SEATTLE ACADEMY ANNUAL REPORT
A CELEBRATION AND THANK YOU
From the Head of School and Board Chair
To Our Friends and Supporters,
As we move with excitement and anticipation into a 2024-2025 school year, we want to pause and reflect on a 2023-2024 year at SAAS characterized by transformation, discovery, and SAAS pride. The SAAS community is vibrant, healthy, and strong thanks to your generosity and support.
Our Annual Report this year is a testament to all we have achieved as a community and acknowledges the many contributions from parents, grandparents, alumni, alumni families, faculty and staff, and friends of SAAS.
With your support, a remarkable $3.14 million was donated to SAAS in 2023-2024 via Impact:SAAS, the Annual Fund and SAAS in the City. An impressive 1,097 donors supported Impact:SAAS, the Annual Fund with gifts ranging from $1 to $35,000. At SAAS in the City, we achieved record-breaking attendance and record-breaking funds raised for financial aid.
We are grateful for the many hours volunteers within the SAAS community contributed this school year, playing a crucial role in helping us achieve our mission. The dedication of our parent community strengthens our Family Association, affinity initiatives, athletics, arts, and academic programs such as rhetoric and robotics now and into the future. Parents, grandparents, and alumni brought their leadership and expertise into classrooms across the Middle and Upper Schools, and helped launch our first SAAS Summits.
Thank you for having a lasting impact on our school and greater community.
We are proud to feature within this year’s Annual Report stories about how our faculty and students are exploring the use of AI, innovating in the classroom, and discovering and learning through an independent study project.
We look forward to continuing to broaden engagement with our community in the coming year. In 2023-2024, we expanded our Grandparent program by introducing a quarterly newsletter and Grandparent event on campus. We also introduced an Alumni Parent newsletter, hosted various regional Alumni events throughout the year, and celebrated our annual Alumni Reunion in June on campus.
Your contributions, advocacy and engagement are powerful, lasting, and impactful. We’re grateful for your support and we’re excited to write, with you, the next chapters in the SAAS story.
With Gratitude,
Rob Phillips Head of School
Matt Echohawk Hayashi Chair, Board of Trustees
THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS
Our community is strengthened by our many dedicated volunteers who give their time and talent to help guide our strategic efforts, ensure we raise funds to support our exemplary education, and sustain our parent community through connection.
Thank you to all of our volunteers for a remarkable year!
2023-2024
Board of Trustees
Matt Echohawk Hayashi, Chair
Marian Joh, Vice President
Martinique Grigg, Vice President
Bruce Cady, Treasurer
Claudia Hung, Secretary
Andy Baker
Alana Bell ’03
Halsey Bell
Jake Byrne ’03
Jennie Fox
Angela Gaynor
Kamila Kennedy
Dwayne McClain
Tony Mestres
Tracy Newman
Jill Nishi
Brian Oseran ’96
Babak Parviz
Tejal Pastakia
Mark Vadon
Kimberly Watson
Anna Woodard
Sung Yang
Rob Phillips, Ex Officio
2023-2024
Honorary Trustees
Catherine Allchin
Tom Barton
Donna Bellew
Mary Dunnam
Muguette Guenneguez
Mike Halperin
Leslie Hanauer
Ron Hosogi
Mary Ellen Hudgins
Rhonda Lewis
Lex Lindsey
Tom Markl
Candy Marshall
Matt McIlwain
Sean O’Leary
Jean Orvis
Bill Oseran
David Sheppard
Craig Tall
Ruth True
Maggie Walker
Martha M. Wyckoff
Development Committee
Kamila Kennedy, Chair
Jennie Fox, Vice Chair
Brent Curran
Doug Greene
Karina Kunins
Tracy Newman
Andy Veterane
Kimberly Watson
Annual Fund Volunteers
William Bell and Dorian Glasgow-Bell
Rodel Broas and Elizabeth Sumption
Brent Curran
Francesco Faggioli and Rosa Gabriele
Jennie Fox
Mandy Gandt
Jaisri Gangadharan and Parama Paramasivam
Evette Gee
Doug Greene
Phil Guess and Alice Ikeda
Kamila Kennedy
Karina Kunins
Nancy Manzo
Mark Murray
Tracy Newman
Cindi Tigges
Chris Walker
Kimberly Watson
Melinda Williams
Cathy VanAntwerp
SAAS in the City Volunteer Team
Charlotte Simmonds, Co-Chair
Becky Voboril, Co-Chair
Aya Ahmed
Anna Alonzo
Melinda Amoratis
Ashley Ball
Daniel Bello
Brenna Christensen
Julie Booker-Close
Jeffrey Close
Elizabeth Cochran
Cynthia Dampier
Sarah Dumke
Jennie Fox
Eric Frank
Katrina Frank
Beth Gardner
Yomara Gomez-Naiden
Marita Graube
María Hernandez
Linda Hsiao
Talya Jeffries
Nicky Kamemoto
Aleem Kassam
Tazim Kassam
Kamila Kennedy
Charlene Kletzly
Kayti Knudsen
Andrea Leone
Deli Moussavi
Miho Nasu
Brandy Nordstrom
Anne Phillips
Seth Pollack
Ruth Sanford
Darren Simmonds
Castalia Simon
Paige Smith
Sybrina Soga
Karrie Sullivan
Kirsty Taddy
Devi Weier
John Weier
Amy Yamamoto
Family Association
Amber Berman-Ortiz, President
Evette Gee, Secretary
Cynthia Dampier, Treasurer
Charlene Kletzly, Vice President, Admissions Support
Kate MacDonald, Vice President, Class Representative Support (Grades 6-8)
Hwashing Heyworth, Vice President, Class Representative Support (Grades 9-12)
Miho Nasu, Family & Community Liaison
Charles Gust, Parent Education Chair
Meg Butterworth, SPARRC Representative
Deneen Shank, SAAS Logo Wear Lead
Family Association
Volunteers
Charise Addicks
Anna Alonzo
Melinda Amoratis
Ashley Ball
Regina Ball
Lisa Bebee
Pam Bigatel
Sarah Borgida
Meg Butterworth
Erin Callaghan
Lisa Colton
Debbie Conway
Alexandra Cramer
Ashleigh Dickinson
Sarah Dumke
Heather Emery
Heather Enoki
Nicole Forrest
Rosa Gabriele
Leisa Goldberg
Molly Goldman
Yomara Gomez-Naiden
Pooja Jain
Talya Jeffries
Karin Keith
Dalene King
Kathleen Kramer
Amy Lavin
Erin Lea
Andrea Leone
Aaron Lieberman
Mary Lieberman
Louise Liu
Nancy Manzo
Admissions Volunteers
Dominique Alex
Amber Berman-Ortiz
Susan Brown
Meg Butterworth
Lacey Byers
Erin Callaghan
David Campbell
Dwane Chappelle
Cam Clemmons
Vivian Cluett
Elizabeth Cochran
Debbie Conway
Alexandra Cramer
Cynthia Dampier
Jennie Fox
Rosa Gabriele
Evette Gee
Jake Goldbas
Kendra Goldbas
Lisa Golden
Yomara Gómez-Naiden
Pallavi Goray Shirodkar
Martinique Grigg
Neetika Gupta
Charles Gust
Renee Herst
Hwashing Heyworth
Heather Hisatomi
Talya Jeffries
Joanna Jenkins
Kamila Kennedy
Charlene Kletzly
Greg Kletzly
Josh Kornfeld
Christine Krabak
Erin Lea
Aaron Lieberman
Karen Lonergan
Dwayne McClain
Kate McDonald
Deli Moussavi
Shalini Nilakantan
Heidi Ob’bayi
Danyelle O’Neal
Grace Pak
Erin Papworth
Tracy Paul
Christine Perez
Prakriti Poddar
Kirsten Saint Clair
Becca Santo
Kim Saxton
Charlotte Simmonds
Castalia Simon
Paige Smith
Sybrina Soga
Audrey Sousa
Karrie Sullivan
Kay Takano
Paul Teske
Leah Thorpe
Renata Torelli
Amy Trione
Jeffrey Tseng
Brooke Vail
Heather Weimann
Melissa White
Aaron Winkelhake
Camilla Yamada
Miho Nasu
Brian Oseran
Babak Parviz
Danna Redmond
Jennifer Reibman
Allison Sadler
Alex Samano
Elena Shephard
David Sheppard
Charlotte Simmonds
Darren Simmonds
Castalia Simon
Audrey Sousa
Courtney Stiefel
Kari Straley
Kay Takano
Cindi Tigges
Brad Wilken
Every effort was made to include everyone who served in a lead volunteer role for Seattle Academy in the 2023-24 year. Our sincere apologies for any errors or omissions to this list.
REVENUE & EXPENSES
FUNDRAISING DONATIONS
REVENUE
Tuition & Fees
$61,949,644 // 88.2%
Gifts (Annual Fund, SAAS in the City, In-Kind, Temp Restricted)
$3,146,982 // 4.5%
Endowment Spending Transfer
$1,090,000 // 1.6%
Other Income (Investment & Rent)
$4,011,518 // 5.7%
EXPENSES
Salaries & Benefits
$32,142,130 // 48%
Financial Aid
$11,124,401 // 17%
Plant Operations
$7,405,669 // 13%
Instructional & Support Services
$6,927,974 // 10%
General Administrative Expenses
$3,416,877 // 5%
Interest & Financing Expenses
$6,101,969 // 9%
All financial data included in this report is unaudited as of press time.
2023-24
1,097
Annual Fund Donors 100% Board Participation
$1,521
Average Annual Fund Gift 83% New Family Participation
$1,668,075
Total Raised by the SAAS Community for the Annual Fund
$11,124,401
Total Financial Aid Awarded
116 Leadership Gifts
127 Grandparent Donors
THE FUTURE IS NOW Embracing “Wise Use” of Generative AI
By Giselle Furlonge, Associate Head of School
Since its founding in 1983, SAAS has defined itself as a community of intentional iteration: an independent school as committed to delivering an education relevant to its students’ lived experience as it is to pushing the boundaries of teaching and learning.
In recent years, as secondary schools, colleges, and universities across the country were scrambling to implement policies to curb the use of ChatGPT in the classroom, SAAS got curious. Guided by a student-centered approach to teaching and a curriculum rooted in innovation and a Culture of Performance, our administrators and teachers prioritized the question, “How will this technology both enhance and complicate our students’ ability to think critically and creatively?” Instead of taking either a “lock-it-and-block-it” approach or embracing it uncritically, we collectively asked, “What does it mean to use Artificial Intelligence wisely?” To that end, with guidance and leadership from Alison Ray, Dean of Teaching and Learning, and Mark Betnel, our in-house AI Instructional Coach and Upper School Science and Innovations Teacher, we developed what we call our “wise use” guidelines.
The landscape of artificial intelligence presents a moving target, and we can expect new capabilities to be unlocked at a blistering pace. When it comes to using any new technology, SAAS strives to make decisions based on principles that are as widely applicable as possible, not resting solely on the features of any particular tool that exists at the current moment. Our teachers have always made decisions about adopting or forgoing new technologies informed by the learning goals of their curriculum, the guiding principle to Know the Kid, and the school’s mission to Question, Imagine, and Create in order to Contribute to a changing world.
Generative AI technology is the newest, but not the first or the last, technology that has the potential to unlock new capabilities for our students and also the potential to subvert learning goals. On the one hand, AI can be a powerful tool to support creativity, skill-building, and equitable education by helping create inclusive classroom environments. At the same time, it easily can work against those same goals when students don’t understand the true capabilities, limitations, and ethical issues of these technologies and tools.
“Some might say we are preparing kids for the future, but I disagree. It’s about equipping them for the present. AI tools can accelerate learning, improve efficiency, and enable equitable education, which is a core belief for us at SAAS.”
– Giselle Furlonge, Associate Head of School
The pre-teen and teenage brain is wired to adapt and respond to new situations, yet thrives in a setting of routine and stability. That’s one reason why offering clear guidance on the use of AI technology is so important. SAAS teachers have been asked to engage in explicit direction regarding the use of AI technology in their particular classes — recognizing that different teachers will come to different conclusions about the use of these tools, just as they have done in the past for calculators, laptops, smart boards, and other technologies. Meanwhile, we will collectively look for ways for AI technology to strengthen the school’s five essential teaching and learning priorities:
• Critical Thinking: We want students to make connections, to engage in the process instead of focusing only on the product, and to ask questions that guide their inquiry. When we focus on critical thinking, we can identify ways that generative AI can support student learning and establish clear expectations based on ways that AI could hinder learning.
