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
Gigi Gould ’70
Alumnae Relations Manager
Anna Snyder Rojas ’01 President
Elizabeth Middlecoff Allen ’91
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
Lida Kruchten Ewald ’13
Courtney Ellis Felts ’96
Whitney Baer Foster ’00
Hayley Bower Gerber ’01
Grayce Gordon ’10
Gigi Gould ’70
Austin Hasenmueller ‘12
Angie King Keesee ’72
Kristen Thompson Keegan ’90
Sharlene Sidhu Keithley ’96
Emma Less ’13
Kate Smith Mallory ‘07
Kelly McCracken ‘84
Bethany Mays Owen ’93
Polly Klyce Pennoyer ’02
Jekka Ashman Pinckney ‘78
Patti Person Ray ’65
Amy Reinhardt Robinson ’00
Jenny Jones Savage ‘99
Jordan Upton Schieffler ’12
Tricia Hood Thomas ‘90
Falconer Robbins Warren ’05
If you have news to share with your classmates, simply contact your class secretary. Names are included in the information below.
1963: Canon Thomas Hall and Donna Lansing Copp
1965: Cathy Hoover Allen and Ellen Rumsey Bellenot
1966: Diane Taylor Newton
1967: Bette West Bush
1969: Connie Loveless Friend and Pam McNeely Williams
1970: Cristina Brescia Michta
1971: Carolyn Cockroft
1972: Anne Remmers Phillips
1973: Olivia Montgomery and Sarah Peeples Hodges
1974: Desi Franklin
1975: Laurie Walpole
1976: Allison Brown Coates
1977: Janey Butler Newton
1978: Shelia Davis
1979: Elizabeth Brown Dunn
1980: Chalmers Peyton Valentine
1981: Carey Stanton
1981: Katherine Lucas Hall
1982: Olivia Bruce Hurlock
1983: Bonnie Bolton Lopez
1984: Vanessa Allen Dobbins
1985: Ivy Wilroy Caravati
1986: Jean Vaughan McGhee
1987: Allison Tonkin
1988: Anna McQuiston
1989: Courtney Morris Williamson
1990: Melissa Kramer Taranto
1991: Camellia Koleyni
1992: Alison Roesler Coons
1993: Kristen Mistretta Wilson
1994: Kathryn DeRossitt Reyes
1995: Carrie Sue and Casey Hanback
1996: Jaime Newsom
1997: Hollye Ferguson Stigler
1998: Laurin Maddux
1999: Kelly Buckner Dallas
2000: Whitney Baer Foster
2001: Lauren Anderson Stone
2002: Polly Klyce Pennoyer
2003: Alexandra Bicks and Laurence Goodwin
2004: Atina Rizk Stavropoulos and Patricia Blount Mills
2005: Lauren Wiygul Riley and Sarah Atkinson Ball
2006: Becky Bicks and Mamie Kostka Finch
2007: Caitlin Colcolough Williams
2008: Edith Miller, Katelyn Ammons Barnett, and Margaret Liddon Emley
2009: Bailey Bethell Fountain and Sylvia Brookoff
2010: Mary Frances Street
2011: Allyson Patterson Dalton andMeg Cornaghie
2012: Chandler Roberts Cummins and Ellery Ammons
2013: Emma Less
2014: Iqra Siddiq, Natalie Meeks, and Zara Ali
2015: Emma Farris and Michelle Chu
2017: Anar Parmar, Jean Jackson, and Rachel Chin
2018: Julia Preston, Keith Ellis Prest, and Olivia Nielsen
2019: Arabella McGowan and Faith Bradley
2020: Gabriella Couloubaritsis and Sarah Bratton
2021: Elizabeth Moody, Miriam Gardner, and Ria Patel
2022: Alexandra Touliatos and Maggie Rosenblum
2023: Cameron Hart and Ruth Seale
Classes ending in 4s and 9s will be celebrating special reunion years.
Coffee & Registration
8:30 a.m., Vaughan Welcome Center in Church of Holy Communion (CHC)
Alumnae Weekend Chapel
Featuring 2024 Outstanding Alumna
9:30 a.m., CHC
Class Reunion Photos
For reunion classes ending 4 & 9
Immediately following Chapel, front steps of CHC
Brunch
10:30 a.m., Cheney Parish Hall in CHC
Campus Tours
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Class Reunion Parties
6:00 p.m., Details confirmed by class reunion chairs.
Picnic on the Playground
With food truck, bounce house, face painting & ice dessert treats
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Moss Hall Playground/Pavilion on North Campus
Inclement weather location: Willmott Gym in Hyde Hall
Sneaker Soiree
Cocktail party and auction hosted by the Parents Association
Athletic and Wellness Center
Jenny Jones Savage ’99, Chair of Alumnae Weekend
Anne Taylor Tipton Manning ’03, Assistant Chair of Alumnae Weekend
1964: Nancy Whitman Manire
1969: Madge Logan Deacon
1974: Kathy Bell Adams
1979: Wendy Pritchartt Ansbro & Irene Orgill Smith
1984: Kelly McCracken
1989: Mary Pritchartt Muscari
1994: Carolyn Porter Cates & Mary Evelyn Stevens Fore
1999: Melissa Reedy Buchanan
2004: Blair Carter Tait & Lauren Lazar
2009: Jordan Reeve
2014: Hannah Buser
2019: Maddie Jenks
On Tuesday, September 12, we will honor the inaugural St. Mary’s Young Alumna Award recipient at the annual Founders’ Day celebration. This annual award, established in honor of the Sisters of St. Mary, recognizes a recent graduate who has attained distinguished achievements in a professional or volunteer capacity during her first 15 years after graduation.
