H O LY C R O S S B O A R D M E M B E R S In 2020, Holy Cross College accepted four new members to the Board of Trustees. Welcome to: Dr. Pia de Soleni, Thomas Lange, Thomas Lyons,III, and Irene McPhail
Holy Cross college welcomes four new board members Pia de Solenni Dr. Pia de Solenni is an internationally recognized Catholic theologian and speaker from California, presenting at Holy Cross College in 2019 about “Women in the Body of Christ.” She earned a Ph. D. in sacred theology summa cum laude from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome. In addition to the doctorate, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts-Great Books from Thomas Aquinas College, California; a Sacred Theology Baccalaureate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome; and a Sacred Theology Licentiate from Holy Cross, Rome. Previously, she worked as the chancellor of the Diocese of Orange serving as the theological consultant to the Office of the Bishop of Orange County located at Christ Cathedral. Dr. de Solenni has served on the Family Research Council and is also a consultant member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. She is an expert in issues relating to women’s health, life issues, the new feminism, Catholicism, and culture. Her work has appeared in various publications including “The Wall Street Journal Europe,”“The Washington Post,”“National Catholic Reporter,”“Our Sunday Visitor,” and “National Review Online.” She has participated in many radio and television talk shows on various topics including appearances on MSNBC, “Hardball with Chris Matthews”, “The O’Reilly Factor”,
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CNN, and ABCNews. Dr. de Solenni has been quoted in newspapers nationwide, including The New York Times, The Washington Times, and The Associated Press.
Thomas Lange Tom Lange’s career in financial advisory services, investment banking, law and public accounting spanned almost forty years. From 1996 through 2020, he was a founding member of Baird’s Distribution team within its Global Industrial Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Baird, he practiced law for ten years and was a partner in the securities, mergers, and acquisitions practice of the law firm of Foley & Lardner. He began his career in the Chicago office of Ernst & Whinney. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame. From 1999 to 2019, Tom was a member of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council. He also served as Chair of the School Advisory Board for his parish school in Tampa, and earlier as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee. He is a member (inactive) of the State Bar of Florida. He and his wife Tami Tavis Lange, a Notre Dame graduate, have three adult children, also Notre Dame graduates, and currently four grandchildren.
