Gabriel Francis has been a IACA founding member since its inception in 1993. He was also a member of the IACA – National Coordinating Committee of the Vailankanni Oratory Project at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC. He worked in the Executive Committee, especially with the Young Adults Committee as well as the Special Events Committee. In 1993 he led a delegation of young adults from IACA to attend the World Youth Day in Denver where they all met Pope John Paul II and celebrated 3 days of prayer and fellowship. He emigrated from Mumbai in 1975 and currently lives in Rockville Maryland with Princess and his younger two sons: Jonathan and Nicholas. Gabriel’s eldest son Peter has a son and daughter and currently resides nearby in Sandy Springs, Md. During Gabriel’s free time and most weekends, you will find him surrounded with his two grandchildren. Gabriel works for Fedtek as a systems hardware engineer and had an extensive tenure with HP for 27 years. He loves to do handyman’s work and is willing to assist anyone that may require his talents. Gabriel also loves to travel and show out-of-towners DC and neighboring states. Gabriel is also a member of the Goan association and APCN (Asian and Pacific Island Catholic Network) Now he is the newly elected President of IACA for the year 2023-2024. Please welcome him and pray for him that he may carry out his duties with grace and humility through the intercession of Our Lady of Good Health Vailankanni.
Vice President – John Whittle
John Whittle is a founding member of IACA. He proudly represents the Anglo-Indian community. As a longtime member, he has been active in planning annual pilgrimages to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and to the Basilica in Washington, D.C. He is best known for being the friendly face in charge of organizing the pilgrimage procession before the mass at the Basilica. He was the President of IACA from 2019-2020. He has been Vice President of IACA from 2020-2024.
Secretary – Caryll Pereira
Caryll was born in Bombay, India to a devout Catholic family that centered traditions and beliefs around the Church. She was fortunate to have the guiding influence of her two uncles who joined the priesthood, and an aunt who serves as a nun in the Vatican. It is because of her background that she has always been drawn to doing volunteering work in church activities. She holds a Bachelor degrees’ in Commerce and Law from the Mumbai university. She held down a job with Air India as an accounts manager, that gave her a global perspective in life. This also gave her an opportunity to see the world and she chose to migrate to the USA. Caryll moved to the US in 2007 with her husband Wavell, daughter Kim & son Jeremy. She has since been an active member of the IACA. She has been attending the monthly mass/rosary and Novenas. A regular at the yearly pilgrimage as well as the Christmas get together. Caryll looks forward to giving her service to propagating the devotion to Our Mother. Volunteering is the greatest expression of her faith and commitment to the values of the IACA, community and communion.
Treasurer – Roque Viegas
Roque Viegas has over 30 years of experience volunteering for non for profit organizations. He currently works for the Center for Intercultural Education & Development at Georgetown University as the Center’s
Director of Finance and Administration in charge of financial operations and administrative functions including Human Resources, strategic planning, and enterprise risk management. Originally from Tanzania, and lived in Goa, India. Roque is currently living with his family in Maryland. Roque is also a member of the Goan Association and APCN (Asian and Pacific Island Catholic Network).
Mariaselvam Chinnappan Faustina Archer Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves Fred Semendy John Whittle Mariaselvam Chinnappan Joseph Croos [Treasurer]
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Sumati Patrick Carol & JohnLee Francis Anthonyraj
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Dr. Valeri Semendy
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos Harold D’Souza Puthupparampil V Scaria
Special Events Committee
Joy Anitha Joseph Shalini D’Souza Carol & JohnLee Shalini Kapur
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy
Legal Advisor
Jennifer Anthony
Members at Large
T.C. Geevarghese Henry Gomes David Pavanal Jude Gomez Andy Swarna Iggy & Severina Dsouza Cathy Navis John Whittle Melanie Nathan Ed Peries Christopher Pereira
Gabriel Francis has been a IACA founding member since its inception in 1993. He was also a member of the IACA – National Coordinating Committee of the Vailankanni Oratory Project at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC. He worked in the Executive Committee, especially with the Young Adults Committee as well as the Special Events Committee. In 1993 he led a delegation of young adults from IACA to attend the World Youth Day in Denver where they all met Pope John Paul II and celebrated 3 days of prayer and fellowship. He emigrated from Mumbai in 1975 and currently lives in Rockville Maryland with Princess and his younger two sons: Jonathan and Nicholas. Gabriel’s eldest son Peter has a son and daughter and currently resides nearby in Sandy Springs, Md. During Gabriel’s free time and most weekends, you will find him surrounded with his two grandchildren. Gabriel works for Fedtek as a systems hardware engineer and had an extensive tenure with HP for 27 years. He loves to do handyman’s work and is willing to assist anyone that may require his talents. Gabriel also loves to travel and show out-of-towners DC and neighboring states. Gabriel is also a member of the Goan association and APCN (Asian and Pacific Island Catholic Network) Now he is the newly elected President of IACA for the year 2023-2024. Please welcome him and pray for him that he may carry out his duties with grace and humility through the intercession of Our Lady of Good Health Vailankanni.