The 2023 Young Alumna Award recipient is Chandler Roberts Cummins ’12. Cummins is a nurse practitioner at Sutherland Cardiology in Memphis. She worked as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. As an ICU nurse, Cummins exhibited compassion and determination to provide her patients the best possible care, especially during the height of the Covid pandemic. Cummins attended Texas Christian University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2016 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice in May 2023.
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.
The St. Mary’s Alumnae Board is thrilled to announce Jean Vaughan McGhee ’86 as the 2024 Outstanding Alumna. McGhee will receive the award and deliver remarks during St. Mary’s Alumnae Weekend on Friday, April 12.
McGhee and her husband Shawn own Hollywood Feed, a popular pet store chain in Memphis. Under their leadership, Hollywood Feed’s retail operations have expanded to 180 stores in 19 states since 2006.
McGhee is an involved community leader, an active member of Church of the Holy Communion, and the mother of three children, including Ellie ’18 and Carmen ’27.
Please join us in congratulating McGhee. We look forward to celebrating our deserving honoree at Alumnae Weekend in April.
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.
2023: Gretchen Carstens
2022: Molly Logan
2021: Andrea Zimmerman
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
Gretchen Carstens
Creative Teacher 2023
Help Us Launch the St. Mary's Alumnae Directory!
As a St. Mary’s alumna, you are part of a growing community of thriving, confident, and compassionate women making a difference in the world. We are excited to provide an opportunity for you to connect, network, and stay in touch with fellow alumnae through our new alumnae directory, AlumLink.
St. Mary’s AlumLink is more than a directory—it's a versatile tool that fosters engagement, connection, and opportunities for professional growth. This password-protected directory is only accessible to St. Mary’s alumnae. By signing up, you will be able to:
Joining is easy!
To join, you’ll need to set up your account. Click here for more information on setting up your account.
St. Mary’s alumnae and friends are invited to join us for our biannual alumnae trip to the Italian Lakes and Venice October 3-12, 2025. We have an exciting itinerary filled with fun excursions, including sightseeing in Milan and Lake Garda, a trip to Lake Como, and guided tours of Verona and Venice. The 10-day trip is limited to 24 attendees, so be sure to register early. Register by April 15 for the early bird discount. Click here to learn more and register.
Read the latest news and updates on St. Mary's Alumnae. Click here to see what's happening on our vibrant campus.
While flipping through a magazine from her son’s high school, a St. Mary’s alumna was drawn to an article about a man who gave a sizable gift to his alma mater. She then picked up the phone and called Alumnae Relations Manager Gigi Gould ’70. “What possibilities could my gift unlock for St. Mary’s?” she asked.
Morgan Beckford ’06 still remembers the fifth-grade assignment where she had to write a paper about what she wanted to be when she grew up. For Beckford, the answer was clear—she wanted to be an opera singer. Beckford’s career journey brought her to Boston, where she currently lives and works as a nonprofit administrator and performer, and back to St. Mary’s as the 2024 Louise T. Archer ’40 Artist in Residence.
During her senior year, Lea Thomas ’23 weighed a lot of decisions. In her mind, she was reviewing every campus tour she had taken, more than $500,000 in merit scholarships she received, and the list of offerings at 20 different colleges. Thomas wanted to find a college that would prepare her for a career in public health. Several courses at St. Mary’s piqued Thomas' interest in this field, including AP Biology, Global Studies, and the online Global Health course.
As part of our Beyond St. Mary's series, we are catching up with recent alumnae. This week, we are checking in with Cam Hart ‘23, who shares how her time at St. Mary's prepared her for college life.
Each year, a nationally recognized artist visits St. Mary’s to work with students through the Louise T. Archer ‘40 Artist in Residence program. This year's artist is Morgan Beckford '06, an opera singer based in Boston. Beckford will work with students across all divisions. Her curriculum will highlight works by Black composers. Beckford will also perform a concert for the community.
In preparation for his new term, Mayor-elect Paul Young asked two St. Mary’s alumnae to join his transition team. Cara Greenstein ’10 and Anna McQuiston ’88 worked with other community leaders to help guide the priorities of the new administration.
The St. Mary’s Alumnae Board is thrilled to announce Jean Vaughan McGhee ’86 as the 2024 Outstanding Alumna. McGhee will receive the award and deliver remarks during St. Mary’s Alumnae Weekend on Friday, April 12.
As an Associate Professor of Religion at Clemson University and a historian of American religion, Elizabeth Jemison ’04, Ph.D. has made a career of researching and asking questions, focusing on the relationships between religion and race, gender, and politics during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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