President – Agnelo G. Gonsalves Vice President – Glenda Bastian Secretary – Carol Figueira Assistant Secretary – Joy Joseph Treasurer – Gnananesan M Anthonyraj President Elect – Gabriel Francis
Devotion / Liturgy Committee
Faustina Archer
Shanthi Antonyraj
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Joy Joseph
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
John Lee
Sheryl Nazareth
Web and Media Committee
Jefreena Packianathan Millan
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Dr. Valeri Semendy
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos
Bob Nathan
Puthupparampil V Scaria
Special Events Committee
Sheryl Nazareth
Shalini D’Souza
Joy Joseph
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos
Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy
Members at Large
John Whittle
Christopher Pereira
Jude V Gomez
Harold Dsouza
Dr. Patricia Gomez
T.C. Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Len&Brenda D’Costa
Andy Swarna
Iggy&Severina Dsouza
Claudette Brito
Edward Peries
James V Dante
Joseph Croos [Chair]
Robert Nathan
Puthupparampil Scaria
Special Events Committee
Sheryl Nazareth [Chair]
Shalini D’Souza
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos [Chair]
Rita Nathan
Prema Ranjan
Public Relations Committee
Puthupparampil V Scaria [Chair]
Members at Large
Harold Dsouza
Patricia Gomez
TC Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Len & Brenda D’Costa
Andy Swarna
Iggy & Severina DSsouza
Claudette Britto
Edward Peries
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 Millan 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 – Anil D’Souza
Velankanni Devotional Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan [Chair] Faustina Archer Dominic Francis
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Pushparajan Arokiaswamy [Chair]
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves [Chair] Fred Semendy John Whittle Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Marielena Faria [Chair]
Web and Media Committee
Jefreena Packianathan Millan [Chair]
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas [Chair]
Membership Committee
Valerie Semendy [Chair]
Finance Committee
Puthupparampil Scaria [Chair] Member – Robert Nathan Joseph Croos
Special Events Committee
John Whittle [Chair] Shalini Kapur [Co-Chair] Shalini D’Souza
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy [Chair]
Members at Large
Henry Gomes (Bengali) TC Geeverghese (Kerela) Anand Swarna (Telegu) Fred Semendy (Anglo Indian / Kerela) Sumathi Croos (Tamil) Patricia Shukla Gomez (Bangla) Anthony Gonsalves (Goan) Arockia Selvam (Tamil)
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
Mariaselvam Chinnappan [Chair] Faustina Archer Noela Francis Shalini Kapur
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Pushparajan Arokiaswamy [Chair]
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves [Chair] Fred Semendy John Whittle Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Henry Gomes TC Geeverghese Anil D’Souza David Pavanal Anand Swarna Reynel Castelino Fred Semendy Johnson John Joseph Croos Sumathi Croos Patricia Shukla Gomez Anthony Gonsalves KP Vergheese
Prior Executive Board and Committees
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
2022
Executive Committee
President – Agnelo G. Gonsalves
Vice President – Glenda Bastian
Secretary – Carol Figueira
Assistant Secretary – Joy Joseph
Treasurer – Gnananesan M Anthonyraj
President Elect – Gabriel Francis
Devotion / Liturgy Committee
Faustina Archer
Shanthi Antonyraj
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Joy Joseph
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
John Lee
Sheryl Nazareth
Web and Media Committee
Jefreena Packianathan Millan
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Dr. Valeri Semendy
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos
Bob Nathan
Puthupparampil V Scaria
Special Events Committee
Sheryl Nazareth
Shalini D’Souza
Joy Joseph
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos
Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy
Members at Large
John Whittle
Christopher Pereira
Jude V Gomez
Harold Dsouza
Dr. Patricia Gomez
T.C. Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Len&Brenda D’Costa
Andy Swarna
Iggy&Severina Dsouza
Claudette Brito
Edward Peries
James V Dante
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2021
Executive Committee
President – Agnelo G. Gonsalves
Vice President – John Whittle
Secretary – Carol Figueira
Treasurer – Joseph Croos
