Welcome, Jeff Kummer, Interim President
We are pleased to announce that Jeff Kummer will return to St. John Paul the Great to serve as our Interim President, beginning May 1.
Jeff brings rare institutional knowledge to this role, having served as the founding President of St. John Paul the Great from hiring the founding staff and faculty, recruiting the founding families, and raising the school’s initial funding. His deep understanding of the school’s founding vision, mission, and community, combined with his extensive leadership experience, positions him to lead with immediate effectiveness. Jeff and his wife, Valerie, are parents of a graduating JPG senior, a sophomore at JPG, and three more future Mountaineers. He is widely respected for his steady, values-based leadership, his ability to quickly assess organizational needs, and his renewed commitment to rebuilding a strong, mission-centered JPG community. The board is confident in Jeff’s ability to step into complex environments, provide clarity, and guide our institution with both confidence and humility. His leadership style is collaborative, disciplined, and deeply aligned with the mission of Catholic education, making him an ideal fit for St. John Paul the Great at this important juncture.
Jeff Kummer is a Denver-based entrepreneur, energy executive, and Catholic leader who has spent his career building organizations from the ground up. He serves as President of the BroomTree Foundation, sits on the University of Mary Board of Regents, and is a Leonine Fellow.
He is the Founding President of St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School, a role he held from the school's founding in 2022 through 2024 — hiring the founding staff and faculty, recruiting the founding families, and raising the school's initial funding.
Jeff returned to JPG in May 2026 as Interim President at the request of the Board of Trustees. His measure of success is simple: students who leave here formed, joyful, and rooted in Jesus Christ — and a school community where families feel like they belong to something worth belonging to.