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2016 Event

The 2016 Making A Difference Scholarship was a huge success! Please enjoy the videos shown from the night of the event.

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Making A Difference 2016 Video - please click on the photo below to view this video.



Please click the photo below to hear Student Speaker Odalis Castellanos '16 Speech for Making A Difference 2016.


Please click on the photo below to hear Keynote Speaker Gina Rosaia Collins '99 speech for Making A Difference 2016.


Please click on the photo below to hear Part 2 of Gina's Speech



Board of Directors

Penny Stack Alexander '78
William Armanino Jr. 
Christopher Denten, P '23
Robert Grassilli
Mary Schaffer Kircher '78
Jamie Jweinat Lechleitner '02
Sister Anne Murphy, RSM '69
Patricia Waugh O'Connor, P '22
Sister Joan Marie O'Donnell, RSM SF '59
Jennifer Peneyra '93
Meghan Chavez Railey '04
Caroline Romeo, P '14
Catherine Dunleavy Rosaia '72, P '99
Patrick Ruff
Jeanine Thorpe '86
Alison Vorsatz '98
Randolph Wong, M.D., P '12
 
Natalie Cirigliano Brosnan '02, Ed.D.
Head of School

Making A Difference
Steering Committee

Tami Cirigliano Guglielmina
Catherine Dunleavy Rosaia '72, P '99
Gina Collins '99
Kelsey Connolly '12
Patricia Waugh O'Connor, P '22
Mary Schaffer Kircher '78
Natalie Cirigliano Brosnan '02, Ed.D.
Caroline Romeo, P '14
Jackie Svedise
Joann Mahaffey
Niki Rodrigues Nielsen
Martha Phillips, P '25
 

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Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors - $25,000+
Robert Stewart Odell and Helen Pfeiffer Odell Fund
Outrageous Foundation
Sisters of Mercy - Institute Office of Ministry
 
Gold Sponsors - $10,000+
Drum Foundation
 
Silver Sponsors - $5,000+
Mervyn Brenner Foundation
Catherine Dunleavy Rosaia ’72 and Wayne Rosaia
Dr. Janet Andrews Howes '70, D.D.S. and David Howes
Caroline and Charlie Romeo, P ’14
Catherine Dunleavy Rosaia ’72 and Wayne Rosaia
Jeanine Thorpe '86 and David Schellhase 
Lynn Dryden Van Etten ’72
 
Bronze Sponsors - $3,500+
Penny Stack Alexander ’78 and Matthew Alexander
David and Maria Collins, P '15
Frank and Susan Kerler Kennedy '64 
Martha Phillips and Al Taira, P '25
 
Mercy Table Sponsors - $1,750+
Rebecca Beck, P '96, '00
Dr. Pat Bradley P '11, '13', '14 and Sarah Murphy P '18
Natalie Cirigliano Brosnan ’02, Ed.D. and Neil Brosnan
Caltronics Business Systems
Elizabeth Caserza '77 
Rachael Clausen SF '84
Gina Rosaia Collins ’98 and James Collins
Chris and Mary Denten, P ’23
Bob Grassilli
Mary Schaffer Kircher ’78 and Matthew Kircher
William and Catherine Mariani, P '12
Mercy Alumnae Board
Shari Rodrigues and Niki Nielsen
Jennifer Estrella Peneyra '93
Serra High School
Sisters of Mercy Burlingame
Sutter Health
Jeffrey and Jessica Thomas, P '26
Alison Vorsatz ’98
Claire and Warren Woo, P ’25
 
Blue and White Sponsors - $1,000+
Doug and Mary Ann Button '72
Kristy Furrer Crouch '82
Kevin and Cindy McDonald Dunleavy '81
Christian and Jacqueline Legorreta Erdman '75
Bart and Carol Cafferkey Gaul '85
John and Janet McAfee, P '26
Robert and Jacqueline O'Donnell, P '97
Kirata Samthong, P '28
Scale Venture Partners
Adrian and Nicole Zagar, P '13
 
Friends of Mercy - $500+
Andresen Digital
Angela Barton
Betty Battaglia
Michael and Mary Bollier Carp '77
Andrew and Maggie Demkin, P '26
Edward Goodstein and Francesca Eastman
Patricia Flanagan '65
Jean and Yolanda Gorostiague
Eileen Horan
Donna Collins Krasnow '66
Jerry and Kathy Lautze Krause '68
Jennifer Lambdin
Mary and Lars Lund, P '06, '08
Patricia and Kevin O'Connor, P '22
Michael Seil
Sandra Tilch '63
Carl and Michele Tyler '68
William and Melanie Albano Valdez '89