Br. David Darst Center board members at A Night At The Races 2020.
Our Team
The Darst Center provides unique learning and immersion opportunities that explore issues of social justice through the lens of Christian teachings of peace, justice and respect for human dignity as well as the environment. We seek to inspire a responsive, active faith, a commitment to serve and a passion for social change.
This mission has been guided and supported by many. We continue to be grateful for Br. Denis, our founder, those in leadership of the De LaSalle Christian Brothers, the many individuals who have so generously served on our Board of Directors, the Lasallian Volunteers, and the passionate people who come here to work every day. The way has been set...those listed below strive to maintain its course.
Keith Donovan
Executive Director
Keith joined the Darst Center staff in 2014 and has over two decades in Lasallian ministry. Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Keith earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and has worked with both high school and college students on issues related to faith, community, justice, leadership, diversity, and inclusion. Please contact Keith at director@darstcenter.org for general Darst Center related business.
Danny Warwick
Program Director
The Darst Center welcomed Danny Warwick in July 2022 as our new Program Director. Having attended a Darst Center retreat as a student back in 2014, Danny is no stranger to the mission of the Darst Center. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Danny received his Bachelor's in Music and his Master's in Theology, both from Loyola University Chicago. He is passionate about justice, especially issues surrounding faith at the margins of society. For more information on Darst Center Programs, please contact Danny at programs@darstcenter.org.
Board of Directors
John Ceisel, retired, Chicago, Illinois
Krista Chinchilla-Patzke, Chicago, Illinois
Keith Donovan, Executive Director, Br. David Darst Center, Chicago, IL
Br. Michael Kadow, FSC, Staff Member, DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Julia Mach, Senior Advisor & IMPACT Coordinator, Pathways High, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Abby Michels, Director of Mission and Ministry, St. John's College High School, Washington, DC
Kevin Mitrick, Attorney, Howard and Howard, Chicago, Illinois
Colleen Newell, Staff Communications Specialist, Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Br. Michael Phipps, FSC, Counselor, Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Maura Rocks, Chicago, Illinois
John Tubbs, Program Evaluator, Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach, Germantown, Tennessee
Andrew Weingarten, Director of Residence Life, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon
Liz Young, Founder & Principal, Common Good Grant Consulting, Chicago, Illinois