2016-2017 Annual Report OF
APPRECIATION
Celebrating 40 Years and 4000 Alumni
DEAR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, It is a pleasure to share with you the Annual Report for 2016-2017 and to thank generous supporters from the past year. For 40 years, the Klingenstein Center has been dedicated to developing and renewing leaders who make a difference. Today, there are 4,000 alumni serving in schools across the globe who share the common bond of a commitment to excellence, to growth, to ethical leadership and to making a positive impact in the world for the benefit of all children. Alumni are dedicated master teachers, thoughtful and compassionate administrators and founders of schools and educational organizations. The Klingenstein Center remains steadfastly dedicated to the mission of developing and strengthening the leadership of educators at every stage of their careers as we continue to adapt existing programs and develop new programs to meet emerging needs of the national and global community. Please take a moment to read the “Why I Give” testimonials from alumni sharing the reasons they choose to give. If you are an alumnus, please consider making a gift at a level that is comfortable for you to “pay it forward” so that future students can benefit from a Klingenstein experience similar to yours. If you are a friend of the Klingenstein Center, please help make it possible for promising educators to attend the program through the Scholars Fund. Along with seminal support from the Klingenstein Fund, gifts from alumni and friends are a tangible expression of the value you place on the work of the Klingenstein Center. We hope to see each of you this year - whether at the big 40th Anniversary Celebration at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on April 21 or at one of the conferences or alumni events around the country. Thank you for your support of the Klingenstein Center programs over years past and for your future support in the years to come.
Graduation for the PSL 2017 Cohort in May
Summer Institute 2017 Cohort at Lawrenceville in June
Heads of Schools at Teachers College in January 2017
Best Wishes,
Pearl Rock Kane Klingenstein Family Chair Professor Director, Klingenstein Center
Leadership Academy class of 2019 in July
Leadership Academy class of 2017 in May
KLINGENSTEIN SCHOLARS FUND AND ENDOWMENT DONORS PROGRAM ALUMNI Peter Abuisi, HDS ‘99 Andy Housiaux, KSI ‘10 & Julia Alexander, KSI ‘10, PSL ‘14 Varghese Alexander, KSI ‘06, LA ‘13 & Erin Connors, KSI ‘06 Mark Anderson, HDS ‘08 Michael Arjona, LA ‘13 Richard Arnold, JKF ‘93 Gabriel Avilés, LA ‘17 Jessica Bagby, JKF ‘00 Dennis Baker, PSL ‘16 Naheed Bardai, LA ‘15 Brooks Batcheller, KSI ‘09, PSL ‘14 Barbara Beachley, PSL ‘11 Katherine Bergin, LA ‘13 Amber Berry, LA ‘15 Alexander Bien, KSI ‘82 Will Bladt, PSL ‘04 Mary Kate Blaine, LA ‘11 Steven Bloom, PSL ‘16 John Bracker, KSI ‘88 Kevin Breen, KSI ‘96 Kerry Brennan, JKF ‘83 Jonathan Brougham, KSI ‘87, JKF ‘97 Ryan Buckley, PSL ‘09 Paul Burke, PSL ‘00 Ben Cady, PSL ‘13 James Choi, PSL ‘16 Jenny Clark Rao, PSL ‘05 Daphne Clyburn, KSI ‘12 Mike Coppola, KSI ‘09, PSL ‘11 Dario Cortes, HDS ‘08 Ben Courchesne, LA ‘15 JP Culley, KSI ‘03, PSL ‘05 Sam Currin, KSI ‘15 Austin Curwen, LA ‘07 Lisa Darling, HDS ‘00 Chris Day, PSL ‘06 Philip de Sa e Silva, KSI ‘15 Jon Deveaux, LA ‘07 & Sara Deveaux, KSI ‘92 Tom Doar, PSL ‘96 Sarah Donahue, KSI ‘16 Larry Donovan, LA ‘15 Stewart Dorsey, PSL ‘11 Vincent Dotoli, PSL ‘02 Ellie Drago-Severson, KSI ‘87 Leo Dressel, HDS ‘00 Adam Dube, PSL ‘08 Liz Duffy, HDS ‘11 Rik Dugan, KSI ‘02 Terry Eagle, JKF ‘85 Brian Easler, LA ‘07 Mike Eckert, PSL ‘09 Terry Edeli, HDS ‘01 DuBose Egleston, HDS ‘13
Mike Ehrhardt, HDS ‘15 Dina Eletreby, HDS ‘17 Lisa Ellis, KSI ‘00 Tasha Elsbach, JKF ‘99 Paul Errickson, LA ‘11 Kathleen Fernald, JKF ‘86 Liz Fernandez, PSL ‘14 Henry Fisher, KSI ‘00, LA ‘09 Doug Fishman, PSL ‘06 Paul Fochtman, HDS ‘16 Derrick Gay, LA ‘11 Ines Gomez-Ochoa, PSL ‘08 Larry Goodman, KSI ‘97 Debi Gordon-Goodrich, LA ‘09 Chris Gorycki, LA ‘05 Landis Green, HDS ‘06 Larry Griffin, HDS ‘96 Sue Groesbeck, HDS ‘08 John Gulla, HDS ‘10 Jim Handrich, JKF ‘95 Richard Hardej, JKF ‘85 David Harman, HDS ‘11 & Kristin Harman, PSL ‘10 Chris Harrow, JKF ‘99 Andrea Hart, PSL ‘13 Tom Harvey, JKF ‘87 Sarah Heard, JKF ‘07 James Hejduk, JKF ‘82 Nancy Henningsen, JKF ‘81 Ellen Hinman, PSL ‘13 Mike Hirschfeld, HDS ‘17 Thu-Nga Ho, KSI ‘12, PSL ‘15 Tyler Hodges, KSI ‘05 Liz Hofreuter-Landini, HDS ‘15 Will Holmes, PSL ‘01 & Lisa Holmes, KSI ‘94, PSL ‘01 Todd Horn, HDS ‘05 Matthew Horvat, KSI ‘98 Joy Hurd, PSL ‘13 Edith Iler-Wiedermann, KSI ‘90, PSL ‘97 Shelley Jackson, HDS ‘11 JP Jacquet, KSI ‘09, PSL ‘12 Alicia Johnson, PSL ‘16 Brian Johnson, HDS ‘10 Brad Jones, PSL ‘10 Jim Justice, LA ‘07 Kathryn Kaiser, LA ‘11 Olen Kalkus, KSI ‘82 Philip Kassen, PSL ‘98 Paul Keller, PSL ‘05 Sara Kelley-Mudie, PSL ‘14 Ann Klotz, HDS ‘12 Harvard Knowles, JKF ‘79 Joel Konzen, HDS ‘06 Lindsay Koss, LA ‘13 Peter Kraft, KSI ‘96, JKF ‘01
Steve Kramer, JKF ‘95 Jeremy LaCasse, KSI ‘98, PSL ‘01 Sue Lavin, JKF ‘87 Judd Levingston, KSI ‘87 John Lewis, PSL ‘03 Stephanie Lipkowitz, KSI ‘89 Eric Lombardi, PSL ‘13 Maureen Long, KSI ‘99 Shane MacElhiney, KSI ‘02, LA ‘07 Eileen Marceau, PSL ‘08 Ashley Marshall, PSL ‘14 Suzie Matthews, LA ‘13 William Mayher, JKF ‘89 Michael McCord, HDS ‘09 Gabrielle McHale, PSL ‘04 Eliza McLaren, LA ‘17 Gordon McNeill, LA ‘11 Gary Middleton, JKF ‘99 Sally Mixsell, JKF ‘01 Shannon Montague, PSL ‘10 Donald Morrison, KSI ‘96, JKF ‘01 Janice Murabayashi, KSI ‘96, PSL ‘06 Eric Nguyen, PSL ‘10 Dawn Nichols, HDS ‘07 Steve Noga, KSI ‘06, LA ‘13 Neely Norris, PSL ‘10 Ted Ogden, MA/MBA ‘17 Jen Ogilby, PSL ‘05 Bob Ogle, PSL ‘05 Will Orben, LA ‘17 Michael O’Toole, JKF ‘95 Marc Ott, PSL ‘03 Danielle Passno, PSL ‘08 Jeffrey Paulson, HDS ‘12 Mike Peller, LA ‘17 Derick Perry, LA ‘09 Thad Persons, PSL ‘06 Marisha Plotnik, JKF ‘09 Joshua Pretzer, KSI ‘04, PSL ‘06 Mark Reed, PSL ‘04 Randy Rentner, PSL ‘01 AC Roche, LA ‘05 Jessica Romero, PSL ‘05 Carson Roy, PSL ‘08 Matt Rush, PSL ‘03 Jessica Sepke, PSL ‘13
