Alumni - St. Vincent-St. Mary High School

Alumni Accomplishments
Picture (l-r): STVM Financial Aid Coordinator and St. Francis alumna Susie
Gaebel Wallace VM91, Sr. Joan Monsour M51, St. Francis Principal Carol
Trifonoff V62, STVM Director of Admissions Joanne Coletta Wiseman V69,
and STVM Board member and St. Francis parishioner Tim Rickus VM80.
Sr. Joan Monsour M51
On June 5, 2008 Sr. Joan Monsour M51 retired from
St. Francis deSales Catholic Elementary School after 52 years
of dedicated service to Catholic education.
Sr. Joan taught at St. Francis for the last 32 years and had
also taught at St. Mary High School. She was honored at a
Mass of Thanksgiving on May 29th and during the 2008 8th
Grade Graduation on June 5th.
Sr. Joan taught Religion and English and her student
accomplishments at competitions such as Power of the Pen
and in high school English and Theology classes attests to her
talents and contributions as a Catholic educator.
Curtis Wilson VM83
Curtis Wilson VM83 who along with his wife and children
reside in Montclair, New Jersey, works for the American
Express Company which is headquartered in New York City.
Wilson is currently a Vice President & General Manager for
the Travel & Entertainment Division of Merchant Services U.S.
He recently represented American Express at the Unicef
Worldwide employee/board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Riding on the success of the NYC only "2007" Unicef
funding campaign, Wilson negotiated an agreement for AXP
to become the Unicef "Tap Project" first national corporate
sponsor for 2008. The Tap project expanded nationally in
2008, inviting restaurants, corporate sponsors, volunteers,
advertising agencies, youth/community groups, local
government, American Express Cardmembers and the general
public from around the country to donate a minimum of one
dollar to the "Tap Project" every time they dined out.
The Tap project raised over $1 Million dollars, had over 400
million media impressions, over 2,400 restaurants from 44
states and over 2200 volunteers. All funds raised went to
support UNICEF's water and sanitation programs bringing
clean and accessible water to millions of children around the
world.
L-R: Deborah M. Wilson (Curtis’ wife), Lucy Liu, Mary E. Collins, Ruth Russo
and Curtis Wilson VM83.
Britni Elizabeth Bunnell VM04
Because of her love for soccer, Britni accepted an athletic scholarship to attend The Citadel
Military College of South Carolina. Her goal was to get an education and to play Division 1
college soccer. That was four years ago. The Citadel is not a frivolous place; it’s a world of
uniforms, short hair cuts, and daily challenges. Women remain a minority.
On May 3, 2008, Britni was 1 of 31 women to graduate from The Citadel. She was also
one of three women to become a member of The Citadel alumni association for life. During
her career as a college athlete she received Dean’s list honors, was a member of the So Con All
Academic Team and received the Perseverance Award. As the goal keeper for the Citadel, Britni
became the all-time leader in saves midway through her junior season. Her career total was
358 saves. Britni holds the second, third and fourth place records in season saves, as well as
ranking third in goals against average. Although a knee injury cut her senior season short, she
has forever made her mark in The Citadel record books.
Britni was one of sixteen women to receive an invitation from the coach of USA Athletes
International to participate in the Apemude International Invitational. Britni traveled to Peru
in July to represent the USA.
Britni received her Degree in Criminal Justice and plans to attend law school. She resides
in Charleston, South Carolina.
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