Mount Mercy Academy (MMA) welcomes four Western New York executives and community leaders to its Board of Trustees. Michael C. LaFever Ed.D., Juliann Cleary Peters '60, Richard E. Wilson and Sister Mary Anne Weldon RSM/LCSW.

Michael C. LaFever Ed.D. | Dean of Program Development & Enrollment Management at Trocaire College
Michael LaFever, of Amherst, serves as Trocaire College's Dean of Program Development & Enrollment Management. He is Mount Mercy Academy's liason with Trocaire - helping to develop articulation agreements between the schools and serving on the Academy of Science & Healthcare Advisory Board.

Juliann Cleary Peters '60 | Retired Educator
Juliann Cleary Peters, of Orchard Park, was an educator at Nardin Academy, Lackawanna Public Schools, and 20 years as the Junior High Language Arts coordinator at Nativity of Our Lord School in Orchard Park, only to leave the profession to move to Shanghai, China. While working at Nativity, she guided over 900 students on their high school selections, with over 90% of the students choosing Catholic high schools.

Richard E. Wilson | Manager of Substation Construction Transmission
Rick Wilson, of Orchard Park, currently serves in management at National Grid Power Corporation. He is active member of the Mercy community, participating in the annual McAuley Gala as both a Chair and a member of the Steering Committee and volunteering at most MMA events. His wife Rosanne '75 and three daughters Lauren '02, Merrissa '04, and Brianna '08 are all Mount Mercy Academy Alumnae.

Sister Mary Anne Weldon RSM/LCSW | Instructor in Formation Program of Permanent Diaconate

Sister Mary Anne Weldon, of Lackawanna, is a Sister of Mercy who has dedicated her ministry to education. She serves as the Instructor in Formation Program of Permanent Diaconate at the Diocese of Buffalo. She also serves on the Professional Advisory Board for Clinical Pastoral Education, the Food Bank of WNY Advisory Board, Catholic Health East Board - Mission and Ministry Committee, Long Term Care and PACE Program Board, the Diocese of Buffalo Mission Integration Committee and the Mercy Hospital Board.

The current members of the Mount Mercy Academy Board of Trustees: Ann Muldoon Galli '76, Anita Durkin Crotty '63, Sister Jacqueline DeMars, Catherine Gogan '77, John Herman, Jean Kovach, Anthony Kubera, Douglas Lum, Kathleen Kaczmarek Mehltretter '72, Joanne Schwartzott '54, Arup Sen Ph.D., Donald Ware, Principal Margaret Cuthbert Staszak '75 and President Sister Mary Ellen Twist '60.