The sisters elected to the Congregational Leadership Team serve with equally shared leadership and authority to assure collegiality, a diversity of gifts and a variety of viewpoints in planning and decision-making for the congregation. The team members work to keep the life and ministry of the congregation contemporary as well as faithful to the spirit of the Gospel and of our founders.
The current leadership team will serve from 2026-2032.
Congregational Leadership Team members
Gail Trippett, CSJ
Gail Trippett, CSJ entered the congregation in 1985. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Spelman College, a master’s degree in theology and Black Catholic studies from Xavier University of Louisiana and a master’s in educational administration from Saint Louis University. She has also completed additional studies in special education, theology and aesthetics, along with numerous certificates in vocation and formation, development, education and leadership. Her ministry has included service in parishes and schools, work on congregational councils and extensive experience as a spiritual and retreat director. Sister Gail has served on several boards, including but not limited to the National Religious Vocation Conference, the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations and the Archdiocesan School Board of Education. She has also contributed significantly to vocation and formation efforts for both the congregation and the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Laura Bufano, CSJ
Laura Bufano, CSJ was received into the congregation in 1968. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from The College of Saint Rose, later teaching in the Syracuse and Albany Dioceses. She went on to receive a master’s degrees in music education from the Crane School of Music and in liturgical music from The Catholic University of America, serving as a liturgical ministry specialist for several parishes and a Newman Center. In the Syracuse Diocese, she held roles including pastoral associate, co-director for church vocations and seminarians and as the director of the office of liturgy. She later served on the Albany Province Leadership Team (1996–2004) and on the Congregational Leadership Team (2008–2014). Most recently she has been the vicar for pastoral leadership and a spiritual director. Since 2017, she has participated in the Trinity Women’s Poetry Group, nurturing her own poetic voice.
Patty Chang, CSJ
Patty Chang, CSJ was received into the congregation in 1982 after earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Hawai`i. She later received a master’s degree in religious education from the University of San Francisco and an advanced certification in gerontology from the University of Hawai`i. Her ministry experience includes serving as director of parish religious education, a campus minister and records and admissions coordinator at Chaminade University of Honolulu and an administrator for Kupuna Care. She also served as treasurer for the Leadership Association of Religious Congregations in Hawai`i. Within the congregation, Sister Patty has been treasurer for the Hawai`i Vice Province, a member of the vice province leadership team and a healthcare coordinator. Most recently, she coordinated healthcare for all Sisters of St. Joseph in Hawai`i and continues to minister as a resource for the congregation’s associates (‘ohana).
Anne Davis, CSJ
Anne Davis, CSJ entered the congregation in 1984 after earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles. She later completed a master’s in clinical and counseling psychology from California State University, San Bernardino, and a master’s in theological studies from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. Much of her ministry has focused on accompanying those in detention facilities, serving in juvenile detention ministry in the Archdioceses of Los Angeles and Seattle, and later in Perú. She returned to Mount St. Mary’s University to serve in campus ministry and student activities and spent many years in vocations and formation, including roles as vocation and novice director for the Los Angeles Province and novice director for the U.S. Federation. Anne moved to Perú in 2015, where she continues her prison ministry, accompanies women discerning religious life, supports after‑school programs, assists communities facing food insecurity and facilitates connections between Perú and the congregation’s schools.
Eileen McCann, CSJ
Eileen McCann, CSJ was received into the congregation in 1966. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education and mathematics from The College of Saint Rose and taught junior high and high school math before completing a master’s in education with a psychology minor from SUNY Oswego and a master’s in religious education from Boston College. With more than forty years in youth and young adult ministry, she served as director of youth ministry for the Albany and Syracuse Dioceses and later as coordinator of youth and young adult ministry for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where she coordinated U.S. participation in four World Youth Days. Eileen served on the Albany Province Leadership Team from 2008 to 2020 and on numerous national and local boards. Most recently, she was congregational vocation promoter and Albany Province vocation director. She now serves on the National Religious Vocation Conference Board and has presented nationally and internationally on youth ministry.