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Introducing the Directors of the MIA Board
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Ron Ashworth (US)
Chair of the Board
Ron is currently serving as Chair of the U.S. Fundraising Committee for MIA. He previously served as the President/...
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Sheila Carney rsm (US)
Vice chair of the Board
Sheila Carney is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. She brings extensive experience of the life and ...
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Yvonne Camacho (US)
Yvonne has spent her career as a finance and accounting executive, primarily in the multi-family housing industry. ...
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Susan Clarke (British)
Susan brings the experience of working as a lay woman in a Mercy ministry in England. As well as her skills in Scho...
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Kevin Hoy
Kevin Hoy has more than 32 years of experience as a lawyer, most recently with the firm of Mason Hayes and Curran i...
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Maria Lawton rsm (AU)
Maria is Vicar and Bursar of the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, Australia. She brings the experience of ...
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Suzanne Ryder rsm
Suzanne Ryder is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. She has wide-ranging experience of Mercy wor...
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Paula Thomas (British)
Paula is Leader of the Sisters of Mercy in Midhurst, and President of the Federation (UK). She is a trained teac...
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Marie Louise White rsm
Marie Louise White rsm is Congregational Leader of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. She brings extensive e...
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Berneice Loch rsm
Company Secretary & Board Contact
Berneice Loch is the CEO of Mercy International Association (MIA). In this capacity Berneice leads, integrates, dev...
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Ron Ashworth (US)
Ron is currently serving as Chair of the U.S. Fundraising Committee for MIA. He previously served as the President/CEO of Mercy Health System based in St. Louis, Missouri and also subsequently served as Chair of the Health System Board of Directors. He spent the majority of his professional career serving in the health care industry which included approximately ten years of service as the national health care director of KPMG.
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Sheila Carney rsm (US)
Sheila Carney is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. She brings extensive experience of the life and activities of Mercy in the Americas. She has led several pilgrimages of Youth and partners- in-Ministry to MIC and is very familiar with the priorities and expectations of these groups.
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Yvonne Camacho (US)
Yvonne has spent her career as a finance and accounting executive, primarily in the multi-family housing industry. Yvonne retired in 2016 as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration from Simpson Housing LLLP. She is currently involved in several non-profit boards, including Mercy Housing, Inc’s national trustee board (former chair of Finance and Audit Committees); Mercy Community Capital, (Vice Chair); Mercy Investment Services, the “family office” for the Sisters of Mercy (Audit Committee Chair).
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Susan Clarke (British)
Susan brings the experience of working as a lay woman in a Mercy ministry in England. As well as her skills in School Leadership and Management, she brings the experience of formation work with Staff and Students in Mercy ethos. In this role she has led adults and young people to programmes run by MIA.
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Kevin Hoy
Kevin Hoy has more than 32 years of experience as a lawyer, most recently with the firm of Mason Hayes and Curran in Dublin where he was recently Chair of the firm. Kevin holds a degree in canon law as well as civil law. He has returned to the Board of MIA after a short break due to his other professional commitments.
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Maria Lawton rsm (AU)
Maria is Vicar and Bursar of the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, Australia. She brings the experience of life and activities in Mercy in Australia including experience in a variety of settings in clinical and education roles in her Nursing ministry. She has served in leadership and governance roles on Boards for the Parramatta congregation and other organisations.
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Suzanne Ryder rsm
Suzanne Ryder is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. She has wide-ranging experience of Mercy worldwide from her time in mission in Perú and her ministry as Justice Coordinator for the Congregation. Currently, she is Communications Coordinator for her Province (Western). She also ministers as a Spiritual Companion and practices Centering Prayer.
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Paula Thomas (British)
Paula is Leader of the Sisters of Mercy in Midhurst, and President of the Federation (UK). She is a trained teacher who for three years worked in Peru, ministering to people in over thirty remote villages. As an experienced school governor, and now an Independent Schools Inspector, Paula has a sound knowledge of Governance especially with regard to Educational Quality, Safeguarding and Compliance in schools.
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Marie Louise White rsm
Marie Louise White rsm is Congregational Leader of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. She brings extensive experience of life and activities of Mercy in Ireland and Africa. She has served in education roles and in the provision of programmes for younger members of the congregation .
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Berneice Loch rsm
Berneice Loch is the CEO of Mercy International Association (MIA). In this capacity Berneice leads, integrates, develops and manages Mercy International Association in accordance with the MIA Vision.