Accent on Mercy Alumnae
by Mercy High School
Accent on Mercy Alumnae - a podcast series proudly bringing you voices of Mercy graduates. In each broadcast, host Larry Baker, Apple Distinguished Educator and Associate Principal of Mercy High School Farmington Hills, Michigan, interviews an alumna who is making a difference in her walk of life. Popular topics include career paths, volunteerism, leadership, and the Mercy High School Difference. Find out more about Mercy at mhsmi.org. We are Mercy!
Episodes
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Mary Camille Kelley, RSM, Class of ‘49 Mercy High School
S. Camille describes what it was like to be in the first four-year graduating class for Mercy and then shares the exciting times at the school when she was principal in the ‘70’s. She also catches us up with all the interesting work she has doing since her Mercy High School days. ------- Follow...
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Shannon Duff Ford Class of '04 Mercy High School
Shannon describes her passion for yoga. She also describes her new life in Texas as well as some Mercy memories, connecting American Government class with Performing Arts at Mercy ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by...
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Mari Balous Wilson Class of ‘81 Mercy High School
Mari tells us about her educational and career journey since Mercy but also shares her fondness for travel to other countries. She also reminisces about Mercy and some of her favorite faculty members. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and...
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Kerry Sayers Doucet Class of '89 Mercy High School
Kerry describes her career in broadcasting including twenty-five years in sports and her more recent gig with a history program that originates in Chicago where she lives. She also describes lessons learned in Mercy softball as well as how she currently achieves fitness. ------- Follow Mercy High...
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Mary Walle Class of ‘09 Mercy High School
We track Mary down in Berlin, Germany where she is studying for a Masters in global history. The focus of her study is early 19th Century Detroit history. She also describes her voluteer work for NADA and some Mercy memories. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter...
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Cathy Dinan Dillon Class of '77 Mercy High School
Cathy describes her wonderful non-profit store, Angels, Saints, and Stuff. https://www.facebook.com/angelssaintsandstuff/ She catches us up on her family and reminisces about her Mercy English class and the impact Mercy had on both she and her daughters....
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Alicia Slubowski Erskine Class of '04 Mercy High School
Alicia describes her passion for teaching middle school students in Chicago, Illinois. She also shares fond Mercy memories of English, social studies, Newsprint, performing arts, and the DEAN’S SCOOTER.. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and...
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Anna O’Mara Class of '98 Mercy High School
Anna catches us up on her current studies through Indiana U. and her work for Altarum in Ann Arbor. Anna also takes the time to remark upon the strong bonds of her Mercy sisterhood formed during her high school days. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at...
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Katie O’Donnell Class of '08 Mercy High School
Katie describes her work at the Detroit Achievement Academy and their wonderful model for raising the achievement levels of their your students. Katie lives in the city and describes the new vibrancy there. She also reminisces about Mercy. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry...
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Anna Amato Class of '75 Mercy High School
Anna describes the formation of her firm, edtech central, and the work they do serving the educational needs of children, youth and families which historically, have been underserved. Anna also shares the impact of S. Ignatius on her life and reminisces about the Mercy High School of the ‘70’s....
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Kaitlyn Mardeusz Class of '06 Mercy High School
Kaitlyn Mardeusz Class of '06 Mercy High School Katlyn currently works as an attorney in Detroit in the Blue Cross Blue Shield legal department. She shares insights about her career but also describes her dedication to fitness and nutrition. Her classmates will recall she was a top golfer at…
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Tracy Johnson Class of '85 Mercy High School
Tracy describes the Polytrauma Amputation Network Site and her work as a medical doctor who specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She also reminisces about Mrs. Yager and the great MHS swim program of the 80’s. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on…
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Emily Wilkins Class of '09 Mercy High School
Emily Wilkins is a political reporter for Bloomberg in Washington D.C. and a member of the Board of Governors for the National Press Club. She describes who she covers in the nation’s capitol and the experiences that led to this not the least being her eight internships including one in Cambodia....
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Colleen Sirhal Class of '89 Mercy High School
Colleen discusses her passion for developing and driving healthcare improvements through information technology and discusses the places to which she has traveled as Director for Global Healthcare Consulting at Hyland Software. She credits Mercy as the origin of this passion and shares some...
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Erin McClaine Class of ‘01 Mercy High School
Erin McClaine is an educator, artist, entrepreneur and a woman who is passionate about social justice who lives in the vibrant community of Ferndale. She discusses where she has been since high school and how Mercy has impacted her. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on...
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Sarah Blau Class of ‘10 Mercy High School
Sarah describes life in Chicago and her varied work as Marketing Manager at Clareo https://clareo.com/ Sarah also comments on her volunteer work for Northwestern University and the Junior League of Chicago. She also reminisces about the impact that Mercy has had on her life. ------- Follow Mercy...
