Charleen Katra assumed the position of Executive Director of NCPD in December of 2019 after having served on NCPD’s Board of Directors in 2018 and 2019. She previously served as an Associate Director in the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. For over twenty years her primary responsibilities were directing the Ministry with Persons with Disabilities and Early Childhood Ministries. Katra is the co-author of The Adaptive Teacher: Faith-Based Strategies to Reach and Teach Learners with Disabilities (Loyola Press, 2019) and the author of How to Talk to Children about People with Disabilities (Twenty-Third Publications, 2019). She has extensive experience in systematic and sacramental catechesis and has served as a national consultant, author, and speaker on the topic of inclusion for various Catholic publishers. Katra currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) and the Loyola Press Speaker Corp. She has a Bachelor's in Special Education and Elementary Education and a Master's in Pastoral Studies from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX.