The ECYD Department team serves and supports the growth and development of ECYD in the North American territory by offering support to the local ECYD Directors, adult formators, team leaders and members.
Fr. Patrick O’Loughlin LC
ECYD Department Director
Christina Jacobeen
ECYD Programs & Training
Mary Kate Mueller
ECYD Mission Corps Program Coordinator
Maddie Nagel
Marketing & Social Media
Donovan Novak
ECYD Resources & Products
Natalia Santos
ECYD Startup Support
Fr. Matthew Schmitz LC
ECYD Formators Training Course Director
Jen Keller
ECYD Formators Training Course Admin Assistant
Local ECYD Directors
The ECYD Director’s mission is to foster ECYD’s development in a locality. Their principal function is to form ECYD formators who accompany ECYD Adolescents to experience the love of Jesus Christ, so that they become his friends and apostles at the service of the Church.
Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.
In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.
Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.
From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.
Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!