Board of Directors
In 2014-2015, two of the original administrators (and several other board administrators) decided that they should move to a Volunteer Board of Directors in order to provide CHA with the means to recruit and train younger moms who could eventually lead the organization. An existing 'advisory board' then became the permanent board of directors just last year and this board continues to develop and grow. Currently, there are eight volunteers sitting on the board.
2024-2025 Board of Directors
Bill Jenkins
Has been the Headmaster since the 2017-2018 school year. He has been at CHA since 2009 and this is his 9th year of homeschooling. He currently tutors 9th grade Great Books, 9th Grade Logic II, 12th Grade Leadership, and is the Music Appreciation Department Chair. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University and a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal seminary, where he is currently a Associate Professor in church history and liturgical music and the choir director. He is also a piano teacher and enjoys baseball, football and basketball.
Tracey Willet
Tracey has been homeschooling at CHA since 2014. She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Literature and Culture from Washington College and completed graduate classes at Central Connecticut State University. At first, Tracey was intimidated by homeschooling as it seemed a "daunting task." After visiting public and private schools, a friend recommended CHA... they knew after their first day that CHA was a good fit for them! Tracey is also a writer and will have her third devotional printed in a magazine this winter and had a piece published in Focus on the Family.
Stacy Baxter
Stacy has been at CHA since 2014. She has a Business Degree from Shepherd University and is the Financial and Facility Director for CHA along with handling anything technical. She spends her free time traveling with her family, watching her 2 daughters in sports, volunteering and giving back to the community. Stacy loves CHA and the benefit of the hybrid approach.
Rosalie Seeley
Rosalie's family has been homeschooling their eight children since 2006 and attending CHA since 2010. After graduating from Towson University with a BS in Early Childhood Education, she taught 4-year-olds for 5 years. From there, she earned a Master's in Occupational Therapy, and worked for Kennedy Krieger Institute in their Child and Family Support Program as a Pediatric OT, traveling to family homes to provide therapy. She is currently the preschool tutor and department coordinator for the primary grades at CHA. Rosalie and her husband have been involved with the Pre-Cana marriage preparation program at St. John Westminster Catholic Church for 22 years, and also assist with pro-life and homeschool ministries there. Rosalie loves to spend time with her family hiking, gardening, and reading.
Erika Adam
Erika has been homeschooling with Christiana since 2010. Erika was a music major at Towson University, but also minored in French and Spanish, and has completed graduate coursework in Theology. When not homeschooling, she teaches music through Carroll Music Teachers as well as Carroll Community College. She has taught Latin, Spanish, Great Books, Music Theory, Logic, and Senior Thesis at Christiana. She also serves as Dean of Academic Support, Department Coordinator for Great Books, English and Latin, and serves on the CHA Board of Directors. Erika is deeply passionate about tutoring at Christiana, but she finds her greatest joy in seeing the fruits of classical education develop in her five beautiful children.
Sean Bittner
Sean graduated from CHA in 2019 after spending 14 years in the program. In 2023, he was awarded his Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from Hillsdale College. His favorite pastimes include baseball, music, chess, and reading the classics.
Devin Rhoad
Devin is a former CHA parent from 2016 until 2021, when he and his family moved away from Maryland. He has degrees in Finance and Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and has spent his career so far in the life and health insurance field, both as a regulator and on the industry side. He and his wife Erinn homeschool their 9 children in rural Clearfield, PA, where they are active with their church community and the homeschool academic co-op in their area.
Joseph Paschal
Chair, Board of Directors
Joe’s family started homeschooling in 2008, and they have been at CHA since 2018. Joe is currently Pastor of Ministries at LifePoint Church and has been on staff there since 2011. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministries and Missions from Asbury University and a Master of Arts in TESOL from Azusa Pacific University. Prior to LifePoint, Joe worked with World Relief, English Language Institute in China, and The Salvation Army. His 3 kids have helped him develop a love of Broadway musicals (which he did not possess prior to kids). And he enjoys time biking, barbecuing, and being at the beach.
PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Catherine Milstead
Kristin Bird
Eileen Lohrmann
Karen Leatherwood
Kim Jernigan
Karen Landry
Renee Denny
Tina Dubyoski
Andrea Brown
Laura Hamilton
Sue Ehrgott
Amy Bittner
Gretchen Sisk
Erica Hansbrough
Nicolette Coffey
Alex Fielding
Sherrie Harrison
Marianne Hussle
Laura Staley
Lou Stachowiak
Thank you to these individuals for their past service to CHA
Has been the Headmaster since the 2017-2018 school year. He has been at CHA since 2009 and this is his 9th year of homeschooling. He currently tutors 9th grade Great Books, 9th Grade Logic II, 12th Grade Leadership, and is the Music Appreciation Department Chair. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University and a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal seminary, where he is currently a Associate Professor in church history and liturgical music and the choir director. He is also a piano teacher and enjoys baseball, football and basketball.
Tracey Willet
Tracey has been homeschooling at CHA since 2014. She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Literature and Culture from Washington College and completed graduate classes at Central Connecticut State University. At first, Tracey was intimidated by homeschooling as it seemed a "daunting task." After visiting public and private schools, a friend recommended CHA... they knew after their first day that CHA was a good fit for them! Tracey is also a writer and will have her third devotional printed in a magazine this winter and had a piece published in Focus on the Family.
Stacy Baxter
Stacy has been at CHA since 2014. She has a Business Degree from Shepherd University and is the Financial and Facility Director for CHA along with handling anything technical. She spends her free time traveling with her family, watching her 2 daughters in sports, volunteering and giving back to the community. Stacy loves CHA and the benefit of the hybrid approach.
Rosalie Seeley
Rosalie's family has been homeschooling their eight children since 2006 and attending CHA since 2010. After graduating from Towson University with a BS in Early Childhood Education, she taught 4-year-olds for 5 years. From there, she earned a Master's in Occupational Therapy, and worked for Kennedy Krieger Institute in their Child and Family Support Program as a Pediatric OT, traveling to family homes to provide therapy. She is currently the preschool tutor and department coordinator for the primary grades at CHA. Rosalie and her husband have been involved with the Pre-Cana marriage preparation program at St. John Westminster Catholic Church for 22 years, and also assist with pro-life and homeschool ministries there. Rosalie loves to spend time with her family hiking, gardening, and reading.
Erika Adam
Erika has been homeschooling with Christiana since 2010. Erika was a music major at Towson University, but also minored in French and Spanish, and has completed graduate coursework in Theology. When not homeschooling, she teaches music through Carroll Music Teachers as well as Carroll Community College. She has taught Latin, Spanish, Great Books, Music Theory, Logic, and Senior Thesis at Christiana. She also serves as Dean of Academic Support, Department Coordinator for Great Books, English and Latin, and serves on the CHA Board of Directors. Erika is deeply passionate about tutoring at Christiana, but she finds her greatest joy in seeing the fruits of classical education develop in her five beautiful children.
Sean Bittner
Sean graduated from CHA in 2019 after spending 14 years in the program. In 2023, he was awarded his Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from Hillsdale College. His favorite pastimes include baseball, music, chess, and reading the classics.
Devin Rhoad
Devin is a former CHA parent from 2016 until 2021, when he and his family moved away from Maryland. He has degrees in Finance and Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and has spent his career so far in the life and health insurance field, both as a regulator and on the industry side. He and his wife Erinn homeschool their 9 children in rural Clearfield, PA, where they are active with their church community and the homeschool academic co-op in their area.
Joseph Paschal
Chair, Board of Directors
Joe’s family started homeschooling in 2008, and they have been at CHA since 2018. Joe is currently Pastor of Ministries at LifePoint Church and has been on staff there since 2011. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministries and Missions from Asbury University and a Master of Arts in TESOL from Azusa Pacific University. Prior to LifePoint, Joe worked with World Relief, English Language Institute in China, and The Salvation Army. His 3 kids have helped him develop a love of Broadway musicals (which he did not possess prior to kids). And he enjoys time biking, barbecuing, and being at the beach.
PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Catherine Milstead
Kristin Bird
Eileen Lohrmann
Karen Leatherwood
Kim Jernigan
Karen Landry
Renee Denny
Tina Dubyoski
Andrea Brown
Laura Hamilton
Sue Ehrgott
Amy Bittner
Gretchen Sisk
Erica Hansbrough
Nicolette Coffey
Alex Fielding
Sherrie Harrison
Marianne Hussle
Laura Staley
Lou Stachowiak
Thank you to these individuals for their past service to CHA