Vice President – V. James Dante
V James Dante is the former President of the Mangalorean Catholic Association, having served as the President of the Association from 2019 through 2022. He lives in Fairfax, VA, and hails from the coastal temple town of Udupi. He is married to Julia Dante and is blessed with 2 daughters and a granddaughter. He has done his B.Tech in Engineering from KREC/NITK Surathkal and MBA from University of Bombay. He has worked for a long time with large private organizations in India, Canada and USA, before switching to US federal government consulting. Apart from regular job, he likes spending his time leading several community organizations. During his Presidency at the Mangalorean Association, he led his committee to achieve several memorable feats, many of those for the first time in the history of the Association. He successfully steered the efforts to get the Association registered and recognized as a Non-profit (501c3) organization to be able to carry out charitable events and receive donations. He believes in team work and has been successful in tapping talents from within the committee and the community to perform. He says that the community work has helped him develop many friendships and is looking forward to helping IACA in its future endeavors.
Secretary – Caryll Pereira
Caryll was born in Bombay, India to a devout Catholic family that centered traditions and beliefs around the Church. She was fortunate to have the guiding influence of her two uncles who joined the priesthood, and an aunt who serves as a nun in the Vatican. It is because of her background that she has always been drawn to doing volunteering work in church activities. She holds a Bachelor degrees’ in Commerce and Law from the Mumbai university. She held down a job with Air India as an accounts manager, that gave her a global perspective in life. This also gave her an opportunity to see the world and she chose to migrate to the USA. Caryll moved to the US in 2007 with her husband Wavell, daughter Kim & son Jeremy. She has since been an active member of the IACA. She has been attending the monthly mass/rosary and Novenas. A regular at the yearly pilgrimage as well as the Christmas get together. Caryll looks forward to giving her service to propagating the devotion to Our Mother. Volunteering is the greatest expression of her faith and commitment to the values of the IACA, community and communion.
Treasurer – Nesan Antonyraj
Gnananesan Antonyraj (Nesan) has been an active member of IACA community, with his wife Shanthi Antonyraj, and sons Benedict Antonyraj and Francis Antonyraj. Originally from the state of Tamil Nadu in India, Nesan is currently living with his family in Cockeysville, MD. Nesan likes to volunteer in the church activities, especially prayers and attending Masses. Nesan also enjoys planning and participating in pilgrimages to churches with his family and with the IACA community. Nesan and Shanthi are consecrated to Our Lady of Schoenstatt, a Marian formation for laity. Nesan’s family is a prayerful supporter of the Religious (Priests and Nuns), and Seminarians who are studying for priesthood. He is also requesting the Catholic community’s continued support and prayers for the nourishment and prosperity of the Church’s Mission in America and around the world.
Mariaselvam Chinnappan Faustina Archer Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves Fred Semendy John Whittle Mariaselvam Chinnappan Joseph Croos [Treasurer]
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Sumati Patrick Carol & JohnLee Francis Anthonyraj
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Dr. Valeri Semendy
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos Harold D’Souza Puthupparampil V Scaria
Special Events Committee
Joy Anitha Joseph Shalini D’Souza Carol & JohnLee Shalini Kapur
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy
Legal Advisor
Jennifer Anthony
Members at Large
T.C. Geevarghese Henry Gomes David Pavanal Jude Gomez Andy Swarna Iggy & Severina Dsouza Cathy Navis John Whittle Melanie Nathan Ed Peries Christopher Pereira
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
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
2024
Executive Committee
President – Gabriel Francis
Gabriel Francis has been a IACA founding member since its inception in 1993. He was also a member of the IACA – National Coordinating Committee of the Vailankanni Oratory Project at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC. He worked in the Executive Committee, especially with the Young Adults Committee as well as the Special Events Committee. In 1993 he led a delegation of young adults from IACA to attend the World Youth Day in Denver where they all met Pope John Paul II and celebrated 3 days of prayer and fellowship.
