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Contact Info
Caitlin E. Myler
Communications Associate
301.657.4322 Ext. 314
Fax: 301.913.0380
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For release: IMMEDIATE
PR/GRAD/US/1/06
June 2, 2006
CNN Correspondent Andrea Koppel to Deliver Stone
Ridge Commencement Address
Bethesda, Maryland—Andrea Koppel, CNN Congressional
Correspondent, will
address the Stone Ridge Class of 2006 on June 7 at
6:30 p.m. on the
school’s Bethesda campus. This event marks a
homecoming for Ms. Koppel who
graduated from Stone Ridge twenty-five years ago
with the Class of 1981.
That year, the Commencement speaker was another news
correspondent—former
ABC-TV “Nightline” Host Ted Koppel.
Andrea Koppel joined CNN in 1993 and, in 1998,
became the network’s State
Department correspondent, a position she filled
until moving to Capitol
Hill to cover the U.S. House and Senate in March
2006. As CNN State
Department Correspondent, Ms. Koppel reported on
news events around the
world and followed three U.S. secretaries of state
including the first
woman to hold the position, Madeline Albright; the
first African American,
Colin Powell; and the first African-American woman,
Condoleezza Rice, in
their international travels. Some of the highlights
of her coverage
include Rice’s historic meetings in Senegal and the
Sudan in July 2005
shortly after Africa’s longest civil war ended;
Powell’s diplomatic
mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan after the
September 11, 2001 attacks;
and Albright’s historic trip to North Korea in
October 2000.
Ms. Koppel served as the network’s Beijing bureau
chief and correspondent
from 1995-1998 where she traveled to more than half
of China’s thirty-plus
provinces and autonomous regions. Before moving to
Beijing, Koppel served
from 1993-1995 as a Tokyo-based CNN correspondent
where she reported on
the burst of Japan’s economic bubble, Japanese
politics and culture, as
well as breaking news events.
During her tenure at CNN, Koppel has secured
numerous exclusive interviews
with world leaders, such as Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi after he agreed
to give up his weapons of mass destruction program
in December 2003;
China’s President Jiang Zemin before the handover of
Hong Kong in 1997;
and President Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan’s first
democratically elected
president in 1996. In addition, Koppel has
interviewed numerous
newsmakers. She has reported on the Middle East,
including
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and recently,
accompanied Undersecretary
of State for Diplomacy Karen Hughes on her
“listening tour” of the region.
In March 2006, Koppel broke the news that Dubai
Ports World would not move
forward with its plan to take control over six U.S.
ports.
Andrea Koppel has earned numerous awards for her
work, including a 1991
local Emmy Award for her news series “Haiti: After
the Coup”; a first
place Women in Radio and Television Award for the
1996 “Daughters of the
Revolution,” a documentary about women in China; and
an Associated Press
Radio Award for a documentary on the South Carolina Department of Youth
Services. In 2002, she was featured in Stone Ridge’s
award-winning
Intercom/Alumnae News magazine’s coverage of
“Alumnae Perspectives on
9/11,” [Spring 2002, Vol. 33, No. 3, pg. 11].
Before joining CNN, Ms. Koppel worked at WPLG-TV in
Miami, Florida and
WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. Fluent in Mandarin
Chinese, she earned a
bachelor’s degree in political science with a
concentration in Chinese
language and Asian studies from Middlebury College.
At Stone Ridge, Andrea
Koppel ’81, who is married to Kenneth Pollack, was
followed by her sisters Deirdre Koppel Cohen ’83 and
Tara Koppel x’89.
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of
the Network of Sacred Heart Schools [www.sofie.org],
was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent,
college preparatory school for girls [JK-Grade 12],
coeducational [JK-K], located in Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information, visit the school’s Web site at
www.stoneridge.org or call 301-657-4322.
