2018-19 Report on Philanthropy

2018 - 2019 REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

What’s Inside

2 Messages of Thanks 4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan 12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family 14 100% Commitment: Faculty Go All-In for The Westminster Fund 18 A Record Year for The Westminster Fund 20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat 22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give to Honor and Inspire 26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy 28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast 32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society 34 The Pressly Leadership Society 38 The Columns Society Alumni Chapters Page 28 39 The Cornerstone Society 42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership More than 4,200 donors made a difference at Westminster in 2018-19! Scan this QR code with your phone to see a list of everyone whose gift made the Westminster experience possible.

The Pressly Leadership Society Page 34 2018 - 2019 WESTMINSTER REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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What’s Inside

2 Messages of Thanks 4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan 12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family 14 100% Commitment: Faculty Go All-In for The Westminster Fund 18 A Record Year for The Westminster Fund 20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat 22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give to Honor and Inspire 26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy 28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast 32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society 34 The Pressly Leadership Society 38 The Columns Society Alumni Chapters Page 28 39 The Cornerstone Society 42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership More than 4,200 donors made a difference at Westminster in 2018-19! Scan this QR code with your phone to see a list of everyone whose gift made the Westminster experience possible.

The Pressly Leadership Society Page 34 2018 - 2019 WESTMINSTER REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Dear Friends,

Dear Friends,

For the past couple years, I have visited with our fifth graders to lead an exercise that is loads of fun and serious business at the same time. One member of the class—chosen for an “ability to stand in one place”—finds a spot in the center of the room. In the first round, this student is surrounded by four or five classmates who represent our innermost circle of family and close friends. After identifying who is in this circle, the class tackles the question of what our responsibilities and obligations are to these people closest to us.

I am often asked why an institution like Westminster needs philanthropic support. As a fundraiser, my professional answer is that all leading organizations evolve and need continuous investment to fulfill their missions. But my personal answer, as a mom and a member of this community, is that our students are the future. I see the impact of the Westminster experience across campus daily and around the world as I have the privilege of meeting alumni near and far, who carry Westminster with them wherever they may be.

We then form the next circle, comprised of a few more people representing classmates, teachers, coaches, and others. The kids grapple with how our responsibilities in this circle are similar to but not exactly like those of the first circle. The third circle forms and then the fourth, and the conversation soon sounds a lot like a college philosophy class taking up the question, “What are our obligations to our fellow humans?”

We recently had the opportunity to talk with several Wildcats whose paths are wildly different, but who are bound by the common thread of changing lives and improving their communities through their passion, dedication, and deep care. Bill McGahan ’80 is devoted to eradicating homelessness in Atlanta. Through the nonprofit organization he founded, Georgia Works!, he’s well on his way. Max McChesney ’06 envisioned a business that would offer coding skills—and meaningful jobs—to anyone willing to put in the hard work. Little did he know that, when his vision became reality as DigitalCrafts, it would also provide hope and new opportunities for students who never imagined a life beyond living paycheck to paycheck. Then there’s Audrey, Mary Kent, Ellie, Mary Campbell, and Laura, all members of the Class of 2024. As fifth graders, they created Audrey’s Angels—their vehicle to provide support and joy to children battling cancer and help researchers find a cure. Together, they’ve raised more than $40,000 in support of the effort. I could share hundreds more stories.

Our fifth graders talk about the nuanced differences of showing respect or offering kindness in each circle and hurry to add their voices to the explanation of how our obligations are different but maybe really the same. What they each can visualize is being in the center of a series of human ripples growing to fill the room. It does not take long before they see how the character of their leadership impacts a wide range of people both directly and indirectly.

Of course, each of these fifth graders, and their fellow Wildcats, benefit by the ripple that your generosity creates in their lives. The impact our students and alumni have in our community and well beyond is confirmation of the multiplying effect of your philanthropy here. On behalf of our fifth graders, and all of our students, faculty, and staff, thank you for being the energy and inspiration behind the formative experiences that happen on our campus each day.

We are grateful and always determined to fulfill the promise of your generosity.

Best Wishes,

Keith Evans President

Our alumni live out our mission each and every day. When we say our purpose is to develop leaders of conscience, those are people who go out into the world and make it better—not for themselves, but for others.

Giving to Westminster means an opportunity to change the world in powerful ways. The students who come here are transformed by the array of opportunities and experiences they encounter. They don’t keep that to themselves. They know it’s about something larger, and they give the gift of themselves to the world.

You are a part of that journey for every Wildcat. The ripples set in motion by your generosity are exponential and extend into the far reaches of the globe. Thank you for making Westminster, our mission, and our uniquely talented and passionate students a philanthropic priority. Your investment creates hope for our collective future.

Gratefully,

Emilie Henry Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Dear Friends,

Dear Friends,

For the past couple years, I have visited with our fifth graders to lead an exercise that is loads of fun and serious business at the same time. One member of the class—chosen for an “ability to stand in one place”—finds a spot in the center of the room. In the first round, this student is surrounded by four or five classmates who represent our innermost circle of family and close friends. After identifying who is in this circle, the class tackles the question of what our responsibilities and obligations are to these people closest to us.

I am often asked why an institution like Westminster needs philanthropic support. As a fundraiser, my professional answer is that all leading organizations evolve and need continuous investment to fulfill their missions. But my personal answer, as a mom and a member of this community, is that our students are the future. I see the impact of the Westminster experience across campus daily and around the world as I have the privilege of meeting alumni near and far, who carry Westminster with them wherever they may be.

We then form the next circle, comprised of a few more people representing classmates, teachers, coaches, and others. The kids grapple with how our responsibilities in this circle are similar to but not exactly like those of the first circle. The third circle forms and then the fourth, and the conversation soon sounds a lot like a college philosophy class taking up the question, “What are our obligations to our fellow humans?”

We recently had the opportunity to talk with several Wildcats whose paths are wildly different, but who are bound by the common thread of changing lives and improving their communities through their passion, dedication, and deep care. Bill McGahan ’80 is devoted to eradicating homelessness in Atlanta. Through the nonprofit organization he founded, Georgia Works!, he’s well on his way. Max McChesney ’06 envisioned a business that would offer coding skills—and meaningful jobs—to anyone willing to put in the hard work. Little did he know that, when his vision became reality as DigitalCrafts, it would also provide hope and new opportunities for students who never imagined a life beyond living paycheck to paycheck. Then there’s Audrey, Mary Kent, Ellie, Mary Campbell, and Laura, all members of the Class of 2024. As fifth graders, they created Audrey’s Angels—their vehicle to provide support and joy to children battling cancer and help researchers find a cure. Together, they’ve raised more than $40,000 in support of the effort. I could share hundreds more stories.

Our fifth graders talk about the nuanced differences of showing respect or offering kindness in each circle and hurry to add their voices to the explanation of how our obligations are different but maybe really the same. What they each can visualize is being in the center of a series of human ripples growing to fill the room. It does not take long before they see how the character of their leadership impacts a wide range of people both directly and indirectly.

Of course, each of these fifth graders, and their fellow Wildcats, benefit by the ripple that your generosity creates in their lives. The impact our students and alumni have in our community and well beyond is confirmation of the multiplying effect of your philanthropy here. On behalf of our fifth graders, and all of our students, faculty, and staff, thank you for being the energy and inspiration behind the formative experiences that happen on our campus each day.

We are grateful and always determined to fulfill the promise of your generosity.

Best Wishes,

Keith Evans President

Our alumni live out our mission each and every day. When we say our purpose is to develop leaders of conscience, those are people who go out into the world and make it better—not for themselves, but for others.

Giving to Westminster means an opportunity to change the world in powerful ways. The students who come here are transformed by the array of opportunities and experiences they encounter. They don’t keep that to themselves. They know it’s about something larger, and they give the gift of themselves to the world.

You are a part of that journey for every Wildcat. The ripples set in motion by your generosity are exponential and extend into the far reaches of the globe. Thank you for making Westminster, our mission, and our uniquely talented and passionate students a philanthropic priority. Your investment creates hope for our collective future.

Gratefully,

Emilie Henry Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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2018 - 2019 WESTMINSTER REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

2018-19 Financial Report 6%

Annual Giving (Unrestricted Gifts to The Westminster Fund and Restricted Gifts)

6%

Auxiliary Programs (e.g. Summer Camps, ASK!)

14%

Tuition

Endowment Income

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

$25,219,695

7%

73%

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

Administrative

8%

TOTAL COMMITMENTS IN 2018-19

2%

Auxiliary Programs

Financial Aid

Salaries and Benefits

10%

Instruction and Instructional Support

SOURCES OF REVENUE

4,734 Total Donors

62%

EXPENSES

12%

$10,215,129

$11,108,749

$2,296,500

$1,599,317

Cash Gifts

New Estate Plans

Physical Plant Operations and Renewal

Your Generosity at Work!

247 First-Time Donors

Philanthropy accounts for 20% of the School’s operating budget.

New Pledge Commitments

Operating Budget $73,400,000

Tax Redirections in Support of Financial Aid

347

Members of the Pressly Leadership Society

525

Friends Participating in the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program

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2018 - 2019 WESTMINSTER REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

2018-19 Financial Report 6%

Annual Giving (Unrestricted Gifts to The Westminster Fund and Restricted Gifts)

6%

Auxiliary Programs (e.g. Summer Camps, ASK!)

14%

Tuition

Endowment Income

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

$25,219,695

7%

73%

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

Administrative

8%

TOTAL COMMITMENTS IN 2018-19

2%

Auxiliary Programs

Financial Aid

Salaries and Benefits

10%

Instruction and Instructional Support

SOURCES OF REVENUE

4,734 Total Donors

62%

EXPENSES

12%

$10,215,129

$11,108,749

$2,296,500

$1,599,317

Cash Gifts

New Estate Plans

Physical Plant Operations and Renewal

Your Generosity at Work!

247 First-Time Donors

Philanthropy accounts for 20% of the School’s operating budget.

New Pledge Commitments

Operating Budget $73,400,000

Tax Redirections in Support of Financial Aid

347

Members of the Pressly Leadership Society

525

Friends Participating in the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program

unaudited 2018-19 values 4

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

Campus as a Catalyst A junior is learning about organic molecular structures in biology class with Mr. Vuckovic. The concept is complex to say the least. He gets the basic gist—differently shaped molecules perform different functions.

But it's hard to decipher one molecular shape from another—even with the help of 3D models, books, and an expert teacher. It takes time to comprehend such a dynamic concept. The student wants to “get it” so he can move on to understand how enzymes perform functions like metabolizing sugar. Enter the Roberto C. Goizueta Catalyst Lab in Hawkins Hall. Our junior heads off to the virtual reality lab, dons a pair of VR goggles, and steps directly inside a molecule. Within minutes, he has walked through several different molecules, tested different manipulations, and deeply grasps a concept that typically takes weeks to teach in a traditional class setting.

A sophomore is working diligently on a prototype of a compost bin during JanTerm. But she’s hit a roadblock. There are no tools available that can adhere the aerator handle to the bin. The size and dimensions are just too unique. She heads over to Hawkins Hall and plugs the precise dimensions of the custom piece she needs into the 3D printer. Within 10 minutes, she has her missing piece.

“Our students are insatiably curious and excited to solve complex problems that connect to topics in which they are deeply interested,” says Head of Upper School Cindy Trask. “That’s why we are trying to bring them real-life, hands-on opportunities to dive into their passions,

speeding up their learning and catapulting them to a level of understanding and experience that will set them up to take full advantage of the opportunities available to them at the collegiate level.”

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

In Hawkins Hall and a newly renovated Campbell Hall (at left), students will be able to connect to their learning in new ways that deepen the academic experience.

The new spaces envisioned in our campus plan will dynamically enhance our students’ experience on a daily basis. Our students will have places that allow them to explore and problem solve, expedite their understanding of complex concepts and ideas, and access opportunities beyond their wildest imagination. And for some students, that experience will set off a lifelong ripple effect. Our junior may grow up to discover new drugs that ease the effects of pancreatitis. Our sophomore may revolutionize how people manage household trash.

Westminster’s campus—and the opportunities it affords our students— can only grow and evolve through the support of our community. We are deeply grateful for the leadership and early philanthropic support from those who have enabled the School to begin construction on Hawkins Hall, a new community plaza, enhancements to Thompson Stadium, and the historic renovation of Campbell Hall. It will require the support and commitment of our entire community to see these projects through and realize the full vision outlined in the campus plan.

“The vision will come to fruition through the generosity of our community, just as the generosity of earlier generations created the unique Westminster experience we enjoy today. We will need all of the drive and motivation that has always characterized the Wildcat Nation to do it.”

–President Keith Evans

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

Campus as a Catalyst A junior is learning about organic molecular structures in biology class with Mr. Vuckovic. The concept is complex to say the least. He gets the basic gist—differently shaped molecules perform different functions.

But it's hard to decipher one molecular shape from another—even with the help of 3D models, books, and an expert teacher. It takes time to comprehend such a dynamic concept. The student wants to “get it” so he can move on to understand how enzymes perform functions like metabolizing sugar. Enter the Roberto C. Goizueta Catalyst Lab in Hawkins Hall. Our junior heads off to the virtual reality lab, dons a pair of VR goggles, and steps directly inside a molecule. Within minutes, he has walked through several different molecules, tested different manipulations, and deeply grasps a concept that typically takes weeks to teach in a traditional class setting.

