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Kim Kalagher Mazzarella ’76 • Golden Outstanding Alumna Award

Kim graduated from Stone Ridge in 1976 and went on to get a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Georgetown University and a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Kim is an experienced foreign language teacher who has enriched the lives of students through foreign language arts for over 20 years. She has taught and served as a student advisor in a variety of esteemed independent schools in the DC and Boston areas. Her career experience spans Spanish Language levels across grades 2-11. Since 2013, she has taught Spanish and developed a specialized reading program for students at St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, DC. In addition to teaching, she was elected to serve on the Board of Trustees as the Faculty Representative for a four-year term. Kim is passionate about breaking down barriers and promoting inclusion through the study of foreign language and culture, which is evident in the various extra-curricular initiatives she spearheads. She co-founded the Spanish Heritage Speakers program, a program for students which strives to provide native speakers with a deep appreciation for the literature and culture of the many Spanish-speaking countries. The program is in its fourth year, and continues to cultivate interest and participation. Additionally, as part of this program, she spearheaded the creation and launch of Café de Poetas, a poetry recitation for heritage speakers to bring to life Spanish speaking cultures through live poetry readings.
 
Kim brings a unique perspective to her work as someone who grew up in Potomac, MD, spent a summer in Honduras while at Stone Ridge, and moved with her young family to Buenos Aires for seven years where she perfected her language skills and developed a love of South American culture.

Brenda Crawley ’78 • Outstanding Alumna Award

Brenda Crawley graduated from Stone Ridge in 1978. She is currently the Head of School at Plymouth Meeting Friends School in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Prior to headship, she was the Head of Lower School for 8 years at Sandy Spring Friends School in Sandy Spring, Maryland. Before that, she spent 7 years as Head of Lower School at McLean School of Maryland in Potomac, Maryland, where she began her career as a music teacher, music department chair and Diversity Coordinator. Brenda holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education/Piano from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY and a Master of Science in Organization Development and Human Resources from The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. 

Brenda was a faculty member for the Eastern Educational Resource Collaborative Summer Institute on Diversity and Multicultural Education; a trainer for the National Coalition Building Institute; and the Beginning Teacher Institute Leader for the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington. She continues to facilitate collaborative work sessions with educators on issues around learning differences, classroom management and teaching conflict resolution to young children. She is a regular presenter on subjects relating to early childhood education, parenting, and issues related to diversity/equity/belonging and the disruption of implicit bias. 

Brenda is on the Board of Trustees of Friends Council on Education, a national organization that supports Quaker schools and organizations; she is a trustee of United Friends School in Quakertown, PA; and she is on the Board of Directors of Schooling for Hope, a non-profit organization focused on supporting schools that serve primarily students of color. 

When not leading a school during a global pandemic, Brenda is a passionate gardener. She enjoys cooking for her family, reading all genres, playing dominoes, and working through piano repertoire from her college days. She remains a proud Stone Ridge gator and a member of the inconquerable GOLD team.

Jackie Fangonil Walsh ’86 • Outstanding Alumna Award

Jackie Fangonil Walsh graduated from Stone Ridge in 1986 and went on to attend Boston College.  She then received a JD from the New England School of Law. She is a qualified lawyer in Hong Kong and the United States with over 26 years of experience in complex insolvency assignments, probate and matrimonial disputes, court appointments, formal and informal corporate restructuring, private receiverships, financial investigations and directorship appointments. In the US, Jacqueline represented Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy trustees, creditors committees and corporate debtors.
 
During her 20 years in Asia, Jacqueline’s restructuring and insolvency experience has spanned a range of industries, including retail, forestry, e-automobiles, property investment and development, aircraft, cold storage warehousing, trade and manufacturing. This experience includes restructuring of listed companies in Hong Kong by way of court appointment or as a director of the company, operational restructuring of private corporates, appointed as a receiver of shares to secure and realise assets, and investigatory assignments including the pursuit of legal claims. Many of these assignments have a cross-border focus including work in Hong Kong, PRC, Singapore, USA, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Italy, Nigeria, Russia, and Cyprus.
 
In 2019, she was awarded the IWIRC Woman of the Year in Restructuring (Asia) Award for her outstanding contributions to the profession in the region. She has been a member and presenter within INSOL International and active with her charity work and as a board member of Equal Justice in Hong Kong.

Alice Felker ’16 • Young Outstanding Alumna Award

Alice Felker graduated from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in June of 2016. At Stone Ridge, she recognized her passion for disability rights and inclusion through the Social Action Program. Alice served as Senior Class President, President of the Best Buddies club, and as a Social Action Leader for the Disability unit. This past May, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Psychology and Applied Mathematics. While at Notre Dame, she continued to pursue her main passion, advocating for the rights of people with disabilities. She was the Vice President of the Best Buddies club, coordinating events for Notre Dame students and adults with disabilities in the South Bend area. She also volunteered weekly at a respite center in South Bend for adults with disabilities. In her junior year, she studied abroad in Copenhagen to learn about Nordic special education policy and disability inclusion. Throughout her time at Notre Dame, Alice spent time researching disability rights issues relating to the national shortage of direct support professionals, day support services and inclusive employment opportunities, and best practices for inclusive mathematics education. She received two grants from Notre Dame to complete her research and was the 2020 recipient of the John F. Santos Award for Distinctive Achievement in Psychology. While at Notre Dame, she also served as a Resident Assistant, University Writing Center tutor, and research assistant in the Cognition, Learning, and Development Lab (CLAD Lab). Alice now works as a House Leader at L’Arche Greater Washington DC (GWDC), a non-profit organization that works to make known the gifts of people with intellectual disabilities. L’Arche GWDC is part of an international federation of communities that provides life-long homes and inclusive supports for people with disabilities globally. At L’Arche, people with intellectual disabilities are called core members, because they are at the heart of community life. Alice is the Home Life Leader at 6th Street House. Her primary responsibility is to facilitate core member leadership of the home. Alice also oversees 6th Street’s budget and works with other L’Arche leaders to ensure core members are supported competently and compassionately. She also assists with advocacy and outreach projects for L’Arche, most recently by creating a training about inclusion for medical professionals. Her experience at Stone Ridge, specifically her experience in the social action program, inspired her passion for disability advocacy.

Outstanding Alumnae Awards
The Outstanding Alumna Award recognizes three alumnae who have made significant contributions to their community and/or profession. Each of this year’s Outstanding Alumna recipients have demonstrated dedication to the Goals of Sacred Heart education, commitment to excellence in their life’s work, a loyalty to Christian values, and selflessness in service to others.

During the Reunion Celebration on Saturday evening, Stone Ridge will recognize a Golden Outstanding Alumna
(45 or more years since they graduated), Outstanding Alumna (11-44 years since they graduated), and a Young Outstanding Alumna (10 years or less since they graduated).

GO Gator Award
The GO Gator Award is awarded to the class with the highest percentage of attendees at the reception on Saturday evening. There will be a special champagne bar just for the winning class the night of the event.

Update list 9/21/21 - the attendee list is growing every day