He emigrated from Mumbai in 1975 and currently lives in Rockville Maryland with Princess and his younger two sons: Jonathan and Nicholas. Gabriel’s eldest son Peter has a son and daughter and currently resides nearby in Sandy Springs, Md. During Gabriel’s free time and most weekends, you will find him surrounded with his two grandchildren.
Gabriel works for Fedtek as a systems hardware engineer and had an extensive tenure with HP for 27 years. He loves to do handyman’s work and is willing to assist anyone that may require his talents. Gabriel also loves to travel and show out-of-towners DC and neighboring states.
Gabriel is also a member of the Goan association and APCN (Asian and Pacific Island Catholic Network) Now he is the newly elected President of IACA for the year 2023-2024. Please welcome him and pray for him that he may carry out his duties with grace and humility through the intercession of Our Lady of Good Health Vailankanni.
Vice President – John Whittle
John Whittle is a founding member of IACA. He proudly represents the Anglo-Indian community. As a longtime member, he has been active in planning annual pilgrimages to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and to the Basilica in Washington, D.C. He is best known for being the friendly face in charge of organizing the pilgrimage procession before the mass at the Basilica. He was the President of IACA from 2019-2020. He has been Vice President of IACA from 2020-2024.
Secretary – Caryll Pereira
Caryll was born in Bombay, India to a devout Catholic family that centered traditions and beliefs around the Church. She was fortunate to have the guiding influence of her two uncles who joined the priesthood, and an aunt who serves as a nun in the Vatican. It is because of her background that she has always been drawn to doing volunteering work in church activities.
She holds a Bachelor degrees’ in Commerce and Law from the Mumbai university. She held down a job with Air India as an accounts manager, that gave her a global perspective in life. This also gave her an opportunity to see the world and she chose to migrate to the USA.
Caryll moved to the US in 2007 with her husband Wavell, daughter Kim & son Jeremy. She has since been an active member of the IACA. She has been attending the monthly mass/rosary and Novenas. A regular at the yearly pilgrimage as well as the Christmas get together.
Caryll looks forward to giving her service to propagating the devotion to Our Mother. Volunteering is the greatest expression of her faith and commitment to the values of the IACA, community and communion.
Treasurer – Roque Viegas
Roque Viegas has over 30 years of experience volunteering for non for profit organizations. He currently works for the Center for Intercultural Education & Development at Georgetown University as the Center’s Director of Finance and Administration in charge of financial operations and administrative functions including Human Resources, strategic planning, and enterprise risk management. Originally from Tanzania, and lived in Goa, India. Roque is currently living with his family in Maryland. Roque is also a member of the Goan Association and APCN (Asian and Pacific Island Catholic Network).
President Elect – Dr. Patricia Gomez
Devotion / Liturgy Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Faustina Archer
Shanthi Antonyraj
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Joseph Croos [Treasurer]
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Sumati Patrick
Carol & JohnLee
Francis Anthonyraj
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Dr. Valeri Semendy
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos
Harold D’Souza
Puthupparampil V Scaria
Special Events Committee
Joy Anitha Joseph
Shalini D’Souza
Carol & JohnLee
Shalini Kapur
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos
Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy
Legal Advisor
Jennifer Anthony
Members at Large
T.C. Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Jude Gomez
Andy Swarna
Iggy & Severina Dsouza
Cathy Navis
John Whittle
Melanie Nathan
Ed Peries
Christopher Pereira
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2023
Executive Committee
President – Gabriel Francis
Gabriel Francis has been a IACA founding member since its inception in 1993. He was also a member of the IACA – National Coordinating Committee of the Vailankanni Oratory Project at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC. He worked in the Executive Committee, especially with the Young Adults Committee as well as the Special Events Committee. In 1993 he led a delegation of young adults from IACA to attend the World Youth Day in Denver where they all met Pope John Paul II and celebrated 3 days of prayer and fellowship.
He emigrated from Mumbai in 1975 and currently lives in Rockville Maryland with Princess and his younger two sons: Jonathan and Nicholas. Gabriel’s eldest son Peter has a son and daughter and currently resides nearby in Sandy Springs, Md. During Gabriel’s free time and most weekends, you will find him surrounded with his two grandchildren.