A sophomore is working diligently on a prototype of a compost bin during JanTerm. But she’s hit a roadblock. There are no tools available that can adhere the aerator handle to the bin. The size and dimensions are just too unique. She heads over to Hawkins Hall and plugs the precise dimensions of the custom piece she needs into the 3D printer. Within 10 minutes, she has her missing piece.

“Our students are insatiably curious and excited to solve complex problems that connect to topics in which they are deeply interested,” says Head of Upper School Cindy Trask. “That’s why we are trying to bring them real-life, hands-on opportunities to dive into their passions,

speeding up their learning and catapulting them to a level of understanding and experience that will set them up to take full advantage of the opportunities available to them at the collegiate level.”

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

In Hawkins Hall and a newly renovated Campbell Hall (at left), students will be able to connect to their learning in new ways that deepen the academic experience.

The new spaces envisioned in our campus plan will dynamically enhance our students’ experience on a daily basis. Our students will have places that allow them to explore and problem solve, expedite their understanding of complex concepts and ideas, and access opportunities beyond their wildest imagination. And for some students, that experience will set off a lifelong ripple effect. Our junior may grow up to discover new drugs that ease the effects of pancreatitis. Our sophomore may revolutionize how people manage household trash.

Westminster’s campus—and the opportunities it affords our students— can only grow and evolve through the support of our community. We are deeply grateful for the leadership and early philanthropic support from those who have enabled the School to begin construction on Hawkins Hall, a new community plaza, enhancements to Thompson Stadium, and the historic renovation of Campbell Hall. It will require the support and commitment of our entire community to see these projects through and realize the full vision outlined in the campus plan.

“The vision will come to fruition through the generosity of our community, just as the generosity of earlier generations created the unique Westminster experience we enjoy today. We will need all of the drive and motivation that has always characterized the Wildcat Nation to do it.”

–President Keith Evans

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2018 - 2019 WESTMINSTER REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

A Gift for Future Wildcats

A New Chapter Begins on Campus

Randy and Holly Street have had three daughters with very different interests attend Westminster. And even though their youngest will graduate in 2021, the Streets’ gratitude has led them to be among the earliest supporters of projects in the School’s campus plan. “Our children have benefited greatly from the generosity of parents and benefactors who came before us,” Randy says. “We’re humbled and grateful to them for that.

And now it’s our turn to pay it forward so that other children can benefit the way ours have.”

The 2018-19 school year was a milestone moment for the Westminster community as plans for the most comprehensive update to campus since the School’s founding were announced. From the start, this important venture has been a community effort. The campus planning process commenced in 2016.

Parents, faculty, students, and alumni were engaged throughout the process, providing invaluable insight into the needs of 21st century learners. The product of their work culminated into a campus plan that was approved by the Board of Trustees in the fall of 2018.

The plans were shared with the community through a series of town hall-style presentations led by President Keith Evans throughout the fall, winter, and spring of the 2018-19 school year. Thanks to the support of lead donors Susan and Scott Hawkins and The Goizueta Foundation, and many others, construction of the first projects commenced at the end of May 2019, just after the Class of 2019 received their diplomas on Pressly Plaza.

The historic renovation of Campbell Hall, construction of Hawkins Hall (a new Upper School academic building adjacent to Campbell Hall), and enhancements to Thompson Stadium (including a new community plaza) are all planned to be finalized by the fall of 2020. This first phase of our campus plan construction also includes the building of Westminster Center, known as the School's new "front door," and a parking garage that will provide easy campus access while enhancing the pedestrian character of campus.

May 2012

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Summer 2019

Fall 2020

Summer 2022

Fall 2024

The Board of Trustees approves a new strategic plan.

Focus groups of trustees, faculty, administration, alumni, and students begin meeting.

School leaders and architects develop a timeline for campus improvements. Faculty begin to refine plans for how the new buildings will be used.

Construction begins on Campbell Hall, Hawkins Hall, the new community plaza, and enhancements to Thompson Stadium.

Campbell Hall, Hawkins Hall, community plaza, and Thompson Stadium projects are complete.

Construction of the Upper School Center for Inquiry on the Scott Hall site begins.

Upper School Center for Inquiry construction and Askew Hall renovation are complete.

Proposed Timeline

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Summer 2016

January 2017

Fall 2018

The campus planning process begins.

The Board of Trustees approves priorities and direction for the campus plan.

The Board of Trustees approves construction plan. The school community continues to refine details.

Winter 2020

Fall 2021

Construction begins on Westminster Center Westminster Center and construction is complete. parking garage.

For all three of their daughters, Westminster has been a place where they’ve been able to try new things and dive deeply into their passions. Laura ’16 nurtured her love of academics and excelled in Westminster’s music program. Julie ’18 devoted herself to FIRST Robotics and mentoring through the Discovery program. And for Writing Fellow Sarah ’21, JanTerm ignited a passion for making a difference in children’s human rights.

“It’s amazing that one school can offer so many world-class programs that let students find their own passions and bring out their best,” Holly says.

Summer 2024

Winter 2024

The spaces that are planned will empower future students to discover what they love—as their three daughters did—in new ways, making this an exciting time for the Streets to contribute to the School’s future. “We’re impressed with Westminster’s vision and want to play our part in moving it forward,” Randy says.

Upper School Quad work is complete.

Historic renovation of Askew Hall begins.

Enhancements to the Upper School Quad begin.

As Westminster journeys into a new era, we are grateful to have partners alongside us like the Street family and other generous donors who believe in Westminster’s mission.

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

A Gift for Future Wildcats

A New Chapter Begins on Campus

Randy and Holly Street have had three daughters with very different interests attend Westminster. And even though their youngest will graduate in 2021, the Streets’ gratitude has led them to be among the earliest supporters of projects in the School’s campus plan. “Our children have benefited greatly from the generosity of parents and benefactors who came before us,” Randy says. “We’re humbled and grateful to them for that.

And now it’s our turn to pay it forward so that other children can benefit the way ours have.”

The 2018-19 school year was a milestone moment for the Westminster community as plans for the most comprehensive update to campus since the School’s founding were announced. From the start, this important venture has been a community effort. The campus planning process commenced in 2016.

Parents, faculty, students, and alumni were engaged throughout the process, providing invaluable insight into the needs of 21st century learners. The product of their work culminated into a campus plan that was approved by the Board of Trustees in the fall of 2018.

The plans were shared with the community through a series of town hall-style presentations led by President Keith Evans throughout the fall, winter, and spring of the 2018-19 school year. Thanks to the support of lead donors Susan and Scott Hawkins and The Goizueta Foundation, and many others, construction of the first projects commenced at the end of May 2019, just after the Class of 2019 received their diplomas on Pressly Plaza.

The historic renovation of Campbell Hall, construction of Hawkins Hall (a new Upper School academic building adjacent to Campbell Hall), and enhancements to Thompson Stadium (including a new community plaza) are all planned to be finalized by the fall of 2020. This first phase of our campus plan construction also includes the building of Westminster Center, known as the School's new "front door," and a parking garage that will provide easy campus access while enhancing the pedestrian character of campus.

May 2012

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Summer 2019

Fall 2020

Summer 2022

Fall 2024

The Board of Trustees approves a new strategic plan.

Focus groups of trustees, faculty, administration, alumni, and students begin meeting.

School leaders and architects develop a timeline for campus improvements. Faculty begin to refine plans for how the new buildings will be used.

Construction begins on Campbell Hall, Hawkins Hall, the new community plaza, and enhancements to Thompson Stadium.

Campbell Hall, Hawkins Hall, community plaza, and Thompson Stadium projects are complete.

Construction of the Upper School Center for Inquiry on the Scott Hall site begins.

Upper School Center for Inquiry construction and Askew Hall renovation are complete.

Proposed Timeline

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Summer 2016

January 2017

Fall 2018

The campus planning process begins.

The Board of Trustees approves priorities and direction for the campus plan.

The Board of Trustees approves construction plan. The school community continues to refine details.

Winter 2020

Fall 2021

Construction begins on Westminster Center Westminster Center and construction is complete. parking garage.

For all three of their daughters, Westminster has been a place where they’ve been able to try new things and dive deeply into their passions. Laura ’16 nurtured her love of academics and excelled in Westminster’s music program. Julie ’18 devoted herself to FIRST Robotics and mentoring through the Discovery program. And for Writing Fellow Sarah ’21, JanTerm ignited a passion for making a difference in children’s human rights.

“It’s amazing that one school can offer so many world-class programs that let students find their own passions and bring out their best,” Holly says.

Summer 2024

Winter 2024

The spaces that are planned will empower future students to discover what they love—as their three daughters did—in new ways, making this an exciting time for the Streets to contribute to the School’s future. “We’re impressed with Westminster’s vision and want to play our part in moving it forward,” Randy says.

Upper School Quad work is complete.

Historic renovation of Askew Hall begins.

Enhancements to the Upper School Quad begin.

As Westminster journeys into a new era, we are grateful to have partners alongside us like the Street family and other generous donors who believe in Westminster’s mission.

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“The Westminster community has influenced every aspect of my life and the lives of my two brothers.

It has shaped us into the people we are today in how we exhibit selflessness and kindness and our role in the communities we live in.”

ANNIE ’20 STUDENT ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBER

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“The Westminster community has influenced every aspect of my life and the lives of my two brothers.

It has shaped us into the people we are today in how we exhibit selflessness and kindness and our role in the communities we live in.”

ANNIE ’20 STUDENT ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBER

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Anna ’65 and Hays Mershon

Providing Transformative Opportunities for Students

A French teacher’s high expectations and unwavering dedication to helping students ignited a love for French language and culture in Anna Jorgensen Mershon ’65—a love that has never waned. This experience, and the doors it opened, led Anna and her husband Hays to make a planned gift to Westminster so other students can be similarly transformed.

Though Anna had been exposed to basic French in public elementary school, it was the Westminster classroom of teacher Mademoiselle Madeleine Groleau where she discovered her passion. “It was like a French classroom would have been run; everything was in French. You didn’t have a chance to make your ear go wrong,” Anna says.

The four years with “Mademoiselle,” as many of her students called her, laid a foundation for lifelong French fluency for Anna. While Anna attended Westminster before the School offered global programs, a semester abroad while earning her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University deepened her love for French language and culture. She also completed a master’s degree at New York University and further studied French at Rice University.

Anna and Hays have long supported Westminster with annual gifts that support the day-to-day Westminster experience as a way of supporting the School. “We are just part of the whole picture, but it's good if the School’s support can be measured as coming from many,” Anna says.

In 2018, the Mershons found a way to nurture the minds of young students who fall in love with global cultures by solidifying plans for an estate gift.The Mershons’ planned gift establishes the Anna Jorgensen Mershon Fund in Memory of Mlle. Madeleine Groleau, an endowed fund that will enhance French language studies and help provide transformative opportunities for students to study abroad.

“Westminster scholarships are such a wonderful thing because they give other people the opportunity to have their worlds broadened in the same way Anna experienced,” Hays says. The Mershons worked closely with the School to ensure their gift would make the cultural immersion Anna cares deeply about available to future students in relevant ways.

Anna recalls a line from Hamilton: “What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.’ But by sitting down and working through this [with Westminster], we feel we’ve seen it.”

In her own teaching career, Anna found a vehicle for sharing her love of French with students ranging from 14-year-old high school freshmen to 60-somethings going back to school at Georgia State University.

170 friends of the School have committed to developing leaders of the future by including Westminster in their estate plans. We honor this group as The Cornerstone Society.

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“‘What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see’ (a line from Hamilton). But by sitting down and working through this [with Westminster], we feel we’ve seen it.”

–Anna Jorgensen Mershon ’65

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Anna ’65 and Hays Mershon

Providing Transformative Opportunities for Students

A French teacher’s high expectations and unwavering dedication to helping students ignited a love for French language and culture in Anna Jorgensen Mershon ’65—a love that has never waned. This experience, and the doors it opened, led Anna and her husband Hays to make a planned gift to Westminster so other students can be similarly transformed.

Though Anna had been exposed to basic French in public elementary school, it was the Westminster classroom of teacher Mademoiselle Madeleine Groleau where she discovered her passion. “It was like a French classroom would have been run; everything was in French. You didn’t have a chance to make your ear go wrong,” Anna says.

The four years with “Mademoiselle,” as many of her students called her, laid a foundation for lifelong French fluency for Anna. While Anna attended Westminster before the School offered global programs, a semester abroad while earning her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University deepened her love for French language and culture. She also completed a master’s degree at New York University and further studied French at Rice University.

Anna and Hays have long supported Westminster with annual gifts that support the day-to-day Westminster experience as a way of supporting the School. “We are just part of the whole picture, but it's good if the School’s support can be measured as coming from many,” Anna says.

In 2018, the Mershons found a way to nurture the minds of young students who fall in love with global cultures by solidifying plans for an estate gift.The Mershons’ planned gift establishes the Anna Jorgensen Mershon Fund in Memory of Mlle. Madeleine Groleau, an endowed fund that will enhance French language studies and help provide transformative opportunities for students to study abroad.

