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Notre Dame Academy Career Day 2016

Participants

Ms. Regina Toland Bender Year: 1980 P’10 ’14

Senior VP, Bank of America

Ms. Bender is a Senior Vice President and Team Leader for the Direct Tax Credit Equity

Investments for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Group at Bank of America. With her team

of seven asset managers, she is responsible for managing the bank’s Direct Low Income Housing

Portfolio of approximately $3.7 Billion in Direct Real Estate Tax Credit Investments. Gina and

her team are responsible for overseeing the operational performance of the assets from

Construction/Lease-Up, Stabilization, and through Disposition. Ms. Bender is also responsible

for Low Income Tax Credit Reporting and Equity Fundings. She has been with the bank and its

predecessors for 15 years. Prior to joining the bank, Ms. Bender was with a large syndication

firm for 15 years in various real estate positions, with the majority of time spent as a Senior

Asset Manager responsible for a portfolio in excess of $500 million.

Ms. Bender graduated from Emmanuel College, magna cum laude, earning her BS with a

concentration in Business. She is also on the Board of the Affordable Housing Investors (AHIC)

and the Co-Chair of the Asset Management Committee; and a member of CREW Boston.

Ms. Maura Bell Boucher Year: 1988 P'17 '19

Registered Nurse, Boston Medical Center

Ms. Maura Bell Boucher graduated from Northeastern University in 1993 with a Bachelor’s

degree in nursing. After graduation she moved to Houston, Texas and worked in the Emergency

Department and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Texas Children’s Hospital. In 2000, she moved

to Connecticut and worked in the Emergency Department at Connecticut Children’s Medical

Center. Ms. Boucher has been working as a staff nurse in the Pediatric Emergency Department at

Boston Medical Center since 2003.

Ms. Heather Oberg Brown Year: 1996

Executive Staff Asst. to the Director, Providence VA Medical Center

Ms. Heather Oberg Brown is the Executive Staff Assistant to the Medical Center Director at the

Providence VA Medical Center. She is currently detailed to Pathology and Laboratory Services

as the Administrative Service Chief. Ms. Brown started her career in the VA in 2007 as a Health

System Specialist (trainee). She worked for the hospital director and was promoted to

Administrative Officer for Medical Services. Prior to her career at the Providence VAMC, Ms.

Brown began her professional career in 2000 as a customer service representative for the Gillette

Company (now Proctor and Gamble). She took on a role of increased responsibility and was a

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Demand Planner prior to her departure from the company. Ms. Oberg holds a Bachelor’s Degree

in Political Science from Providence College and a Master Degree in Public Administration from

Suffolk University.

Ms. Arianna Brown Year: 2006

Residential Specialist, Gibson Sotheby's International Realty

Ms. Arianna Brown joined Gibson Sotheby's International Realty in 2010. She has become a

valuable member of the Julie Harrison Real Estate sales team because of her attention to detail,

positive attitude and extensive knowledge of the neighborhoods within and surrounding Boston.

Ms. Brown's main goal is to help her clients find their dream home for the best price possible.

She guides her clients throughout the whole purchase process and enables them to make

informed, confident decisions. In 2015, her team sales totaled over $50 million.

She graduated from Providence College in 2010 with a degree in finance and currently resides in

South Boston.

Ms. Jennifer Cadigan-McGoldrick Year: 2003

Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

Ms. Jennifer Cadigan McGoldrick graduated from Boston College in 2007 with a B.S. in

management (concentrations in accounting and marketing). She earned her Master's in

accounting from Boston College in 2009. She is a CPA in Massachusetts and is currently a

senior manager at Ernst &Young, where she has worked since graduating from college. Her

client focus is in the technology and biotechnology industries and she has been involved in two

IPO transactions.

Ms. Meghan Kelleher Caine Year: 1997

Sergeant, Northeastern University Police Department

After graduating from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice,

Ms. Meghan Caine worked at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department as a corrections officer at

the Nashua Street Jail. In 2007, she joined the Northeastern University Police Department as a

civilian dispatcher. In 2009, after graduating from the academy, Ms. Caine was sworn in as a

police officer where she took a special interest in sexual assault, domestic violence, and

harassment cases. She was then promoted to a Detective where she received specialized training

and experience in interview and interrogation, criminal investigations, Title IX, undercover

operations, dignitary protection, and more. Ms. Caine was recently promoted to Patrol Sergeant

in June of 2015. She and her husband Neill have a fourteen month old son Gavin.

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Ms. Jody Kenneally Chase Year: 2001

Pediatric NP, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

Ms. Jody Kenneally Chase is a board certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the East Boston

Neighborhood Health Center. She completed her Bachelors of Science degree in

Cardiopulmonary Sciences at Northeastern University and obtained board certification as a

Registered Respiratory Therapist, working in the Neonatal ICU at Brigham and Women’s

Hospital. She obtained a Master of Science in Nursing at Simmons College in Boston. EBNHC

is one of the largest community health centers in the country, providing accessible, affordable

and high-quality health care regardless of ability to pay.

As part of the Massachusetts Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative (PCMHI), Ms. Chase

helped develop the Pediatric Asthma Clinic in 2011. In this role, she provides comprehensive

care and case management to high-risk asthmatics. She is also the clinical supervisor for the

EBNHC Asthma Home Visiting Program, providing families with in-home asthma education and

environmental assessment. In her current position, she integrates her specialized clinical

experience and interest in pediatric respiratory illnesses with her long-standing commitment to

providing high-quality health care to low-income residents and eliminating health disparities in

vulnerable populations.

Ms. Celia Corkery Civello Year: 1988

Architect, Edgewood Design + Architecture Inc

Ms. Civello is the owner of Edgewood Design + Architecture. Founded in order to work part-

time with flexible hours while her children are small. Her firm currently focuses on South Shore

residential projects, but she plans to shift back to institutional work (i.e., schools and

courthouses) this year. Prior to working for herself, she worked for several large Boston

architecture firms including Shepley Bulfinch. She specialized in coordinating large projects

(mostly courthouses) across all the involved engineering and design disciplines.

Ms. Civello is a U.S. Army veteran, and a graduate of Yale School of Architecture, and

Dartmouth College.

Ms. Nancy Losordo Clinton Year: 1985

Admin. Director, Boston University School of Medicine

Ms. Nancy Losordo Clinton is involved with The Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute (WCVI) of

Boston University School of Medicine which was established in 1974 to foster advances in

research, treatment, and education in the broad areas of heart and vascular disease. The WCVI is

comprised of 50 faculty members and over 100 staff and postdoctoral positions representing five

different medical school departments and two departments of the Charles River Campus. They

are involved in research, training, and education in basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research.

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Ms. Kelly Manning Collins Year: 1995

Executive VP, Manning Associates

Ms. Kelly Manning Collins has spent a decade in the recruiting field connecting talented job

seekers with clients. The "9-5" doesn't exist in Ms. Collins world, as she manages the firm's day-

to-day operations and works around the clock to ensure clients and candidates are receiving the

personal Manning touch. Prior to joining the family business, Ms. Collins spent the first four

years of her career with another administrative recruiting firm in Boston. Her expertise in the

administrative placement field fueled the launch of MPG's Administrative Placement Practice,

which caters to a broad spectrum of administrators, from entry-level receptionists to C-level

executive assistants.

Ms. Collins is a summa cumlLaude graduate of UMass Boston, where she double-majored in

psychology and sociology. Ms. Collins resides in Hingham with her husband Steve, and is the

mother to twin girls and a boy.

