For the 2022-2023 school year, St. Jerome Catholic School community is excited to welcome Rodney Wilhelm as principal. Background – please share a little about your background and what brought you to Arizona and St. Jerome. I graduated from the University of Wyoming and began my teaching career in Ehrenberg, [...]
Dear Friends, There is much to celebrate in the Diocese of Phoenix and city right now! Several nominations, awards and promotions announced over past couple weeks. I admire the leadership, quality, integrity, and commitment I have witnessed to improving our community, students’ and families’ lives as well as commerce. Congratulations [...]
Fall is coming (hopefully)! Cooler temperatures, beautiful mornings and amazing sunsets are something I am looking forward to! Arizona offers freedoms not available in all 50 states, including the ability to choose how a portion of our state tax dollars are spent to support quality, Catholic education, and a parent’s right [...]
Saint Jerome Catholic School (2014), Bourgade Catholic High School (2018), Saint Mary’s College (2022) I am a second generation Mexican-American who comes from a very large, loud, and loving family of eight. I attended public school up until grade 5 where I then transferred to Saint Jerome Catholic School. Although [...]
Back to School is upon CEA for the 25th Year! Working in this industry brings back fond memories of all things back-to-school! The uniform purchases, supply shopping and book covering (wow, that really dates me) were always met with excitement and anticipation for a year filled with possibility. This year, [...]
Dear Friends, With gratitude, appreciation, and prayer I wish our students, parents, pastors, principals, faculties and staffs an abundant new school year. We all have been students or leaders in some way in our lives. We have learned and practiced patience, trust, understanding, and mostly we have learned the power [...]
Jill Gossett joins CEA as Director of Corporate Acquisition, focusing on growing Corporate Partnerships. She will work on building relationships with S-Corp and C-Corp business leaders, educating them about how easy it is to participate, and asking them to redirect their Arizona tax liability to support student scholarships. Jill grew [...]
Dear Friends, I trust you are enjoying your summer with family and friends, making new memories and staying cool! We kicked off our FY26 on July 1, 2025, and are pleased with our strong start. Each day our team jumps out of bed eager to focus on our mission: "Provide scholarships [...]
"There’s No “I” in “Team” Our CEA team comes to work each day knowing the importance of our work and partnerships with taxpayers, schools, parishes, corporations, and families. Our work is not just during “tax season” but a year-round and united effort to retain individual and corporate tax credit contributors, [...]
Originally from Chicago, Kelley and her family moved to Phoenix in 1972. She attended St. Vincent de Paul grade school and Bourgade Catholic High School. Kelley holds a BS in Finance and a BA in Communications from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. She has worked [...]
