Meet the Staff

Our Development Staff is happy to assist you in supporting the mission of OLV Charities. If you would like to speak with one of our staff members about estate planning, various gifting opportunities, joining our Legacy Alliance or to support capital needs, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our staff travels the country to assist our donors in achieving their philanthropic goals. Please give us a call - we would be happy to hear from you, learn more about your reason for support, and most importantly - thank you on behalf of the children, teens and families you support!

EILEEN HUDSON CFRE- CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
Telephone: 716-828-7585
Email: [email protected]

CRONAN LONG - Director, Major Gifts & Planned Giving
Telephone: 716-828-9572
Email: [email protected]

Kevin P. McLaughlin - DIRECTOR, ANNUAL GIVING & LEADERSHIP GIFTS
Telephone: 716-828-9530
Email: [email protected]

THOMAS C. LAJEWSKI - DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION GIVING
Telephone: 716-828-9642
Email: [email protected]

SHANNON DONOVAN - Special Events and Mission Advancement Operations Manager
Telephone: 716-828-9610
Email: [email protected]

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Throughout our history, bequests have played an integral role in shaping the future of OLV Charities. Our Victory Remembrance Society honors those individuals and families who have put our organization in their estate plans.

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National Ambassador, Katie Forbrich

On a recent milestone birthday, Katie Forbrich found herself thinking about her earliest days. Like so many, she and her older brother had been adopted out of OLV Infant Home. And, like so many, her thoughts never seemed to have left the "City of Charity" completely, no matter where life took her.

National Ambassador, Maggie Best

When one listens to Maggie Best talk about Father Nelson Baker and his legacy of caring, the OLV organizations, it's hard not to get enthused.

National Ambassador, Bobby and Haley Kovey

Amid a very competitive business industry, Bobby Kovey sought God's guidance to ensure his ethics and morals were always the top priorities of his work within the family business he and his wife, Haley, had built.

National Ambassador, Nick Sawicki

"Father Baker is a beacon of hope, inspiring me every day," says Nicholas Sawicki, a native of Lackawanna, N.Y, who now lives in New York City and serves as special assistant to the president and editor-in-chief of America Media, publisher of the popular America magazine.

National Ambassador, Tom Sheehan

Mary touches hearts. Such is the belief of a native of Western New York, Tom Sheehan, who now serves as Dealer Principal of Sheehan Buick GMC in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Vukelic Donor Story: A Family Tradition

For generations, the Vukelic Family has weaved threads of gold into a tapestry of love for the fragile, vulnerable, neglected, and rejected children here at "Father Baker's." The family...

The Beck Family

The Beck Family has ties to "Father Baker's" that go back nearly 100 years and Carol Beck continues to maintain this legacy. After emigrating from Austria and the Czech Republic to Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania...

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A Legacy of Caring

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