President – Harold D’Souza
Harold Naveen D’Souza, is an Information Technology professional based in the Washington DC metro region. Hailing from Mangalore, India, Harold has lived and served in several countries in multi-cultural environments. He has keen interest in human spirituality and is actively involved in helping spiritual and charitable causes through churches and social organizations. He is the president of CREST International, a non-profit organization supporting childhood cancer patients in Mangalore. Harold has an M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from George Washington University and runs his own IT consultancy. Read the Annual President’s Message
Vice President – Jefreena Packianathan
Having grown up with IACA over the last 15 years, Jefreena has served on the choir, played the piano, been an altar server, lector, and a rosary leader, danced at IACA events, and lead fundraising events for the youth. She has served on the IACA Board as the Youth Leader for the past 4 years and most recently, has helped organize technology initiatives to improve IACA’s back-end systems and website. Jefreena also has an M.S. degree in Human-Centered Computing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and currently works as a Cloud-Services Consultant at Appirio.
Secretary – Sheena Johnpeter
Treasurer – Prema Packianathan
Velankanni Devotional Committee
Chair – Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Member – Faustina Archer
Member – Noela Francis
Member – Shalini Kapur
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Chair – Pushparajan Arokiaswamy
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Chair – Agnelo Gonsalves
Member – Fred Semendy
Member – John Whittle
Member – Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Chair – Marielena Faria
Web and Media Committee
Chair – Flyn Mendes
Member – Lazarus Devanesan
Editor
Chair – Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Chair – Rita Nathan
Member – Johan Antony
Finance Committee
Chair – Puthupparampil Scaria
Member – Robert Nathan
Special Events Committee
Chair – John Whittle
Public Relations Committee
Chair – Lovee Lopes-Faison
Members at Large
Member – Henry Gomes
Member – TC Geeverghese
Member – Anil D’Souza
Member – David Pavanal
Member – Anand Swarna
Member – Reynel Castelino
Member – Fred Semendy
Member – Johnson John
Member – Joseph Croos
Member – Sumathi Croos
Member – Patricia Shukla Gomez
Member – Anthony Gonsalves
Member – KP Vergheese
2017 Executive Board and Committees
Executive Committee
Harold Naveen D’Souza, is an Information Technology professional based in the Washington DC metro region. Hailing from Mangalore, India, Harold has lived and served in several countries in multi-cultural environments. He has keen interest in human spirituality and is actively involved in helping spiritual and charitable causes through churches and social organizations. He is the president of CREST International, a non-profit organization supporting childhood cancer patients in Mangalore. Harold has an M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from George Washington University and runs his own IT consultancy.
Read the Annual President’s Message
Having grown up with IACA over the last 15 years, Jefreena has served on the choir, played the piano, been an altar server, lector, and a rosary leader, danced at IACA events, and lead fundraising events for the youth. She has served on the IACA Board as the Youth Leader for the past 4 years and most recently, has helped organize technology initiatives to improve IACA’s back-end systems and website. Jefreena also has an M.S. degree in Human-Centered Computing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and currently works as a Cloud-Services Consultant at Appirio.
Secretary – Sheena Johnpeter
Treasurer – Prema Packianathan
Velankanni Devotional Committee
Chair – Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Member – Faustina Archer
Member – Noela Francis
Member – Shalini Kapur
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Chair – Pushparajan Arokiaswamy
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Chair – Agnelo Gonsalves
Member – Fred Semendy
Member – John Whittle
Member – Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Chair – Marielena Faria
Web and Media Committee
Chair – Flyn Mendes
Member – Lazarus Devanesan
Editor
Chair – Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Chair – Rita Nathan
Member – Johan Antony
Finance Committee
Chair – Puthupparampil Scaria
Member – Robert Nathan
Special Events Committee
Chair – John Whittle
Public Relations Committee
Chair – Lovee Lopes-Faison
Members at Large
Member – Henry Gomes
Member – TC Geeverghese
Member – Anil D’Souza
Member – David Pavanal
Member – Anand Swarna
Member – Reynel Castelino
Member – Fred Semendy
Member – Johnson John
Member – Joseph Croos
Member – Sumathi Croos
Member – Patricia Shukla Gomez
Member – Anthony Gonsalves
Member – KP Vergheese