“Westminster scholarships are such a wonderful thing because they give other people the opportunity to have their worlds broadened in the same way Anna experienced,” Hays says. The Mershons worked closely with the School to ensure their gift would make the cultural immersion Anna cares deeply about available to future students in relevant ways.

Anna recalls a line from Hamilton: “What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.’ But by sitting down and working through this [with Westminster], we feel we’ve seen it.”

In her own teaching career, Anna found a vehicle for sharing her love of French with students ranging from 14-year-old high school freshmen to 60-somethings going back to school at Georgia State University.

170 friends of the School have committed to developing leaders of the future by including Westminster in their estate plans. We honor this group as The Cornerstone Society.

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“‘What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see’ (a line from Hamilton). But by sitting down and working through this [with Westminster], we feel we’ve seen it.”

–Anna Jorgensen Mershon ’65

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

% Faculty Commitment It’s not mandatory for faculty to make an annual gift at Westminster.

But every single faculty member did in 2018-19.

In the fall, faculty chairs in each division rallied their colleagues to give back. By mid-November, every faculty member had made a commitment to The Westminster Fund. By reaching full participation, our faculty have collectively shown their belief in Westminster and in the potential of the students they teach every day. What does this mean in the classroom?

“Knowing I have that support from every single one of my colleagues and from our entire community—even people who’ve been students in my classroom—inspires me to use the resources available to me to keep creating the learning experience that’s so unique at Westminster,” says Sara Chapman ’76, a first grade teacher and Westminster Fund Faculty Chair for Lower School.

2018-19 Westminster Fund Faculty Chairs Lower School Sara Chapman ’76 Gabe Marulanda

Philanthropic investment in Westminster makes a lifelong difference for our students— and its impact is evident in the day-to-day classroom experience. As Middle School Westminster Fund Faculty Chair Jenny Baker, a visual arts teacher, says:

excited. By the end of the year, everyone’s in a whole new place—bonds have been made, projects have been completed, the kids have physically grown. And you know there are things that have happened during the year that are going to manifest later on in your students’ lives. They’re constantly growing and changing toward something amazing.”

Collective generosity, like that our faculty members have shown, is a large part of why a Westminster education is transformative.

“I appreciate that even little gifts add up to something that’s really huge—that’s something you can’t put a price on,” Jenny says. “And there’s a whole constellation of giving that surrounds you here. If you zoom out and look at how vast it is, that’s humbling.”

With 100 percent of faculty being part of that constellation, our teachers know their colleagues believe in them and the School as a whole.

“All of the faculty care enough to make sure the learning experience is rich and full and meaningful for every student on campus,” Sara says.

“There’s an energy that ripples from every individual teacher in every individual classroom throughout the halls of the building and into the rest of campus.”

“You see it in your classroom every day. On the first day of school, everybody’s trying to get comfortable; everybody’s a little nervous and

Middle School Jenny Baker Upper School Tiffany Boozer ’85 Liz Davidson

“There’s an energy that ripples from every individual teacher in every individual classroom throughout the halls of the building and into the rest of campus.”

–Sara Chapman ’76, first grade teacher

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

% Faculty Commitment It’s not mandatory for faculty to make an annual gift at Westminster.

But every single faculty member did in 2018-19.

In the fall, faculty chairs in each division rallied their colleagues to give back. By mid-November, every faculty member had made a commitment to The Westminster Fund. By reaching full participation, our faculty have collectively shown their belief in Westminster and in the potential of the students they teach every day. What does this mean in the classroom?

“Knowing I have that support from every single one of my colleagues and from our entire community—even people who’ve been students in my classroom—inspires me to use the resources available to me to keep creating the learning experience that’s so unique at Westminster,” says Sara Chapman ’76, a first grade teacher and Westminster Fund Faculty Chair for Lower School.

2018-19 Westminster Fund Faculty Chairs Lower School Sara Chapman ’76 Gabe Marulanda

Philanthropic investment in Westminster makes a lifelong difference for our students— and its impact is evident in the day-to-day classroom experience. As Middle School Westminster Fund Faculty Chair Jenny Baker, a visual arts teacher, says:

excited. By the end of the year, everyone’s in a whole new place—bonds have been made, projects have been completed, the kids have physically grown. And you know there are things that have happened during the year that are going to manifest later on in your students’ lives. They’re constantly growing and changing toward something amazing.”

Collective generosity, like that our faculty members have shown, is a large part of why a Westminster education is transformative.

“I appreciate that even little gifts add up to something that’s really huge—that’s something you can’t put a price on,” Jenny says. “And there’s a whole constellation of giving that surrounds you here. If you zoom out and look at how vast it is, that’s humbling.”

With 100 percent of faculty being part of that constellation, our teachers know their colleagues believe in them and the School as a whole.

“All of the faculty care enough to make sure the learning experience is rich and full and meaningful for every student on campus,” Sara says.

“There’s an energy that ripples from every individual teacher in every individual classroom throughout the halls of the building and into the rest of campus.”

“You see it in your classroom every day. On the first day of school, everybody’s trying to get comfortable; everybody’s a little nervous and

Middle School Jenny Baker Upper School Tiffany Boozer ’85 Liz Davidson

“There’s an energy that ripples from every individual teacher in every individual classroom throughout the halls of the building and into the rest of campus.”

–Sara Chapman ’76, first grade teacher

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“We loved that our children could attend Westminster just as we did. But even when we talk with classmates who live in other cities, it is easy to remind them of what the School has given them and how that impacts their local community as well.”

ANN LAWTON PEARCE ’60 AND FAY PEARCE ’56 PAST PARENTS AND CORNERSTONE SOCIETY MEMBERS

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“We loved that our children could attend Westminster just as we did. But even when we talk with classmates who live in other cities, it is easy to remind them of what the School has given them and how that impacts their local community as well.”

ANN LAWTON PEARCE ’60 AND FAY PEARCE ’56 PAST PARENTS AND CORNERSTONE SOCIETY MEMBERS

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

2018-19 Westminster Fund Giving Highlights

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Parent Total

$1,941,792 Alumni Total

$1,838,750

$4,137,603

Alumni Participation

29%

TOTAL WESTMINSTER FUND GIVING IN 2018-19

We are proud of our dedicated alumni who give back at one of the highest rates in the country.

Total Number of Donors:

327

Donors Recognized in the 1951 Circle (Donors contributing $1,951 - $4,999 to The Westminster Fund in celebration of the School’s founding year)

79

Reunion Giving Volunteers

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4,201

281

Annual Fund Donors recognized in the Pressly Leadership Society (Donors contributing $5,000 or more to The Westminster Fund)

94

Alumni Class Agents

Leadership donors giving $1,951 or more contributed

88

Young Alumni Pressly Society Members (Donors from the Classes of 2010-2018 contributing $250 or more and from the Classes of 2004-2009 contributing $750 or more to The Westminster Fund)

129

Parent Volunteer Families

Parent Participation

77%

of dollars raised

81%

Every gift to The Westminster Fund enhances the Wildcat experience.

See a full list of all 2018-19 donors by scanning this QR code with your phone!

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

2018-19 Westminster Fund Giving Highlights

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Parent Total

$1,941,792 Alumni Total

$1,838,750

$4,137,603

Alumni Participation

29%

TOTAL WESTMINSTER FUND GIVING IN 2018-19

We are proud of our dedicated alumni who give back at one of the highest rates in the country.

Total Number of Donors:

327

Donors Recognized in the 1951 Circle (Donors contributing $1,951 - $4,999 to The Westminster Fund in celebration of the School’s founding year)

79

Reunion Giving Volunteers

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4,201

281

Annual Fund Donors recognized in the Pressly Leadership Society (Donors contributing $5,000 or more to The Westminster Fund)

94

Alumni Class Agents

Leadership donors giving $1,951 or more contributed

88

Young Alumni Pressly Society Members (Donors from the Classes of 2010-2018 contributing $250 or more and from the Classes of 2004-2009 contributing $750 or more to The Westminster Fund)

129

Parent Volunteer Families

Parent Participation

77%

of dollars raised

81%

Every gift to The Westminster Fund enhances the Wildcat experience.

See a full list of all 2018-19 donors by scanning this QR code with your phone!

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

A Community of Support for Every Wildcat The fourth year of the EveryCat Challenge for The Westminster Fund successfully concluded in October 2018. The annual two-week initiative galvanizes parents, alumni, and friends to make early commitments to The Westminster Fund through a series of stories highlighting the impact of the annual fund on campus.

More than 12,000 members of the Westminster community engaged with EveryCat posts on social media and most importantly, 2,717 joined together to make Westminster Fund commitments, exceeding our goal by more than 200 gifts! This year, the School celebrated the generosity of the Westminster community with pop-up surprises for our 1,000th alumni gift, 2,000th overall gift, and our faculty for reaching 100 percent participation in all three divisions. Your support is the catalyst for the inspiring and unparalleled opportunities our Wildcats experience on campus every day. Thank you!

“

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

To celebrate the 1,870th gift—marking one gift for each student on campus— Westminster released a suite of animated GIFs for everyone to use on social media. To date, the community has used the GIFs more than 1.2 million times! See how to use the GIFs at westminstr.co/gif-video

You’re giving the next generation

the resources they need to grow up to be a famous inventor, an author,

or a star football player. You’re giving students opportunities to

”

make the world a better place.

–Anne ’25

“

Westminster is a place where

you don’t have to be just one thing. There are so many different

opportunities and people that you can meet, and that creates a really

”

unique community.

–Sreya ’19

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

A Community of Support for Every Wildcat The fourth year of the EveryCat Challenge for The Westminster Fund successfully concluded in October 2018. The annual two-week initiative galvanizes parents, alumni, and friends to make early commitments to The Westminster Fund through a series of stories highlighting the impact of the annual fund on campus.

More than 12,000 members of the Westminster community engaged with EveryCat posts on social media and most importantly, 2,717 joined together to make Westminster Fund commitments, exceeding our goal by more than 200 gifts! This year, the School celebrated the generosity of the Westminster community with pop-up surprises for our 1,000th alumni gift, 2,000th overall gift, and our faculty for reaching 100 percent participation in all three divisions. Your support is the catalyst for the inspiring and unparalleled opportunities our Wildcats experience on campus every day. Thank you!

“

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

To celebrate the 1,870th gift—marking one gift for each student on campus— Westminster released a suite of animated GIFs for everyone to use on social media. To date, the community has used the GIFs more than 1.2 million times! See how to use the GIFs at westminstr.co/gif-video

You’re giving the next generation

the resources they need to grow up to be a famous inventor, an author,

or a star football player. You’re giving students opportunities to

”

make the world a better place.

–Anne ’25

“

Westminster is a place where

you don’t have to be just one thing. There are so many different

opportunities and people that you can meet, and that creates a really

”

unique community.

–Sreya ’19

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Alumni Make Their Mark!

2000 During our spring alumni challenge, Make Your Mark, 267 new alumni donors were inspired to support our campus’ unsung heroes. Any alum who donated to The Westminster Fund during the challenge was entered into a drawing to make their mark on some of the less appreciated campus landmarks, including the high dive, the eccentric clown paintings from The Hut, and retired teacher Dave Drake ’61’s famous Kentucky hat. The classes with the highest participation—1995 and 2010—won a special prize: watching their class years flying proudly on the Pressly Hall columns. Though the plaques and banners may have been temporary, the social media shoutouts will last forever!

2002

1996

5 CLASSES #5

#4

#3

Dave Drake ’61’s Kentucky hat is such an icon, it has even inspired costumes for seniors’ Alter Ego Day!

Way to go, Classes of 1995 and 2010!

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#2

#1

267

CLASSES WITH THE MOST NEW DONORS:

CLASS WITH THE MOST IMPROVED PARTICIPATION:

22

1995

MAKE YOUR MARK’S TOP

TOTAL NUMBER OF ALUMNI DONORS: The clown paintings now hanging in Turner Gym were the studying and socializing backdrop for many Wildcats who spent their free time in The Hut!

2010

1995 2007 1990 2003

1995

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Alumni Make Their Mark!

2000 During our spring alumni challenge, Make Your Mark, 267 new alumni donors were inspired to support our campus’ unsung heroes. Any alum who donated to The Westminster Fund during the challenge was entered into a drawing to make their mark on some of the less appreciated campus landmarks, including the high dive, the eccentric clown paintings from The Hut, and retired teacher Dave Drake ’61’s famous Kentucky hat. The classes with the highest participation—1995 and 2010—won a special prize: watching their class years flying proudly on the Pressly Hall columns. Though the plaques and banners may have been temporary, the social media shoutouts will last forever!

2002

1996

5 CLASSES #5

#4

#3

Dave Drake ’61’s Kentucky hat is such an icon, it has even inspired costumes for seniors’ Alter Ego Day!

Way to go, Classes of 1995 and 2010!

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#2

#1

267

CLASSES WITH THE MOST NEW DONORS:

CLASS WITH THE MOST IMPROVED PARTICIPATION:

22

1995

MAKE YOUR MARK’S TOP

TOTAL NUMBER OF ALUMNI DONORS: The clown paintings now hanging in Turner Gym were the studying and socializing backdrop for many Wildcats who spent their free time in The Hut!

