Finance Council

Greg Furseth

Finance Council President

Gregory Furseth has held varied positions in his 37 year financial services career with both Northern Trust and now with TrustBank as their SVP/Chief Fiduciary Officer. In this role he oversees the Wealth Management Practice in Arizona and Illinois.

After completing the mandatory 2 years in public accounting, his financial services career began with Northern Trust's Fiduciary Tax area preparing fiduciary and estate tax returns, then moved to Financial Management where he performed Asset/Liability Management functions of budgeting and strategic planning which included internal/external reporting. At the beginning of 1996 he joined the Estate Settlement Group, where he served as the Senior Estate Administrator.

Mr. Furseth was promoted to Senior Trust and Fiduciary officer in 2004 wherein he served as the lead relationship manager for the company's Trust and Investment Management relationships and oversaw the trust function in the East Valley (Phoenix) of Northern Trust's West Region. In 2008 he was promoted to Managing Director of the same group and held this position until his departure in December 2012. During his tenure his career he has also served in other capacities including the teaching of the Diversity Program’s; chaired Northern Trust’s Quality Committee; was a participating member of their Mentoring Committee, and chaired the Discretionary Distribution Committee. He also chaired the company's United Way corporate drive (2002) and served as Secretary on the Northern Trust's Diversity and Inclusion Council.

In 2013 he joined TrustBank to serve as its Chief Fiduciary Officer. In that role he is responsible for the oversight of the Trust Function, and is part of the Senior Team that successfully built out the Bank’s new Wealth Management Practice in Arizona and Illinois.

Over the years he has been active with Arizona State University where he served as an Advisory Board Member of the W.P. Carey School of Business Finance Department. Past Chair of the W.P. Carey of Business Dean's Board of Excellence where he spearheaded one of the first Mentoring Programs between the professional community and the school. Furseth has served as a past member of the Dean's Council of 100 and President's Club member, as well as the East Valley Adult Services Junior Achievement, Business Volunteers for the Arts, Valley of the Sun United Way, Desert Cancer Society, past board member of the Ahwatukee Chamber of Commerce and past President of the East Valley Estate Planning Council.

Rob Abeln

Finance Council

I have been a parishioner of Corpus Christi for more than 20 years. I am an active member of the Knights of Columbus, former Parish Council member and current member of the Parish Center remodel committee. I am also an Eucharistic Minister and member of the Alter Guild. I am a Sales Manager for Waxie Sanitary Supply. I have been married for the past 27 years to my wife Lisa and we have 3 children – Zachary, Taylor and Brady.

Michael Meunier

Finance Council

I joined Corpus Christi parish in 2020 after moving to Phoenix to be close to my youngest daughter and two young grandsons. My 33 years of accounting experience includes 20+ years as an Assistant Controller at the University of Vermont and five years working as a part-time senior consultant serving Higher Education clients in cost accounting areas.

I have three adult children (Samantha, Ross and Abby) and two grandsons (Calvin, Dexter). My various roles as father, co-worker and friend has allowed me to witness my Catholic faith within each personal relationship. Corpus Christi parish has been a great environment to deepen my faith further, increase my prayer life and present opportunities to expand my involvement in serving the Catholic church.

Elizabeth Ong

Finance Council

A parishioner of Corpus Christi and a license Certified Public Accountant in the State of Arizona USA. Presently working for a manufacturing company within the finance/accounting group. Been involved with finance and accounting for work with several manufacturing and financial companies for more than 15 years.

Educated at a Catholic school, colleges and Universities. Catholic by choice and was born in a practicing Catholic Family. Has a service group for more than 5 years - that moves Our Lady of Fatima statue from house to house to promote the Holy Rosary. COVID time - created a group with about 100 members from all over the world and nationwide to pray the rosary every night.

Inclined to better serve the parish and the Catholic community.