On-Time, Done-Right Accounting for
Startup Classical Schools

Our Executive Assistant, Nina Gray, graduated from Benedictine College in 2024 with degrees in Management and Psychology. After spending a year in Kansas City gaining experience in operations and team support, she joined the Custos team in 2025.

Nina is passionate about creating structure and efficiency in the workplace and brings a unique blend of insight, energy, and empathy to her role. With a strong commitment to collaboration, clarity, and mission-focused support, she is eager to contribute to a culture of excellence and service.

Deeply devoted to her Catholic faith, Nina is excited to integrate her values into her work and help foster an environment of joy, purpose, and intentionality. She brings with her a love for process improvement, team development, and creative problem-solving—always with a focus on building systems that serve people well.

Benjamin is a senior accounting student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is actively involved in the Newman Center, a vibrant faith community of over 2,000 students, where he serves Mass and sings in the choir as often as he can. Benjamin also lives with friends in Phi Kappa Theta – ΦΚΘ – a Catholic fraternity located in the backyard of the Newman Center, where he previously served as Vice President of Intellectual Affairs.

On campus, Benjamin has tutored business courses, worked with the university’s IT department, and contributed to economic research alongside faculty. His passion for faith, learning, leadership, and community shapes his approach to both academic and professional life.

Caroline Royle is an accountant at Custos, where she helps clients with a variety of financial accounting and bookkeeping matters. After graduating with a degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Caroline worked in the audit practice at PwC, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms. After PwC, she worked as an accountant for a real estate development firm and, most recently, for a local electronics manufacturing company. She, her husband, and their two children reside in Kansas City, MO.

A Kansas City native raised in the Shawnee Mission Area, Erin hails from a large Italian Catholic family and places high importance on quality time with loved ones, particularly her husband and two children. Her recreational pursuits include outdoor activities, travel, photography, and home DIY projects. Erin holds a degree in accounting from Ottawa University and is currently undertaking studies to attain certification in American Sign Language. She maintains a commitment to lifelong learning and knowledge enhancement and is an avid audio book and podcast enthusiast.

Erin has a solid background in small business accounting having worked in various industries throughout her career. Over the years, she has honed a versatile skill set that extends beyond accounting, having overseen areas such as human resources, compliance, IT project management, and operational support in previous roles. This multifaceted expertise enables her to approach accounting challenges with a big picture mindset. She finds particular fulfillment in her role at Custos CPA, where she is afforded the opportunity to contribute to the missions of numerous non-profit organizations.

Loretta grew up in Northern Pennsylvania and now lives in Irving, Texas after moving there to attend the University of Dallas (BA ‘23, Drama). Prior to joining the Custos team, she worked at various points as a librarian, waitress, and housekeeper. She met her husband in college and they are expecting their first child this fall. When Loretta isn’t working, she is writing plays, walking her dog, or spending time with family. Her patron is the Blessed Virgin Mary and her favorite Bible character is Esau (because she, too, would give up an inheritance for a bowl of good food).

Kendall is our in-house Form 990 expert. She graduated from Benedictine College with a double major in Accounting and Mathematics and a minor in Theology. Her mission after graduating was to bring accounting expertise to her Catholic community. Gaining this expertise through working at KPMG and Support Kansas City, she is delighted to be sharing her knowledge with you. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Missouri.

Kendall is a proud Texan who has been permanently displaced to Colorado to be closer to family. She is a parishioner at Our Lady of Loreto Parish, with her husband and son. Other pastimes include playing volleyball and homeschooling her son.

Ollie is an entrepreneurial Catholic with a heart for Latin and Greek root words and a mind for numbers. In May of 2021, he founded Custos CPA, an outsourced accounting firm serving faith-based nonprofits. Inspired by his own faith experience at the University of Dallas (BA ‘15, Classical Philology-Greek), Ollie knows firsthand the power of an intentionally Catholic, integrated curriculum to heal and form souls in the love of Christ and has fully embraced that mission as a seed of the New Evangelization, most particularly by serving a growing number of Chesterton Academies nationwide with his team of accounting professionals. He has served the local (Kansas City) Chesterton Academy of St. Philip Neri in a variety of roles over the years, as Treasurer, Chairman of the Board, and development director.

Prior to starting Custos, Ollie worked for RubinBrown LLP and then Pro 31 Tax & Accounting LLC. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Missouri, and obtained a Masters in Accountancy from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business in 2017.

Ollie grew up in Shawnee, KS and attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Rockhurst High School. He is a parishioner at Coronation of Our Lady in Grandview, MO and resides a five-minute walk away from the parish with his wife, Lindsay, and five sons.