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/ACAD/US/40/Corr.1
May 12, 2006
Kristen E. Manderscheid '06
is a 2006 Presidential Scholar
Stone Ridge's Michael Cavey nominated for
Teacher Recognition Award
Bethesda, Maryland—Kristen E. Manderscheid ’06
is a 2006 Presidential Scholar as designated by the
U.S. Department of Education and, as such, is
invited to participate in National Recognition Week
in June, during which each scholar receives the
Presidential Scholars medallion.
One of eighty-seven in the Stone Ridge Class of
2006, Miss Manderscheid is bound for Duke University
where she plans to major in mathematics. Currently,
she is the school president, “Ridge Bits” editor for
the Here and Now school newspaper, prop
manager on the stage crew, a tutor to disadvantaged
children, and plays varsity tennis. She was a
delegate in the Model United Nations, served as vice
president of the school, and newspaper editor.
Outside of Stone Ridge, Miss Manderscheid is a board
member of the Salvation Army’s Women’s Auxiliary and
a senior Girl Scout who has won many awards,
including the Gold Award. University awards received
to date include the Echols Scholar from the
University of Virginia, the John Carroll Scholarship
from Georgetown University, and the Notre Dame
Scholarship from the University of Notre Dame.
Kristen Manderscheid nominated Dr. Michael R.
Cavey for the Presidential Scholars Teacher
Recognition Award as the “teacher who most
challenged and inspired (her) throughout her
academic career.” Dr. Cavey, a history teacher in
the Upper School, earned his bachelor’s degree from
the University of Delaware; his master’s degree from
the University of Toronto; and his doctorate from
Rutgers University.
At least two Presidential Scholars (one male, one
female) are selected annually from each state, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. This year,
Maryland was recognized with five such scholarships.
Nationwide, there are 141 “outstanding American high
school seniors that have demonstrated exceptional
academic achievement, artistic excellence,
leadership, citizenship, and service at school and
in their community.” A complete list of 2006
Presidential Scholars and more details can be found
on the
Department of Education web site gives further
details.
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of
the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (www.sofie.org),
was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent,
college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12),
coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information, visit the school’s website at
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/FACULTY/US/1
May 1, 2006
Christina Kyong Awarded
NAIS Fellowship
One of eighteen women recognized
nationwide as an aspiring leader
Bethesda, Maryland—Christina Kyong, Director of
Studies in the Upper School at Stone Ridge School of
the Sacred Heart, has been selected by the National
Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) to receive
an NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads. The
fellowship supports the professional development of
independent school administrators who have
shown significant leadership ability. Through
intensive programming, mentoring, and specialized
projects, NAIS Fellows develop their leadership
capacities and learn about the major issues facing
independent schools today. The program prepares
these individuals to take on future leadership
roles in education. Mrs. Kyong is one of seventy-one
Fellows for 2006-07. The fifty-three men and
eighteen women hail from NAIS member schools in
twenty-six states and the District of Columbia.
Mrs. Kyong earned her B.A. in history at Smith
College, her M.Ed. in teaching and curriculum from
Harvard University, and is pursuing a Graduate
Certificate in administration and supervision at
Johns Hopkins University. Prior to her affiliation
with Stone Ridge, Mrs. Kyong taught high school and
middle school students at the Masters School in
Dobbs Ferry, NY; Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in
Maryland; and the Close-Up Foundation in Washington,
D.C. She developed curriculum in both the private
and public sectors for Explore, Inc., an
after-school enrichment program, and for the PASS
Program, a migrant education program for the
California Department of Education. After learning
of the award, Mrs. Kyong stated, “I am extremely excited for the
opportunity to participate in the NAIS Fellowship.”
The National Association of Independent Schools,
based in Washington, D.C., is a voluntary membership
organization for approximately 1,300 independent
schools and associations in the United States and
abroad. Independent schools are distinct from other
private schools in that they are independently
governed by boards of trustees and they are funded primarily through tuition, charitable contribution,
and endowment income. To be eligible for membership
in NAIS, schools must be accredited,
nondiscriminatory, 501(c)(3) non-profit
organizations.
