Ave Maria School of Law
Board of Governors MR. PETER A. CARFAGNA
MR. THOMAS S. MONAGHAN
MR. KEVIN CIEPLY
LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD F. NATONSKI
Chairman and CEO, Magis, LLC
Chairman of the Board and Founder, Ave Maria Foundation
President and Dean, Ave Maria School of Law
THE HONORABLE PATRICK J. CONLIN Michigan 22nd Circuit Court (Retired)
Retired U.S. Marine Corps, Commander of the Marine Corps Forces Command
MRS. CATHY RUSE
Senior Fellow for Legal Studies at the Family Research Council
MOST REVERAND FRANK J. DEWANE The Bishop of the Diocese of Venice in Florida
MR. RONALD J. RYCHLAK
MR. JAMES WILLIAM FENNESSEY
President and CEO, Fennessey Buick, Inc. (Retired)
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Professor of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law
MR. THOMAS B. GARLICK
MR. MICHEL SAADEH
MR. RICHARD KLAAS
MR. EDWARD V. STAROS
MRS. MITZI S. MAGIN
ADMIRAL HENRY F. WHITE, JR.
President and CEO, Vineyards Development Corporation
Managing Partner, Garlick, Swift & Garry, LLP
Vice President and Managing Director, The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples
Partner, Klaas Capital Group Catholic Education Advocate and Philanthropic Community Leader
HIS EMINENCE ADAM CARDINAL MAIDA Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit
Rear USN (Ret.), and Former Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association
MR. JAMES P. WHITE
Professor Emeritus of Indiana University and Consultant Emeritus, American Bar Association
Welcoming Lieutenant General Richard F. Natonski to the Ave Law Board of Governors LtGen. Richard Natonski retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2010 as commander of the Marine Corps Forces Command. He began his military career in 1973. As a platoon commander, he participated in noncombatant evacuation operations in Cambodia and South Vietnam in 1975. As a battalion commander, he led humanitarian relief efforts in Cuba and Somalia, and as a colonel he commanded a Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf. As the Commanding General of Task Force Tarawa during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he captured key bridges in An Nasiriyah and along the way rescued members of the Army’s 507th Maintenance Company. As a major general, he led the 1st Marine Division through counterinsurgency operations in the Al Anbar Province, the Second Battle of Fallujah, and the first Iraqi National Election in 2005. His staff leadership positions included serving as an Observer to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East, Deputy Director in the National Military Command Center, and Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations at Headquarters Marine Corps. LtGen. Natonski earned his B.A. from the University of Louisville. He was an honor graduate from several military schools, attended the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy, and completed a senior executive program for national and international security at Harvard University. His personal military decorations include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (with gold star), Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with oak leaf cluster), Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with two gold stars), Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Action Ribbon.
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