Nazareth Academy has created a legacy of strong, determined and dynamic leadership over its 125 years. Leadership at Nazareth has changed with the times and has never shied away from new, innovative models of leading young minds into the future. Explore the history of Nazareth Academy’s leadership over the years. From our tenacious Sisters of St. Joseph to our lay leadership, we have always been led by faith and family.
Early Leadership
1900-1911
Mother Alexine Gosselin
Foundress
1911-1916
Sister Mary Bonaventure Scheible
First Directress1916-1917
Sister Mary Charles
1917-1919
Sister Mary Anthony Fritz
1919-1925
Sister Mary Angela Hutter
1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1932-1934
Sister Mary Aquinas Caffrey
1926-1928, 1929-1930
Sister Mary Thomas Joynt
1930-1932
Sister Mary DeLourdes O’Connell
1934-1937
Sister Mary Paul Baldwin
1937-1948, 1951-1960
Sister Oliver Donlin
1948-1951
Sister Clare Kissel
1960-1967
Sister Mary Aquinata Lavoie
1967-1970
Sister Mary Bernard (a.k.a. Sister Ethel Vaca ’45)
Team Administration
1970-1971
Sister Janet Bolger
Sister Ethel Vaca ’45
Sister Beth Stoffel ’45
1971-1972
Sister Ethel Vaca ’45
Sister Janet Bolger
Sister Dorothy Lynch
1972-1973
Sister Ethel Vaca ’45
Sister Mary Alice Giese ’38
1973-1974
Sister Marianne Race ’59
Mr. John Drogos
Sister Mary Alice Giese ’38
1974-1975
Sister Marlene Schemmel ’54
Sister Marianne Race ’59
Sister Grace Sbrissa
Sister Mary Alice Giese ’38
Sister Colette Srill, IBVM
1975-1977
Sister Marlene Schemmel ’54
Sister Marianne Race ’59
Sister Grace Sbrissa ’56
Sister Colette Srill, IBVM
The Late Twentieth Century and the Transition to the Principal-President Model
1977-1988
Sister Marianne Race ’59, Principal
1988-2000
Sister Jacqueline Schmitz ’64, Principal1999-2001
Stan Monkus, President
2000-2018
Ms. Deborah Vondrasek Tracy ’82, Principal
2001-2005
Sister Carol Crepeau ’57, President
2005-2018
Mr. Dennis Moran, President
2018-Present
Mrs. Therese Uphues Hawkins ’79, Principal
Mrs. Deborah Vondrasek Tracy ’82, President