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Cheryl Delaney Kreger Mercy High School Class of 1966
Dr. Kreger-- Mercy’s current president-- shares memories of the school on Outer Drive and explains how the traditions of Mercy in the 60’s remain strong today. As we return to school for the 2019-20 year she also describes some new wrinkles to greet the class of 2023! ------- Follow Mercy High...
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Rebecca Guerriero Class of '09 Mercy High School
Rebecca describes a passion for the environment that led her to earning a Masters Degree in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University. She describes her work for the Kresge Foundation’s Environment Team and also comments on the defending state champ MHS ice hockey team which she...
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Teresa Coletta Rea Class of ‘89 Mercy High School
Teresa described what a Physicians Assistant does and what in particular attracted her to pediatrics. She shares memories about Mercy in the ‘80’s but as a Mercy mom also shares a “then and now” perspective. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI…
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Anne Sempowski Ward Class of '90 Mercy High School
Anne discusses her career journey from an engineering leadership positions to being CEO of CURiO. She also explains how her Mercy experience prepared her for being a CEO. https://www.curiobrands.com/ ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and...
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Sarah Philo Class of ‘12 Mercy High School
Sarah discusses her important PhD studies in Environmental and Occupational Hygiene. She describes a project in the rain forests of Borneo with other grad students and explain the importance of the public understanding how science works in order to accept effective of health initiatives. She also...
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Sarah Baumann Class of ‘08 Mercy High School
Sarah explains how she arrived at the strategic public relations firm, Greentarget, and she describes her training in comedy, where she remains active in standup and podcasting. Of course she also takes a walk down memory lane with her former teacher and podcast host. ------- Follow Mercy High...
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Colleen McGowan Ezzedine Class of '87 Mercy High School
Colleen describes her communications courses at Wayne State University and also relates her service on non-profit boards. In particular she details her work with a Washington DC think tank that conducts solution seeking research that empowers American Muslims. Of course she also shares an...
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Sara Slawnik of '93 Mercy High School
Sara describes the work of the wonderful 3Arts project in Chicago. She also explains her educational journey to becoming Director of Arts Programs there. And she shares a Mercy memory about the school’s annual Stratford Trip. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter...
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Arpna Dhake Hessler Class of ‘90 Mercy High School
As a high school guidance counselor, Arpna discuss the kinds of issue and pressures with which today’s adloscents struggle. She also updates alumnae listeners on today’s MHS counseling services. And before concluding, she of course shares some Mercy memories. ------- Follow Mercy High School and...
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Anisa Badr Class of 2010 Mercy High School
Anisa describes the decisions that took her from high school in Michigan a degree at Columbia and a career in public relations in NYC. She also reflects happily on her Mercy experience. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music…
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Alexis Harrison Dishman Class of '96 Mercy High School
Alexis describes her role as Midwest Director of Lending for the Education sector at IFF. And she also connects her Mercy experiences to her dedication to bettering her community and empowering women. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and...
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Monica Boomer Class of ‘03 Mercy High School
Monica is Director of Community Engagement at Zaman International-- a wonderful non-profit organization which is helping so many women and their families. Monica also describes the Mercy/Zaman intersection which is definitely worth a listen! https://www.zamaninternational.org/ ------- Follow…
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Amy Dinges Reyes Class of '95 Mercy High School
Amy relates a wonderful story that takes her from the University of Michigan to tv/radio in the Dominican Republic to real estate to her current gig as Entertainment Editor at miami.com ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music…
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Kalin Franks Sheick Class of '06 Mercy High School
Kalin and her husband own Sweetwater Lavender Farm in Petoskey, MI. https://sweetwaternorth.com/farm Though a former television broadcaster, Kalin decided to put all of her career efforts into floral arranging, event planning/hosting, and giving workshops for women entrepreneurs. She also shares...
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Helen Marie Berg Class of '08 Mercy High School
Helen describes a recent year in Turkey as a Fulbright Scholar. She also shares what it is like to clerk for a Federal judge in Iowa. And she and Larry manage to work her former Mercy Gov classes into the conversation! ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at...
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Ellen Lezotte Class of '12 Mercy High School
After graduating from Loyola University in Chicago, Ellen has stayed in the Windy City. In this interview she describes teaching 4th grade math and science and reminisces about Mercy. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by...
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Marissa Martz Class of '09 Mercy High School
Marissa discusses her residency in psychiatry at Brown University. She describes the influence of Mercy’s microbiology class on her career path. Besides academics Marissa is very serious about long-distance running! ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at...
