10 Under 10 Recognition Program

Assistant Professor, Humanitarian Response Program, US Naval War College
Brittany Card is an assistant professor in the U.S. Naval War College's Civilian-Military Humanitarian Response Program. She works with militaries, universities and humanitarian organizations to improve civilian-military coordination during humanitarian emergencies. Card earned her Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she specialized in human security and gender analysis in international studies. Previously, she was a humanitarian affairs officer and consultant for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, where she focused on humanitarian data and trends analysis. Card has also worked for the World Food Programme and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative on the use of satellite imagery to supplement data collection in humanitarian emergencies.

Councilor, State Rep Nominee, State of Massachusetts
Casey has been working for a global media technology company (International Data Group) while serving his local community. In November 2017, he became a Town Councilor in his hometown of Franklin, Massachusetts after receiving the most votes among thirteen candidates. His fresh perspective and willingness to challenge the status quo has been welcomed by many in the town. Casey is now running to be the next State Representative for the 10^th district of Norfolk county with the focus on fighting the opioid epidemic, bringing accountability to power brokers, and solving the Affordable Healthcare dilemma.

Senior Manager of Public Affairs, The Greater Boston Food Bank
Catherine Drennan is the Senior Manager of Public Affairs at The Greater Boston Food Bank, the largest hunger-relief organization in New England.  In her role she helps food insecure people in Massachusetts directly by leading the advocacy efforts for statewide funding to purchase food and over the last two years she has led a statewide advocacy campaign and created the Rise and Shine Massachusetts coalition to pass legislation that would increase access to school breakfast for more than 150,000 low-income students and leverage more than $25 million in federal money to schools across Massachusetts.  

Nurse Practitioner, Spaulding Hospital for Continued Medical Management
As an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Catherine Palmieri is fortunate to work as a hospitalist at a Long Term Acute Care Hospital outside of Boston. Palmieri works clinically on an inpatient floor and manages medically complex patients from admission to discharge. She is currently working towards her fourth, and hopefully final, degree, a doctorate in nursing practice through Vanderbilt University. Her project is focused on the evaluation of an electronic record handoff tool for providers. Ultimately, she is passionate about how to improve the inpatient transitions between providers with a goal of subsequently improving patient care. When she is not working or focusing on her graduate school assignments, she also volunteers at Massachusetts General Hospital assisting with patient discharges. In her free time, Palmieri enjoys cooking, exercising, and hiking, next up Rocky Mountain National Park.

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2010 with a degree in nursing and went on to obtain a CRNA degree while working as an RN at Massachusetts General. Porter currently works at Massachusetts General Hospital in the operating room and off-site anesthesia locations as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

Assistant County Attorney, Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office
Nicole Thorspecken currently heads the cybercrime unit at the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office. She prosecutes cases in both Manchester and Nashua that involve possession and distribution of child sexual abuse images and online solicitation. Thorspecken strongly believes that prosecution and law enforcement must take a proactive stance on understanding how technology is used to facilitate crime, and also how to use technology to prevent and effectively respond to crime, especially online child exploitation. 

General Management Apprentice, Fidelity Investments
Since graduating in 2010 Aaron has spent his entire 8 year career in various roles at Fidelity Investments. Most recently, Aaron was selected to Fidelity’s General Management Apprentice program, a firm-wide two-year long rotational program designed to accelerate young leaders into management roles within the company. Since graduating, Aaron received his MBA from Boston College and obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Aaron lives in Westborough, MA with his fiancé Lianne Henderson ’10.

Director of Peer Ministry, Providence College
Molly White is the Director of Peer Ministry in the Office of Campus Ministry at Providence College. Peer Ministry is one of the largest student organizations on campus and invites students to join a small group of their peers led by two upperclassmen. In their small groups, students journey with each other through the year as a source of support, community, and come together to talk about the intersection of faith and college life. In her role as a Campus Minister she spends time working with the 52 student leaders in their formation as leaders and faithful young adults. 

Social Worker LICSW, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Carly Wilson is a social worker (LICSW) with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Anselm College in 2009 and went on to achieve her MSW from Boston College in 2014.  Currently, Carly works with homeless and incarcerated veterans.  Through the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program, she is able to assist Veterans who are experiencing imminent and literal homelessness transition into temporary and permanent housing in the community. Through her work with the Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) Program, she is able to assist incarcerated veterans with a plan for reentry into the community in an attempt to reduce recidivism and also re-incarceration.  In addition to her reentry duties, Carly runs weekly psychoeducation groups at Billerica House of Correction’s specialized veterans unit – HUMV – which helps to prepare the veterans on this unit for release and engagement with VA & local community resources post incarceration.  Her work at HUMV was recently featured on the HBO show VICE News.

B.A., History
M.Phil., International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
DeLury has traveled widely on service projects designed to improve the lives of others. Most recently, she won a Fulbright Research Award to conduct research in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. The grant allows her to evaluate the Indian Right to Education Act (RTE), and to discover the barriers that prevent children in the country’s rural areas from attending school. DeLury previously worked as a program assistant for Molloy College in Farmingdale, N.Y., and the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies.

