2021-2022 Annual Report

THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL

Mission

The Buckley School is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. Our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. By promoting a balanced development of mind, body, and character, we encourage each student to find joy and meaning in life and make an impact in the world.

THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL

History

The Buckley School, founded in 1933 by Isabelle Buckley, is the oldest K-12 independent allgender educational day school in Los Angeles. Dr. Buckley developed the 4-Fold Plan of Education with equal emphasis on Academics, the Arts, Athletics, and Moral Education. These four pillars remain the foundation of our school and are continually updated to reflect current research in teaching, brain science, diversity, and a globalized world.

The Head of School

Dear Buckley Friends and Family,

As I reflect on the 2021-22 academic year, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride and gratitude. Last year’s theme, “Making Connections,” was evident across the entire campus, day after day. After bravely working through the challenges of the pandemic, students were able to reunite with their classmates and teachers, and reap the myriad benefits of in-person learning. A year full of joy and excitement culminated with Commencement on Gilley Field. We are so proud of the Class of 2022 and are cheering for them as they embark on their next chapters.

The 2021-2022 school year was also the launch of our new vision—the Portrait of a Graduate—a shared understandingand of the specific skills students need to thrive. After a year of reflection, imagination, and consultation with universities, futurists, think tanks, and international employers, we are clear that Buckley students must graduate as Architects of the Future. Throughout last year, our students learned the skills outlined in the Portrait, how to “communicate with clarity and purpose,” “see strength in difference,” and “view challenges as opportunities.” We taught them to “ask a better question” and nurtured their sense of lifelong “experimentation, play, and curiosity.” Through newly created internships, the film festival, workshops, and beyond, Buckley established opportunities for students to explore their interests and “find joy in artistic expression.” This was all made possible for our students by your investment in our community.

The Annual Report on Philanthropy is one of the many ways we say thank you to each and every member of the Buckley community for your contributions. Our faculty and students rely on your generosity to create opportunities for educational progress and technological advancement. Through your philanthropic efforts, volunteer time, and partnership with the school, you have all impacted Buckley in a significant way. The Buckley community could not be what it is today without you, and for this we are incredibly grateful.

I would like to extend a special thank you to Chip Sellers, who served as the chair of the Board of Trustees for the past two years. Chip partnered with me to steward the school through the pandemic, navigating ever-changing Covid protocols, ensuring the school’s sustainability, and offering wise counsel throughout. A stalwart champion of DEI, Chip led the board to redeploy resources and increase financial aid by 40 percent. In addition, under his leadership, the school embraced the Portrait of a Graduate, and the Board approved both Buckley’s next strategic plan, which sets the course for the next six years for the school, and the “It’s Time” campaign, a fundraising effort to support facilities enhancements to the northern and southern ends of our campus. Chip’s impact will be longlasting and Buckley is better for his leadership.

This year, Buckley turns 90. One can’t help but reflect on the past and the generations of families, alumni, faculty and staff and friends who built the school we enjoy today, while we imagine the incredible possibilities ahead. Thanks to your generosity, Buckley is able to celebrate its dynamic history and provide a bold future for our students.

Thank you for your continued love and support of Buckley.

Alona Scott Head of School

Buckley

LETTER FROM

The Board Chair

As Board Chair for the last two years, I was privileged to have a front row seat and see directly how deftly Head of School Alona Scott, the administrative team and the faculty and staff responded to the challenges resulting from the pandemic. Their commitment to our students is truly inspiring.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am proud and humbled by the generosity of so many of you during the 2021-2022 school year. Your impressive philanthropic efforts provide Buckley with the resources necessary to continue to provide our students with an outstanding education. Thank you to the entire of the community for strengthening the culture of giving at the Buckley School.

The composition of the Board of Trustees is stronger than ever, with highly dedicated and engaged individuals who bring a broad array of knowledge and expertise to help ensure Buckley’s long-term sustainability. I am pleased to share that Ben Vega, a trustee since 2019, stepped forward to serve as board chair. Ben has been a leader on the advancement committee, including serving as Buckley Fund co-chair for several years, on the committee on trustees, and on the executive committee, where he served as secretary. With Ben as board chair, I have no doubt that Buckley will continue to thrive as a community.

I would also like to thank three exceptional members of our board whose terms ended last year. Leslie Goetzman and Ron Wanglin are both trustees emeriti who returned to the board in 2018. Their understanding of board governance and the Buckley community were invaluable. Valeria Rico-Nikolov fulfilled her third three-year terms, including serving as Board Chair from 20182020. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to Buckley.

I am proud of the work accomplished last year and am certain that our community will ensure that Buckley remains a source of pride for all of us.

Thank you,

Chip Sellers Chair of the Board of Trustees, 2020-2022

WELCOME NEW TRUSTEES

Jennifer Sheffield

Jennifer is an experienced commercial attorney and the Chief Legal Officer of HeyTutor Inc., an edtech company that partners with school districts across the country to serve students with a range of academic backgrounds and socioemotional skills. She is passionate about education and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives having previously served on the Board of Directors for The Sherman Oaks Nursery School and as President and a Board Member for the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington. Jennifer and her husband Ted are parents to two children in the Lower School. A dedicated volunteer, Jennifer has held various positions in the Parents’ Association and serves on the Admission Welcoming Committee and Buckley Fund Volunteer Team.

Joss Hastings

Joss Hastings returns to the Board of Trustees this year after serving for one year in 2018-19 immediately prior to her family returning to England. Buckley is fortunate to count her once again among its Trustees. Joss is the Vice President, Global Marketing & Campaign Strategy for Disney Consumer Products, and brings a wealth of communications experience to the board.

Joss has led numerous award-winning campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic, including Best Omni Channel and High Impact campaign at The Drum’s Digital Advertising 2021 Awards, Global Campaign of the Year at the US PR Week Awards 2016, 2017 and 2018, PR Breakthrough at the Global PR Week Awards 2016, two In2 Sabre Awards in the Brand Content and Creativity categories, and an AdWeek Arc Award for Best Use of Fiction, Digital Film Series. She was also recognized with a cross-company Creativity and Innovation Award from Bob Iger in 2015.

Joss and her husband Tom are parents to two children in the Middle School.

2021-2022

TRUSTEES

Front

from

Alix Merkley ’75, Anne-Marie Balzano, Benjamin Vega, chair, Alona Scott, head of school, Vincent Travaglione, and José-Manuel de Castro

Back row, from left to right: Randall Winston, Joss Hastings, Karen Richardson ’95, Jennifer Sheffield, Tova Cohen, Jackie Goldberg ’91, and Eric Biddle ’94

Not pictured: Andrea Alberini, Mark Nehoray, Brian Nussbaum, Peggy Procter, Shari Rosenthal, and David Sadkin

row,

left to right:

Our strategic plan is uniquely focused on:

The Board of Trustees approved Buckley’s 2021-2027 strategic plan in May 2022. It is designed to bring the Portrait of a Graduate to life, laying out plans to enhance educational programming, expand our commitment to wellness, and further strengthen community connections.

Developed through an inclusive process with significant input from faculty, staff, families, alumni, students, and friends of the school, we are excited to move forward with our 2021–2027 strategic plan, “Architects of the Future: Preparing to define, create, and imagine our world.” We will concentrate our efforts over

the next six years on three strategic priorities. Each priority is necessary for our students and our school to flourish and tied to our mission’s commitment to equity, inclusion, and the balanced development of mind, body, and character. Important now and for our future, our plans are set upon a core obligation to institutional financial sustainability. The strategies laid out build upon a strong educational program constructed by dynamic and nurturing educators in the context of a warm, and diverse community.

624 Total Donors 146 Alumni Donors Class of 2029 Highest Participation Rate

$49,798 Raised through Matching Gifts

69% Average Parent & Guardian Participation

Annual

BUCKLEY FUND Donor Roll

Since its founding in 1933, The Buckley School has relied upon the generosity of parents and guardians, alumni, faculty and staff, and friends. The Buckley Fund is the cornerstone of those philanthropic efforts, providing critical financial support to the current operating budget. Unrestricted donations of the Buckley Fund ensure that Buckley has the resources to respond to challenges and opportunities as they arise, ensuring faculty and staff can provide the most relevant and compelling Buckley experience to all 830 students.

The Buckley School is deeply grateful to those who supported the 2021-22 Buckley Fund with unrestricted and restricted gifts. Over 100 donors opted to restrict their Buckley Fund donations, designating the gifts to financial aid, faculty and staff professional development, DEI, program and technology, the visual arts and science departments, health and wellness, the performing arts, and the new media program.

All investments in the Buckley Fund allow students to make unexpected connections, both in and out of the classroom, form a better understanding of the world around them, and discover new and exciting forms of expression.

Buckley would not be Buckley without your support. Thank you!

