Sr. Mary Agnes Greiffendorf OP

Sister Mary Agnes has been a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia since 1997. She has taught at both the elementary and the secondary school levels, and served in numerous administrative positions including elementary school principal, President of Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, and founding Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Catholic Education (ITCE) at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

As Director of Education and Coordinator of New Evangelization Initiatives for her religious congregation, she supported the work of her sisters in their teaching and leadership in over 50 educational institutions of all levels in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. She holds a bachelor’s degree in teacher education from Aquinas College, a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree in theology from Providence College, and a Ph.D. in Catholic educational leadership from The Catholic University of America. She served on the Board of Directors for the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) from 2016-2022, and was a Consultant to the Committee on Catholic Education of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2021-2024.

She currently serves in the Center for Catholic Education at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee.