Alumnae Award of Excellence

The Magnificat Alumnae Award of Excellence

Established in 1992, the Alumnae Award of Excellence honors alumnae who live Mary’s Magnificat in the world and exemplify Magnificat’s mission through service and leadership. Honorees are accomplished in their fields and are recognized as respected leaders within their communities. Recipients of this prestigious award are celebrated annually at the Magnificat Gala.

Ann Mathews O'Malley '81 will be presented with the this prestigious award at The Magnificat Gala on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Visit this link to see all of the amazing women who have been honored with this award through the years.

Alumnae Award of Excellence Recipients

2025: Katherine Beirne Fallon '94
2024: Christine Noga Booth, M.D.
2023: Mary Clare Fanta Oberst '75
2022: Julie Schriner Nader '79
2019 Kathleen Berry '73
2018 Karen Walsh '65
2017: Megan Engle McNamara '87
2016: Christine LaSalvia ’94
2015: Ann Zoller ’82
2014: The Honorable Patricia Gaughan ’71
2013: Mary Anne Bishop Gauntner ’64
2012: Sue Niehaus Del Vecchio ’73
2011: Stacy Fairbairn Dever ’88
2010: Donna Kelly Rego* ’61
2009: Sr. Mary Pat Cook, H.M. ’63

2008: Karen McGlynn Killeen ’64
2006: Kathleen Ann Naughton ’61
2005: Nancy Cook ’69
2004: Sue Schriner Sullivan ’80
2003: M. Patrice McCarthy ’68
2002: Liz Gottemoeller Bartelme ’65
2001: Cecilia Janesz Corea ’78
2000: Molly Rose Allison ’77
1999: Barbara Lee Bennett* ’69
1998: Susan McAvoy Brimus ’64
1997: Patricia Fisher Binder ’65
1996: Ellen Canepa Brzytwa ’63
1995: Linda Richardson Travis ’71
1994: Christine Mathews Long ’71
1993: Mary Sue Anter Tanis '72

*deceased

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Magnificat High School, a girls' Catholic college-preparatory high school, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, educates young women holistically to learn, lead, and serve in the spirit of Mary’s Magnificat.