• Meta-Cognition as an Explicit Goal: Students need to learn how to learn and how to develop the introspection to think about their learning. When we focus on teaching metacognition as an important practice, students become more engaged learners and can better decide for themselves if, when, where, and how to use generative AI tools to support them.
• Equitable Approach to Grading: An equitable approach to grading makes learning targets visible to students and encourages a growth mindset. When students know the reasons for learning and know they have multiple opportunities to demonstrate that learning, they feel motivated and can better understand the rationale — the if, when, where, and how — for incorporating generative AI tools in their learning.
• Risk-Taking and Mistake-Making: We want students to know they can and should make mistakes during practice as an essential part of learning. When students know that mistakes are expected and even encouraged, they feel more willing to take risks and will come to understand how and when generative AI tools might help or subvert their intentions.
• The Culture of Performance: Our schoolwide Culture of Performance asks students to demonstrate their learning for an audience, in contexts where tools such as AI might not be available or appropriate. Generative AI tools might support students, however, as they build skills and prepare for moments of authentic performance in which they are asked to combine disparate skills, think flexibly, and transfer their learning to a unique context.
Part of helping students grow as thinkers and learners with strong executive functioning skills is helping them determine the best time to use a particular tool or approach — and the same goes for teachers as they build and evolve their curricula. To support teachers in making informed choices around the use of AI tools
in the classroom, we have supported many professional development opportunities during the school year and over the past summer (see sidebar), and have invited families to learn alongside us via reading lists and virtual workshops.
Our mission and guiding principles help us remain confident in our ability to adapt to any new technology. As we explore the power and possibility of generative AI technologies — and actively work to avoid the pitfalls — we will continue to prioritize student-centered learning and assessments that invite students to challenge, question, and create as they navigate ambiguity and prepare for a future defined by change.
Annual Fund Impact:
Every year before the school year kicks off, SAAS staff and faculty gather for “Opening Days” — a time to not only take care of logistics but to share and learn from one another. This year, our dual themes were “Promoting Belonging and Agency” and “Student Learning and Agency in a World with AI.” Over the course of several days and numerous sessions across campus, faculty members shared their expertise on a range of topics from navigating the impact of AI in classrooms to fostering meaningful discussions around subjects like ethics and personal identity.
Thanks to the Annual Fund, SAAS is able to offer myriad professional development opportunities to its teachers over the summer and throughout the school year, including providing stipends to those who prepared and led sessions during Opening Days on campus.
The growth that happens in our classrooms is rooted in the learning and collaboration among our faculty. When our teachers channel their passion into teaching one another, honing their skills, and taking on new challenges, we elevate our collective ability to support and engage students.
SAAS is a place where everyone belongs, where you can be yourself. It’s just everything to me. I love the SAAS community!
– SAAS 10th grader
IMPACT:SAAS, the Annual Fund
Seattle Academy’s annual community-wide fundraising effort supports every aspect of a SAAS education. Gifts to the Annual Fund help fund learning resources, faculty professional development, student technology, curriculum enhancements and materials, affinity groups and clubs, and so much more.
Every dollar raised is spent during the course of the school year, and enables SAAS to say YES to any unexpected learning opportunities that may arise. These funds have a direct and immediate impact on all SAAS students, and elevate the SAAS experience to something truly transformational.
THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING BOLDLY TO THE ANNUAL FUND
Benefactor Circle
($25,000 +)
Jon and Gretchen Jones
Scholarship Fund for Rainier Scholars
Scott and Susanne Guthrie
The VanAntwerp Family
Visionary Circle
($10,000-$24,999)
Anonymous Friend of Seattle Academy (2)
Loren and Joelle Alhadeff
Andy and Kim Baker
Craig Hajduk and Jackie Borges
Brian Bozlinski and Lori Call
Norman Cheuk and Mito Alfieri
Derek and Jessica Crain
Spencer Curtis and Kris Hoehler
Jeni Ellison and Ryan Webb
George and Ann Fisher
Dan and Molly Goldman
Anders and Liz Hejlsberg
Tim Burrell and Claudia Hung
Jude Kavalam and Michelle Seelig
Jeff and Karina Kunins
Nicole Herskowitz and John Lamb
Jason and Amy Limp
Ashley McClelland
Zachariah and Rachel Morgan
Jon and Naomi Newman
Pete and Brandy Nordstrom
Babak and Sina Parviz
Brian Pepin and Danna Redmond
Mary Pigott
Chris Pratley and Seiko Kobayashi
Bill and Teresa Predmore
Eric and Deirdre Quarnstrom
Rita and Herbert Rosen
Family Foundation
Stan and Michele Rosen and Family
CB and Amy Shamah
Miguel Susffalich
Josh Taft and Cindy Gantz
Brad Thompson and Susie McDonald
Jonathan Tinter and Kelly Cole
Mark Vadon and Allison Barnes Vadon
Mattie Vadon
Andy and Jen Veterane
Kimberly Watson and Glenn Draper
Chung and Angela Webster-Lam
Derek and Merrie Williamson
Cardinal Circle
($5,000-$9,999)
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (2)
Frank and Pamela Agullo
Melinda and Michael Amoratis
Mike and Tracy Arntz
Tom and Kat Barton
Tim and Wendy Besse
Sean and Julie Burrow
Jacob Byrne ’03 and Kate Miller
Tom Callaghan and Kay Takano
John and Heather Cashman
Ted and Connie Chandler
Pete and Lara Constable
Jamal and Tori Crawford
The Curran Family
Stephen and Suzanne Dispensa
Eric and Samantha Doerr
James and Mary Dunnam
Cori Durrant
Mark and Melissa Eamer
Emily Ericsen and Richard Martens
Francesco Faggioli and Rosa Gabriele
Louise Liu and Robert Ferguson
Justin and Ashley ’02 Folkestad
Eric and Jennie Fox
Brad Gandt and Mandy Risley Gandt
Denis and Angela Gaynor
Mimi Rosen and Nathan Goldberg
Stone and Vivien Gossard
Doug Greene and Barb Manning
Martinique and Eliot Grigg
Charles Gust
Heath and Lauren Haley
Brian and Emilie Hansen
Shawn and Allison Hintz
Kalen Holmes
Howard and Talya Jeffries
Alex and Trina Kelly
Will and Beth Ketcham
Matthew and Grace Kline
Clive and Erin Lea
Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Lindsey
Tom and Cricket Markl
Nate and Stephanie McLemore
John and Tamiko Miyano
Steve and Heather Murch
Robert and Jen O’Twomney
Jaja Okigwe and Tere Carral
Becky Frank and Justin Pallari
Robert and Judy Patton
Michael Payne and Jessica Uhl
Tom and Kate Peters
Loryn Peterson
Rob Phillips and Jen Bandy-Phillips
Paige Prill
David and Laura Richardson
Royal Little Family Foundation
John and Nancy Sabol
Matt and Ruth Sanford
Sean and Stephanie Scott
Jeremy and Lika Seigel
Brent and Courtney Stiefel
Kevin and Cindi Tigges
John and Devi Weier
Alan White
Julia White
Bill and Diane Whitfield
James and Brianna Winn
Tracy Wong and Jennifer Leatherman Wong
Susie Wyckoff
Advocate Circle
($3,000-$4,999)
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (3)
Ken and Marleen Alhadeff
Monica Bailey
Kevin and Julia Baker
Dave Barth and Christine Perez
Maneesh Batra and Kelly Evans
Halsey Bell and Liz Gorton
Christina Brinker
Bruce and Debbie Cady
Richard Campbell and Michele Englehart
Guang-Shing Cheng and John Liao
Clark Elms and Hee Rae Cho
Jeffrey Close and Julie Booker-Close
MC Connolly
Charles and Pamela Cook
Greg and Erin Coomer
Jeff Dossett and Jessica Shapiro
Carrie and Stephen Dossick
Peter Dull and Judith Tsui
Adam Edwards and Carla Saulter
Kris Engskov and Kara Westhusing
Larry Wall and Claudia Filipoaia
Jack Forman and Ellen Cottrell
Jamie and Kirsten Frits
Dorian Glasgow-Bell and William Bell
Jay and Tonia Goyal
Regina Hall and Ada Healey
Eddie Hartman and Risha Henry
Josh and Renee Herst
Andrew G. and Delney Hilen
Neal and Dani Holland
Jen and Chris Howe
William Hu and Tina Lu
Jonathan and Amanda Hurliman
Phil Guess and Alice Ikeda
Ben Steele and Mindy Iwen
Alex and Suzanna Karweit
David and Melanie Kosloff
Kevin and Motomi Kudo-King
Mikael Kvart and Sascha Dublin
Michael and Lynne Lemberg
Nancy Manzo
John and Kristan McCaskey
Mark and Megan McNeilly
Matt and Anna Moore
Mark Murray and Melinda Williams
Jon Nolz and Cathy Davidson
Aaron and Heather Price
Murari Gopalan and Shefali Ranganathan
Paul and Heather Rock
Morgan and Elisabeth Root
Matt and Amanda Rosauer
Reed and Jane Rubin
Justin and Kirsten Saint Clair
Christopher Shainin and Hope Wechkin
Rahul Shendure and Erika Schroeder
Vithal Shirodkar and Pallavi Goray Shirodkar
Ashwin and Uttara Shrinivas
Karl and Stacie Siebrecht
Adam and Heather Smedstad
Peregrin Spielholz and Anneliese Schleyer
Adam Szofran and Lisa Maves
Alex Wang and Phyllis Tu
James and Heather Weimann
Zhen Liu and Huangli Wu
Bob Zeinemann and Rachael Wyman
Jason Beaumont and Betty Zou
Supporter Circle
($1,000-$2,999)
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (14)
Michael Abe
Doug and Kirsten Ambach
Matt Ayers and Karrie Sullivan
Jeff Babienko
Phuong Bajari
Joan S. and Danford M. Baker
Steve and Regina Ball
Lee and Diane Barnes
Jason and Kristen Bay
Greg and Cari Benn
Steve and Julie Bishop
Eric and Fiona Blank
Jonathan and Sarah Borgida
Duff and Amy Bryant
Brian and Eileen Buesing
David and Rebecca Butman
Amy Butson
David and Lacey Byers
Gray and Jess Calhoun
Phil and Jennie Carter
Alexa Carver and Michael Cunningham
David Chen and AnChi Hsieh
Herman Chiang and Heather Dystrup-Chiang
David and Monica Chin
Steve Clarke
Chris Cluett
Michael Wann and Laura Coffey
Giselle Confehr and Kim Sarnecki
Ewan Duncan and Carol Crews
Michael and Melanie Crowson
Spencer and Michelle Cutter
