Our Board of Directors

Executive Committee

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Amy Kennedy

President

Amy Kennedy has served and held office on all local rings of council for over twenty-five years.  Her other NCCW services include serving as Secretary, a member of the Leadership, Training and Development (LTD) Team, and chairing the Leadership Commission and Bylaws Committee.  Professionally, Amy is a partner at a Salt Lake City law firm, focusing her work on family law and estate planning. She met her husband in 2004 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, and they were married the next year.  In her spare time, Amy enjoys cooking, reading, and traveling.  Amy looks forward to being a leader for all Catholic women as we embody and live the NCCW’s mission of spirituality, leadership, and service to each other and the Church.

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Jane Schiszik

President-elect

Kay Wessel

Kay Wessel 

Secretary

Beth Mathiowetz

Barb Mathiowetz

Treasurer

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Beth Mahoney

Immediate Past President

Province Directors

Kathy Smith

(Province of Atlanta)

Lucretia Burnley

 (Province of Baltimore)

Heather Johnson

 (Province of Boston)

Vanessa Lopatka

(Province of Chicago)

Kathleen Boesch

(Province of Cincinnati)

Nancy Bachicha

(Province of Denver)

Blinda Baker

(Province of Detroit)

Joanne Pohland

(Province of Dubuque)

Karen Bartsch

 (Province of  Galveston/ Houston)

Geri Kogut

 (Province of Hartford)

Tammy Metzinger

(Province of Indianapolis Co-Chair)

Carol Palmer

(Province of Los Angeles)

Teresa Leon

(Province of Louisville)

 Brenda Dolan

(Province of Miami)

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(Military Council of Catholic Women)

Diane Oakland

(Province of Milwaukee)

Novalyn Greff

(Province of Oklahoma City)

Tricia Ferguson

(Province of Omaha)

Alycia Laureti

(Province of Philadelphia)

Susan Fox

 (Province of Portland, OR)

Deb Bader

(Province of St. Louis)

Dianne Vangness

(Province of St. Paul-Minneapolis)

Monica Musick

 (Province of San Antonio)

Jeanne Audiss

 (Province of San Francisco)

Bernadette Patrick

(Province of Washington)

Ex-officio Board Members

Bishop William A. Wack,CSC

Episcopal Liaison

Rev. Tom Washburn

Chair of NCCW Spiritual Advisors

Julia Dezelski

Associate Director of Marriage, Family, Youth (USCCB)

Commission Chairs:

Amelia Sweeney (Spirituality Commission)
Marlene Grover (Leadership Commission)
Sharon O'Brien (Service Commission)

National Organization Representatives:

Debbie Keller (Friends of NCCW for WUCWO)
Susan Harting (Associates for NCCW)
Karen Painter (Representative to Religious Alliance Against Pornography)

NGO Representative to the United Nations:

Maribeth Stewart Blogoslawski

Representative to the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO):

Esohe M Asemota