Ms. Catherine Costantino Year: 2007

Registered Nurse, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ms. Catherine Costantino graduated from Sacred Heart University with a Bachelor of Science in

nursing. She belongs to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She is a

registered nurse at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Judge Terry Craven Year: 1969

First Justice, Suffolk County Juvenile Court

Judge Terry M. Craven is the First Justice of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court in Boston. She is

the first woman appointed to this position. Prior to this position, she was the Associate Justice of

the Norfolk and Suffolk County Juvenile Courts. Judge Craven has centered her career on

helping delinquent children and their families. She has taught and been a juvenile probation

officer for the Boston Public School System. In addition, she served as the Director of the

Herrick Center for Girls, a community based program for high risk, violent, and repeat female

offenders. Throughout her career, Judge Craven has litigated over 500 cases in the Juvenile and

probate courts in Massachusetts and was appointed as a Guardian Ad Litem in over 100 cases

during her years of private practice. Judge Craven holds a B.A. in Psychology from Westfield

State University and a J.D from New England School of Law.

Dr. Courtney Reilly Csikesz Year: 2000

Dermotologist, South Coast Dermatology

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Dr. Csikesz (pronounced cheek-ess) is a board-certified dermatologist and pediatric

dermatologist. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2004 receiving her BA in Biology with

minors in Chemistry and Spanish. She then worked for one year as a clinical research associate

doing outcomes research in oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Csikesz attended

The University of Massachusetts Medical School and graduated in 2009. She completed her

internship in transitional medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance in 2010. Dr. Csikesz then

moved to Providence for her dermatology residency at Roger Williams Medical Center. She then

went back to UMass in 2013 to pursue a fellowship in pediatric dermatology. She began working

at Dermatology Professionals in North Attleboro, MA and East Greenwich, RI in fall of 2014

and spent one half day working and teaching residents and medical students at Roger Williams

Medical Center. She is board-certified by the American Board of Dermatology in Dermatology

and Pediatric Dermatology and has a special interest in acne, eczema, lasers, and pediatric

surgery. She is currently on maternity leave after having her third child. Dr. Csikesz and her

family are moving back to the South Shore in May and she will begin working at South Coast

Dermatology in Weymouth in June.

Ms. Heather Stevens Cronin Year: 1987 P'17 '19

Pharmacist, Target

Ms. Heather Stevens Cronin is a pharmacist for Target in Hanover. Prior to that, Ms. Cronin

worked as a pharmacist at the CVS in Hanson. She received a Bachelor’s degree in

pharmacology from Northeastern University. She currently sits on NDA’s Alumnae Association

Board and has two daughters here at NDA.

Ms. Holly Kinch Czaja Year: 1996

Social Worker (investigator), Department of Children and Families

Ms. Holly Kinch Czaja attended Assumption College in Worcester where she achieved her

Bachelor's degree in Social Rehabilitation Services. Ms. Kinch was hired by the Department of

Social Services (now known as Department of Children and Families) as an ongoing Social

Worker directly out of college. During her 16 years employed with DCF, Ms. Kinch has been

trained to work as part of the emergency response team in order to respond to crises involving

abused or neglected children in the Plymouth jurisdiction. Ms. Kinch currently is an investigator

for the Department of Children and Families in which she investigates the allegations of abuse

and neglect of children and assesses their risk. Ms. Kinch decided to further her education during

her employment with DCF and obtain her Masters of Education in 2007.

Ms. Kathleen Devin Dauphinais Year: 1992

Registered Nurse, Tufts Medical Center

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Ms. Kathleen Devin Dauphinais is a graduate of the Boston College Connell School of Nursing.

She has worked as a labor and delivery nurse, a neonatal ICU nurse, an operating room nurse,

and a pediatric emergency room nurse. She is currently working in labor and delivery at Tufts

Medical Center.

Ms. Maura Dee Year: 2007

Human Resource Specialist, Game Show Network

Ms. Maura Dee currently works at the Game Show Network (GSN) as a human resources

specialist in employee relations and engagement. Prior to this role, she worked in HR at Eze

Software Group. Ms. Dee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in human resource management

from Northeastern University.

Ms. Amy Flynn Doherty Year: 1997

Philanthropy Officer, South Shore Hospital and President, Amy Doherty Events

Ms. Amy Flynn Doherty graduated from The Catholic University of America in Washington

D.C. in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. Ms. Doherty began her fundraising

career at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 2001. Over the next 15 years, she would go on to

work for a number of prestigious hospitals throughout the Northeast, including Memorial Sloan-

Kettering Cancer Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her passion lies within the big

picture planning and detailed execution of signature and cultivation events that bring supporters

and prospects closer to the core of an organization’s mission. She has planned over 100

stewardship events at principal donors’ homes and first-class venues in Boston and New York

City. She has worked closely with senior leadership and influential volunteers to organize travel

events in such locations as Palm Beach, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. She has also built

strategic and successful charity programs associated with the Boston Marathon, Falmouth Road

Race, Pan-Mass Challenge and independent community fundraisers, ultimately increasing

overall fundraising revenue while strengthening its mission. Ms. Doherty’s key focus is the

consistent positioning of events, large and small, that may set the stage for a greater purpose.

Ms. Marybeth O'Malley Doyle Year: 1985

CPA, Mary E Doyle, CPA

Ms. Marybeth O’Malley Doyle graduated from Northeastern University and has been a Certified

Public Accountant since 1993. She has previously worked for Deloitte & Touche in Boston and

Melbourne, Australia. Ms. Doyle has also worked for Cookson Electronics, EMC Corporation,

and Wyman-Gordon. She is now a self-employed CPA.

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Ms. Jennifer Drain Year: 1991

Architectural Designer, ArchiPlicity, Inc.

Ms. Jennifer Drain is an architect and founder of ArchiPlicity, LLC, an architecture design firm

in Plymouth, MA. She has experience in both historic and contemporary architectural styles. Her

projects have been designed for sites in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California. The firm

also provides architectural illustrations for both developers and media companies to illustrate

conceptual ideas. Ms. Drain shares, "Our philosophy is to create architecture that is simple and

elegant. We believe design should be based on good proportion, simple, well placed details and a

thoughtful response to existing surroundings."

Ms. Sarah Drew Year: 2006

Supervisor, MEDITECH

MEDITECH provides a clinically sophisticated EHR, focused on physician productivity, patient

safety, interoperability and sustainability. We develop, code, implement and frequently update

all healthcare systems to ensure every facility is operating at its most efficient level.

Ms. Deirdre Duckett Year: 1989

Associate Director of Administration for DBS / Associate Director of PhD Program Integration

in the Public Health Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Ms. Deirdre Duckett began her career in education as a Teach For America corps member in

Baltimore, MD after graduating from the College of Holy Cross with a degree in Psychology and

Spanish in 1993. After teaching high school and working for a service-based non-profit in

Baltimore, she moved back to the Boston area and has worked in the K-12 education sector,

higher education, non-profit entrepreneurial education-focused organizations and served on

several boards. She is currently the Associate Director of Administration for the Division of

Biological Sciences and the Associate Director of PhD Program Integration in the Public Health

Sciences at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. In this role, she not only continues

to run the PhD Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health, but also leads the strategic

management of all PhD programs at the school and focuses on establishing policies and best

practices for recruitment, academic requirements, and administration across the PhD programs in

collaboration with partner schools at the University.

Ms. Claire Duffy Year: 1998

Police Officer, Boston Police Deptartment

Ms. Claire Duffy grew up in Dorchester and attended Northeastern. She worked as a legal

assistant for a few large firms in Boston, and as a clerk for the Commission for The Deaf and

Hard of Hearing. Later, she worked as a call screener for 911 dispatch for Boston Police and was

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accepted to the Boston Police Academy in 2006. Ms. Duffy has been a Patrol Officer in

Mattapan and Dorchester and was awarded a Commissioners Commendation and the Department

Medal Of Honor. She currently resides in West Roxbury with her 9 year old daughter Maeve and

her husband Thomas Finn, who is also a Boston Police Officer.

