Kathleen Cepelka, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, has been named the 27th recipient of the National Catholic Education Association’s John F. Meyer award for 2013.

 
Cepelka has spent more than 43 years in Catholic education.

She has been principal of four different schools, including Thomas More Prep-Marian, Hays, from 1981-1988, served as a diocesan and archdiocesan superintendent of schools, earned her doctorate in educational administration and taught at the university level, where she was also an associate dean.

 
Cepelka will receive the award April 1, in Houston.