Hamilton, NJ- Mr. Michael Knowles has been named President of Trenton Catholic Academy following the passing of Sister Dorothy Payne, SSJ, in February of this year.
 
Knowles joined the TCA community in 2015 and has served as the Marketing Director and Community Relations liaison. He is the Project Lead the Way/ STEM Curriculum Coordinator and the Upper School FIRST Robotics moderator.
 
Prior to joining the Trenton Catholic Academy school community, Knowles held a broad range of positions in engineering, program management, and business development. His entire first career was devoted to delivering high-quality engineering, software engineering and systems integration services and products for large scale, risk-to-life mission systems. Knowles earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute in 2004 and had been President of Mission Solutions Engineering, LLC, a subsidiary of ASRC Federal Holding Company in May 2012.
 
Knowles has been active in his church, Sacred Heart Parish, his entire adult life.  He taught Religious Education for over 20 years, was involved in youth ministry and was co-founder of Mercy House, an organization that focuses on providing social services in the South Trenton area.  In 2010, he was awarded the Gaudium et Spes Award from the Diocese of Trenton in recognition of his work in ministry.
 
Knowles has spent the last 4 years at TCA working closely with the late Sister Dorothy Payne.  He is excited to take on this new role as President of Trenton Catholic Academy.
 
“I am truly humbled to assume this leadership position at Trenton Catholic Academy.  Sister Dorothy Payne was an outstanding role model and mentor to me.  I had the utmost respect and love for her.  I have spent the last 4 years getting to really know this school from many different perspectives.  I truly am a witness daily to what quality Catholic education can do.  At TCA, students are provided with an educational, emotional and spiritual environment that can bring about systemic change.  TCA has a proven record of transforming lives, mine included.  I welcome the opportunity to build upon the strong foundation Sister Dorothy provided and I will continue to ask for God's blessing and grace to be a good steward.”