David Savage (Class of 1990)

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.
 

Patrick Hofer (CLAS 1983, JD 1986)

Patrick is a 1983 graduate of the College (Economics) and a 1986 graduate of the School of Law. After a clerkship with a federal court in North Carolina, he practiced law with the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., becoming partner in 1994. In 2003 he was appointed by President Bush as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He left in 2006 to join the D.C. office of Troutman Sanders. In 2017 he and others from Troutman formed the D.C. office of Clyde & Co, an international firm based in London. He litigates insurance law issues on behalf of insurers in trial and appellate courts.

At the University Patrick served on the Managing Board of The Cavalier Daily as operations manager. He was a member of the Jefferson Society, the Raven Society, and Omicron Delta Kappa (serving as president). He was a resident of the Lawn. In Law School he served as honor counsel for the Honor Committee and was editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Weekly student newspaper.

Patrick and his wife Kathy have been married for 28 years. All three of their children are now graduates of the University: Katie (systems engineering, 2016); Elizabeth (political philosophy and law, 2018); and Will (mechanical engineering, 2020). Elizabeth and Will were very active on the leadership team of Catholic Student Ministry/Catholic Hoos.

Doug Eckert (CLAS 1987, JD 1993)

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.

Meg Bryce (PhD 2013)

I am wife to a brewer/entrepreneur who continues to impress me into our tenth year of marriage, and I am mother to three wonderful children who make me laugh every day (and cry some days). I received my PhD in cognitive psychology from UVA in 2013. I now teach psychology in UVA’s Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program.

John and I consider ourselves blessed to live in Charlottesville and attend St. Thomas. We have come to know and love many Catholic Hoos, including several extraordinary babysitters who are like family to us, and one extraordinary nephew who… literally is family to us. In fact, the Catholic Hoos is one of the things we most cherish about St. Thomas. As parents of young children, seeing
college students vibrantly living their faith is an inspiration.

I look forward to serving on the Catholic Hoos Alumni Board. I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue supporting catholic students after they leave UVA, and as they move on to share the joy of their faith with other lucky people and parishes.

Anna Stephens (CLAS 2018)

My name is Anna Stephens and I am a Young Alumni Representative to the Catholic Hoos Alumni Board. I graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2018 with a degree in foreign affairs and moved to the Washington, DC area. Immediately after graduating, I began working for Holy Family Hospital Foundation, which is a primary work of the Order of Malta. The Order of Malta is the world's oldest Christian charity and a lay Catholic religious order.

Since moving to northern Virginia, I have gotten involved in several young adults groups in the Diocese of Arlington and have started a Bible study for young adult women living in my area. I am passionate about connecting faithful young Catholic alumni to a community in the DC area, as they navigate the new waters of professional life. I am incredibly blessed and thankful to be a member of this board!

Jack Himpler (McIntire School of Commerce, 2018)

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!

Jack Power (Student Representative, Class of 2022)

Hi everyone, my name is Jack Power, and I’m a third year at UVA majoring in Economics and Political Philosophy, Policy & Law. I grew up in sunny Scottsdale, AZ, where it consistently hits over 110 degrees every summer (thank goodness it’s a dry heat!). When I came to UVA, I was set on getting involved with Catholic Hoos, but I didn’t follow through on this desire until my second year. My second year was a blast; the Catholic community at UVA is full of authentic and loving people, and my faith grew exponentially. I really wish I had joined earlier. However, I’m so blessed to say that I have two years left to experience even more joy at Catholic Hoos.

But why not keep this Christ-centered community going for life? This is my main reason for trying to develop the Catholic Hoos alumni network: I want our alumni to connect with each other and connect with current undergraduate Hoos over their love for Jesus Christ. As the student representative on the Alumni Board, I hope to communicate with both the student body and the alumni on how we can best come together to work on our Catholic mission and ministry. I’m so blessed to work with such a wonderful community of UVA students, past and present, that have been instrumental in helping me further my love for Jesus. God bless!