Ms. Jillian Harrison Dumas Year: 2002

Attorney, athenahealth, Inc.

Ms. Jillian Harrison Dumas is a management-side labor and employment attorney with five years

of experience in the large law firm and in-house settings. After law school, she began her career

as an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP, a large law firm in Boston, where she counseled

employers on all aspects of labor and employment law, and litigated employment law cases.

After four and a half years with Ropes, she recently moved to an in-house legal position with

athenahealth, Inc., an exciting and quickly-growing, publicly-traded healthcare technology

company in Watertown. She is responsible for all employment matter at the company, which has

approximately 4,500 employees.

Dr. Jennifer DuPont Year: 2004

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tufts Medical Center

Dr. Jennifer DuPont is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Molecular Cardiology Research

Institute at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr. DuPont received her M.S. in Exercise

Physiology and Ph.D. in Applied Physiology from the University of Delaware. Her graduate

research was focused on vascular function in chronic kidney disease patients, as well as the

vascular effects of dietary sodium. As a postdoctoral fellow at the MCRI, her research is focused

on determining the factors that contribute to high blood pressure with aging. Dr. DuPont’s

research experience spans from the clinic to the bench, as she has performed patient based

studies in addition to taking a molecular biology approach to answer important research

questions. Outside of the laboratory, she is a member of the American Heart Association and the

American Physiological Society and travels several times a year to present her research at

National and International Conferences. She resides in Pembroke with her husband, Travis. In

her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and being physically active.

Ms. Kathryn Sullivan Everett Year: 1991

Executive Director, The Lynch Foundation

As Executive Director of The Lynch Foundation, Ms. Katie Everett leads a charitable trust that

since 1988 has invested more than $150 million in support of over 300 social change

organizations, including some of the earliest seed investments in Teach for America, Partners in

Health, and the Posse Foundation. Established by Carolyn and Peter Lynch, The Lynch

Foundation primarily supports Massachusetts based programs with an emphasis on education,

cultural and historic preservation, healthcare and medical research, and the religious and

educational efforts of the Catholic Church.

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Ms. Everett led the establishment of the Lynch Leadership Academy, a national model for

building world-class urban school leaders; the Lynch Early Education Initiative, an effort that

serves over 50 early childhood classrooms in Boston’s Catholic schools; and the Boston

Schoolyards Initiative, one of the city’s most successful public-private partnerships that has

preserved over 130 acres of open space by restoring 81 school playgrounds. In 2012, the Boston

Business Journal honored her as one of 40 Under 40 innovators and leaders in the City of

Boston.

She is a graduate of Boston College as well as Executive Programs at the Stanford University

School of Business and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She, her husband Greg, and

their two children live in the North End neighborhood of Boston.

Ms. Francesca Federico Year: 2006

Co-founder, Principal, Twelve Points Wealth

Ms. Francesca Federico has built her career around helping others, having learned the value of

family and hard work at a young age. Before joining Twelve Points, she began her career with

The Buckley Group and became a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley. In 2014, Investment

News named her one of the Top 40 Under 40 advisors in the country. She co-founded Twelve

Points in order to help people and change her clients’ lives for the better. Ms. Federico

specializes in working with women in transition or going through divorce, and privately held

businesses. She became an Accredited Investment Fiduciary® designee, considered the gold

standard for fiduciary care in the financial services industry, in February 2015 and a Certified

Divorce Financial Analyst® designee in September 2015. Ms. Federico received a B.S. in

Finance at Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business and remains active in the Boston

Fairfield Alumni Chapter. She grew up in Braintree, where she was surrounded by her Italian-

Irish family in a neighborhood built by her grandfather and great uncles in the late 1960s. She is

also a member of the NDA Alumnae Board.

Ms. Colleen Feehan Year: 2004

Education (science teacher), John W. McDevitt Middle School

This is Ms. Feehan’s eighth year teaching sixth grade science in Waltham and she is very happy

with her career. Waltham is a diverse community that offers many different programs for its

teachers and students. She has been able to grow as a professional and take on more

responsibilities as she gains more experience in teaching. Ms. Feehan has been a mentor to two

younger teachers, and has started a tutoring program for students this year. She is looking

forward to sharing her love for education with the NDA community.

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Judge Siobhan Foley Year: 1975

Associate Justice, Juvenile Court Department

Judge Siobhan Foley serves as an Associate Justice for the Juvenile Court Department in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She was nominated to the court by former Governor Deval

Patrick on June 22, 2014. Judge Foley may serve on the court until she turns the mandatory

retirement age of 70. From 2010 until she joined Plymouth Juvenile Court in 2014, she served as

the supervisor of the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Crime Unit. She also

previously served as a prosecutor for nine years in Norfolk County. Judge Foley received her

undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston and her J.D. from the New

England School of Law.

Ms. Jackie McCauley Ford Year: P'17

CFO, America's Test Kitchen

Ms. Jackie Ford is currently the CFO of America's Test Kitchen in Brookline, MA. As the CFO,

she is responsible for many areas including finance and accounting, information technology, and

legal. Ms. Ford began her career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she was

an auditor in the middle market audit practice in the Boston office. After begin promoted to

manager, she began working in the mergers and acquisitions practice providing financial due

diligence for strategic and financial buyers. After 10 years in public accounting, Ms. Ford

worked as interim CFO/controller for 12 years working primarily with private equity firms and

their portfolio companies. Just prior to starting at America's Test Kitchen, she worked at CFGI, a

finance and accounting consulting firm where she focused on supporting the needs of CFOs of

investment firms as well as the CFOs of private equity backed companies.

Ms. Kathy Gallagher P'17

Physician's Assistant

Ms. Kathy Gallagher graduated from University of Maryland with a BA in Speech

Communications and worked in sales and marketing for six years. When her dad was diagnosed

with metastatic prostate cancer, the experience had a profound effect on her. It made her aspire to

change careers and work in the medical field to provide compassionate care like the care her dad

received.

She was hired as a patient care technician at Deaconess Hospital in Boston and started

researching careers in medicine while taking science courses at Northeastern and UMass Boston.

She was accepted to PA school and graduated from Yale 20 years ago this summer. Mrs.

Gallagher has been working in the same position since she graduated, with the same supervising

physician. She works for Harbor Medical Associates in the Internal Medicine Department and

sees patients independently, makes diagnoses, and orders lab tests and imaging to help confirm

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or manage diseases. One of the things she loves most about her career is that it is never boring

and at the end of every day, she leaves knowing she helped someone.

Ms. Anne Gaughen Year: 2002

Author, Self-employed

Ms. A. C. Gaughen is the author of Scarlet, Lady Thief, and Lion Heart, with her new series,

Elementae, debuting with Bloomsbury Publishing in 2017. She serves on the board for the non-

profit Boston GLOW, creating opportunities to encourage and engage teen girls in the Greater

Boston area. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from St. Andrews University in Scotland and

a Masters in Education from Harvard University.

Ms. Colleen Skerry Giannino Year: 1998

Director of Early Education, College Bound Dorchester

Ms. Colleen Skerry Giannino is the Director of Early Education at College Bound Dorchester

where she oversees seven classrooms, 134 students, and a staff of 20. She earned her Bachelor of

Science degree in Elementary Education from Boston University. She earned her Masters of

Education degree from American International College. Colleen has over fifteen years of

experience from pre-school to second grade. Her experience led her to the role of site manager

for Jumpstart at Wheelock College, where she managed college students as they implemented

programming to at-risk inner-city preschoolers. In addition to her rich teaching background, she

was awarded the prestigious Pearson Teaching Fellowship, an honor given to only 35 people

across the United States. Outside of the classroom, Colleen resides in Boston with her husband

and three children. She is an avid traveler and has trips planned to Ireland and Disney World

with her family in the Fall!