Bell Tower Society

$50,000 and above

The Red & Gray

$3,500 to $7,499

Head of School Circle

$20,000 to $49,999

Buckley Associates

$12,500 to $19,999

Griffin Society

$7,500 to $12,499

Bell Tower Society

Anonymous

Chika and Kentaro Abe

Andrea and Carlos Alberini

Rob and Bryiana Dyrdek

Loretta and Victor Kaufman

Friends

$1,000 to $3,499

Donors

Up to $999

Head of School Circle

The Ahmanson Foundation

I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation

Payal and Rohit Mehta

Aivy and Christopher Miller

Bill Prady and Jessica Queller

Jennifer and Theodore Sheffield

Oksana Smolik and Eduard Ogai

Rayni and Branden Williams

BUCKLEY FUND Donor Roll

Buckley Associates

Brett Benner and Chip Sellers

Kimberly and Eric Biddle ’94

Anthony and Kim Cardillo

The D’Alessio Family

Tom Dolby

Difei Gu and Bin Li

Tamar and Apel Keuroghlian

Delia and Jonathan Matz

Mend Health

Jeffrey S. Polak

Gara and Jason Post

Shari Rosenthal and Marlene King

Alison and Palmer West

Rachel and Terence Winter

Melissa and Richard Zinman

Griffin Society

Anonymous (2)

Gina Balian and Jonathan Chinn

Jamie and Chad Braverman ’00

Amanda and Samuel Brown

Virginie and Laurent Degryse

Maddi and Matthew Dessner

Wendy and Joel Emslie

Jessica Falcone and Dean Pollack

Kirsten and Dean Gavoni

Lissette and Greg Glasser

Elizabeth Gottainer and David Sadkin

Elise and Brian Henderson

Jung Eun Jang and Jae Wook Jeong

Grace Ji and Chris Tang

Amy and Mark Kestenbaum ’94

The Landau Family

The Lassner Family

Arthur and Yoshikazu Maruyama

Pamela and Burton Mitchell

Lan Nguyen and Lam Le

Kristine Nishiyama and Barry Schwebs

The Oxley Family

Shahnaz Qaedi and Ayman Abdel-Khaleq

Jodi and Robert Radoff

Brian Riordan and Marrin Riordan

Holly and Richard Shuter

Carol and Ned Spieker

Debra Upsher

Alissa Vradenburg and Michael Sheresky

Eric and Kirsten Winikoff

Liz and Kev Zoryan

The Red & Gray

Kirsten and David Abdo

Adriana and Cris Abrego

Allison Agsten and John Levi

Katie and Christopher Alender

JoAnn Alfano and Gretchen Goldsmith

Magdalena and Adrian Ashkenazy

Tilly Baghsawe-Nydes and Robin Nydes

Nicole and Wolfgang Baier

Michelle and Robert Baron

Catherine and Binais Begovic

The Bhamani Family

Christine and Steven Blackman

Linda and Lance Collins

Bradley E. Cooper

Stephanie A. Davis and Steven Kern

Jennifer and David Decker

Melissa Demirjian

Yervant Demirjian

Justin S. Demko

George Eads

Jodi and Kavon Elhami

Mac Esfandi

Holly and Sean Feller

Maya and David Fidler

Jacque and Robert Florsheim

Jill and Brian Glennon

Leslie and Gary Goetzman

JoAnne Gratiot

Alina and Alan Greenberg

Hylah Hedgepeth

Candice Henry and Matthew Vodnoy

The Hogan & Rieke Family

Renee and Frank Jung

Sharon L. Kashfian ’00

Alicia and Allen Katz

Jenifer and Andrew Katz

Amy Lerner-Hill and Charles Hill

Kristin Lowe and Charles Coy

The Lukach Family

5-9 years consecutive giving 10+ years consecutive giving

Pingping Mao and Zhiyong Yuan

Beth and Bill McClinton

Zoe Melzack

Irlanda Méndez and William Martínez

Gabriella and Shahab Mossavar-Rahmani

Farah and Mark Nehoray

Dana and Brian Nussbaum

Sunny Oh and Seung Kwan Lee

Alice Pan and George Sun

Chrissy Park and Paul Yoo

Lauren and Daniel Perotti

Jocelyn and Thomas Price

Elizabeth and Javier Quintana ’97

Heather and David Reitman

The Rhodes Family (Josh ’22, Luke ’27)

Joseph Rice-Shepherd and Christopher

Rice-Shepherd ’00

Sharon Richter-Rosas and Rick Rosas

Rebecca and Kevin Rising

Jannelle and Benjamin Ross

Galit Rubin

Randall Rubin

Stanford Rubin

Elizabeth Russomanno-Doyle and Rory Doyle

Tara Safronoff and Matthew Plunkett

Nadia and Sam Saleh

Sarah Sawaya

Niloufar and Henry Shahery

Rose and Andrew Shiner

Stephanie Simon and Jason Newman

Elizabeth and Eli Skulsky

Leigh Stein ’91 and Joseph McNamara

Eric Stern

Euphemia Sumpter and Nicholas Muscarella

David Sweeney and Bob Semanovich

Winnie Tong and Alan Razzaghi

Tina Trahan and Chris Albrecht

Nia Vardalos and Ian Gomez

Belinda and Benjamin Vega

Rebecca and Bryan Vitner

Felicia and Andrew Waldman

Marianne and Ronald Wanglin ’71

Rachel Waranch and Jason Feuerstein

Yin Mei Wong and Sam Ip

Christina and Steve Yazeji

Pearl Zadeh and Yousef Monadjemi

Matt and Shana Zarcufsky

Jessica Zerges and Jeffrey Binkley

Friends

Anonymous (2)

