Sister Audrey Steff (right) offered the invocation at the ACES 2023 Awards Luncheon honoring Valerie Laufenberg as the Bob & Betty Merwin Outstanding Citizen. The two first met when Sister Audrey was Valerie's teacher at Mount Calvary Grade School in Erie. Valerie, a decades-long benefactor of the Benedictine Sisters, recently retired as Executive Director of ACES (Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System, Inc.), a nonprofit dedicated to teaching students about free enterprise and economic education, after a 36-year career. The Bob & Betty Merwin Outstanding Citizen Award recognizes an individual who is dedicated to their profession, while contributing to their community as well.
