2023 Fall Bulletin

BULLETIN

Last Day, Celebrating the Class of 2023 p2

610 Library: The Next Chapter p24

The 100th Anniversary of the Red vs. White p34

THE BREARLEY SCHOOL

610 Library: The Next Chapter

2023

FALL

The supermoon, as seen on the way back from a hike during the fall Class IX trip to Camp Mariah (Fresh Air Fund). This is a bonding experience where students engage in team-building activities to help foster a supportive and collective class culture as well as enrich their Upper School journey.

CONTENTS

VOLUME XCVIII • NUMBER

FALL 2023

2 Last Day 2023

14 Departing and New Trustees

18 News and Events

Events Recap, What’s on Your Desk?, Meet the New Alumnae Board President, Award Winners, Logan Hennes ’25 Goes to the White House and more

24 610 Library: The Next Chatper

34 Red vs. White 100th Anniversary

36 Giving Review 2022–2023

Letter from Modupe Akinola ‘92 and Jane Foley Fried, Total Gifts to Brearley, Benefit Committee, Fundraising Volunteers, Memorial and Honorary Gifts, Samuel Brearley Society

56 Births, Marriages and Deaths

60 Class and Faculty/Staff Notes

Special thanks to Jennifer Bartoli, Marjorie Becker, Kristen Chae, Coy Dailey, Jane Fried, Jordan Hollender, Richie Bell, Jennifer Stewart and members of the Brearley community for sharing photos and artwork with us.

THE BREARLEY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2023–2024

Modupe Akinola ’92, President

Susan Berresford ’61, Vice President

Sue Meng ’99, Secretary

Gideon Berger, Treasurer

Tara Abrahams

Alexander Brodsky

Ranika Cohen

Daphné Crespo-Helm

Thomas Farrell

Jane Foley Fried

Martha Haakmat

Ning Jin

Megan Lui ‘10

Katrina McCall

John McGinn

Margo Nederlander

Terri Seligman ‘78

Sidaya Moore Sherwood ’90

Bill Shutzer

Nekesa Straker ’97

Lita Tandon ’06

Olivia Wassenaar ’97

Lauren Wasson

Head of School

Jane Foley Fried

Content Manager

Haley Swanson

Director of Graphic Design

Jennifer Bartoli

Director of Communications

Jennifer Stewart

If you have any questions or comments about the Bulletin, please contact Haley Swanson at hswanson@brearley.org or (212) 570-8588.

Brearley has offset the equivalent of 7,017,354 total standard pages of paper consumption by reforesting 842 standard trees since joining the PrintReleaf Exchange on August 7, 2018.

Alan Yan

Trustees Emeriti

Christine Frankenhoff Alfaro ’91

Georges F. de Ménil

Evelyn Janover Halpert ’52

David T. Hamamoto

Stephanie J. Hull

Ellen Jewett ’77

Alan Jones

John F. Savarese

Priscilla M. Winn Barlow

Faculty Representative

Ann Saunders

REMARKS FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Last Day 2023

Welcome all to Last Day 2023.

Good morning on what is truly one of the most exciting and rewarding days not only for the 63 seniors who sit before me, but also for the parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives, friends, faculty and staff who have supported and stood behind every one of you on this challenging and fulfilling journey.

Last Day marks the culmination of your Brearley experience. Today is your cathartic and ever-so-satisfying exhale.

Over the years you have taken in so much that this school has offered, filling your body and soul with endless questions, dilemmas, emotions and pride. But today this phase of your Brearley experience does end, and it’s time to reflect, remember and, yes, exhale.

Parents: You, too, deserve to take a breath and maybe a sigh of relief.

This is the one day that we pause to consider all the experiences that marked your time at Brearley. If your first day at Brearley was the most important, Last Day may be the most significant.

You’ve heard it said before that a Brearley education unfolds over a lifetime. Yes, I suppose, that does sound as if you’ll be eternally walking the halls and eating munster bagels. But, no, it means you will discover new and unexpected applications of your Brearley education, and your peers and the alumnae you have yet to meet will play an outsized role in your life. You’ll always be a part of Brearley.

There is a reason that today is referred to as “Last Day” and not “graduation” or “commencement.” “Last Day” is exactly that: Your last day as a student here before your first day in your next educational institution. As our founder knew, Brearley students never graduate from learning.

Tomorrow, you commence your first day of the next chapter in your life. And when you complete writing that next chapter, I will be most interested in reading the author’s updated bio. I cannot wait to see how you have developed as a person and what you have become.

Probably the worst question the Head of School can ask a student is, “tell me, who are you?” But by transposing just two words, the question becomes one of the most important—and revealing—requests I can make to each of you: Tell me who you are.

Describing who you are will ultimately be an ever-evolving process. You’ll be different next year from who you are today. And the young women I see before me today will be a different version of themselves in five years and in 10 years. Everyone here is destined to evolve into a better version of herself.

Earlier this year, you listened to several alumnae who were about to celebrate their 10th reunion, learning about their time at Brearley and circuitous journeys afterward. One of you asked a pointed question to the panelists: How and when had they figured out who they were?

It elicited some giggles from the speakers, but it struck right at the heart of what we hope to instill in those who enter Brearley: self-knowledge.

The assemblies this year also featured other noted alumnae describing their travels and travails upon leaving Brearley. They, too, spoke about the ups and downs in their lives and careers. Maggie Cullman ’54, a Francis Riker Davis Award recipient

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“ Everyone here is destined to evolve into a better version of herself.”

for service, shared an illustration of her life’s journey, which more closely resembled the highs and lows of a weather map than a linear progression of the achievements and milestones one might expect to see in an intentional life of purpose.

Let me assure you this morning that your journey will undoubtedly be as circuitous. Your quest for self-knowledge will hopefully take you to places equally comfortable and uncomfortable, and place you in situations that will test your resolve and reward you for your abilities. Self-knowledge is what leads you to being you. As you step away from a community that knows you very well, perhaps so well as to mask how well you know yourself, you will find yourself in the way you live and learn with others.

Living and learning in Brearley’s intentionally diverse community, where you have engaged deeply in curricular and co-curricular offerings, has undoubtedly prepared you for the next step in your educational careers. The School has also provided an invisible classroom, of a sort, to learn about yourself. And that journey, thank goodness, has not been a straight line from point A to B.

Why do I say this? Because as I look at you, I see your bright, inquisitive and thirtsy minds. You are an ambitious group and yet your strength as individuals and as a collective has come from some of the surprising, unexpected opportunities that required your mind to adapt to conflicting information, flex in sometimes unorthodox ways, heal and, yes, roam. Could you have imagined that by studying magic realism with Mr. Chu, the supernatural would help you make sense of history and the human condition? Or by taking China and Japan with Ms. Marcus, you would gain a greater appreciation for your own family’s culture and values? You transformed your plaster hands fashioned in Ms. Javens’s studio art course to another medium altogether that offers you and your audience insight into how you see the world. You wondered at the world’s origin after reading complex research articles about RNA world hypothesis with Ms. Chung-A-Hing and Dr. Saunders. Did your mind roam? I think yes. Did these courses change perhaps one thing you thought you knew for sure? Probably so. That experience of

opening your minds to new ways of seeing the world is fundamental to understanding your role in it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. said, “A mind stretched by a new experience will never go back to its original dimension.” I cannot implore you more to stretch your minds. I urge you to greatly expand your comfort zones. Allow your mind to shape a new dimension for you.

Currently there is a shift in education toward pre-professionalism in high school and college and away from a liberal arts program, which students at Brearley are immersed in from K to XII. “Liberal” refers not to politics but to pedagogy and connotes freedom. At this school, teachers have the freedom to create their curriculum, to adapt it each year or even midyear so that it continues to challenge and inspire you. You will not appreciate how “free” your education has been in exploring broadly and deeply across the disciplines until you meet your new classmates in college.

I can’t overstate the value of the liberal arts education you have experienced. You have learned that your left brain is equally as important as your right. And unless both are firing on all synapses, you’re not using your full capacity. Unlike a pre-professional curriculum, the liberal arts serves as an incubator—not an assembly line—in which you are exposed to, and develop competence in, a wide range of disciplines that fuel your love of learning and will guide you to find your interests and purpose in life.

You may revel in physics or poetry or photography. The connection you find with each discipline is part of the fabric that makes you who you are. Where you find your intellectual joy is not necessarily where you find the most ease of mastery. The beauty of math may call you as much as it eludes you, but the chase continues. The liberal arts allow the mind to encounter lots of different topics and ways of thinking, some of which will resonate and lead you to places you never expected to go and maybe a place where no one has been before. That rare but powerful experience will give you a glimpse of yourself. How? You find it in doing original work, which, as you know, is an essential component of a Brearley education. You have grown up here knowing that your thoughts, ideas and hypotheses matter.

Your education will undoubtedly serve you on whatever career path you choose. Moving forward, you will likely major in subjects you love or perhaps fall in love with a subject totally unknown to you today.

I recall the tone of my physicist father when I told him that I had fallen in love with philosophy and chosen it as a major. What was I going to do with that degree, he asked. Philosophize? I added history later, which made him a tad happier, but in truth, I call on my background in philosophy every day. Most recently, I’ve spent time bringing an ethical lens to conflicting morals within our society and, at times, within our own community. The freedom of the liberal arts provides choice and you are well prepared to handle any choice that comes your way.

I can see our future scientists and mathematicians wondering about my liberal arts plea. Yes, I mean you, too. Keep in mind that those degrees— and careers they offer—will ask you to employ your competence in other disciplines to solve real life problems. The physicist will call on the humanities not only to deliver speeches and write papers but also to consider the impact on society of the process or project she is leading. And the mathematician may be called upon to collaborate with a team of meteorologists, chemists and biologists to model possible mitigation strategies for a global atmospheric problem (I wrote this before our city was engulfed in smoke last week). The problems we, as a country and a world, face now—whether it’s food scarcity, public health, political

divisiveness or climate change—require a multidisciplinary approach. A liberal arts approach. Your training here gives you the capacity to become expert in one or two academic areas and to know enough about all disciplines to connect the dots in ways others can only imagine. And in being that connective tissue of problem solving, you will uncover what excites you, what fulfills you, what you can and want to do.

So your days at Brearley will certainly serve to propel you forward on your journey to self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge requires self-reflection—the practice of being honest with oneself, a willingness to be critical and an ability to ask tough questions of oneself. It also requires having the capacity to listen, to actually hear and reflect on what others are going through. By listening, you will hone a greater sense of empathy and compassion. This ability to better understand others will be a powerful mirror of who you are and the good you can do in the world.

As we pursue our quest, it is wise to keep in mind how unreliable our own emotions can be. Our senses and passions can mislead us. Inundated by Instagram posts, celebrity gossip, bite-sized news and hourly trend updates, expectations of others or those we hold for ourselves, our reasoning and beliefs can be tricked by our senses. In response to this condition, Tamar Gendler, Yale Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science, urges us all to practice active selfreflection, or as she calls it, “harness our inner Socrates.”

The Apology in Plato’s Republic tells the story of Socrates on trial for corrupting the youth. He questions “wise men” to expose their false wisdom as ignorance. He famously claims to be the wisest man in all of Athens, because unlike another well-considered wise man, Socrates states, “I am better off than he is because he knows nothing, and thinks

that he knows. I neither know nor think that I know.” Maybe this is the original humble brag.

It’s also worth pointing out that in the Apology, Socrates is found guilty, and when told of his death sentence, he warns the jury that silencing their critic harms them more than they have harmed him. Perhaps history’s early cautionary tale about cancel culture. On this journey for self-knowledge, it may be wise to accept what you don’t know about yourself as a strength and broaden the scope of your experiences and friendships rather than isolating yourself by sticking solely with whom and what you know.

Stretch your mind. Find those shape-shifting new experiences.