Marina ’99 and Ariyan Afshar

Peter Armstrong

Scott Arsenault and Gerald Daniello

Alma Aryaie and Ardalan Khodabandehloo

Dayna and Patrick Auger

Aleen Avanesian and Hovig Manouchekian

Jim Baklayan and Nicholas D’Ambra

Laura and Charles Bamford

Caroline Banzali and Stephen Schwartzberg

The Baron Family

Karen and David Bental

Joshua Berman

Margaret and James Bertisch

Erin and Denis Bouriakov

Margaret Buckley-Simpson and Terry Simpson

Natalie and Rafael Carbunaru

Joy and Austin Chen ’91

Christopher Chen

Jiyun and Jong Choi

Amit and Asha Chopra

Gina and Peter Chuang

Leanne and Michael Citrone

Kesha and Gary Clark

CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison

Jennifer Cody and Michael Cody

Tova and Kaveh Cohen

Joe Comartin

Natalie Comartin

Beth Corets and Alfred Gough

Lorena and Nick Costino

Harnisha Dalwadi and Donald Joh

Joanna and Jeffrey Davis

Kim Davis and Matthew Senreich

Tarja Wainwright Davis and Christopher Davis

Alexandra De Laurens and Stefan Mund

The Delgado Family

Craig Doherty and James Hyland

Candice and Justin Dragonas

Sabine Dreher and Robert Amin

Gary O. Duff

Elena and Jeffrey Endlich

Jennifer and David Endo

The Erwich Family

The Estes Family

Ron and Michelle Farhadi

The Fisher Family

Michael and Rashell Flot

Lori and Jason Fotter

Genise Fraiman and Arash Horizon

Janice and Joel Frank

Karina and Arthur Glosman

Denise and David Goldberg

Jackie Goldberg ’91

Eden Goldberg and Jonathan Massey

Jessica and Jeff Goldsmith

Michelle and Jonathan Goldsmith

Olga Golubenko

Michelle and Paul Ha

Emily and Mark Habibi

Hyunjoo Hahm and Tackhwan Kim

Fahi and Michael Hallin

Libby and Brett Hansen

Monica Harb and Adolfo Bejarano

Dan Harries and Andrew Fayé

Ali Hillis and Matthew Schwarz

Christine and Daniel Holschneider

Lori and Ian Hopper

Sheila Hoyer and Brian Terr

Jessica and Christopher Iovenko

Esther and Albert Jang

Moe Jelline-Fiveash and Randall Fiveash

Kellie and Deepak Jesrani

Gayle Jones-Benoit and Dudley Benoit

Simone Kalinowski

5-9 years consecutive giving 10+ years consecutive giving

Richard Katz

Kevin and Michelle Kim

Julia and David Kirsch

Deborah and Lance Klein

Deepa and Sameer Kulkarni

Kara Kurcz and Brian Lee

Emily Kapnek Lagana and Daniel Lagana

Lisa Lam and David Ng

Michael Lazo and Jeffrey Miller

Joey and Corey Leff

Angela and Paul Levin

Hilary Liftin and Christopher Harris

Sandi Logan ’82

JoAnne and Jeffrey Lord

Lolli Lucas

Nicole and Ophir Lupu ’96

Tracy Mallozzi-Okun and Michael Okun

Jenn D. Mann

Carianne and Matthew Marshall

Clara and Bret Martin

Negin Mazaheri and Ray Zadegan

Sarah and James McTeigue

Michelle and Jordin Mendelsohn

Alix Simqu Merkley ’75 and Patrick Merkley

Jennifer and Matthew Messer

Wendy Mitchell

Tracy and Steven Moawad

Melissa and Amir Monsefi

Or and Eliran Mor

Jennifer and Ryan Murden

Mary and Edward Nersessian

The Newman Family

Wendi Niad

Gyorei Nishimori and Joe Zhou

Caroline and Robert Novack

Jodi Novick-Erwich

Serina and Robert Ounjian

Lisa Ozur-Wallach and Scot Wallach

Deborah Pandit-Sawaf and Bashar Sawaf

Morgan and Scot Pansing

Anisha Pattanaik

Lalatendu Pattanaik

Lisa Perry and Joachim Horsley

Katie and Dustin Peterson

Iva Popovicova-Colter and Mike Colter

Peggy Procter

Amanda Ramey and Justin Krauss

Andrea Rankin and Dean Waters

Nicole Richie-Madden ’99 and Joel Madden

Beatrice and Patrick Riley

Julia and Willem Robberts

Dawn Robinson-Patrick and Skye Patrick

Jennifer and David Rochkind

Monia Roedersheimer

Wendy and Alan Sartirana

Pamela and Mark Scott

Alona and Lacarya Scott

Kim and David Shane

Elisabeth Shim and Richard Bennett

Stephen Siercks ’03 and Jae Gaswirth Siercks ’04

Donor Roll

Amanda and Andrew Smith

Society for Science

Lauren Soloff and Adam Sher

Ilana Sparrow and Benjamin Procter

Lori Stanford and Jennifer Hill

Neil Stearns

Michal and Perry Steinberg

Melissa and David Sudeck

Maggie and Nathan Swisher

Maura and Olivier Taillieu

Dawn and Genndy Tartakovsky

Brooke Thatawat and William Stubbs

Gina Torrecilla and José-Manuel de Castro

Kelly and David Tourgeman

Jacquelyn ’95 and Simon Uwins

Marysol and Srinivas Velamoor

Rupert Wainwright

Regina ’89 and Thomas Wang

Panney Wei

Beth and John Wilson

Brigitte and Gavin Wise

Danielle Yoo and Jayson Kim

Maria and Brandon Zien

BUCKLEY FUND Donor Roll

Walter Baumhoff

Donna and Andrew Biddle ’92

Yoanna and Joshua Binder ’93

Joseph Blassberg

Esteela and Stefan Boedeker

Alicia Bogin-Tessler ’82

Chelsea Bond ’87 and Mark Vahradian

Donors

Anonymous (5)

