Fr. Tom Florek, SJ
Executive Director
Chicago, IL
Dedicated to the spiritual growth and social justice of migrant communities.
Natalia (Nelly) Dominguez
treasurer
Brownsville, TX
Nelly serves the Diocese of Brownsville as a Nursing Home Administrator. Born into a migrant family, Nelly traveled with her family throughout her early life. The last few years of their work took them to Minnesota where she worked with the diocesan pastoral outreach program to migrants in the New Ulm diocese. "This is where God lives !" The idea of accompaniment brought to her heart what it means that God is with us! Her hope for CMFN is to bring recognition to the presence of Christ in our migrant brothers and sisters by fostering a spirit of accompaniment, compassion, and solidarity.
Teresita Kontos
Tucson, AZ
Board Member
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
Board of Directors
Guided by faith and a shared commitment to justice, our board brings together diverse expertise to serve and empower migrant farmworker communities across the nation.
Fr. Jesus Flores
President
Rochester, NY
The journey shared in pastoral service with migrants and their families teaches us that they are agents of transformation and witnesses of hope, despite a hostile political climate and environment. We believe in the creativity of the Spirit—capable of inspiring change and of creating conditions that foster the recognition of their legal status, their dignity, and the value of their lives.
Ana Contreras
secretary
Yakima, WA
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
José López
Board member
Stockton, CA
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
Ms. María Verónica Rodriguez
vice president
Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo Diocesan Coordinator for Ministry to Neighbors. Veronica is the point of contact for those
on the periphery, including migrant and seasonal farmworkers. I hope that the migrant farmworkers and those ministering to them feel that the CMFN is part
of their lives. I hope that we remain available so that the farmworkers know they are accompanied wherever they go. I hope they feel that we are family, and they can reach us when they need.
Fr. Dick Notter
Position TBD
Toledo, OH
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
Deacon Joshua Klickman
board member
Raleigh, NC
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
Marco Tavares
Mariana Miller
Sarah Evans, PCMRT
board member
Glenmary Missionary
Board member
board member
Marco serves as a regional Hispanic missioner for Glenmary Home Missioners, reaching out to Hispanic communities by providing parish missions, evangelization, conducting home visits, inviting inactive Catholics to greater participation in the local community, and more.
Loyola University Chicago, IPS
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
Washinton DC
Bio pending update. Dedicated to serving our migrant farmworker community.
Board Responsibilities
The Board of Directors ensures CMFN remains faithful to its mission. Their core duties include strategic oversight, fiscal stewardship, and ensuring transparency in all our operations as we serve the marginalized farmworker community.
GOVERNANCE
Stewardship & Shared Mission
CMFN is governed by a dedicated Board of Directors committed to ensuring that every resource is managed with the utmost integrity. Our board provides strategic oversight to advance our mission of accompaniment, focusing on financial stewardship, ethical governance, and a shared prophetic vision for the farmworker movement.
Strategic Oversight
Guiding the network’s long-term vision to remain responsive to the needs of migrant communities across the nation.
Ethical Leadership
Upholding Catholic social teaching and transparency in all administrative and pastoral decisions.
Ignatian Spirituality
Finding God in all things
beginning with Pacha Mama / Mother Earth [Laudato Si]
“We ourselves …are dust of the earth (Gen 2:7)
our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air
and we receive life and refreshment from her waters.” [Laudato Si, #3]
It’s the “stuff” of the earth that links us all as people of God in our common home.
The ashes of Ash Wednesday reminds us that we are created in the same dust of the earth
with the breath of God’s life joining us in one spirit.