Alumnae
Welcome
Young women of integrity, compassion, and confidence
That’s how the school viewbook describes the St. Mary’s girls of today, and these words ring true of alumnae as well.
It is encouraging to see St. Mary’s - the #1 girls' school in the Southeast region - continue its tradition of providing an outstanding education which enables each student to reach her potential and instills in girls a sense of responsibility to others and a belief that they can make the world better.
It is also delightful to be part of a community of capable, hard-working, and fun-loving women. St. Mary’s welcomes alumnae back to campus for our annual Alumnae Weekend and brings together alumnae for events throughout the year and across the country, including book clubs, alumnae chapel speakers, decades parties, and gatherings of alumnae in other cities.
The financial support of alumnae is vital to the school. More than half of our alumnae give to the Annual Fund, with gifts ranging from $50 to $50,000. All gifts are essential as we ensure that today’s girls receive an exemplary education in a supportive community, just as we did. Please know that we are grateful for every single gift, regardless of size, as we are grateful for you as a member of the
St. Mary's family.
Please contact us to learn more about upcoming events, to share an idea, or to get more involved in volunteering or leadership.
We hope to see you soon!
Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz '82
Alumnae Board President
Alumnae Leadership
Alumnae Board 2021-2022
Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz ‘82, President
Elizabeth Middlecoff Allen ‘91
Essie Arrindell-Williams ‘98
Morgan Beckford ‘06
Jenay Gipson Boggs ‘06
McKenzie Aiken Crisp ‘85
Madge Logan Deacon ‘69
Elizabeth Cashman Dickinson ‘86
Amina Dilawari ‘95
Elizabeth Brown Dunn ‘79
Whitney Baer Foster ‘00
Sudha Nimmagadda Ganguli ‘83
Hayley Bower Gerber ‘01
Grayce Gordon ‘10
Gigi Gould ‘70
Celeste Bailey Herburger ‘91
Angela King Keesee ‘72
Sharlene Sidhu Keithley ‘96
Polly Klyce Pennoyer ‘02
Lida Kruchten ‘13
Corinne Friese McLaughlin ‘76
Tabitha Francisco McNabb ‘78
Katie Broer Parr ‘98
Patti Person Ray ‘65
Lisa Breazeale Roberts ‘85
Anna Snyder Rojas ‘01
Jordan Upton Schieffler ‘12
Courtney Shove ‘96
Kate Metcalf Sullivan ‘01
Abby Yandell Talbot ‘03
Falconer Robbins Warren ‘05
Katie Zanone Webb ‘93
Jan Valentine Wiygul ‘76
Lizzy Holt Yatsula ‘08
Class Secretaries
If you have news to share with your classmates, simply contact your class secretary. Names are included in the information below.
1957-1979
1963 - Jenny Emison Ewing
1964 - Phyllis Wills
1965 - Julia Malone
1966 - Diane Taylor Newton
1967 - Bette West Bush
1968 - Jan Cone Davis
1969 - Pam McNeely Williams
1970 - Cristina Brescia Michta
1971 - Carolyn Cockroft
1972 - Christine Mayer Todd
1973 - Olivia Montgomery
1974 - Ruth Gordon White
1975 - Laurie Walpole
1976 - Allison Brown Coates
1977 - Janey Butler Newton
1978 - Tracy DeBacco Balton
1979 - Elizabeth Brown Dunn
1980-1999
1980 - Margaret Stone Graham
1981 - Katherine Lucas Hall and Carey Stanton
1982 - Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz
1983 - Bonnie Bolton Lopez
1984 - Vanessa Allen Dobbins
1985 - Polly Piper Rickard
1986 - Jean Vaughan McGhee
1987 - Allison Tonkin
1988 - Anna McQuiston Holtzclaw
1989 - Mary Elizabeth Treadwell Pittman
1990 - Miriam Kriegel
1991 - Camellia Koleyni Sharma
1992 - Alison Roesler Coons
1993 - Kristen Mistretta Wilson
1994 - Kathryn Leigh DeRossitt
1995 - Carrie Sue Casey Hanback
1996 - Jaime Newsom
1997 - Hollye Ferguson Stigler
1998 - Laurin Maddux
1999 - Kelly Buckner Dallas
2000-2020
2000 - Whitney Baer
2001 - Lauren Anderson Stone
2002 - Polly Klyce Pennoyer
2003 - Alexandra Bicks and Laurence Goodwin
2004 - Victoria Luke Morich
2005 - Sarah Atkinson Ball and Lauren Wiygul Riley
2006 - Becky Bicks and Mamie Kostka
2007 - Caiti Clark and Caitlin Colcolough
2008 - Katelyn Ammons, Margaret Liddon, and Edie Miller
2009 - Bailey Bethell and Sylvia Brookoff
2010 - Erin Stuart
2011 - Meg Cornaghie and Allyson Patterson
2012 - Ellery Ammons and Chandler Roberts
2013 - Anna Stukenborg and Anna Utley
2014 - Lacy Chaum and Miles Schaeffer
2015 - Michelle Chu and Emma Farris
2016 - A'Doriann Bradley and Grace Ugwueke
2017- Rachel Chin, Jean Jackson, and Anar Parmar
2018- Olivia Nielsen, Keith Ellis Prest, and Julia Preston
2019 - Faith Bradley, Arabella McGowan
2020 - Gabriella Couloubaritsis '20, Sarah Bratton '20
Alumnae Weekend 2023
Awards
Outstanding Alumna Award
The Outstanding Alumna Award is given each year to an alumna who exhibits the qualities inherent in the St. Mary’s philosophy: integrity, spirituality, loyalty, and service.
