
Kathleen Swiler LaGrange ’71
Independent Security Consultant and Retired Bureau Emergency Manager, U.S. Department of the Interior
As an Emergency Manager, my sense of questioning everything and doing the right thing is what made me a successful leader. I have this sense of handling the worst of events with calm but stern direction. The Dominican nuns who taught me were never unnerved and were great role models for my future. Follow your heart, actively listen, embrace that pregnant pause in conversation, question the norm, and by far enjoy these years.