Keynote Speaker

Emily de Rotstein
Executive Director, Chesterton Schools Network

We are thrilled to welcome Emily de Rotstein as the keynote speaker for the Chesterton Academy of Sacramento Gala!

Emily de Rotstein served as a Board member and Executive Director of the first Chesterton Academy from 2011 to 2018. She later helped launch the Chesterton Schools Network, guiding its rapid expansion into a global movement of classical, Catholic high schools forming students in truth, goodness, beauty, and virtue

Emily leads the Society of G.K. Chesterton, a global Catholic lay apostolate dedicated to inspiring joyful, holy lives through education and evangelization.

Her leadership has empowered communities around the globe to build faithful, joyful schools that cultivate not only minds, but hearts and souls. Emily’s work exemplifies the mission of Chesterton — to ignite a love of learning, wonder, and faith in every student. She and her husband, Nes, live in Ave Maria, FL, and are active members of Legatus (Naples chapter) and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.