Sabine Abadou ’89 and Ponti Lambros ’89

Brett Ales ’81

Amazon Smile

Emma and Arash Amel

Leanne and Travis Anderson

Olivia and Emeke Anene

Jaclyn M. Aranda

Doris and Ubigildo Archila

Stephanie Arellano and Clement Betpolice

Leeor Arshadnia ’00

Amy Atlas and Jesse Burch

Jamie and Ryan Bache

Melissa ’96 and Eric Bakewell

Anne-Marie Balzano

Deborah Banner and Peter Rose

The Barker Family

Jenifer and Gil Barkon

Dale Bartels

Maureen A. Bartels

Rae Marie Basmagian

Randee Borggrebe

Sean M. Bowles ’91

Christine Braunschweiger

Michael Bresnahan ’89

Theresa Broccoli

Jill Broffman-Gerrity and Tim Gerrity

Rebecca and Gabriel Brown

Brittani Brown

Isabelle Buckley ’77 and Charles Nassé

James Burch ’21

Gillian Bush

Shirley Cabico and Johann Deapera

Joan Canzone

Sonia Capretta ’02 and Nicholas Capretta

Carolina Cardenas

David Carmany

Dave Carter

Phyllis Cavak

Elif Cercel and Berfin Haymes

William Chae ’02

Marriane S. Chang ’91

Mila Chojniak ’20

Sun Chung and Grant Chang ’89

Clementine and Edward Churchward

Sharona Cohen and Edwin Haronian

Jerry Cohen ’97

Victoria and Graham Cole

Emily S. Colella ’91

Chenee Coleman and Erica Moseley

Katie Convoy

Erica and Brad Copeland

Benicia and Richard Cruz

Rio and Barry Cyrus

Ms. Carrie H. Dalton

Adit and Eliav Dan

Sandra and Joseph Danon

Belinda Williams Daughrity ’02

Gunilla David

Tom DeVoss ’98

Jamie and Mike DeWitt

Nicole and Alexander Dix

Stacy and Erik Drageset

Richard Edelen

Lorna Edelen

Candee Edgar and Minas Matosyan

Dalia and Dave Edwards

Sabah T. El-Amin

Heather and George Ellis

Victoria Davis Ellis ’94 and Paul Ellis

Gregory Engel ’89

Jennifer and Jack Eskenazi ’87

Stephanie and Sam Farrar ’96

Diana Feinstein ’00

Anat Fernandes

Patrick Field ’93

Alexandra ’89 and John Fink

Erin Fitzgerald and Yann Abdourazakou

Joseph Fogel ’84

5-9 years consecutive giving 10+ years consecutive giving

The ForjinBailey Family

Nancy and Peter Fowkes

Jono Friedman ’12

Katherine Fugate

Haleh and Dariush Gabbay

Stacey Gallegos

Tracy D. Galloway ’82

Nicholas C. Gaswirth ’02

Noelle Gayral-Enriquez and Mario Enriquez

Awet Gebrehiiwet-Wilder and Matthew Wilder

Christine Genero ’76

Suzan Gerber ’75

Dana and Michael Gerken

Albert Gersh ’89

Kristine Gevorkyan and Aram Guyumjian

Hazelle Gobert and Jason Wrice

Elizabeth A. Goetzman ’08

Michael M. Goetzman ’07

Carolyn Goh

Sabrina R. Goldfeder ’19

Laura and James Goldman

Ketty L. González

The Greene Family

Marlen R. Grussi ’13

Dania and Roman Guaderrama

Anthony Gutierrez and Nicole Pennington

Melinda Hakim ’93 and Pejman Cohan

Lacy Hall

Tammy and Mickey Hargitay

Tiffany Harris and Quentin Schierenberg

Wessam Hazaymeh

Kenya and Larry Henderson

Mrs. Miranda and Mr. Danl Hewitt

Kate and Benjamin Hewitt

The Hill Family

Lisa Holliday and Jonathan Reff

Chase Holliday ’14

Karen and Lorne Hollis

Maximilian Holschneider ’21

Vincent Houser

George Hur ’92

Aurora Ignacio

Aerin Im

Lee and Tom Irwin

The Isaac Family

Francesco Jimenez ’11

Carlyn Johnson

Vicki and Mark Johnson

Joycelyn Jones

Dalia and Allen Kamrava ’97

Michael Karp and Christia Crocker

Stacey Karp

Nikki Katz and Whitney Leatherwood

Bianca and Chris Kaveh

Carolyn and Robert Kay

Katharine Kent and Ernest Barbarash

Hayan Kim and Byungkeun Lee

Jacey and Steve Kim

Emma King

Jennifer Koch ’96

Mitchell Kohn

Tiffany and David Kolchins

Gina ’81 and David Kosmo

Diana Kotler ’90

Devran Kovacoglu ’03

Adam Krajchir ’82

Kroger

Amy Toboco ’82

Cammy and Morgan Land

Jennifer Lanski

Elizabeth and Charles Lanski

Jill and David Lascher*

Melissa and Chad Lasdon ’97

Melissa Lawton and Michael Wayne

Ashley Le

Kristen K. Lecong ’02

Jin Young Lee and Peter Choi

Adrienne and Shawn Lee

Makala Lee

Rabbi Lennard and Dr. Linda Thal

Sarah Levitt

Eden Leyanna ’92

Peter Liebgold

The Livingston-Murray Family

Vivian López and Franklin

López de la Rosa

Joseph Love and Christopher Tricarico

Marta Magarin-Wills

The Maghboli-Yakhi Family

Ellen M. Mahoney

Alice M. Mahoney ’12

Lalaunie and Travis Maiden

Mrs. Francis H. and Mr. Michael J. Malecki Jr

Jennifer Manley and Andy Siegel

Shalin Mantri ’00

Melissa and Arno Marukian

Davina Massey ’91

Kathryn Mazzuca and Ari Schwartzman

Clare McCreary

Leigh and Sean McGowan

Nancy and Scott McKinsey ’77

Roya Hekmat Melamed ’95 and Farhad Melamed

Kathleen and Nathan Mendel

Sid S. Menon ’91

Nadia and Anthony Menting

Melissa Fuess Meyer ’96 and James Meyer

Melissa F. Meyer ’96

Margaret and Lucas Meyers

Margaret Meyers

Stacey and Michael Michrowski

Marjan and Fred Mir

Sharen and Sean Moghavem

Rachel and Arash Moghimi

Sabrina and Isaac Moore

Carrie and Oren Mordkowitz

Tomi More

Christina and Yossi Morovati

Tracey Morris and Eric Morris

Alicia and Brianna Murphy

Sharona and Daniel Nazarian

Aaron Nazarian ’20

Noah Nazarian ’18

Charles Neddermeyer

Geoffrey P. Norton ’79

Melanie and Michael O’Connell ’91

Jessica ’00 and Jon Oakes

Young and William Park

Sung Eun Park and Sang Woo Yoon

Dorsa and Joey Parsi

Adrienne Parsons and Eric Learnard

Kimia R. Parvaresh ’17

Mary Anne Patey

Radu Patrichi ’94

Jodi Pearlman

Gregory Peck and Susan Cronin

Matthew Peerce ’75

Ashley Penro and Tihaja Tucker

Roslyn and John Perez

Vu Phuong

5-9 years consecutive giving 10+ years consecutive giving

Nancy Pimental

Sarah and Mathew Poage

Jennifer ’91 and Chris Pocino

Brooke and Matt Polacheck

Paulina Quintana ’90 and Robert Moon

Sarah Rafferty and Santtu Seppälä

Shubha and Rajan Ranga ’91

The Rastegar Family

Desiree-Ann Razo-Silva

Shelley Reece and Robert ToTeras

Regina and Brant Reed ’72

Zima and Ray Reyes

Edward B. Rhyu ’89

Karen Richardson ’95 and Lamar Baker

Neal Roden

Spencer Rosen ’89

Emerson Rosenthal-King ’21

Marni and Gregg Rosenzweig

Danica and Steven Ross

Gali and Shuki Rubin

George Russo

Sally and Gregg Sacon

Edward Sacon ’21

Nicole Hirsty Saine and Benjamin Saine

Nancy and Mikael Salomon

Ariadna Sánchez and José Jarquín

Zoe and James Scannell ’01

Robert Schechter

Gary Schiller ’76

Shelly Schroth

Candace and John Sclimenti

Debbie and Steve Seidel

Victoria and Michael Senna

Aleksanteri Seppala

Terri Seymour and Clark Mallon

John F. Shea ’82

Clarissa Shinn

Shop With Scrip

Karim Si-Ahmed ’89

Seema and Javed Siddiqi

Jennifer Sikov ’99 and Michael Sikov

Roy Silver ’91

Samantha Slaven-Bick and Stewart Bick

Don Smith

Safia N. Smith ’19

Lisa and William Sobel

Margaret ’82 and Matthew Spaloss

Yvette V. Speight ’74

Georgia Stavropoulou and James Saltmar

Julie and Warren Stein

Laura Stein ’87 and Samuel Goldfeder

Bill Steinberg and William Vigil

Stephanie Stenta-James ’96

Wendy T. Sterling

Lisa and Brent Stutman

Jennifer Sunderland and James Farrow

Juliet and Glen Surnamer

Pam and Joseph Szokol ’74

Diana and José Tagle

Janna and Jack Taglyan

Christina Tasulis Williams ’80

James Taylor

Rinn Thang and Franz Gill

Steven Totland

John Touchton

Vincent S. Travaglione

Terrai Traylor

BUCKLEY FUND Donor Roll

Lisa Turchan

Shana Kamrava Veiseh ’01 and Charles Veiseh

Alyssa Wagner ’20

Jacqueline and Peter Wagner

Deborah Wagner-Bergeron and Wayne Bergeron

Maribel Wallace

Xiu Wang and Yuanping Li

Steve Ward

Renay Wasserstein

Jack Wasserstein

Justin Weiss ’98

Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon ’93

Wendy Wilson ’75

Matthew Wittmer

Susan and James Wlcek

Debbi Woldman ’86

Yun Kyoung Won and Alfred Santamaria

Erwin Wong

Molly and Andrew Wooden

Melanie Woods-Padilla

Laura and Michael Yanovich

Jessica and Ryan Yates

Nicholas Yotnegparian ’20

Carly E. Zarrow ’09

Christine and David Zebrack ’82

Lisa L. Zusman ’78

2021-2022

Endowment

The Buckley School gratefully acknowledges our donors for continuing to provide long-term financial security for the school through contributions to our many endowment funds. Your generosity is fundamental to alleviating financial pressure and allowing the school to focus on educating students.

Restricted: $3,986,493

TOTAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS

As of July 30, 2022

Unrestricted: $39,977,221

General Endowment

The general endowment at The Buckley School is a significant source of support for the school and its mission. A gift to the endowment secures Buckley’s future and supports investments in the school’s infrastructure, faculty and professional development, student-centered programs and technology, and, importantly, financial aid for new and continuing students.

Andrew Fayé and Dan Harries

Sandi Logan ’82

Nicole and Ophir Lupu ’96

Pingping Mao and Zhiyong Yuan

The Ormond Family

Nancy Pimental

Nishitha and P. Sanjay Reddy

Soo Wee and Young Kim

Senior Class Legacy Fund Donors

Each year, parents are asked to support the Senior Class Legacy Fund to honor their graduating senior, and to support the general endowment at Buckley. Founded in 2006, the Senior Class Legacy Fund continues to grow as alumni give in honor of their class year and as subsequent classes establish their own legacy funds. The combined impact for future generations of Buckley students will be tremendous.

Teresa Beaudet and Gerald Giamportone

Alysia Park and Saekyu Oh

Nancy Pimental

Susan and James Wlcek

Jordan Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Weiss family established the Jordan Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor their son, who passed away suddenly during his senior year. The scholarship fund celebrates Jordan and ensures his great sense of humor, energy, loyalty, and embodiment of the Buckley Commitment are always remembered. Annual financial aid awards are granted to students who embody the qualities central to Jordan’s character and who otherwise might not have the chance to attend The Buckley School. The first Jordan Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund grant was made in the 2013-2014 school year.

The Astor Family

Holly and Drew Bauer

Steven Bercovitch ’05

Molly A. Bernstein ’08

Christine and Patrick Connolly

Andrew K. Daneshgar ’11

Michele and Masen Davis

Mina and Anthony DeCorso

Robyn Field and Anthony O’Carroll

Cassandra Hegarty ’90

Jill Tate Higgins and James Higgins

Soren-Tage Hopkins ’11

Sandi Logan ’82

Terri and Andrew Lotts

Deborah and Thomas Marino

Ori Marmur ’90

Christine Mason and John Stretton

Duane Meltzer and Jill Schwendinger Meltzer ’74

Lindsay Newlove

Afsaneh and Alexander Nury

Marie and George Parks

Marie Philman

Nancy Pimental

Nohemi Salazar

Maygol Sapra ’90

Elaine Sir ’91

Amelia and Paul Super

Rinn Thang and Franz Gill

Lisa Turchan

Marilyn Wade and Paul Arrow

Gaby R. Wilkerson ’08

Tami Woldman ’84

Madison L. Kaplan Zusman ’11

HOOPLA Financial Aid Endowment

In 2004, the Parents’ Association planned HOOPLA: a basketball clinic, designed to bring together hundreds of young people to celebrate health, fitness and education with NBA and WNBA players along with motivational speakers to captivate, motivate and inspire. The event was so successful that the funds raised were able to establish the HOOPLA Financial Aid Endowment Fund for minority students.

Walter H. Baumhoff Endowment Fund

The longest serving head of school other than founder Isabelle Buckley, Walter H. Baumhoff retired in 1998 after a 20-year career at Buckley. Today, his legacy extends beyond the students he impacted and the campus he built to future Buckley students, who will benefit from his planned gift.

The Walter H. Baumhoff Endowment Fund for Financial Aid ensures that the best and brightest students benefit from a Buckley education, regardless of financial capacity. The Alumni Courtyard was dedicated as the Walter H. Baumhoff Alumni Courtyard in 2019 in appreciation for his leadership and commitment to the future of Buckley.

Lisa Bernstein ’87

Lucy Billett ’63 and Stewart Billett

Laura E. Blatt ’87

Leslie Burthey ’02

Christine Gindi ’92

Christopher Kantrowitz ’92

Amy ’82 and Michael Kun

Sandi Logan ’82

Alex P. Michaelson ’07

Cyrus Nury ’12

Isabel R. O’Carroll ’17

Kimia R. Parvaresh ’17

Jonathan Rubinfeld ’02

Ajay Sahgal ’82

John F. Shea ’82

Dan Strickland ’62

Mariel R. Tivoli ’17

Alexandra Yates ’02

Margaret Mason Endowment Fund

It can be said that the heart of the Buckley community lies within its dedicated teachers. And no greater example of this dedication is Dr. Margaret Mack Mason. World Languages Department Chair, who truly embodied the depth and soul of the Buckley commitment and what it meant to be an exceptional educator.

Buckley’s world languages department thrived under the leadership of Dr. Mason for more than 20 years. Having arrived at Buckley in 1983, Dr. Mason’s presence was felt everywhere on campus. She taught french, english, humanities and went on to work for the college counseling department.

Today Dr. Mason’s rich legacy lives on through her incredible bequest to Buckley. Through her generosity, the Margaret Mason Endowment Fund for Professional Development was established in 2019. Her gift, combined with the additional match from a handful of Buckley families, grows each year, and will leave an impact on generations of Buckley students to come.

Brett Benner and Chip Sellers

Marianne and Ronald Wanglin ’71

2021-2022

Faculty & Staff GIVING

The Buckley School gratefully acknowledges the following faculty and staff who showed their support for the 2021-22 Buckley Fund. Your gift is yet another way you demonstrate your support and dedication to Buckley. Thank you.

30 YEARS OF SERVICE

Laura Bamford

Kitty Humphrey

MILESTONES

20 YEARS OF SERVICE

Jorge Gonzalez

Andrew Lotts

George Russo

10 YEARS OF SERVICE

●Jose Gonzalez

●Sonia Capretta

Paul Minden

Nohemí Salazar

Sally Sacon

Last year, several faculty retired at Buckley and opened the door to a new chapter. Together they have taught at Buckley for more than 100 years.

AFSANEH NURY

Afsaneh began her career in 1995. She taught both Middle and Upper School, and every level of Spanish except 1A. Afsaneh hopes to use her time volunteering and continuing to serve the community. Ms. Nury’s warmth and kindness truly will be missed.

ELLEN MAHONEY

Ellen began her time at Buckley in 1981 when she was recruited by the Upper School Head at the time, David Arnold, to chair the visual arts department. Today, there is hardly a single Buckley alum who did not take one of her art classes. Ellen is looking forward to re-engaging her jewelry bench and potter’s wheel in retirement, and to working with warm glass, a passion she acquired while teaching it in Upper School.

MARTA CONLEY

Marta came to Buckley in 2003 as a Lower School physical education teacher and quickly became the coach for several Lower and Middle School athletic teams. Her goal was “to empower girls to have confidence in themselves, be supportive of one another, and have each other’s backs.” Students and teachers will miss Coach Conley, her positive attitude, and ready smile.

RANDEE BORGGREBE

Randee retired as Buckley’s longest-standing teacher and most senior Buckley veteran. Ms. Borggrebe began her career at Buckley in the fall of 1978 in Lower School, teaching Beginners (pre-K) and P.E. She became chair of the Upper School computer department and bought Buckley’s first round of Macs. Ms. Borggrebe went from teaching Upper School back to Lower School and also to Summer School, ending her career in the Lower School Library as a technology specialist. Always ready with a warm hello, Randee will be truly missed!

5-9 years consecutive giving 10+ years consecutive giving

DONORS

Sabine Abadou ’89 and Ponti Lambros ’89

Jaclyn M. Aranda

Jamie and Ryan Bache

Laura and Charles Bamford

The Barker Family

Dale Bartels

Rae Marie Basmagian

Joseph Blassberg

Randee Borggrebe

Christine Braunschweiger

Gillian Bush

Joan Canzone

Sonia Capretta ’02 and Nicholas Capretta

Dave Carter

Adit and Eliav Dan

Lorna and Richard Edelen

Anat Fernandes

Erin Fitzgerald and Yann Abdourazakou

Lacy Hall

Wessam Hazaymeh

Kate and Benjamin Hewitt

Chase Holliday ’14

Vincent Houser

Aurora Ignacio

Joycelyn Jones

Carolyn and Robert Kay

Emma King

Mitchell Kohn

Sarah Levitt

Lolli Lucas

Ellen M. Mahoney

*This list reflect Faculty & Staff employment during the 2021-2022 school year

Clare McCreary

Sabrina and Isaac Moore

Alicia and Brianna Murphy

Charles Neddermeyer

Dorsa and Joey Parsi

Adrienne Parsons and Eric Learnard

Jodi Pearlman

Roslyn and John Perez

Neal Roden

George Russo

Sally and Gregg Sacon

Shelly Schroth

Alona and Lacarya Scott

Victoria and Michael Senna

Clarissa Shinn

Don Smith

Bill Steinberg and William Vigil

Diana and José Tagle

Rinn Thang and Franz Gill

Steven Totland

John Touchton

Lisa Turchan

Maribel Wallace

Steve Ward

Matthew Wittmer

Susan and James Wlcek

Erwin Wong

Molly and Andrew Wooden

Jessica and Ryan Yates

Carly E. Zarrow ’09

MESSAGE FROM Alumni Board Co-Presidents

Eli Goetzman ’08 and Marlen Grussi ’13

Hello Alumni,

We’re so grateful to have had the opportunity to serve as co-presidents of the Alumni Engagement Board (AEB). Observing the power and conviction of the alumni voice and spirit has had an incredible impact us and on the board. We have been inspired by watching so many of you put your intentions into action. It has been a really special opportunity to get to know the many constituencies of the community and to witness doors and opportunities open for alumni input and participation. Thanks for supporting us and letting us represent you all! We both hope to continue impacting and growing our alumni community in meaningful and necessary ways.

We are so excited for Grant Chang ’89 and Chad Lasdon ’97 in their new roles as president and vice-president of the AEB. We look forward to supporting their work as they lead us in growing and fostering Buckley’s alumni network.

Congratulations, Grant and Chad!

2022-23 Alumni Engagement Board

Marina Gordon Afshar ’99

Dory Ben-Ami ’93

Eric Biddle ’94, Trustee

Grant Chang ’89, President

Austin Chen ’91

Danny Domínguez ’13

Alex Eshaghian ’94

Aram Garikian ’11

Eli Goetzman ’08, Immediate Past Co-President

Jackie Goldberg ’91, Trustee

Sabrina Goldfeder ’19

Marlen Grussi ’13, Immediate Past Co-President

Madison Kaplan ’11

Adam Krajchir ’82

Candice Lapin ’95

Chad Lasdon ’97, Vice President

Davina Kohanzadeh Massey ’91

Dominic McClure ’04

Jessica E. Oakes ’00

Paulina Quintana ’90

Karen Richardson ’95, Trustee

Jae Siercks ’04

Elaine Sir

Safia Smith ’19

Eli Goetzman ’08, co-president Marlen Grussi ’13, co-president Alumni Engagement Board Alumni Engagement Board

Leigh Stein McNamara ’91

Christina Tasulis Williams ’80

Tiffany Trinidad ’07

Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon ’93

2021-2022

Alumni DONOR ROLL

Anonymous (2)