President Elect – Gabriel Francis
Devotion / Liturgy Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan [Chair]
Faustina Archer
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Pushparajan Arokiaswamy [Chair]
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves [Chair]
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Johnlee Figueira [Chair]
Sheryl Nazareth [Co-Chair]
Web and Media Committee
Robert Nathan [Chair]
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas [Chair]
Membership Committee
Valerie Semendy [Chair]
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos [Chair]
Robert Nathan
Puthupparampil Scaria
Special Events Committee
Sheryl Nazareth [Chair]
Shalini D’Souza
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos [Chair]
Rita Nathan
Prema Ranjan
Public Relations Committee
Puthupparampil V Scaria [Chair]
Members at Large
Harold Dsouza
Patricia Gomez
TC Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Len & Brenda D’Costa
Andy Swarna
Iggy & Severina DSsouza
Claudette Britto
Edward Peries
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2019
Executive Committee
President – John Whittle
Vice President – Gabriel Francis
Secretary – Carol Figueira
Treasurer – Anil D’Souza
President Elect – Agnelo Gonsalves
Devotion / Liturgy Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan [Chair]
Faustina Archer
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Pushparajan Arokiaswamy [Chair]
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves [Chair]
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Joanne Poovan [Chair]
Sheena Johnpeter [Co-Chair]
Web and Media Committee
Jefreena Packianathan Millan [Chair]
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas [Chair]
Membership Committee
Valerie Semendy [Chair]
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos [Chair]
Robert Nathan
Puthupparampil Scaria
Special Events Committee
Sheryl Nazareth [Chair]
Shalini D’Souza
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos [Chair]
Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy [Chair]
Members at Large
Harold Dsouza
Patricia Gomez
TC Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Len & Brenda D’Costa
Andy Swarna
Iggy & Severina DSsouza
Claudette Britto
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2018
Executive Committee
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 Millan
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 – Anil D’Souza
Velankanni Devotional Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan [Chair]
Faustina Archer
Dominic Francis
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Pushparajan Arokiaswamy [Chair]
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves [Chair]
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Marielena Faria [Chair]
Web and Media Committee
Jefreena Packianathan Millan [Chair]
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas [Chair]
Membership Committee
Valerie Semendy [Chair]
Finance Committee
Puthupparampil Scaria [Chair]
Member – Robert Nathan
Joseph Croos
Special Events Committee
John Whittle [Chair]
Shalini Kapur [Co-Chair]
Shalini D’Souza
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy [Chair]
Members at Large
Henry Gomes (Bengali)
TC Geeverghese (Kerela)
Anand Swarna (Telegu)
Fred Semendy (Anglo Indian / Kerela)
Sumathi Croos (Tamil)
Patricia Shukla Gomez (Bangla)
Anthony Gonsalves (Goan)
Arockia Selvam (Tamil)
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2017
Executive Committee
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
Mariaselvam Chinnappan [Chair]
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Shalini Kapur
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Pushparajan Arokiaswamy [Chair]
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves [Chair]
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Marielena Faria [Chair]
Web and Media Committee
Flyn Mendes [Chair]
Lazarus Devanesan
Jefreena Packianathan Millan
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas [Chair]
Membership Committee
Rita Nathan [Chair]
Johan Antony
Finance Committee
Puthupparampil Scaria [Chair]
Robert Nathan
Special Events Committee
John Whittle [Chair]
Public Relations Committee
Lovee Lopes-Faison [Chair]
Members at Large
Henry Gomes
TC Geeverghese
Anil D’Souza
David Pavanal
Anand Swarna
Reynel Castelino
Fred Semendy
Johnson John
Joseph Croos
Sumathi Croos
Patricia Shukla Gomez
Anthony Gonsalves
KP Vergheese
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