PROGRAM ALUMNI Pete Simpson, KSI ‘08, PSL ‘12 Stephen Solberg, LA ‘09 Jalene Spain Thomas, KSI ‘03, LA ‘11 Bessie Speers, HDS ‘14 Nancy Spencer, KSI ‘89 Drew Stephens, HDS ‘14 Matthew Stuart, JKF ‘99 Cory Stutts, JKF ‘04 Ann Sullivan, HDS ‘08 Madeline Surgenor, PSL ‘16 David Suter, PSL ‘02 Matt Suzuki, JKF ‘99 Theo Tasoulas, KSI ‘10 Eric Temple, KSI ‘93, JKF ‘96, HDS ‘10 Beth Teske, LA ‘05 Noni Thomas Lopez, JKF ‘06 Namita Tolia, LA ‘07 Jay Underwood, HDS ‘17 Stephen Valentine, KSI ‘02 Jeff Vinikoor, KSI ‘07, LA ‘11 Lydon Vonnegut, KSI ‘10 Barry Wadsworth, LA ‘09 Maureen Walsh, JKF ‘94, HDS ‘11 Judy Wang, PSL ‘05 Peter Wells, JKF ‘81 & Wendy Wells, JKF ‘82 Tom Wethington, KSI ‘14, PSL ‘18 Nate Whitman, MA/MBA ‘16 Hunter Wight, KSI ‘16 Trey Wilson, KSI ‘03, PSL ‘12 & Sarah Wilson, KSI ‘04, PSL ‘12 Megan Wittmann, LA ‘11 Kit Wong, KSI ‘13 David Wood, LA ‘09 Betsy Zager, KSI ‘10 John Zurn, HDS ‘05
Why We Give:
FRIENDS Jim & Landis Best Barbara & Donald Jonas Julie & Andy Klingenstein Ian & Lissa MacCallum James Manges Dinny & Lester Morse ‡
FOUNDATIONS The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund The John & Patricia Klingenstein Fund The Ahmanson Foundation courtesy Mark Brooks, HDS ‘10 The Altman Foundation
DONORS TO TEACHERS COLLEGE IN HONOR OF PEARL ROCK KANE Carolyn Chandler, HDS ‘10 Polly Linden, LA ‘09 Steven Kramer, JKF ‘95 Melody Meade, PSL ‘95 Doreen Oleson, HDS ‘96 David Padilla, LA ‘13 Philip Thornton, LA ‘07 Ann Sullivan, HDS ‘08 Scott Wilson, HDS ‘06 Gareth Vaughan, LA ‘07 ‡
Aside from being eternally grateful that we met each other at KSI 2006, our entire careers have been shaped by that summer and subsequent work with the Klingenstein Center: Erin’s role as Dean of Academics and current pursuit of public partnerships and Varghese’s interest in curricular design and best practices in helping teachers and students feel a sense of belonging. Our frequent joke that ‘we owe our whole lives’ to the Klingenstein Center is no exaggeration! ~Varghese Alexander, KSI ‘06, LA ‘13 and Erin Connors, KSI ‘06 Asheville School, NC Being selected and participating in the Klingenstein Fellowship was one of the best professional development opportunities I have experienced in my career as a Head of School. I carry with me what I learned from the amazing professors at Teachers College at Columbia and the other Klingenstein Fellows. I contribute to the Klingenstein Center to ‘pay it forward’ and make it possible for others to have a similarly extraordinary experience! ~Dr. Dina Eletreby, HDS ‘17 New Horizon School, Irvine, CA
MAKE YOUR GIFT Giving Levels
$250 - $499 $500 - $999 $1000 – 2499 ‡ $2500 and above
Alumni Programs
HDS - HDS of Schools Program JKF - Joseph Klingenstein Fellowship LA - Leadership Academy Two Summers Master’s Degree PSL - Private School Leadership Full Year Master’s Degree KSI - Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers MA/MBA - Dual-Degree Program with Columbia Business School or INSEAD This report includes gifts received between September 1, 2016 and August 31, 2017.
You can make your 2017-2018 contribution via check by mail or online at
klingenstein.org/give Please make checks payable to “Klingenstein Center, Teachers College” and mail to: Klingenstein Center, Teachers College 525 W. 120th Street, Box 125 New York, NY 10027