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of
the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools,
was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent,
college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12),
coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information, visit the school’s website at
www.stoneridge.org or call 301-657-4322.*** For information media—not an official record ***
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/ACAD/US/39
May 1, 2006
Stone Ridge Joins Cum Laude
Society
May 9 marks official day of
installation and membership
Bethesda, Maryland—Stone Ridge School of the Sacred
Heart will become an official member of the Cum
Laude Society effective May 9, 2006. Following the
formal installation in the Chapel at 7:00 p.m. with
Jean Waller Brune, District IV Regional
Director for the Cum Laude Society present, Stone
Ridge will become an active chapter establishing a
lecture series and tutoring programs. Christina
Kyong, Director of Studies in the Upper School,
will serve as Chapter Secretary and Page Naimoli,
Upper School Dean of Students, will serve as Chapter
President. They will be joined by approximately six
Charter Members drawn from the Stone Ridge faculty,
including Phi Beta Kappa members.
After a thorough evaluation and much reflection,
Stone Ridge decided to shift its membership in the
National Honor Society (NHS) to the Cum Laude
Society because of focused scholarship. The
NHS,
established in 1921, is a premier organization that
honors outstanding students “who
have demonstrated excellence in the areas of
Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.”
Since Stone Ridge rewards its students in other ways
for these very characteristics, the school decided
to apply for membership in the Cum Laude Society for
its sole dedication to academic
achievement. Founded in 1906, the
Cum Laude Society
honors “scholastic achievement for the purpose of
promoting excellence (Areté), justice (Diké), and
honor (Timé).”
According to the Cum Laude Society, “Each chapter
may elect up to 20% of the members of the Senior
Class who have an honor record. Half may be elected
at the end of the junior year or at any time during
the senior year.” Given this transitional period at
Stone Ridge, no one from the Class of 2007 was
inducted into the National Honor Society during the
2005-2006 academic year. However, all 20% of the
Class of 2007 will be invited to join the Cum Laude
Society in the fall of their senior year, with
induction to follow in June 2007.
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of
the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools, was founded in
1923. It is a Catholic, independent, college
preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12),
coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information, visit the school’s website at
www.stoneridge.org or call 301-657-4322.*** For information media—not an official record ***
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/TRUSTEES/1/06/Corr.1
February 17, 2006
Dr. Richard Barbieri Named
Interim Head
Search for permanent headship of Stone
Ridge remains ongoing
Bethesda, Maryland—The Board of Trustees of Stone
Ridge School of the Sacred Heart named Dr.
Richard Barbieri as the Interim Head of the
school effective July 1, 2006. Dr. Barbieri is
expected to serve for a minimum of one year
following the retirement of longtime current
Headmistress Anne Dyer, RSCJ.
Soon after Sr. Dyer announced her retirement on
January 6, 2005, the Board began a search for a new
head with the assistance of Roth Education
Consultants. Subsequently, the Board voted to engage
an interim head in order to expand the search
process.
The Search Committee invited Dr. Barbieri, author of
“For a Limited Time Only: The Interim Headship,” to
visit Stone Ridge on January 9, 2006. At that time,
he met with Trustees and the Administrative Team, as
well as members of the Parent Council, the Parents
Association, the Alumnae Association, and selected
representatives of the faculty and staff. The Board
voted unanimously in favor of Dr. Barbieri at its
February 6, 2006 meeting.
With Dr. Barbieri in place, the Board will continue
the search for a permanent head.
Dr. Barbieri, well-known and respected in the field
of education, holds both a doctorate and master’s
degree from Harvard University and earned his
bachelor’s degree from Boston College. After
attending Catholic elementary schools in New York
City, he graduated from Brooklyn Preparatory, a
Jesuit high school. He first taught at Emmanuel
College in Boston, and then spent eleven years as a
teacher and administrator at Milton Academy. For
fourteen years, he was Executive Director of the
Association of Independent Schools in New England
and wrote regularly for Independent School magazine
and later for the Council for Spiritual and Ethical
Education. He has also written on education for such
newspapers as the Providence Journal and the Maine
Sunday Times, and has spoken at a wide range of
conferences, including those of the National
Association of Independent Schools [NAIS] and the
National Catholic Education Association [NCEA].