And let me say that Brearley has been forced to stretch its mind, so to speak, these past three years in new and often uncomfortable ways. This School has demonstrated its steadfast commitment to its mission by listening to multiple perspectives, toiling in pursuit of truth, making difficult decisions and tolerating a fair amount of adversity. And this has yielded a stronger program and sense of community during a fractured and divisive time. We’ve expanded our minds and will not be returning to our original dimension. I thank you for being part of this challenging but extraordinary period of growth at the School.

Finally, this class has spent a good deal of time thinking about how it is perceived by others. There is one quality that we, who work most closely with you, regularly attribute to the Class of 2023. It can be said that we have never seen a class so attached to this school. Your love for Brearley has been evident throughout your time here, even when you have complained or criticized us, and I hope you never lose that connection.

I often think of Wordsworth’s poem “Tintern Abbey,” about a man who returns to a river he last visited five years ago. Perhaps this is you

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Class 23

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST ALUMNAE

FOURTH ROW: Caroline Lee, Oona Weinberg, Sofia Vargas, Harriet Shapard, Lillian Dick, Xuan Mai Perales, Liliana Falcone, Carolina Falcone, Audrey Feigin, Asha Chawla.

SECOND ROW: Mahbuba

Jaeden

THIRD ROW:

Lilly Fergang, Aliza

FIFTH ROW: Kayla Massick, Shia Kramer, Phoebe Pallesen, Lila Hussein, Marina Rodriguez, Olivia Goldfinger, Anna Jordan, Eleanor Moses, Alexandra Hayes, Eleanor Keohane, Eleanor Apps, Lila Desai.

SIXTH ROW: Nicole Faigen, Abigail Sturley, Samuelle Leibovitz, Sarah Wagman, Estella Shklyar, Julia Vasan.

BACK ROW: Alexandra Gamboa, Olivia Oh, Sey Stein, Lilavati “India” Jayanti, Susan Leibovitz, Elizabeth Siddiqui.

We would also like to congratulate the members of the Class of 2023 who went on to graduate from other schools.

(Left to Right)

FRONT ROW: Jessica Solit, Anna Steel, Kemi Diver, Luella Coffey, Clara-Cecil Popcorn, Sophia Waterston, Anna-Beatrice Glassner.

Afreen,

Casasnovas, Alexandra Durt, Jacqueline Snyder, Grace Schuur, Vivienne Jones, Gabrielle Ross, Alessandra Brevetti-Bergman, Emmanuelle Toulouse, Zara Suryadevara, Ariana Arabadjiev.

Colette Hartman, Ava Yan,

Fergang, Kayla Denis, Kate McNulty, Sarah Torres, Isabela Carvalho, Sophia Hoh, Hannah Marx, Yassamin Ehsani.

UPPER SCHOOL AWARDS

Upper School Discursive Essay Writing Prize

Anna Jordan, XII

Upper School Analytical Essay Writing Prize

Sarah Wagman, XII

Upper School Poetry Writing Prize

Chloe Tan, XI

Upper School Fiction Writing Prize Sofía Vargas, XII

Juliet Whiton English Prize Phoebe Pallesen, XII

Catherine Fairfax MacRae ’96 Prize

Mahbuba Afreen, XII

Upper School History Essay Writing Prize

Alexandra Su, X

Harper Simpson, XI

Dorothy Mills History Prize India Jayanti, XII

Ann Chalmers Greek Prize Yassamin Ehsani, XII

Ann Chalmers Latin Prize India Jayanti, XII

French Prize

Anna-Beatrice Glassner, XII

Spanish Prize

Eleanor Apps, XII

Mandarin Prize

Emmanuelle Toulouse, XII

Judith N. Conant Mathematics Prize

Olivia Oh, XII

Frances Arnold 1893 Mathematics Prize

Sarah Wagman, XII

Science Prize for Life Sciences

Alessandra Brevetti-Bergman, XII

Science Prize for Physical Sciences

Ariana Arabadjiev, XII

Technology Prize

Gabrielle Ross, XII

Ursula Loengard Berens ’47 Art Prize

Estella Shklyar, XII

Fanny H. Phillips Dramatics Prize

Alexandra Gamboa, XII

Berta Elsmith Music Prize

Olivia Oh, XII

The Brearley Alumnae Cup

Eleanor Apps, XII

Richard B. Stearns, Jr., Memorial Award

Alexandra Hayes, XII

Head’s Award

Jaeden Casasnovas, XII

FACULTY AWARDS

The Class of 2018 Fund for Building, Kitchen and Administrative Staff Support

Shanice Echeverria

Efren Cruz

Class of 1992 Award

Brian Chu

Teacher of English and Head of Class XII

Serena Marshall Weld 1901 Award

Kate Javens

Teacher of Art

Sandra Lea Marshall ’73 Award

Cait Bradley

Teacher of Mathematics and VIII Homeroom Teacher

Margaret Riker Harding

Lower School Fellowship

Ayana Fletcher-Tyson Class II Room Teacher

Chairs for Excellence in Teaching

Luigi Cicala

Teacher of Art

Susannah Terrell

Class V Homeroom Teacher

Robert Duke

Teacher of Drama

KUNZ ART COLLECTION

Class IX

Priya Acharya

Josephine Allen

Emi Arabadjiev

Cassandra Analei Calupe

Chloe Casanova

Analise Chen

Labiba Chowdhury

Sarah Elliott

Annabel Feigen

Marin Goldberg

Gemma Hayes

Ann Higgins

Samara Islam

Beatrix Mironoff

Eva Nelson-Torres

Amelia Neuburg

Atalanta Pfeister

Samantha Philip

Alejandra Piedra

Caroline Racanelli

Jessica Ren

Yasmeen Romero

Anna Semel

Jada Shutes

Charlotte Stewart

Sybil (Sadie) Tribe

Lillias Trowbridge

Lucia Xiao

Class X

Mayisha Alam

Katherine Arnall

Sofia Basilio

Chanelle Batraville

Josephine Carlock

Giselle Chan

Gaby Cruz

Linden Frelinghuysen

Beatrice Glasman Walker

Alanna Guilfoyle

Annabelle Hayes

Audrey Hoh

Bintou Jaiteh

Ameera Karim

Alice Lee

Chloe Lucich

Hadley Meyer

Nora Moor

Leena Mudawi

Yossra Nizam

Margaret Ratzan

Danna Rios-Sosa

Mira Schubert

Sophia Seckler

Amaani Sehgal

Alexandra Shepard

Jaya Shri

Charlize Solares

Isabella Stegman

Alexandra Su

Annabel Thomas

Anaya Tsai

Alyssa Zhou

Grace Zhou

Jenny Zhu

Class XI

Ines Alto

Sophia “Zephyr” Andrews

Nicole Chang

Louise Crary

Daniella Florencio

Stephanie Garrett

Caroline Gottlieb

Cade Keys

Ellery Kourepenos

Ruqayah Mahmud

Eleanor Nangle

Emma Resetarits

Alice Richmond

Amelia Roman

Inaya Shariff

Sophie Tanenbaum

Maria Ulke

Sophia Wang

Katherine Wepsic

Harmony Zhu

Class XII

Mahbuba Afreen

Asha Chawla

Lila Desai

Olivia Goldfinger

Vivienne Jones

Eleanor Keohane

Grace Schuur

Harriet Shapard

Estella Shklyar

Abigail Sturley

Class of 2023

COLLEGE DESTINATIONS

American University of Paris/USC (1)

Amherst College (3)

Boston College (1)

Bowdoin College (1)

Brown University (2)

Bucknell University (1)

Case Western Reserve University (1)

Columbia University (2)

Connecticut College (1)

Cornell University (5)

Dartmouth College (1)

Duke University (1)

Georgetown (1)

George Washington University (1)

Harvard University (6)

Kenyon College (1)

Lafayette College (1)

Middlebury College (2)

Oberlin College (2)

Princeton University (1)

Sciences Po/Columbia University (1)

Trinity College (1)

Tulane University (1)

UCLA (1)

University of Chicago (4)

University of Michigan (3)

University of Pennsylvania (5)

University of Southern California (1)

University of Virginia (3)

Vanderbilt University (1)

Vassar College (1)

Williams College (3)

Yale University (3)

Co-heads of Self-Government

by Vivienne Jones and Grace Schuur

This year, we spent a lot of time thinking of new ways to unify the Brearley student body. As a part of rebuilding our community after Covid-19, we distributed Brearley seal pins to everyone from 4th through 12th grade. Each pin represents everyone’s individual yet connected place in the larger Brearley community.

Another core value that we tried to implement was appreciating those who guide us. With the inaugural Advisor Appreciation Day, we hoped to bring light to the incredible faculty members who put their time and energy into supporting us and teaching us invaluable lessons. They have shaped us into the people we are and their distinctive care for students unquestionably forms the foundation of the Brearley community.

We also have to thank our marvelous USSG representatives. You discussed constitutional amendments, approved common interest organizations and wrote all the high schoolers’ names on hundreds of compostable plastic spoons. There is not a better group we could

have delegated all our USSG tasks to.

Starting with the first time we will be voting—in each diploma, there’s a voter registration form which can be sent or delivered to your local Board of Elections Office! Please go vote!—the 2022–2023 school year had a lot of firsts. It was the first year almost entirely maskless and it was the first time since our freshman year that we saw so many USSG traditions return. In 2019, we saw our first Upper School talent show, and this year, we ran the first one since then. We also ran the first and hopefully not last BASH along with the first Block Party in most current high schoolers’ memories. We hope that the tradition is carried long into the future.

We’ve left our mark and made memories in every corner of 610, from the stage on B-Deck to the PE kickball games on 10. We love you all and are going to miss you.

Thank you.

Above: Vivienne Jones and Grace Schuur.

Class XII Speakers

by Anna Steel and Sarah Torres

There are many ways to describe the Class of 2023. In fact, it may be difficult to settle on just one idea, thought or label.

We’ve been called a lot of things over the years, but apathetic is definitely not one. We’re trailblazers, pioneers, the first grade in living memory to be banned from Red & White games!

Now that we have established this one truth, we can articulate possibly the most fitting idea, thought or label to describe our class.

The Class of 2023 is loud. Too often, we forget the phrase “making noise” can mean to support someone or something in a loud and obvious way, a concept that our grade has never shied away from when it comes to each other.

We have been the highlight of every town hall, our Mountain Day has the most hype and our administration-encouraged grade rebranding has been the only one in Brearley history. Though we may not have always colored inside the lines, we threw our hearts into whatever we did.

Our noise also encompasses the endless change enacted and

accomplishments achieved by members of the class, from the impeccable DEI work fostered by many of our own—including record involvement within affinity groups—to our senior soccer captains leading us to AAIS victory and so much more.

We are ambitious and unstoppable. Even as 5th graders we were ready to take on each new challenge offered: We managed to stumble through the entire Henriad in one assembly. Quite literally nothing could stop us.

Throughout our time at Brearley, we have seen the Class of 2023 learn and love. As civil rights activist John Lewis once said, “Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”

To all the teachers who have given us help and support over the years, thank you for all that you do. And to the world beyond these walls about to receive 63 members of the Brearley Class of 2023, good luck.

Thank you.

Above: Anna Steel and Sarah Torres.

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I urge you to greatly expand your comfort zones. Allow your mind to shape a new dimension for you.”

returning to the School on the East River in five years for a reunion. Wordsworth’s speaker reflects on his past experiences as a boy and how this place—nature—was such an eye-opening and inspiring destination.

In years past, he traveled to this peaceful and tranquil setting freely, but now finds himself visiting as a necessary escape from his busy life as an adult.

How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee,

O sylvan Wye thou wanderer thro’ the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee!

