Staff

The QHA staff brings a total of over 55 years of online administrative expertise to the Academy. They offer weekly webinars to explain the QHA program to new families and provide follow-up phone calls to help answer enrollment questions. Providing transcripts, teaching student orientation, and assisting with technical support are part of their responsibilities, but most importantly, they assist students and parents throughout the year in order to help them have a positive and successful experience with online learning.

Mrs. Sarah Carmona

Director of Human Resources, Math

B.A. Northern Arizona University

Sarah received her B.A. in Public Management in 2011. As a graduate of Regina Coeli Academy, she has experienced its growth first hand – many of her classes were beta courses! Truth be known, she knows more about the nuts and bolts of online education than most of the staff will probably ever know. Sarah is recently married to Mr. Robert Carmona and is living in the Sonoran Arizona desert, where they enjoy exploring the wilderness and relaxing with family.

Mrs. Dana Heise

Director of Elementary and Junior High

B.A. Ashford University

Dana Heise is a mom of 4. Her son, James, is in the Air Force, while John, Rachel, and Rosemary are at home.  She has a degree in Organizational Management from Ashford University.  She has several years of experience as an elementary school teacher, and is looking forward to another year in the elementary and junior high programs with Queen of Heaven Academy.  Dana and her family have two cats, two goats, and two dogs, and she likes to take to the trails in her spare time.

Mr. Randall Pierce

Administrator, Director of Operations and Technology

B.S. Wayland Baptist University; M.S. Oklahoma State University

A native of San Diego, California, Randy entered the US Air Force in 1975 and served as an Air Force enlisted member for six years.  He was awarded a Master Instructor Certification in 1979 and received his Air Force commission in April, 1981. Throughout his 24 years of military service Randy completed several military assignments as a logistics officer directly supporting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Iran, Italy, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Germany, and contingencies in Africa.  Randy and his family came into the Church in 1998 and shortly after he retired from the US Air Force to work for International Business Machines (IBM) where he managed computer imaging, software packaging and distribution. In 2012, Randy and his beautiful wife, Wendy, moved to Fort Worth, Texas and continued the tradition of Regina Coeli Academy by establishing Queen of Heaven Academy.

Mrs. Wendy Pierce

Director of Admissions; Talks to moms. Lots of them.

A.A. Iowa Community College Business Administration

Along with the experience of administering Regina Coeli Academy for the past 23 years and a degree in business administration, Wendy brings 26 years of homeschooling experience to QHA as she and her husband, Randy, homeschooled their 5 children from kindergarten through high school. After 42 years of marriage, Randy and Wendy are currently traveling the United States and Canada promoting the Academy at various Catholic homeschool conferences and events. Randy enjoys bow hunting (Wendy enjoys Randy enjoying bow hunting.), and Wendy continues her hobby of academic studies.