Our New President

It is with great enthusiasm that the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Board of Directors selected and recommended to the Congregational Leadership of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose the appointment of Marlena Conroy as the next President of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy to succeed Sister Carolyn McCormack, O.P., effective July 1, 2024. Congregational Leadership of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose accepted the Board’s recommendation.

Sharing her thoughts on the transition, Sister Carolyn McCormack, O.P., said, “It is with a full and grateful heart, that I welcome Marlena Conroy to her new role as President of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. I am confident that the Holy Spirit will guide our transition of leadership here on the Hill. Our best days are yet to come!”

Marlena has an extensive career as an educator and educational leader and has served both at the elementary and secondary levels. She began her career working with the national advocacy organization, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. It was in that role that she discovered her passion for working with young people. She transitioned to education with her position as a middle school teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in San Diego. She also taught at Cathedral Catholic, a private coeducational Catholic college preparatory high school of more than 1,700 students in San Diego, before joining their leadership team as the Assistant Dean of Students and then the Dean of Students. From Cathedral Catholic, she went on to serve as the Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction at Notre Dame Academy, where she worked with the Sisters of the Order of Union-Chrétienne de Saint Chaumond. She then joined Academy of Our Lady of Peace, an all-girls high school of 750 students, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, as Assistant Principal. In 2021, she returned to Cathedral Catholic as Principal.