Sabine Abadou ’89 and Ponti Lambros ’89

Marina ’99 and Ariyan Afshar

Thomas B. Alberini ’08

Brett Ales ’81

Leeor Arshadnia ’00

Andrew Astor ’19

Isabella Astor ’13

Melissa ’96 and Eric Bakewell

Steven Bercovitch ’05

Molly A. Bernstein ’08

Lisa Bernstein ’87

Kimberly and Eric Biddle ’94

Donna and Andrew Biddle ’92

Lucy Billett ’63 and Stewart Billett

Yoanna and Joshua Binder ’93

Laura E. Blatt ’87

Alicia Bogin-Tessler ’82

Chelsea Bond ’87 and Mark Vahradian

Sean M. Bowles ’91

Jamie and Chad Braverman ’00

Michael Bresnahan ’89

Isabelle Buckley ’77 and Charles Nassé

James Burch ’21

Leslie Burthey ’02

Sonia Capretta ’02 and Nicholas Capretta

William Chae ’02

Marriane S. Chang ’91

Sun Chung and Grant Chang ’89

Joy and Austin Chen ’91

Mila Chojniak ’20

Jerry Cohen ’97

Emily S. Colella ’91

Andrew K. Daneshgar ’11

Belinda Williams Daughrity ’02

Tom DeVoss ’98

Setta and Sherif El Dabe ’94

Victoria Davis Ellis ’94 and Paul Ellis

Gregory Engel ’89

Jennifer and Jack Eskenazi ’87

Stephanie and Sam Farrar ’96

Diana Feinstein ’00

Patrick Field ’93

Alexandra ’89 and John Fink

Joseph Fogel ’84 and Kathryn Kantner

Jono Friedman ’12

Tracy D. Galloway ’82

Nicholas C. Gaswirth ’02

Christine Genero ’76

Suzan Gerber ’75

Albert Gersh ’89

Christine Gindi ’92

Elizabeth A. Goetzman ’08

Michael M. Goetzman ’07

Jackie Goldberg ’91

Sabrina R. Goldfeder ’19

Marlen R. Grussi ’13

Melinda Hakim ’93 and Pejman Cohan

Cassandra Hegarty ’90

Chase Holliday ’14

Maximilian Holschneider ’21

Soren-Tage Hopkins ’11

George Hur ’92

Francesco Jimenez ’11

Dalia and Allen Kamrava ’97

Christopher Kantrowitz ’92

Sharon L. Kashfian ’00

Amy and Mark Kestenbaum ’94

Jennifer Koch ’96

Gina ’81 and David Kosmo

Diana Kotler ’90

5-9 years consecutive giving 10+ years consecutive giving

Alumni

DONOR ROLL

Devran Kovacoglu ’03

Adam Krajchir ’82

Amy Toboco ’82

Melissa and Chad Lasdon ’97

Kristen K. Lecong ’02

Eden Leyanna ’92

Sandi Logan ’82

Nicole and Ophir Lupu ’96

Alice M. Mahoney ’12

Shalin Mantri ’00

Ori Marmur ’90

Davina Massey ’91

Nancy and Scott McKinsey ’77

Roya Hekmat Melamed ’95 and Farhad Melamed

Duane Meltzer and Jill Schwendinger Meltzer ’74

Sid S. Menon ’91

Alix Simqu Merkley ’75 and Patrick Merkley

Melissa F. Meyer ’96

Alex P. Michaelson ’07

Aaron Nazarian ’20

Noah Nazarian ’18

Geoffrey P. Norton ’79

Cyrus Nury ’12

Isabel R. O’Carroll ’17

Melanie and Michael O’Connell ’91

Jessica ’00 and Jon Oakes

Kimia R. Parvaresh ’17

Radu Patrichi ’94

Matthew Peerce ’75

Jennifer ’91 and Chris Pocino

Paulina Quintana ’90 and Robert Moon

Elizabeth and Javier Quintana ’97

Shubha and Rajan Ranga ’91

Regina and Brant Reed ’72

Edward Rhyu ’89 and Jahwon Lee

Joseph Rice-Shepherd and Christopher

Rice-Shepherd ’00

Karen Richardson ’95 and Lamar Baker

Nicole Richie-Madden ’99 and Joel Madden

Spencer Rosen ’89

Emerson Rosenthal-King ’21

Jonathan Rubinfeld ’02

Edward Sacon ’21

Ajay Sahgal ’82

Maygol Sapra ’90

Zoe and James Scannell ’01

Gary Schiller ’76

John F. Shea ’82

Karim Si-Ahmed ’89

Stephen Siercks ’03 and

Jae Gaswirth Siercks ’04

Jennifer Sikov ’99 and Michael Sikov

Roy Silver ’91

Elaine Sir

Safia N. Smith ’19

Margaret ’82 and Matthew Spaloss

Yvette V. Speight ’74

Laura Stein ’87 and Samuel Goldfeder

Leigh Stein ’91 and Joseph McNamara

Stephanie Stenta-James ’96

Dan Strickland ’62

Pam and Joseph Szokol ’74

Mariel R. Tivoli ’17

Jacquelyn ’95 and Simon Uwins

Shana Kamrava Veiseh ’01 and Charles Veiseh

Michelle and Vadim Vishnevskiy

Alyssa Wagner ’20

Regina ’89 and Thomas Wang

Marianne and Ronald Wanglin ’71

Justin Weiss ’98

Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon ’93

Gaby R. Wilkerson ’08

Christina Tasulis Williams ’80

Wendy Wilson ’75

Tami Woldman ’84

Debbi Woldman ’86

Alexandra Yates ’02

Nicholas Yotnegparian ’20

Carly E. Zarrow ’09

Christine and David Zebrack ’82

Madison L. Kaplan Zusman ’11

Lisa L. Zusman ’78

Alumni Engagement Board

Seated, left to right: Marlen Grussi ’13 (immediate past co-president), Tiffany Trinidad ’07, Grant Chang ’89 (president), Aram Garikian ’11, and Sabrina Goldfeder ’19. Second row left to right: Austin Chen ’91, Daniel Domínguez ’13, Davina Massey ’91, Paulina Quintana ’90, Elaine Sir, Leigh Stein McNamara ’91, and Candice Lapin ’95. Back row, left to right: Dory Ben-Ami ’93, Eli Goetzman ’08 (immediate past copresident), Alex Eshaghian ’94, Madison Kaplan ’11, Jessica E. Oakes ’00, and Christina Tasulis Williams ’80. Not pictured: Marina Afshar ’99, Eric Biddle ’94 (trustee), Jackie Goldberg ’91 (trustee), Adam Krajchir ’82, Chad Lasdon ’97 (vice-president), Dominic McClure ’04, Karen Richardson ’95 (trustee), Jae Siercks, ’04, Safia Smith ’19, and Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon ’93

MESSAGE FROM Alumni Engagement Board President

Grant Chang ’89

Dear Alumni,

First, let me wholeheartedly express my gratitude and admiration for the leadership and loyalty to the AEB and Buckley that previous Co-Presidents Eli Goetzman ’08 and Marlen Grussi ’13 have exhibited. They have led us through the pandemic via this crazy thing we all learned about called Zoom and brought us to the point where we can now get to the work of engaging with all alumni and making sure that Buckley’s past, present, and future are recognized and remembered.

My story is pretty simple. Buckley has always been a special place for me. I remember my mom telling me one day in September 1981, after I had already started school somewhere else, that I would be moving schools. My first reaction was no thanks, I’m good. She also said I would need to get a haircut and wear a uniform—a white collared shirt, neck tie, blazer, grey slacks, and black oxford shoes. Definitely, no thanks! But guess what? It’s been almost 33 years since I happily graduated from Buckley. And to top that off, my son is now a proud Griffin.

However, the gap between my graduation and today is why I wanted to be a part of the Alumni Engagement Board. I believe one of the strongest symbols of a school’s success and dedication to its students is when alumni are active and engaged and want to bring their kids to Buckley. This year I hope that, as a board, we can bring more of them back and remind them what made Buckley so special! Griffin pride is real and has long-lasting implications.

Today, probably more than ever, Buckley needs its alumni to help sustain and improve the Buckley experience. Thank you to every alum recognized in this year’s Annual Report on Philanthropy. Your investment in our alma mater makes an immediate and tangible impact on today’s students and, just as important, sets an example for all alumni to follow.

Stay healthy and as I’ve been saying a lot lately, LET’S GO!

Grant Chang ’89, president

This past June Buckley graduated 76 SENIORS who matriculated to 57 DIFFERENT COLLEGES

AND UNIVERSITIES across North America and abroad

American Musical and Dramatic Academy

American University

Barnard College

Boston University

California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo)

California State University (Northridge)

Carleton College

Chapman University

Colgate University

Columbia University

Dartmouth College

Duke University

Emerson College

Fairfield University

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

Georgetown University

Indiana University (Bloomington)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Kenyon College

Los Angeles Valley College

Loyola Marymount University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New York University

Northeastern University

NYU Shanghai

Occidental College

Rhode Island School of Design

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Monica College

Sarah Lawrence College

Southern Methodist University

Stanford University

Syracuse University

The New School

Thomas Jefferson University

Tufts University

Tulane Univerity of Louisiana

United States Naval Academy

University of California (Berkeley)

University of California (Davis)

University of California (Irvine)

University of California (Riverside)

University of California (Santa Barbara)

University of California (Santa Cruz)

University of Chicago

University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburg (Pittsburg)

University of San Diego

University of Southern California

Vanderbilt University

Vassar College

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Wesleyan University

Willamette University

2021-2022 Financial Summary*

Tuition & Fees

Fundraising Programs

Other

Compensation & Benefits

General & Administrative Facilities

Financial Aid

Program Expenses

Net Operating Income, Net of Principal Payment, Before Depreciation

Employee Professional Development

2021-2022

Financial Aid Program GIVING

Every year the opportunity for students to receive a Buckley education grows thanks to your generosity. Creating a diverse community with students that range in socioeconomic backgrounds enriches the overall educational experience Buckley offers, cultivating compassion and gratitude, and inspiring all students to reach for the stars.

During the 2021-22 school year, 18% of the student body received financial aid tuition remission. The Buckley community is grateful for your donations to our financial aid program which made this possible.