2010

1995 2007 1990 2003

1995

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4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Reunion Giving 1959: A DECADE OF GIVING

1994: HUMOR AND GENEROSITY

When the Class of 1959 celebrated their golden Reunion in 2009, they established the Class of 1959 Memorial Scholarship Fund and raised more than $200,000 for financial aid. And with their connections to one another and the School reignited, class members remained dedicated to the fund for a decade after celebrating 50 years.

For the Class of 1994, 2019 was a record-breaking year. By raising more than $70,000 for The Westminster Fund, the class topped the 25th Reunion fundraising record set in 2018 by the Class of 1993.

Their goal? For their endowed scholarship to fully fund a student’s tuition each year.

For the last decade, members of the class have steadily given in pursuit of this goal. Staying in touch through emails, letters, and informal gatherings during that time, the class wanted to do something special to celebrate their 60th Reunion in spring 2019.

Invigorated in this milestone year, the Class of 1959 contributed more than $83,000 to the Class of 1959 Memorial Scholarship Fund. With those gifts, the fund’s value passed $500,000 in 2018-19, and it will be able to provide a full-tuition scholarship annually. To date, the fund has provided financial aid to 10 deserving students and counting!

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A few key ingredients turned out to be a formula for success for the class’s fundraising: several leadership-level gifts from the Reunion Committee, a willingness to leverage new approaches, and a dose of humor. Video challenges and emails recalling some of the class’s funniest memories rallied members to participate—and inspired them to do so generously. (It didn’t hurt to have a professional comedic actor on the committee!)

Now that the Class of 1994’s 25th Reunion year has ended, their Reunion Committee has already issued the challenge to the Class of 1995 to try to continue the record-breaking streak.

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4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Reunion Giving 1959: A DECADE OF GIVING

1994: HUMOR AND GENEROSITY

When the Class of 1959 celebrated their golden Reunion in 2009, they established the Class of 1959 Memorial Scholarship Fund and raised more than $200,000 for financial aid. And with their connections to one another and the School reignited, class members remained dedicated to the fund for a decade after celebrating 50 years.

For the Class of 1994, 2019 was a record-breaking year. By raising more than $70,000 for The Westminster Fund, the class topped the 25th Reunion fundraising record set in 2018 by the Class of 1993.

Their goal? For their endowed scholarship to fully fund a student’s tuition each year.

For the last decade, members of the class have steadily given in pursuit of this goal. Staying in touch through emails, letters, and informal gatherings during that time, the class wanted to do something special to celebrate their 60th Reunion in spring 2019.

Invigorated in this milestone year, the Class of 1959 contributed more than $83,000 to the Class of 1959 Memorial Scholarship Fund. With those gifts, the fund’s value passed $500,000 in 2018-19, and it will be able to provide a full-tuition scholarship annually. To date, the fund has provided financial aid to 10 deserving students and counting!

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A few key ingredients turned out to be a formula for success for the class’s fundraising: several leadership-level gifts from the Reunion Committee, a willingness to leverage new approaches, and a dose of humor. Video challenges and emails recalling some of the class’s funniest memories rallied members to participate—and inspired them to do so generously. (It didn’t hurt to have a professional comedic actor on the committee!)

Now that the Class of 1994’s 25th Reunion year has ended, their Reunion Committee has already issued the challenge to the Class of 1995 to try to continue the record-breaking streak.

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4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

The Global Reach of Philanthropy Philanthropy allows Westminster to stir students’ hearts and minds in a way that stays with them long after graduation—and sometimes travels with them for thousands of miles. Our community’s investment in leaders with conscience makes a difference on a global scale. Peace Corps volunteers, international investors, architects, and environmental leaders are just some of the Wildcat alumni powering change across the world.

SARAH DUPRE ’07

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

TIM MESCON ’72

Tim Mescon is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’s (AACSB) executive vice president and chief officer for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

The former president of Columbus State University, he now works with the accrediting organization to improve education at business schools across the region.

JAMES PAVUR ’13

Eight Wildcats have earned Rhodes Scholarships to pursue graduate work at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. James Pavur, the latest alum to earn the prestigious scholarship, is studying cybersecurity.

Teach for America recruits some of the brightest recent college graduates in the country to teach for two years in public schools in underserved areas.

Sarah DuPre ’07 taught in the Mississippi Delta for two years–one of several young Westminster alumni to serve with the organization.

JOSE LUNA ’11

Jose Luna has worked with Delta Air Lines in Mexico City and Shanghai as part of a leadership development program.

BOBBY JONES ’97

Now the executive officer of a United States Navy ship, Commander Bobby Rashad Jones’ naval career has included missions as part of operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve in the Middle East, as well as other assignments.

LAURA BAIRD ’00

Laura Baird has used architectural thinking to solve problems all over the world. The Qatar National Library in Doha is one of her favorite completed projects.

HANNAH GRADY JONES ’08

As executive director of Light from Light, Hannah Grady Jones supports local leaders in Haiti as they work to create lasting change in the nation.

NANCY ’98 AND SHELVIS SMITH-MATHER ’97

ELIZABETH SPENCER ’14

CARTER ROBERTS ’78

At the helm of the World Wildlife Fund, Carter Roberts directs the work of scientists and policy experts around the globe, including in the Amazon Rainforest.

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Peace Corps service is a way many Westminster alumni have made a difference on a global scale, like Morocco-based Elizabeth Spencer.

The Smith-Mathers have worked to bring peace and healing in South Sudan after decades of war in the country through work with the Christian organization RECONCILE International.

RAWSON HAVERTY ’10

NAT TURNER ’90

Over the course of his diplomacy career, Nat Turner ’90 has promoted American foreign policy in Hong Kong, Egypt, Brazil, and most recently as an economic counselor in Malaysia.

He’s now preparing for a second tour in Egypt.

An associate director at investment company Temasek, Singaporebased Rawson Haverty is part of managing a global portfolio across a spectrum of industries.

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

The Global Reach of Philanthropy Philanthropy allows Westminster to stir students’ hearts and minds in a way that stays with them long after graduation—and sometimes travels with them for thousands of miles. Our community’s investment in leaders with conscience makes a difference on a global scale. Peace Corps volunteers, international investors, architects, and environmental leaders are just some of the Wildcat alumni powering change across the world.

SARAH DUPRE ’07

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

TIM MESCON ’72

Tim Mescon is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’s (AACSB) executive vice president and chief officer for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

The former president of Columbus State University, he now works with the accrediting organization to improve education at business schools across the region.

JAMES PAVUR ’13

Eight Wildcats have earned Rhodes Scholarships to pursue graduate work at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. James Pavur, the latest alum to earn the prestigious scholarship, is studying cybersecurity.

Teach for America recruits some of the brightest recent college graduates in the country to teach for two years in public schools in underserved areas.

Sarah DuPre ’07 taught in the Mississippi Delta for two years–one of several young Westminster alumni to serve with the organization.

JOSE LUNA ’11

Jose Luna has worked with Delta Air Lines in Mexico City and Shanghai as part of a leadership development program.

BOBBY JONES ’97

Now the executive officer of a United States Navy ship, Commander Bobby Rashad Jones’ naval career has included missions as part of operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve in the Middle East, as well as other assignments.

LAURA BAIRD ’00

Laura Baird has used architectural thinking to solve problems all over the world. The Qatar National Library in Doha is one of her favorite completed projects.

HANNAH GRADY JONES ’08

As executive director of Light from Light, Hannah Grady Jones supports local leaders in Haiti as they work to create lasting change in the nation.

NANCY ’98 AND SHELVIS SMITH-MATHER ’97

ELIZABETH SPENCER ’14

CARTER ROBERTS ’78

At the helm of the World Wildlife Fund, Carter Roberts directs the work of scientists and policy experts around the globe, including in the Amazon Rainforest.

26

THE RIPPLE EFFECT

Peace Corps service is a way many Westminster alumni have made a difference on a global scale, like Morocco-based Elizabeth Spencer.

The Smith-Mathers have worked to bring peace and healing in South Sudan after decades of war in the country through work with the Christian organization RECONCILE International.

RAWSON HAVERTY ’10

NAT TURNER ’90

Over the course of his diplomacy career, Nat Turner ’90 has promoted American foreign policy in Hong Kong, Egypt, Brazil, and most recently as an economic counselor in Malaysia.

He’s now preparing for a second tour in Egypt.

An associate director at investment company Temasek, Singaporebased Rawson Haverty is part of managing a global portfolio across a spectrum of industries.

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

“

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

A great thing about a Westminster chapter is finding a common

thread among a group of people in a different city you may not have

met otherwise. From someone who's been living there for 30 years to

When alumni leave Atlanta for an adventure in a different city, many keep Westminster close to their hearts. For alums in New York City, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, alumni chapters make it even easier to maintain a strong Wildcat network. More than 300 alumni attended chapter events in 2018-19, ranging from hiking excursions and networking receptions to a fun night cheering on their hometown Braves. The growing chapters in these three cities help Wildcats stay connected. These Wildcats, in turn, help fuel the Westminster experience on campus today.

someone who just graduated college and is moving outside Atlanta for the first time, and everything in between, everyone can find a network

”

and comfort through their Westminster chapter community.

– Charlie Sherman ’11, Washington, DC Alumni Chapter Co-President

New York City

Washington, DC

San Francisco

Established 2016

Established 2017

Established 2018

“Inside the World of Fashion and Publishing” with GQ Editor-in-Chief Will Welch ’99

Tour of the United States Supreme Court

Clothing drive at St. Anthony’s, a nonprofit that works with San Francisco residents experiencing poverty

Wildcats connect with one another at chapter events throughout the year, including social, professional, educational, and service opportunities.

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

“

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

A great thing about a Westminster chapter is finding a common

thread among a group of people in a different city you may not have

met otherwise. From someone who's been living there for 30 years to

When alumni leave Atlanta for an adventure in a different city, many keep Westminster close to their hearts. For alums in New York City, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, alumni chapters make it even easier to maintain a strong Wildcat network. More than 300 alumni attended chapter events in 2018-19, ranging from hiking excursions and networking receptions to a fun night cheering on their hometown Braves. The growing chapters in these three cities help Wildcats stay connected. These Wildcats, in turn, help fuel the Westminster experience on campus today.

someone who just graduated college and is moving outside Atlanta for the first time, and everything in between, everyone can find a network

”

and comfort through their Westminster chapter community.

– Charlie Sherman ’11, Washington, DC Alumni Chapter Co-President

New York City

Washington, DC

San Francisco

Established 2016

Established 2017

Established 2018

“Inside the World of Fashion and Publishing” with GQ Editor-in-Chief Will Welch ’99

Tour of the United States Supreme Court

Clothing drive at St. Anthony’s, a nonprofit that works with San Francisco residents experiencing poverty

Wildcats connect with one another at chapter events throughout the year, including social, professional, educational, and service opportunities.

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“I am incredibly grateful for the encouragement and support of those who helped shape me into the individual I am today. In reflecting on 13 years of growth, perseverance, and inspiration between the gates of West Paces and West Wesley Roads, I am reminded just how much I am indebted to the countless faculty, alumni, and supporters who passed through campus.”

DAVIS BUTNER ’10

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“I am incredibly grateful for the encouragement and support of those who helped shape me into the individual I am today. In reflecting on 13 years of growth, perseverance, and inspiration between the gates of West Paces and West Wesley Roads, I am reminded just how much I am indebted to the countless faculty, alumni, and supporters who passed through campus.”

DAVIS BUTNER ’10

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THE RIPPLE EFFECT

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

The Young Alumni Leadership Society Members of the Young Alumni Leadership Society are recent graduates who make extraordinary investments in today’s Wildcats. The generosity of these young alumni ripples throughout campus, ensuring that today’s students have the opportunity to become part of Westminster’s longstanding tradition of developing leaders of conscience.

In 2018-19, the Young Alumni Leadership Society celebrated donors from the classes of 2010-2018 who made gifts of $250 or more and from the classes of 2004-2009 who made gifts of $750 or more. The 88 members of the Young Alumni Leadership Society contributed $56,456.78 to The Westminster Fund in 2018-19. We are deeply grateful for the leadership, generosity, and partnership of these recent graduates.

