GRAND MARSHALS
Cathleen Patricia Steinau
2025 Grand Marshal
Cathleen Patricia Steinau is a third-generation Irish American who has been an active member of the Irish community for a large majority of her life. She grew up Irish step dancing with the Kathleen Mulkerin School of Irish Dance, toured Ireland as an Emerald Dancer in 1997, and was crowned Queen of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2003. Her role as Parade Queen and involvement in the Irish community led her to join the New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee in 2003, where she has been an active member ever since.
Over the years Cathleen has chaired and co-chaired many events for the Parade Committee, served as President and Vice President of the West Haven Irish American Club, and is also a member of the New Haven Gaelic Football & Hurling Club and Irish American Community Center. One of the many things Cathleen loves about the parade is the fact that it is steeped in tradition. After completing the Officer roles of Chief of Staff, Secretary, and Parade Chairman; Cathleen is incredibly honored to be named the 2025 Grand Marshal and will be the 13th female to hold this position since the Parade's inception in 1842.
Cathleen is currently employed as a kindergarten teacher at Calf Pen Meadow School in Milford and has been teaching elementary school for over 20 years. She is the proud mother of her son, Liam Connor. Cathleen enjoys reading, Irish step dancing, paddle boarding and lives with her family in West Haven. She loves living by the beach, spending summers on the shore with friends, and the fall season on the football field, watching her son play for the West Haven Seahawks 11U Team. Cathleen is a proud Westie at heart!
YEAR |
GRAND MARSHAL |
2024 | Bernadette Canning |
2023 | Joanne Conlan |
2020-2022 | Seamus Bohan |
2019 | Courtney Lundgren Connors |
2018 | Patrick J. Smith |
2017 | Clifford W. Lynch, Jr. |
2016 | Colleen A.M.B. Hines |
2015 | Timothy F. Gallogly |
2014 | Kelly Canning Ruickoldt |
2013 | Joseph M. Lynch |
2012 | Kevin A. Smith |
2011 | Walter J. Nester, Jr. |
2010 | James J. McGovern |
2009 | Brian G. Enright |
2008 | Bernadette Smyth LaFrance |
2007 | Mary Lyng Malenda |
2006 | John E. Cannon |
2005 | Coleman W. Walsh, Jr. |
2004 | Eileen Sullivan Donadio |
2003 | Dorinda Keenan Borer |
2002 | Kevin J. Smith |
2001 | John J. Doyle |
2000 | Thomas E. Gallagher |
YEAR |
GRAND MARSHAL |
1999 | Michael McCann |
1998 | Mary Gallagher Carter |
1997 | Edward O’Neill |
1996 | Katie O’Keefe Gerhard |
1995 | William F. McCabe |
1994 | William T. O’Brien |
1993 | William M. Hackett |
1992 | Laurence McGivney |
1991 | Michael Bohan |
1990 | Thomas F. Slater |
1989 | Kathleen A. Reilly |
1988 | Cmdr. John R. O’Connor |
1987 | Robert C. Shanley |
1986 | Patrick J. Hanlon |
1985 | James H. Sullivan |
1984 | Finbarr Moynihan |
1983 | Capt. Walter J. Walsh |
1982 | Michael V. Lynch |
1981 | James C. Bohan |
1980 | Hon. Charles D. Gill |
1979 | Robert J. Eagan |
YEAR |
GRAND MARSHAL |
1978 | James J. Dinnan |
1977 | Stephen Madigan |
1976 | John C. O’Donovan |
1975 | Edward P. McMahon |
1974 | Raymond J. Eagan |
1973 | Wiliam J. Heffernan |
1972 | Joseph T. Carr |
1971 | William T. O’Connell |
1970 | Col. James T. Flemming |
1969 | Edward A. Taylor |
1968 | Ray Ward, Jr. |
1967 | Chief Francis J. Sweeney |
1966 | James C. Bowe |
1965 | Howard J. Sullivan |
1964 | Chief Francis V. McManus |
1963 | Col. Joseph H. Flemming |
1962 | |
1961 | John M. Golden |
1960 | Chief Thomas J. Collins |
1959 | Majr Gen. James M. Quinn |
1958 | Hon. James S. Shanley |
1957 | Patrick J. Goode |
1956 | William J. Clancy |
Hon. | Mayor Richard C. Lee |
Hon. | William F. Gallogly |
Hon | William F. Gallogly Jr. |
DUTIES OF THE GRAND MARSHAL
B) Lead the St. Patrick’s Day Parade;
C) Review and sign the Parade orders;
D) Assist the Chairperson on all matters pertaining to the Parade;
E) Chair the General Committee meetings in the absence of the Chairperson;
F) Meet with the present officers, along with the Executive Committee Chairperson, prior to the first General Committee meeting to explain the year’s plan;
G) Be responsible for collecting minutes of each meeting, any correspondence, and all public relations material pertaining to the Parade. All this shall be kept in a binder during the year, and at the first executive meeting attended it shall be turned over to the Executive members;
H) Be directly involved in all aspects of fundraising to support the parade.
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