Since 1999, Dr. Barbieri has served as Interim Head
of six independent schools from Maine to Florida
where his current interim position is at Hillel
Community Day School.
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of
the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools,
was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent,
college preparatory school for girls [JK-Grade 12],
coeducational [JK-K], located in Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information, visit the school’s website at
www.stoneridge.org or call 301-657-4322.
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/ARTS/AS/11
November 21, 2005
Stone Ridge Choral and Handbell Ensembles Perform in
Local Community
In December, students onstage with Washington
Women’s Chorus and at the
Basilica
Bethesda, Maryland—Upper School choral and handbell
ensembles from Stone
Ridge School of the Sacred Heart join the Washington
Women’s Chorus (WWC)
led by Artistic Director Donald Paul Richardson,
with WETA’s Donald
Faircloth, on December 3 and 4 for carols, poems,
and songs as part of the WWC High School Invitational Singers Program. “Songs
and Stories of
Christmas” include Stone Ridge’s Advanced Vocal
Ensemble on the
“Magnificat” by Lana Walter and the Stone Ridge Handbell Ensemble on
“Advent Carol on Veni Emmanuel” arranged by Hal H.
Hopson and “Jingle
Bells” arranged by Cynthia Dobrinski.
The program takes place December 3 at St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church (4000
Lorcom Lane, Arlington, VA) at 7:00 p.m., and
December 4 at St. Patrick’s
Episcopal Church (4700 Whitehaven Parkway, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.) at 4:00
p.m. Tickets are $20 per person; student/senior rate
is $15. Call 202.244.7367 or order online at
washingtonwomenschorus.org. This is the
tenth anniversary season for the WWC, which is
funded in part by the D.C.
Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the
National Endowment for the
Arts. For more information, please contact Kathleen Holmay
at 301.942.9595.
On December 24, the Stone Ridge Junior Chorus—an
all-school ensemble
comprised of Lower, Middle, and Upper School
students—performs for the
seventeenth consecutive year at the Children’s
Christmas Eve Mass in the
Great Upper Church at the Basilica of the National
Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception (400 Michigan Avenue, N.E.,
Washington, D.C.). In its first year in 1988, nineteen students
participated under the direction
of longtime Stone Ridge Lower School Music Teacher
Nancy Fazio. This year,
over seventy-five are expected, creating a blend of
student and Junior
Chorus alumnae voices singing favorite carols and
traditional songs, with
flute, harp, violin, and organ accompaniment.
Performances at the Children’s Christmas Eve Mass,
which are free to the
public, begin with instrumentalists from 4:15 to
4:30 p.m. At 4:30 p.m.,
the Junior Chorus sings carols until the liturgy
begins at 5:00 p.m. The
Stone Ridge Junior Chorus is invited to perform
thanks to Reverend Monsignor Walter R. Rossi, Rector of the Basilica,
and Dr. Peter Latona,
D.M.A., Director of Music at the Basilica. For
further information, please
visit
www.nationalshrine.com or contact the
Basilica’s Office of
Communications at 202.526.8300.
Stone Ridge, a member of the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools, was founded in 1923. It is a
Catholic, independent,
college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12,
coeducational (JK-K),
located in Bethesda, Maryland. Please visit
www.stoneridge.org or call
301.657.4322.
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/ACAD/US/38
September 26, 2005
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Names Stone
Ridge Semifinalists
Bethesda, Maryland—The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation (NMSC) in Evanston, Illinois named Stone
Ridge seniors Allison Herring, Leigh
Jahnig, and Eleanore Keegan Semifinalists
in the 2006 Merit Scholarship Competition.
According to the NMSC, the nationwide pool of
Semifinalists, which
represents less than one percent of U.S. high school
seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in
each state. More than 1.3 million juniors in nearly
21,000 U.S. high schools entered the fifty-first
annual program.