Chris and Evelyn Daniels
Graham and Lisa Day
Kate Dee
Joss Delage and Robin Mendelson
Ann and Andy Devereaux
Valerie and Spencer Dillard
Greg and Beverly DiMartino
Steven and Mindy Dodobara
Jim and Laura Donald
Nick and Julie Eitel
Nathan and Lisa Every
Stan, Elissa, Jayna, and Hugh Fink
Barry and JoAnn Forman
Nick Foster and Jen Taillie
Eric and Katrina Frank
Jeff Hazeltine and Alicechandra Fritz
Gary Fritz
Chirag Bindal and Rikti Garg
Antonio and Gail Giacobbe
David and Melinda Gladstone
Sagi and Tamira Goldberg
Dan Bolstad and Lisa Golden
Jason Naiden and Yomara Gomez-Naiden
Kristy Grainger and Cam LeHouillier
Jordan and Marisa Grant
Jenn Green
Greg and Rosanne Greenway
John and Ana Griffin
John and Maureen Harley
Bill Harris and Christine Johnston
Matt and Tezza Herrmann
Peter Heymann and Nicole Piasecki
Sam and Hwashing Heyworth
Ray Hoffman
Will and Melissa Holmes
Misho and Katerina Hubka
Tim Lawson and Vanessa Hunter
Linda and Yukinori Inagawa
Mark Iverson and Allison Capen
David and Kathrin Jackson
Brian and Cindy Jaffe
Ruchika Jain and Amit Gupta
Patrick and Sara Javid
Todd and Marian Johnson
Ranjit Kapila and Miho Nasu
Rami and Susan Karjian
Steve Kessel and Sibyl Frankenburg
Keiko Koizumi
Greg and Lauren Kriegler
Irving and Ann Kwong
Ari Lackman
Bob and Janet Lackman
Nora Lansen
Brenda Spoonemore and Sim Larkin
Richard Lawrence and Jane Yang
Mark Le Roy
Toan Le and Linh Dam
Kevin and Christine Lee
David and Karen Leeds
Craig and Rhonda Lewis
Steve Lewis
Xiaosi Li and Wei Gao
Aaron and Mary Lieberman
Jet Lin
Zaoming Huang and Sarah Lin
Cheryl M Scott and Hannah Linden
Daan and Yousim Lindhout
Craig Link and Shannon St. Clair
Emile Litvak and Karly Kaplan
Xiaoyong Liu and Yingye Zheng
Kenneth and Michelle Lo
Jim and Christina Lockwood
Eric and Karen Lonergan
Zhijun Ma and Yan Huo
Renata Torelli Maetzel and Kai Maetzel
Anne Mahoney
Bill and Brianna Mahoney
Sara Manetti and Jed Gorden
Matt Markl ’97
Bob and Cindy Masin
Shannon and Shannon Matthew McCormack
Pat and Nina McKay
Adam and Aimee McNae
Mary McSherry
Mike and Kelli McSherry
Ahmed Mokhtar and Julie Williamson
Mark Morris
Robert and Christine Moyer
John Musser and Sally Barton
Charles Nelson
Chris and Kris Nelson
Michael Cockrill and Tracy Newman
Heather Newton
Michael Ni and Christina Liu
Jeffrey Tseng and Oksana Nyshta
John and Jean Orvis
Brian Oseran ’96
Jacob Oshins and Anne Phillips
Lambert Mathias and Uma Pandit
Parama Paramasivam and Jaisri Gangadharan
Jerry Kuo and Laura Parmigiani Kuo
Ed and Camille Penhoet
Tina Podlodowski and Barcy Fisher
Linda Pollart-Person
Eric Candell, William Powell and Family
Nanda Prabhakar ’95
Jeff and Tricia Raikes
Kirby and Jeni Reynolds
Mian Rice and Tanya Smith
Greg Johnson and Annie Rihnsmith
Driscoll and Annie Robbins
Pavel Rozalski and Lana Makhanik
Bill and Jeannie Ruckelshaus
Konstantin and Marina Ryvkin
Donald Davidge and Atousa Salehi
James Schlenker and Lily Chang
Kyle and Elena Shephard
Anthony Shoecraft and Kim Hardy
Brett Muzzey and Kate Sigafoos
Randy and Adri Silver
Darren and Charlotte Simmonds
Josh ’10 and Haley Sloan
Mitchell Smith and Evette Gee
Nat Smith and Jeff Hancock
Ryan Smith
The Smith Family
Pamela Sobotka
Seth Sobotka
Matthew and Audrey Sousa
Steve Springer and Katie Kramer
Jerry and Darlene Stanton
Axel Steinman and Claudia Maceroni
Charlie and Daneen Stiefel
David and Megan Stolber
Ben and Karin Straley
Ryan and April Sturgell
Aravind Swaminathan and Sarah Johnson
Matt and Kirsty Taddy
Joe Tappan and Emily Forster
Antonio Tartaglione and Jennifer Cue
John Teutsch and Mary Foster
Art and Elaine Thompson
Wing Tsui and Emily Ching
Patrick and Heidi Turner
Garett and Brooke Vail
Paul Ryall and Vanessa Vanderbrug
Ann Collier and Jim Vandergrift
Greg Vernoy and Jolie Backer
Elmar and Patty Vinh-Thomas
Stu and Becky Voboril
Wai-Hang Leung and Queenie Vong
Chris and Kari Walker
Rhea and Janet Wallace
Ashleigh Walls
Chad Walters and Nicole Bettinger
The Tiedemann Way Family
Bill and Patricia Weier
David and Nadine Weiskopf
Toby and Jane Whitmoyer
Ryan and Sara Wiita
Matthew Wiley and Janet Buttenwieser
Josh and Brooke Williams
Kimberly Williams
Marc and Liz Williams
Peter and Cha Williams
Alec Williamson
Ken and Mimi Worzel
Charles and Marni Wright
Steve Bailey and Zz Wu
Martha Wyckoff and Jerry Tone
Lea Xu
Sung Yang and SoYoung Kwon
Rebecca Yarmuth and Rob Coppolillo
Tom Young and Liz Dryfoos
Jeff and Steph Yurcisin
Community Circle ($1-$999)
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (142)
Dawn Abbott
Charise Addicks
Chelsea Adrada
Kelvin and Mary Agard
Agee Family
Erin Aitchison ’98 and Casey Rettenmier
George and Barbara Akers
Preston Albertine
Peter Alexieff ’12
Julie and Lowell Alford
Seth Pollack and Anna Alonzo
Bernie Alonzo
Paula Anker
Jim and Noon Apisarnthanarax
Kristel Arnott and Andy Fritz
Carroll Tangen and Tiya Asavarahapun
Chad Aschtgen
Amare Assefa and Selamawit Beyene
Shane Atchison
Mark Bachleda and Joy Zarlenga
Amanda Baker and Josh Patterson
Adrienne Banks
Tess Barton ’19
Beverly and William Bartscher
Jim Bartscher and Marisa Dahlman
Cam Barwick ’11
Max Bayern
Janine Beaman
Brad and Lisa Bebee
Dereje Befekadu and Selam Asayehegn
Alana Bell ’03 and James Clapp
Joe and Kristie Berg
Bob Bernstein and Julie Ellner
Achijah Berry ’10 and Quinn Grisham
Andy and Rhonda Bethurum
Matthew Mohr and Suzie Black
Kristopher Herrell and Ellen Blanchard
Halley Bock
Allan and Tamar Boden
Philip Chung and
Christina Bormann Chung
Nan Borod
Ron Borod
John Borwick and Lauren Pressley
Susan Borwick
Jamie Boswell and Liza Perpuse
Luis Bowden
Keanan Jacobson and Martin Brakke
Jay and Lora Brennan
Jay Brodmerkel and Deena McCloskey
Damon and Bethany Brown
Josh Brown
Marc Brown and Julie McCleery
Nancy L. Brown
Susan Brown
Acerrador-Brown Family
Dave Bryan and Stephanie Gilbert
Karen Bryant
Julia Buck
Jeff and Megan Budke
Steve Buerk and Tonya Zeppelin
Janice Buesing
Ed Bulchis and Theresa Gallant
Ruth and Alan Bunin
Tamara Bunnell
Lloyd and Diane Burchett
George Burpee and Jocelyn Check
Nancy and Brian Burt
Bob and Suzy Butterworth
Jeffrey Caffee and Rochelle Krebs
Danny and Jameelah Cage
Mark and Erin Callaghan
Stephanie and Jason Cameron
Jay and Kendall Cammermeyer
Freddy ’04 and Jess ’04 Carley
Rosemary Carlton
John Carpenter and Elizabeth Landry
Teddy Carpenter
Pat Carter and Asha Dean Carter
John and Charlotte Cashill
David and Helen Cashman
Josh Caspers and Carolyn Hanson
Hannah Chapin
Robin Charles
Bill Chasanov
Dorothy Chen and Hui Peng
Sachin Chouksey and Daksha Ranade
Jimmy Chu and Kim Daane
Adonis Ducksworth and Alena Ciecko
Michael Cimino and Mary Clara Horrigan
Jess and Eric ’00 Claesson
Peter J. Clark
Michael and Elaine Clayman
John Hart and Kerry Clayman
Chris and Trisa Clemons
Phil Nash and Elizabeth Cochran
Tabby Cochran
Bill and Kerry Colello
Peter and Annemarie Colino
Debbie and Anna Collins
Jason and Lisa Colton
Stacie Cone
Catherine Confehr
Rand and Erin Conger
Marty and Brenda Connell
Wilfred and Suzanne Connell
Bernard Cooper
Rachael Crickman
Paul Kisicki and Ashley Copen
Lawrence Coppenrath and Laura Nason
Jonathan Corcoran and Lilly Bascom
Rosalie Corrigan and Zach Skylar
Scott Counts and Sharon Lee
Matt and Alex Cramer
Ginnie Crawford
Barbara and James Crutcher
Jason Franklin and Michael Cruz
Emily Cuadra
Elliot Cundiff and Ashley Ball
Megan Curran
David Cutler and Laila Elias
Phil and Barb Cutler
Long Dam and John Andrews
Ed and Cynthia Dampier
Tom Darlow and Anne Riederer
The David Family
Mike and Julie Davis
Yakov and Marina Davydov
Matthew Dawson ’09
Robert Dean
Tsigereda Dickey
Chris and Jerry Doerr
David and Joanne Donhoff
Sarah Dunnam
Matt Echohawk Hayashi and Colleen Echohawk
David and Kimberly Eckstein
Tina Eide
Bart Eland ’09
Rob and Julita Eleveld
Jennifer Elkin
Brian Parks and Jenny Ellis
Rob Ellison and Susie Shayegani
Heather and Scott Emery
Grant and Paula Emery
Sabrina and Brett Endres
Chris and Kristine Eng
Matt Witcher and Rebecca Engelberg
Jeffrey Coopersmith and Lisa Erlanger
Carolyn Kennedy and Quentin Ertel
Paul and Nancy Etsekson
Nathan and Catherine Ezzo
Barbara and Jeff Farber
Cedric Ross and Sandra Faucett
Carl and Eileen Faucher
Charles Faucher and Pamela Worden
Willy Felton
Adrian Fiala-Clark ’05
Jeff and Mary Lynne Finn
Bernadette Fleming
Tom Flood
Brian and Julie Forcum
Mike and Caroline Fors
Gail Francis
Joe and Cathy Frank
John and Maria Frederiksen
Randall and Liv Freeby
Jonathon Friedman
Brad Fringer and Lynette Skinner
Yufeng Fu and Yan Zhao
Matt Fulle ’13
Giselle Furlonge
Charlie ’88 and Cindy Galante
Barbara Gardner
Beth Gardner and Mike Chandler
Mike and Jenn Gardner
Carol Garguile
Dwight and Catherine Gaston
Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle
Jim Gerard and Gure Garmendia
Patrick and Stephanie Gerding
Ghebre Ghebremedhin and Fiori Bariagabir
Jarad Gifford and MacKenzie McDowell
Bob and Michele Gilb
Ben Gillen
Leland and Amy Gipson
Lauren and Gathigi Gishuru
Terri Glaberson
Randy Gladwish and Page Crutcher
Robert Gladwish
Jackson Gode ’14
Jane and Jim Goins
Paul ’86 and Leisa Goldberg
Ananda Goldrath
Gary Goldstein and Cynthia Randall
Julie Gommi
Bert and Nellie Gonzales
Sherrie Gonzales
Michael and Linda Goodrick
Eric Goodwin
Ajay Gopal and Traci Takahashi
Cheyenne Gordon
Jim ’95 and Angela Gow
Douglas Grady
Ireta Graube
Grant and Anne Greig
Martha Grossman
Miguel Guerrero and Violeta Arroyo
Robert Guerrero and Tawnya Lehtinen
Matessa Gunter ’95
Kapil and Neetika Gupta
Kristin Gustafson and Jean Miller
Bruce and Julia Guthrie
George Haddad and Mary DePaolo Haddad
The Hajduk/Griffin Family
Mary Kate Hall
Mike Halperin and Jodi Green
Jeffrey Halpern and Sandy Widlan
Peter Ham and Susan Griesse
David and Lara Hamilton
David and Billi Hancock
Leanna Hanika
Loyal and Sheila Hanrahan
Ryan and Keli Hansen
Tom Harrington
Tyler and Lisa Hartanov
Mark and Maya Hasson
Miriam and Leonard Hasson
Natasha and Neil Hausmann
Francisco Cubias Hernandez and María Hernandez
Ed and Lisa Hewson
Nicole Higgins and Kevin Banks
Eric and Miranda Hill
Erik Hill and Malisa Phonethep
Randal and Heather Hisatomi
Brandon Hoang and Mikayla Borromeo
Austen Holman ’04 and Jared Tankel
Kelly Larkin and Dean Holmes
