Joan M. Squires has been elected Chair of the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s Board of Trustees. Squires returns to the Board after a one year hiatus, having previously served as a Trustee from 1997-2005.
Squires is the Executive Vice
President, Office of Technology at Mutual of America Life
Insurance Company, where she manages all of the
Company’s information technology and systems.
She began her career with Mutual of America in the
Administrative Services Division and has held management
positions in a number of departments, including marketing
and government reporting.
In addition to her responsibilities at Mutual of America,
Squires is active in numerous civic and humanitarian
organizations, such as the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health
Center, the American Cancer Society, Concern Worldwide
and the United Way. She has served on the National
Board of Directors of Girls, Inc., a national nonprofit
youth organization, and she is a co-chair of
the College’s Building Our Future Capital
Campaign.
In addition to Squires’s appointment, two other
alumnae of the College join the Board of Trustees, Sr.
Mary Anne Cronin, S.C. and Sr. Margaret Dennehy,
S.C.
Sr. Mary Anne Cronin, S.C. holds an MBA in Management and
Finance. Now retired, Sr. Mary Anne was
an internal auditor at St. Vincent’s Hospital and
Medical Center of New York. She has also served as
Finance Officer for the SMA Fathers, a religious,
not-for-profit organization in Tenafly, New Jersey and as
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Sisters of
Charity, New York. Sr. Mary Anne has a
New York State Nursing Home Administrator license.
Sr. Margaret Dennehy, S.C., currently serves as a School
Library Media Specialist at the St. Aloysius School in
Harlem. She previously taught in several New York
City Catholic schools, and held teaching positions at the
Bank Street College of Education and Elizabeth Seton
College. Sr. Margaret is a New York State certified
teacher and school library media specialist. She
has received an MS in Education from Hunter College and
earned an MLS from St. John’s University.
Founded in 1847, the College of Mount Saint Vincent is a
co-educational, independent institution rooted in the
spirit and mission of the Sisters of Charity and
committed to the liberal arts. The College’s
undergraduate and master’s level degree programs
prepare its uncommonly diverse students for lives of
professional achievement and service.
