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About Us: Who We Are — Leadership Team Sam Stanton – Executive Director
Alicia Butkiewicz – Director of Mission Operations
Sam Stanton, Executive Director
Sam Stanton was appointed Executive Director of Maryknoll Lay Missioners in June 2008. As MKLM's Executive Director, Sam is responsible for the organization's overall direction setting, planning, and evaluation of global operations. Sam graduated from Kansas State with a B.S. in Social Work and a minor in Sociology. Sam also attended graduate classes in Theology Studies at Notre Dame.
Sam has extensive experience in nonprofit organizational administration. Before joining Maryknoll Lay Missioners in 1985, Sam held positions as Program Director for Catholic Social Services of the diocese of Phoenix, Arizona; as a Holy Cross Associate in Chile; as Social Ministries Coordinator for Little Flower Parish, South Bend, Indiana; and in the Holy Cross Justice and Peace Commission at Notre Dame, also in Indiana.
Sam has, in his MKLM ministries, continued his commitment to outreach of the Catholic Church, Latin American affairs, and social development. He has worked in rural ministry and social development projects in rural southern Chile, serving as the Director of the Social Services Department of the Diocese of Linares, Chile.
Sam returned from Chile in 1991 to serve as the Director of, what was then, the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers Lay Mission Program. During his tenure, the “program” transitioned to the current autonomous entity, Maryknoll Lay Missioners, and Sam served on the first leadership team of the fledgling organization.
In 1996, Sam and his family returned to Chile and to the diocese of Linares where he resumed his work in social development programs and education, and also served as MKLM’s Chile Regional Coordinator and MKLM’s Latin America co-Area Coordinator.
In 2004, Sam and his wife Cecilia, also an MKLM missioner, returned to the United States where Sam has served as MKLM’s U.S. East Regional Coordinator and in MKLM’s Advancement Department.
Sam grew up on the great plains of central Kansas.
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Alicia Butkiewicz, Director of Mission Operations
Alicia Butkiewicz has held her elected leadership position on the MKLM Leadership Team since 2001. In 2006, she assumed the role of Director of Missions and is responsible for the strategic planning, operations, and ministries of more than 100 overseas MKLM Missioners. Alicia has earned Bachelor degrees in: Literature and Languages Education; Popular Communication; and Anthropology; and she has earned an Associate's degree in Theology and Ecclesiology.
Alicia joined Maryknoll Lay Missioners in 1982 and served in Bolivia for 21 years. Over the years, Alicia has committed herself to the formation of faith-based communities and grass roots organizations including FOTRAMA, a cooperative of women from 17 rural Quechua communities; Cristo Rey, a pastoral ministry with families; The Pastoral Institute for the Formation of Indigenous Women Missionaries; and as Archdiocesan Project Officer overseeing the administration and evaluation of development projects within the Archdiocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia. From 1996-2001 Alicia served as a member of the Archdiocese Vocation Team. From 2000 until 2003, Alicia held the elected position as MKLM's Bolivia Regional Coordinator and Area Representative for Latin America.
Prior to joining MKLM, Alicia, a native of Bolivia, used her faith and her skills as an educator and promoter of community leaders. She taught high-school level literature and language in poor, rural communities in Bolivia. She also taught Spanish as a Second Language at the Maryknoll Language School in Cochabamba and helped to organize youth retreats with the Maryknoll Parish in Santa Cruz.
Alicia currently resides in Ossining with her husband Bernie, who is also a Maryknoll Lay Missioner.
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