The Monarch Impact

Kristin graduated from GMA in 2000 and is currently a partner and director of social media at Kane Partners. She started the nonprofit The Kellan Ford Foundation in rememberance of her son Kellan Ford to raise awareness and support for childhood cancer. She serves on the board of the Leadership Committee at Gwynedd. Kristin won the 2022 Margaret Beirn Barger '35 Distinguished Alumna Award for Serv...

Kelley Malott DeConciliis '99 has 20 years of experience as a trusted advisor on couter-bioterrorism, exfiltrations, expeditionary medicince, health IT, emergency preparedness, and disaster response experience within internationl and government sectors. As an "exfiltration expert" operating within the Intelligence Community, Kelley led multiple operations to get families, allies of the U.S., and y...

Diane Dewhirst '75 has over 30 years of experience in national legislative policy. She served in the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi for more than 15 years and most recently as her chief of staff. Diane served as a liaison to the House Democractic Women's Caucus. .She has served as an independent consultant for the Smithsonian, Children's Defense Fund, Center for Budget Policy and Priorities, and t...

Dr. Maura McLaughlin '90 attended Penn State University and received her bachelor of science degree in astronomy and astrophysics. In 2001, she received her doctorate in astronomy and space sciences from Cornell University. She is a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at West Virginia University. Dr. McLaughlin served as chair and co-director of the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center....

Sally McKenney '03 is a baker, blogger, cookbook author, and food photographer. Her personal blog, "Sally's Baking Recipes," strives to teach others not just what to bake, but how to bake. Her work has been featured in People Magazine, on Good Morning America, and in popular online media including Buzzfeed and HuffPost.

Dera Lee '97 is the founder and CEO of Dera Lee Productions, an award-winning event planning and design agency centered in Brooklyn, NY. She attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and went on to perform on stages across the country where she discovered that the magic of a show actually comes from behind the scenes. This inspired her to work with many of the top event planning companies, eventuall...

Brooke Morris-Chott, MPS '01 is an Advocacy and EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Program Officer for Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association. She has written articles on EDI in non-profit and for-profit management for Association Forum's FORUM Magazine and is a member of the Association Forum Content Working Group and the ASAE. Learn more abo...

Katherin Sibel '11 is currently a candidate for a Master of Science in Community Planning at Columbia University. She majored in International and Environmental Studies at American University where she worked on the "Divestment from Fossil Fuels" student campaign and zero waste initiatives to help her campus reach carbon neutrality. She also has completed research on air quality, waste, and enviro...

Denise Corkery Marbach '72 is the current president of Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School. She worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm for 38 years and was the first female partner in the firm's history. When GMAHS began their search for a new school president, Denise's deep love for the school and the connection to the community made her the perfect candidate.

Carlin Cassidy '13 is a quality engineer and founder of the food sensory program at Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate, Inc. She has worked as a product developer across multiple food categories such as cakes, cheesecakes, and frostings. Tune in to learn more about Carlin and her sweet success!

Allison Zaucha '10 is a photojournalist who works on a range of stories. Her work mostly focuses on social justice issues for clients such as the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

Sheila is the Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Health Physicians in Westchester County, New York. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila has been in charge of infection control at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital (MFCH) and at more than 60 outpatient practice locations for Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP). She was responsi...

Gwynedd Alumna Mary Ott '75 joined the US Agency for International Development as a Foreign Service economist in 1984 and retired as a Career Minister in 2016. She spent the early years of her career traveling around Central America and the Caribbean as an economist, undertaking analyses of macroeconomic trends and overseeing programs to support economic policy reforms.