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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.