Kathy Buckman Gibson '80
St. Mary's Alumnae Association is pleased to announce that Kathy Buckman Gibson '80 will be honored as St. Mary's 2022 Outstanding Alumna.
Kathy is the President and CEO of KBG Technologies, LLC, a pillar in the Memphis and global business communities, and a leader of many philanthropic endeavors. She will receive the award and deliver remarks on April 1, 2022, during St. Mary’s Alumnae Weekend, which is part of the school’s 175th-anniversary festivities.
For more than 30 years, Kathy served on the board of Bulab Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Buckman, a specialty chemical supplier. She also held several key positions at Buckman, including chief operating officer and general counsel, worked as an analyst for Citicorp, and was an associate in mergers and acquisitions at Smith, Gambrell & Russell law firm. She holds a JD and an MBA from Emory University and an AB from Duke University.
A champion of educational causes, Kathy is the chair of First 8 Memphis and serves on the board of Seeding Success and Tennesseans for Quality Early Education. She is also a trustee of the Women’s Foundation for Greater Memphis, a board member of the National Civil Rights Museum, and a member of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Circle. While at Buckman, Kathy led the company’s global BuckmanCares initiative, which continues to drive corporate social responsibility, volunteer efforts, and philanthropic giving programs.
Kathy has held previous leadership roles at Girls Inc., Memphis Talent Dividend, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, United Way of the Mid-South, Lausanne Collegiate School, Mid-South Reading Alliance, the Assisi Foundation, and Memphis BioWorks Foundation. In 2019, she was named Woman of the Year by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and a Change Maker for the City of Memphis by Leadership Memphis. Kathy is married to J.W. Gibson, and they have two daughters.
Please join us in congratulating an exceedingly deserving recipient whose outstanding leadership brings light and life to everything she does.
Outstanding Alumna Award Recipients
- 2020: Kat Gordon '00
- 2019: Sarah Willmott Cowens '82
- 2018: Donna Osborne Bradley '74
- 2017: Gretchen Wollert McLennon ’93
- 2016: Andrea Martin Armani ’96
- 2015: Lisa Francis Turner '78
- 2014: Suzanne Hollis Apple '76
- 2013: Susan Roberts Colpitts '75
- 2012: Ashley Moore Remmers '72
- 2011: Marty Jones '71
- 2010: Musette Sprunt Morgan '72
- 2009: Lisa Moore Cook '82
- 2008: Crissy Garrett Haslam '76
- 2007: Watty Brooks Hall '75
- 2006: Mary Kavanagh Day '82
- 2005: Kempie Craddock Jenkins ’74
- 2004: Mary Catherine Lynn Hitchings ’47
- 2003: Sara Sorsby Dennis ’63
- 2002: Joy Brown Wiener ’47
- 2001: Janet Tucker Pryor '34
- 2000: Julia Sprunt Grumbles ’71
- 1999: Sarah Loaring-Clark Flowers ’47
- 1998: Nora Wingfield Tyson ’75
- 1997: Brooke Morrow ’74
- 1996: Gwen Awsumb ’32
- 1995: Jan Muirhead ’71
- 1994: Cristina Brescia Michta ’70
- 1993: Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner ’66
- 1992: Lee McGeorge Durrell ’67
Creative Teacher Award Recipients
2020: Carrie Ruhland
2019: Meagan Michael
2018: Sarah Trimm
2017: Kari Duncan
2016: Allison Warren
2015: Sally Mansberg Rosenberg '80
2014: Jeanine Akers
2013: Jessica Lancaster
2012: Shelley Kuykendall Herzke '90
2011: Caroline Goodman
2010: Middle School Robotics Team
2009: Jan Cone Davis '68
2008: Josie McNeely Walker '76
2007: Becky Jacks
2006: Lain Whitaker
2005: Leigh Mansberg
2004: Nancy Miller
2003: Jenny Madden
2002: Michael Volpe
2001: Jeanne Wilson
2000: Allyson Raymer
1999: Marsha Stemmler
1998: Ann Wright
1997: Mary Lou Entzminger
1996: Kathleen McElroy
1995: Eighth Grade ENSEMBLE Team
1994: Linda Goodwin
1993: Nanette Quinn
1992: Gwenice McLaughlin
1991: Kay Betts
1990: Rhendle Millen
1989: Laurel Eskridge
1988: Anne Reiners
1987: Kay Humphreys
1986: Sheila Patrick
1985: Laura Brewer
1984: Emily Townes
1983: Richard Tanner
1982: Lee McMahon
1981: Barbara Mansberg
Creative Teacher Award
The St. Mary’s Alumnae Association presents the Creative Teacher Award each year to a teacher who exemplifies the high ideals of the school and who embodies a spirit of wonder and imagination. The award rotates among divisions and is selected by the division head.
Carrie Ruhland
Creative Teacher 2020
