2024-2025

Peter Davis attended Brophy ‘87, Loyola Marymount ‘91 and ASU ‘01. He is the father of Paul (Brophy class of ‘26), Nawelle (Xavier class of ‘27), Simon (St. Francis class of ‘25) and Nadine (St. Francis class of ‘27). Peter has been an active member and former chief of the Princess Pack at St. Francis Xavier. Peter is also a a member of the Order of Malta.

He’s looking forward to serving the Xavier Dad’s club.
He can be reached at 602.295.6068 or pdavis.simon@gmail.com

This will be Dick’s third year in the Xavier Dads Club and he has participated in nearly every event. He is a passionate advocate for students, faculty and staff at Xavier College Prep.

Dick grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Vermont. His wife, Shelby is an ASU Sun Devil. Their daughter, Grace ‘26 graduated from St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic School where the family are all parishioners. Dick was very active in the YMCA Indian Princess Program in San Diego. He has coached Girls Softball at St. Thomas the Apostle and for the St. Francis Xavier Athletic Association. He is a licensed Private Pilot and active sailor. Having recently completed a forty-two-year career in the Construction Industry, Dick is becoming active with The Order of Malta.

Jacob and his wife Leslie have been married over 20 years, raising several daughters who have been (’22), are (’24 and ’26), and will be (’29, ’32, ’38) attending Xavier. After attending university in his native Utah, he founded a successful technology company in Arizona.

By participating in the Dad’s Club, Jacob anticipates forming more enduring memories with his daughters and forging strong connections with other dads on the same journey.

Brian joined Dads Club in 2018, relishing the fantastic experiences created between him and his daughters as well as the comradery with other Dads. He has been an active member of the Dads Club community as a Ski Trip bus captain and committee member, moving into the chairperson role of the Ski Trip committee for the past 4 years (2 more years to go).

Brian is married to Lauren Cantoni. They have two daughters, Emma ’22 and Elly ’25. Brian grew up in Michigan, where he was graduated from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). He moved to Arizona in 1996 and absolutely loves it. He has worked in Information Technology with Fortune 100 companies in Manufacturing and Financial Services. Currently he works for Microsoft negotiating contract terms with some of their largest customers.

Jason will be participating in the Dad’s Club, as the Winter Retreat – Ski Trip Chair for the 2024-2025 school year.

Ted and Chrystal are new to the Xavier community and the dad’s club this year with their oldest, Sophie ’27 being a freshman. Ted grew up in Baltimore, Maryland but has lived in Phoenix for 20 years after graduating from Arizona State University.

Ted loves spending time with his girls and truly enjoys the community that Xavier provides. Ted also looks forward to supporting the dad’s club with the golf tournament and hopes he can continue the success that Eric Silvernail began.

Ted runs a top wealth management and investment firm in Phoenix focused on business owners, executives and athletes.

Eric has been married to Celeste for 20 amazing years and they have two children – Ava ‘24 and Henry ‘27. Eric is an Arizona native who went to Brophy ’88 and University of Arizona ’93. Until recently when he retired to spend more time at home with the family, he ran the nation’s largest telehealth contract with the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Being part of Xavier Dads’ Club has been one of the bests experiences of his life both in terms of memories with Ava and getting to know other dads.