Mrs. O’Connell is a graduate of Penn State University and has 20 years marketing and event experience with companies including Reed Elsevier, Maidenform, and New Balance.

She and her husband, Bob (‘89 St. Cletus Alum), were founders and race directors of O’Connell’s Run, a 5K benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Center at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital (NJ) from 2010-2016.

They have three children: son Emmett and daughters Noreen and Brigid, both current students at St. Cletus.