2004-2009

Anonymous (2) Mr. Bryce Albin Mrs. Casey Woodward Albin Mr. Beau Allen Mrs. Allison Sheats Allen Mr. Will Andrews Mr. Harrison Anthony Mr. Matt Brigman Mrs. Jessica Hayes Brown Mr. Matthew Cesari Mr. Ross Conway Ms. Courtney Dabbiere Mrs. Mary Caroline Hunt Davis Mrs. Ali Graham Dixon Mrs. Kristen Peifer Dobbs Mr. Patrick Forquer Mrs. Brent Ellis Fraim Mr. Connor Garrison

Mrs. Mary Lauren Schoen Garrison Mr. Andy Getzendanner Ms. Helen Harris Mrs. Eleanor Alby Hunt Dr. Jensen Hart Hyde Mr. Jack Izard Mrs. Fielding Kidd Jamieson Ms. McKamie Jowers Mrs. Sarah Crosier Kaplan Mr. Drew Kaplan Mr. Cory Kennelly Mr. Andy Lochridge Mrs. Miriam McCrackin Lochridge Mr. Erskine Love Mr. Steven Menendez Mrs. Ali Gray Prickett Mr. Jake Purvis Mrs. Bonnie Gibson Sugrue Mr. Ryan Sugrue Mrs. Pierson Bridges Thornton

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

Mr. Michael Griffin Ms. Hollis Hart Ms. Kealy Hartman Mr. Michael He Mr. Richard Hendrix Mr. Sam Higgins Mrs. Jojo Olsen Higgins Mr. Sam Jowers Mr. Joe King Ms. Pierson Klein

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Mr. Tripp Riddle Mr. Lee Rolader Mr. Mark Schwade Mr. Robin Seeds Ms. Tindall Sewell Mr. Charlie Sherman Ms. Katie Shivanandan Mr. Michael Thomas Mr. Jonathan York

Ms. Mihika Kohli Mr. Walter Love Ms. Virginia McColl Ms. Mary Becker Menendez Ms. Natalie Newton Mr. Grey Notermann Mr. Win Notermann Mr. Mac O’Brien Ms. Katerina Papadopoulos Ms. Meghna Patel

2010-2018

Anonymous (3) Ms. Ginger Abblitt Ms. Rhett Alby Mr. Jack Amerson Mr. Stephen Ballard Mr. Baylor Banks Mr. Trey Blasingame Ms. Maggie Borders Mr. Andrew Bridges Mr. Khamal Brown Ms. Margaret Burrows Ms. Mary Lawson Burrows Mr. Davis Butner Mr. Zachary Butner Ms. Hays Bynum Mr. Saharsh Chordia Mr. Ross Erskine Ms. Ann Giornelli

RECOGNIZING YOUNG LEADERS The way we honor the philanthropy of young alumni is changing! The Young Alumni Leadership Society used to be known as the Young Alumni Pressly Society. In July 2019, the name was changed to better recognize the leadership role these recent graduates serve in the alumni community. While the Society continues to recognize donors who graduated in the past 15 years, recognition levels are now as follows:

0-9 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION 10-14 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION 15TH REUNION

$250+ $500+ $1,000+

We appreciate the generosity and commitment of these young alumni who are philanthropic leaders among their peers!

“Westminster and its vast alumni base provided me with a well-rounded education and ample resources to succeed not only in college, but in my postgraduate career. I hope that by giving back, I can help maintain and improve upon the resources Westminster provides its students, so they too can feel confident in their skills entering college and the workforce.”

–Saharsh Chordia ’11 32

THE RIPPLE EFFECT

Young alumni have set the bar high with 32 percent participation in giving to The Westminster Fund, continuing our community's tradition of having participation rates among the highest in the country for independent day schools. See a listing of all alumni and community members who gave to the 2018-19 Westminster Fund by scanning this QR code with your phone.

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

The Young Alumni Leadership Society Members of the Young Alumni Leadership Society are recent graduates who make extraordinary investments in today’s Wildcats. The generosity of these young alumni ripples throughout campus, ensuring that today’s students have the opportunity to become part of Westminster’s longstanding tradition of developing leaders of conscience.

In 2018-19, the Young Alumni Leadership Society celebrated donors from the classes of 2010-2018 who made gifts of $250 or more and from the classes of 2004-2009 who made gifts of $750 or more. The 88 members of the Young Alumni Leadership Society contributed $56,456.78 to The Westminster Fund in 2018-19. We are deeply grateful for the leadership, generosity, and partnership of these recent graduates.

2004-2009

Anonymous (2) Mr. Bryce Albin Mrs. Casey Woodward Albin Mr. Beau Allen Mrs. Allison Sheats Allen Mr. Will Andrews Mr. Harrison Anthony Mr. Matt Brigman Mrs. Jessica Hayes Brown Mr. Matthew Cesari Mr. Ross Conway Ms. Courtney Dabbiere Mrs. Mary Caroline Hunt Davis Mrs. Ali Graham Dixon Mrs. Kristen Peifer Dobbs Mr. Patrick Forquer Mrs. Brent Ellis Fraim Mr. Connor Garrison

Mrs. Mary Lauren Schoen Garrison Mr. Andy Getzendanner Ms. Helen Harris Mrs. Eleanor Alby Hunt Dr. Jensen Hart Hyde Mr. Jack Izard Mrs. Fielding Kidd Jamieson Ms. McKamie Jowers Mrs. Sarah Crosier Kaplan Mr. Drew Kaplan Mr. Cory Kennelly Mr. Andy Lochridge Mrs. Miriam McCrackin Lochridge Mr. Erskine Love Mr. Steven Menendez Mrs. Ali Gray Prickett Mr. Jake Purvis Mrs. Bonnie Gibson Sugrue Mr. Ryan Sugrue Mrs. Pierson Bridges Thornton

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

Mr. Michael Griffin Ms. Hollis Hart Ms. Kealy Hartman Mr. Michael He Mr. Richard Hendrix Mr. Sam Higgins Mrs. Jojo Olsen Higgins Mr. Sam Jowers Mr. Joe King Ms. Pierson Klein

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Mr. Tripp Riddle Mr. Lee Rolader Mr. Mark Schwade Mr. Robin Seeds Ms. Tindall Sewell Mr. Charlie Sherman Ms. Katie Shivanandan Mr. Michael Thomas Mr. Jonathan York

Ms. Mihika Kohli Mr. Walter Love Ms. Virginia McColl Ms. Mary Becker Menendez Ms. Natalie Newton Mr. Grey Notermann Mr. Win Notermann Mr. Mac O’Brien Ms. Katerina Papadopoulos Ms. Meghna Patel

2010-2018

Anonymous (3) Ms. Ginger Abblitt Ms. Rhett Alby Mr. Jack Amerson Mr. Stephen Ballard Mr. Baylor Banks Mr. Trey Blasingame Ms. Maggie Borders Mr. Andrew Bridges Mr. Khamal Brown Ms. Margaret Burrows Ms. Mary Lawson Burrows Mr. Davis Butner Mr. Zachary Butner Ms. Hays Bynum Mr. Saharsh Chordia Mr. Ross Erskine Ms. Ann Giornelli

RECOGNIZING YOUNG LEADERS The way we honor the philanthropy of young alumni is changing! The Young Alumni Leadership Society used to be known as the Young Alumni Pressly Society. In July 2019, the name was changed to better recognize the leadership role these recent graduates serve in the alumni community. While the Society continues to recognize donors who graduated in the past 15 years, recognition levels are now as follows:

0-9 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION 10-14 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION 15TH REUNION

$250+ $500+ $1,000+

We appreciate the generosity and commitment of these young alumni who are philanthropic leaders among their peers!

“Westminster and its vast alumni base provided me with a well-rounded education and ample resources to succeed not only in college, but in my postgraduate career. I hope that by giving back, I can help maintain and improve upon the resources Westminster provides its students, so they too can feel confident in their skills entering college and the workforce.”

–Saharsh Chordia ’11 32

THE RIPPLE EFFECT

Young alumni have set the bar high with 32 percent participation in giving to The Westminster Fund, continuing our community's tradition of having participation rates among the highest in the country for independent day schools. See a listing of all alumni and community members who gave to the 2018-19 Westminster Fund by scanning this QR code with your phone.

2018 - 2019 WESTMINSTER REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

The Pressly Leadership Society The Pressly Leadership Society celebrates donors who made gifts totaling $5,000 or more to Westminster during the 2018-19 school year. Members of the Pressly Leadership Society honor the vision of Dr. William L. Pressly, our founding president, through their extraordinary philanthropic commitments. The inspirational support of this group empowers our students to explore new possibilities and discover their full potential.

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

$100,000 and above Anonymous Liz and Frank Blake Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Davis, Jr. Florida and Doug Ellis The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation The Goizueta Foundation Susan and Scott Hawkins The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Janet Lavine and Rick Williams Mr. and Mrs. Thompson T. Rawls II Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Schoen Mr. Jeffrey P. Small and Ms. Alison N. Small

$50,000 - $99,999 Madeline and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Dr. Marilyn S. Black and Mr. James H. Black Mike and Mindy Egan Family Mr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elsas Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Gray, Jr. Ms. Louise Staton Gunn Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Hardymon, Jr. Swati and Rahul Patel The Stephens Family Mrs. Mildred W. Waldon (d)

$25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brewer, Jr. Mrs. Kathryn T. Bridges (d) and Mr. William R. Bridges, Jr. (d) The Louis S. Brooke Foundation Ms. Anne A. Cheatham Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hodgson Dr. and Mrs. Brian K. Howard Mr. Thomas W. Irick Dr. and Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Barbra and Keith Love Lisa and Bill McGahan Mrs. Harriet C. Moran and Dr. Martin Moran (d) Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Murphy Mrs. Brenda W. Notermann Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Olsen Ruth Magness Rollins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Wagner

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38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

Mr. John A. Wallace and Mrs. Laura S. Wallace (d) Mrs. Jane B. Wheeler Dr. and Mrs. Jay S. Yadav

$10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (4) Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Aebersold Carolyn and Tucker Alford Ms. Spalding Rooker Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Berg Mrs. Sidney C. Boozer Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Buker III Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Childress Aimee and Tom Chubb Dr. William Clarkson IV Mrs. Lynn Petters Cochran Schroder Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Cole, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Cox Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Craver Robin and Stockton Croft Mr. and Mrs. Douglas N. Daft Ms. Jacqueline M. Flake and Mr. David H. Dase Mr. Harold A. Dawson and Ms. Christina H. Wilson-Dawson Dr. Margaret Van De Water and Mr. Lawrence J. DeAngelo Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Echols Mary Kent and Jeremy Ellis Bev and Dan Ellithorp Ms. Virginia L. Adams and Mr. Derek S. Elmerick

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Dr. R. Mitchell Ermentrout and Mrs. Virginia Ermentrout Mr. and Mrs. William B. Farinholt Mr. and Mrs. John M. Federovitch Mr. James D. Fluker and Ms. Dorothy M. Ingraham Mr. and Mrs. James Freeman III The Fritz Family Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Dr. Amy Kim and Dr. John Gira Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Grady III Ms. Hua Li and Mr. James Guido Dr. and Mrs. Sanjay Gupta Rand and Seth Hagen Mr. and Mrs. Madison P. Harrison Dr. and Mrs. Vernon J. Hendrix III Mr. and Mrs. Tyler S. Henritze Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. J. Hopkins Mrs. Sara J. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Hyde III Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Brad Jancik Dr. and Mrs. John Jarboe Mr. John R. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles A. Kellett, Jr. Ms. Karen Ann King and Mr. Sean Pizel Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Kistulinec Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kopecky Mr. and Mrs. Kurt J. Kronauge Landon and Stephen Lanier Mr. and Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Mr. Sukai Liu and Dr. Jui-Wen Ginger Chen Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love

“What inspires us to give back to Westminster are the children and families for whom Westminster represents not just a school that occupies a piece of a student’s day, but a community that becomes a part of their life. For them, we want to support the teachers, coaches, club sponsors, music and theater directors, Discovery leaders, camp counselors, and staff who dedicate their lives to building that community.”

– Mitch ’00 and Ginny Ermentrout

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

The Pressly Leadership Society The Pressly Leadership Society celebrates donors who made gifts totaling $5,000 or more to Westminster during the 2018-19 school year. Members of the Pressly Leadership Society honor the vision of Dr. William L. Pressly, our founding president, through their extraordinary philanthropic commitments. The inspirational support of this group empowers our students to explore new possibilities and discover their full potential.

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

$100,000 and above Anonymous Liz and Frank Blake Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Davis, Jr. Florida and Doug Ellis The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation The Goizueta Foundation Susan and Scott Hawkins The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Janet Lavine and Rick Williams Mr. and Mrs. Thompson T. Rawls II Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Schoen Mr. Jeffrey P. Small and Ms. Alison N. Small

$50,000 - $99,999 Madeline and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Dr. Marilyn S. Black and Mr. James H. Black Mike and Mindy Egan Family Mr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elsas Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Gray, Jr. Ms. Louise Staton Gunn Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Hardymon, Jr. Swati and Rahul Patel The Stephens Family Mrs. Mildred W. Waldon (d)

$25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brewer, Jr. Mrs. Kathryn T. Bridges (d) and Mr. William R. Bridges, Jr. (d) The Louis S. Brooke Foundation Ms. Anne A. Cheatham Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hodgson Dr. and Mrs. Brian K. Howard Mr. Thomas W. Irick Dr. and Mrs. S. Robert Lathan Barbra and Keith Love Lisa and Bill McGahan Mrs. Harriet C. Moran and Dr. Martin Moran (d) Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Murphy Mrs. Brenda W. Notermann Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Olsen Ruth Magness Rollins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Wagner

34

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38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

Mr. John A. Wallace and Mrs. Laura S. Wallace (d) Mrs. Jane B. Wheeler Dr. and Mrs. Jay S. Yadav

$10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (4) Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Aebersold Carolyn and Tucker Alford Ms. Spalding Rooker Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Berg Mrs. Sidney C. Boozer Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Buker III Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Childress Aimee and Tom Chubb Dr. William Clarkson IV Mrs. Lynn Petters Cochran Schroder Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Cole, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Cox Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Craver Robin and Stockton Croft Mr. and Mrs. Douglas N. Daft Ms. Jacqueline M. Flake and Mr. David H. Dase Mr. Harold A. Dawson and Ms. Christina H. Wilson-Dawson Dr. Margaret Van De Water and Mr. Lawrence J. DeAngelo Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Echols Mary Kent and Jeremy Ellis Bev and Dan Ellithorp Ms. Virginia L. Adams and Mr. Derek S. Elmerick

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

Dr. R. Mitchell Ermentrout and Mrs. Virginia Ermentrout Mr. and Mrs. William B. Farinholt Mr. and Mrs. John M. Federovitch Mr. James D. Fluker and Ms. Dorothy M. Ingraham Mr. and Mrs. James Freeman III The Fritz Family Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Dr. Amy Kim and Dr. John Gira Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Grady III Ms. Hua Li and Mr. James Guido Dr. and Mrs. Sanjay Gupta Rand and Seth Hagen Mr. and Mrs. Madison P. Harrison Dr. and Mrs. Vernon J. Hendrix III Mr. and Mrs. Tyler S. Henritze Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. J. Hopkins Mrs. Sara J. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Hyde III Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Brad Jancik Dr. and Mrs. John Jarboe Mr. John R. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles A. Kellett, Jr. Ms. Karen Ann King and Mr. Sean Pizel Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Kistulinec Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kopecky Mr. and Mrs. Kurt J. Kronauge Landon and Stephen Lanier Mr. and Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Mr. Sukai Liu and Dr. Jui-Wen Ginger Chen Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love

“What inspires us to give back to Westminster are the children and families for whom Westminster represents not just a school that occupies a piece of a student’s day, but a community that becomes a part of their life. For them, we want to support the teachers, coaches, club sponsors, music and theater directors, Discovery leaders, camp counselors, and staff who dedicate their lives to building that community.”

