Steve Virgadamo – An Expert and Thought Leader

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Steve Virgadamo An Expert and Thought Leader
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Steve Virgadamo attended prestigious St. Francis
College in Brooklyn, New York. The college was
founded in 1859 and was the first private school
in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The
college is ranked as one of the best
baccalaureate colleges in the state of New York.
He pursued graduate studies in Public
Administration at Long Island University,
Brooklyn, NY. The university aims to provide
effective and moderately priced education and is
one of the most prominent universities in the
area. He completed his Post Graduate work in
Fundraising and Not for Profit Management at the
New School for Social Research, New York. Steven
Virgadamo also attended the United States Air
Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO where he
was prepared to serve as a combat ready officer.
While he has left a life at mach 2 and that of an
officer behind, Steve Virgadamo can always be
counted on to be a diplomat and a gentleman.
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Steve Virgadamo established the foundation for
the Advancement of Catholic Schools in Hartford,
CT before joining the Diocese of Wilmington as a
Director of Development and Stewardship. Later
on, he joined Catholic School Management, Inc.
(CSM), Madison, CT as the Vice President for
Institutional Advancement. He provided strategic
vision to the firm and supervised various staff
members retained to strengthen the advancement
efforts and board development of Catholic
educational institutions within the United States
and abroad. He, then, joined the Legion of
Christ, Inc., as a Chief Development Officer for
North American Territory.
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Today, Steve Virgadamo is working as an Associate
Director at University of Notre Dames Alliance
for Catholic Education (ACE). Steven Virgadamo
believes that effective educational reform can
only come from effective and visionary leaders
and in his leadership role at ACE he works to
provide teachers and administrators with the
vision, passion and skill sets to serve the
education needs of children in Catholic Schools.
He provides guidance to the teams of consultants
and researchers working with client schools to
improve the Academic Excellence, Business
Operations, Catholic Identity, Governance and
Enrollment Management of all schools. He conducts
assessments of schools and school systems to
identify strategies that can increase the
academic excellence, mission effectiveness, and
school viability. Most importantly, Steven
Virgadamo believes that standards based
curriculum and support for students are not
mutually exclusive and that both can be found in
successful schools.
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Steve Virgadamo is a talented and innovative
executive who has knowledge as well as skills in
educational administration, strategic planning,
institutional advancement, and marketing. He is
an effective leader, problem solver, and
motivational speaker. He delivers lectures,
seminars and workshops on various education
administration issues and other topics such as
theology of fundraising, at colleges,
universities, or symposiums. Steve Virgadamo
attended the United States Air Force Academy and
is internationally recognized as a facilitator of
innovative solutions to critical challenges.
Steven Virgadamo is unquestionably not only a
thought leader In educational administration,
strategic planning and marketing but has proven
himself repeatedly as a results driven diplomat,
with the ability to think strategically and
implement operationally.
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Thanks Steve Virgadamo