St. Monica has been his home since 2009 and is a father of 4 (3 Bearcats so far in 7th, 4th, and 2nd grades), a decorated Army veteran, Eagle Scout, and a graduate of Indiana University. He is currently a Cloud Architect.

Brian serves across the St. Monica community. He’s a elected officer in the St Monica Knights of Columbus as well as serving as their technical director. He is a part of the Sunday Mass Usher Team and was elected to the School Advisory Council (SAC) where he has served for 4 years. He has also volunteered to coach a variety of SMS YMCA teams.

Brian has been a very active supporter and member of the Dads’ Club serving as Vice President, Gala Chair, Gala Sponsorship Chair, Gala Raffle Chair, Chief Pastafarian, and was elected twice to DC Board Secretary, and most notably helped organize the 2019 Chainsaw Brigade in response to the devistating tornado that impacted the surrounding community.

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Mike is a Harvard graduate and business tax lawyer at Haynes and Boone. His family has been at St. Monica for almost 16 years. Mike has a 22-year-old son who is a graduate of both St. Monica and Jesuit, an 19-year-old daughter who is a graduate of St. Monica and Ursuline, and a 10-year-old son Michael, who is a rising fifth grader at St. Monica and plays drums. He came to St. Monica when his oldest son came home one day and decided he was done with his current school and wanted to try a new school. They toured St. Monica and fell in love with the community.

Fun facts: Mike spent a year and a half as a missionary in Honduras and sings and plays guitar in the band OKOTB with Jeremy and Sam.

James joined the St. Monica family in 2021 and is the father of two, Perrin (1st grade) and James IV (PK4).

He and his wife, Marissa (an Ursuline graduate), are active parishioners, having volunteered for and sponsored numerous St. Monica events, including Autumnfest, the Gala, and the Dad’s Club Golf Tournament. James is also currently serving as a sponsor for a current RCIA participant.

James holds a Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University, an M.B.A. from Texas Tech Rawls College of Business, and a J.D. from Texas Tech School of Law. After serving 13 years as an Assistant District Attorney in Dallas County, he founded the premier criminal defense firm, Aulbaugh Law Firm.

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Nicholas joined St. Monica as a parishioner in 2015 and is the father of Michael (1st Grade) & James (Kinder).

He and his wife Angela were married at St. Monica in 2016 and have both enjoyed volunteering as Autumn Fest Chairs, Mystery Readers, Lunchroom Helpers, Spaghetti Dinner Servers, and love finding ways to share their time and talent with our incredible school & church.

Nicholas holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Dallas, a fine Catholic School! He has served in leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard & IBM and currently manages Intel's OEM Storage business strategy.

Jeremy and his wife Dr. Tracey Roden have been parishioners at St. Monica since 2014-15 where their two boys Jack and Jude first attended K and Pre-K. Jack is now in 10 and 9th at Bishop Lynch. Their daughter Delaney Carolina is a Sophomore at Arkansas where she is studying criminology.

Jeremy and Tracey have volunteered on various committees throughout the last 10 years at SMS, including Autumnfest, Christmas Market, NOWF and multiple Galas. Jeremy served as Secretary for Dads’ Club in 2016-2017, Gala Chair in 2021/22, Vice President in 2022/23, and President in 2023/24 . Jeremy holds a bachelor’s degree from UNT, a M.Ed from Concordia University Texas and an MBA from LSU where he teaches in the MBA program. He is also a drummer and singer in the St. Monica originated Dad band OKOTB. In his spare time, he loves watching LSU sporting events with his family and friends.

Fun Facts: Jeremy designs and builds custom electric guitars in his home workshop and was an animator of special fx for Paramount Pictures on the Academy Award Nominated film, Jimmy Neutron in 2002.

Aaron served as Dads’ Club President for 2022/23 and has been a member of the St. Monica community for 8 years. With his wife, he has been an active member of the community; serving as the soccer coach and volunteering to support the many activities and fundraisers that assist our school. Aaron is a dedicated dad and husband to his two beautiful daughters and wife. He considers family the most important thing to him, demonstrated through his commitment to the school and community that is helping grow his girls in faith and spirit.

Justin is in his 7th year supporting the Dads’ Club. He has served as the Prohibition Gala Chair in February 2020, Vice President in 2020-2021, and President in 2021-2022. He has two wonderful girls attending St. Monica (1st and 4th Grade). Justin currently serves on the DC financial committee and continues to be a valuable asset to the St. Monica Dads’ Club a community.

Sam Ackels is a lifelong parishioner of St. Monica. Sam, and his wife Katie, volunteer and serve to assist the St. Monica Community in many activities including, Dads Club, PTO, Coaching, and Legacy Endowment Events. In addition to gala chair this year, Sam serves on the DC financial committee.

Sam has two children at St. Monica, in the 4th and 2nd Grade and their family works to promote and preserve the St. Monica Community for today and the future.

Fun Fact about Sam: Sam won the 1993 St. Monica School Field Day Sportsmanship Award and still has the trophy prominently displayed in his office! Sam also sings and plays guitar in the bands OKOTB and Brother Landry.