Ms. Shauna Sanson Gilhooly Year: 2000

Vice President, Human Resources, TD Garden & Boston Bruins

Ms. Shauna Gilhooly joined Delaware North in March 2012. As Vice President, Human

Resources, accountable to Presidents Amy Latimer and Cam Neely, Ms. Gilhooly leads all facets

of Human Resources strategy for TD Garden, Boston Bruins, and Massachusetts Sportservice,

while creating synergy and consistency with the Delaware North corporate HR team. Under her

leadership, the Human Resources team is responsible for developing, managing, and

implementing Human Resources programs and guidelines for employee relations, recruitment,

compensation, succession planning, performance management, total rewards, training, and

organizational development. Previous to joining Delaware North, she worked in Human

Resources for Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

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Ms. Gilhooly is a graduate of Tulane University, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in

Management. Additionally, she earned her Senior Professional in Human Resources certification

in 2010.

Mr. David Hazeltine P'18

Director, Demand Generation Strategy, Fiserv

Mr. Hazeltine is a 30-year veteran marketer, fundraiser, and direct response pro. His specialties

include B-to-B marketing and direct response planning, budgeting, strategy, creative, sales,

online and offline communications, integrated campaigns, social media, mobile, and

comprehensive results analysis. He is currently a Director of Demand Generation Strategy within

the Global Sales Organization at Fiserv, Inc. (@Fiserv) -- the leading global provider of

information management and electronic commerce systems for the financial services industry.

Working closely with the sales and marketing teams, he develops overall strategy for inbound

and outbound lead/demand generation and event campaigns for all 10 of Fiserv's business units.

Ms. Jeanne Higgins Year: 1983

Accounting Consultant, Accounting Management Solutions

Ms. Jeanne Higgins has been working as an accounting consultant for four years. As an

accounting consultant, Ms. Higgins works for four or five smaller clients at one time, doing their

books. Over 20 years of experience in Finance and Accounting helps her serve her clients in a

variety of industries. She is a graduate of the CarroSchool of Management at Boston College.

Ms. Kirsten Hughes Year: 1995

Chairman, Massachusetts Republican Party/ City Councilor, Quincy, MA

Ms. Kirsten Hughes is the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, first elected in 2013,

and reelected in 2015. Ms. Hughes received a B.F.A from New York University, her law degree

from New England School of Law, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar shortly after.

Currently serving on the Quincy City Council, she became the first woman elected to the

position in the ward’s history. In a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans, 9 to 1, Ms.

Hughes built a successful coalition of grassroots Republican activists and community leaders to

win elected office at the local level-adding herself to the so called ‘farm team’ of Massachusetts

Republican officials.

Prior to her service as Chair, she served as the Deputy Finance Director for Senator Scott

Brown’s reelection campaign which raised $42 million, the most successful fundraising

operation of any incumbent Senator in the country.

In October 2010, she married Philip Doherty a software engineer who grew up in Charlestown.

They are proud parents of sons John and Benjamin.

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Ms. Katherine Drain Jackson Year: 1991

Photographer, The Mirrored Image Photography

As a professional photographer, Ms. Katherine Drain Jackson aspires to exceed client

expectations. While she photographs a large variety of subjects and events, she specializes in

children, family and high school senior photography. Ms. Jackson absolutely loves children, and

her focus is on making their photographic experience a fun and easy one! She does a great deal

of work outdoors on-location at beaches and parks. Ms. Jackson also has an in-home studio

space.

Ms. Laura Maguire Jones Year: 2004

ICU Nurse, Massachusetts General Hospital

Ms. Jones graduated from Boston College where she was a member of the varsity crew and club

soccer teams. At BC she participated in many service oriented activities and trips through

campus ministry and the Connell School of Nursing. She graduated from BC in 2008 and began

working on the neuro step-down unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. After two years, she

transitioned to the Neuro ICU, where she has been working for the last five years. She has

participated in multiple medical mission trips to Haiti through Partners in Health and Project

Medishare. She also works as a clinical instructor for nursing students and is currently back in

school to become a Nurse Practitioner.

Ms. Amy Joy Year: 2003

Forensic Scientist, Massachusetts State Police - Crime Laboratory

Ms. Amy Joy has been employed with the Massachusetts State Police since June 2007. In her

role, she responds to crime scenes where she assists local, state, and federal law enforcement

agencies. She conducts on-site examinations, processes individuals, and collects potential

probative evidence. She also processes evidence for DNA analysis to obtain DNA profile(s) for

comparison. Ms. Joy generates reports for the scenes she responds to, the DNA profiles she

generates, and tesifies to her findings in a court of law.

Ms. Brittany Kelley Year: 2005

Audit Experienced Manager, Grant Thornton LLP

Ms. Brittany Kelley is an Audit Manager at Grant Thornton LLP, a global professional services

firm, who focuses on providing audit services to our consumer industrial products and not for

profit clients. Her experience includes supervising financial statement audits, identifying and

evaluating operating and accounting issues, delivering observations and recommendations to

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management, and training and supervision of engagement team members. Ms. Kelley is the

champion of the Women@Grant Thornton initiative for the New England Cluster. In this role

she is responsible for ensuring that the initiative is meeting its objectives of enhancing the

advancement, recruitment, and retention of the firm’s female talent. She, along with a committed

team of female partners, managers, and staff, create and implement professional development

training for both internal and external use.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Bentley University and obtained

her Masters of Science in Accountancy from the McCallum Graduate School at Bentley

University. She is a licensed CPA in Massachusetts.

Ms. Kate Kleimola Year: 1996

Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office

Ms. Kate Kleimola is an Assistant District Attorney in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s

Office. She is currently assigned to a Superior Court trial team, covering the region of

Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Medford, Belmont and Newton. Ms. Kleimola started her

career at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office in 2005, as an Assistant District

Attorney in various district courts throughout the county. In her current assignment on a Superior

Court trial team, Ms. Kleimola is assigned to a wide variety of cases, which include murder,

sexual assaults, home invasions, robberies, and domestic violence. Ms. Kleimola holds a

Bachelor’s Degree from American University and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law

School.

Ms. Mary Knasas Year: 1974

Senior Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority

Ms. Mary Knasas is a Senior Planner at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The

mission of the BRA is to plan Boston’s built environment while respecting the city’s

communities and their history. The BRA drives economic growth and socioeconomic progress

in order to build a more prosperous, resilient, and vibrant city for all. Ms. Knasas has more than

30 years of professional experience in Boston working on housing and economic development

issues and creating comprehensive urban plans. Currently she is the BRA planner for South

Boston and Chinatown. Specific initiatives she is currently managing include a Transit Oriented

Development (TOD) plan along the MBTA Red Line corridor from Andrew Square to Broadway

station. She recently completed a two-year planning effort along the nine mile Fairmount

commuter rail corridor, focusing on the communities that are served by the transit stations. In

addition, she has co-managed the Brighton Guest Street Planning Study that resulted in new

urban design guidelines. Currently a phased real estate development plan is being built as New

Balance establishes its worldwide campus headquarters in Boston. Ms. Knasas is a graduate of

Williams College with a Master’s degree from MIT in city planning. She is also a returned

Peace Corps Volunteer.

