Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Council of Catholic Women Board

Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Board of Directors, 2025 – 2027
Officers and Commission Chairs
Katie Morris, President

Karen Verveer, President-Elect

Fr. Jay Jancarz, Spiritual Advisor

Marianne Torgler, Parliamentarian

Open Position, Service Commission Chair

Mary Snow, Anti-Human Trafficking

Tavia Ames, Respect Life

Betty-Ann Busby, Secretary

Mary Jo Snyder, Treasurer

Josephine Weiss, Immediate Past President

Ellen Bachman, Leadership Commission Chair

Kathy Yaglenski, Spirituality Commission Chair

Marianne Torgler, Hugs for Homeless

Cornelia Zanetti, Seminarian and Vocations Fund Guardian

Affiliation Presidents by Deanery
Northern Deanery | Iris Gomez, Coordinator

Epiphany Cathedral, Venice

Holy Cross, Palmetto

Our Lady of Lourdes, Venice

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Bradenton

St. Mary Star of the Sea Women’s Guild, Longboat Key

St. Raphael, Englewood

 

Diane Boyhan and Joan Schnieder, Co-Presidents

Ellen Bachman

Bernadette Raftery

Gail Guest and Sue Pavlisko, Co-Presidents

Kay Kochenderfer

Karen Meneghini

Eastern Deanery | Marriane Torgler, Coordinator

Our Lady Queen of Heaven, LaBelle

St. Catherine of Siena, Sebring

St. Michael, Wauchula

 

Marianne Torgler

Jennifer Lindsey

Yuri Coronado

Central Deanery | Open Position, Coordinator

St. Andrew, Cape Coral

St. Charles Borromeo, Port Charlotte

St. Katharine Drexel, Cape Coral

St. Maximilian Kolbe, Port Charlotte

St. Therese, North Fort Myers

 

Melva Martin and Mary Lou Weiler, Co-Presidents

Dawn Forlini

Mary Ann Bedell and Ellen Stock

Karen Verveer

Jane Aversa and Lee Ann Sylves, Co-Presidents

Southern Deanery | Open Position, Coordinator

Saint Ann, Naples

San Marco, Marco Island

St. William, Naples

 

Shannon Radosti

Barb Nafziger

Rita Bates