Category: Volunteer Spotlight

Rochelle Arnold-Simmons For nearly a year, Marian House has been fortunate to benefit from the warmth, generosity, and leadership of volunteer Rochelle Arnold-Simmons, who recently left her position as Senior Director of Global Talent Development at Under Armour. After an…

Valencia Hike -Valencia Hike serves as the Director of Community Engagement for theBaltimore Orioles, where she leads transformative initiatives that positively impact communitiesacross Baltimore. “My most significant professional accomplishment is creating leadershipopportunities for the next generation while maintaining a commitment…

Meet Abby, Marla, Robbie, Krystal, & Sr. Sharon Abby Dybas is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Senior Manager at PwC. She develops, manages, and executes diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and initiatives to recruit, retain, and promote the best talent,…

When our founding School Sister of Notre Dame (SSND), Sr. Josanna Abromaitis, reached out to Sr. Kathleen (SSND) to volunteer as a night manager for Marian House, she was overjoyed to have such an important role in assisting women in…

Meet Carol Gorsuch Carol Gorsuch’s history with Marian House goes back to when renovations began on Independence Place in 2017. As a Preconstruction Engineer at the local general contracting firm, Urban Built, Carol and her dedicated team took on the…

Hana is a native Bostonian and attended college at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She moved to Baltimore in 2003 and obtained her master’s degree at the University of Baltimore. She is a single mom of 10-year-old daughter, Sydney.…

Welcome Karen Albert – New Chair of the Marian House Board We welcomed Karen Albert as the new Chair of the Marian House board of directors on July 1, 2021. Karen has been involved with Marian House since 2008, when…

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: The Smolen Family There are many ways you can volunteer for Marian House and the Smolen Family of four has proven that. John Smolen is a Marian House volunteer and his connection to us dates to 2008, a…

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Kate Hutson Cate Hutson is a 17-year-old senior at Towson High School. She runs track and cross country and also participates in the school’s Model Congress. She’s taking the virtual start to her senior year in stride and…