Excellence in Service to 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø College Award

Excellence in Service to 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø College 2025

Betsy Bond Brennen '85

Elizabeth "Betsy" Bond Brennen '85

Betsy earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø in 1985 in Law and Society but soon began her 40-year career in the financial services industry, she has held various sales, marketing and management positions for institutions such as Alex. Brown & Sons, Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank. Betsy is currently a Principal with A.G. Campbell Advisory, a multi-family office with locations in Baltimore, Maryland and Naples, Florida. She is a practicing Certified Financial Plannerâ„¢, Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®), and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®). 

In her non-profit work, she has served as Chair of the FINRA Small Firm Advisory Board, and as Treasurer of her church. Betsy has served on both the 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø College Board of Associates, and 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çøâ€™s Board of Trustees, chairing both the Finance Committee and the Investment Committee. Additionally, Betsy has acted as Reunion Class Chair, and hostess at alumni events.

Betsy lives in Owings Mills, Maryland with her husband, Bob. Her daughter Annie lives in Los Angeles and her daughter Kit resides in New York with her husband and young son. 

 

Susan Bond Kearney '85

Susan Bond Kearney '85

Like her twin sister, Susan is an alumna from the 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø College Class of 1985, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Society. In 2009 Susan earned her master’s degree in educational technology from Loyola University Maryland and has been an Affiliate Faculty member at Loyola, teaching undergraduate courses on educational technology. A distinguished educator and leader in both academic and nonprofit sectors, Susan serves as the Head of School at Harford Day School in Bel Air, Maryland, a role she has held since 2019.

Susan’s service to 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø includes many years as a member of the Board of Associates, a Class Reunion Chair, a mentor with the Career Center, alumni event hostess, and a 32-year supporter of The 91ÊÓÆµ×¨Çø Fund. 

Susan and husband Mitch resides in Sparks Glencoe, a suburb of Baltimore. They have two adult children, Emma and Thomas. 

 

 

2023Not awarded
2022Chrisse Butler Hassett '72 and Lucia Grabenstein Kline '72
2021Virginia Turnbull Hecklinger '56, P'81, G'08
2020Maryann Whitehead Scherzo '60 and Karin Ninesling Infuso '70
2019Magaly Mauras Green '74, M.A.'79 and The Class of 1969 Board of Trustee Members: Cheryl Brown Dreiling '69, H'13, Joan Esselen Foot '69, Gail L. Gamble '69, H'93, Carol Crofoot Hayes '69 and Deborah Jones Lash '69
2018Charlotte Sizoo Whitenight '68
2017Virginia Price Bracken '67
2016Kurt Holter '76 and Judith E. Messina '66, H'23
2015Audrey Heyman Rooney '60 and Eva Sayegh Teig Hardy '65
2014Not awarded
2013Gretchen Howe Russo '63 and Philip W. Bowers '83
2012Barbara Thomas Yinger '57 and Barbara Cummings Stacks '67
2011Janet Spaulding Nunn '61, H'20
2010Jean Righter Bolle '50 and Margaret "Peg" Lewis Christensen '52
2008Louise Renninger Rittenhouse '48
2007Erma Stull Grove '44 
2006Susan Peters Roetzel Wirths '56, M.A.'79 
2005Lavenia Hargett Marsh '36
2004Tibetha Owen '90
2003Beulah Munshower Sommer '44
2002Joanne Kates Roos '52
2001Helene Schmauch Schaeffer '37
2000Mildred K. Binder '40
1999Rosel Hoffberger Schewel '49
1998Frances Delaplaine Randall '45, H'06
1997Elizabeth McCain McAlpine '51, H'17
1996Elisabeth Farber Neubauer '45
1995Ruth Brenneman Frantz '30
1994Mary Rockwell Hovet '38
1993A. Louise Funk Beachley '28
1992Natalie Colbert Bowers '52
1991Audrey Eyler Bauman '43
1990Penny Probert Boorman '55
1989Ann Weisburger Lebherz '47
1988Christine Plankenhorn Tischer '65
1987Julia Etchison Hanna '19 and Elizabeth Lewis Peters '19
1986Dorothy Ann Moore Stamm '31
1985Claire Reese Egolf '28
1984Edith Howard Hogan '59
1983Barbara Campbell Rickman '63, M.A.'75
1982Hildegarde Pilgram '31
1981Eleanor Wilson Maurer '30
1980Ruth Carty Delaplaine '13
1979Frances Good Bowers '27
1978Lois Smith Harrison '45, H'93
1977Fannie Magee Miller '27
1976Antoinette Tatem Driscoll '26
1975M. Eleanor MacMillan Nelson '32
1974Emily Apple Payne '24
1973Sarah Leiter Remsberg '37
1972Elizabeth A. Geiser '47
1971Ruth Yost Snyder '36
1970Catherine Baldwin Hoffman '37
1969Sonya Solosko Baum '59
1968Mary Grace Helfenstein '22
1967Elizabeth Helper Taylor '32