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Ms. Meaghan White Krajewski Year: 2004

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Ms. Meaghan White Krajewski currently practices as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the

Otolaryngology (ENT) Clinic at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, CT.

Having earned a Masters of Science of Nursing from Boston College, her practice focuses on

diagnosing and treating ENT illnesses in children. After graduating from Notre Dame Academy

in 2004, she attended Marquette University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing as

part of the US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and received her commission as an

officer in 2008. Ms. Krajewski was stationed for four years at Walter Reed Army Medical

Center and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where she served as an inpatient

pediatric nurse. She currently lives in Sturbridge, MA with her husband and her German

Shorthaired Pointer, Brewster.

Ms. Jennifer Dunphy Krowchun Year: 2002

Senior Director, O'Neill and Associates

Ms. Jennifer Krowchun is a senior director within O’Neill and Associates’ government relations

division, focusing on higher education, municipalities, transportation, security and trade

association work. In this capacity, Ms. Krowchun works with clients to advance their lobbying

objectives on the federal level by tracking legislation, regulatory activity and government

procurement opportunities, as well as monitoring the budgetary developments on the state and

federal level. Active in Democratic politics, Ms. Krowchun has worked on multiple campaigns in

Massachusetts. On the national level, Ms. Krowchun served as a finance assistant on the Kerry-

Edwards 2004 presidential campaign and as a member of the 2008 Hillary Clinton for President

Young Professionals Finance Steering Committee. Ms. Krowchun is a member of the Financial

Services Committee of the New England Council and the Cristo Rey Boston High School’s

Leadership Advisory Council. She is a Board Member and PAC Board member for the

Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus and on the Finance Committee for City Councilor

Ayanna Pressley. Ms. Krowchun also volunteers her time for the Mayor’s Wage Gap initative by

leading salary negotiation workshops. Ms. Krowchun is an alumna of O’Neill and Associates’

internship program and graduated cum laude from Emmanuel College with a Bachelor’s degree

in both political science and global studies. In 2006, she was listed in “Who’s Who Among

Students” in American Universities and Colleges.

Ms. Joyce Linehan Year: 1981

Chief of Policy, City of Boston

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Ms. Joyce Linehan is the Chief of Policy for Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. Before joining the

administration in 2014, she was the director of Ashmont Media, a public relations company that

serves Boston arts organizations. She co-owns, with performer/songwriter Joe Pernice, Ashmont

Records, an independent record label. She was previously the Vice President of A & R for Sub

Pop Records. She served as Policy Director on the Boston mayoral campaign of Martin J. Walsh,

and was a co-chair of his Transition Team. Linehan holds a B.A. and an M.A. in American

Studies from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she received the Dr. Robert W.

Spayne Research Grant for study at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her master’s thesis – The

Day My Mama Socked it to the Harper Valley PTA: Country Music Womanhood in the Second

Wave of Feminism, received the American Studies Book Award from UMass Boston. She is the

founder of the Dorchester Arts Collaborative; an animal advocate and leader in the fight to end

breed-specific legislation; and serves on the board of Interim House, a residential substance

abuse treatment center. In 2012, she received an Unsung Heroine of Massachusetts award from

the Massachusetts Commission of the Status of Women. She is a lifelong resident of Dorchester.

Ms. Kaitlyn Skerry Litchfield Year: 2002

Executive Director, South Shore Young Professionals

Ms. Kaitlyn Skerry Litchfield is the Executive Director of the South Shore Young Professionals,

a non-profit organization that seeks to connect thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and businesses

across the region while fueling the economic development of the area. Ms. Litchfield graduated

from Bridgewater State University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice

with a minor in Political Science. She was a member of the Political Science National Honor

Society and also earned her Paralegal degree from Northeastern University. After graduating, she

was an Associate Probation Officer at Brockton District Court. In additional to her role with the

SSYP, she turned her passion for photography into a business, launching Kaitlyn Litchfield

Photography in 2014. She lives in Marshfield with her husband, Justin, and their two year old

son, Camden. She loves to travel, spending all summer on Duxbury Beach, skiing, and has

signed up for golf lessons this spring!

Ms. Donna Milani Luther Year: 1970

Head of School, Inly School

An arts and creativity educator for over thirty years, Ms. Luther is currently Head of Inly School,

a co-educational independent day school in Massachusetts for students ages 2 – 14. She is a

member of the Leadership Development faculty for the Creative Education Foundation, where

she teaches Creativity in the 21st Century Classroom, Advanced Strategies for Educators,

Facilitation through the Arts, Integrating Creativity and Leadership and Team Building to

educators and business professionals worldwide. Ms. Luther has just completed a research

project with the neuropsychology department at Dartmouth College on the effects of creative

thinking on middle school students. As an adjunct faculty member at Lesley College, she has

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taught in the national and international M.Ed. program for Creative Arts in Learning. She has

presented at conferences throughout the United States and in Brazil, China, South Africa and

Israel. Ms. Luther is founding director of Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts, which

has been funded over the last fifteen years by The Britney Spears Foundation, The Jonas

Brothers Foundation, 50 Cent's G-Unity Foundation, and the American Idol Foundation.

Ms. Courtney Madden Year: 2000

National Programs Director, New Leaders Council

Ms. Courtney Madden is a seasoned political professional focused on increasing civic

engagement and empowering everyday citizens. As National Programs Director for New Leaders

Council, she manages the recruitment, training, and promotion of young leaders in over forty

markets around the country. Prior to this endeavor, Ms. Madden was a senior campaign operative

for the election of Rhode Island’s first female governor, Gina Raimondo. Ms. Madden has

woven a professional track record that combines her political acumen with her gregarious

personality and the community-focused values fostered at Notre Dame Academy. Beacon Hill,

Capitol Hill, and the campaign trail have made her an advocate for citizen empowerment; while

stints at the Close Up Foundation and the Washington Campus provided outlets to educate and

activate different constituencies. Ms. Madden credits coming from a large family and her

Catholic education for instilling discipline and resilience, and providing the encouragement to

take on new challenges and navigate life as a female politico. Her advice to NDA women: be

authentic, be bold, and pack flats for when you are running the world.

Ms. Kathleen MacDonald Marshall Year: 1984

Design, K. Marshall Design

Ms. Kathy Marshall has been designing kitchens as well as baths, libraries and studies for close

to 20 years. Her extensive product and design knowledge has been accumulated by working on

projects all over the country. In 1993 Ms. Marshall and her father started a very successful

design firm on the South Shore of Boston. Since then she has started her own firm, K. Marshall

Design, Inc., on the North Shore, in Wenham, MA.

Ms. Ellen McGrath Year: 1991

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Boston Children's Hospital

Ms. Ellen McGrath is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Boston Children’s Hospital. She received a

bachelor’s degree in nursing from Boston College and her MSN from Northeastern University.

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Ms. Kathleen Hartley McIlroy Year: 2005

Police Officer, Duxbury Police Department

Ms. Katie McIlroy has worked for Duxbury Police Department for over three years as a

Permanent Intermittent Officer. She will be graduating from the Plymouth Police Academy on

March 11 as a full time Officer.

Ms. Tammy Holland Mello Year: 1988

Executive Director, Governor’s Council on Sexual Assault and Domestive Violence

On April 27, 2015 Governor Charlie Baker signed Executive Order 563, re-instating a

Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, elevating the position

into the Governor’s office, and naming Tammy Mello as the Executive Director. The charge of

the council is to “improve prevention, enhance support and demand accountability for

perpetrators to ensure they can no longer hurt others”. As the Executive Director, Ms. Mello is

responsible for carrying out the day-to-day operations and support for the Council.

