Current Leadership Circle

Melanie-Préjean Sullivan DMin

Has served as the MBI Cardinal Hume Scholar (2017); Visiting Lecturer; Research Associate; and Visiting Research Supervisor. She retired from university ministry and is now an Interspiritual Chaplain in Louisville, Kentucky, US. She serves as Chair of the MBA Leadership Circle.

Rosalie Moloney PhD

Is an alumna of the MBI and Cambridge University (Selwyn College); Visiting Lecturer for several MBI courses; and a former Research Associate who resides in Cork, Ireland.

Melanie Ward BA Hons, PGCE

Is an alumna of several MBI courses; a retired teacher of Religious Studies at St.Mary’s School in Cambridge; and an active parishioner in Cambourne, England.

Mary Watkins MEd

Is an alumna of several MBI courses; a retired social worker; and retired Advisor for Teaching and Learning at ARU. She is a founding member and an active participant in the MBA Lectio Divina group in Cambridge, England.

Susanne Jennings, MA

Is an ex officio member of the MBA Leadership Circle and President Emerita; an alumna of MBI and Cambridge University; an academic librarian; tutor; and Editor of the Thomas Merton Journal (Great Britain and Ireland). She resides in Cambridgeshire, England.

Presidents Emeritae: Past-Presidents of the MBA are:

Susanne Jennings (2020-2023)
Mari Kelly-Gross (2018-2020)
Kate Scotland (2018-2020)