Senior Leadership
Meet the Team
Beth Kwasny, Interim CEO
Beth grew up in San Francisco but has called Texas home since her first Air Force assignment brought her to San Angelo.
She has worked in the defense sector for over 30 years in both military and contractor roles. Her military career culminated with her retirement from the JRB Fort Worth as the 301st Fighter Wing’s Inspector General. Beth’s passion for the mission of Catholic Charities Fort Worth began when she attended her first Creating Hope in 2005. For the last 20 years has volunteered in various capacities at CCFW to include the honor of serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Beth earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the United States Air Force Academy and her master’s in Systems Technology from Louisiana State University, Shreveport. She resides in Sunset with her husband and children.
Josh Audi, Chief Financial Officer
Joshua grew up in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts: Economics and Government and Politics. He planned to move to Turkey, but God steered him to Texas when a work opportunity came up with Catholic Charities Fort Worth. He started at CCFW 17 years ago in a temp position doing data entry where he fell in love with the mission and the people he worked with. Joshua continued his education at the University of Texas at Arlington where he received his Masters of Professional Accounting. He Excels as the current Chief Financial Officer.
Joshua is a devoted father and husband to a native Texan, Elizabeth, and his four children. He not only enjoys playing soccer, but he also coaches his boys’ soccer teams, and finds time to play an active role in his sons’ school PTA. He is the master of balance!
Josh Audi, Chief Financial Officer
Joshua grew up in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts: Economics and Government and Politics. He planned to move to Turkey, but God steered him to Texas when a work opportunity came up with Catholic Charities Fort Worth. He started at CCFW 17 years ago in a temp position doing data entry where he fell in love with the mission and the people he worked with. Joshua continued his education at the University of Texas at Arlington where he received his Masters of Professional Accounting. He Excels as the current Chief Financial Officer.
Joshua is a devoted father and husband to a native Texan, Elizabeth, and his four children. He not only enjoys playing soccer, but he also coaches his boys’ soccer teams, and finds time to play an active role in his sons’ school PTA. He is the master of balance!
Kristy Brown, Head of Advancement
Kristy has been a CCFW team member since 1998. Her commitment to end poverty for her friends and neighbors in need is paramount to the continued success of our organization. From front line staff to the Development team, Kristy’s numerous accomplishments include the capital campaign for CCFW’s Fort Worth campus, the $50 million KNOW Poverty Initiative and the creation of our agency’s Endowment, which ensures that CCFW can end our clients’ poverty for generations to come. In her current role as Head of Advancement, Kristy is responsible for overseeing CCFW’s annual fundraising goal of more than $11 million.
A Fort Worth native, Kristy is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. She’s a self-professed true crime junky and a lover of traveling, live music and her faith, which she takes particular pride in sharing with her beloved five-year-old daughter, Trinity Grace.
Cindy Casey, Head of Client Services
Cindy Casey is the Head of Client Services at Catholic Charities Fort Worth. As such, she oversees long-term case management programs, including Padua, which is a randomized control trial conducted in partnership with the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame. She has worked at CCFW for 12 years and was part of the management team that oversaw the introduction of the agency’s Padua Poverty Pilot in 2014.
Cindy has lead the Padua team through the development of strategies that support client engagement and success by specializing in a problem solving framework and strategic use of resources and financial assistance. In addition to general case management and Padua, Cindy oversees the agency’s Resource Stability program, Client Outreach; and the agency’s Career Development team.
Cindy Casey, Head of Client Services
Cindy Casey is the Head of Client Services at Catholic Charities Fort Worth. As such, she oversees long-term case management programs, including Padua, which is a randomized control trial conducted in partnership with the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame. She has worked at CCFW for 12 years and was part of the management team that oversaw the introduction of the agency’s Padua Poverty Pilot in 2014.
Cindy has lead the Padua team through the development of strategies that support client engagement and success by specializing in a problem solving framework and strategic use of resources and financial assistance. In addition to general case management and Padua, Cindy oversees the agency’s Resource Stability program, Client Outreach; and the agency’s Career Development team.
Tanya Lipscomb, Head of People Team
Tanya is a skilled Human Resources leader with more than 20 years’ experience in building and leading successful teams. She has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit sector, and has the unique ability to create organizational and relational strategies to further the mission and vision of CCFW.
Tanya holds a Master of Arts in Organizational/HR Management from Dallas Baptist University. She is the youngest of six and the first member of her family to graduate college. She resides in Arlington with her husband of nearly 40 years and enjoys spending time with her five grandbabies and celebrating Christmas all year long.
Jennifer Strand, PhD, Head of Research and Analytics
Jennifer leads CCFW’s Research and Analytics team. In this role, she oversees the development of quantitative and qualitative program evaluation protocol to improve services and assess impact. She also led the development of CCFW’s Out of Poverty Pathways, an agency-wide systems map designed to strategically innovate poverty solutions.
Jennifer earned her doctorate in Experimental Psychology, with an emphasis on Health and Neuroscience Psychology, from the University of Texas at Arlington. She resides in Arlington with her husband and three children.
Jennifer Strand, PhD, Head of Research and Analytics
Jennifer leads CCFW’s Research and Analytics team. In this role, she oversees the development of quantitative and qualitative program evaluation protocol to improve services and assess impact. She also led the development of CCFW’s Out of Poverty Pathways, an agency-wide systems map designed to strategically innovate poverty solutions.
Jennifer earned her doctorate in Experimental Psychology, with an emphasis on Health and Neuroscience Psychology, from the University of Texas at Arlington. She resides in Arlington with her husband and three children.