Alumnae

Alumnae in the News

List of 20 news stories.

Kennedy Whitaker ‘24 MLK Essay Contest Winner
9/18/2025
Congratulations to recent grad Kennedy Whitaker ’25, who won 1st place in the 35th Annual MLK Essay Contest sponsored by East View Church!
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Kathleen Norchi ‘12 Highlights Cleveland Opera Performance on New Day Cleveland
7/27/2025

Congratulations to Laurel Alum Katie Norchi ‘12, who performed Opera in the Italian Garden in July. She was featured on New Day Cleveland, where she promoted the event and spoke about the beauty of the Cultural Gardens as a perfect backdrop for the performance.

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Jami Morris ‘21 Honored at ESPY Awards
7/16/2025

Laurel alumna Jami Morris '21—two-time OHSAA Division II State Golf Champion—was honored this month at the ESPY Awards for her incredible work with Hit Fore Hope, the nonprofit she founded in 2022 to support lymphoma research at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center.

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Board Member Bethany Bryant Honored with Crain’s Cleveland Business Award
7/10/2025

Congratulations to Laurel Board Member and Treasurer Bethany Bryant, Regional Managing Director at The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A., on being named a 2025 Smart Women Awards honoree! In addition, Mrs. Bryant was also named one of Crain’s Cleveland Business Notable Leaders in Finance!

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Fiona Thackaberry Stevens ‘30 and Gabrielle Haigh ‘09 Shine in “The Higgler”
6/10/2025

Fiona Thackaberry Stevens '30 and Laurel School alumna Gabrielle Haigh '09 both appeared in the world premiere of “The Higgler”, an opera composed by Margi Griebling-Haigh, directed by Marla Berg, and conducted by Steven Smith.

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Rosemary Mudry ‘02 Named One of Crain’s Cleveland Business Women of Influence
5/15/2025

Congratulations to Rosemary Mudry ‘02, Executive Director of the Cleveland Public Market Corporation, has been named one of Crain’s Cleveland Business Women of Influence.

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Taylor Thierry ‘21 Drafted to the WNBA
4/15/2025

Taylor Thierry ‘21 was selected in the third round of the WNBA 2025 Draft and will join the Atlanta Dream! Taylor had a very successful high school career as a Gator and went on to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Congratulations!
Holly Gleason ‘81 Named NAEJA Independent Journalist of the Year
2/3/2025

Holly Gleason ‘81 has been named the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Association's Independent Journalist of the Year in December. She started the new year receiving an Audie nomination given to recognize the year's achievements in spoken word, especially audio books and dramas.

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Tamara Broderick ‘03 Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
1/15/2025
Congratulations to Tamara Broderick '03, who is one of 400 federally funded early-career scientists and engineers to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) on behalf of President Biden.

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Laurel Chair of the Board of Trustees Honored by ACG Cleveland
1/13/2025

Crain’s Cleveland Business announced in January that Megan Mehalko ‘83, an attorney with Benesch and Laurel’s Chair of the Board of Trustees, has been recognized by the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) Cleveland as a winner of the 28th Annual Deal Maker Awards.

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Rosemary Mudry ‘02 Named One of Cleveland Magazine’s Most Interesting People 2025
12/23/2024
Rosemary Mudry ‘02, Executive Director of Cleveland Public Market Corporation has been named one of Cleveland Magazine’s most interesting people in 2025. After a decade working in community development, Rosemary leads Cleveland Public Market Corp., the new nonprofit tasked with running the West Side Market.
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Emma Miller ‘11 Receives Pomegranate Prize rom the Museum of Jewish Heritage
10/21/2024

Emma Miller ‘11 has been selected as one of only five emerging Jewish educators nationwide to receive the 2024 Pomegranate Prize from the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. The Cleveland Jewish News highlighted her honor.

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Siena Maschke’24 Named Athlete of the Week for North Coast Athletic Conference
10/15/2024

Laurel Alumna Siena Maschke '24 was named athlete of the week for the North Coast Athletic Conference for women’s golf. She led the Denison Big Red to a sixth-place finish at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. Congratulations!
Jami Morris ‘21 Raises $107,000 through Hit Fore Hope
9/2/2024

Laurel alumna Jami Morris ‘21, a current Senior Golfer at Penn State University, started the summer raising $107,000 to add to the $200,000+ she raised the two previous summers with Hit Fore Hope, her non-profit organization that raises money for the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals.

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Lizzie Johnston '20 Featured in row2k
4/16/2024

Laurel Alum Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnston '20 was featured with a Q&A this month in row2K about her role as coxswain for Michigan State.

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Sydney Strickland Saffold ‘04 Featured with Family on WKYC
2/22/2024

WKYC TV featured Laurel Alumna Sydney Strickland Saffold ‘04, a Cleveland Municipal Court Judge, alongside her mother, Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold, and her brother, Judge Jeffrey Saffold.

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Cleveland Jewish News Highlights “Sophiepalooza” in honor of Sophia Herschman ‘15
12/5/2023

Several Laurel Alumnae were part of a recent Cleveland Jewish News story honoring Sophia Herschman ‘15, a Laurel classmate who passed away in May from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. The story highlighted “Sophiepalooza”, a fundraising event developed by friends, including Hayley Donahue '16, Talia Fleshler '15, Erin Saada '16, Madison Friedman '15, Lucy Feldman '16, and Emily DeSantis '16.

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Rosemary Mudry ‘02 Appointed Executive Director of West Side Market Nonprofit Organization
11/27/2023
Congratulations to Rosemary Mudry ‘02 who has been appointed Executive Director of the Cleveland Public Market Corporation (CPMC), which is set to take over operation of the West Side Market early next year.

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Holly Gleason ‘81 Nominated for 9 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
11/22/2023

Holly Gleason '81 has been nominated for nine National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for Print Journalist, Music Critic and Online Columnist, as well as Diversity in the Entertainment Industry, Celebrity Profile, Music & Other Arts Personality Profile, Celebrity Feature, Obituary/In Appreciation, Music/Other Arts Personalities and Book, Non-Fiction.

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Judy Rousuck ‘69 Featured on WCLV Radio About Debut Novel
11/7/2023

Congratulations to Judy Rousuck ‘69 who was interviewed on WCLV Radio about her debut novel, Please Write, a canine epistolary adventure that was published on November 7.

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