Kevin Mestrich

Kevin is from Minneapolis, MN and joined Bridges to Community in 2008. Prior to this Kevin was the Executive Director of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners where he served for 16 years. Upon joining Maryknoll in 1992, Kevin was placed in Nairobi, Kenya, where he worked for 11 years. His position there was with the Kibagare Good News Center, a program for over 1,200 poor and orphaned children from the slums of Nairobi. Kevin also served as the Principal of St. Martin’s Secondary School from 1995-2003. During his time in Africa, Kevin also served as Maryknoll’s Regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa and as Nairobi Project Coordinator for the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging.

In 2001, Kevin married his wife Agnes and in 2003 Kevin and Agnes returned to the United States for Kevin to serve as Maryknoll’s Executive Director. Kevin and Agnes have two daughters: Abigail (7) and Sally (6). Kevin received his undergraduate degree in Business Economics from Fordham University and his master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Strategic Management from Manhattanville College.