He is back to encounter new pleasures, forge new memories and recall past experiences in the hopes that they will last until he can return again. He is much more mature now than when he ran freely through the woods, and doesn’t find himself sadly nostalgic as he overlooks the river below. He has gained so much and taken so much from this place. Nature has helped him self-reflect—and he advises us to learn and reflect from past pleasurable experiences.

Nature isn’t fickle. It is consistent. It never betrays. And it possesses the power to lead you from one joy to the next.

Wordsworth continues:

Knowing that Nature never did betray

The heart that loved her; ’tis her privilege,

Through all the years of this our life, to lead

From joy to joy: for she can so inform

The mind that is within us

Wordsworth strongly believes that this place—Nature—has such a powerful and nurturing impact on those who experience it.

I hope you, too, believe that this place—Brearley—has had the same effect on you.

May your life journey lead you far and wide, may you revel in its successes and lean into disappointments, and may it lead you to deepen your understanding of yourself and your power to contribute to the greater good. And may it lead you back to Brearley.

SINCERE THANKS to Our Retiring Trustees

Clockwise from top left: Amina Elderfield ‘94, Rebecca Haile, Dusty Philip and Cory Nangle with her daughter.

As Brearley embarks on highly anticipated, innovative projects and continues to develop bold and exciting initiatives, we gratefully acknowledge the members of the Board of Trustees who retired in June 2023 after providing many years of remarkable leadership. During their years of service, these board members faced numerous opportunities and challenges. This pivotal period of time was marked by the redrafting of the School Mission Statement and revision of our Strategic Vision; the construction of the 590 schoolhouse and the first transformational 610 project (our stunning 10th floor Middle and Upper School library); the introduction of formal departmental and divisional review; the launching of sexuality health education for K–XII; an enhanced institutional commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism; and the management of the School’s fiscal and physical health through a global pandemic.

We are deeply beholden to the following trustees for their guidance, expertise and unwavering dedication to Brearley.

Amina Elderfield ‘94

Trustee, 2020–2023

President of the Alumnae Association, 2020–2023

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Trusteeship Committee

Rebecca Haile

Trustee, 2017–2023

Audit Committee

Budget and Finance Committee

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Co-Chair, 2020–2023 Executive Committee, 2020–2023

Cory Nangle

Trustee, 2022–2023

President of the Parents’ Association, 2022–2023 Building Committee

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Dusty Philip Trustee, 2014–2023

Trusteeship Committee

Budget and Finance Committee

Development Committee, Co-Chair, 2017–2023

Executive Committee, 2015–2023, Vice President, 2018–2019, Senior Vice President 2019–2023

BREARLEY’S STATEMENT OF BELIEFS

MISSION

The Brearley School challenges girls of adventurous intellect and diverse backgrounds to think critically and creatively, and to act with courage and integrity.

The School fosters a love of learning, excellence in the liberal arts, and engagement in a lively and inclusive community. Guided by dedicated faculty and staff, students learn to uplift one another as they grapple with complex ideas and develop a strong sense of self. We value empathy, originality, and depth of thought and character.

The Brearley community cultivates the joy of lasting friendships, the confidence to pursue one’s ambitions, and a commitment to the greater good.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

The Brearley School believes that diversity of thought, practice and identity are essential elements in preparing students for principled engagement in the world. We believe in the importance of establishing and strengthening the structures and practices necessary to achieve equitable representation and participation in our school. We are committed to putting these beliefs into action and are therefore engaged in continuous study, self-reflection and dialogue in order to improve and adapt as we learn.

We embrace the opportunities and challenges of learning and working in a diverse environment characterized by respect and consideration for the needs of others. In partnership with faculty, staff, students, families and alumnae, we are endeavoring to instill and sustain shared values that promote a welcoming, inclusive and affirming community.

ANTIRACISM

The Brearley School condemns racism in the strongest possible terms and is committed to building an antiracist community. This work requires active introspection, self-awareness and the determination to make conscious and consistently equitable choices on a daily basis. We expect our faculty, staff, students, parents and trustees to pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions. These actions include participating in antiracist training and identifying and eliminating policies, practices and beliefs that uphold racial inequality in our community.

WELCOME to Our Incoming Trustees

Clockwise from top left: Alexander Brodsky, Ning Jin and family, Katrina McCall, Terri Seligman ’78 and family and Megan Lui ’10

Alexander Brodsky serves as a principal of the Brodsky Organization, a third-generation real estate development company. The Brodsky Organization is one of New York City’s leading developers, builders and property managers of luxury residential and mixed-use real estate. Alex focuses on the leasing of the organization’s commercial spaces, as well as the marketing and leasing of their residential units. A graduate of New York University, Alex serves on the board of Kids of NYU Langone and the St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy. He is married to Kate Rheinstein Brodsky. Their three daughters—Beatriz (X), Frederica (VII), and Delphine (II)—all attend Brearley.

Ning Jin is the chief investment officer at Viking Global Investors LP where he is responsible for managing its public equity team and a portfolio of investments across sectors. Previously, Ning was Viking’s cochief investment officer and was a portfolio manager in its Hong Kong office. Prior to joining Viking in 2007, Ning worked at the Blackstone Group. Ning and his family returned to New York six years ago after living abroad in Hong Kong for seven years. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Huntsman Program with a BA in international studies and BS in economics, Ning has served as a member of Brearley’s Investment Committee and is a trustee of the Tiger Foundation. Ning and his wife, Jessie, are the proud parents of Abigail (Class II) and 4-year-old Amelia.

Megan Lui ’10 joined Brearley in Class VI through the Prep for Prep program. During her time at Brearley, she cofounded the Business and Financial Awareness student organization, and served as co-head of the Asian Awareness student organization and Art Club. She graduated from Princeton in 2014 with an AB in art and archaeology, with a focus on the history of art, as well as a certificate in Chinese language and culture. After graduating from Princeton, Megan spent almost a decade on Morgan Stanley’s trading floor as a part of their institutional equities sales team, on the corporate access desk. She is now on a personal break, devoting her time to family, to Brearley and to writing a novel based on six generations of her family’s history as Chinese Americans, starting with the transcontinental railroad. Megan has served on the Brearley Alumnae Board since 2020, and helped to found the Truth and Toil Award Committee during that time. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Peter, and is the sister of Sybil Lui ‘13.

Katrina McCall was born and raised in Southern California. She joined the Brearley community in 2016. Katrina and her husband, John, have two daughters, Avery (VII) and Sydney (IV). Katrina has served at Brearley as a library volunteer and class representative for both of her daughters, and currently serves as the president of the Parents’ Association. She graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, and then received a JD from New York Law School. Outside of Brearley, she handles extensive pro bono work helping children with immigration issues and senior citizens with Medicare and other health-related matters. She also enjoys volunteering for running-related organizations including Back on My Feet and New York Road Runners.

Terri Seligman ’78 was a member of the Alumnae Board from 2012 to 2020, and served as president, and as a member of the Board of Trustees, from 2014 to 2020. After Brearley, Terri attended Wesleyan University, double majoring in music and American studies, and then New York University School of Law. In her professional life, she is a partner at the law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and co-chair of its Advertising, Marketing & PR Group. She is the mother of Sophie Hagen ’06, Brooklyn Hagen and Max Hagen ’19 and is married to novelist George Hagen. In her spare time, Terri is a member of two AfroBrazilian percussion ensembles, Batalá New York and Mambembé, and performs regularly throughout the New York area.

Young alums from classes 2009 to 2020 gathered on a warm September night for the annual Lobster Rolls and Rosé, presented by the Young Alumnae Committee of the Alumnae Association. At the event, co-chaired by Chelsea Douglas ’13, Mina Mahmood ’15 and Amrita Ramamurthy ’15, alums reconnected and reminisced while enjoying a tour of the new 10th floor library and the sunset overlooking the East River.

Submit to the Lois Kahn Wallace ’57 Writer’s Award

Established in 1999 by the late Lois Kahn Wallace ‘57, this award honors and encourages a Brearley alum at the beginning of her career as a published writer, or the beginning of writing in a new genre. Nominated books must be the first by the author, or the first by the author in its genre. Fiction and nonfiction works are eligible, as are books for young adults. This award is conferred approximately every two years and carries an honorarium. To apply, submit six copies of the work to Lizzy Youngling, Alum Relations Manager, at Brearley, 610 East 83rd Street, New York, NY 10028.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS BY ALUMNAE Please send covers of your new books to classnotes@brearley.org.

Ellen Boneparth ‘62

Lydia Davis ‘65

Felicity Sargent Blundon ‘70

Phebe Lowell Bowditch ‘79

Marcia (Dunbar-Soule) Dobson ‘59

EVITA Alongside Head of School Jane Foley Fried, alums and their guests enjoyed Evita in Cambridge, MA. Attendees were treated to postshow talkback with Diane Paulus ’84, artistic director of American Repertory Theater.

WHAT’S ON YOUR DESK?

PAUL BYRNES SCIENCE TEACHER, ADVISOR

CLASS X

1. Folding frame: Four pictures of the advanced physics class of 2013–2014.

2. Mug from Kennedy Space Center: “It’s just Rocket Science.”

3. Tony the Tiger mug: This was given to me by the Class of 2008. 4. Yearbook advisor mug: This was given to me from our yearbook publisher, Jostens.

5. Beaver cartoon: What I would look like as a beaver, courtesy of the 2022 yearbook staff. 6. Bumper sticker: It says, “Actually, I Am a Rocket Scientist.”

7. Framed photo on my bulletin board: A picture of me and my family on a beach vacation in North Carolina. 8. My schedule: Can’t be late! 9. Blue card: Featuring me in my car and given to me by my advisees last year.

QUEERLY BREARLEY INTERSCHOOL MIXER

Together with LGBTQIA+ Spence, Chapin and Nightingale alums, Queerly Brearley celebrated Pride Month in June with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Milady’s downtown.

Megan Lui ’10

New Alumnae Association President

Brearley is pleased to announce Megan Lui ’10 as president of the Brearley Alumnae Association. An Alumnae Board member since 2020, Megan has served as secretary and vice president and helped to establish the Truth and Toil Award, honoring a living alum for her dedicated service to the Brearley community.

Megan joined Brearley in Class VI through the Prep for Prep program, as a part of Contingent XXV, and commuted every day from South Brooklyn to 610. During her time at Brearley, she cofounded the Business and Financial Awareness student organization and served as co-head of the Asian Awareness student organization and Art Club. She graduated from Princeton in 2014 with an AB in art and archaeology, with a focus on the history of art, as well as a certificate in Chinese language and culture. After graduating from Princeton, Megan spent almost a decade on Morgan Stanley’s trading floor as a part of their institutional equities sales team on the corporate access desk. In this role, she advised technology/media/telecom C-Suite and investor relations teams on investor targeting, shareholder analysis and marketing strategy. She is now on a personal break, devoting her time to her family, Brearley and writing a novel, the origins of which began in the history and literature classrooms at Brearley. The novel is planned to be a magical realism take on six generations of her family’s history as Chinese Americans, spanning from the building of the transcontinental railroad to the present day. Megan has served on the Brearley Alumnae Board since 2020, first as secretary, next as vice president and now as president. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Peter, and is the sister of Sybil Lui ’13.

Megan Lui ’10

check out: faculty and staff summer reads

Jennifer Barrtoli

Kate Bullock

Amy Chow

Luigi Cicala

Jane Fried

Sarah Hervieux

Jenna Horowitz

Mariel Isaacson

Gail Marcus

Erin Olsen

Haley Swanson

Gabi Tuboly

Andy Vernon-Jones

Tom Wright

Lizzy Youngling

ALUMNAE AWARDS

2023 Frances Riker Davis Award Winners

amanda eaken ’95 and molly rauch ’90

In 1967, the friends and family of Frances Riker Davis ‘15 established an award in her name to honor the tradition of public service that Frances embodied. It is given annually to a Brearley alum for ongoing, dedicated service to the public good. We are delighted to let you know that Amanda Eaken ’95 and Molly Rauch ’90 were selected as this year’s two recipients of the 2023 Frances Riker Davis Award.