– Mitch ’00 and Ginny Ermentrout

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PAGE

2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

The Pressly Leadership Society continued Mr. Dennis M. Love Mrs. J. Erskine Love Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. McCarty Dr. Helen F. McSwain and Mr. Laurin M. McSwain Mr. and Mrs. Sam Merchant Mr. W. Harrison Merrill and Family Dr. Mary Catherine Millkey and Mr. Alastair Walling Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Mixson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Moister Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Moister Mr. and Mrs. Crawford C. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Moseley Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Mulé Mrs. Lisa Newsom Katrina and Floyd Newton Mr. and Mrs. R. Davis Noell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Noonan, Sr. Sally and McKee Nunnally Nancy and John Oglesby Ranjodh Pannu Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Patterson Mrs. Martha M. Pentecost Suzanne and Bill Plybon Mr. and Mrs. James M. Purvis Mr. and Mrs. Barry T. Regal Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Robinson Karen, Clay, and Lee Rolader Louise Sams and Jerome Grilhot Mr. and Mrs. John B. Schlafly Dr. Shenara A. Sexton and Dr. Alonzo T. Sexton Tanvi Shah Mr. and Mrs. James D. Shelton Dr. Mita Sheth and Mr. Nandan Sheth Mr. and Mrs. Steve Smith The Stevens Family Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tassopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. William P. Tordella, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wagner Ms. Yuping Lu and Mr. Qiuping Wang Mrs. Harriett Warren David T. Watson, Jr. and Susan Ayers Watson Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Wick II Baade and Roger Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Tingkang Xia

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$5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. John R. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin S. Akers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Amos II Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Arnold III Ms. Anne M. Ballard The Balloun Family Mr. and Mrs. Brian Banner Mr. and Mrs. Brooks P. Barge Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Barkin Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Barquin Mr. and Mrs. Jose M. Barra Steve and Stephanie Barth Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Bass Molly and Ramsay Battin Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Beckham, Jr. Dr. Bianca C. Bell and Dr. Mark R. Bell Jen and Paul Bennecke Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Birkholz Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Blaisdell Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blake Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Bobo Mr. and Mrs. Bradley P. Boggess Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bohrer Ms. Lisa Borders Mr. and Mrs. David Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Braxton Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bromenschenkel Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Burrows, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Callahan III Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Callaway Boog and Sam Candler Mr. and Mrs. William B. Chappell, Jr. The Chilom Family Ms. Ingrid Baker and Mr. Michael Chlopek Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Cimbalo Mr. and Mrs. Dallas S. Clement Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Collier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Corley Mr. and Mrs. John S. Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Coyne The Cross Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Crow

Mr. and Mrs. David Dabbiere Ms. Cari K. Dawson and Mr. John Sparrow Mr. and Mrs. William J. deButts III Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Deitz Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Dick Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Dimon Catherine and Dave Dixon Kristin and Kirk Domescik Allison and Billy Dukes Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. DuPre, Sr. Dr. Sarah Bochar Early and Dr. K. Scott Early Mr. and Mrs. William L. Effinger III Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Eidbo Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Elliott Dr. Sharon Rim and Mr. David Emch Emilie and Keith Evans Katie and Reade Fahs Cindy and John Ferguson Dr. Carolyn Weaver and Dr. Nishan Fernando Mr. and Mrs. David B. Foshee Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Frieden Dr. Susan H. Frost and Mr. John R. Frost Mr. and Mrs. David M. Genova Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Goetz, Jr. Dr. Juliet R. Asher-Golden and Mr. Michael D. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Gosnell Emi and Michael Gragnani Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Gryboski Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Gunn Mrs. Sandra Gustafson Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Halpern Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Harbin III Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Harris III Dr. Laura Effinger Harris and Mr. John S. Harris Hollis and Matt Hawkins Anne and Peter Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. Julio J. Hernandez, Sr. Kennedy Hicks Ms. Mary Fletcher Higdon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Hindman Dr. Ray Horwitz and Mrs. Ling Liu-Horwitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Howell William and Angie Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. L. Phillip Humann

Dr. and Mrs. J. Timothy Irwin Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin Ms. Lori Leonardos and Mr. John Irwin Dr. and Mrs. George Jabren Mr. and Mrs. James Jaxon III Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Jeffries, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Jones III Lacey and Bill Jordan Mr. Wab and Mrs. Ami Kadaba Katharine Kelley and Chad Riedel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kennedy Tiffany and Rich Kent Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Kibler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alex C. Kliros Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Kuester Rebecca and Jim Lamberth Ms. Jessica F. Pardi and Mr. Robert A. Lanier Ms. Pamela Su and Mr. Jeffrey Lao Sarah Ellen and Jimmy Love Ms. Lorrain S. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Maguire Dr. and Mrs. William M. McClatchey, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Walter B. McClelland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terence F. McGuirk II Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. McPhail III Mr. and Mrs. James S. Melvin III Mr. and Mrs. David Miller Mr. and Mrs. Prescott C. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mobley, Jr. Marni and Julian Mohr, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Montag Erika and John Montag Mr. and Mrs. Lane B. Moore Ms. Letitia A. McDonald and Mr. William M. Muller Dr. Maryna Murdock and Mr. Charles Murdock Kim and Martin Musierowicz Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey H. Newton Mr. Charles E. Noell III Mr. and Mrs. David Overend Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierce Owings Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Owings Mr. and Mrs. Ashi S. Parikh Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Parker Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pierce Christina and K. James Pirouz Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Poole

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Erwin C. Reid Patty and Doug Reid Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reid Dr. Marcia Rhee and Dr. John Rhee Mr. William T. Roberts, Jr. Dr. Edith M. Rogers and Mr. Michael M. Rogers Michelle and Benton Routh Dr. and Mrs. William Michael Scaljon Mr. and Mrs. Derek W. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Darrell & Kori Searcy The Selig Family Susan and Charlie Shanor Mr. Pat Sheehan and Mrs. Liza Johnston Mr. James H. Shepherd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Clyde Shepherd III Dr. Theresa Wang and Dr. Samuel Shih Mr. Steven L. Shores Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Simons Mr. and Mrs. Crawford M. Sites, Jr. Dr. Barbara Church and Dr. J. David Smith Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Smith Mr. Charles A. Smithgall and Ms. Liz Arizmendi Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Sparkes Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Spencer II Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stembler Mr. and Mrs. James E. Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Story III Mr. and Mrs. Randall Street Mr. and Mrs. William O. Suddath, Jr. The Sugarman Family Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Suh Mrs. Nancy S. Surbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Taylor IV Jennifer and David Tetrick Alison and Joe Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Tolleson Julia Hamilton Trost Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Trotter III Richard K. and Kerry Tucker Dr. and Mrs. Obi Ugwonali Mr. and Mrs. George S. Uzzell Mr. and Mrs. Bryan A. Vroon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Wanamaker Mrs. Sarah Hawkins Warren and Mr. Blaise Warren Mr. and Mrs. David Wilkie

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. James Wininger Mr. and Mrs. Garret W. Wood Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Woods IV Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Wynne Mr. Jeff Yost and Mrs. Susannah Frost Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Zazworsky, Jr.

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

The Pressly Leadership Society continued Mr. Dennis M. Love Mrs. J. Erskine Love Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. McCarty Dr. Helen F. McSwain and Mr. Laurin M. McSwain Mr. and Mrs. Sam Merchant Mr. W. Harrison Merrill and Family Dr. Mary Catherine Millkey and Mr. Alastair Walling Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Mixson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Moister Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Moister Mr. and Mrs. Crawford C. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Moseley Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Mulé Mrs. Lisa Newsom Katrina and Floyd Newton Mr. and Mrs. R. Davis Noell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Noonan, Sr. Sally and McKee Nunnally Nancy and John Oglesby Ranjodh Pannu Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Patterson Mrs. Martha M. Pentecost Suzanne and Bill Plybon Mr. and Mrs. James M. Purvis Mr. and Mrs. Barry T. Regal Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Robinson Karen, Clay, and Lee Rolader Louise Sams and Jerome Grilhot Mr. and Mrs. John B. Schlafly Dr. Shenara A. Sexton and Dr. Alonzo T. Sexton Tanvi Shah Mr. and Mrs. James D. Shelton Dr. Mita Sheth and Mr. Nandan Sheth Mr. and Mrs. Steve Smith The Stevens Family Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tassopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. William P. Tordella, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wagner Ms. Yuping Lu and Mr. Qiuping Wang Mrs. Harriett Warren David T. Watson, Jr. and Susan Ayers Watson Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Wick II Baade and Roger Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Tingkang Xia

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$5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. John R. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin S. Akers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Amos II Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Arnold III Ms. Anne M. Ballard The Balloun Family Mr. and Mrs. Brian Banner Mr. and Mrs. Brooks P. Barge Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Barkin Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Barquin Mr. and Mrs. Jose M. Barra Steve and Stephanie Barth Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Bass Molly and Ramsay Battin Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Beckham, Jr. Dr. Bianca C. Bell and Dr. Mark R. Bell Jen and Paul Bennecke Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Birkholz Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Blaisdell Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blake Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Bobo Mr. and Mrs. Bradley P. Boggess Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bohrer Ms. Lisa Borders Mr. and Mrs. David Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Braxton Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bromenschenkel Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Burrows, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Callahan III Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Callaway Boog and Sam Candler Mr. and Mrs. William B. Chappell, Jr. The Chilom Family Ms. Ingrid Baker and Mr. Michael Chlopek Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Cimbalo Mr. and Mrs. Dallas S. Clement Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Collier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Corley Mr. and Mrs. John S. Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Coyne The Cross Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Crow

Mr. and Mrs. David Dabbiere Ms. Cari K. Dawson and Mr. John Sparrow Mr. and Mrs. William J. deButts III Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Deitz Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Dick Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Dimon Catherine and Dave Dixon Kristin and Kirk Domescik Allison and Billy Dukes Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. DuPre, Sr. Dr. Sarah Bochar Early and Dr. K. Scott Early Mr. and Mrs. William L. Effinger III Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Eidbo Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Elliott Dr. Sharon Rim and Mr. David Emch Emilie and Keith Evans Katie and Reade Fahs Cindy and John Ferguson Dr. Carolyn Weaver and Dr. Nishan Fernando Mr. and Mrs. David B. Foshee Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Frieden Dr. Susan H. Frost and Mr. John R. Frost Mr. and Mrs. David M. Genova Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Goetz, Jr. Dr. Juliet R. Asher-Golden and Mr. Michael D. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Gosnell Emi and Michael Gragnani Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Gryboski Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Gunn Mrs. Sandra Gustafson Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Halpern Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Harbin III Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Harris III Dr. Laura Effinger Harris and Mr. John S. Harris Hollis and Matt Hawkins Anne and Peter Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. Julio J. Hernandez, Sr. Kennedy Hicks Ms. Mary Fletcher Higdon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Hindman Dr. Ray Horwitz and Mrs. Ling Liu-Horwitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Howell William and Angie Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. L. Phillip Humann

Dr. and Mrs. J. Timothy Irwin Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin Ms. Lori Leonardos and Mr. John Irwin Dr. and Mrs. George Jabren Mr. and Mrs. James Jaxon III Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Jeffries, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Jones III Lacey and Bill Jordan Mr. Wab and Mrs. Ami Kadaba Katharine Kelley and Chad Riedel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kennedy Tiffany and Rich Kent Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Kibler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alex C. Kliros Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Kuester Rebecca and Jim Lamberth Ms. Jessica F. Pardi and Mr. Robert A. Lanier Ms. Pamela Su and Mr. Jeffrey Lao Sarah Ellen and Jimmy Love Ms. Lorrain S. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Maguire Dr. and Mrs. William M. McClatchey, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Walter B. McClelland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terence F. McGuirk II Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. McPhail III Mr. and Mrs. James S. Melvin III Mr. and Mrs. David Miller Mr. and Mrs. Prescott C. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mobley, Jr. Marni and Julian Mohr, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Montag Erika and John Montag Mr. and Mrs. Lane B. Moore Ms. Letitia A. McDonald and Mr. William M. Muller Dr. Maryna Murdock and Mr. Charles Murdock Kim and Martin Musierowicz Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey H. Newton Mr. Charles E. Noell III Mr. and Mrs. David Overend Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierce Owings Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Owings Mr. and Mrs. Ashi S. Parikh Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Parker Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pierce Christina and K. James Pirouz Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Poole

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Erwin C. Reid Patty and Doug Reid Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reid Dr. Marcia Rhee and Dr. John Rhee Mr. William T. Roberts, Jr. Dr. Edith M. Rogers and Mr. Michael M. Rogers Michelle and Benton Routh Dr. and Mrs. William Michael Scaljon Mr. and Mrs. Derek W. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Darrell & Kori Searcy The Selig Family Susan and Charlie Shanor Mr. Pat Sheehan and Mrs. Liza Johnston Mr. James H. Shepherd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Clyde Shepherd III Dr. Theresa Wang and Dr. Samuel Shih Mr. Steven L. Shores Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Simons Mr. and Mrs. Crawford M. Sites, Jr. Dr. Barbara Church and Dr. J. David Smith Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Smith Mr. Charles A. Smithgall and Ms. Liz Arizmendi Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Sparkes Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Spencer II Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stembler Mr. and Mrs. James E. Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Story III Mr. and Mrs. Randall Street Mr. and Mrs. William O. Suddath, Jr. The Sugarman Family Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Suh Mrs. Nancy S. Surbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Taylor IV Jennifer and David Tetrick Alison and Joe Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Tolleson Julia Hamilton Trost Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Trotter III Richard K. and Kerry Tucker Dr. and Mrs. Obi Ugwonali Mr. and Mrs. George S. Uzzell Mr. and Mrs. Bryan A. Vroon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Wanamaker Mrs. Sarah Hawkins Warren and Mr. Blaise Warren Mr. and Mrs. David Wilkie

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. James Wininger Mr. and Mrs. Garret W. Wood Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Woods IV Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Wynne Mr. Jeff Yost and Mrs. Susannah Frost Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Zazworsky, Jr.