Approximately 15,000 Semifinalists will advance to
the Finalist level by having an outstanding academic
record throughout the high school years, receiving
the endorsement and recommendation of the school
principal, and earning SAT scores that confirm the
student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The
Semifinalist and a school official must submit a
detailed scholarship application, including the
student’s self-descriptive essay and information
about the Semifinalist’s participation and
leadership in school and community activities.
Approximately half of the Finalists will be selected
as Merit Scholarship winners, earning the Merit
Scholar title. Merit Scholar designees are selected
on the basis of their accomplishments, skills, and
potential for success in rigorous college studies,
without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or
religious preference.
Three types of Merit Scholarship awards will be
offered in 2006. Every Finalist will compete for one
of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships awarded
on a state representational basis. Some 300
corporations and business organizations underwrite
about 1,100 corporate-sponsored scholarships for
Finalists meeting specific criteria. Approximately
4,600 college-sponsored Merit Scholarships, financed
by some 200 colleges and universities, are awarded
Finalists who attend the sponsor institution.
Winners will be announced in nationwide news
releases beginning in April and concluding in July
2006.
Stone Ridge, a member of the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools, is a
Catholic, independent, college preparatory school
for girls (JK-Grade 12), coed (JK-K), founded in
1923. Please visit www.stoneridge.org.
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/Community/1/05
September 26, 2005
Stone Ridge
to Take Part in Mass Casualty Exercise Hosted by
Naval Medical Center Coordinated effort to test the
joint response of Emergency Preparedness Partnership
Bethesda, Maryland—Stone Ridge School of the Sacred
Heart will be part of the largest ever Mass Disaster
Medical Response Drill hosted by the National Naval
Medical Center (NNMC) on Thursday, September 29. The
exercise will involve more than 4,000 participants
from Suburban Hospital, the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), Montgomery County Homeland Security,
local Emergency Management Services, and county
hospitals. The day begins with a press conference at
the NNMC followed by the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding, an historic agreement solidifying the
“first-of-its-kind” Emergency Preparedness
Partnership linking military, federal, and private
mass disaster medical response efforts within the
National Capital Area.
The Mass Casualty Exercise, following the press
conference and signing, will include over a hundred
realistic-looking moulaged victims, including
forty-six Stone Ridge eighth graders. Three Stone
Ridge faculty members, Brenda Walker,
Robert Walker, and Nancy Goldmeier, and
the school nurse Alana Pitcher will accompany
them. A team from the NNMC and Suburban Hospital,
led by Dr. Karen Kingry, Head Pediatrician at
Suburban, will be responsible for all on the Stone
Ridge campus.
The exercise begins at 10:15 a.m. with the
simulation of an airborne
chemical agent released into the air as a result of
a vehicular accident on the NNMC’s property. Stone
Ridge will have a “Stay In Place” drill. While no
chemical will be released into the air, these
student actors will be asked to complain of
respiratory problems (coughing, wheezing) and a
slight burning sensation to their eyes. Emergency
response units wearing personal protective equipment
will administer on-scene decontamination of the
victims using state-of-the-art equipment. There will
be a triage of victims and on-scene medical
intervention.
Personnel from Suburban and NNMC will set up a
spectator area and
decontamination unit on the school’s campus across
from the Stone Ridge Aquatics Center by 8:00 a.m. A
Navy Corpsman will be available to answer questions
and give explanations to anyone wishing to remain
for the entire exercise. Media interested in
covering the press conference, memorandum signing,
and/or the disaster drill on the NNMC compound must
contact Ellen Maurer, Deputy Public Affairs
Officer at NNMC via e-mail at
or telephone at 301.295.5727 no later than 8:00
a.m., September 28.
Stone Ridge, a member of the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools, is a Catholic, independent, college
preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12), coed (JK-K),
founded in 1923. Please visit www.stoneridge.org.
