Women Who Make A Difference
Students heard from twenty-five guest speakers who have made a choice to involve their lives with making a difference in others. Pictured below is our keynote, Sister Nancy Murray, OP, who took on the persona of St. Catherine of Siena, one of the pillars of the Dominican Order, and our other influential speakers. Sixteen of the twenty-four were alumnae and parents. Thank you for saying “yes” to others and for taking the time to share their insightful comments with Trinity women as to how their journey found them at this level of distinction. The event is held every March in honor of Women’s History Month.
 
This year's speakers were: Carla Boehm Sloan , Independent Marketing Director, Ferne (Founda for Educa & Research In Neurological Emergency; Victoria Saracco Brander ’80, Asst. Prof., PM&R, Northwestern Univ. Arthritis Institute/Northwestern Univ. Medical Center; Francine Ciotti ’57, Adjunt Prof and Adult Literacy Program, Western Kentucky Univ/Bowling Green; Annie Camacho Cue ’94 , Dir. of Family Serves Infant Welfare Society of Chicago; Patricia Faldani ’87, Social Worker, Elmwood Park Sch. Dist. 401; Margaret Gregus, Advanced Practice Nurse; Jenny Guzon-Bae ’ 88, Survivor Cast Member / Realtor, Prudential Preferred Properties; Julie Harmon ’ 72 , Atty. Supv. / Asst. Public Defender, Cook Cnty. Public Defender; Cristina Sofiakis Hoidas ’ 84, Editor of Mia Magazine / Psychotherapist, CNCPublishing / the Goddess Within, Inc.; Karen Judy ’82, Resident Dir. Adolescent Medicine/Pediatrician, Loyola Medical Center; Nicole Kawell ’01 , Dir. of Marketing, Northwestern Mutual; Kathleen Kennedy ’69 , Judge, Circuit Court of Cook; Gina Marota , Attorney / Managing Director, Step Up Women's Network; Ellen Brown McBride ’60 , Staff Chaplain, Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr.; Gina Mincy ’99, Job Coach, Clearbrook; Jana Minor, Prison Ministry, Companions Journeying Together; Nancy Murray O.P., Keynote Speaker; Brighid O'Shaughnessy, Founder / Program Director, Cheryl's Dreaming Big; Cordelia Ryan ’ 62, Exec. Dir., Chicago Abused Women Coalition; Mary Starsiak, Dentist; Christine Nowicki Sutton ’82, Social Worker, Riverside Brookfield HS; Jessie Wehrle, Children's Librarian, Chicago Public Library; Maura Woznica ‘01, Med. Student, Loyola University Medical School; Celine Woznica, Assoc. Dir. Refugee & Immigrant Health Ed, Heartland Health Outreach Not pictured: Nicole Kawell ’01 and Ellen Brown McBride ’60, Brighid O'Shaughnessy
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