B.A., Latin, Business Administration
J.D./M.S.W., University of New Hampshire School of Law
Tanner is the Executive Director at Hope on Haven Hill in Rochester, N.H., a residential recovery facility for pregnant and parenting women and their babies. She also is the Board President for the Partnership for Drug-Free New Hampshire, and a member of the New Hampshire Insurance Department’s Behavioral Health and Addiction Services Advisory Committee.

B.A., Psychology
As Research Manager at T1D Exchange, Hickey helps type one diabetes researchers collaborate with patients, physicians, and other researchers. She works to improve outcomes for both patients and their families in clinical studies that advance therapies and improve clinical care. Hickey previously worked as an in-home counselor, where she provided individual and family therapy to adolescents and their families. She has worked directly with a broad spectrum of clinical diagnoses ranging from depression and anxiety to substance abuse, attention deficit, mood and personality disorders.

B.A., Business
Horton is the owner of Café la Reine in Manchester, N.H., which has received accolades from New Hampshire Magazine as an Editor’s Pick for Queen City Coffee Shop (2014), and by the Hippo for Best Manchester Coffee Shop (2015). She also serves as the Chairperson of the Manchester Young Professionals Network and a member of the Manchester Transit Authority committee. She has been recognized for her entrepreneurship and community service as Manchester’s Young Professional of the Year (2015), the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 40 Under 40 (2015), and WZID’s 20 Outstanding Women (2015).

B.A., Psychology
An Outreach Coordinator for Supportive Services for Veteran Families at Harbor Homes in Nashua, N.H., Dahlberg plays an instrumental role in the company’s mission to help end veteran homelessness in the Nashua region. Dahlberg works tirelessly with homeless veterans suffering from a variety of mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and health issues. She works to connect them with sustainable housing, medical and mental healthcare, jobs, and other community resources in order to help them live safe, peaceful, and fulfilled lives. Dahlberg also coaches high school track and field and will graduate with her master's in social work from the University of New Hampshire in May 2018.

B.A., Criminal Justice
McGee is a police officer for the Manchester Police Department. During an officer-involved shooting in November 2016, he bravely protected fellow officer Matthew O’Conner from gunfire during an exchange with an armed suspect while administering a tourniquet to O’Conner’s wounded leg. For his heroism and valor, McGee received the Life-Saving Medal, which is awarded in recognition of an officer’s performance of duty while disregarding their own safety in order to act promptly and offer medical aid. He also received the Meritorious Service Medal for showing extreme professionalism and courage in the pursuit of the armed suspect.

B.A., Sociology
As Assistant Director of Campus Ministry for the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, N.Y., O’Loughlin has transformed their program by encouraging countless students to spend their academic breaks serving others. O’Loughlin has traveled to remote places both in the United States and abroad to accompany and aid the poor and marginalized.

B.A., Business
M.A., Education, University of Notre Dame
M.Ed., Education Leadership, DePaul University
Powers taught elementary and middle school before becoming principal at Saint Margret of Scotland in St. Louis, Mo. Most recently, he was appointed Superintendent of Catholic Community Schools (CCS), a newly-formed consolidation of eight elementary schools and one high school in the metro area of Saint Cloud, Minn. In his new role, Powers is serving more than 1,950 students from preschool to 12th grade. He is eager to assist and nurture his students as they grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

B.A., Politics
A Captain and Logistics Officer in the United States Army, Weaver earned his commission through Army ROTC at the University of New Hampshire while studying politics at Saint Anselm College. Over the past seven years, he has served at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of Army logistics, including three deployments. Currently, Weaver is serving with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y.

Counselor, Riverbend Community Mental Health Center

Sam has been working as a counselor with at risk youth and adolescents with severe behavioral, mental and emotional disorders, helping them learn to manage their behaviors and be able to function normally in society. He started working at Pine Haven Boys Center in Allenstown, NH after he graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. He recently advanced to a new full time position at Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord, NH and continues working part-time at Saint Anselm College in the Behavior Psychology lab. He is currently living in Manchester, NH and engaged to be married next summer at Saint Anselm College to his fiance who he met at Saint Anselm.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Director,
Cali Chamber of Commerce in Colombia

Isabela earned a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Saint Anselm College in 2006 and has since worked in economic development policies in Latin America through the Ministry of Trade, the Colombian Development Bank and the World Bank, as well as in monitoring and evaluation through Yale's Innovations for Poverty Action. Currently, Isabela leads the city-wide entrepreneurship and innovation strategy for the Cali Chamber of Commerce in Colombia. Along with her team of 40 people, she designs public policies to reduce the gaps for an efficient and dynamic ecosystem including; startup programs, enterprise development/strengthening programs, corporate innovation programs, and early stage financing (seed capital, angel investing, venture capital). In one and a half years they have benefited over 700 companies in terms of transforming their growth & innovation strategies, and aspire to increase that number ten times within the next 3 years. In addition to her work with the Cali Chamber of Commerce, she is an advanced scuba diver, amateur cook and salsa dancer.