Julie Holstad
Mark and Carolyn Holtzen
Mark and Marcia Hoover
Leigh Hopkins and Bethany Fong
Matthew Hopperstad and Amanda Focht
Lily Hotchkiss
Danae Howe
Damien and Maria Huang
Gayle Bush and Mary Ellen Hudgins
Mindy Huffman
Rufaro and Kayla Huggins
Ernie Climenson and Karen Huh
David and Anny Hunt
Don and Alice Hunt
Lisa Hunter
Aaron and Kara Hurst
Phil and Kae Hutchison
Rob and Jaime Hwacinski
Phoebe Im ’94 and Nick Parisi
Kim Isaac
Derek and Carol Iverson
Caitlyn and Amanda Jackson-Berrios
Beverly Jacobson
Gavin and Tari Jancke
Christopher Jefferies and Pauline Downey
Ella Jeffries ’22
Louisa Jenkins and Diane Stoebe
Anna and Casey Johnson
Darryl Johnson
Donna Jordan-Taylor
Chris and Eudoxia Kagi
Aimee Kanemori
Amitab Kapur and Andrea Sparrey
Daniel and Brooke Karr
Sandy Katz
Tim Keating
Pamela Keenan Fritz
Adrauna Kelley
Tamie Kellogg
Charles and Ulla Kemman
Patrick and Kamila Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Kate and Craig Kerr
Jean and Harris Klein
Pearl Klein ’84 and Steve Campbell
Catherine Klem
Benson Klempner
Charlene and Greg Kletzly
Phillip and Nancy Knudsen
Christopher and Linda Koa
Leticia K. Chy Koa
Vaughn and Amanda Koch
Bob Kretschmar and Katherine Myers
Charlotte and Mark Krzysztopik
Shelley Kunasek
Ketan Lamba and Poonam Munshi
Tricia Lambie and Lisa Adriance
Alice Laskin and William Herland
Aaron and Amy Lavin
David Law and Kristin Stockard
Josh and Jennifer Leahy
Rachel Leavitt-Baron ’08
Hannah LeBlanc
Steve Leeds and Temme Barkin-Leeds
Steve Lemons and Barbara Trenary
Andy and Heidi Leonard
Bob and Rita Leonard
Tom Leonard and Susan Hood
Beth Levine
Nick Lew
Emily Lin and Dan Meyer
Greg Lindhorst and Zoe Barsness
Bree Linehan
Brian and Emily Locher
Tony Lockwood and Ruth Keating Lockwood
Megan Lucchesi
Erik Lundberg and Cathy Krug
Frances Lunder
Amy and Kevin MacDonald
Ripley and Kate MacDonald
Ray Mack and Paulo Gonzales
Ian and Melissa Macmillan
Greg Maddox
Terry Magnin
Emily Magnotto ’96
Lynn and Pat Major
Samuel and RaeAnn Mandell
Lolita and Jesus Manliclic
Shireen Khan and Jennie Mao
Dominique and Chad Marion
Mimi Maritz ’06 and Ben Grannan
Rebecca Marowitz ’13
Ron and Lori Marquardt
Anne Martens
Dennis and Sandra Maves
Megan McCall
Amanda McCarther
Dwayne and Miya McClain
John McCormack and Bret Hill
David and Natalie McCoy
Shavette McGhee
Mary McHugh
Brian and Anne McKenzie
Emily McKenzie
Sean and Bryce Meeker
Fernando Mendez
Tony Mestres
Lori and Eric Metcalf
Sandra Midkiff
Adam Mihlstin and Marilyn Corets
Thomas Milios
Jamie and Valerie Millar
Craig Miller and Linda Ma
Margaret Miller-Havas
Julie Ming
Chuck and Anne Mitsakos
Ilene Moe
Donna and James Moody
Marc and Barbara Moquin
Carla Okigwe and Lee Moriwaki
Tara Moss ’99 and Robert Alford
Sherif Mostafa and Shaimaa Bakr
Ellen Moyer
Alicia Mullikin
Michele ’08 and Neal Mulnick
Jo Anne Myers-Ciecko and Jim Ciecko
The Myint Family
Yolanda and John Naiden
Kit and Sally Narodick
Chuck and Carol Naspinsky
Jen and John Nelson
Jen Nichols
Dianne Nicholson
Morten and Alanna Nielsen
Nikhil and Shalini Nilakantan
Howard Nakase and Jill Nishi
Clover Norman
Kevin and Heidi Ob’bayi
Hilary and Christopher O’Dougherty
Chris and Sherry Olsen
Annalise Olson ’09 and Shane Lohnes
Stacy and Danyelle O’Neal
Kat Osler
Reid Burkland and Megan Othus
Brad and Kalisa Owens
Catherine Pacilio
Diane Panteleakos
Zarir and Tejal Pastakia
Gayle Pearl
Alex and Lindsay Pedersen
Clive and Jocelyn Peers
Braden and Megan Penhoet
Madeline and Ryan Pennington
Margy Pepper
Tom and Sarah Pereyra
Andrew and Leslie Person
Sonja Peterson
Bruce and Katy Phillips
Sin and Leah Phirakhong
Christa Pietromonaco ’00 and Eric Soelter
Blaire Piha Shainsky ’07 and Sam Shainsky
Valerie and Stan Piha
Colin Plank and Ronit Feinglass Plank
Sylvia Pollack and Molly McGee
Julian and Sarah Power
David Powers and Amy Chasanov
Sterling Ramberg and Celeste Garcia Ramberg
Paris Randall
John Rauser and Jenny Eggert
Alison Ray
Christopher and Katherine Raykovich
Allison Reddy
Melanie Reed and Ed Trumbule
Ressler Family
Kelly Rettenmier ’95
Steve Retz and Amal Al Faiz
Sam Rice
Julie Richmond
Stephanie Ries ’02
Brian and Dina Ringer
Warren and Vicki Ringer
Brock Robertson
Keith Robertson
Rae Robertson
Derek Rogers and Laura Boismenue
Mercy Rome ’95 and Canuche Terranella
Lisa Rosen
Linda Roueche
Alex Rouse
Marc and Leslie Rousso
Stephane Roy and Brenna Born
Jeremy Rudo and Rona Frimmer
Ana Ruiz Gomez
Alex Rule and Kim Edberg
Becky Rusnak
Kyle and Kyndra Russell
Konstantin and Marina Ryvkin
David and Ewa Sack
Will and Allison Sadler
Sam and Elizabeth Sakamaki
Far and Barbara Salimian
Jane and Larry Salk
Michael and Lindsay Sanders
Jose Navarrete and Virginia Santos
Barbara Sauermann and Wier Harman
Warren Maierhofer and Jiji Saunders
Kim Saxton and Bridie Saccocio
Irving Scher and Erin Harley
Jeffrey Scher
Alaina Scherer ’08
Marlyn Friedlander and Gilbert Scherer
Jane Meseck and Cathy Schick
Charles and Mitsue Schilling
Arne Schrider and Kim Chau
Erin Schwartz and Adam Johnson
Tessa Sechler
Nick and Jennifer Seibert
Chuck Sekyra
Brad and Sonya Senstra
Walter and Deborah Sepulveda
Peter and Norma Shainin
Peter and Deneen Shank
Joellen Sheehan
David and Kelly Sheppard
Glenn and Sandra Shimabukuro
Zach Silk and Edie Gilliss
Marcia Sill
Castalia Simon
Mike Skoglund and Asa Noriega
Alice Smith
Brad and Paige Smith
George and Peggy Smith
Kevin and Lana Smith
Laura and Jeremy Smith
Morgan ’90 and Shirley Smith
Mike and Sarah Smith
Scott Smith and Maria College
Lorrin and Jacqui Smith-Bates
Clayton Slominski and Margo Snow
Taka and Sybrina Soga
Sharon and George Sousa
David and Maryse Sparks
Tiffany Sparks-Keeney and Aaron Keeney
Remi Spector ’04
Doren and Alicia Spinner
Andrew and Carley Spitzer
Scott and Teresa Spraggins
Richard St. Clair
Jeanne Stevens
Eden Stewart-Eisman ’84 and Frederick Eisman
Errett Story and Kris Patton
Aaron Strauss ’03 and Samantha Casne ’01
Frances Derr-Strickland
Jake Strickland ’11
Fred and Rebecca Strong
Rebecca and Leonard Su
Chris Sudore and Megan Bassetti
Rodel Broas and Elizabeth Sumption
Doug and Alison Suttles
Jon Taylor M.Ed.
Mark and Erin Taylor
Ron and Beatrix Taylor
Judy and Peter Temes
Kenlyn Terai
Lyn Frisch and Michael Theobald
Sherry Thompson
Leah Thorpe
Craig Tomlinson
Mike Town
Drake Townes-Witzel ’03 and Tovah Perrin
Barbara Townsend
Chris Trimis
Marcus and Amy Trione
Saul Trujillo and Emma Buneci
Mike Upton and Kelly Lillis
Jessica Urbasik
Alex Uslontsev and Annya Uslontseva
Chris Vandergrift ’07
Jason Vasquez
Selvam Velmurugan and Lakshmi Nidamarthi
Thomas and Donna Verhasselt
Joe and Cat Virzi
Danielle Voytko
Kina Walker-Nisbet ’06 and Alex Nisbet
Preston Walls
Joseph N. Walter and Kathy L. Mares
Scott Warden and
Heather Brandling-Bennett
Craig and Kim Watson
James Watson
Kaitlin Webster
Daniel Weiner
Aaron and Michele Weingeist
Carol Weingeist
Chuck and Anna Marie Wellman
Doug MacBain and Kristin Wennberg
Danielle Weyer
Melissa and Richard White
Kathleen Whitson and Nick Wiley
Chuck and Kris Wilk
Kathryn Williams
Jacob and Jessica Winkler
Jim Winton and Linda Park
Reggie Witherspoon
Tabata and Garth Wojtanowicz
Randy and Karen Woo
Anna Woodard
Vickie Wu
Merrily Wyman
Camilla Yamada
Blake Pedersen and Amy Yamamoto
Tomi and Grace Yang
Omer Gemeda and Sofia Yishak
Rachel and Martell Zabalza-Winn
Kim Zabelle
Melanie Zahn
Annika ZumBrunnen ’99
Craig ZumBrunnen
Liza Zurlinden and Pradeep Suri
Grandparents
Thank you to our SAAS
Grandparents for Supporting
Impact:SAAS, the Annual Fund.
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (9)
George and Barbara Akers
Julie and Lowell Alford
Bernie Alonzo
Joan S. and Danford M. Baker
Beverly and William Bartscher
Nan Borod
Ron Borod
Susan Borwick
Nancy L. Brown
Janice Buesing
Ruth and Alan Bunin
Lloyd and Diane Burchett
Nancy and Brian Burt
Bob and Suzy Butterworth
Rosemary Carlton
David and Helen Cashman
Ted and Connie Chandler
Bill Chasanov
Steve Clarke
Michael and Elaine Clayman
Chris Cluett
Tabby Cochran
Wilfred and Suzanne Connell
Charles and Pamela Cook
Barbara and James Crutcher
Phil and Barb Cutler
Ann and Andy Devereaux
Greg and Beverly DiMartino
Chris and Jerry Doerr
James and Mary Dunnam
Emily Ericsen and Richard Martens
Barbara and Jeff Farber
Charles Faucher and Pamela Worden
George and Ann Fisher
Joe and Cathy Frank
Barbara Gardner
Carol Garguile
Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle
David and Melinda Gladstone
Robert Gladwish
Jane and Jim Goins
Bert and Nellie Gonzales
Michael and Linda Goodrick
Ireta Graube
Martha Grossman
David and Billi Hancock
John and Maureen Harley
Miriam and Leonard Hasson
Andrew G. and Delney Hilen
Gayle Bush and Mary Ellen Hudgins
Don and Alice Hunt
Derek and Carol Iverson
Beverly Jacobson
Sandy Katz
Tim Keating
Charles and Ulla Kemman
Tom Kennedy
Jean and Harris Klein
Benson Klempner
Leticia K. Chy Koa
Bob Kretschmar and Katherine Myers
Bob and Janet Lackman
Steve Leeds and Temme Barkin-Leeds
Bob and Rita Leonard
Steve Lewis
Jim and Christina Lockwood
Greg Maddox
Terry Magnin
Lynn and Pat Major
Samuel and RaeAnn Mandell
Lolita and Jesus Manliclic
Bob and Cindy Masin
Dennis and Sandra Maves
Mary McHugh
Brian and Anne McKenzie
Mary McSherry
Thomas Milios
Margaret Miller-Havas
Ilene Moe
Donna and James Moody
Carla Okigwe and Lee Moriwaki
Ellen Moyer
Jo Anne Myers-Ciecko and Jim Ciecko
Yolanda and John Naiden
Kit and Sally Narodick
Chuck and Carol Naspinsky
Charles Nelson
Dianne Nicholson
Robert and Judy Patton
Ed and Camille Penhoet
Bruce and Katy Phillips
Mary Pigott
Sylvia Pollack and Molly McGee
Linda Pollart-Person
Warren and Vicki Ringer
Brock Robertson
Rae Robertson
Stan and Michele Rosen
Linda Roueche
Reed and Jane Rubin
Jane and Larry Salk
Charles and Mitsue Schilling
Peter and Norma Shainin
Joellen Sheehan
Glenn and Sandra Shimabukuro
Marcia Sill
George and Peggy Smith
Sharon and George Sousa
Richard St. Clair
Jerry and Darlene Stanton
Charlie and Daneen Stiefel
Frances Derr-Strickland
Art and Elaine Thompson
Sherry Thompson
Barbara Townsend
Bill and Patricia Weier
Carol Weingeist
Chuck and Anna Marie Wellman
Tomi and Grace Yang
Faculty & Staff
Thank you to our SAAS Faculty & Staff for Supporting Impact:SAAS, the Annual Fund.
