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Business is Booming

Minnesota has been the birthplace of several Fortune 500 companies. They offer students plenty of opportunities for interships — and places to start a full-time career.

  • 3M
  • Best Buy Co., Inc.
  • Cenex Harvest States
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • Hormel Foods Corp.
  • Lutheran Brotherhood
  • Medtronic Inc.
  • Nash Finch Co.
  • Northwest Airlines
  • St. Paul Companies, Inc.
  • Supervalu
  • Target Corp.
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • U.S. Bancorp

 

St. Kate's Alumnae

Let the achievements of St. Kate's alumnae inspire you as you look forward to your future at the College of St. Catherine and beyond.

Notable alumnae:

Science/Health Care

Business

Government and Law

Writing/The Arts

Education

Other Professions

 


Science/Health Care
Heather Hendricks Kranz ’93 Senior product development engineer, 3M

Anne Hunter Novak ’92 Research fellow, immunology, Mayo Clinic

Mary Tahnk-Johnson ’84 Physician, critical care, nephrology, various clinics in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Bridget Votel ’78 Nurse manager, Center for International Health, Regions Medical Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Cheryl Biehl Wagner ’78 Nurse practitioner, U.S. Foreign Service, Vienna, Austria

Elizabeth Mach ’75
Maryknoll Mission educator, Kenya

Carol Radaich Schumacher ’68 Won the 1998 Thomas J. Roberts Award for comprehensive contributions to bird research

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Business
Winston Hewitt ’98 Community relations manager, Lawson Software

Catherine Murray ’81 Managing director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Investments

Sara Hietpas Gavin ’77 Managing director, Weber Shandwick Worldwide

Rebecca Koenig Roloff ’76 CEO, Minneapolis YWCA

Janet Dolan ’71 President and CEO, Tennant Company

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Government and Law
Carol Ronning Kapsner ’69 Supreme court justice, State of North Dakota

Marva Livingston Hammons ’69 Director of human services, State of Colorado

Heather Hodges ’68 U.S. ambassator to Moldova

Kathleen O’Brien ’67 Former deputy mayor of Minneapolis

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Writing/The Arts
Shanan Wexler ’92 Actress, Brave New Workshop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nancy Youngblut ’75 Played Kolana in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Scarlet Forest in ABC’s One Life to Live

Joan Gregoryk ’66 Founder and music director, the Children’s Chorus of Washington

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Education
Erin O’Leary ’86 National Catholic Education Association National Teacher of the Year; assistant principal, IHM/St. Luke School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Billie Berthiaume McQuillan ’72 National Urban Teacher of Excellence, National Council of Great City Schools; teacher, St. Paul, Minnesota

Colleen Donahue Thompson ’60 President, Ridgewater Community and Technical College; Willmar, Minnesota

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Other Professions
Pamela Wheelock ’81 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Wild

Heidi Wermerskirchen Bodine ’90 Reporter, KSTP-TV Channel 5, Twin Cities

Joy Bartscher ’82 Executive director, Neighborhood Justice Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Marybeth Lorbiecki ’81
Historical biographer

Patricia Simms Gries ’69 President, League of Catholic Women, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Harriet Hentges ’63 Executive vice president, United States Institute of Peace

Anita Pampusch ’62 President, Bush Foundation

Charlotte Madigan, CSJ, ’59 Co-founder, St. Joseph’s Hope Community (women’s crisis shelter)

Mary Louise Wright ’49 Farmer, pilot

Emily Niemeyer Anderson ’33 Inventor, sour-cream and onion-flavored potato chips

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Dew Drop Pond sits at the foot of the "Our Lady of Victory" chapel. This peaceful spot has been a favorite studying and resting place for students.

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