Executive
“Love follows knowledge.”
-St. Thomas Aquinas
Father Daniel O’Mullane, Pastor
Rev. Daniel O’Mullane, STL, EdS, graduated magna cum laude from Boston College with a BA in Economics and Theology. He was then sent to Rome for priestly formation at two of the world’s foremost theological institutions – the Gregorian University and the Alphonsian Academy – where he earned his STB and completed his STL in Moral Theology. Most recently, he earned a Specialist Degree in Education at Seton Hall University, graduating with commendations.
Father O’Mullane has served the Diocese of Paterson in a number of different roles, including Parochial Vicar in Rockaway and Montville, Chaplain and Theology Teacher at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta, Adjunct Professor of Theology at Seton Hall University, and Censor Librorum for the diocese. He is currently the pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a parish of 900 families.
Mrs. Eileen Vandenberg, Assistant Headmaster, Director of Operations
Eileen Vandenberg, Operations Manager, is the mother of three children who attend OLMC and Lumen Gentium Academy. She also runs her husband’s dental practice and is a former Classical Catholic, homeschool co-op leader. As the Operations Manager, she oversees anything and everything that goes into running OLMC school facilities, the admittance process of students, attendance, tuition and financial matters, front desk coverage, etc. This “I’m never going to teach” rebel graduated with honors in dual majors of psychology and linguistics at Rutgers University. She went on for a Master’s in communication sciences and disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute of Health Care Professions. After a career as a speech-language pathologist in a variety of settings, her dream of motherhood fulfilled, and a bunch of travel under her belt, she found Xanadu at OLMC. With every fiber of her being, she attempts to emulate Mother Teresa’s life of ‘small things with great love.’ Outside of OLMC school, she devotes much of her time to OLMC parish.
Mrs Johanna Webber,Director of Marketing & Communications
Johanna Webber is an attorney and mother of eight. She was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated Highest Distinction from Indiana University with a B.A. in English, a minor in French, and commendations from the Honors Division. She received her law degree from Harvard Law School, where she focused on children and family rights and the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Johanna has practiced law at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, consistently ranked one of America’s top law firms, and Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, one of the nation’s premier trial and appellate litigation firms. She focuses on complex commercial, securities, and constitutional litigation.
In her current role in the delightful world of stay-at-home motherhood, Johanna has undertaken a host of different and wide-ranging challenges, such as making Revolutionary War soldiers out of marshmallows and getting a Skittle unstuck from a 3 year old’s nose. She also volunteers as Director of Marketing & Communications for Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.
Johanna lives with her husband, Assemblyman Jay Webber, and their six youngest children in Morris Plains. Their oldest daughter is a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, while their second oldest is a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Their third daughter is a senior at LGA and has committed to join her sister as a swimmer and cadet at West Point.
Mr. Ivan Arocho, Director of Stewardship & Mission Advancement
Iván Arocho Esteves was born in Puerto Rico and moved to New Jersey in 1980. He graduated from Seton Hall University with a bachelor’s degree in education in 2001, followed by a master’s degree in systematic theology in 2006. He was a Catholic missionary in various cities in the United States and abroad.
He joined the faculty of Seton Hall Prep in 2005, subsequently becoming the Director of The Griffin Bridges Program in 2008, a comprehensive scholarship program that provides academically talented, financially limited inner-city students with the opportunity to attend Seton Hall Prep. Under his leadership, students not only achieved great success in academics and college placement, but the program also saw substantial growth in its endowment.
In 2014, Mr. Arocho became the New Jersey Development Director for Saint Paul’s Outreach (SPO), a ministry serving campuses across the United States. In this capacity, he worked to establish relationships and generate funds to support the growth and expansion of SPO in New Jersey. In 2017, Mr. Arocho joined the development team at the Archdiocese of Newark, first as Director of Major Gifts, then in 2019 as Executive Director of Development.
In 2021, Ivan joined the staffs of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Lumen Gentium Academy as Director of Stewardship and Mission Advancement. In this role, Ivan supports OLMC and LGA and their educational ministry by working to ensure that the schools have the proper resources to sustain their mission.
Ivan resides with his wife and six daughters in Boonton, New Jersey