Amanda’s career has been propelled by a deep, unwavering commitment to fight for environmental progress (thanks, Ms. Seminara!), coupled with her inner New Yorker drive to make American cities thrive by creating equitable, high-quality transit and safe streets for walking and biking. Appointed by Mayor London Breed in 2018, she is Chair of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, overseeing policy, strategy and a $1.3 billion budget. She is a Transportation Equity Leader-InResidence at U.C. Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute and co-founder and Director of the $100M Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge—an innovative climate accelerator that supported 25 cities in exceeding the Paris Climate Agreement targets. As director of transportation at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Amanda

managed a team that transformed transportation by shifting funds from highways to transit and other sustainable, equitable uses. She was named a Top 100 Influencer by the Sacramento Bee, a 40 Under 40 Leader by the San Francisco Business Times, and received the President’s Award for Sustainability Leadership from the Southern California Association of Governments.

Starting in 2010, Molly Rauch ‘90 was involved with Moms Clean Air Force (MCAF), serving until 2022 as public health policy director. MCAF is a grassroots advocacy group affiliated with the Environmental Defense Fund, with local chapters in 15 states and over one million members. MCAF works in collaboration with other climate change and clean air groups to inform the public about the health impacts of pollution and how to fight for clean air. During her 12 years with MCAF, Molly helped shape the growth of the program, building relationships, alliances and partnerships with public health organizations to develop and implement strategies to influence regulatory and policy decisions.

Molly helped create an evolving platform for scientifically-based activism, addressing environmental pollution and climate change, while Amanda has worked to tackle climate change through transforming transportation. In addition, each has shown remarkable creativity and dedication in addressing climate change and environmental pollution. Molly’s work focused on federal environmental policy, while Amanda’s efforts target the local and regional levels.

In January 2024, Molly and Amanda will be honored at the annual Middle and Upper School Frances Riker Davis Award Assembly.

2023 Truth and Toil Award Winner

wilhelmina martin eaken ’64

Created in 2022, the Truth and Toil Award annually honors a living alum for her dedicated service to the Brearley community and for strengthening connections across class years to inspire future generations of students. We’re delighted to announce Wilhelmina Martin Eaken ’64 as the recipient of the 2023 Truth and Toil Award.

Mina, who is also a past parent, worked as Brearley’s alumnae director from 1991 to 2014. During her tenure, Mina helped establish various committees of the Alumnae Association, expanded the reunion program into a weekend of activities for the community, helped further develop alum online communications and created programs that offered networking and mentoring opportunities.

Mina is a longstanding class agent, has served as reunion co-chair three times since she retired and is a member of the Lois Kahn Wallace Award Committee. Mina’s impressive knowledge of all alums makes her an invaluable member of the Brearley community.

“Alums who make the community all the more close and strong with their time, energy, ideas and spirit, alums who inspire others in the community to do the same—these are the alums whom we seek to honor and thank every year going forward with this new award,” Megan Lui ’10, co-chair of the Truth and Toil Award Committee and incoming Alumnae Association president explains. “As a culture carrier, a leader who spearheaded the formation of many of our alum committees and as an alum who has been involved in the Brearley community in various capacities throughout the years, Mina is the true embodiment of the spirit of this award.”

This autumn, Brearley will host a reception in Mina’s honor.

Molly Rauch ’90.

Amanda Eaken ’95.

Wilhelmina Martin Eaken ’64

Brearley at the White House

LOGAN HENNES RECOGNIZED BY JILL BIDEN

This past October, Logan Hennes ’25 was honored at the White House as part of the International Day of the Girl celebration called “Girls Leading Change.” The event, led by First Lady Jill Biden, honored 15 girls selected by the White House Gender Policy Council who have had a major impact on their communities. Logan was cited for her work with the American Jewish Committee in combating anti-Semitism.

In her remarks, Dr. Biden said that girls like Logan “are protecting

and preserving the earth, writing and sharing stories that change minds, and turning their pain into purpose. Together, they represent the potential of young people across the country, and it is my hope that others can learn from the power of their innovation, strength and hope.”

Logan inspires us all to be the change we wish to see in our world— another example of Brearley’s commitment to the greater good. Please join us in congratulating her.

Happy Anniversary

THE BULLETIN

Connecting people for 100 years

“We have issued this first number in exactly three weeks time and against odds, such as disorganization, grippe, and complete ignorance of editorial ways. So be tolerant of our mistakes, that we may have the courage to continue.”

–BULLETIN VOL. I, NO. 1, 1923

6 10 library :

THE NEXT CHAPTER

BY HALEY SWANSON

“I am going to live here,”

said one Middle School student brimming with excitement and speaking like a true Brearley girl upon seeing the new 10th floor library for the first time.

Her enthusiasm was shared by everyone when the School opened its new environmentally cutting-edge, spacious and accessible Middle and Upper School library in the 610 building. Jim Mulkin, Associate Head of School for Academic Life, says, “It’s a breathtaking space. And most importantly, it’s always filled with students.” Head of School Jane Foley Fried agrees. “To see the library in full use at 7:30 pm with students sharing cozy window seats, immersed in their books, conjugating verbs in a seminar room or studying side-by-side at one of the long reading tables, signals to me that this new space is quickly becoming the heart of the School.”

As every Brearley student past and present knows, the library has always been a special place. The physical collection boasts 24,000 volumes, with 3,300 e-books and audio books and 17,500 checkouts a year. Quite simply, the library is our space for learning in community with fellow students and faculty, a place where adventurous intellect is sparked and nurtured. Reading and research is the foundation for leading balanced, joyful and intentional lives inside the classroom and beyond; it’s a foundation for an education that lasts a lifetime. Each Brearley girl is called to principled engagement in their world and the library is where this conversation first begins.

The new space, made possible by generous leadership donations from our community, opens to a sweeping panorama of the East River and Queens. As the 10th floor was formerly a gym, the windows needed to be lowered to fully capture the view beyond; director of construction and facilities Doris Coleman said it best: “It’s pretty dramatic.” Their infrastructure was updated, too, ensuring better weather-proofed space. In fact, every piece of the new library is made of locally sourced materials. No fossil fuels are used in cooling or heating; it’s all electric, showing our students by example to always seek out the environmental greater good.

At the base of the soaring bank of windows are Brearley’s signature window seats where students can curl up with a good book year-round. These cozy seats have always been a focal point of Brearley libraries throughout the decades and so were preserved as a nod to our history in the midst of our modernization. As one Class VI student said in 1944, “I like the library because it is cheerful, quiet and homelike.” It remains that way today.

“This new space is quickly becoming the heart of the School.”

In another nod to our past, the final books were brought up from the old to new library by the Brearley Book Brigade. The brigade has been a fixture in our recent history each time a new library opens, as was the case for the Lower School library in 2019 and the 610 library’s many relocations. This time, students from Classes V and XII—the “bookends” of Middle and Upper School—shuttled volumes, one by one, up the stairs to their renovated home.

The new library features more than one display of our living history. Each bookshelf is decorated with archival projects from students—dating all the way back to the early 20th century—depicting Brearley’s class mascots. From poems to drawings to stuffed animals, these glass cases atop each shelf tell the story of the School and the generations of students who’ve grown up within its walls.

“When I showed the blueprints to students last year, their excitement was palpable,” says head librarian Erin Olsen. “They’d outgrown the space downstairs. Some students ended up sitting on the floor because there just wasn’t another chair.” Now, there’s more than enough room for everyone, with numerous long desks and smaller, two-person tables for all styles of study, be it solo or group projects.

Another goal for Ms. Olsen was to increase the library’s browsability. And so, half of the bookshelves are stocked with fiction and literature from throughout the ages, while the other half houses nonfiction written by an array of authors on countless topics of interest. This makes the stacks more accessible for students who aren’t working on a research paper but instead rooting out their next favorite novel.

Facing page, top: 1984 Book Brigade where 12,617 volumes were moved from the Higginson Library on the 6th floor to the expanded library on the 1st floor. Middle: The Lower School Library Book Brigade in 2019 moving books from 610 Lower School library to the new library in 590. Bottom: This year’s Book Brigade which traveled all the way to the 10th floor.

The library also features group learning spaces with two classrooms at the back where the archives are kept. “These archives will foster the curious Brearley spirit,” says school archivist Zoey Ha. “Students can see how much writing has changed throughout the years.”

The collection is split into two categories: special and general collections. School founder Samuel Brearley’s old textbooks are currently housed in the latter collection awaiting a careful rebinding process. Amongst the worn, antique covers are philosophical classics by Plato, Virgil and Cicero. The general collection will be housed in the library’s smaller classroom and available for viewing by appointment.

The library’s special archival collection features volumes from the early 20th century as well as first editions and signed books like the priceless copy of In the Shadow of Man featuring Jane Goodall’s signature scrawled on an opening page. This collection is also viewable by appointment in the library’s larger classroom.

Mary Herr, Brearley’s librarian in the 1920s, noted the School’s collection as groundbreaking for a time when “most schools still clung to the textbook method of teaching.” The library’s inaugural 5,000 volumes widened this narrow door of learning for countless girls—as it still does today. This moment in history finds libraries politicized and challenged. In fact, many schools are choosing to reduce their collections instead of expanding them. Brearley continues to foster an open space for learning that prioritizes curiosity and intellectual bravery over fear.

“The library has always been an integral part of the life of the building and the community,” says Ms. Olsen. “It’s used by everyone.”

Ms. Olsen hopes this welcoming new space will be a source of comfort when students feel the stress of an exam or project. In this age of rapid-fire, often inaccurate information online and on social media platforms, she believes it’s more important than ever to value our school’s library and the wealth of knowledge it holds. “It’s a safe place to ask questions,” Ms. Olsen says. “Students know that we’re going to guide them to reliable sources.” In our times, this could not be more valuable. Our new 610 library is the perfect embodiment of truth found through toil.

RED VS.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, the infamous Red and White rivalry began. The then head of the Gym Department, Miss Carling, felt establishing schoolwide teams would encourage more interclass cohesion. Clearly a woman ahead of her time, she set her sights firmly on creating the now-familiar, tight-knit Brearley community. The first Field Day was attended by students and alumnae alike and held at 102nd Street and Fifth Avenue.

Though Miss Carling affectionately deemed the rivalry a “good-natured war of the roses,” some students found the competitions to be “ferocious” and the process of picking teams “not nice.” One alumna wrote in the 1945 Bulletin: “Not everyone is or wants to be an athlete.”

By the late 1960s, interest in the competition waned. Helen Peyonner ‘72, who was head of the Athletic Association her senior year, felt the politics and culture of her time—namely the antiwar movement and political and social turmoil—caused this downturn in participation. Nonetheless, Red vs. White persisted, many students continuing to wear color-coded belts over their PE uniforms.

WHITE

And so, by the 1980s, the decades-long rivalry had been revived—so much, that it was the principal competition at Brearley, even outweighing contests against other schools’ sports teams.

Today, Red and White are still taken extremely seriously. Faces are painted and voices made hoarse from cheering. Once a student is assigned a color in the fall of Class V, she fiercely defends that color until graduation day. In fact, teams are kept within families to avoid friction at home.

Games between the two are held once a month in PE class before the yearlong competition culminates on Field Day each spring. Middle and Upper Schools compete in a series of games including kickball, volleyball and handball, along with the now infamous grade-by-grade tug-of-war competition. Every student—from budding scientists to avid readers and varsity athletes—brings her A game. Then, as tradition goes, the final team score is awarded at the last athletics assembly of the year.