Prior to working for the Baker/Polito Administration, Tammy was the Director of Violence

Prevention at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and previously was the

Director of The Domestic Violence Unit at the Department of Children and Families. As the

Director of the DCF DV Unit, Tammy was responsible for the oversight and management of

over 24 million dollars in domestic violence services and programs across the Commonwealth.

Tammy left DCF for approximately 3 years to work for Brockton Family and Community

Resources. As the Director of Community Services at BFCR she provided oversight to federal

and state funded visitation programs, a homicide bereavement program and a program for

victims impacted by drunk driving. Tammy was acknowledged by previous Lt. Governor Tim

Murray for leadership in creating opportunities for the domestic violence and homeless systems

to begin to improve responses to families. She was also the recipient of the 2011

Commonwealth Citation Award. Tammy is married to Bill Mello Jr. and describes her role as

mother of Brooke, Tyler, and Andrew as her most important and fulfilling job in the world. She

will receive NDA’s Graduate of the Year Award in April.

Ms. Kathryn Quinn Miller Year: 1997

Director of Communications, Notre Dame Academy

Ms. Katie Miller received her Bachelor’s degree in political science from Providence College.

After working at the Massachusetts State House, she decided to enter the field of fundraising

which led her to Boston Medical Center and Simmons College. While at Simmons, she

completed her Master’s degree in communications management. As Notre Dame Academy’s

Director of Communications she promotes the accomplishments and achievements of students,

faculty, and staff through a variety of print and digital media. Ms. Miller considers her role at

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NDA to fall somewhere between a cheerleader and a story teller.

Ms. Lynne Mulkerrin Year: 1986

1st Class Trooper, Massachusetts State Police

Ms. Lynne Mulkerrin graduated from Curry College with a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice

and a minor in psychology. She also received her Master’s degree in criminal justice from

Curry, graduating with distinction. Ms. Mulkerrin is a State Trooper First Class with the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is based out of Milton.

Ms. Martha Henderson Nay Year: 2003

Senior Real Estate Analyst, HFF, LP

Ms. Martha Nay is a Senior Real Estate Analyst in the Boston office of HFF with six years of

experience in commercial real estate finance and property sales. She has participated in the

capitalization of a broad range of property types, including multi-housing, office, retail,

hospitality, industrial, life science and mixed-use projects. Her experience spans underwriting,

structuring and marketing transactions that have included construction financing, conventional

permanent financing, bridge financing, mezzanine debt, preferred equity and joint venture

equity. Ms. Nay primarily focuses on debt and equity placement transactions for all property

types and throughout the course of her career with HFF, has been involved in the underwriting

and marketing of more than $1.3 billion in closed commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Nay

joined the firm in 2013. Prior to HFF, she was a Portfolio Manager/Assistant Vice President

transacting on real estate loan and equity investments at Citizens Bank. Before joining Citizens

Bank, Ms. Nay was Teach For America corps member, teaching high school Spanish in inner-

city Baltimore, Maryland.

Ms. Carolyn Launie Nolan Year: 2000

Private Wealth Advisory, Ameriprise Financial

Ms. Carolyn Launie Nolan is a private wealth advisor for Ameriprise Financial with more than a

decade of financial management experience. Ms. Nolan focuses on retirement planning

strategies, employee stock options, women’s financial strategies, and more. She considers her

clients like family and believes in an ongoing, collaborative approach to planning. Ms. Nolan

received her Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University and lives with her husband and their

two children.

Ms. Shelagh Foley O'Brien Year: 1991

Major Gift Officer, Catholic Relief Services

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Ms. Shelagh Foley O’Brien is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. Immediately after

graduation, she joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, living and working in Oakland, California.

Ms. O’Brien has worked in development and alumni relations at Suffolk University, Regis

College, and Holy Cross. She also worked for a fundraising consulting firm. While working at

Suffolk, she earned her MBA. Ms. O’Brien is currently a major gift officer with Catholic Relief

Services, focusing on raising money and awareness in the New England region for CRS - the

official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic church. She lives in Milton

with her husband and three children. She is a class chair for the Class of 1995 at Holy Cross and

member of the parish council at St. Elizabeth Church.

Ms. Colleen Manning Parnell Year: 1999

Manager, Manning Associates

Whether it was weekly post-game interviews with athletes or calling exclusive contacts on

breaking news, Ms. Colleen Manning Parnell found out early on that strong relationships were

the key to success. The former TV anchor brought her mastery in the art of creating relationships

to the family business. Before joining Manning Personnel Group, Inc., Ms. Parnell spent five

years in the television industry. In her last assignment, she was the morning anchor and weekday

sports reporter with the ABC affiliate in Springfield, MA. She covered the New England Patriots

and the Boston Red Sox, as well as reporting on the workplace and employment issues beat,

fostering relationships with local officials, employers and job candidates. Today, Ms. Parnell

thoroughly enjoys working with her candidates during one-on-one interview training sessions,

assisting them with networking tools and strategies and ensuring that their background and

experience are showcased throughout the hiring process. She earned a B.A. in communications

from the Catholic University of America, where she was a member of the Lady Cardinals

Basketball team. Ms. Parnell lives in Hingham with her husband Tom and son Liam.

Dr. Jennifer Boyle Pichay Year: 1992

DO, Circle of Life Family Medicine

Dr. Jennifer Pichay received a BS in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After

graduating from MIT, Dr. Pichay worked at the Genetics Institute in Cambridge, MA doing

biochemical research before attending medical school at The University of New England College

of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, ME. There she was a member of Sigma Sigma Phi, an

honorary osteopathic service organization. She did clinical rotations at St. Michael's Hospital and

UMDNJ University Hospital (Newark, NJ), St. Joseph's Hospital (Paterson, NJ), UMASS

Medical Center (Worcester, MA), and rural medicine in Machias, ME. Dr. Pichay completed her

residency at the Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency in Middletown, CT. She then

became a primary care physician at Harbor Medical Associates in Clinton, CT. After relocating

to Massachusetts, Dr. Pichay worked when needed as a hospitalist for Jordan Hospital in

Plymouth, MA, but primarily held a position as a family physician for Jordan Physician

Associates in Marshfield, MA. Her special health interests include caring for special needs

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individuals and developmentally delayed patients, women's health, integrative medicine and

dietary allergies. Dr. Jennifer Pichay is board certified in Family Medicine by the American

Board of Family Medicine.

Dr. Tamar Aprahamian Putiri Year: 1994

Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Aprahamian received her B.S. in Biology from Boston College and Ph.D. in Cell, Molecular,

and Developmental Biology from Tufts University. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the

Boston University School of Medicine where her research program focuses on understanding the

integrated molecular pathways of cardiovascular and metabolic complications in autoimmunity

and obesity. She has been awarded competitive NIH and foundation grants, as well as industry-

sponsored research awards for preclinical studies. She has published more than 30 original

research and review articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and serves as a reviewer for

national study sections and academic journals. Dr. Aprahamian is also the founder of JetPub

Scientific Editing Services, which provides content writing and English language editing for

scientific and medical documents.

Ms. Kathleen Puzo Year: 1998

Senior Associate Director for Alumni Chapters, Boston College

Ms. Puzo attended Boston College where she majored in Communications with a concentration

in Marketing. While a student, Ms. Puzo interned at Solomon Smith Barney as well as managed

the football team all four years. Eager to stay in sports, Ms. Puzo’s first job was with the New

England Patriots where she worked with the marketing and PR teams for two seasons, including

one culminating with a trip to the Super Bowl in Houston. In addition to working with the

marketing and the PR teams, her affinity for non-profit work began as she worked with the

Patriots Charitable Foundation.

