Board

Mr. Vincenzo La Ruffa

Co-Chair

Vincenzo La Ruffa is President of Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York- and London-based private investment firm focused on financial services and technology. Vincenzo serves as a trustee of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, the Collegium Institute of Catholic Thought and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Montfort Academy. He is also Chairman of the Neumann Forum. Vincenzo received degrees in classics and economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Matthew O’Brien

Treasurer

Matthew O’Brien is president of O’Brien Greene & Co., Inc., an investment advisory firm based in Media, Pennsylvania, where he oversees separate account portfolios of individual securities and manages a limited partnership fund of small-cap stocks. Before entering the investment business, he taught as a lecturer at Rutgers University and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Villanova University. He graduated from Princeton University and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mrs. Gina Meigs

Secretary

Gina Meigs is a wife and mother of two sons and two precious grandchildren. Her youngest son was a student at Regina Angelorum Academy when it was established in 2007. The experience of having a student at Regina Angelorum Academy fostered deep respect and admiration for the work being done to educate children within a Classical Catholic educational environment. Gina joined the Board of Regina Angelorum in 2017. Together with her husband, Larry, through The Meigs Family Foundation, they have been supporters of Catholic education in the Philadelphia area, helping families have the opportunity to send their children to Catholic schools.

Mr. Matthew Boland

Matthew Boland is a partner in Marcum’s Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, office, providing audit and assurance services to construction industry clients and contractors. Leveraging more than ten years of experience, he leads audit, review, and compilation projects requiring compliance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles with respect to accounting practices, pronouncements, and disclosures.

Matthew has developed a deep understanding of the complexities of accounting in the construction sector. This, coupled with his commitment to delivering tailored, high-quality assurance services, enables him to address each client’s unique needs and goals within this industry.

Before joining Marcum through its merger with McCarthy & Company, Matthew worked in the audit practice of a Big Four firm. He is frequently published in construction trade magazines, including CE This Week by Construction Executive. Matthew and his wife, Gina, have two children at RAA.

Mr. Conor Larkin, Esq.

Mr. Larkin and his wife, Emily, currently have five children who attend RAA. Mr. Larkin attended Boston College and earned his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. He is currently a partner at Hogan Lovells in the firm’s Corporate and Finance practice group. Mr. Larkin has deep experience advising clients on a wide range of corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, financing, and commercial transactions. Mr. Larkin was previously a partner at Morgan Lewis.

Mr. Keenan Lynch, Esq.

Co-Chair

Mr. Lynch was appointed Chief Administrative Officer of the General Partner effective January 20, 2022, and General Counsel effective February 24, 2020. Previously, he served as Corporate Secretary from November 19, 2019, to January 19, 2022. Since 2017, he has served as Vice President and General Counsel of Dunne Manning Holdings LLC, a diversified portfolio of companies operating in the real estate and investing industries. Before joining Dunne Manning, from 2015 to 2017, he was an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and an L.L.M. in Taxation from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Mr. Lynch and his wife, Shannon, have three children who currently attend RAA.

Dr. John E. Nawn

Dr. John E. Nawn is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Dr. Nawn is a proud product of Catholic and Augustinian education, having graduated from both Malvern Prep and Villanova University. He has written for First Things and is actively involved with a number of Catholic organizations, including the Catholic Medical Association, the Troops of St. George, and a local men’s group.

Mrs. Thuy Taitt, Esq.

Thuy, a refugee from Vietnam, grew up in the Philadelphia area and holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her J.D. at the University of Virginia. Thuy has been solving legal problems for Fortune 500 companies for over 20 years. She is currently Assistant General Counsel – Litigation at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., which provides essential industrial gases and related equipment in over 50 countries, including sustainable applications that convert abundant natural resources into high-value power, fuels, and chemicals. In this role, Thuy manages and provides strategic direction for all types of contracts and disputes, particularly those involving complex commercial or antitrust considerations, both in the U.S. and abroad. Thuy also engages with cross-functional teams in internal investigations and crisis management.

Thuy serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Air Products Foundation. Prior to her legal career, she worked briefly on Wall Street as an investment banker. Thuy and her husband, Wayne, joined the RAA community in 2012. All four of their children have attended or currently attend RAA.

Mrs. Katrina Tufaro

Katrina Tufaro is a graduate of Princeton University and Boston College, where she studied psychology and mental health counseling. She is a founding member of CanaVox, a marriage-focused project of the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, where she has worked since 2013. She has also volunteered in various capacities in schools, churches, and community organizations. Katrina and her husband, Ed, are the grateful parents of five children and have been at Regina Angelorum since they moved to Philadelphia in 2018.