Get Involved in Mardi Gras –
Join a Committee!

Join our talented and dedicated Mardi Gras volunteers! Committee members have lots of fun planning our annual ball! It’s a great way to get involved and meet new friends in the Ursuline community.

If you are interested in helping in any way with Mardi Gras 2012, please click here for Mardi Gras office contact information.

Many Thanks to Our
Mardi Gras 2011-12 Committee:

Mardi Gras Co-Chairs Angie Sagers Kadesky ’80
Barbie Boe
Cindy Lindsley
Acknowledgements Lisa Chapman
Advertising – External Jill Long
Leardon Brien Ruffing ’78

Taun Tran
Maria and Luis DeLeon Usuga
Auction Night Pre-Party Gisella Peterson
Edna Burciaga

Leslie Huber
Big Board Karen Fox
Linda Booth
Maxine Kijek Sims ’82
Bingo Linda Thomas White ’81
Vicki Borowski Daude

Terri Gwinn
Carmen Perez
Centerpieces & Favors Lucia Jentz
Susan Meyer
Krista Rascoe
Laura Fox Williamson ’73
Check-In Cynthia and Steve Tortolani
Diane Cavett
Nirvana Fahmy
Veronica Genera
Angela Infante and Albert Chia
Molly Mitchell ’84 and John McHugh
Ashley Parkinson
Sheila Kelly Papkostas
Nina Salhab
Check-Out Susan Bach
Kathy and Ben Banks
Mindy Hatzmann

Theresa and Mike Baird
Jan and Michael Golden
Carolyn and Patrick McFall
Peggy and Rory Wisner
Communications Sheila Parro Patrick ’79
Suzy Yaeger

Belinda Grant-Anderson
Data Entry Amy Brown
Sandy Wilson

Andree Arcemont
Barbara Blume
Sherry Luedke
Decorations Terry Wheat
Tammy Adams
Lori de Jong
Jeanette Eckert
Melinda Goff
Lynette Hall
Debbie Hayhurst
Jill Long
Sherry Luedke
Dianne Meier Sanchez ’78
Liz Sheldon
Laura Slaney
Sarah Walls
Ann West
Laura Fox Williamson ’73
Event: Alumnae Happy Hour Maureen A. Mitchell Hafertepe ’81
Tara Hafertepe ’80
Event: Holiday Brunch Katy Haden Einspanier ’77
Jody Jaspersen (Hostess)
Joy Wunderlick
Liz Cottingham Schneider ’86
Laura Slaney
Event: Honorary Krewe Linda L. Burk, M.D. and
John R. Gilmore, M.D. (Hosts)

Amanda DiGiuseppe Helms ’89
Leigh Anne Cloud ’89
Event: Kick-Off Party Kimm Daulton and Shannon Wynne (Hosts)
Event: Parents of Alumnae
Gift Gathering Party
Doug and Vicky Pitts Lattner ’69 (Hosts)
Follow-Up Francis Lena
Michele Hutchison
Gift Gathering Carole Klaudt
Jean Thomas Buys ’82

Laura Slaney (Class of 2012 Rep)
Karol Keils (Class of 2013 Rep)
Ellen Brady (Class of 2014 Rep)
Margaret Rice (Class of 2014 Rep)
Nina Sanders (Class of 2014 Rep)
Lillian Curran (Class of 2015 Rep)
Liz Sheldon (Class of 2015 Rep)
Graphic Design Christel Munster Morrison’84
Hospitality Cynthia Tortolani
Kim Cox

Renda Mathew-Thomas
Inventory Control Margaret Wang
Invitations Mary Meneffee
Jackie Ondracek
Live Auction Tina Noah
Ana Esteve Yoder ’82
Mary Smith
Online Auction Teresa Vilfordi Korman ’74
Jennifer Vernino
Ornaments Annabel Hoffman
Pack-Up Jennifer Elder
Rula Peinado
Party, Party, Party Jude Nash
Jana VanVoorhis
Program Laura Schafer Hyman ’80
Raffle Cecilia Gutierrez Kernodle ’83
Patricia Pagel
Patricia Thompson
Nancy Phillips

Christina Karna
Jill Lalonde Thomas ’85
Renee Ryder
Brycie Wynne
Reservations Margaret Shouse
Christine Kepple
School Spirit Laurie Wilder
Set-Up Barbara Allen
Patricia Gallaher
Cheryl Seager

Angela Infante Chia
Page Fielder
Lisa Largarde
Suzanne Lomenick
Ashley Parkinson
Helen Sparagana
Ann Williams
Sandy Wilson
Brycie Wynne
Silent – Online Solicitations Ann Carrell
Silent – Restaurants Rita Classe ’02
Maria and Luis DeLeon Usuga
Silent Auction Amber Andregg ’03
Belinda Golding

Andree Arcemont
Michelle Chaiken
Kathleen Dennehy-Taylor
Janice Mangin
Sammie Moore
Carmen Perez
Benjamin Salazar
Ann West
Treasurer Peggy Wisner
Susan Peterman Moore ’82
Underwriting – Corporate Jennifer Hajdu
Lauren Johnson ’96
Underwriting – Individual Susan Irwin Piot ’87
Mary Rosenbleeth

Jessica Burrow
Volunteers – Mardi Gras Shelley Appell Blumreich
Maureen Bowling
Nora Carter
Gloria Castillo
Jeanette Eckert
Melinda Goff
Letty Gonzalez
Katherine Gregory
Susan Hall
Marianne Halovanic
Beth Howard
Maureen Kilmer
Natalie Lynn
Victoria MacArthur
Julie McKee
Jean Neil
Carl Oberman
Meg Ross
Jo Skelton
Zorianna Spies
Volunteers – Mardi Gras Night Natalie Brown
Kathy Doepfner
Tamara Steffens Harker
Lisa and Blake Kresl
Amaka Osuagwu
Nancy Phillips
Shelley Rychlik
Judy Viviano
Brycie Wynne
 
 
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