Vice Chair), Letitia Walter, Ray Day and Kris Wilberding (Treasurer).