18% OF STUDENT BODY Received Financial Aid

12% OF TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET Dedicated to Financial Aid

$4.4 M FINANCIAL AID BUDGET

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

Sabine Abadou ’89 and Ponti Lambros ’89

Adriana and Cris Abrego

The Ahmanson Foundation

Brett Ales ’81

Jaclyn M. Aranda

Karen and David Bental

Joseph Blassberg

Sonia Capretta ’02 and Nicholas Capretta

Marriane S. Chang ’91

Mila Chojniak ’20

Chenee Coleman and Erica Moseley

Erica and Brad Copeland

Benicia and Richard Cruz

Belinda Williams Daughrity ’02

The Delgado Family

Melissa Demirjian

Yervant Demirjian

Justin S. Demko

Candice and Justin Dragonas

Lorna and Richard Edelen

The Fisher Family

Awet Gebrehiiwet-Wilder and Matthew Wilder

Ketty L. González

Kristine Gevorkyan and Aram Guyumjian

Lacy Hall

Hylah Hedgepeth

The Hill Family

Carole and Steve Hill

Chase Holliday ’14

George Hur ’92

Aurora Ignacio

Jessica and Christopher Iovenko

Francesco Jimenez ’11

Nikki Katz and Whitney Leatherwood

Amy and Mark Kestenbaum ’94

Gina ’81 and David Kosmo

Diana Kotler ’90

Emily Kapnek Lagana and Daniel Lagana

The Landau Family

Makala Lee

Joey and Corey Leff

Eden Leyanna ’92

Vivian López and Franklin López de la Rosa

Lalaunie and Travis Maiden

Irlanda Méndez and William Martínez

Nadia and Anthony Menting

Alix Simqu Merkley ’75 and Patrick Merkley

Tracey Morris and Eric Morris

Wendi Niad

Sung Eun Park and Sang Woo Yoon

Roslyn and John Perez

Lauren and Daniel Perotti

Nancy Pimental

Iva Popovicova-Colter and Mike Colter

Shahnaz Qaedi and Ayman

Abdel-Khaleq

Shelley Reece and Robert ToTeras

Karen Richardson ’95 and Lamar Baker

Dawn Robinson-Patrick and Skye Patrick

Emerson Rosenthal-King ’21

Ariadna Sánchez and José Jarquín

Karim Si-Ahmed ’89

Neil Stearns

Maggie and Nathan Swisher

Rinn Thang and Franz Gill

Stacey and Martin Valny

Melanie Woods-Padilla

Pearl Zadeh and Yousef Monadjemi

Carly E. Zarrow ’09

Lisa L. Zusman ’78

Parents’ Association

Dear Buckley Community,

This year has been a rewarding experience to say the least, and I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to lead the Parents’ Association. In our “Year of Yes,” when we asked a lot of our community, we were inspired to see so many of you answering the call. From a memorable Under the Belltower Welcome Back Bash on Gilley Field, to the Roaring Twenties Gala and Auction at Vibiana, to ending the year with our Camp Buckley Fair - we can honestly say we shot for the moon and landed in the stars.

This year was not without its challenges, and I’d like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of our PA Executive Vice President and fellow alumna Jessica Ekeberg Oakes ’00, Erin Fitzgerald and the Buckley parent liaison team, and especially our Parents’ Association Executive Board. The tremendous effort they put forth to accomplish all we did rallied our community and built it back even stronger than it was before the COVID-19 closures.

With their leadership, the hard work of our volunteers, and the support of our entire community, we are proud to share that the Parents’ Association raised over $300,000 to support teachers and students. Knowing that we are giving our children the opportunity to thrive in this amazing community, while supporting our faculty and staff in their work to create an unparalleled student experience, makes the time and effort all worth it.

Thank you all for supporting the Parents’ Association! I look forward to seeing what Jess and Ai-Vy have in store for the rest of the 2022-23 school year!

Leigh Stein McNamara ’91 2021-22 Parents’ Association President

Special thanks are due to the members of our 2021-2022

PA Executive Board:

Katie Alender

Andrew Asnes

Valeria Balfour

Kim Cardillo

Clementine Churchward

Tova Cohen

Lorena Costino

Nicholas D’Ambra

Setta El Dabe

Jodi Elhami

Holly Feller

Rashell Flot

Moe Jelline Fiveash

Denise Goldberg

Libby Hansen

Renee Jung

Malisa Kaewmanaprasert

Jenifer Katz

Tamar Keuroghlian

Lorie Lassner

Caroline Macaulay

Ai-Vy Miller

Dana Nussbaum

Dorsa Parsi

Rebecca Rising

Danica Ross

Sarah Sawaya

Bob Semanovich

Jen Sheffield

Jae Siercks

Janna Taglyan

Dawn Tartakovsky

On Saturday, April 24 the Parents’ Association hosted the Roaring Twenties Gala and Auction at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. Over 600 guests enjoyed an evening of entertainment, including silent and live auctions, dancing, and delicious eats from Redbird. The event was a resounding success, raising over $250,000 for the financial aid and faculty betterment programs.