Following this path, Ms. Puzo took a job at Boston Children’s Hospital Trust, the philanthropic

arm of the hospital. For the next ten years, she was part of a team that closed the Cause for

Wonder Campaign, opened two new buildings and launched a $1B+ campaign still in the silent

phase. In addition to cultivating new donors, stewarding existing donors, and managing board

volunteerism, Ms. Puzo worked closely with all professional Boston sports teams, arranging

players, coaches and staff to come visit the patients and tour the Hospital.

In August of 2014, she came back to Boston College as the Senior Associate Director for Alumni

Chapters. In this role, she manages a team responsible for engagement of all BC alumni, parents

and friends on a regional level. Ms. Puzo lives in Hingham with her dog Neil Diamond and is

active supporting NDA, The South Shore Conservatory and The Mad Love Music Festival.

Ms. Dina Qualter Year: P'18

Physical Therapy

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Ms. Dina Qualter is a 1990 graduate of University of New Hampshire with a BS in Athletic

Training. She worked in multiple roles as an athletic trainer before attending the University of St.

Augustine and completing her graduate degree in physical therapy in 1996. Ms. Qualter’s

experience encompasses a variety of settings including rehabilitation hospital, short term and

long term care, home care and outpatient orthopedics.

Ms. Kelsey Reilly Year: 2009

Youth and Community Engagement Assistant, Boston Athletic Association

After graduating from Stonehill College Ms. Reilly became the assistant lacrosse coach at

Stonehill. She then became the youth and community engagement assistant of the Boston

Athletic Association at the end of 2015, helping with many projects including the Boston

Marathon. Ms. Reilly’s main project is the Relay Challenge and other youth events. In addition,

she is finishing her Master’s program in Athletic Administration. Her ultimate goal is to become

an athletic director at the college or high school level.

Ms. Julianne Rhoads

Engineer, Siemens Industry, Inc.

Ms. Julianne Rhoads has spent almost five years as an Energy Engineer at Siemens Industry,

Inc., working as a detective on the hunt for lost or wasted energy in buildings. Her roles include

performing energy audits, analyzing utility data, and completing energy savings calculations for

commercial buildings such as schools, hospitals, and police stations. She received her Master’s

degree in Solar Energy Engineering from UMass Lowell, where she had opportunities to help

design/build a passively heated home in Peru as part of the non-profit Village Empowerment

Project, as well as a net-zero solar-powered home with Team Massachusetts for entry in the U.S.

Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. Julianne grew up in sunny Tucson, Arizona.

Ms. Ann Marie Riley Year: 1983

Manager, Infectious Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Boston Children's Hospital

Ms. Ann Marie Riley has over 30- plus years of working in clinical medical laboratories. She

attended Northeastern University and had the opportunity to work in clinical laboratories both

here in Boston and in Lund Sweden. Ms. Riley graduated with a BS in Medical Laboratory

Science, and has worked at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is currently the manager of the

Infectious Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Her role of manager includes overseeing a staff of

25+ technologists and includes the clinical testing areas of Bacteriology, Parasitology,

Mycology, Virology, and Susceptibility testing and molecular diagnostic testing (PCR). Her

role in the laboratory also extends to planning the Department of Laboratory Medicine and the

hospital response to emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola.

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Ms. Jennifer Clary Rohnstock Year: 1985, P'12 '16

Nurse, Village at Proprietors Green

Ms. Jennifer Rohnstock was recently appointed Lead Wellness Nurse at the assisted living where

facility she has worked since 2014. In this capacity, she provides nursing care to residents,

working with their families/caregivers to maintain their health and wellness. In addition, she will

train staff members on the care issues concerning the elder residents. Ms. Rohnstock attended

Ithaca College and received a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication, Public Relations and

Advertising. In the hospitality industry, she held positions in marketing and conference/event

planning. She served as a marketing consultant and trade show coordinator for several years. A

professional crossroads led her to consider a new path; she completed nursing school in 2012.

Ms. Rohnstock and her husband live in Scituate and are raising three children. Daughters Julie

graduated from NDA in 2012 and Caroline will follow in 2016. Her son Michael is in the 8th

grade.

Ms. Terri Santoro Schaffer Year: 1992

Senior Project Manager, ERM

Ms. Schaffer is an environmental consultant with over 18 years of experience, currently working

as a Senior Project Manager at Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in the Air Quality

Practice in the Boston office. Ms. Schaffer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical

Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and a Masters in Chemical Engineering from

Tufts University. After graduation from college, Ms. Schaffer began her career in environmental

consulting. Since joining ERM in 2013, Ms. Schaffer has been providing engineering and

environmental services to the natural gas peak shaving plants and power generation industry.

Ms. Schaffer is currently working on air permitting for these facilities in Massachusetts and

Connecticut, as well as air permitting combined heat and power systems for various medical and

educational facilities in Massachusetts. Ms. Schaffer is married with two daughters, age 9 and

10, and lives in Norwell.

Ms. Kathryn Slattery Year: 2002

Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Massachusetts General Hospital

Ms. Kathryn Slattery attended Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. She began working

at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in 2004 as a nurses aid while in college. She

graduated from BC in 2006 and began working as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Surgical

Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at MGH. Ms. Slattery worked as an RN in the SICU for eight years.

It was an extremely rewarding, educational and challenging career. In January 2012, she made

the decision to go back to school to earn her graduate degree in nurse anesthesia. She once again

attended Boston College's Connell School of Nursing and graduated in 2014 with her Certified

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Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) degree. She then started in August of 2014 at MGH as a

Nurse Anesthetist and has been enjoying working in the operating rooms at MGH.

Ms. Megan Stanley Year: 2005

Attorney/Owner, Stanley Law Office

Ms. Megan Stanley is the owner of small law firm in Boston, MA, specializing in criminal

defense and civil litigation. Attorney Stanley was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in

November 2012 and practiced in civil litigation until November 2014 when she started her own

practice. Stanley Law Office handles a large volume of cases, a number of which involve

representation of indigent criminal defendants in West Roxbury and downtown Boston. Between

February 2014 and November 2015, Attorney Stanley has tried eight cases before a jury. She is

currently seeking to expand her practice to accept major life felony and murder assignments.

Judge Mary Hogan Sullivan Year: 1971

Director of Specialty Courts, Edward Brooke Courthouse

The Honorable Mary Hogan Sullivan is the Director of Specialty Courts for the District Court

Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court. She established the Norfolk County Veterans

Treatment Court, the first of its kind in Massachusetts. Judge Sullivan was appointed to the

bench in 2001. She has presided in District Courts in Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol, Plymouth and

Essex Counties. She has served as the drug court judge in the Dorchester and Quincy Courts, and

currently presides in the Norfolk County Veteran’s Court. Prior to her judicial appointment, she

was a prosecutor in Suffolk County, a trial attorney for the Massachusetts Defenders Committee

and maintained a private law practice. Judge Sullivan is a graduate of National Law Center,

George Washington University and Trinity College.

Ms. MC Sullivan Year: 1968

Director, Initiative for Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning, Archdiocese of Boston

MC Sullivan, a nurse-bioethicist-attorney, is the Director of a newly established Initiative for

Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning for the Archdiocese of Boston. She comes to this

role from CovenantHealth in Tewksbury MA, where she was the Director of Ethics. At

Covenant, Ms. Sullivan provided professional education in ethics to the systems’ leadership and

boards, its professional and non-professional staffs. She also reviewed and, as needed, created

and revised policy for the organization. In addition, she consulted with the health care providers

throughout the system on urgent patient care and organizational issues. Ms. Sullivan took a BA

in Philosophy from Emmanuel College, an MTS in Ethics from Harvard University and the JD

from Massachusetts School of Law. Between college and graduate school, she became a

registered nurse and practiced critical care. She is admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of

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Massachusetts.