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

The Columns Society Established in 2018, The Columns Society is the pinnacle of philanthropy at Westminster, recognizing benefactors whose lifetime investment in the School equals or exceeds one million dollars. We are privileged to celebrate visionary donors whose leadership, loyalty, and extraordinary generosity has allowed Westminster to become one of the nation’s leading independent schools.

Anonymous (5) The Beckham Family and The McCamish Family Liz and Frank Blake Winifred Storey Davis ’57 and Tread Davis ’56 Florida Smith Ellis ’61 and Doug Ellis Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation The Goizueta Foundation The Hawkins Family Sarah and Jim Kennedy The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation William and Lisa McGahan Family Foundation William Harrison Merrill Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. R. Brand Morgan

Nancy Fraser Parker & William A. Parker Jr. and The Fraser-Parker Foundation Mrs. J. Mack Robinson Karen and Clay Rolader O. Wayne Rollins Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rooker ’56 Stephen ’80 and Melanie Schoen Mrs. Lynn Cochran Schroder ’61 and Mr. William H. Schroder The Small Family The Stembler Family The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund

The Columns Society is the pinnacle of philanthropy at Westminster, recognizing benefactors whose lifetime investment in the School equals or exceeds one million dollars.

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24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

The Cornerstone Society Inspired by Westminster’s history and committed to its future, members of The Cornerstone Society invest in the development of tomorrow’s leaders by including Westminster in their estate plans. We appreciate our Cornerstone members’ vision and generosity and extend a collective “thank you” from the Westminster community—both present and future.

Anonymous (18) Mrs. Gwendolyn McLeroy Adams Mr. James A. Adams, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy H. Addison Ms. Janet R. Aldridge Mr. Craig M. Allen and Mrs. Melissa T. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Hunter S. Allen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Arnold III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Astley Helen Ballard Mr. and Mrs. John G. Barnwell Mr. and Mrs. John V. Beamer Ms. Eleanor Westbrook Beckman Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bethea IV Dr. Arthur S. Booth, Jr. (d) and Mrs. Linda M. Booth Mrs. Bitsy Wesley Boozer Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Bowden, Jr. Mr. P. Eric Brannen Mr. James M. Breman (d) Mrs. Beverly H. Bremer (d) Mrs. Kathryn T. Bridges (d) and Mr. William R. Bridges, Jr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Candler, Jr. Martha and Ken Carroll Dr. and Mrs. William Clarkson IV Mrs. Welborn B. Cody (d) Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Cole, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Coleman III Mr. and Mrs. Blucher H. Cooper IV Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Craver Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Davis, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Davis, Jr. Mr. Harold A. Dawson Mrs. Virginia Gaines Dearborn Mr. Roy Adams Dorsey (d) Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander Miller Douglas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Waller T. Dudley Mr. and Mrs. William L. Effinger III Mike and Mindy Egan Family* Florida and Doug Ellis Mary Kent and Jeremy Ellis Mr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elsas Mr. Joseph Lester Fraser (d) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Fraser Mrs. Laura Glass and Mr. L. Frederick Glass, Jr. (d) Mr. Albert G. Goodgame Mr. Carey G. Grainger Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. Bruce M. Gregory Mr. Albert Griffin, Jr. (d) Carolyn, Hartley and Grace Hall Ms. Sarah Frances Harbin (d) Dr. Kathleen H. Harrow and Dr. Christopher D. Harrow Susan and Scott Hawkins Mrs. Lulu Camp Hiles (d) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. Jephtha Hogan, Jr. Mr. G. Arthur Howell (d) Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Howell Mr. and Mrs. C. Tycho Howle Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Hudson, Jr.

The Columns and Cornerstone Societies embody the “Ripple Effect.”

At the gathering of members of the Cornerstone and Columns Societies in November 2018, alumnus Nigel Walker ’13 shared his story of how his education at Westminster—an experience made possible through the generosity of donors like Columns and Cornerstone members—set him on a path to leadership. After studying engineering and playing football at Vanderbilt, Nigel earned the Keegan Travelling Fellowship, an award he used to study fatherhood in more than 20 countries around the world. Now stateside, Nigel teaches high school mathematics through Teach for America, a role he sees as an opportunity to cultivate a new generation of changemakers.

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

The Columns Society Established in 2018, The Columns Society is the pinnacle of philanthropy at Westminster, recognizing benefactors whose lifetime investment in the School equals or exceeds one million dollars. We are privileged to celebrate visionary donors whose leadership, loyalty, and extraordinary generosity has allowed Westminster to become one of the nation’s leading independent schools.

Anonymous (5) The Beckham Family and The McCamish Family Liz and Frank Blake Winifred Storey Davis ’57 and Tread Davis ’56 Florida Smith Ellis ’61 and Doug Ellis Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation The Goizueta Foundation The Hawkins Family Sarah and Jim Kennedy The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation William and Lisa McGahan Family Foundation William Harrison Merrill Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. R. Brand Morgan

Nancy Fraser Parker & William A. Parker Jr. and The Fraser-Parker Foundation Mrs. J. Mack Robinson Karen and Clay Rolader O. Wayne Rollins Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rooker ’56 Stephen ’80 and Melanie Schoen Mrs. Lynn Cochran Schroder ’61 and Mr. William H. Schroder The Small Family The Stembler Family The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund

The Columns Society is the pinnacle of philanthropy at Westminster, recognizing benefactors whose lifetime investment in the School equals or exceeds one million dollars.

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24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

The Cornerstone Society Inspired by Westminster’s history and committed to its future, members of The Cornerstone Society invest in the development of tomorrow’s leaders by including Westminster in their estate plans. We appreciate our Cornerstone members’ vision and generosity and extend a collective “thank you” from the Westminster community—both present and future.

Anonymous (18) Mrs. Gwendolyn McLeroy Adams Mr. James A. Adams, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy H. Addison Ms. Janet R. Aldridge Mr. Craig M. Allen and Mrs. Melissa T. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Hunter S. Allen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Arnold III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Astley Helen Ballard Mr. and Mrs. John G. Barnwell Mr. and Mrs. John V. Beamer Ms. Eleanor Westbrook Beckman Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bethea IV Dr. Arthur S. Booth, Jr. (d) and Mrs. Linda M. Booth Mrs. Bitsy Wesley Boozer Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Bowden, Jr. Mr. P. Eric Brannen Mr. James M. Breman (d) Mrs. Beverly H. Bremer (d) Mrs. Kathryn T. Bridges (d) and Mr. William R. Bridges, Jr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Candler, Jr. Martha and Ken Carroll Dr. and Mrs. William Clarkson IV Mrs. Welborn B. Cody (d) Mr. and Mrs. Madison F. Cole, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Coleman III Mr. and Mrs. Blucher H. Cooper IV Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Craver Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Davis, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Davis, Jr. Mr. Harold A. Dawson Mrs. Virginia Gaines Dearborn Mr. Roy Adams Dorsey (d) Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander Miller Douglas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Waller T. Dudley Mr. and Mrs. William L. Effinger III Mike and Mindy Egan Family* Florida and Doug Ellis Mary Kent and Jeremy Ellis Mr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elsas Mr. Joseph Lester Fraser (d) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Fraser Mrs. Laura Glass and Mr. L. Frederick Glass, Jr. (d) Mr. Albert G. Goodgame Mr. Carey G. Grainger Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. Bruce M. Gregory Mr. Albert Griffin, Jr. (d) Carolyn, Hartley and Grace Hall Ms. Sarah Frances Harbin (d) Dr. Kathleen H. Harrow and Dr. Christopher D. Harrow Susan and Scott Hawkins Mrs. Lulu Camp Hiles (d) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. Jephtha Hogan, Jr. Mr. G. Arthur Howell (d) Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Howell Mr. and Mrs. C. Tycho Howle Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Hudson, Jr.

The Columns and Cornerstone Societies embody the “Ripple Effect.”

At the gathering of members of the Cornerstone and Columns Societies in November 2018, alumnus Nigel Walker ’13 shared his story of how his education at Westminster—an experience made possible through the generosity of donors like Columns and Cornerstone members—set him on a path to leadership. After studying engineering and playing football at Vanderbilt, Nigel earned the Keegan Travelling Fellowship, an award he used to study fatherhood in more than 20 countries around the world. Now stateside, Nigel teaches high school mathematics through Teach for America, a role he sees as an opportunity to cultivate a new generation of changemakers.

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

The Cornerstone Society continued Ms. Dorothy Addison Hutcheson Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Jackson Mr. John R. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Cody Laird, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lane III Janet Lavine and Rick Williams Mr. John G. Lert, Jr. Don and Sandy Leslie Mrs. Virginia A. Leslie (d) Mr. and Mrs. William L. Levine Mrs. Jeanine H. Lewis and Mr. Gerald A. Lewis (d) Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Mr. Robert B. Lipman Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodgers Lunsford III Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. MacKay Mrs. Florence P. McAtee (d) Mr. George W. McCarty, Jr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. J. Rucker McCarty Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. McCarty Dr. and Mrs. William M. McClatchey Lisa and Bill McGahan* Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. McGinnis Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGonigle Anna and Hays Mershon Mr. and Mrs. K. Ward Miller, Jr. Ms. Marjorie Dixon Mitchell Dr. Martin Moran (d) and Mrs. Harriet C. Moran Ms. Louise W. Moreland Dr. Steve C. Moreland Mrs. Betty Yopp Nunally (d) and Mr. Hugh M. Nunnally (d) Nancy and John Oglesby Mrs. Nancy Fraser Parker (d) Mr. William A. Parker, Jr. (d)

Ann Lawton Pearce and E. Fay Pearce Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Pearce III Dr. Eugene B. Pendleton and Reverend Susan Pendleton Mrs. Mary H. Perrin and Mr. Walter C. Perrin II (d) Mrs. Mary Lowell Downing Pettit Mr. George T. Piercy (d) Mrs. Charlotte Pippin and Mr. William L. Pippin, Jr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. David H. Poer, Jr. Mr. James T. Porter, Sr. (d) Mr. John R. Porter III Dr. and Mrs. William L. Pressly, Sr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. James E. Prickett Ms. Millie Finch Pryles Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Ranney Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rawls III* Dr. and Mrs. John L. Reed Dr. and Mrs. John C. Rieser Mrs. Kimberly B. Rimmer and Mr. Robert H. Rimmer IV (d) Mrs. Kathleen Hudson Rivers Christy and Mark Roberts Mr. Jack J. Robertson (d) Karen and Clay Rolader Dr. Ivon C. Rolader (d) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rolader Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Rolader Barbara Burns Roper Ms. Louise Sams and Mr. Jerome Grilhot Ms. Annette Brisendine Satterfield Dr. J. Philip Saul and Ms. Amy Margaret Davis Mrs. Lynn Petters Cochran Schroder Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Shaffer, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Smith (d) Dr. and Mrs. Henry M. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Laura Smith (d) Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Smith Ms. Susan M. Soper and Mr. William W. Holland Mr. John H. Stembler, Jr. (d) Beth Greenblatt Sugarman and Edward Sugarman Mrs. Dollie Cardwell Swanson Ms. Elaine M. Tarkenton Mrs. Gwynne Garrett Tonsfeldt (d) Mr. John P. Turman, Jr. (d) and Mrs. Janet G. Turman Alice NAPS '39 (d) and Albert Waldon (d) Mrs. Laura S. Wallace (d) and Mr. John A. Wallace* Dr. and Mrs. David T. Watson Mrs. Jane B. Wheeler Mrs. Sarah Williams Whitaker (d) Mr. and Mrs. George D. White (d) Mr. and Mrs. K. Alan White III Ms. Susan J. Wilen Ms. Andrea Brannen Williams Mrs. Loraine Plant Williams (d) Haden Ridley Winbore '65 Mrs. Irene King Woodruff (d) and Mr. George Woodruff (d) Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Woodward Mrs. Dorothy Malone Yates (d) and Mr. Charles R. Yates (d) The Mary and Charlie Yates Family Fund

Members of The Cornerstone Society celebrate at a November 2018 reception.