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/Network/1/05
August 31, 2005
Sacred Heart Religious and
School in New Orleans Survive Hurricane Katrina
Religious in area are reported to be
safe and school has little damage
Bethesda, Maryland—The Religious of the Sacred Heart
living in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina are
safe. “Most of the sisters left New Orleans as the
hurricane approached and are staying with Sacred
Heart communities in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
Sister Lorraine Landry remained in New Orleans,”
reports Sister Kathleen Conan, newly-elected
provincial of the U.S. Province of the Society of
the Sacred Heart, a teaching order founded in France
in 1800 by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat.
The Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, or
The Rosary as the school is affectionately called,
is located on St. Charles Avenue in the Garden
District of uptown New Orleans. According to Stone
Ridge Headmistress Anne Dyer, RSCJ, “There
has been no flooding uptown where the academy is
located; the only damage to the school was a piece
of the roof on the new science wing. They have no
power, no potable water, and, I gather, there are
water moccasins in the flood zones. Sr. Landry
refuses to leave. Yesterday, she hunkered down in
the school building (it’s withstood many
hurricanes), and today she returned to the community
house.
They are bringing her water and food supplies from
Grand Coteau. They think it will be more than a week
before they are back in the buildings. Two students
will be coming to Stone Ridge. Other Religious of
the Sacred Heart in Lafayette have not been heard
from, but are presumed to be OK.”
Founded in 1887,
The Rosary is a member of the international
group of academic institutions and Network of Sacred
Heart Schools in the U.S. directed by the Society of
the Sacred Heart. The school provides a Catholic,
independent college preparatory education for girls
(Pre-school through Grade 12) with an enrollment of
approximately 820 students and 125 full and part
time faculty, administration and staff members. The
Headmaster is Timothy M. Burns, Ph.D.
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in
Bethesda, Maryland, also a member of the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools, was founded in 1923.
It is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory
school for girls (JK-Grade 12), coeducational (JK-K).
For more information, visit the school’s website at
www.stoneridge.org or call 301-657-4322.***
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For Release: IMMEDIATE
PR/TRUSTEES/1/05
August 23, 2005
Patricia Aiken-O'Neill
Assumes Chair of Stone Ridge Board of Trustees
CEO of Eye Bank Association of America is Stone
Ridge Alumna, Class of 1962
Bethesda, Maryland—Patricia Aiken-O'Neill, Esq. is
the newly elected Chair of the Board of Trustees at
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. She assumes
the three-year position from Mary Colbert Denger.
Prior to being elected Chair, Ms. Aiken-O'Neill
served as a trustee on the Board's Executive
Committee; its Head Support and Evaluation
Committee; and the Head Search Committee, an ad hoc
committee of the Board. She also served as the
former Chair of the Committee on Trustees. The Board
opens the 2005-2006 academic year with a retreat and
meeting on September 10, 2005.
Ms. Aiken-O'Neill is president and chief executive
officer of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA),
the world's oldest transplant association. She has
led the Association since 1990. During her tenure,
the EBAA established the Certification Board;
refined Medical Standards; expanded globally,
opening the Association to international members;
and launched a website. The Association offers its
members continuing education opportunities through
meetings and teleconferencing and participates
actively in federal legislative and regulatory
efforts to increase donations and prevent the
transmission of disease through transplantation.
The EBAA publishes medical advisories and alerts and
sponsors two scientific sessions a year.
Prior to joining the EBAA, Ms. Aiken-O'Neill served
as Washington representative and counsel to the
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and as an
attorney for the U.S. Department of Education. Ms.
Aiken-O'Neill received a Juris Doctor (JD) degree
from the Washington College of Law, American
University, Washington, D.C. She earned a bachelor's
degree from Trinity College, Washington, D.C. after
attending Barat College, a Sacred Heart School in
Lake Forest, Illinois. A native Washingtonian and an
alumna of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart,
Class of 1962, Ms. Aiken-O'Neill has authored
numerous publications and has been a featured
speaker at national and international forums. She
and her husband, John F. O'Neill, M.D., reside in
Bethesda, Maryland
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member
of the
Network of Sacred Heart Schools,
was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent,
college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12),
coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland.
For more information, visit the school's website at
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