Dear Alumnae,

Parents, Grandparents, Faculty, Staff and Friends,

We are deeply grateful to each of you for the many ways you fulfill the promise of a Brearley education for our students. In our newly updated Strategic Vision, Stepping Through the Open Door, we focus on what sits at the very heart of our unique, rigorous and joyful school—our people.

Brearley has a proud tradition of giving: Our students give themselves wholeheartedly to their studies, to each other and to the community; our alumnae give immense time and energy to strengthen the School for the students who come next; our talented faculty and staff provide guidance and intellectual fuel to fire the curiosity of their students; our parents and grandparents offer love and enthusiasm for their family’s unique Brearley journey; and every person who makes a philanthropic gift, of any size, makes an impact and a meaningful difference.

In the 2022–2023 academic year, your combined contributions helped us to hit our Annual Fund goals. We raised a record-breaking amount for a Class XII Fund dedicated to faculty and staff appreciation and exceeded our goals at a jubilant 1980s-themed Parents’ Association Benefit. Generous gifts also made the fully funded completion of our beautiful new Middle and Upper School library possible.

Thank you for your generosity and enthusiastic support of Brearley.

Yours in Truth and Toil,

MODUPE AKINOLA ‘92 PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

JANE FOLEY FRIED HEAD OF SCHOOL

TOTAL GIFTS TO Brearley

July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023

GIFTS BY CONSTITUENCY

Alumnae $2,140,000

Alumnae Parents $560,000

Parents $5,150,000

Parents of Alumnae $1,000,000 Grandparents, Friends and Faculty $1,220,000

TOTAL $10,070,000

GIFTS BY PURPOSE

Annual Giving $3,870,000

Parents’ Association Benefit $370,000

Facilities Projects $4,700,000

Endowment and Other $1,130,000

TOTAL $10,070,000

giving at brearley

Brearley is pleased to acknowledge the impact of your generous gifts. We are proud to celebrate the participation of our many donors and are grateful for your contributions at all levels. Please contact Development & Alumnae Relations with questions or preferences for future listings.

If you would like more information about participating in philanthropy at the School, please contact:

Phoebe Geer ‘97

Director of Advancement pgeer@brearley.org (212) 570-8609

Amina Holman

Annual Fund Director aholman@brearley.org (212) 570-8610

Patricia (P.J.) Kolman

Major Gifts Officer pkolman@brearley.org (212) 570-8626

Library Plaque Winners

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE 2022–2023 ANNUAL FUND

THE SPRING 2023 LIBRARY PLAQUE CHALLENGE GAVE ALUMNAE IN THE CLASSES OF 1950 TO 2018 A ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH A SMALL PLAQUE IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED 610 MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL LIBRARY. TO QUALIFY, THESE CLASSES INCREASED THE AVERAGE GIVING FROM THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS BY AN ADDITIONAL 25 PERCENT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE THANK EVERYONE WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THEIR SUPPORT OF BREARLEY. CONGRATULATIONS!

Benefit Committee

The 2023 Brearley Parents’ Association

Benefit brought together over 650 members of the community for a Totally ’80s evening of music, dancing, throwback fashion and friendship at the Cooper Hewitt. We are sincerely grateful to the Benefit Committee for bringing this fantastic event to life, which raised $370,000 for Brearley faculty and staff support.

CO-CHAIRS

Lindsay and Charlie Higgins

Kamila and Munib Islam

UNDERWRITING CO-CHAIRS

Heather and JP Benveniste

Haley Swindal and Jack Tantleff

COMMITTEE

Rebecca Birch ‘94 and Mark Pankoff

Michel Botbol and Arthur Krystofiak

Katie Brennan ‘92 and Jim Brennan

Rebecca Carter and Demetris Giannoulias

Kumar and Kavita Dharmarajan

Erica Frontiero and David O’Leary

Angeline Huang and Mark Higgins

Sayuri Kaczynski ‘96 and Jeff Kaczynski

Bo Young and Jeffrey Lee

Alana and Steven Levine

Emily McLellan ‘94 and Scott McLellan

Sage Mehta ‘03 and Michael Robinson

Peggy and Rajesh Midha

Elizabeth Morgan and Paul Allan

Abigail Young Moses ‘88 and Jonathan Moses

Nancy Park and Matthew Turner

Purva Patel-Tsai and Andrew Tsai

Jyoti Patil and Anand Joshi

Polly Klyce Pennoyer and Robert Pennoyer

Fernanda and Edgar Piedra

ShinHyung and Yong-Kyoo Rim

Menna and Eli Samaha

Lisa Schwartz and Ben Zeskind

Teena Shetty and Mihir Desai

Bonnie and Mitchell Spiegel

Begum and William Taft

Erica and Jonathan Teller

Ellen and Bill Turchyn

Tina and Philip Vasan

Naomi Waletzky and Rowan Hajaj

Patricia Walker and Waldo Glasman

THANK YOU TO THE 2022–2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Modupe Akinola ’92, President

Dusty Philip, Senior Vice President

Susan Berresford ’61, Vice President

Munib Islam, Vice President

Sue Meng ’99, Secretary

Gideon Berger, Treasurer

Tara Abrahams

Ranika Cohen

Daphné Crespo-Helm

Amina Elderfield ’94

Thomas Farrell

Jane Foley Fried

Martha Haakmat

Rebecca Haile

John McGinn

Cory Nangle

Margo Nederlander

Sidaya Moore Sherwood ’90

Bill Shutzer

Nekesa Straker ‘97

Lita Tandon ’06

Olivia Wassenaar ’97

Lauren Wasson

Alan Yan

Trustees Emeriti

Christine Frankenhoff Alfaro ’91

Georges F. de Ménil

Evelyn Janover Halpert ’52

David T. Hamamoto

Stephanie J. Hull

Ellen Jewett ’77

Alan Jones

Edward F. Rover *

John F. Savarese

Priscilla M. Winn Barlow

Faculty Representative

Ann Saunders

Fundraising Volunteers

Nearly 200 parent and alumnae volunteers lend their expertise, time and considerable efforts to advance projects across the School each year. We are proud to recognize them for their unflagging loyalty and commitment to sustaining Brearley’s educational mission and values.

Alumnae

LEADERSHIP GIFTS COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS

Emily McLellan ’94

Sage Mehta ’06

Caroline Adams ’94

Leyla Bader ’88

Rebecca Birch ’94

Rebecca Bloom ’99

Mika Bouvard ’93

Katie Brennan ’92

Emily Rover Grace ’95

Hannah Gross ’09

Meghan Magyar ’97

Emily Marzulli Rummel ’06

Lita Tandon ’06

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ’96

Margaret Warden ’93

Sarah Washkowitz ’00

Olivia Wassenaar ’97

ALUMNAE CLASS AGENTS

CO-CHAIRS

Emily Marzulli Rummel ’06

Katie Brennan ’92

1943

Frances Fisher*

1944

Connie Tate

1950

Maisie Adamson

Shelah Scott

1953

Ann Leventhal

1956

Myra Lipman

1958

Wendy Ecker

Sally Stopford

1959

Joan Hartwell

1960

Annie-May de Bresson

Martha Mendelsohn

1961

Louise Bozorth

Ginny Keim

Wendy Kleinbaum

Carey Millard

Marcella Wainwright

1962

Peregrine Whittlesey

1963

Martha Severens

1964

Wilhelmina Eaken

1966

Anne Mittendorf

Laura Page

1968

Elena Droutzkoy Corso

1969

Barbara Hauge

1970

Helen Thurston

1971

Lindsey Folsom

1972

Ann Koppen

Helen Pennoyer

1976

Kate Marshall

1977

Elizabeth Schiff

1982

Meyung Joh-Carnella

Jaqueline Worth

1986

Emily Kirsch

1988

Karen Young

1989

Darleen Jobson-Larkin

1991

Amanda Kahn-Kirby

Jocelyn Strauber

1992

Katie Brennan

Lisa Falkson

1993

Mika Bouvard

Margaret Warden

1994

Caroline Adams

Caroline Sincerbeaux King

1995

Emily Grace

Andrea Kassar

Ann Whitman

1996

Annabel Noth

Elizabeth Oelsner

1997

Annie Bystryn

Phoebe Geer

Meghan Magyar

1999

Courtney Andrialis

Rebecca Bloom

Amy Sharpe-Matthew

2000

Julia Foster

Melissa Miness

Dena Twain Sims

2001

Kimberly Stolz

2002

Elizabeth van Buren

2003

Amber Lam

2004

Natalie Moutoussis

2005

Vana Koutsomitis

2006

Emily Barnet

Molly Battles

Lizzie Ellis

Emily Marzulli Rummel

Lita Tandon

GIVING

2007

Thea Hogarth

Margaret White

2008

Nell Ethridge

Stephanie Sharp

2009

Hannah Gross

2010

Maite Cubilette

2011

Nicole Lam

2012

Rebecca McSween

Annalise Perricone

2013

Colette Macari

2014

Rachel Goldstein

Katharine Jessiman-Ketcham

Victoria Kingham

2015

Suzhen Jiang

Katherine Mann

Amelia Sawyers

Dani Seda

2016

Allegra DeLandri

Lauren Goldstein

Elizabeth Mann

2017

Allegra Colman

2018

Calista Washburn

2019

Mia Colman

Sarah Mann

Lauren Scheller

Parents

PARENT CLASS AGENTS

CO-CHAIRS

Kerry Kourepenos

Whitney Mogavero

KINDERGARTEN

Rebecca Bloom ‘99

David Coles

Martha Driscoll

Patricia Raciti

Mike Yin

CLASS I

Shantanu Agrawal

Jessie Ding

Mandë Holford

Elise Kang

Fay Sardjono

CLASS II

Edwine Joseph

Sarah Kessler

Katie Lentz

Brian Shaw

CLASS III

Jenny Gillette

Emily Rover Grace ‘95

Natalie Sheppard

CLASS IV

Matt Hemberger

Jennifer Rogers

Lauren Wilkins

CLASS V

Caroline Adams Caputo ‘94

Ashima Garg

Tina Klaric

Whitney Mogavero

Margo Nederlander

CLASS VI

Mika Bouvard ‘93

Tina Bristol

Kate Lauprete

Olivia Wassenaar ‘97

CLASS VII

Scott Clemons

Whitney Mogavero

Lila Preston

Rachel Russell

CLASS VIII

Jennifer Bab

Ranika Cohen

CLASS IX

Ozzie Allen

Helen Cantwell

Tao Cheng

Richard Do

CLASS X

Lizzy Kuhlenkamp

Jennifer Rogers

CLASS XI

Kerry Kourepenos

Stuart Murray

Edward Nangle

Melissa Raso

Class XII Gift

STUDENT CO-CHAIRS

Aliza Fergang

Hannah Marx

Sey Stein

Sarah Torres

PARENT CO-CHAIRS

Abigail Young Moses ‘88 and Jonathan Moses

Tina and Philip Vasan

COMMITTEE

Cynthia Brauer and Stacy Dick

Suzanne and Benjamin Casasnovas

Florelle Diver

Bridget Foley and J.D. Weinberg

Wandy and William Hoh

Erin and Samir Hussein

Rena Krasnow and Robert Marx

Line Lillevik and James Waterston

Sorin and Imran Siddiqui

The Class of 2023 Teacher Appreciation Fund

The Class of 2023 Teacher Appreciation Fund was established by the members and families of last year’s senior class to honor Brearley’s beloved faculty and staff. The Class of 2023 had 100 percent student support for their fund, and exceeded the all-time fundraising record for a Class XII fund.

A portion of dollars raised will be set aside to underwrite improvements to the 7th floor Faculty and Staff Lounge, to be completed as part of the phased 610 schoolhouse renovations. The remaining endowed fund augments Brearley’s faculty sabbatical program, a unique benefit that helps attract and retain our talented faculty members and exemplifies Brearley’s belief in the impact of lifelong learning.

Thank you to every community member who helped establish this meaningful fund.

