
2012 Opus Prize Steering Committee Roster
LuLu Daly, BSN, RN
Chair, Opus Prize Steering Committee
Cathy Clifford Brennan, M.A., OTR-L, FAOTA
Chair, Opus Prize Steering Committee;
St. Catherine University alumna, ’70
Mary Ann Brenden, MSW
Chair, Opus Prize Steering Committee;
Associate Professor of Social Work
St. Catherine University
Cort Cieminski, Ph.D.,PT, ATR
Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
St. Catherine University
Coventry Cowens, B.A.
Assistant Director of Multicultural and
International Programs and Services
St. Catherine University
Sharon Doherty, Ph.D.
Professor of Women’s Studies; Director of the
Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women
St. Catherine University
Amy Gage, B.A.
Director, Marketing and Communications
St. Catherine University
Rebecca Hawthorne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Program Director of
Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL)
St. Catherine University
Paula King, Ph.D.
Dean of Distance Learning Strategy
St. Catherine University
Latifah Kiribedda, B.A., ’12
Student Senate President
St. Catherine University
Margaret Dexheimer Pharris, Ph.D., RN, MPH, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for Nursing
Henrietta Schmoll School of Health
St. Catherine University
Deep Shikha, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
St. Catherine University
Catherine Spaeth, Ph.D.
Director of Global Studies
St. Catherine University
Lahens Lee-St. Fleur, B.A.
Event Logistics Coordinator, Meeting and Event
Services; St. Catherine University alumnus, ’05
St. Catherine University
Laurie Svatek, M.A.
Director of Campus Ministry
St. Catherine University
Staff to Committee:
Stacy Jacobson, M.Ed.
Executive Assistant to the President
St. Catherine University
Gayle Gabrielski, M.Ed.
Administrative Manager, Office of the President
St. Catherine University