Thank You to Our Donors

Roaring Good Time | $10,000

The Agapitov family

The Alberini Family Fund

Christine and Steve Blackman

Drs. Kimberly and Anthony Cardillo

Ai-Vy and Chris Miller

The Sheffield Family

The Stein McNamara Family

Rayni and Branden Williams

ZEnWTR

All That Jazz | $5,000

Iva Popovicova-Colter and Mike Colter

Kendhal and John Layke

Pia and Ron Mehta

The Baklayan-D’Ambra, Nussbaum, and Slavett Families

The Abdo, Copeland, Falcone, McGowan and Kleinhaut/ Weber-Small Families

Speakeasy | $2,500

Jessica Ekeberg Oakes ’00 and Jon Oakes

Difei Gu and Bin Li

Prohibition | $1,000

Aleen Avanessian and Hovig Manouchekian

Kristin and Mark D’Alessio

Setta and Sherif El Dabe ’94

Jodi and Kavon Elhami

Candice Henry and Matthew Vodnoy

Tamar and Apel Keuroghlian

Angela and Ali Pootrakul

Liz Gottainer and David Sadkin

David Sweeney and Bob Semanovich

Janna and Jack Taglyan

Maura and Olivier Taillieu

The Great Gatsby | $500

Chenee Coleman and Erica Moseley

Lori Heuring and Ian Hopper

Lorie and Andy Lassner

Cindy and Peter Lorimer

Carianne and Matt Marshall

Chrissy and Yossi Morovati

Beatrice and Patrick Riley

Jennifer ’99 Michael Sikov

Belinda and Benjamin Vega

RAISE THE PADDLE

$15,000

Anonymous

Sarah Sawaya

Rayni and Branden Williams

$10,000

Andrea and Carlos Alberini

$5,000

Thomas B. Alberini ’08

Magdalena and Adrian Ashkenazy

The D’Alessio Family

The Lassner Family

Payal and Rohit Mehta

Jennifer and Matthew Messer

Alona and Lacarya Scott

Leigh Stein ’91 and Joseph McNamara

Belinda and Benjamin Vega

$2,500

Stephen Siercks ’03 and Jae Gaswirth Siercks ’04

Adriana and Cris Abrego

Gayle Jones-Benoit and Dudley Benoit

Kendhal and John Layke

Katy McCaffrey and Gary Shapiro

Lalatendu Pattanaik

Anisha Pattanaik

$1,000

Valeria Balfour and Michael Goslin

Stephanie A. Davis and Steven Kern

Eden Goldberg and Jonathan Massey

Caroline and Sean Macaulay

Elizabeth Russomanno-Doyle and Rory Doyle

Jennifer and Theodore Sheffield

Erin and Denis Bouriakov

Chenee Coleman and Erica Moseley

Craig Doherty and James Hyland

Jessica Falcone and Dean Pollack

Holly and Sean Feller

Jill and Brian Glennon

Ali Hillis and Matthew Schwarz

The Hogan & Rieke Family

Sandi Logan ’82

Negin Mazaheri and Ray Zadegan

Dana and Brian Nussbaum

Lauren and Daniel Perotti

Katie and Dustin Peterson

Tara Safronoff and Matthew Plunkett

Pamela and Mark Scott

Terri Seymour and Clark Mallon

Rachel Waranch and Jason Feuerstein

$500

Kellie and Deepak Jesrani

The Livingston-Murray Family

Leeora and Farid Moradi

Christina and Yossi Morovati

Dana and Gary Slavett

$100

Asha and Amit Chopra

Marlen R. Grussi ’13

Emily and Mark Habibi

Joycelyn Jones

Kara Kurcz and Brian Lee

Melissa and Chad Lasdon ’97

Maghboli-Yakhi Family

Clara and Bret Martin

Melissa and Arno Marukian

Lisa Ozur-Wallach and Scot Wallach

Nicole Pennington and Anthony Gutierrez

Shelly Schroth

Michal and Perry Steinberg

David Sweeney and Bob Semanovich

Lisa Turchan

AUCTION ITEM DONORS

8 Count Dance Academy

Marina ’99 and Ariyan Afshar

Alligator Pear

Emma and Arash Amel

Aquarium of the Pacific

Art’s Delicatessen & Restaurant

Amy Atlas and Jesse Burch

AVRA Beverly Hills

Baltaire Restaurant

Haley and Clayton Barnes

Barry’s Studio City

Fady and Reham Bastawros

Elisabeth Bell Jewelry

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Group

Blazing Saddles Indoor Cycling

Blue Balloon Songwriting School

Board of Trustees

Amanda and Sam Brown

The Buckley School

Kimberly and Anthony Cardillo

Casita Sherman Oaks

Asha and Amit Chopra

Leanne and Michael Citrone

Cacee Cobb and Donald Faison

Linda and Lance Collins

Erica and Brad Copeland

Crustacean Beverly Hills

Sarah D’Agostino

Danesh Dermatology and Laser

Decor Art Galleries

Dennis Uniform

DIOR

Dorsati Caviar

Drago Group Driver’s Ed Direct

Pattie Ehsaei

Jodi and Kavon Elhami

Elite Tarot

elysewalker

Jennifer and Alexander Eshaghian ’94

Jessica Falcone and Dean Pollack

Jacquelyn and Bobby Florsheim

Four Seasons Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort

FreshLunches

Gil Turner’s Fine Wine and Spirits

Global Fitness

JoAnne Gratiot

Great Expectations College Prep

Allison Grodner and Dante Pasqualucci

Emily and Mark Habibi

Fahi and Michael Hallin

Halper Fine Art

Hammer & Stain LA

Hanks Deli Catering

Monica Harb and Adolfo Bejarano

Harper on Melrose

Hoorsenbuhs

Rama Hughes

InHouse Test Prep

Iron Maiden Fitness

Corey Jantzen

Beth Kaltman-Yorn and Pete Yorn

Sean and Marcus Khaligh

Kevin and Michelle Kim

Marianna and Michael King

Douglas Kirkland

Paige and Mike Landau

Kendhal and John Layke

Elaine Lee

Bin and Faye Li

Liquor Studio

JoAnne and Jeffrey Lord

Mali + Lili

Daniel Maltzman

Jennifer Manley and Andy Siegel

Marie France Van Damme

Melissa and Arno Marukian

Carin McGarth

Stacey and Michael Michrowski

Aivy and Christopher Miller

Melissa and Amir Monsefi

Mo’s House of Axe

Museum of Tolerance

Nail Garden

The Nguyen Le Family

Owner The Industry

Paramount Studios

The Peck Family

Lisa Perry and Joachim Horsley

Pilates by Eve

Gara and Jason Post

PRP Wine International

Ragg Tattoo

Redbird and Vibiana

The Rhodes Family (Josh ’22, Luke ’27)

Rhonda Notary

Madison and Constance Richardson

Jill Roberts

Jeannia Robinette

Danica and Steve Ross

Ajannette and Tom Ryan

Sarah Sawaya

School of Rock Burbank

Debbie and Steve Seidel

Terri Seymour and Clark Mallon

Karine Shahar

Smoochie Baby

Sherly and Bobby Soleiman

Ilana Sparrow and Benjamin Procter

Laura Stein ’87 and Samuel Goldfeder

Leigh Stein ’91 and Joseph McNamara

Penelope and Cesare Stipanovich

Tika Sumpter

Sarah Svendsen

Taisho Hospitality Group

Tat2 Designs

Tori Taylor

The NOW

Charlize Theron

Winnie Tong and Alan Razzaghi

Cece Tson

Tutu School

Ultracor

Underwood Family Farms

Val Surf

Megan Weaver

Carla White

Tami Woldman ’84

Dr. Dan Yamini

Laura and Michael Yanovich

On Thursday, May 19, the Parents’ Association created the Camp Buckley Fair at Pacific Park at the Santa Monica Pier. The event welcomed more than 1,400 guests who enjoyed an enchanting evening under the stars with rides, games, and great friends to close out the 2021-22 school year.

Thank you to the generosity of our donors and sponsors for making this event a success. All proceeds from the event supported financial aid, which provided tuition assistance to families affected by the pandemic.

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

$5,000 | Happy Camper

Chika and Kentaro Abe

Yana and Aleksandr Agapitov

Mend Health

Irlanda Méndez and William Martínez

The Newman Family

Bill Prady and Jessica Queller

Leigh Stein ’91 and Joseph McNamara

The Thomaz Family

Alison and Palmer West

$2,500 | Epic Trekker

Emma and Arash Amel

Catherine and Binais Begovic

Kimberly and Eric Biddle ’94

Christine and Steven Blackman

Jeff Lewis

Jessica ’00 and Jon Oakes

The Oxley Family

Gara and Jason Post

Jodi and Robert Radoff

Beatrice and Patrick Riley

$1,000 | Trail Blazer

Ara and Daniel Alaei

Jennifer Cody and Michael Cody

Jessica Falcone and Dean Pollack

Mr. Daniel Feiner

Holly and Sean Feller

Shalom and Sam Hakim

Lori and Ian Hopper

Moe Jelline-Fiveash and Randall Fiveash

Renee and Frank Jung

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Emily Kapnek Lagana and Daniel Lagana

The Lassner Family

Cindy and Peter Lorimer

Gabriella and Shahab Mossavar-Rahmani

Andrea Rankin and Dean Waters

Rebecca and Kevin Rising

Michal and Perry Steinberg

KJ Steinberg and Tony Tisdale

David Sweeney and Bob Semanovich

Janna and Jack Taglyan

Marysol and Srinivas Velamoor

Jessica Zerges and Jeffrey Binkley

$500 | Adventure Seeker

Gina Balian and Jonathan Chinn

Margaret Buckley-Simpson and Terry Simpson

Jacquelyn and Robert Florsheim

Jill and Brian Glennon

Elise and Brian Henderson

Alicia and Allen Katz

Nancy and Scott McKinsey ’77

Kristine Nishiyama and Barry Schwebs

Wendy and Alan Sartirana

Holly and Richard Shuter

Belinda and Benjamin Vega

$250 | Nature Lover

Katie and Christopher Alender

Valeria Balfour and Michael Goslin

Mrs. Isabella Berger ’26

Ms. Susanne K. Filkins

Amy Gravitt and Erik Richter

Difei Gu and Bin Li

Tamar and Apel Keuroghlian

Kathryn Mazzuca and Ari Schwartzman

Sarah and James McTeigue

Lisa Ozur-Wallach and Scot Wallach

Sarah and Mathew Poage

Pamela and Mark Scott

Elisabeth Shim and Richard Bennett

Dana and Gary Slavett

Priya Sopori and Eric Emanuel

Laura Stein ’87 and Samuel Goldfeder

Ghazal Tork and Yaser Eslami

Eric and Kirsten Winikoff

Pearl Zadeh and Yousef Monadjemi

Ways to GIVE

Philanthropy– your gifts– is what turns a good school into a great school! The Buckley School is grateful for the long history of philanthropy and generosity of spirit that exists among members of our community. Financial support from parents and guardians, grandparents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends provides exceptional opportunities and outstanding resources for our students and programs.

Buckley’s continued excellence depends on regular support from generous members of the community. Every gift to our school–regardless of size– sends a strong message that we are committed to our students, their education, and the future of The Buckley School. There are several ways to make a tax-deductible donation to the school.

CASH, CHECK, OR CREDIT CARD

Contributions made by check, cash, or credit card are tax-deductible in the year the donation is given. Please make checks payable to “The Buckley School.” To make a donation with your credit card, you can use our online donation form or contact the Advancement Office.

STOCK GIFTS

Contributions of appreciated stocks, or other capital assets that have increased in value,can result in significant tax saving. The current full value of the gift can generally be deducted on federal and state income tax, and the capital gains tax on the amount of appreciation is avoided. We recommend that donors consult their financial advisor before making any financial decisions.

MATCHING GIFTS

Your gift could be matched dollar for dollar. Many companies* offer matching gift programs that will double or even triple a donation’s value. Some companies match gifts by spouses and/or retirees. Contact your human resources department for eligibility information and to obtain a matching gift form and follow your employer’s matching gift procedures.

*Companies that offer matching gift programs include, but are not limited to:

PLANNED GIVING

Wills, charitable trusts, bequests and life insurance policies offer the opportunity for a lasting legacy to benefit the future of The Buckley School. Whether you would like to put your donation to start today or benefit us after your lifetime, you can find a charitable plan that lets you provide for your family and support Buckley. Contact Director of Advancement Shelly Schroth for more details.

For more information on any of the ways to give, please contact Director of Advancement Shelly Schroth at (818) 461-6747

ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

Shelly Schroth

Director of Advancement

Erin Fitzgerald

Assistant Director of Advancement

Joyce Jones

Director of Alumni Relations

Naomi Gibson Manager of Family Engagement and Events

Allison Schaub Advancement Database Manager

Teressa Mercurio Advancement Associate

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Sally Sacon Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications

Clare McCreary

Digital Content Manager

Wessam Hazaymeh Content Creator

PHOTOGRAPHY

Wessam Hazaymeh

Ted Catanzaro

Elaine Lee

Clare McCreary

Sally Sacon

DESIGN Bacio Design & Marketing, Inc.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our mailing addresses and other information. If, however, an error has occurred or an update is required, please accept our apologies, and contact advancement@buckley.org.