Memorial and Honorary Gifts

Donors to Brearley have a long tradition of thoughtfully recognizing others in the community through their gifts. We thank those who made memorial and honorary gifts this year and are pleased to recognize those they wish to honor through their philanthropy.

Gifts in Memory Of

LAURIE SCHNEIDER ADAMS ’59

Caroline Adams Caputo ’94 and Giorgio Caputo

John Adams

EDITH ARNDT

Richard Arndt

MARGARET ARNOLD ’82

Victoria Davidson ’84

NINA KIVELSON AUERBACH ’52

Julia Bernstein ’12

Jo Ellen Finkel and Donald Bernstein

SONIA GRACE AUSTRIAN ’50

Sarah Austrian ’77

JANE NORTHROP BANCROFT ’31

Elizabeth Bancroft ’84

IRENE NELSON BAREAU ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

LINDA BARRETT ’49

Kate Barrett ’53

MARY ELLIN BERLIN BARRETT ’44

Elizabeth Barrett Matson ’71

BERYL BENACERRAF-LIBBY ’67

Peter Libby

DEIRDRE BERGSON

Michelle Wonsley ’97

ROBERT BERNE

Elizabeth Berne DeGear ’86

PAULA BIRAN

Alisa Biran Ben-Ami ’89

Rebecca Bloom ’99 and Marvin Li

Diane Deschamps Hockstader ’53

Gail Marcus

Linda and Scott Rafferty

Ella Romero ’06

Sharon Gates Stearns ’63

LINDA BOLDT ’64

Gail Marcus

Ann Whitman ’95

SUSAN BORBAY

Heyden White Rostow ’67

ELIZABETH MOSS BRADLEY ’69

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

BARBARA BAERWALD BRONFMAN ’56

Sara Baerwald ’65

JOY BROOKS ’81

Laura Boyer ’81

Catherine Foster-Anderson ’81

CAROLINE BROWN

Melinda Carley ’90

SARA LINNIE SLOCUM BROWNELL ’63

Antonia Bryan ’63

Hope Ewing ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

MOLLY BRYANT ’59

Catherine Detmar Nicholls ’59

EDITH ISELIN BYRON ’55

Ariel Hamill Herrmann ’55

EDNA CARLING

Sylvia Kalitinsky Brewda ’63

RUTH CARPENTER

Rebecca Dolinsky ’80

Sophie Glazer ’70

Cindy Spiegel ’78

Elizabeth Levy Ward ’74

LAURENCE CASPER

Hillary Casper ’98

CHRISTINE GIUSIO CHADWICK ’88

Jeffrey and Alice Keimweiss ’88

SHAO CHEN

Ming Hui Chen ’78

YUNG CHANG CHEN

Ming Hui Chen ’78

LINDA CHILDS-VAN WIJK ’59

Mary Blum Cossette ’59

BIRGITTA CLASSON

Connie and Rolf Classon

RUBEN COHEN

Ranika Cohen

EMILY TAYLOR CRIPPS ’50

Pamela Taylor Morton ’48

KENNETH M. CRONIN, JR.

Jennifer Bartoli

MARY DE KAY

Alissa Rubin ’76

SAMANTHA DEL CAMPO ’88

Jeffrey and Alice Keimweiss ’88

BYRON AND ELIZABETH RODGERS DOBELL

Elizabeth Dobell ’79

JACK AND HELEN EISNER

Alexandra Gibson ’04

NORA ELRINGTON

Melanie Ellis Starks ’97

VIRGINIA EPPERSON ’39

Eileen Epperson ’67

AMY MAZZOLA FLYNN ’81

Laura Boyer ’81

Faith and Peter Coolidge

Joanna Delson ’81 and David R. Venderbush

Terence Flynn

Catherine Foster-Anderson ’81

PHOEBE HARVEY FRACKMAN ’50

Alexandra Bell Witten ’74

MARGARET PARSONS FROST ’56

Susan Lasersohn Frost ’56

GIGI FUCHS ’82

Thomas and Deborah Davis Ascheim ’82

Lois Falberg and Brian Sinder

Constance Rapp

Cordelia Hodges Tilghman ’82

HELEN GARRISON

Evelyn Janover Halpert ’52

Sharon Gates Stearns ’63

SUSAN GORDON ’60

Sallie Gordon Sperling ’62

RACHEL HALL ’87

Jessica Levenstein ’87

MARY HAMBLETON ’71

Priscilla Ryan ’71

ANN HAMILTON

Jane Hamilton Dorwart ’68

DONNA LANDAU HARDIMAN ’77

Elizabeth and James Auran

Augusta Svoronos Lyras ’77

MARGARET RIKER HARDING

Linda Sonnenschein Kaufman ’52

Elizabeth Tomlinson ’87

MARJORIE BYWATER HARGRAVE ’28

Audrey Adams Massa ’63

NORMAN HARRINGTON

Delphi Harrington

RUTH KISSIN HELMAN ’69

Rebecca Blank ’94

Claudia Brodsky

Rebecca Brooks ’13

Lauren Goldenberg ’04

Victoria Kingham ’14

Abigail Lash ’88 and Austin Shapard

Gail Marcus

Rebecca McSween ’12

Penelope Sinanoglou ’96

SUSAN SANDERS HENCK ’70

Jan Liss ’70

Elaine Garofallou Rollins ’70

EDWARD M.W. HINES

Caroline Hines

Gregory and Laura Hines Laufer ’97

PETER AND HARRIET HOLSTEIN

Victoria Holstein ’87

HOLLISTER HOUGHTON ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

ROSEMARY JACKSON-SMITH ’65

Regan O’Connell Roos ’65

MEGAN JESSIMAN

Linda and Scott Rafferty

JEAN HAAS JONES ’55

Walter Jones

BLANCHE PERRIS KAHN

Kimberly Kahn ’94

FLORENCE MACK KELLY ’53

Alice Mack Sawyer ’64

JEAN GOLDSCHMIDT KEMPTON ’63

Olwyn Maw Morinski ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

RACHEL KOCH SWICA

Yael Swica and Laurence Sprung

BONA KOSTKA

Lydia Davis ’65

Rebecca Dolinsky ’80

Jessica Levenstein ’87

BETTY KRAMER

Jennifer Collins ’77 and Mark Ettinger

Phebe Jensen ’77

BOB AND JAN KRISSEL

Kimberly Krissel Jones ’76

SOPHIE DEPREZ KRY ’84

Elizabeth Bancroft ’84

Jocelyn and Andre Deprez

Sarah Piper

PATRICIA AND GEORGE LABALME

Linda Sonnenschein Kaufman ’52

HELEN BEAMAN LAKIN ’95

Helen Hoffman Davies ’62

Valerie Hoffman Takai ’58

INGE LEDERER

Katya Gibel Mevorach ’70

ALICE LIPTON

Gail Marcus

Heyden White Rostow ’67

ELIZABETH LOEB ’55

John Loeb

MARION SMITH LOWNDES ’23

Susan Lowndes Blagden ’58

L. EDWARD LUCAIRE, SR.

Lewise Lucaire

CATHERINE MACRAE ’96

Caroline Hines

Ann MacRae ’00

Linda and Scott Rafferty

Timothy and Dena Twain Sims ’00

Leigh Stearns ’95

Sharon Gates Stearns ’63

SALLY DONOVAN MADDEN ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

SANDRA LEA MARSHALL ’73

Jill Klein Grant ’73

Emily Heilbrun ’73

Patricia Taussig Marshall ’49

Rose Schwartz ’73

HELENE CHAMPRIGAND

Anna Rapp Hostrop ’50

JULIA MINARD ’03

Alexandra Bowie and Daniel Richman

JANET BACKUS MORGAN ’54

Ellen Wood Barth ’54

KATHLEEN MORIARTY ’71

Elizabeth Barrett Matson ’71

Priscilla Ryan ’71

Marjorie Deane Swain ’71

WILLIAM MOSS

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

LAURA MATLAW MURPHY ’70

Alison Anthoine ’70

Jan Liss ’70

DORA NOBLE

Ardena Noble Landsman ’73

ELISABETH HIGGINS NULL ’60

Nancy Bigelow Krause ’56

JULIET BOYD PATTERSON ’48

J. Ritchie Patterson ’76

KATHRYN SCHAEFLER PERSHAN ’49

Pamela Pershan Hochman ’82

Sachiko and Edward Miller

Julia Pershan ’88 and Jonathan Cohen

Richard Pershan

MARY JANE QUINLAN PETERSON ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

ELLEN HARFIELD PIEL ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

JAYMI GOODENOUGH PRIESTER ’66

Joan Mitchell Fletcher ’66

Sarah Tenney ’66

KENDALL RICE

Dionne Rice

SHEILA RICHARDSON ’73

Vanessa Weber ’73

SAARTJE HITZIG RONAN ’58

Ann Carlton ’58

Betsy Bacon Newell ’58

DARIA ROSE NORTON

Diana Wade ’04

ANDREA ROSENTHAL ’84

Elizabeth Bancroft ’84

Phyllis Rosenthal

Katharine Weymouth ’84

TIESHA SARGEANT ’98

Ibijoke Akinola-Michel ’99 and Jean-Claude Michel

Eliza Schnitzer Gairard ’98

Catherine Gowl ’98

Gail Marcus

Amanda Meigher ’98

Kimberly Kleinbaum Tsesarsky ’98

ANN TWEEDY SAVAGE ’65

Margot Tweedy Egan ’73

Clare Tweedy McMorris ’63 and Howard McMorris

Elisabeth McMorris ’05

Michael Savage

JULIE SCHIEFFELIN ’61

Karen Wetter Nathan ’75

Betsy Tanner ’75

Alice Truax ’77

ANNE SHEFFIELD ’48

Linda Gross Kahn ’85

HANNAH L. SHI

Yan Sun and Rong Shi

ALEXANDRA SICHEL ’81

Laura Boyer ’81

Catherine Foster-Anderson ’81

CLAUDE DE FRANCE SMITH

Ellen Seely ’73

BARBARA HADLEY STANTON ’53

Laura Stanton ’77

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RICHARD B. STEARNS JR.