Dr. Katelyn Smith Sullivan Year: 2002

Physician, Emergency Room

Dr. Sullivan attended Boston University and double majored in Neuroscience and Psychology

and minored in French. While an undergraduate, she took an EMT course on campus and began

working as an EMT at Eascare Ambulance in Dorchester. While working there, she met her

now-husband who was a college student from Braintree. Dr. Sullivan received her Master's at

BU and completed her thesis on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Having worked for a year

after graduate school, she then moved to sunny Arizona for medical school and attended

Midwestern University. She matched Emergency Medicine at Level I trauma center at Baystate

Medical Center in Springfield, MA where she currently works. She married her husband, a

Federal law enforcement agent, in 2012. They are expecting their first child in June.

Ms. Julie Swanton Year: 2005

Arborist, Bartlett Tree Experts

Ms. Julie Swanton is a Production Arborist specializing in Plant Healthcare at Bartlett Tree

Experts Co. After receiving her BA from Clark University in Conservation Biology Ms.

Swanton interned with the National Park Service and US Geological Survey through the Student

Conservation Association, before entering the Arboriculture industry. Within the industry she is

an active member of the Mass. Arborist Association and the International Society of

Arboriculture, participating in the annual Women’s Tree Climbing Workshop. In her free time

Julie enjoys hiking, kayaking, rock climbing, and knitting! She lives in Marlborough with her

fiancé where they love to cook Japanese and Indian food at home.

Ms. Eileen Bell Tran Year: 1997

Physical Therapy, Northeast Arc

Ms. Eileen Tran graduated from Northeastern University with a Masters in Physical Therapy.

She is a Pediatric Physical Therapist with over ten years of experience. She has worked in

multiple early intervention settings in the Boston and North Shore area and is currently working

with children birth to three years old in their homes. The children she services have a variety of

neurological and musculoskeletal impairments. She works in collaboration with speech and

occupational therapists, Perkins School for the Blind, Beverly School for the Deaf, and autism

specialty services.

Ms. Carolyn “CiCi” Childs Van Tine Year: 1985

Partner, Burns & Levinson

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Ms. Van Tine is a partner in the firm’s Private Client Group. She focuses her practice on all

aspects of matrimonial law. Her areas of concentration include divorce, custody, child support,

modification, paternity, asset division, and nontraditional family litigation. In addition, she

assists clients in pre-divorce strategy planning as well as developing pre-and post-nuptial

agreements and asset protection. Ms. Van Tine also handles enforcement and modification of

decrees entered in other states, reciprocal child custody, and complex asset division. In addition,

Attorney Van Tine deals with international parental abduction and other highly charged custodial

matters. In 2013, Ms. Van Tine was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers.

Prior to joining Burns and Levinson, Ms. Van Tine was a partner and Chair of the Family Law

Group at Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie and Lougee, LLP. She has also served as an assistant

District Attorney in Plymouth County and as a clerk for First Justice McGovern and Justice

Boorstein in Middlesex Probate and Family Court. Ms. Van Tine is a member of the American

Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Greater

Boston Family Law Inn of Court. She has also served as the Norfolk Town Moderator from

2010-2014. The American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators awarded Ms. Van Tine the

designation of Certified Financial Litigator in 2015. Ms. Van Tine received a J.D from Suffolk

University Law School, and a B.A. from Rollins College.

Ms. Janine Vlassakis Year: 2003

Resource Development Coordinator, NeighborWorks of Southern Mass

Ms. Janine Vlassakis is the Resource Development Coordinator at NeighborWorks of Southern

Mass, a local non-profit that provides affordable housing to homeless and low income

populations as well being a resource for financial education to the local community. In addition,

she works as a Community Outreach Consultant at the Cambridge Eating Disorder Center

(CEDC). CEDC provides a quality continuum of care to both males and females suffering from

eating disorders. Her prior work in educational outreach with Northeastern's Interdisciplinary

Affective Science Lab coupled with her background in education, communication, and theater

have provided a strong foundation for the work she now does in fundraising and marketing with

NeighborWorks. Her goal is to connect donors with the work that the organization does through

artful sharing of client stories, strategic use of social media, and networking. Ms. Vlassakis

received a B.A. in Audio/Radio from Emerson College and her Master’s in education from

Suffolk University.

Ms. Courtney Wahle Year: 2002

Development Marketing Director, Archdiocese of Boston

Ms. Courtney Wahle earned her B.A. in English and Irish Studies from the University of Notre

Dame. In 2006, Ms. Wahle was appointed Academic Program Manager for Notre Dame's study

abroad program in Dublin, Ireland. She spent three years managing undergraduates' courses and

educational trips around the country. During that time, she was fortunate to collaborate with

Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and contribute to a book detailing the history of the ND Dublin

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Programme. Prior to her role with ND, Ms. Wahle worked at the Lynch Foundation, a long-time

supporter of a national non-profit headquartered in Boston called City Year. In 2009, Ms. Wahle

became City Year’s Foundation Relations Manager—a role that enabled her to continue learning

about the nonprofit sector, the art of grant writing, and the world of fundraising. Today, as

Development Marketing Manager for Boston Catholic Development Services, Ms. Wahle uses

her marketing/communications skills to help promote Catholic causes in the Archdiocese of

Boston.

Ms. Suzanne Jones Walmsley Year: 1987

Director, Youth & Community Engagement, Boston Athletic Association

Ms. Suzanne Jones Walmsley joined staff of the Boston Athletic Association in 2000 as a part-

time assistant coach while she was still working full-time as Associate Director of Athletics at

Wellesley College. Over her sixteen year career with the organization, she has served as an

assistant coach, manager of the running club, assistant to the Director for Athletic Programs, and

later promoted to Process and Program Manager/Community Outreach Coordinator. Ms.

Walmsley spent nine years at Wellesley College as assistant, then associate director of athletics.

She is a 1991 graduate of Harvard University where she was a five-time All-American in track &

field and cross country. She was awarded an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and holds an

M.S. in Sport Management from UMass Amherst. She is also a former Foss camper and

counselor, and a member of the Board of Directors at NDA.

Ms. McKenzie Wessen Year: 2003

Gift Officer, Annual Giving, Bentley University

Ms. McKenzie Wessen is currently a Gift Officer in the Annual Giving office of Bentley

University. In this position she is responsible for engaging alumni of Bentley in a culture of

philanthropy while contributing to overall financial goals set by the Vice President of University

Advancement and the President of the University. Previous roles include professional sales

experience in employee benefits, and industrial gas, with a designation of Certified Employee

Benefit Specialist. A graduate of Colby College, Ms. Wessen enjoys alpine skiing and running in

her free time.

Ms. Michelle Sonia Wilkinson Year: 2002

Manager, ECG Management Consultants, Inc.

As a member of ECG’s Academic Healthcare Division, Ms. Wilkinson focuses on addressing

those healthcare issues related to the tripartite mission of educational, clinical, and research

enterprises. At ECG, she has assisted clients with a variety of projects, including strategic

planning, financial modeling, and alignment/integration. She has also served in an interim

management capacity to develop the infrastructure necessary to support a centralized academic

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affairs function for a multistate community academic health system. Ms. Wilkinson has

experience in the Lean methodology and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. She has led cross-

functional teams in process redesign and curriculum development. Prior to joining ECG, she

completed an administrative fellowship at UNC Health Care System, focusing her efforts on

program planning. She holds a Master of science degree in public health, with a concentration in

health policy and management, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a

Bachelor of arts degree in environmental science and public policy, with a focus in health policy,

from Harvard University.