A $20 gift lets us obtain solid faith formation resources that can deepen your spirituality and knowledge of the faith.A $50 gift enables us to cover a news event in a local parish, school or Catholic institution.A $100 gift allows us to present award-winning photos of Catholic life in our neighborhoods.“We are excited to see the tremendous impact that someone of his caliber and with his experience will have on the organization and in the community.”įor his part, Dave Rowan sees this as an opportunity to make a wonderful organization even better.Ĭ works to strengthen the connections between people, families and communities every day by delivering the news people need to know about the Catholic Church, especially in the Philadelphia region, and the world in which we live.īy your donation in any amount, you and hundreds of other people become part of our mission to inform, form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month. “BLOCS is thrilled to have Dave on board, to apply his unmatched business acumen to such a worthy cause,” said Matt Topley, Chairman of the Board at BLOCS. I enjoy making things better and this is a great way for me as a devout Catholic to end my career,” he said. Joan of Arc Parish in Marlton, New Jersey, where they have lived for the past 22 years.Īlthough he had a successful and satisfying career, when he heard of the opening at BLOCS, he applied really as a way to give back. The parents of four children, Courtney, Drew, Maggie and Kylie and four grandchildren, the Rowans are members of St. Katharine of Siena Parish in Philadelphia’s Torresdale section, and attended that school and Archbishop Ryan High School. In his personal life Dave Rowan is married to his wife Celeste who grew up in St. More recently he has been executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the Philadelphia Union and until now, chief operating officer for the National Lacrosse League. Since then he has been director of corporate sales for the Jacksonville Jaguars, general sales manager for CBS Sports Group and notably the vice president for corporate sales and service for the Philadelphia Eagles, where he closed the deal for the naming rights for Lincoln Financial Field and the NovaCare Practice Center. Because of a major league strike that year (1994) average attendance at a game went from 1,500 to 5,000, he recalls. An active baseball player both in high school and college, after he earned his degree Rowan joined the staff of the Reading Phillies. John the Baptist de La Salle in Reading was named after the founder of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a congregation with a special mission of youth education.Īfter his education in his parish school and Holy Name High School in Reading, Rowan entered Penn State University where he received his degree in education.Īs with many college graduates, fate took him on an entirely different career arc - the sports and entertainment field. But there is something prophetic in his parish of birth: St. Rowan, 58, comes to BLOCS after a career on the business side of various professional sports organizations. Last year, under Rowan’s predecessor Bill O’Brien, BLOCS gave $42 million in grants assisting approximately 20,000 children with an average grant of $2,000. Funds also come through a BLOCS endowment and direct donations. In recent years a large part of the funding has been through state-based Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) scholarships that give businesses Pennsylvania tax credits to offset up to 90 percent of their donations to the scholarship program. BLOCS (Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools) has announced Dave Rowan has been officially appointed the organization’s new CEO.įounded in 1980 with William Fishman as chairman, BLOCS has been raising many millions of dollars over the years primarily to support Catholic elementary and secondary schools, mostly through student scholarships.
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