Gabriel works for Fedtek as a systems hardware engineer and had an extensive tenure with HP for 27 years. He loves to do handyman’s work and is willing to assist anyone that may require his talents. Gabriel also loves to travel and show out-of-towners DC and neighboring states.
Gabriel is also a member of the Goan association and APCN (Asian and Pacific Island Catholic Network) Now he is the newly elected President of IACA for the year 2023-2024. Please welcome him and pray for him that he may carry out his duties with grace and humility through the intercession of Our Lady of Good Health Vailankanni.
Vice President – V. James Dante
V James Dante is the former President of the Mangalorean Catholic Association, having served as the President of the Association from 2019 through 2022. He lives in Fairfax, VA, and hails from the coastal temple town of Udupi. He is married to Julia Dante and is blessed with 2 daughters and a granddaughter. He has done his B.Tech in Engineering from KREC/NITK Surathkal and MBA from University of Bombay. He has worked for a long time with large private organizations in India, Canada and USA, before switching to US federal government consulting. Apart from regular job, he likes spending his time leading several community organizations. During his Presidency at the Mangalorean Association, he led his committee to achieve several memorable feats, many of those for the first time in the history of the Association. He successfully steered the efforts to get the Association registered and recognized as a Non-profit (501c3) organization to be able to carry out charitable events and receive donations. He believes in team work and has been successful in tapping talents from within the committee and the community to perform. He says that the community work has helped him develop many friendships and is looking forward to helping IACA in its future endeavors.
Secretary – Caryll Pereira
Caryll was born in Bombay, India to a devout Catholic family that centered traditions and beliefs around the Church. She was fortunate to have the guiding influence of her two uncles who joined the priesthood, and an aunt who serves as a nun in the Vatican. It is because of her background that she has always been drawn to doing volunteering work in church activities.
She holds a Bachelor degrees’ in Commerce and Law from the Mumbai university. She held down a job with Air India as an accounts manager, that gave her a global perspective in life. This also gave her an opportunity to see the world and she chose to migrate to the USA.
Caryll moved to the US in 2007 with her husband Wavell, daughter Kim & son Jeremy. She has since been an active member of the IACA. She has been attending the monthly mass/rosary and Novenas. A regular at the yearly pilgrimage as well as the Christmas get together.
Caryll looks forward to giving her service to propagating the devotion to Our Mother. Volunteering is the greatest expression of her faith and commitment to the values of the IACA, community and communion.
Treasurer – Nesan Antonyraj
Gnananesan Antonyraj (Nesan) has been an active member of IACA community, with his wife Shanthi Antonyraj, and sons Benedict Antonyraj and Francis Antonyraj. Originally from the state of Tamil Nadu in India, Nesan is currently living with his family in Cockeysville, MD. Nesan likes to volunteer in the church activities, especially prayers and attending Masses. Nesan also enjoys planning and participating in pilgrimages to churches with his family and with the IACA community. Nesan and Shanthi are consecrated to Our Lady of Schoenstatt, a Marian formation for laity. Nesan’s family is a prayerful supporter of the Religious (Priests and Nuns), and Seminarians who are studying for priesthood. He is also requesting the Catholic community’s continued support and prayers for the nourishment and prosperity of the Church’s Mission in America and around the world.
President Elect – Dr. Patricia Gomez
Devotion / Liturgy Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Faustina Archer
Shanthi Antonyraj
Velankanni Pilgrimage Committee
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Faustina Archer
Noela Francis
Emmitsburg Velankanni Project Committee
Agnelo Gonsalves
Fred Semendy
John Whittle
Mariaselvam Chinnappan
Joseph Croos [Treasurer]
Youth and Young Adult Committee
Sumati Patrick
Carol & JohnLee
Francis Anthonyraj
Editor
Jacinta Mascarenhas
Membership Committee
Dr. Valeri Semendy
Finance Committee
Joseph Croos
Harold D’Souza
Puthupparampil V Scaria
Special Events Committee
Joy Anitha Joseph
Shalini D’Souza
Carol & JohnLee
Shalini Kapur
Social Work Committee
Sumathi Croos
Rita Nathan
Public Relations Committee
Fred Semendy
Legal Advisor
Jennifer Anthony
Members at Large
T.C. Geevarghese
Henry Gomes
David Pavanal
Jude Gomez
Andy Swarna
Iggy & Severina Dsouza
Cathy Navis
John Whittle
Melanie Nathan
Ed Peries
Christopher Pereira
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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