David has more than 25 years of executive experience in consumer marketing, and is a co-founder and investor in multiple direct marketing agencies and SaaS businesses.
From 2005 to 2015, David served as Executive Vice President, Chief Client Officer and Managing Partner of Rain - The Growth Agency, one of the largest independently-owned direct response advertising agencies in the country, with more than $400 million in combined billings, and offices and studios in Portland, OR, Philadelphia, Providence, RI and San Francisco.
In 2016, he was part of a group that purchased Net Nanny®, a pioneer in Internet filtering. CWHI has rebuilt Net Nanny® and broadened it to be both a desktop and mobile screen time parenting app that marries screen time monitoring and scheduling, app usage and proprietary parenting insights with real-time alerts and updates for parents about their child’s online activity. Net Nanny® was named “Best Parental Control App” for 2020 by tech authority Tom’s Guide.
As a volunteer in the Catholic Church, David has served on the board of directors for Catholic Leadership Institute (2001-2015) and AbbeyFest Ministries (2014-present), and he co-founded the Theology of the Body Institute in 2004 and chaired its board of directors from 2004 to 2018. David is also a long-time supporter of Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), Generation Life and the Sisters of Life.
David has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and is a trustee of his class. David resides just outside of Valley Forge National Park in Phoenixville, PA, with his wife and four young sons.
Doug Eckert is a UVa alumnus – a 1987 graduate of the college and 1993 graduate of the law school. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia School of Law and on the Board of Trustees for the Jefferson Trust, which makes catalytic grants across the University in support of student innovation and leadership. Kathryn, his wife, did her PhD work in French at UVa before moving to Birmingham where they reside. Doug and Kathryn have two children, Mary Olivia (CLAS 2018) and Sophie (CLAS 2021), who were both educated by the Nashville Dominicans at St. Rose of Lima School.
Doug is an active supporter of several Catholic organizations in Birmingham, AL, including St. Rose of Lima School, Holy Family Cristo Rey School, the Cathedral of St. Paul, EWTN, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fraternus and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Doug’s involvement with Catholic Hoos began with Father Joseph Anthony in the Fall of 2017, as Father expanded the Catholic Hoos ministry with outreach across the University. He has been excited about the large number of Catholics at the undergraduate level who have connected and had opportunities to deepen their faith. He is even more excited to be engaged in the next phase of this outreach, to Catholic alumni of the University. He is particularly enthusiastic to provide support for young alumni as they enter professional fields, to facilitate connections with other Catholic UVa alumni, and with these efforts to continue to strengthen the current Catholic Ministry at UVa.
My name is Jack Himpler and I am serving as one of the Young Alumni Representatives for the Catholic Hoos Alumni Network. As a recent May 2019 graduate from the McIntire School of Commerce at UVA, I have developed a strong passion for connecting young Catholics, especially my fellow Wahoos, in the Washington DC / Northern Virginia area.
After graduating from UVA, I moved back home to McLean, Virginia where I now work as a tax consultant at Ernst & Young in Tyson’s Corner. Since moving back, I have gotten fairly involved with the Opus Dei community and have been a part of putting together a bible study for young single guys in the area. I have also worked closely with my older sister, Maggie to create a coed monthly talk series for young adults in the area.
As someone who has had a tremendous support system through Catholic Hoos and Opus Dei, I think it is extremely important to provide recent college graduates with the resources and community to help them really dive deep into their faith, while also transitioning into the working world. I am extremely excited to serve on this board and for the opportunity to connect both new Catholic graduates to our existing alumni network and also the fellow alumni to each other! God Bless!