LCWR Officers

In its tripartite governance structure, the LCWR president, president-elect, and past president work in collaboration and consultation with one another and with the secretary, treasurer and executive director of the LCWR national office. Below are the officers as well as the regional chairs for 2016-2017, and a list of the past LCWR presidents and executive directors since 1957.

Sharlet Wagner, CSC President of LCWR Council Member Sisters of the Holy Cross Notre Dame, Indiana	Jayne Helmlinger, CSJ President-Elect of LCWR General Superior Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange Orange, California
Teresa Maya, CCVI Past President of LCWR Congregation Leader Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas	Theresa Sandok, OSM Secretary of LCWR President Ladysmith Servite Sisters Greenfield, Wisconsin
Kate Katoski, OSF Treasurer of LCWR President Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, Iowa	Carol Zinn, SSJ Executive Director of LCWR

LCWR National Board

Rita Cammack, OSF
Janice Cebula, OSF
Susan Durkin, OSU
Yesenia Fernandez, MGSpS
Elise Garcia, OP
Eileen Haynes, SCL
Rose Marie Jasinski, CBS
Mary Jo Nelson, OLVM

LCWR Regional Chairpersons for 2018 - 2019

Region 1 -- Luke Parker, SJC
Region 2 -- Cathy Sheehan, DW
Region 3 -- Eileen White, GNSH
Region 4 -- Toby Lardie, HM
Region 5 -- Leona Bruner, SSF
Region 6 -- Sharon Gray, SCN
Region 7 -- Ginger Downey, OLVM
Region 8 -- Betsy Pawlicki, OP
Region 9 -- Jean Steffes, CSA
Region 10 --Jan Renz, ASC
Region 11 -- Rosemary DeGracia, OSB
Region 12 --Marilyn Springs, IWBS
Region 13 -- Jan Ginzkey, OSB
Region 14 -- Judith Dieterle, SSL
Region 15 -- Guadalupe Guajardo, SNJM

Past National Chairpersons and Presidents of LCWR

1957 -- Alcuin McCarthy, OSF*
1959 -- M. Maurice Tobin, RSM*
1960 -- Mary Helen Wright, BVM*
1964 -- Mary Luke Tobin, SL*
1967 -- Mary Omer Downing, SC*
1970 -- Angelita Myerscough, ASC*
1971 -- Thomas Aquinas (Elizabeth) Carroll, RSM*
1972 -- Margaret Brennan, IHM*
1973 -- Francis Borgia Rothluebber
1974 -- Francine Zeller, OSF*
1975 -- Barbara Thomas, SCN*
1976 -- Joan Chittister, OSB
1977 -- Joan Doyle, BVM*
1978 -- Mary Dooley, SSJ*
1979 -- Theresa Kane, RSM
1980 -- Clare Fitzgerald, SSND
1981 -- Bette Moslander, CSJ*
1982 -- Helen Flaherty, SC*
1983 -- Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ*
1984 -- Margaret Cafferty, PBVM*
1985 -- Miriam Therese Larkin, CSJ*
1986 -- Carol Quigley, IHM*
1987 -- Helen Maher Garvey, BVM*
1988 -- Nadine Foley, OP*
1989 -- Helen Marie Burns, RSM
1990 -- Kathleen Popko, SP
1991 -- Donna Markham, OP
1992 -- Anita deLuna, MCDP*
1993 -- Doris Gottemoeller, RSM
1994 -- Andree Fries, CPPS*
1995 -- Nancy Schreck, OSF
1996 -- Anne Munley, IHM
1997 -- Mary Waskowiak, RSM
1998 -- Camille D'Arienzo, RSM
1999 -- Nancy Sylvester, IHM
2000 -- Mary Mollison, CSA*
2001 -- Kathleen Pruitt, CSJP
2002 -- Mary Ann Zollmann, BVM
2003 -- Constance Phelps, SL
2004 -- Christine Vladimiroff, OSB*
2005 -- Beatrice Eichten, OSF
2006 -- Mary Dacey, SSJ
2007 -- Mary Whited, CPPS*
2008 -- J Lora Dambroski, OSF
2009 -- Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA
2010 -- Mary Hughes, OP
2011 -- Pat Farrell, OSF
2012 -- Florence Deacon, OSF
2013 -- Carol Zinn, SSJ
2014 -- Sharon Holland, IHM
2015 -- Marcia Allen, CSJ
2016 -- Mary Pellegrino, CSJ
2017 -- Teresa Maya, CCVI
2018 -- Sharlet Wagner, CSC
2019 -- Jayne Helmlinger, CSJ

Past Executive Secretaries and Directors of LCWR

1960 -- M. Florence Wolff, SL*
1963 -- M. Josetta Butler, RSM*
1964 -- M. Rose Emanuella Brennan, SNJM*
1969 -- M. Claudia Zeller, OSF*
1971 -- Ann Virginia Bowling, IHM (Associate)*
1972 -- Mary Daniel Turner, SNDdeN*
1976 -- Lora Ann Quiñonez, CDP*
1986 -- Janet Roesener, CSJ
1992 -- Margaret Cafferty, PBVM*
1998 -- Mary Christine Fellerhoff, CSA
2002 -- Carole Shinnick, SSND
2008 -- Jane Burke, SSND*
2011 -- Janet Mock, CSJ
2014 -- Joan Marie Steadman, CSC

*Deceased