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (32)
Dawn Abbott
Chelsea Adrada
Erin Aitchison ’98
Preston Albertine
Doug Ambach
Paula Anker
Kristel Arnott
Amanda Baker
Adrienne Banks
Tess Barton ’19
Max Bayern
Achijah Berry ’10
Martin Brakke
Josh Brown
Acerrador-Brown Family
Julia Buck
Jeff Budke
Tamara Bunnell
George Burpee
Freddy Carley ’04
Teddy Carpenter
Hannah Chapin
Robin Charles
“I’m really thrilled that my grandkids are here at SAAS. The students came first when I was President of the Board, and that philosophy has continued down through the core of the leadership and vision for the future”
– Mary Dunnam, Honorary Trustee, Alumni Parent and Grandparent
Dorothy Chen
Michael Cimino
Jess Claesson
Peter J. Clark
Stacie Cone
Catherine Confehr
Giselle Confehr
Jonathan Corcoran
Rosalie Corrigan
Ginnie Crawford
Michael Cruz
Emily Cuadra
Long Dam
Robert Dean
Catherine Ezzo
Willy Felton
Tom Flood
Gail Francis
Jonathon Friedman
Giselle Furlonge
Jarad Gifford
Ben Gillen
Julie Gommi
Cheyenne Gordon
The Hajduk/Griffin Family
Mary Kate Hall
Leanna Hanika
Sheila Hanrahan
Tom Harrington
Tyler Hartanov
Nicole Higgins
Brandon Hoang
Julie Holstad
Mark Hoover
Leigh Hopkins
Lily Hotchkiss
Danae Howe
Caitlyn Jackson-Berrios
Anna Johnson
Darryl Johnson
Todd Johnson
Donna Jordan-Taylor
Aimee Kanemori
Kate Kerr
Catherine Klem
Charlotte Krzysztopik
Shelley Kunasek
Alice Laskin
Rachel Leavitt-Baron ’08
Hannah LeBlanc
Nick Lew
Emily Lin
Bree Linehan
Brian Locher
Megan Lucchesi
Frances Lunder
Ray Mack
Megan McCall
Amanda McCarther
Shavette McGhee
Lori Metcalf
Sandra Midkiff
Marc Moquin
Alicia Mullikin
Jen Nelson
Jen Nichols
Clover Norman
Hilary O’Dougherty
Annalise Olson ’09
Catherine Pacilio
Madeline Pennington
Sonja Peterson
Rob Phillips
Blaire Piha Shainsky ’07
Paris Randall
Alison Ray
Allison and Sean Reddy
Melanie Reed
Kelly Rettenmier ’95
Steve Retz
Sam Rice
Derek Rogers
Alex Rouse
Ana Ruiz Gomez
Cathy Schick
Erin Schwartz
Tessa Sechler
Chuck Sekyra
Alice Smith
Laura Smith
Sarah Smith
Andrew Spitzer
Jeanne Stevens
Fred Strong
Jon Taylor M.Ed.
Mark Taylor
Judy Temes
Craig Tomlinson
Chris Trimis
Jessica Urbasik
Jason Vasquez
Danielle Voytko
James Watson
Kaitlin Webster
Vickie Wu
Rachel Zabalza-Winn
Kim Zabelle
Melanie Zahn
Alumni Parents
Thank you to our SAAS Alumni
Parents for Supporting Impact:SAAS, the Annual Fund.
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (24)
Kelvin and Mary Agard
Ken and Marleen Alhadeff
Doug and Kirsten Ambach
Mike and Tracy Arntz
Shane Atchison
Monica Bailey
Andy and Kim Baker
Lee and Diane Barnes
Tom and Kat Barton
Joe and Kristie Berg
Bob Bernstein and Julie Ellner
Eric and Jennifer Best
Steve and Julie Bishop
Allan and Tamar Boden
Luis Bowden
Jay Brodmerkel and Deena McCloskey
Marc Brown and Julie McCleery
Duff and Amy Bryant
Ed Bulchis and Theresa Gallant
Bruce and Debbie Cady
Mark and Erin Callaghan
Richard Campbell and Michele Englehart
Phil and Jennie Carter
Alexa Carver and Michael Cunningham
John and Heather Cashman
Josh Caspers and Carolyn Hanson
Michael Cimino and Mary Clara Horrigan
Chris and Trisa Clemons
Peter and Annemarie Colino
Jason and Lisa Colton
Rand and Erin Conger
MC Connolly
Michael and Melanie Crowson
David Cutler and Laila Elias
Yakov and Marina Davydov
Kate Dee
Jim and Laura Donald
Jeff Dossett and Jessica Shapiro
James and Mary Dunnam
Nick and Julie Eitel
Chris and Kristine Eng
Paul and Nancy Etsekson
Nathan and Lisa Every
Louise Liu and Robert Ferguson
Tom Flood
Barry and JoAnn Forman
Jamie and Kirsten Frits
Yufeng Fu and Yan Zhao
Dwight and Catherine Gaston
Bob and Michele Gilb
Randy Gladwish and Page Crutcher
Grossman-Glover Family
Paul ’86 and Leisa Goldberg
Sherrie Gonzales
Doug Greene and Barb Manning
Robert Guerrero and Tawnya Lehtinen
Mike Halperin and Jodi Green
Peter Ham and Susan Griesse
David and Lara Hamilton
Loyal and Sheila Hanrahan
Anders and Liz Hejlsberg
Josh and Renee Herst
Peter Heymann and Nicole Piasecki
Sam and Hwashing Heyworth
Will and Melissa Holmes
Mark and Marcia Hoover
Lily Hotchkiss
Gayle Bush and Mary Ellen Hudgins
Aaron and Kara Hurst
Phil and Kae Hutchison
Gavin and Tari Jancke
Howard and Talya Jeffries
Todd and Marian Johnson
Jon and Gretchen Jones
Rami and Susan Karjian
Tamie Kellogg
Patrick and Kamila Kennedy
Steve Kessel and Sibyl Frankenburg
Phillip and Nancy Knudsen
Irving and Ann Kwong
Mark Le Roy
Toan Le and Linh Dam
David and Karen Leeds
Craig and Rhonda Lewis
Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Lindsey
Erik Lundberg and Cathy Krug
Shireen Khan and Jennie Mao
Tom and Cricket Markl
Megan McCall
Mike and Kelli McSherry
Tony Mestres
Lori and Eric Metcalf
Adam Mihlstin and Marilyn Corets
Jamie and Valerie Millar
Matt and Anna Moore
The Myint Family
Michael Cockrill and Tracy Newman
Chris and Sherry Olsen
John and Jean Orvis
Kat Osler
Diane Panteleakos
Parama Paramasivam and Jaisri Gangadharan
Gayle Pearl
Braden and Megan Penhoet
Margy Pepper
Valerie and Stan Piha
Tina Podlodowski and Barcy Fisher
Chris Pratley and Seiko Kobayashi
Aaron and Heather Price
Eric and Deirdre Quarnstrom
Jeff and Tricia Raikes
Sterling Ramberg and Celeste Garcia Ramberg
David and Laura Richardson
Julie Richmond
Brian and Dina Ringer
Rae Robertson
Paul and Heather Rock
Stan and Michele Rosen
Bill and Jeannie Ruckelshaus
Jeremy Rudo and Rona Frimmer
Will and Allison Sadler
Marlyn Friedlander and Gilbert Scherer
Jane Meseck and Cathy Schick
David and Kelly Sheppard
Karl and Stacie Siebrecht
Mike Skoglund and Asa Noriega
Scott Smith and Maria College
David and Maryse Sparks
Peregrin Spielholz and Anneliese Schleyer
Errett Story and Kris Patton
Rebecca and Leonard Su
Joe Tappan and Emily Forster
John Teutsch and Mary Foster
Lyn Frisch and Michael Theobald
Brad Thompson and Susie McDonald
Mike Upton and Kelly Lillis
Ann Collier and Jim Vandergrift
Greg Vernoy and Jolie Backer
Joseph N. Walter and Kathy L. Mares
Kimberly Watson and Glenn Draper
The Tiedemann Way Family
Doug MacBain and Kristin Wennberg
Danielle Weyer
Alan White
Julia White
Melissa and Richard White
Bill and Diane Whitfield
Kathleen Whitson and Nick Wiley
Chuck and Kris Wilk
Kathryn Williams
Peter and Cha Williams
Alec Williamson
Jim Winton and Linda Park
Tracy Wong and Jennifer Leatherman Wong
Randy and Karen Woo
Martha Wyckoff and Jerry Tone
Susie Wyckoff
Tom Young and Liz Dryfoos
Craig ZumBrunnen
Alumni
Thank you to our SAAS Alumni for Supporting Impact:SAAS, the Annual Fund.
