About Us

Tim McDonnell has worked professionally with students in high school and middle school since 1996. He taught Social Studies and English for ten years at Alice Fong Yu Alternative, a National Blue Ribbon School in San Francisco, and previously ran educational and personal development programs for young men on Chicago’s South Side, in the South Bronx, New York, and in the SF Bay Area. He holds Master’s Degrees in Social Studies Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and Modern European History from Marquette University.

Doug Tatz works in fundraising at UC Berkeley. He has been mentoring and organizing activities for young men for over a decade. He grew up in Ohio and completed his BS in International Relations at Seton Hall University.

The Search for Man is sponsored by Garber House, which is dedicated to the academic and character formation of young men. The Christian orientation of its activities is the responsibility of Opus Dei, a Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. To learn more about Garber House, click here.

Garber House is dedicated to providing a safe educational environment for those who participate in its activities, especially all minors. To read more about our policies, click here.