Alicia Donahue-Silva, S. Diane Aruda, O.P.,
Diane B. Wilsey, S. John Martin Fixa, O.P. &
Linda Squires Grohe.
Steve Lanctot, Tim Szarnicki, Ed
Cunningham, Richard Fish,
S. Lilly Fitzpatrick, O.P. & Jude Gogan.
A Courageous Choice for the Future
In its decision to adopt the Cristo Rey model, the
Dominican Sisters and ICA Board of Directors are
fulfilling ICA’s three mission-critical objectives:
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Rich Worner, Margaret Handlery &
Cathy Worner
To remain a school that is affordable to the
working blue-collar families of San Francisco
To employ an educational and career model that
will serve young women of the future
To preserve the charism of Dominican
education through partnership in a larger
community of schools
We invite you to join our Campaign – A Courageous
Choice for the Future – to date we have raised $9
million towards our goal of $13.5 million. Your
support will make all the difference. Please contact
Celine Curran [email protected].
A Courageous Choice
for the Future
On October 30th, 2013, a celebration
in suppor t of our ongoing commitment
to our Campaign: A Courageous Choice
for the Future was hosted by Diane
B. Wilsey at the De Young Tower.
Mrs. Wilsey’s generosity, gave us the
platform to highlight the effor ts on
behalf of our Campaign and invite
ICA Board of Directors, longtime
suppor ters, and new friends to hear
about our progress with Courageous
Choice for the Future.
Sister Diane Aruda, President of ICA,
opened the evening with inspirational
remarks of gratitude for Mrs. Wilsey’s
generosity and all of our ICA
12 Fall 2013
suppor ters, sharing the good news
regarding the following achievements:
• 100% of the Class of 2013 were
accepted to and currently are
enrolled in college
• 64% are the first in their families to
attend college
• Class of 2013 students were
awarded $3.8 million dollars in
college scholarships
• This year, 101 young women are
enrolled in our Freshman class
CWSP has secured 75 paid jobs - fully
employing our ICA students!
Lisa Ikeda, Kathleen Lunbeck, Julia Clark
Dobel, Liz Vaughan & Greg Vaughan
Tim Szarnicki, Director of CWSP,
introduced three of our CWSP
Par tners, Brown and Toland, Clark
Construction and San Francisco Credit
Union. Each representative spoke of
the strength of the ICA program, the
dedication of our students to their job
responsibilities and their corporate
commitment to the educational
oppor tunity provided to ICA students.
Steve Lanctot, Campaign Chair,
spoke eloquently about his passion
for completing our Campaign and
raising the remaining $4.5 million
dollars towards our 13.5 million dollar
Campaign goal.
With great enthusiasm, Steve
introduced and announced Liz Vaughn
as our new Major Gifts Chair. Liz has
been a member of the ICA Auxiliary,
a sponsor of the ICA Gala and a
suppor ter of our annual Women’s
Business Luncheon. Liz is also an ICA
volunteer extraordinaire, escor ting our
students to their work sites in Oakland
every week on BART. Liz brings her
enthusiasm and dedication and her
true commitment to ICA at this very
impor tant time in our Campaign.
Together and with your suppor t, we
will achieve our Campaign goal as we
work vigorously towards its completion.
~Celine Curran
Photo Credit by Matthew Tominaga