Castilleja Leadership with Full Circle Notes

Hands and Ribbons by Talia Bodner ’22

Leadership Team Board of Trustees

Nanci KauffmanHA Head of School

Kathy Layendecker Associate Head for Finance and Operations Josée Band Dean of Curriculum and Innovation

Lorraine Brown Director of Communications and Community Relations Anne CameronHA Head of Middle School Christina GwinHA Dean of Faculty Stacey Kertsman Dean of Equity Education and Social Impact Sue KimHA Director of Advancement Jill LeeHA Director of Admission, Tuition Assistance, and Summer Programming Erik Carlson Interim Head of Upper School Mary Speiser, Chair Jim Bean Steve Dowling Venky Ganesan John Giannandrea Cindy Goldberg Lori Goler Theresia Gouw Odette Harris Saima Hasan ’04 Ken Hirsch Heidi Hopper Nanci KauffmanHA Nayna Kaushek David Ko Hala Kurdi Cozadd ’92 Aileen Lee Shanti Perkins ’90 Anjali Pichai Amy Rao Alyssa Rieder Mia Rocha Sarah Sands David Scott Eric Temple Eugenie Van Wynen Elizabeth Yin ’00 Zac Zeitlin

Hala Kurdi Cozadd ’92, President Liz Babb ’82 Kristin Bell ’95 Jordan Fowler Bull ’13 Liz Rowen Fritz ’01 Emily Hobbs ’09 Sydney Larson ’03 Kelly McKenna ’07 Bridget Meaney ’10 Sylvia Rodriguez ’08 Orlena Fong Shek ’95 Debbie Widrow Sklarin ’81 Marian Washington Williams ’94

This issue was written and produced by Emily McElhinney and Elke Teichmann ’09 under the direction of Lorraine Brown, with contributions by Tanya Campbell, Sue KimHA, Lauren Heysse, and Saloni Kalkat ’13, photography by Elke Teichmann ’09, and graphic design by Kris Loew P’18, P’20.

Many thanks to Castilleja alumnae for their updates and photos. Special thanks to Kaanji Irby ’91 and Shira Lipton ’97 for sharing their stories with us — and to B.J. Lockhart Cowie ’54, Nazhin Zarghamee and Kourosh Gharachorloo P’23, and Sher Amos-Grosser and Adam Grosser P’22 for expressing their support for Reimagining the Circle. Thank you to Kristin Bell ’95, Margarita Ibarra ’15, Anne Kelly Mellenthin ’80, Shanti Perkins ’90, Orlena Fong Shek ’95, Jane McConnell ’81HA, Joanna Busza ’90, and Dr. Naima Bridges ’02 for joining our alumnae panels. Thanks also to Megan Jones Bell ’00 for sharing the Headspace app and to the Arrillaga Family Foundation for sponsoring speaker Dr. Joy DeGruy. The Communication and Advancement Teams greatly appreciate the faculty, staff, and students who contributed to the stories and artwork throughout the magazine.

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