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (8)
Erin Aitchison ’98
Peter Alexieff ’12
Tess Barton ’19
Cam Barwick ’11
Alana Bell ’03
Achijah Berry ’10
Jacob Byrne ’03
Freddy ’04 and Jess ’04 Carley
Eric Claesson ’00
Matthew Dawson ’09
Bart Eland ’09
Adrian Fiala-Clark ’05
Ashley Folkestad ’02
Matt Fulle ’13
Charlie Galante ’88
Jackson Gode ’14
Paul Goldberg ’86
Jim Gow ’95
Matessa Gunter ’95
Austen Holman ’04
Phoebe Im ’94
Ella Jeffries ’22
Pearl Klein ’84
Rachel Leavitt-Baron ’08
Emily Magnotto ’96
Mimi Maritz ’06
Matt Markl ’97
Rebecca Marowitz ’13
Tara Moss ’99
Michele Mulnick ’08
Annalise Olson ’09
Brian Oseran ’96
Christa Pietromonaco ’00
Blaire Piha Shainsky ’07
Nanda Prabhakar ’95
Kelly Rettenmier ’95
Stephanie Ries ’02
Mercy Rome ’95
Alaina Scherer ’08
Josh Sloan ’10
Morgan Smith ’90
Remi Spector ’04
Eden Stewart-Eisman ’84
Aaron Strauss ’03 and Samantha Casne ’01
Jake Strickland ’11
Drake Townes-Witzel ’03
Chris Vandergrift ’07
Kina Walker-Nisbet ’06
Annika ZumBrunnen ’99
Contributions this year were made in honor of the following:
Hunter Ackerley ’24 and Ashley Ackerley ’27
Layla Anastas-Colburn ’27
Ben ’28 and Will ’30 Baker
Brad S. Beck
Phillip Berry ’06 and Achijah Berry ’10
Paisley ’24 and Haven ’26 Bigatel
Elise Buchmann
Macey Buesing ’30
Laura Bulchis ’01
Gabriela Bunin ’26 and SAAS Volleyball
Leila Carter ’24
Michael Cimino
Peter Clark
Jack Cluett ’29
Nash Cochran ’27
Charles Constable ’27
Safra Crawford ’27
V ’24 and Lily ’27 Curran
Chase ’27 and Tanner ’27 Davidson
Kenji ’27 and Cash ’29 Dodobara
Eva Friedman ’27
Gudeta Gardner ’27
Marcus Giacobbe ’24
Ila Giblin ’24
Sydney Glaberson ’24
Thatcher Gladwish ’26
Cora Grossman-Glover ’26
Leander Guthrie ’28
Patrick Haid ’15 and Caleigh Haid ’18
Simon Hajduk ’27
Siena Hasson ’28
Natasha Higgins ’00
Mark Hoover
Goldie Lackman ’28
Rory Leonard ’24
Izabella ’28 and Elijah ’27 Litvak
Dylan A Loomis ’93 and Summer Loomis ’95
Maddie Maves ’27
Mason McIlwain ’21
Melinda Mueller
Michele Etsekson Mulnick ’08
Niall O’Dowd ’12
Kate Pedersen ’27
Michael Patrick Pietromonaco ’94
Hersh Powers ’24
Alison Ray
Steve Retz
Reid Rogers
SAAS Teachers
SAAS faculty and artists for the Temple De Hirsch Sinai mural
SAAS Learning Support Team
Mia Sakamoto ’18
Avery Salk ’30
Ben ’27 and Eli ’29 Scher
Maggie Schiltz ’23
Camilla Sherrod ’25
Cora Silver ’30
Freddie ’24 and Harry ’26 Slade
Sarah Smith
Liam St. Clair ’24
Sienna ’24 and Tyler ’25 Stiefel
Stella ’26 and Derek ’28 Torres
Contributions this year were made in memory of the following:
Valentina and Inocencio Acerrador
Ruth Ball
Don and Priscilla Erickson
Brendan Fox ’95
Willoughby Greenwood
Allan T. Griffin
Karen Hagen
Wier Harman
Paul Havas
Eli Hill ’21
Prof. and Mrs. Chee Shin Ho
Jemae Hoffman
Marilyn and Dennis Holtzen
Jayne Stefani Keating
Otto Paul Kuster
Zia Larson ’07
Lisa Lewis
Rufus Jess and June Rose Maddox
Teresa and Cesare Manetti
Jeff Meyer
Jack O’Connell
Michael Pellizzon
Jim Rupp
Sara Schottenstein
Shams
Sandra Walters
2023-24 Annual Fund Matching Gift Donors
Adobe Ameriprise Apple
Bank of America
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BlackRock
Cascade Asset Management
Delta Dental
Expedia
F5
Fox Corp
Gen Digital GoDaddy
Joshua Green Foundation
Key Foundation Labcorp
Microsoft
Nordstrom
PSE Foundation
Roblox
SalesForce
Sinclair Broadcasting
SiriusXM
Splunk
Starbucks
T-Mobile
United Health Group
Warner Bros.
Workday
ZGF Architects
2023-24 In-Kind Donors
Anonymous Friend of Seattle Academy
Doug and Kirsten Ambach
Mike and Tracy Arntz
Valerie and Spencer Dillard
Charlie ’88 and Cindy Galante
Dorian Glasgow-Bell and William Bell
Philip and Robyn Grad
Keiko Koizumi
Jonathan Lee
Sara Manetti and Jed Gorden
Anne Martens
Jon Nolz and Cathy Davidson
Pete and Brandy Nordstrom
Tracy Paul
Josh Schroeter and Lisa Kartiganer
Nick and Jennifer Seibert
Rich and Nancy Senseney
Alex Wang and Phyllis Tu
SMART Technologies
EXPLORING VALUE
INSIGHTS FROM THE $2 CHALLENGE IN ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
Innovations classes comprise a significant component of our Upper School required curriculum. This curriculum includes classes such as Entrepreneurship and Design, Computational Thinking, and Financial Literacy. These courses cultivate real-world problem-solving abilities and equip students with the skills needed to thrive and contribute in a rapidly evolving world. Seattle Academy was one of the first schools in the Seattle area to introduce Innovations courses, starting with a single course back in 2018. Recognizing the importance of equipping our students with skills aligned with the “prepared for life” aspect of the SAAS Mission, we incorporated innovative thinking into our curriculum.
In the Entrepreneurial Leadership class at SAAS, Upper School Innovations Teacher
Sydney Parno challenges her students to define value through the $2 Challenge. This project tasks students with growing the value of $2 in creative and legal ways, culminating in presentations that showcase their efforts and evolving definitions of value.
“At the start of the project, I give them $2 in cash as a symbolic representation. The idea is to grow its value and then compare their definitions of value at the end,” explains Sydney.
Sydney took over the class from Mariah Gentry, a former faculty member and SAAS alum, who initiated the $2 Challenge. The project allows students to develop global citizenship awareness through research in business, leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and bias awareness.
One memorable story involves a student who supposedly traded their way up to a boat. More typical projects include trading items or starting small businesses. Sophomores Gabriela Bunin and Marina Seigel found the project particularly enlightening. Marina discovered value through trade and negotiation, while Gabby applied her earnings towards a meaningful experience with friends.
“I learned to think ahead before making trades and understood that value isn’t just about money but experiences and personal growth,” says Marina.
Sydney aims for students to learn about themselves, take safe risks, and grow. “A lot of this class is about helping students become really good people,” she emphasizes.
The $2 Challenge not only teaches entrepreneurial skills but also pushes students out of their comfort zones, encouraging them to engage with others and apply their strengths to overcome challenges.
Innovations courses are critical for students, says Innovations Department Chair Tyler Hartnov. “Innovations classes equip students to meet challenges with empathy, creativity, and critical thinking — essential tools in preparing kids for life!”
“Entrepreneurial Leadership was a great class for me,” reflects Marina. “It helped me look at my strengths and use those experiences to tackle weaknesses.”
SAAS BY
THE NUMBERS
1,172
Students | 387 Middle School | 785 Upper School
261 Students received $11.1 Million in Financial Aid
24% of Students receive Financial Aid
44%
Students of color
87 Different colleges will be attended by the Class of 2024
STUDENT ENGINEERING: AN NNOVATIVE
RC SEARCH AND RESCUE PROJECT
Silas Lockwood ’24 injured his knee skiing and while recovering in a cast, he decided he wanted to build an RC (radio-controlled) fixed-wing airplane for backcountry search and rescue. Silas dove into the world of Independent Study with Robotics Director Gerald Elliott, and last fall, he began the construction of the plane. Silas fabricated using his home shop while also attending robotics practices after school for machining and materials. He created a custom foam cutting tool, soldered all of his components, and by the end of the trimester, he had a prototype that he tested and worked on throughout the winter trimester. In an attempt to set his prototype apart, Silas sat down with search and rescue professionals to research what those folks in the field need and how his airplane could best serve them. Silas flew his glider in the Cascade Mountains recently and then presented what he had learned about aeronautical engineering to his family, teachers, and friends.
The Independent Study program allows students to delve into their interests beyond the traditional classroom setting. Students must research and pitch their ideas to their teachers, ensuring it aligns
with their academic schedules. Once approved, they spend a trimester dedicated to exploring their chosen topic. At the end of the trimester, students present their findings to their peers and younger students, showcasing their learning and discoveries.
In 2023-24, students successfully completed independent studies in robotics, chemistry, biology, and conservation.
SAAS IN THE CITY
With 900 guests, including current, new, and incoming parents, alumni, grandparents, trustees, honorary trustees, SAAS faculty and staff, friends of SAAS, and over 140 student performers, SAAS in the City 2024 was a wonderful night to come together and a testament to the power of our community. We had record-breaking attendance and collectively raised a record-breaking $1.4 million for SAAS’s Financial Aid program, in a brand new venue, the Summit Building at the Seattle Convention Center.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SAAS IN THE CITY 2024
$41,000+
Anonymous Friend of Seattle Academy
Derek and Jessica Crain
Mark Vadon and Allison Barnes Vadon
$33,000-$40,999
Howard and Lynn Behar
Tim Burrell and Claudia Hung
$15,000-$32,999
Loren and Joelle Alhadeff
Brian Bozlinski and Lori Call
Spencer Curtis and Kris Hoehler
Jeni Ellison and Ryan Webb
Praerit and Kavita Garg
Stone and Vivien Gossard
Scott and Susanne Guthrie
Jon and Naomi Newman
Chris Pratley and Seiko Kobayashi
Stan and Michele Rosen
Mattie Vadon
Glenn Draper and Kimberly Watson
$10,000-$14,999
Tom and Kat Barton
Jake Byrne ’03 and Kate Miller
Greg and Erin Coomer
Stephen and Suzanne Dispensa
Nathan Goldberg and Mimi Rosen
Dan and Molly Goldman
Charles Gust
Anders and Liz Hejlsberg
Sarah Imbach and Andy Nowka
Jeff and Karina Kunins
Jason and Amy Limp
Jeannie and Bruce Nordstrom
Brian Oseran ’96
Jake Oshins and Anne Phillips
Brian Pepin and Danna Redmond
Bill and Teresa Predmore
CB and Amy Shamah
Jonathan Tinter and Kelly Cole
Mark VanAntwerp
Chad Walters and Nicole Bettinger
Jeff and Steph Yurcisin
$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous Friend of Seattle Academy (2)
Ted and Dani Ackerley
Tim and Wendy Besse
Eric and Jennifer Best
Bruce and Debbie Cady
John and Heather Cashman
Herman Chiang and Heather Dystrup-Chiang
Eric and Samantha Doerr
Denis and Angela Gaynor
Rob Glaser
Marita Graube and Dean Stevens
Doug Greene and Barb Manning
Martinique and Eliot Grigg
Brian and Emilie Hansen
Eddie Hartman and Risha Henry
Jen and Chris Howe
Will and Beth Ketcham
David and Karen Leeds
Michael and Andrea Leone
John and Kristan McCaskey
John and Tamiko Miyano
John Morris and Lyla Ross
Pete and Brandy Nordstrom
Parama Paramasivam and Jaisri Gangadharan
Loryn Peterson
Bill Powell and Eric Candell
Chad and Jennifer Reibman
Cory Shelest and Emily Gable
Vithal Shirodkar and Pallavi Goray Shirodkar
Jonah Sterling ’90 and Tiffany Moore Sterling
Ryan and April Sturgell
Matt and Kirsty Taddy
Antonio Tartaglione and Jennifer Cue
Kevin and Cindi Tigges
Steve Bailey and Zz Wu
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous Friend of Seattle Academy
Dave Barth and Christine Perez
Daniel and Annette Becker
Eric and Fiona Blank
David and Lacey Byers
Jay and Kendall Cammermeyer
Brent and Leslie Curran
Matt Echohawk-Hayashi and Colleen Echohawk
Sabrina and Brett Endres
Jack Forman and Ellen Cottrell
Charlie ’88 and Cindy Galante
Brad Gandt and Mandy Risley Gandt
Sean Rooney and Annick Garcia
Antonio and Gail Giacobbe
Jay and Tonia Goyal
Regina Hall and Ada Healey
Steven and Jaimie Han
Matt and Tezza Herrmann
Jim Bob Hume and Yasemin Oktay
Jonathan and Amanda Hurliman
Aaron and Kara Hurst
Howard and Talya Jeffries
Ranjit Kapila and Miho Nasu
Josh Kornfeld and Maria Phillips
David Landau and Tanya Brunner
Ahmed Mokhtar and Julie Williamson
Matt and Anna Moore
Murat Ozturan and Asli Aker
Justin Pallari and Becky Frank
Tom and Kate Peters
Darryl and Caroline Rawlings
Norm and Constance Rice
Jeff and Amy Roberts
Matt and Amanda Rosauer
Stephane Roy and Brenna Born
Justin and Kirsten Saint Clair
Matt and Ruth Sanford
Rahul Shendure and Erika Schroeder
Steve Springer and Katie Kramer
David and Megan Stolber
Bryan and Julie Syrdal
Andy and Megan Tay
Ihsan Al-Shorafa and Kelsey Voss
Chris and Kari Walker
“I can’t tell you how amazing it feels to belong to a community that cares so much about financial aid. That money we raised will directly change lives. I can’t stress that enough — you are changing the trajectory of someone’s life and enriching the diversity of our school. Thank you for believing in our students, and thank you for believing in our school community!”
