Board of Directors
Tom Greeley | President
Tom is president of Catholic Men’s Fellowship of California. Tom has been active in ministry for many years. He has been involved in organizing men’s conferences, men’s retreats and establishing parish based men’s groups. He has led parish Bible studies and currently co-leads a prayer group.
Tom is on the board of the Southern California Renewal Communities ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He is a former board member of the National Fellowship of Catholic Men. He is Chairman of the Budgeting and Financial Planning Committee of the Diocese of Orange. He is also on the Finance Council of the Diocese, and is a former Diocesan School Board member.
His business experience is in management consulting. Tom has been married to his wife, Josi, for 49 years and has two grown children.
Geoffrey Blake | Vice President
Geoff was born in New York and was baptized at Saint Patrick’s…where he also attended elementary school. His family later moved to the Chicago area (Glenview, IL). He attended both high school and college while living in the mid-west. After college Geoff served in the US Navy, before joining Litton Industries where he worked closely with McDonnell Aircraft on the F-4 Phantom in Saint Louis. In 1974 he was transferred to southern California, where he met his wife Suzette in Newport Beach
Geoff has been a parishioner of Saint Edward the Confessor in Dana Point since the late 70’s. He and his wife of 34 years have been on the Parish Council, sang in the Choir, and currently serve as extraordinary ministers for Saturday evening Vigil Mass. Since 1998, Geoff and Suzette have been an active part of Small Faith Communities. They are also members of Apostleship of Prayer. Both Geoff and Suzette were invited to experience Cursillo in the late 80’s and found that to be a spiritual bonfire for them both. He joined CMF at St Kilian’s in Mission Viejo in 1992, and eventually headed up that group. He now attends monthly meetings at Our Lady of Fatima, and frequently visits other chapters such as Corpus Christi, St Vincent de Paul, Our Lady of Refuge, St Timothy’s, and others. He is a product of 17 years of Catholic formal education, provided by the sisters: Dominicans, BVM, Sisters of St Joseph; the brothers: Christian Bros and Holy Cross Brothers; and priests: Dominicans, Holy Cross, and Diocesan priests at Loras College.
Recently he has enjoyed participating in the Laymen’s Version of the spiritual exercises of St Ignatious; which is a six-month study guided by an individual well versed in the Ignation Exercises. The group meets weekly for three hours per night – and provides wonderful insight into the program that has been helping to shape the spiritual lives of Jesuits for hundreds of years.
The priests of Miles Christi, who now have an office in San Diego, have been conducting weekend Retreats which provide a short two-day “refresher” featuring the spiritual exercises. Last summer Geoff attended that program which was offered at Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside.
He is the EHS Director for a small aerospace company in Orange County, and sits on boards of associations and regulatory agencies. Geoff additionally serves as Event Coordinator for CMF.
Frank Serna | Treasurer
Frank has been active in men’s ministries for over ten years and currently leads a CMF group at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Huntington Beach. He is retired from over thirty years in Aerospace; the last 20 years were as a project manager of research projects and classified programs. After retirement from Aerospace he spent the first ten years as a financial consultant and continues to manage accounts for current clients as a Registered Representative.
Frank’s passion is devoting his time to Church ministries and to pro-life activities. He is involved with RCIA, ministry to the sick, Eucharistic ministry, Catholic Men’s Fellowship and Men’s Bible Study. Frank is also a Forth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus. For CMF, besides his role as Treasurer for the ministry, Frank is involved in organizing and promoting the annual CMF men’s winter retreat for the Carmelite Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Frank considers himself a disciple and servant of the Lord and strives daily to do the will of His Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His motto is: “Your servant always but God’s first.”
Michael Haddock | Manager of Ambassador Services
Mike has been involved in Catholic Men’s Fellowship since 1991. He had the privilege of belonging to the very first Catholic Men’s Fellowship group in 1991 in Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca.
Mike has always had a passion for prayer and the benefits derived from an active prayer life. He has been led to a powerful and active commitment to teaching others to pray and to be more effective in their prayer life.
Mike is a proud graduate of Florida State University with a degree in Business Administration and spent the beginning of his career on the Apollo Space Program as a Manufacturing Cost Analyst. He then spent the following twenty plus years in the van conversion business as Owner and General Manager.
He has written several home study courses for International Correspondence School on starting your own business. Michael was recently voted onto the Board of Directors for which he most graciously accepted.
Since his appointment to the Board of Directors, Mike has been appointed Manager of Ambassador Services statewide and currently directs fourteen other Ambassadors throughout the state of California in forming and mentoring new chapters of Catholic Men’s Fellowship.
Jim Treamor
Jim has been actively involved in men’s ministries since 1995. After attending his first Promise Keepers event, he realized men’s fellowship was to be an important part of his future ministry in the Church. Jim is involved in teaching Bible studies, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and juvenile prison ministry.
His business experience involves radio and television, advertising and marketing and the printing business. At the present he is working with four men’s faith groups in the Diocese of Fresno.
Steve Ruda
Steve Ruda has been deeply involved in men’s ministry since the early 1990s, and was one of the founders of Catholic Men’s Fellowship of California. A former seminarian and Marine Captain, Steve is very active in many ministries in the Church and in community service.
He is a frequent speaker and has spoken at many Catholic events such as at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of Oakland. He is a Battalion Chief with the City of Los Angeles Fire Department. In 2005 he was named “Firefighter of the Year” for the LAFD. He has received the California State Firefighters Association’s Medal of Valor for helping to rescue a wounded police officer under gunfire. He has received three commendations for bravery including the Medal of Merit, one of the highest honors given by the LAFD.
Steve’s comments concerning September 11’s Flight 93 became the Mission Statement of the National Memorial: “A common field one day, a field of honor forever. May all who visit this place remember the collective acts of courage and sacrifice of the passengers and crew, revere this hallowed ground as the final resting place of those heroes, and reflect on the power of individuals who choose to make a difference.” Steve presently serves as Commander of Battalion 10 which serves the San Fernando Valley. He is married with three adult children and two Grandchildren.
Keith Pinter
Keith has been active in men’s ministry for a number of years, being a founder of the CMF group at Holy Trinity parish in Ladera Ranch. Over the past two decades, he has served in a variety of strategic, operational and financial leadership roles within the technology and telecommunications industry; currently Keith is serving as a corporate vice president for Health Management Associates. His specific emphasis is in strategic planning, organizational and operational effectiveness and fundraising.
Keith received his Presidential MBA from Pepperdine University in 2007, presently serves as chairman of Vertical Green (a wireless tower owner/operator focusing on distributed renewable energy generation). In 1986, he was named the Soldier of the Year for US 4th Army. Keith has been married for 22 years and has two teenage daughters in Naples, Florida, where he is an active member within St Williams parish.
Dave O’Connor
Dave has been active in parish leadership and men’s ministries for more than twenty years. Since locating to the San Francisco Bay area in 2003, Dave has been instrumental in advancing the Catholic Men’s Fellowship movement in Northern California. Dave is active in his parish, St. Hilary in Tiburon, as a Lector, catechist, member of the Parish Council and men’s fellowship. He is a member of the Pastoral Council for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Dave is a retired business executive having served as CEO of a major cosmetic manufacturing and franchise sales corporation. He continues to serve on corporate boards of directors. Dave and Lisa, his wife of 55 years, live in Mill Valley, CA.