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Carrie Brankiewicz Bennett Class of '00 Mercy High School
Carrie describes the unique health care services she provides her clients, addressing nutrition, sleep, stress, and of course exercise. She reflects on the value of team sports and best times at Mercy High. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI…
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Karla Rose Middlebrooks Class of '76 Mercy High School
Karla describes her past career in Finance at a major corporation, commenting on her strategies of establishing herself as a woman trailblazing in her field. The conversation moves to her passion for quilting and memories of MHS in the ‘70s. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry...
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Carrie Fling Nantais Class of '96 Mercy High School
Dr Nantais is a practicing psychotherapist with a masters degree in Divinity and a background as a pastoral minister. She discusses this interesting intersection . . . .and also tells a great story about Mike Gruber climbing the chalkboard! ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry...
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Barika Whitehead Pace Class of '94 Mercy High School
Barika discusses her work as Senior Director of Cyber-Security Research at Gartner and describes some of the new threats on the cybersecurity landscape. She also discusses some issues related to diversity and inclusion in technology. Barika also shares some of her projects sponsoring the arts....
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Heidi Wegmueller Class of '99 Mercy High School
Heidi talks about her career in sports management following her receipt of the prestigious Garn Griffin Award from Mercy High School. She also describes her new job at the University of Michigan. ----------------------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at…
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Erin Kendall Murphy class of ‘97 Mercy High School
Erin is an assistant professor of flute at Oklahoma State University. She is also an active performer. She co-founded the sextet Lakeshore Rush in Chicago (www.LakeshoreRush.com). And she describes all of these experiences as well as fond memories of Mercy High School. ------- Follow Mercy High...
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Danielle Wroblewski Class of '98 Mercy High School
Danielle describes her educational journey to becoming a psychiatrist. She also explains how she arrived at her decision to pursue this career. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by permission of concert pianist Julia...
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Becky Moylan Class of '06 Mercy High School
Becky describes how her plethora of interests and aptitudes led her to her present position at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She highlights the impact that Mercy High School and Marquette University had on her life. ------------------------ Follow Mercy…
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Maura Pheney Lamoreaux Class of '91 Mercy High School
Maura is performing as Tanya in the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre production of “Mamma Mia!” Tickets are available at https://www.grct.org/mamma-mia/. Besides the stage production, Maura describes how life has taken her from Notre Dame to New York and now family/career in Grand Rapids, MI. -------...
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Amy Watroba Class of '94 Mercy High School
Amy has spent her career as a criminal prosecutor in Cook County, specializing in forensic and DNA evidence. In this interview she describes this fascinating profession and also explains how she got into running the Chicago Marathon! ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on...
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Luanne Thomas Ewald Class of '87 Mercy High School
Luanne Thomas Ewald, CEO of Children’s Hospital of Detroit, discusses her advocacy for Children’s Hospital and the impact that Mercy High School has had on her leadership position. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by...
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Anne M. Nichols Class of '79 Mercy High School
Anne describes how Mercy prepared her for success in her field. She describes what it means to be an investment advisor and what it takes to become a Chartered Financial Analyst. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by...
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Whitney Morey Davidson Class of '11 Mercy High School
Lt. Davidson discusses the Naval Academy experience and describes her career and service as a Supply Corps officer. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by permission of concert pianist Julia Siciliano ‘01...
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Jennifer Goff Barry Class of '90 Mercy High School
Jennifer discusses her role as a managing director at Citi and describes Citi’s Chicago Women’s Network which she co-heads. She also shares some of her most impactful memories from MHS. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music…
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Danielle Young Class of '05 Mercy High School
Dani describes her educational journey from MHS AP Gov’t to Sarah Lawrence to Oxford to Harvard Law. She speaks passionately about the law and her determination to apply her knowledge in a manner that serves her community. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at...
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Mary Law Baumgarten Class of '77 Mercy High School
Mary describes the challenges of running a successful family tech business. She also shares some of the new innovations and applications related to 3D printing. ------- Follow Mercy High School and interviewer Larry Baker on Twitter at @MercyHighMI and @labcbaker. Music by permission of concert...
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Hayley Drozdowski ' Class of '10 Mercy High School
Haley is directly addressing the Sisters of Mercy’s critical concern of immigration by devoting her career and education to pressing issues related to refugees, immigration, and forced migration. She shares how her Mercy education shaped her views and prepared her for higher education. -------...
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Accent on Mercy Alumnae - a podcast series proudly bringing you voices of Mercy graduates. In each broadcast, host Larry Baker, Apple Distinguished Educator and Associate Principal of Mercy High School Farmington Hills, Michigan, interviews an alumna who is making a difference in her walk of life. Popular topics include career paths, volunteerism, leadership, and the Mercy High School Difference. Find out more about Mercy at mhsmi.org. We are Mercy!
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