Jo-Ann has been a member of the University of Dallas Serra Club for more than twenty years. She is a past president of the University of Dallas Serra Club and past Chairperson of the District’s Vocational Awareness Program (VAP). In the past, Jo-Ann was President of the Diocesan School Board, chaired Parish Finance Councils, served as a Red Cross Volunteer, is a founding member of the Diocesan Ministry on Disabilities, was Chair of the Laity representation for the Texas Catholic Conference and a Catholic School Grant writer. Jo-Ann attended the University of Dallas, SMU and UTA. Her career was in human resource management with a specialty in International Compensation and Benefits. She worked for major international corporations as well as the US Department of Energy. Jo-Ann retired from Alcon Laboratories in 2010. It was at a Serra International Convention in Chicago that Jo-Ann first heard of the John Paul II Monstrance. The year was 2014 and she was that year’s Chairperson of the VAP. Since that time, District 46 has had the St. John Paul II Monstrance for adoration in our dioceses for seven consecutive years. Jo-Ann is now the District Governor for District 46. The District is no longer 46E and 46W but is one district which now includes the Tyler Diocese. District 46 (Dioceses of Dallas, Fort Worth and Tyler, Texas) hosted the US Council’s Serra Rally in 2022 and 2023.
Jo-Ann Bresowar
