Alumnae

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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!

Anna Snyder Rojas '01
Alumnae Board President

Alumnae Leadership

Alumnae Board 2022-2023

Anna Snyder Rojas ’01, President
Elizabeth Middlecoff Allen ’91
Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz ’82
Essie Arrindell-Williams ’98
Morgan Beckford ’06
Jenay Gipson Boggs ’06
Lynn Bledsoe Buhler ’67
McKenzie Aiken Crisp ’85
Madge Logan Deacon ’69
Elizabeth Cashman Dickinson ’86
Beth Brown Dunn ’79
Courtney Ellis Felts ’96
Whitney Baer Foster ’00
Hayley Bower Gerber ’01
Grayce Gordon ’10
Gigi Gould ’70
Celeste Bailey Herburger ’91

Angie King Keesee ’72
Kristen Thompson Keegan ’90
Sharlene Sidhu Keithley ”96
Emma Less ’13
Bethany Mays Owen ’93
Polly Klyce Pennoyer ’02
Lida Kruchten Ewald ’13
Corinne Friese McLaughlin ’76
Patti Person Ray ’65
Lisa Breazeale Roberts ’85
Amy Reinhardt Robinson ’00
Jordan Upton Schieffler ’12
Courtney Shove ’96
Kate Metcalf Sullivan ’01
Abby Yandell Talbot ’03
Falconer Robbins Warren ’05
Jan Valentine Wiygul ’76

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
Creative Teacher Award Recipients

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

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