— Shavette McGhee, Assistant Head of School for Student Experience
Rhea and Janet Wallace
James and Heather Weimann
Bill and Diane Whitfield
Merrily Wyman
Greg Yen
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (2)
Tom and Shelby Aura
Matt Ayers and Karrie Sullivan
Patricia Ayers
Jeff Babienko
Andy and Kim Baker
Jim Bartscher and Marisa Dahlman
Maneesh Batra and Kelly Evans
Greg Bear and Molly Kertzer
Greg and Cari Benn
Manny and Mary Blits
Susan Brown
Brian and Eileen Buesing
Sean and Julie Burrow
David and Rebecca Butman
Min-Hwa Cheng Kennard
Guang-Shing Cheng and John Liao
David and Monica Chin
Peter Clark and Kristi Straus
Steve Clarke
John Hart and Kerry Clayman
Jason and Lisa Colton
Chris and Evelyn Daniels
The David Family
Misha Davidov ’05 and Tendency Narciso
Eric and Katrina Frank
Dorian Glasgow-Bell and William Bell
Heather Greenlee and Robert Kaplan
Grant and Anne Greig
Lea and Larry Hamlin
Todd Hargrove and Jemila Dwyer
John and Maureen Harley
Chris and Sue Haslam
Brian and Mary Hatch
Sam and Hwashing Heyworth
Austen Holman ’04 and Jared Tankel
Mark Iverson and Allison Capen
Brian and Cindy Jaffe
Patrick and Sara Javid
Peter Finkelman and Carly Kaufman
Shehryar Khan and Naureen Ali
Matthew and Grace Kline
Kayti Knudsen and Austin Beierle
Tricia Lambie and Lisa Adriance
Sim Larkin and Brenda Spoonemore
Richard Lawrence and Jane Yang
Aaron and Mary Lieberman
Michelle and Ken Lo
Eric and Karen Lonergan
Bill and Brianna Mahoney
Sara Manetti and Jed Gorden
Ashley McClelland
Nate and Stephanie McLemore
Adam and Aimee McNae
Ian and Lisa Morris
Morten and Alanna Nielsen
Nikhil and Shalini Nilakantan
Kevin and Heidi Ob’bayi
Jaja Okigwe and Tere Carral
Brad and Kalisa Owens
Rob Phillips and Jen Bandy-Phillips
Christopher and Katherine Raykovich
Ross and Judy Rettenmier
Kirby and Jeni Reynolds
Sunnie and Joseph Rosales
Leslie Rosen
Konstantin and Marina Ryvkin
Alex and Chelsea Samano
Lee and Holly Schindler
Jeremy and Lika Seigel
Kyle and Elena Shephard
David and Kelly Sheppard
Anthony Shoecraft and Kim Hardy
Brett Muzzey and Kate Sigafoos
Darren and Charlotte Simmonds
Brad and Paige Smith
Mitchell Smith and Evette Gee
Nat Smith and Jeff Hancock
Matthew and Audrey Sousa
Peregrin Spielholz and Anneliese Schleyer
Ben and Karin Straley
Joe Tappan and Emily Forster
Mike and Melinda Torres
Garett and Brooke Vail
Stu and Becky Voboril
Kina Walker-Nisbet ’06 and Alex Nisbet
Bill Way and Erica Tiedemann
Nick Wiley and Kathleen Whitson
Ken and Mimi Worzel
Charles and Marni Wright
Rebecca Yarmuth and Rob Coppolillo
$500-$999
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (3)
Doug and Kirsten Ambach
Steve and Regina Ball
Halsey Bell and Liz Gorton
Rosemary Carlton
Chris and Trisa Clemons
Susan and Mark Cohn
Giselle Confehr and Kim Sarnecki
Jeff Dossett and Jessica Shapiro
Sarah Dumke
Adam Edwards and Carla Saulter
Eric and Jennie Fox
John and Maria Frederiksen
Gary Goldstein and Cynthia Randall
Jason Naiden and Yomara Gomez-Naiden
Ajay Gopal and Traci Takahashi
Todd and Marian Johnson
Rami and Susan Karjian
Patrick and Kamila Kennedy
Tom Leonard and Susan Hood
Craig and Rhonda Lewis
Yiheng Li and Kiki Jiang
Jamie and Liana McCabe
Pat and Nina McKay
Sandra Midkiff
Russ and Raven Morgan
Mark Murray and Melinda Williams
Mike and Erane Myint
Howard Nakase and Jill Nishi
Jeffrey Tseng and Oksana Nyshta
Stacy and Danyelle O’Neal
Julian and Sarah Power
David Powers and Amy Chasanov
Driscoll and Annie Robbins
Marc and Leslie Rousso
Dan and Amy Royalty
Josh and Chihana Schiffer
Mark and Liz Schiltz
Scott and Laura Siebers
Scott Smith and Maria College
Taka and Sybrina Soga
Ine Tola
Alex Wang and Phyllis Tu
Roy Wilson and Naomi Menahem
Bob Zeinemann and Rachael Wyman
$1-$499
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (12)
Aleen Adams
Chelsea Adrada
Kelvin and Mary Agard
Seth Pollack and Anna Alonzo
Dereje Befekadu and Selam Asayehegn
Achijah Berry ’10 and Quinn Grisham
Andy and Rhonda Bethurum
Jonathan and Sarah Borgida
Costas Boulis and Zefi Athanasiou
Quinne ’10 and Mark Brazinski
Hal and Regina Brown
Kathleen Caldwell
Gray and Jess Calhoun
Mark and Erin Callaghan
David Campbell ’86 and Jill Hangen
Nate and Vivian Cluett
Michael Wann and Laura Coffey
Travis Colburn and Freya Wormus
Pete and Lara Constable
Stephanie Cooper and Rachael Crickman
Matt and Alex Cramer
Udayan Deshpande and Ramnika Jain
Heather and Scott Emery
Matt Witcher and Rebecca Engelberg
Barry Alavi and Shabnam Erfani
Paul and Nancy Etsekson
Roberto Figueroa
Will and Sabine Friedman
Giselle Furlonge
Ghebre Ghebremedhin and Fiori Bariagabir
Alex Glover and Kate Grossman
Jake and Kendra Goldbas
Sherrie Gonzales
Kapil and Neetika Gupta
Jeffrey Halpern and Sandy Widlan
Jeremy and Amanda Hardiman
Mark and Maya Hasson
Bob and Marilyn Henry
Francisco Cubias Hernandez and María Hernandez
Nicole Higgins and Kevin Banks
David and Anny Hunt
JAS Design Build
Aimee Kanemori
James and Kimberly Lovelace
Shireen Khan and Jennie Mao
Heladio Moreno and Magdalena Hernandez
Tara Moss ’99 and Robert Alford
Jen and John Nelson
Erin Papworth
Blaire Piha Shainsky ’07 and Sam Shainsky
Jessica Piha-Grafstein
Mian Rice and Tanya Smith
Brian and Dina Ringer
Lis Rohrbach ’02
Yurij Rudensky ’03
Barbara Sauermann
Kim Saxton and Bridie Saccocio
Gilbert Scherer and Marlyn Friedlander
Verneta Seaton
Peter and Deneen Shank
Peggy and Gary Shortt
Randy and Adri Silver
Lorrin and Jacqui Smith-Bates
Kim Smith
Fred and Rebecca Strong
Sydney Swonigan ’09
John Theiler ’09
Ralph and Rebecca Thomas
Michael Castro and Jennifer Umagat
Aaron and Michele Weingeist
Toby and Jane Whitmoyer
Ryan and Sara Wiita
Liza Zurlinden and Pradeep Suri
2023-24 SAAS IN THE CITY SPONSORS
Diamond Sponsors
Mindful Therapy Group
Platinum Sponsors
Aircare International
Gold Sponsors
BNBuilders
JAM Branding
The Seneca Real Estate Group, Inc.
Spectrum Dermatology
Silver Sponsors
AirReps, LLC
Krekow Jennings
Bronze Sponsors
A&A Limousine & Bus Service
Bench Dog Architects
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware
Copper Sponsors
Kamila Kennedy Homes LLC
Renew Physical Therapy
SAGE DINING SERVICES, INC
Supporting SAAS in the City and financial aid allows students to have experiences at SAAS that they might not otherwise be able to enjoy. Through financial aid, students can attend SAAS and take advantage of the many opportunities that we have on campus. Allison Reddy, SAAS Division Leadership
SAAS IN THE CITY IN-KIND DONORS
BNBuilders
Brent and Leslie Curran
MariPili Tapas Bar
Greg Johnson and Annie Rihnsmith
Spinasse
Sun Mountain Lodge
SAAS in the City Ticket Packages
Anonymous Friend of SAAS
Dorian Glasgow-Bell and William Bell
Greg and Erin Coomer
Kimberly Watson and Glenn Draper
Gilbert Scherer and Marlyn Friedlander
Rami and Susan Karjian
Clive and Erin Lea
Mark and Megan McNeilly
Mike and Kelli McSherry
Jake Byrne ’03 and Kate Miller
Pete and Brandy Nordstrom
Becky Frank and Justin Pallari
Sean and Stephanie Scott
CB and Amy Shamah
Mike and Megan Slade
John and Kim Stone
The Tiedemann Way Family
Kevin and Cindi Tigges
Bill and Diane Whitfield
SAAS in the City Faculty/ Staff Ticket Underwriters
Matt Ayers and Karrie Sullivan
Bruce and Debbie Cady
Michael and Melanie Crowson
Spencer Curtis and Kris Hoehler
Mark Iverson and Allison Capen
David and Kathrin Jackson
Tom Laramee
Tom Leonard and Susan Hood
Mark Murray and Melinda Williams
Howard Nakase and Jill Nishi
SAAS IN THE CITY MATCHING GIFTS
Alaska Airlines
Apple
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Boeing
Cascade Asset Management
Microsoft
Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Salesforce
SiriusXM
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
UBS
We are deeply grateful for contributions made this year toward the construction of a new South Park Community Center and field. This initiative will provide valuable greenspace and a state-of-the-art outdoor sports field for South Park residents, as well as providing much-needed athletic fields to be used by SAAS students.
2023-24 South Park Project Donors
Norcliffe Foundation
Martha Wyckoff and Jerry Tone
We are grateful for the many donors who supported SAAS Rising: A Campaign for Campus Transformation, our $35 million capital campaign effort to unite the Middle and Upper Schools on the 12th Ave Block with the construction of the Cardinal Union Building and the STREAM building.
SAAS Rising
Sun Yang and SoYoung Kwon
HOME OF THE UPPER SCHOOL
“A new Upper School and a cohesive campus will be transformative for SAAS because of the connections and community that it will build, the relevant programmatic opportunities that it will unlock for students and faculty, and the innovative and future-focused thinking that it will encourage.”
— Rob Phillips, Head of School
BUILD BOLD
Seattle Academy is grateful for the donors listed below for their leadership in supporting the Home of the Upper School project, which will unite students and faculty together on one city block and complete our vision for a unified campus. Investing in a community-centric campus with a hub for our Upper School programs will unlock opportunities for SAAS students and faculty across all grades and departments to realize our mission for future generations.