Lee Grimes Evans ’63

Mallory Rome ’92

Sharon Gates Stearns ’63

OTTO STEIN

Suzanne Stein

ANN TIPTON STORER ’52

Gail Tipton ’55

ADELE HALL SWEET ’43

Caroline Leopold ’15

RACHEL SWETT ’07

Elizabeth and James Auran

Marianne and Owen Davis

Catherine Miller Goldstein ’07

Shelly Guyer ’78

RUTH SYLVESTER ’70

Sophie Glazer ’70

STEPHANIE BARKER TAYLOR ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

BEATRICE THOMPSON

Victoria Davidson ’84

Rebecca Dolinsky ’80

Meredith Alderman Ritsch ’97

GEORGE TOKIEDA

Thomas and Deborah Davis Ascheim ’82

Margaret Caldwell-Ott

Gail Marcus

Elizabeth Tomlinson ’87

RODOLFO TORRES

Cassandra Nelson-Torres

THEA TRACHTENBERG ’86

Carolyn Clark and David Patterson

SOPHIA TRUSLOW ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

GORDON B. AND MARY J. TWEEDY

Margot Tweedy Egan ’73

Clare Tweedy McMorris ’63 and Howard McMorris

Elisabeth McMorris ’05

Michael Savage

CONSTANCE UMBERGER

Catherine Foster-Anderson ’81

MARY ST. JOHN VILLARD ’30

Elizabeth Villard ’63

HELEN TWOMBLY WATKINS ’56

Eric Watkins

LOUIS WHITE

Elspeth Woodcock Macdonald ’57

Claire Albrecht-Carrie Tomlinson ’58

SUZANNAH RYAN WILKIE ’53

Serena Wilkie Gifford ’82

PENELOPE WINDUST ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

Sharon Gates Stearns ’63

Jane Handwerger Walker ’63

GRETCHEN WOLFE

Janice Condit and Edward Benett

VIVIAN AND EDDIE WONSLEY

Michelle Wonsley ’97

MARY ELLIOTT WOODROW ’63

Deborah Bancroft ’63

Martha Ryan Severens ’63

Sharon Gates Stearns ’63

Robert Woodrow, III

FRANCES HYDE ZABRISKIE ’14

Christiane Citron ’67

Gifts in Honor Of

MARGARET ALLISON ’04

Janet and Donald Allison

JULIÁN ALTSCHUL

Tao Cheng and Yiben Lin

MARY MOSS APPLETON ’65

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

ANNE BALDWIN ’09

Emily Baldwin ’12

BEATRICE S. BARTLETT

Lucy McDiarmid ’64v

JENNIFER BARTOLI

Jo David ’61

GIVING

ELISSA JABLONS BERNSTEIN ’78

Shari Lusskin ’78

SIMONE BLASER ’04

Ronna and Martin Blaser

SHERI BLAU

Hilary Kramer

TIM BROWNELL

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

Frank Zhang

SOPHIE PALITZ BUINEWICZ ’09

Miriam London

LAURA BYRNES

Margaret Grise and Adam Silver

PAUL BYRNES

Hilary Kramer

MING HUI CHEN ’78

Lee Grimes Evans ’63

SARAI CHICO

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

BRIAN CHU

Julie and Joaquin Gamboa

Hilary Kramer

Rena Krasnow and Robert Marx

CLASS OF 1949

Patricia Taussig Marshall ’49

CLASS OF 1963

Clare Tweedy McMorris ’63 and Howard McMorris

Elizabeth Villard ’63

CLASS OF 1968

Alison Anthoine ’70

Frances C. Taliaferro

CLASS OF 1973

Honor Lassalle ’73

CLASS OF 1993

Lauren Reiss Frank ’93

CLASS OF 1994

Jasmine Davila ’94

CLASS OF 2005

Hanna Miller ’05

ANNAH CLONTZ

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

DORIS COLEMAN

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

JUDY CONANT

Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ’85

SARAH COX ’56

Nancy Bigelow Krause ’56

KITTY CUNNINGHAM

Krysia Bereday Burnham ’78

Katharine Marshall ’76

Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ’85

Elizabeth Parker Migliorelli ’76

GAIL DAVIS

Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ’85

LAURA DELANY ’15

Carol Brown-Hageman and Ivan Hageman

CECILE MILLER EISTRUP ’58

Andrea Matos ’88

JANE FOLEY FRIED

Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

JOAN GARDINER

Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ’85

PHOEBE GEER ‘97

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

ANDREA GILROY

Frank Zhang

DEBRA GLICK

Rena Krasnow and Robert Marx

ANNABEL GORDON

Linda and William Musser

MARY JANE PEIGHTAL HAIGHT ’49

Nina Haight Frost ’75

EVELYN JANOVER HALPERT ’52

Susanne and Donald McQuade

Margery Baker Riker ’66

Cynthia Saltzman ’67

ELIANORA PALITZ HERBSTMAN ’06

Miriam London

ZOE HOPKINS ’18

Keith Butler

DAPHNE HURFORD

Laura Turpin Borak ’00

WINIFRED STEARNS HUSSEY ’78

Shari Lusskin ’78

MARIEL ISAACSON

Hilary Kramer

KELLY JEWETT

Winifred Stearns Hussey ’78

PATRICIA AND LLOYD KAUFMAN

Matthew and Lily-Hayes Salzberg ’99

FRANCES KEOHANE ’20

Isabella Levenson

GEORGIA KEOHANE ’90

Isabella Levenson

JESSICA ERNST KERNS ’00

Margot and John Ernst

JU YEON KIM

Margaret Grise and Adam Silver

DARYL KLEIMAN ’04

Laurin and Norman Kleiman

NOEL LAMBERTY

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

SARAH LANNOM

Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti

SUE LEONARD

Flavia Golden ‘83 and Arthur Yee

DOUGLAS LEVINE

Frank Zhang

Anonymous

LOWER SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF

Anonymous

WINIFRED MABLEY

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

GAIL S. MARCUS

Rena Krasnow and Robert Marx

PATRICIA TAUSSIG MARSHALL ’49

Kate Marshall ’76

PEGGY MCINTOSH

Diana Wade ’04

ARI MEDINA

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

RAOUL MEYER

Hilary Kramer

JILLIAN MINELLO

Eloise Grace ’32

CHARLOTTE MORSE ’05

Stacey and Robert Morse

ELLIOT MORSE ’09

Stacey and Robert Morse

MARGARET MORSE ’13

Stacey and Robert Morse

AMY MOSS ’70

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

Catherine Moss Warner ’68

BARBARA MOSS ’81

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

Catherine Moss Warner ’68

KATHRYN MOSS

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

JIM MULKIN

Kate Glasner and Daniel Egan

KAREN NEDBAL

Margaret Caldwell-Ott

JANE NEWMAN

Jennifer Bartoli

Jo David ’61

LAURA OST ’74

Nancy Ost

GABRIELLE LONDON PALITZ ’76

Jayne and PJ Kim

Miriam London

RICHARD PERSHAN

Jayne and PJ Kim

ASHLEY PRESCOD ’17

Lucinda Noel

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ALYSSA PUCCINELLI ’08

Sabrina and Steven Puccinelli

CHRISTINA PUCCINELLI ’15

Sabrina and Steven Puccinelli

GINA PUCCINELLI ’11

Sabrina and Steven Puccinelli

HANNAH RAU

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

CHARLOTTE RELYEA ’92

Susan and George Relyea

LILY RIOPELLE ’10

Leslie Kanter and Roland Riopelle

LIBERTY RUBY ’70

Ann Lumbard Alexander ’76

ANA SABATER

Hilary Kramer

ANN SAUNDERS

Hilary Kramer

MARY SUSAN SHENG ’20

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

SOPHIA SHENG ’13

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

ABIGAIL SOLOMON ’88

Linda Schapiro

CLAIRE SOLOMON

Susan and Peter Solomon

JENNIFER SOLOMON ’01

Susan Solomon Shaderowfsky

Robert Solomon

Susan and Peter Solomon

LILY SOLOMON

Susan and Peter Solomon

MAX SOLOMON

Susan and Peter Solomon

ANNIE SPADER BYERLY

Lisa Schwartz and Benjamin Zeskind

ELIZABETH STAINTON ’77

Mary Claire Delaney and Luigi Cicala

KELLY STEIN

Katarzyna Dratewska and Pablo Rios

Lisa Schwartz and Benjamin Zeskind

RACHEL STURLEY ’19

Jessica and Stephen Sturley

KATHERINE BARRETT SWETT ’78

Alexandra Schwartz ’05

FRANCES C. TALIAFERRO

Alison Anthoine ’70

Constance and Corson Ellis

Anne Fishel ’73

Elizabeth Fishel ’68

Lucy McDiarmid ’64 v

YUE TANG

Laura Yee ’21

SUSANNA TERRELL

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

FRANCES P. THORNDIKE

Guillaume and Mika Tsugiyama Bouvard ’93

Hannah Gross ’09

CORDELIA HODGES TILGHMAN ’82

Fletcher Hodges

CATHERINE MOSS WARNER ’68

Patricia Moss and Kai Sheng

FRANCES WHEELER

Funke and Gbadebo Akinola

ANNE WHIDDEN

Lucy Whidden Hampton ’03

ELLA WICKHAM ’20

Leslie Stroth and Landon Wickham

JESSICA GREEN WILSON ’93

Karen and Joseph Green

THOMAS WRIGHT

Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti

MARIA-ANNA ZIMMERMANN

Margo and Jimmy Nederlander

Fiona Shaw ’06

Anonymous

This honorary contribution was also made in 2021–2022 and mistakenly omitted from last year’s Giving Review list. The Development Office apologizes for the error.

Samuel Brearley Society

Legacy gifts to the Brearley School leave a lasting impact and are an opportunity to magnify a lifetime of generosity. The Samuel Brearley Society recognizes supporters of Brearley who have included the School in their estate plans.

Thank you for your dedication to Brearley and its future.

Reed Abelson and Jaqueline Worth ’82

Helen Mills Allen ’49*

Catherine Huber Anderson ’40*

Albert and Dorothy Appleton

Peter A. Aron*

Nina Kivelson Auerbach ’52*

Hope Sinauer Babcock ’59

Leyla Morrissey Bader ’88

Eleanora Gordon Baird ’42*

Emily Lind Baker ’61

Ann Woolley Banks ’49

Irene Nelson Bareau ’63*

Mary Ellin Berlin Barrett ’44*

Beatrice S. Bartlett

Hugo and Louise Beit*

Robert Belknap*

George Bilon

Lois Baldwin Bishop ’52*

Laura Maioglio Blobel ’50

Linda Boldt ’64*

Katherine Stern Brennan ’70

Amanda Brown ’74

Gillette Brown*

Sally Brown Brown ’57

Merrill Buice ’84

Edith Wise Burpee ’44

Cassandra Cavanaugh and Natan Shklyar

Joan Ridder Challinor ’45*

Elizabeth Conklin Collins ’54*

Henry S.F. Cooper*

Mary Blum Cossette ’59

Tandy Cronyn ’63

Anne Chambers Crudge ’53*

Marguerite Cullman ’54

George* and Norma Dallal and Melissa Dallal ’89

Nina Montgomery Dana ’41*

Keith David

Maude Davis*

Diane de Coppet ’62

Laura de Coppet ’64

Georges and Lois de Ménil

Diana de Vegh ’55

Gioia del Campo

Arnold and Nancy Diethelm*

Nancy Nauts Dobbs ’47*

Mary Ann Donovan ’44*

Wilhelmina Martin Eaken ’64

Jane and *Malcolm Edgerton, Jr.

