Directors

Introducing the Directors of the MIA Board

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 ...

Maria Lawton rsm (AU)

Maria is Vicar and Bursar of the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, Australia. She brings the experience of ...

Marie Louise White rsm

Marie Louise White rsm is Congregational Leader of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. She brings extensive e...

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...

Suzanne Ryder rsm

Suzanne Ryder is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. She has wide-ranging experience of Mercy wor...

Paula Thomas (British)

Paula is Leader of the Sisters of Mercy in Midhurst, and President of the Federation (UK). She is a trained teac...

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/...

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...

Berneice Loch rsm

Company Secretary & Board Contact

Berneice Loch is the CEO of Mercy International Association (MIA). In this capacity Berneice leads, integrates, dev...

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.