Producer/Co-founder,
Recycled Shakespeare Company

Emily graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in English. She currently runs a not-for-profit Shakespearean theater troupe in central Maine, that she co-founded in 2013, called Recycled Shakespeare Company. The company performs free to the public and works with the community to bring Shakespeare to all audiences. Emily also educates the community on Shakespearean theater through events such as Shakespeare's Birthday Bash where officials and citizens gather to read all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets. She is proud to be a role model and is often recognized as an ispiration to many of the children in the cast. When she isn't performing, Emily's free time is devoted to improving her community, in 2015 she clocked over 2,000 volunteer hours serving various organizations such as the Daughters of Isabella, Walk a Mile for Hunger, the Fairfield Historical Society, and the Alfond Youth Center Kids' Kitchen to name a few.

Nurse Practitioner

Amanda graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. She went on to join Dartmouth Medical School as a psychiatric researcher before entering Vanderbilt University's School of Nursing where she was recognized at graduation as the outstanding student in the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program. After earning her Master's of Science in Nursing, she joined the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester where she specialized in treating under-served persons with severe and persistent mental illness.  She recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest where she will continue working in community mental health.

VAD Program Coordinator,
Boston Children's Hospital

Beth graduated with a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Saint Anselm College in 2008. She started her nursing career at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) by completing a nursing fellowship in the Cardiac CICU before becoming a Heart Transplant Coordinator in 2011. Beth is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Boston Family Nurse Practitioner Program and became the first Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program Coordinator in the Heart Center at BCH in 2012. As a nurse practitioner, she provides care for children in advanced heart failure who require mechanical heart pumps to help support their hearts as a bridge to heart transplantation.  She is credited with creating BCH's outpatient VAD program allowing patients to be discharged home on mechanical heart pumps with the goal of improving patients' quality of life.  Beth has presented her experience developing a VAD Program and her research in the field of pediatric mechanical circulatory support both nationally and internationally. She currently lives in Reading, MA with her husband and son. 

Corporate Art Consultant,
McGowan Fine Art

Amanda majored in Sociology and had a minor in Fine Arts and Spanish when she graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2007. She is currently a Corporate Art Consultant with McGowan Fine Art (no relation) in Concord, NH. She interned here during her senior year after becoming familiar with the gallery through her work at the Chapel Art Center. Amanda would say that she has the best job in the world in that she helps clients select the perfect artwork for their space and brand. Because no two clients are alike, finding artwork continues to be a wonderful challenge for each project. Her clients range from hospitals and retirement communities to law firms and banks, and she feels fortunate to work with interesting clients, incredible artists and lovely spaces throughout the New England region.

Dimeo Construction Company

Dimeo Construction Company is a high-end commercial builder with offices in CT, RI, and MA. Jared has spent the majority of his career to date managing various projects at Yale University, some of which include renovations of the Historic Calhoun College, the Historic Yale University Art Gallery, and Yale 43 Hillhouse Avenue. Following the Hillhouse renovation, Jared was selected to help manage another sizable project, Yale Residential Colleges, where he works with renowned architects, master builders, and Yale leadership. In addition, Jared volunteers on a local building committee where he and other like-minded residents ensure the community's historical charm is maintained as new projects draw locals to the town center. Jared earned an MBA in Finance from Fairfield University in 2015 and earned his bachelor's degree in Psychology from Saint Anselm College in 2008. He recently became Lean Certified and looks forward to continuing with Six Sigma preparation. Jared currently lives in Connecticut, where he and his wife Leslie eagerly await the birth of their first child.

Surgical Trauma ICU Nurse,
San Antonio Military Medical Center

Erica graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2006 with a degree in Nursing. After a six year commitment and deployment to Afghanistan as a critical care nurse, she finished her career on honorable discharge as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Erica is currently working as a surgical trauma ICU nurse at San Antonio Military Medical Center as a contractor for the army. SAMMC is a level one trauma center that serves the community as well as active duty, reservists, veterans and dependents. It is the biggest and busiest Medical Treatment Facility in the military. She lives in Texas with her husband and son, and hopes to move back to New England when her husband finishes his Air Force commitment.

Director of Communications,
New Hampshire State Senate

Kate graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2010 after studying English and Communications. Since, she has held communications positions at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and Political Library and Montagne Communications. She is currently the Director of Communications for the 24-member New Hampshire State Senate where she is charged with developing messaging and statements on behalf of Senate members focusing on critical policy issues facing the State of New Hampshire, as well as managing media relations related to the legislative process. Kate is also a member of the Manchester Young Professional Network's Board and lives in New Hampshire with her husband, Trent.