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President & C.E.O. Sister Patricia A. CruiseSister Patricia A. Cruise, affectionately known as "Sister Tricia" to her colleagues and the thousands of children she has served, is the President and CEO of Covenant House, the largest privately funded nonprofit agency in North and Central America. Sister Tricia assumed leadership of the organization in September 2003 following her election by the Covenant House corporate board of directors in May 2003.
A member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Sister Tricia is responsible for the overall management and long-term strategic planning of Covenant House, which includes 21 sites in six countries as well as the corporate headquarters in New York City. She is directly responsible for more than 140 staff members at the corporate offices and 18 Executive Directors responsible for operation of the 21 local Covenant House sites. In addition, she oversees Covenant House's central development operation that annually raises more than $120 million in support of the agency's mission to "serve suffering children of the street with absolute respect and unconditional love ... and to protect and safeguard all children."
As the leader of an international non-profit organization, Sister Tricia is responsible not only for the business and administrative aspects of the agency, but also for sustaining and nurturing the commitment of those who work and volunteer for Covenant House throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America. She also is a role model and source of encouragement for the many young people who pass through the doors of Covenant House facilities. The Covenant House mission to serve young people is a familiar theme for Sister Tricia, who joined the organization after nearly 25 years in education and academic administration. Prior to her current position at Covenant House, Sister was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota (1995-1997). Before moving to South Dakota in the mid-1990s, Sister was Acting Director and Resource Development Director at Project ENCOR in Cincinnati, Ohio (1991-1995). She began her career in service to children as an elementary school teacher at Mount St. Joseph School in Cincinnati before moving on to become the Director of Campus Ministry/Student Activities at the College of Mount St. Joseph, where she also worked as an adjunct faculty member teaching Church History, Ecclesiology and Theology of Feminism. Sister has served on the boards of directors of Saint Joseph's Home of Cincinnati, the Corporation Board -- Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, and the St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sister Tricia was born in Edenton, North Carolina and raised in Winchester, Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Education from Russell Sage College (Troy, New York) in 1979 and a Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) from the Jesuit School of Theology (Berkeley, California) in 1991. Sister Tricia recently celebrated her 25th anniversary as a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati. The first of four children, Sister Tricia has three brothers and sisters-in-law along with five nieces and one nephew. Her parents reside in Cincinnati. |
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"At Covenant House, we spend our lives trying to repair the lives of kids who have been robbed of the great gift of home and family. To me, this is a work of the highest honor."
-- Sister Tricia |
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