Mary H. Rausch - Director, National Fraternal Congress of America


Mary Rausch is National President of the National Catholic Society of Foresters (NCSF), Mount Prospect, Ill. During her 47 years of membership, Mary held the court offices of president, vice president, secretary and junior activity chairperson.  Mary was also president of the Dubuque Archdiocesan Association.  She was elected to the NCSF board of directors in 1998. In 2002, she was elected National Treasurer.  During her tenure as treasurer, she oversaw the society’s independent audit and an increase in the society’s reserves. Rausch was elected National President in 2006.

Active in her community, Rausch has held offices on local, county and regional boards for Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (ACCW) and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was elected to the Winneshiek (Iowa) County Extension Council and appointed as Winneshiek Treasurer. Mary served as a 4-H leader for over 30 years. She was the first woman elected to the Winneshiek County Farmers Home Administration Board (FHA).  A member of Iowa Business Professional Women’s Group, she and her husband have owned and operated a successful independent business for over 40 years.

Rausch was elected to fill a one-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Fraternal Congress of America (NFCA) in September 2007.  She also serves as a director on the Illinois Fraternal Congress.

Rausch has a BA in psychology and an MA in counseling. She holds an Iowa teaching certificate and is a Dale Carnegie graduate.

Rausch and her husband of 51 years reside in Iowa. They have six grown children and 17 grandchildren.

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