BUILD BOLD Donors (as of June 30, 2024)
Anonymous Friends of Seattle Academy (11)
Ramin Achak and Deb Simard-Achak
The Ackerley Family
Agee Family
Jim and Catherine Allchin
Jim Allison
Doug and Kirsten Ambach
Lucy Ambach
Michael and Melinda Amoratis
Steve and Laura Avalone
Kevin and Julia Baker
Tom and Kat Barton
Jason and Kristen Bay
Janine Beaman
Alana Bell ’03 and James Clapp
Halsey Bell and Liz Gorton
Joe and Kristie Berg
Tim and Wendy Besse
Eric and Jennifer Best
Michael and Christina Blue
Allan and Tamar Boden
Craig Hajduk and Jackie Borges
Jamie Boswell and Liza Perpuse
Luis Bowden
Brian Bozlinski and Lori Call
Christina Brinker
Damon and Bethany Brown
Hal and Regina Brown
Marc Brown and Julie McCleery
Teresa Brown
Duff and Amy Bryant
Brian and Leslie Buckley
Alice Byers
David and Lacey Byers
Jake Byrne ’03
Bruce and Debbie Cady
Tom Callaghan and Kay Takano
Jason and Stephanie Cameron
Jay and Kendall Cammermeyer
Rick and Jamie Cantu
Pat Carter and Asha Dean Carter
Josh Caspers and Carolyn Hanson
John Chau and Bonnie Chau-Cheung
Min-Hwa Cheng Kennard
Guang-Shing Cheng and John Liao
Herman Chiang and
Heather Dystrup-Chiang
Peter and Hope Cochran
Bill and Kerry Colello
Pete and Lara Constable
Greg and Erin Coomer
Frank and Lesley Cordell
Scott Counts and Sharon Lee
Derek and Jessica Crain
Brent and Leslie Curran
Spencer Curtis and Kris Hoehler
David Cutler and Laila Elias
Tom Darlow and Anne Riederer
The David Family
Mike and Julie Davis
Judy and Krijn de Jonge
John Dempcy and Annette Sindel
Jay Deutsch
Spencer and Valerie Dillard
Suzanne and Stephen Dispensa
Stephen and Carrie Dossick
Barry and Jen Dougan
Sarah Dumke
James and Mary Dunnam
Sarah Dunnam
Mark and Melissa Eamer
Earl B. Gilmore Foundation
Matt Echohawk-Hayashi and Colleen Echohawk
Tina Eide
Rob and Julita Eleveld
Chris and Kristine Eng
Kris Engskov and Kara Westhusing
Jeffrey Coopersmith and Lisa Erlanger
Francesco Faggioli and Rosa Gabriele
Robert Ferguson and Louise Liu
Stan and Elissa Fink
Mike and Caroline Fors
Eric and Jennie Fox
Randall and Liv Freeby
Jamie and Kirsten Frits
Yufeng Fu and Yan Zhao
Andy and Amy Fulford
Charlie ’88 and Cindy Galante
Brad Gandt and Mandy Risley Gandt
Denis and Angela Gaynor
Antonio and Gail Giacobbe
Ginger & Barry Ackerley Foundation
Terri Glaberson
Grossman-Glover Family
Mimi Rosen and Nathan Goldberg
Dan and Molly Goldman
Stone and Vivien Gossard
Tonia and Jay Goyal
Douglas Grady
Doug Greene and Barb Manning
Martinique and Eliot Grigg
Muguette Guenneguez
Miguel Guerrero and Violeta Arroyo
Charles Gust
Scott and Susanne Guthrie
Ryder and Eileen Gwinn
Heath and Lauren Haley
Regina Hall and Ada Healey
Mike Halperin and Jodi Green
Peter Ham and Susan Griesse
Ryan and Keli Hansen
Anders and Liz Hejlsberg
Aaron and Christina Hendelman
Matt and Tezza Herrmann
Sam and Hwashing Heyworth
Nicole Higgins and Kevin Banks
Drew and Lily Hilen
Randal and Heather Hisatomi
Dean Holmes and Kelly Larkin
Matthew Hopperstad and Amanda Focht
Ron Hosogi and Marla Beck Hosogi
Jen and Chris Howe
The Burrell Family
Glen and Mei-Chang Hung
Jonathan and Amanda Hurliman
Sarah Imbach and Andy Nowka
David and Kathrin Jackson
Christopher Jefferies and Pauline Downey
Howard and Talya Jeffries
Jon and Gretchen Jones
Joshua Green Foundation
Ranjit Kapila and Miho Nasu
Tazim and Aleem Kassam
Alex and Trina Kelly
Glenn Kelman and Sylvia Lee
Patrick and Kamila Kennedy
Kamila Kennedy Homes LLC
Matthew and Grace Kline
Jeff and Karina Kunins
Mikael Kvart and Sascha Dublin
David Landau and Tanya Brunner
David and Karen Leeds
Scott and Fiona Lennard
Andy and Heidi Leonard
Tom Leonard and Susan Hood
Jian Li and Simone Cao
Xiaosi Li and Wei Gao
Yiheng Li and Kiki Jiang
Aaron and Mary Lieberman
Jason and Amy K. Limp
Cheryl M Scott and Hannah Linden
Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Lindsey
Craig Link and Shannon St. Clair
Xiaoyong Liu and Yingye Zheng
Tony Lockwood and Ruth Keating Lockwood
Francois Locoh-Donou and Josiane Faubert
Eric and Karen Lonergan
Hans and Nikki Lundin
Tom and Cricket Markl
Ron and Lori Marquardt
Jerry Stehlik and Candy Marshall
Dwayne and Miya McClain
Ashley McClelland
John McCormack and Bret Hill
David and Natalie McCoy
Matt and Carol McIlwain
Nate and Stephanie McLemore
Michael Megalli and Enrica Basilico
Andrew Beers and Indira Mehta
Fernando Mendez
The Mestres Family
Sandra Midkiff
Chuck and Anne Mitsakos
John and Tamiko Miyano
Matt and Anna Moore
Mark Morris
Steve and Heather Murch
Allen Murray
Mike and Erane Myint
Chris and Kris Nelson
Jon and Naomi Newman
Michael Cockrill and Tracy Newman
Heather Newton
Jim and Glyn Nordstrom
Sean O’Leary and Jill Snyder
Jaja Okigwe and Tere Carral
Chris and Sherry Olsen
Brian Oseran ’96
Jake Oshins and Anne Phillips
Kat Osler
Becky Frank and Justin Pallari
Babak and Sina Parviz
Zarir and Tejal Pastakia
Michael Payne and Jessica Uhl
Braden and Megan Penhoet
Brian Pepin and Danna Redmond
Tom and Kate Peters
Rob Phillips and Jen Bandy-Phillips
Mary Pigott
Colin Plank and Ronit Feinglass Plank
Scott and Lisa Porad
Bill Powell and Eric Candell
Chris Pratley and Seiko Kobayashi
Predmore Family
Tim and Lori Punke
Eric and Deirdre Quarnstrom
Sterling Ramberg and Celeste Garcia Ramberg
Stephen and Kristie Ratzlaff
Ressler Family
Rita & Herbert Rosen Family Foundation
Jeff and Amy Roberts
Tom Robertson and Marcelle O’Connell
Dabney Rohrbach
Matt and Amanda Rosauer
Rose Tatlow and Neil Roseman
Stan and Michele Rosen
Marc and Leslie Rousso
Jeremy Rudo and Rona Frimmer
Alex Rule and Kim Edberg
Kayley Runstad Swan and Tony Swan
Kyle and Kyndra Russell
Donald Davidge and Atousa Salehi
Matt and Ruth Sanford
Jim Sangster and Gretchen Geisness
Gilbert Scherer and Marlyn Friedlander
Josh and Chihana Schiffer
Mark and Liz Schiltz
Peder and Jaime Schmitz
Peter and Deneen Shank
David and Kelly Sheppard
Vithal Shirodkar and Pallavi Goray Shirodkar
The Siebrecht Family
Jan Silverberg
Mark Skirgaudas and Kristina Crothers
Mike and Megan Slade
Lorrin and Jacqui Smith-Bates
David and Maryse Sparks
Aravind Swaminathan and Sarah Johnson
Kevin Sweeney and Barbara Scheetz Sweeney
Craig Tall and Penny LeGate
Ron Tanemura and Tina Yamagiwa
Joe Tappan and Emily Forster
Andy and Megan Tay
Michel Tellier and Rebecca Streeter
Thanksgiving Foundation
The Chisholm Foundation
The Reed Foundation
Kevin and Cindi Tigges
Jonathan Tinter and Kelly Cole
Mike and Melinda Torres
Saul Trujillo and Emma Buneci
Dino Tukes and Yuko Mizukami-Tukes
Mike Upton and Kelly Lillis
Mark Vadon and Allison Barnes Vadon
Vadon Foundation
The VanAntwerp Family
Selvam Velmurugan and Lakshmi Nidamarthi
Andy and Jen Veterane
David and Bev Veterane
Veterane Family Foundation
Kina Walker-Nisbet ’06 and Alex Nisbet
Maggie Walker
Craig and Kim Watson
Kimberly Watson and Glenn Draper
The Tiedemann Way Family
Danielle Weyer
Richard and Melissa White
Bill and Diane Whitfield
Matthew Wiley and Janet Buttenwieser
Nick Wiley and Kathleen Whitson
Brad and Lori Wilken
Brooke and Josh Williams
Reggie Witherspoon
Anna Woodard
Worzel Family
Charles and Marni Wright
Sung Yang and SoYoung Kwon
Peter and Wendy Yim
Bob Zeinemann and Rachael Wyman
Wei Zhang and Chunping Li
BUILD BOLD Matching Gift Donors
Microsoft
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BlackRock Expedia
Electronic Arts Outreach
Boeing Company
Key Foundation
Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Cascade Asset Management
ENDOWMENT
Seattle Academy is strengthened by the financial stability provided by endowed funds, which are conservatively invested over the long term to provide current and future revenue that lasts in perpetuity, We are grateful to donors who contributed to the Endowment.
Total Endowment Value as of June 30, 2024
2023-24 Endowment Donors
Financial Aid Endowment
Hillary Lundberg ’10
General Endowment for Financial Aid
Thomas and Elaine Loomis
Jody Marx
Gayle Pearl
FY 24: $24,882,967 FY 23: $22,538,145
The Lorenzini Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
Jon Sakamoto and Elaine Hsieh-Sakamoto
Reid Rogers Endowment Fund
Jim Rogers and Pam Kulin
Bryan and Christine White
Bonnie Witrak
Endowment Assets by Fund
General Endowment For Financial Aid
Financial Aid Endowment
The Wilson Learning Support Endowment
The Voyageurs Endowment
The Jeremy Houk Endowment
The Wanda Elder Learning Support Endowment
The Bianco Family Learning Support Endowment
The Dunnam Family Endowment
The Lorenzini Family Endowment
The Luke Rogers Music Fund Endowment
The Reid Rogers Endowment
Endowment Growth
Realized Gains
Unrealized Gains
Contributions
Investment Income and Dividends
Endowment Expenditure
FY 23
$4,837,060.06
$11,026,064.36
$480,603.56
$4,358,665.81
$269,471.97
$474,224.29
$112,404.15
$452,971.27
$223,600.21
$62,792.28
$240,106.99
FY 23
$317,737.42
$1,630,517.18 $259,350 $512,000.92
$1,087,161
FY 24
$5,340,638.76 $12,168,913.59 $530,429.79
$4,810,545.75 $297,409.67 $523,389.07 $124,057.24 $499,932.25 $247,196.96 $69,286.35 $271,168.47
FY 24
$875,539 $1,959,624 $9,125 $590,715 $1,090,000
WAYS TO GIVE
We are grateful for your support and look forward to your continued contributions in the years to come. Seattle Academy is a 501(c)(3) organization, and gifts are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Online: bit.ly/givetoseattleacademy or scan the QR code here:
By Mail:
Please make your check payable to Seattle Academy with a notation of which fund you intend to support (Annual Fund, SAAS in the City, Home of the Upper School, Endowment)
Mail your gift to:
Seattle Academy Development Office 1201 E Union Seattle, WA 98122
Corporate Matching Gifts:
You may be able to double or triple your impact to SAAS, as many companies offer philanthropic matching opportunities to employees. Please check doublethedonation.com/seattleacademy to see if your employer can match your gift to SAAS.
Gifts of Stock:
Please email development@seattleacademy.org to obtain detailed instructions to complete a stock transfer.
Planned Giving:
A planned gift can help you achieve your philanthropic objectives as well as your tax and financial goals. Most importantly, when you make a planned gift to Seattle Academy, you are leaving the school a legacy that will have an impact on future generations of SAAS students. For more information, contact Sandra Midkiff, Chief Development Officer, at smidkiff@seattleacademy.org.
If you have questions or would like more information about giving opportunities, please contact us at 206.676.6886 or development@seattleacademy.org
Development Office
Sandra Midkiff Chief Development Officer smidkiff@seattleacademy.org
Blaire Piha Shainsky ’07 Associate Director of Development bshainsky@seattleacademy.org
Nicole Higgins Alumni Relations Director nhiggins@seattleacademy.org
Kathleen Fraese Data Strategy and Research Director kfraese@seattleacademy.org
Rachel Zabalza-Winn Annual Giving Manager rzabalzawinn@seattleacademy.org
Teresa Brown Database Manager tbrown@seattleacademy.org
Tess Barton ’19 Development Associate tbarton@seattleacademy.org
This report acknowledges gifts received in the fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024). Please know that every attempt was made to ensure the accuracy of this report. However, errors do occur and we wish to apologize for any inconvenience they may cause.
For corrections, please contact the SAAS Development Office at 206.676.6886 or development@seattleacademy.org.
Writing and Editing
Gena Wynkoop Editorial Content Manager
Design and Photography
Todd Rotkis Visual Media Manager
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