Cecile Miller Eistrup ’58

Margaret Condon Elting ’45

Eileen Epperson ’67

Sylvia Montgomery Erhart ’45*

Flora Feigenspan ’52*

Joan Ferrante ’54

Gwendolyn Fortson Waring ’73

Beatrice Mathews Francais ’55

Barbara Schwarz French ’30*

Jane Fulton

Jenny Gabler ’81

Timur Galen and Linda Genereux

Philomene Gates*

Linda B. Gillies

Jane Gladstone ’86

Ann Godoff and Annik La Farge ’78

Toni Krissel Goodale ’59

Joan Goodheart ’52

Margot Brady Gordon ’52

Robin Hinsdale Gould ’47*

Sarah Sillcocks Graham ’31*

Penelope Hunter Grant ’33*

Elizabeth Greenman ’87*

Ann Richards Gridley ’58

Rosemary Blackmon Grove ’69

Mary Rodgers Guettel ’48*

Mary Jane Peightal Haight ’49

Elinor Lamont Hallowell ’53*

Evelyn Janover Halpert ’52

Dorrance Hill Hamilton ’46*

Mary Jopling Harper ’33*

Jane Andrews Harris ’50

Barbara Hauge ’69

Elizabeth Haynes ’40*

Perrin Heard

Stephen Heard

Ruth Kissin Helman ’69*

Natascha Hildebrandt ’85

Caroline Hines

Dorothy Schwarz Hines ’44*

Susan Carr Hirschman ’49

Kathrine Hamilton Hobbs ’42*

Diane Deschamps Hockstader ’53

Winifred Hussey ’78

Barbara Ridder Irwin ’40*

Susan Miller Jackson ’36*

Elizabeth Shackford Jordan ’39*

Emma Kalonzo ’97

Amanda Kane*

Barbara Adler Katzander ’46

Hollis Kegg ’75

Elizabeth Harpel Kehler ’79

Marjorie Kellogg ’63

Louisa Livingston Kennedy ’52*

Romia Bull Kimball ’53*

Alice MacRae Kissel ’29*

George Labalme Jr. and Patricia H. Labalme ’44*

Paul and Mary Lee Lambert ’53

Louisa Lawrence ’55

Elizabeth Maxwell Lee ’61

Garrick Leonard and Leslie Feder ’77

Alan* and Gail Levenstein

Linda Markwett Liebes ’56

Nancy Moffat Lifland ’45*

Susan Worcester Light ’46*

Elizabeth Loeb ’55*

John Loeb

Ian and Monique Sullivan Lowitt ’79

Tamera Stanton Luzzatto ’75

Lelia Wardwell Mander ’81

Christopher and Claire Mann

Kate Marshall ’76

Lucy Welch Mazzeo ’31*

Lucy McDiarmid ’64

Nancy McDonald ’49*

Pamela McGovern and Richard Gross

Julia McVaugh

Ginny Meding ’38*

Marjorie Meacham Meek ’44*

David Milberg*

Carey French Millard ’61

Gwenn Miller ’88

Nancy Goldsmith Mistretta ’72

Janet Backus Morgan ’54*

Iris Frampton Muggenthaler ’47*

Frances Dell Murray ’38*

Ilse Nelson*

Christine Vanderwarker Ness ’59*

Mary Ann Nordeman ’53*

Carol Rothschild Noyes ’35*

Barbara Baker O’Brien ’42*

Nancy (Anne) Pell Osborn ’36*

Elinor Scott Oswald ’38

Juliet Boyd Patterson ’48*

Clarissa Wardwell Pell ’26*

Joan McGeoch Perry ’48*

Kathryn Schaefler Pershan ’49*

Priscilla Kennaday Pick ’29*

Angela Hill Plowden-Wardlaw ’62

Ann Hochschild Poole ’43*

Nansi Pugh*

Julie Zwaska Quinn ’92

Mary Louise Rankin ’52*

Signa Lynch Read ’48*

Esther Ridder ’43*

Margery Riker ’66

Aileen Robbins ’65*

Felicia Warburg Rogan ’45

The 610 Library

Brearley alumnae could be easily forgiven if they stepped off the elevators on the 10th floor of the 610 building and felt they were in the wrong place (a bit like Alice in the looking glass). What was once a vintage gymnasium with wire-caged windows, red padded walls, fluorescent lights and basketball court floors has magically been transformed into a new, beautiful library.

With its nearly floor-to-ceiling windows that allow natural light to pour in, window seats overlooking the East River, study tables with lamps that evoke a classic library reading room and nearly double the capacity for students to sit, this spacious facility is a testament to the optimism and imagination of our community.

The Middle and Upper School library is the first of many transformational projects that are part of the plans to renovate our historic schoolhouse. Each phase, each step, is an investment in Brearley’s future. The work to modernize 610 will take place over a series of summers and vacations, allowing the School to remain open and all parts of our program accessible for students. Improved, sustainable infrastructure and facilities, along with innovative designs of our spaces, will allow us to advance our extraordinary academic and extracurricular program, ensuring that Brearley continues to flourish for the next century and beyond.

These once-in-a-century upgrades to our historic home do not just happen; they are the result of in-depth conversations with faculty, staff and the Board of Trustees about the programmatic needs of our school as well as meticulous planning on finances and schedule for construction requirements. As we turn our attention to the next project in 610—a state-of-the-art studio arts facility and classrooms on the building’s top floors—Brearley is deeply grateful for the time, strategic thinking and philanthropic contributions that make the 610 renovations possible.

Jill Renaud Roosevelt ’79

Patricia Ross ’63

Mary Anne Goldsmith Schwalbe ’51*

Andrea Selch ’82

Elizabeth Munves Sherman ’73

Cynthia Fuguet Shurtleff ’48*

Jonathan* and Nealie Small

Dorothea Wilder Smith ’33*

Frederick Smith*

Susan Bassett Southall ’58*

Helen Grace Spencer ’53*

Emily Spitzer ’72

Kathleen Steed

Anne Rosen Stern ’34*

Diane Stevens ’58

Ellen Weiler Stiefler ’76

Amanda Stiff ’75

Andrea Gray Stillman ’62

Linda Stillman ’66

Sheila Muldowny Stone ’53

Betsy Sylvester*

Ruth Sylvester ’70*

Frances C. Taliaferro

Jean Ballard Terepka ’70

Rebecca Thomson ’71

Harriet Backus Todd ’60*

Juli Shea Towell ’51

Joan Foster Twigg ’67*

Sidney Howard Urquhart ’50*

Andre-Francois* and Lisa Villeneuve

Barbara Granbery Waldeck ’60

Lois Kahn Wallace ’57*

Sally Tilghman Wardwell ’54

Sarah Hyman Washkowitz ’00

Faye Wattleton

Priscilla M. Winn Barlow

Frederick Wonham*

Karen Young ’88

Ying Zhu

Isabel Wademan Zisk ’88

Anonymous (27)

Estate Gifts

Nina Kivelson Auerbach ’52*

Mary Ellin Berlin Barrett ’44*

Susan Bassett Southall ’58*

Andre-Francois* and Lisa Villeneuve

Thank You!

annual giving 2022–2023 school year

To our extraordinary community of alumnae, parents, parents of alumnae, faculty, staff and friends, we thank you for your generous philanthropic support. We are united in our belief in girls’ education, and your Annual Giving contributions provide vital funding to ensure that our students learn and grow in a school that prepares them for principled engagement in the world. Every gift makes a difference, and because of you, Brearley persists and progresses.

Brearley Fund

Unrestricted

Fueling all aspects of the educational program, your gifts will have a direct and immediate impact on purposeful teaching and expansive learning for today’s Brearley girls. Unrestricted gifts allow the School to maintain and enhance the caliber of the academic program by supporting the general operating budget, faculty and staff salaries and benefits, library books, healthy lunches, athletic equipment, art supplies and all aspects of life at Brearley. Together, we are stewards for today’s and tomorrow’s Brearley girls.

u nited Fund

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism Initiatives

Embracing Brearley’s school song lyrics “By truth and toil united” and committed to building a more equitable school community, the United Fund empowers expanded programming in this priority area. Brearley is taking an all-encompassing approach to this work, with the goal of initiating meaningful and lasting change. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive school where all Brearley students feel a sense of belonging.

Opening dOO rs Fund Scholarships

Ensuring that talented students from families of lower, middle and upper-middle incomes can access a Brearley education, your gifts provide tuition assistance for families with demonstrated need. Starting with a comprehensive tuition model that covers all essential school programs, Brearley offers robust financial aid, ranging from partial to full grants that include funding for additional school-related expenses, as needed. The generosity of annual donors and those who have endowed scholarships allows Brearley to enroll an economically diverse student body, Classes K–XII.

a dventur O us i ntellect Fund Faculty Support

Providing for the dedicated architects of the School’s educational program, your gifts benefit curricular development, departmental review, professional growth and faculty salaries. To advance the curriculum and enhance culturally competent pedagogy, we are furthering learning opportunities for our faculty by providing them with the resources and skills needed to grow as scholars, artists and educators. The School’s dedicated faculty cultivates the passionate exchange of ideas that is a hallmark of a Brearley classroom.

ANNUAL GIVING

online giving:

www.brearley.org/make-a-gift

Venmo: Brearley_af

via mail:

The Brearley School

610 East 83rd Street

New York, NY 10028

Attention: Development & Alumnae Relations

Contact:

Amina Holman, Annual Fund Director aholman@brearley.org

(212) 570-8610

BIRTHS

2001 To KARINA SCHUMACHER-VILLASANTE and Antonios El Achkar Schumacher, a son, Raphael El Achkar Schumacher1

2003 To AMBER LAM and Peter Chou Jr., a son, Hubert Hayes Chou2

To VALERIE CHIN and Peter Decareau III, a son, Austin Thomas Decareau3

2004 To BRITT CAPUTO BUNN and Nick Bunn, a daughter, Emilia Bunn4

To ALY GIBSON and Matt Marcucci, a daughter, Isabel Claudia Marcucci5

To LAUREN GOLDENBERG and David Plotz, a daughter, Simone Klion Goldenberg6

2005 To ISABEL TEITLER and Claudiu Ursache, a son, Frederick Teitler Ursache

To HAZEL BALABAN and Ky Harlin, a daughter, Augusta Elizabeth Harlin Balaban

To ALEXANDRA SCHWARTZ and Jonathan Blitzer, a son, Benjamin Gabriel Schwartz Blitzer7

To ALEXANDRA GINIGER and Bryan Scotland, a daughter, Sloane Victoria Scotland8

To PAMELA LACHMAN and Alice Heath, a son, Arthur Isaac Lachman-Heath

To ANDREA BARSK and Sean Roberts, a daughter, Sigrid Octavia Filippa Roberts

To ELAINE SHI and Roy Shi, a daughter, Celia Elizabeth Shi

To HELENA ANRATHER and Julian Rose, a daughter, Cosima Anrather Rose9

2006

To KATHARINE ETTINGER NAVARRE and Willie Navarre, a daughter, Lily Tyler Navarre10

To TIFFANY STODDARD, a daughter, Aina11

To MOLLY BATTLES and Noah Sherr Breslau, a daughter, Juno Sherr Battles12

2007 To ANDI KLESTADT and Jacob Garber, a daughter, Eleanor Olivia Garber13

To ELIZA LEHNER and Porter Diehl, a daughter, Georgina Diehl Lehner

2008

To HILARY BARTLETT and Kiel Zsitvay, twins, Arthur and Henry Zsitvay14

To ASTRID BARSK-KNOTT and Ben Knott, a son, Axel Harald Knott

To ANNIE SHI and Sean Anderson, a son, Walter Fitzrui Shi-Anderson

2009 To SOPHIE PALITZ BUINEWICZ and Jacob Buinewicz, a daughter, Talia Brooke Buinewicz15

To KATHERINE TENG and Brandon Kelly, a son, Oliver Powell Kelly16

2010 To MAHALA PAGAN and Colin Delaney, a daughter, Cora McLeod Delaney17

To MARINA LEHNER a daughter, Mira Lehner Greengard

2012 To REBECCA MCSWEEN and Tim Barron, a daughter, Sadie18

MARRIAGES

1973 SALLY PLUM to Robert Lee1

1985 MARIE-ELIZABETH MALI to Patrick Page2

2006 OLYMPIA SONNIER to Adam Littlefield3

MOLLY BATTLES to Noah Sherr Breslau4

2008 ANNIE SHI to Sean Anderson5

2009 MONICA DODGE to John Corbett6

LINDSEY-ROSE AGUERO-SINCLAIR to Neal Wadhwa

2010 MEGAN LUI to Peter Na7

DEATHS

1939 Mary Fairbanks Stainton

1943 Frances Fisher

1944 Constance Tate

1949 Julia Lovett Ashbey

1951 Irene Duckworth Hecht

1952 Lisa Nicholson

1955 Tina Howe

1955 Alison Fleischmann

1958 Alison Kramer Bück

1958 Suzanne d’Autremont Gouvernet

1963 Mary Stalter Radsch

1967 Beryl Benacerraf

1967 Mary Kornblee Gabriel

1970 Amy Miller

1973 Margot Tweedy Egan

1978 Winifred “Winky” Stearns Hussey

On the river, on East

83rd

Street, we will be here.

Create a legacy for Brearley.

Incubator, proving ground, home. Brearley is a singular place that is all about the girls—who they are, what they are capable of, and who they can become.

When you include Brearley in your estate plans, you join a generous group of supporters who safeguard the Brearley experience for the girls of future generations.

For sample language to use in your will or trust, and further information, please contact:

Phoebe T. Geer ’97, Director of Advancement (212) 570-8609 or pgeer@brearley.org.