“There is no measuring the impact that the collective student body over the years has had on the community and the world—it’s just remarkable. Being a part of that is so important to me.”

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4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

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The Cornerstone Society continued Ms. Dorothy Addison Hutcheson Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Jackson Mr. John R. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Cody Laird, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lane III Janet Lavine and Rick Williams Mr. John G. Lert, Jr. Don and Sandy Leslie Mrs. Virginia A. Leslie (d) Mr. and Mrs. William L. Levine Mrs. Jeanine H. Lewis and Mr. Gerald A. Lewis (d) Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Mr. Robert B. Lipman Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodgers Lunsford III Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. MacKay Mrs. Florence P. McAtee (d) Mr. George W. McCarty, Jr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. J. Rucker McCarty Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. McCarty Dr. and Mrs. William M. McClatchey Lisa and Bill McGahan* Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. McGinnis Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGonigle Anna and Hays Mershon Mr. and Mrs. K. Ward Miller, Jr. Ms. Marjorie Dixon Mitchell Dr. Martin Moran (d) and Mrs. Harriet C. Moran Ms. Louise W. Moreland Dr. Steve C. Moreland Mrs. Betty Yopp Nunally (d) and Mr. Hugh M. Nunnally (d) Nancy and John Oglesby Mrs. Nancy Fraser Parker (d) Mr. William A. Parker, Jr. (d)

Ann Lawton Pearce and E. Fay Pearce Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Pearce III Dr. Eugene B. Pendleton and Reverend Susan Pendleton Mrs. Mary H. Perrin and Mr. Walter C. Perrin II (d) Mrs. Mary Lowell Downing Pettit Mr. George T. Piercy (d) Mrs. Charlotte Pippin and Mr. William L. Pippin, Jr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. David H. Poer, Jr. Mr. James T. Porter, Sr. (d) Mr. John R. Porter III Dr. and Mrs. William L. Pressly, Sr. (d) Mr. and Mrs. James E. Prickett Ms. Millie Finch Pryles Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Ranney Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rawls III* Dr. and Mrs. John L. Reed Dr. and Mrs. John C. Rieser Mrs. Kimberly B. Rimmer and Mr. Robert H. Rimmer IV (d) Mrs. Kathleen Hudson Rivers Christy and Mark Roberts Mr. Jack J. Robertson (d) Karen and Clay Rolader Dr. Ivon C. Rolader (d) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rolader Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Rolader Barbara Burns Roper Ms. Louise Sams and Mr. Jerome Grilhot Ms. Annette Brisendine Satterfield Dr. J. Philip Saul and Ms. Amy Margaret Davis Mrs. Lynn Petters Cochran Schroder Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Shaffer, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Smith (d) Dr. and Mrs. Henry M. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Laura Smith (d) Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Smith Ms. Susan M. Soper and Mr. William W. Holland Mr. John H. Stembler, Jr. (d) Beth Greenblatt Sugarman and Edward Sugarman Mrs. Dollie Cardwell Swanson Ms. Elaine M. Tarkenton Mrs. Gwynne Garrett Tonsfeldt (d) Mr. John P. Turman, Jr. (d) and Mrs. Janet G. Turman Alice NAPS '39 (d) and Albert Waldon (d) Mrs. Laura S. Wallace (d) and Mr. John A. Wallace* Dr. and Mrs. David T. Watson Mrs. Jane B. Wheeler Mrs. Sarah Williams Whitaker (d) Mr. and Mrs. George D. White (d) Mr. and Mrs. K. Alan White III Ms. Susan J. Wilen Ms. Andrea Brannen Williams Mrs. Loraine Plant Williams (d) Haden Ridley Winbore '65 Mrs. Irene King Woodruff (d) and Mr. George Woodruff (d) Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Woodward Mrs. Dorothy Malone Yates (d) and Mr. Charles R. Yates (d) The Mary and Charlie Yates Family Fund

Members of The Cornerstone Society celebrate at a November 2018 reception.

“There is no measuring the impact that the collective student body over the years has had on the community and the world—it’s just remarkable. Being a part of that is so important to me.”

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4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

We Couldn’t Do It Without

You!

Each of the more than 4,700 people giving to Westminster is part of the Wildcat story. Your collective generosity is a powerful force that shapes the Westminster experience. When you support Westminster, our students and faculty know you’re cheering for them.

Thank you for helping our story unfold.

Visit westminster.net/report-on-philanthropy or scan this QR code with your phone to see a complete list of 2018-19 donors on westminster.net.

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

We Couldn’t Do It Without

You!

Each of the more than 4,700 people giving to Westminster is part of the Wildcat story. Your collective generosity is a powerful force that shapes the Westminster experience. When you support Westminster, our students and faculty know you’re cheering for them.

Thank you for helping our story unfold.

Visit westminster.net/report-on-philanthropy or scan this QR code with your phone to see a complete list of 2018-19 donors on westminster.net.

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“I am always struck by the sense of service that these young people are exposed to, and you see it playing out—they want to work with companies that are socially responsible and making the world a better place.”

CLAY ROLADER ’72 TRUSTEE, PAST PARENT, FORMER FACULTY COLUMNS SOCIETY AND CORNERSTONE SOCIETY MEMBER

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“I am always struck by the sense of service that these young people are exposed to, and you see it playing out—they want to work with companies that are socially responsible and making the world a better place.”

CLAY ROLADER ’72 TRUSTEE, PAST PARENT, FORMER FACULTY COLUMNS SOCIETY AND CORNERSTONE SOCIETY MEMBER

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4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

2018-19 Board Leadership Board of Trustees

Emeritus Trustees

Advancement Committee

Alumni Board

Young Alumni Council

Joel T. Murphy ’76, Chair Elizabeth Kilcullen Blake, Vice Chair

James S. Balloun Betsy Barge Birkholz ’69 Lisa Borders ’75 James E. Bostic, Jr. David E. Boyd Peter M. Candler ’60 Richard W. Courts II ’55 Ann Draughon Cousins Suzanne LeCraw Cox ’71 Joseph M. Craver F.T. Davis, Jr. ’56 Virginia Gaines Dearborn ’56 W. Douglas Ellis, Jr. Joseph W. Hamilton, Jr. Allen S. Hardin Thomas D. Hills ’62 Ronald P. Hogan Barbara Benson Howell W. Stell Huie L. Phillip Humann M. Hill Jeffries, Jr. ’73 E. Cody Laird, Jr. George H. Lane III J. Hicks Lanier ’58 Dennis M. Love ’74 Gay McLawhorn Love Carolyn Cody McClatchey ’65 Terence F. McGuirk Olga Goizueta Rawls ’73 Margaret Conant Reiser ’73 John W. Rooker ’56 Kenneth S. Taratus L. Barry Teague John A. Wallace D. Scott Weimer James B. Williams George B. Wirth

Rosalind G. Brewer, Chair

Susan Ayres Watson ’83, President Sarah Hawkins Warren ’00, President-Elect Allen Moseley ’87, Alumni Giving Chair Wab Kadaba ’87, Recording Secretary

Beau Allen ’05, Co-Chair Hannah Grady Jones ’08, Co-Chair

Rosalind G. Brewer Samuel G. Candler William Clarkson IV Harold A. Dawson, Jr. ’82 Michael J. Egan ’74 Jason Fritz Rebecca Olson Gupta Rand Glenn Hagen ’95 Scott D. Hawkins Katharine W. Kelley ’82 Stephen S. Lanier ’96 Janet M. Lavine Sukai Liu David M. Love ’90 Lisa Olivetti McGahan R. Brand Morgan ’94 Floyd C. Newton III ’73 Thomas E. Noonan Rahul Patel William T. Plybon Kelly A. Regal B. Clayton Rolader ’72 Louise Scott Sams ’75 Stephen L. Schoen ’80 S. Stephen Selig ’61 Jeffrey P. Small, Jr. ’85 Steven D. Smith Jay Yadav President Keith A. Evans Westminster Fund Representative Allen S. Moseley ’87

Catherine Humann Callaway ’03 A. Ross Erskine ’10 Emi Shafffer Gragnani ’95 Jack N. Halpern ’67 Scott D. Hawkins Vernon J. Hendrix ’80 Denise J. Hendrix Amy S. Kistulinec Stephen S. Lanier ’96 Lisa Olivetti McGahan Prescott C. Miller Louise Allen Moore ’92 Allen S. Moseley ’87 R. Davis Noell Tejal K. Parikh Rahul Patel William T. Plybon Steven D. Smith Jennifer Tetrick William P. Tordella, Jr. Dana Weeks Ugwonali

Beau Allen ’05 Bianca Camac Bell ’94 Andrew Blaisdell ’99 Charlie Henn ’91 Kennedy Hicks ’01 Dominique Holloman ’97 Ellen Hale Jones ’81 Hannah Grady Jones ’08 William L. Levine ’88 Walter McClelland ’97 Wade A. Rakes II ’98 Susie Soper ’64 Christopher D. Suh ’95 Anna Driver Wick ’95

Nellie Black Brewer ’04 Grace Caswell ’13 Saharsh Chordia ’11 Ross Conway ’09 Katie Sturniolo Cruce ’07 Ross Erskine ’10 Kealy Hartman ’10 Matt Lunati ’08 Mary Lowell Downing Pettit ’06 Emma Reifenberger ’14 Adam Sanders ’14 John Gray Seiler ’06 Chapman Wilkinson ’12

Honorary Member John R. Jones, Jr. ’74, Board Historian

Ex-Officio Members Joel T. Murphy ’76, Board of Trustees, Chair Elizabeth Kilcullen Blake, Board of Trustees, Vice Chair

Alumni Association Representative Susan Ayres Watson ’83

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2 Messages of Thanks

4 Financial Report

6 Investing in the Campus Plan

12 Donor Highlight: The Mershon Family

14 18 100% Commitment: A Record Year for Faculty Go All-in for The Westminster The Westminster Fund Fund

20 A Community of Support for Every Wildcat

22 Alumni Make Their Mark!

24 Reunion Classes Give To Honor and Inspire

26 The Global Reach of Philanthropy

28 Alumni Chapters From Coast to Coast

32 The Young Alumni Leadership Society

34 The Pressly Leadership Society

38 The Columns Society

39 The Cornerstone Society

42 The Wildcat Nation Unites!

46 Board Leadership

2018-19 Board Leadership Board of Trustees

Emeritus Trustees

Advancement Committee

Alumni Board

Young Alumni Council

Joel T. Murphy ’76, Chair Elizabeth Kilcullen Blake, Vice Chair

James S. Balloun Betsy Barge Birkholz ’69 Lisa Borders ’75 James E. Bostic, Jr. David E. Boyd Peter M. Candler ’60 Richard W. Courts II ’55 Ann Draughon Cousins Suzanne LeCraw Cox ’71 Joseph M. Craver F.T. Davis, Jr. ’56 Virginia Gaines Dearborn ’56 W. Douglas Ellis, Jr. Joseph W. Hamilton, Jr. Allen S. Hardin Thomas D. Hills ’62 Ronald P. Hogan Barbara Benson Howell W. Stell Huie L. Phillip Humann M. Hill Jeffries, Jr. ’73 E. Cody Laird, Jr. George H. Lane III J. Hicks Lanier ’58 Dennis M. Love ’74 Gay McLawhorn Love Carolyn Cody McClatchey ’65 Terence F. McGuirk Olga Goizueta Rawls ’73 Margaret Conant Reiser ’73 John W. Rooker ’56 Kenneth S. Taratus L. Barry Teague John A. Wallace D. Scott Weimer James B. Williams George B. Wirth

Rosalind G. Brewer, Chair

Susan Ayres Watson ’83, President Sarah Hawkins Warren ’00, President-Elect Allen Moseley ’87, Alumni Giving Chair Wab Kadaba ’87, Recording Secretary

Beau Allen ’05, Co-Chair Hannah Grady Jones ’08, Co-Chair

Rosalind G. Brewer Samuel G. Candler William Clarkson IV Harold A. Dawson, Jr. ’82 Michael J. Egan ’74 Jason Fritz Rebecca Olson Gupta Rand Glenn Hagen ’95 Scott D. Hawkins Katharine W. Kelley ’82 Stephen S. Lanier ’96 Janet M. Lavine Sukai Liu David M. Love ’90 Lisa Olivetti McGahan R. Brand Morgan ’94 Floyd C. Newton III ’73 Thomas E. Noonan Rahul Patel William T. Plybon Kelly A. Regal B. Clayton Rolader ’72 Louise Scott Sams ’75 Stephen L. Schoen ’80 S. Stephen Selig ’61 Jeffrey P. Small, Jr. ’85 Steven D. Smith Jay Yadav President Keith A. Evans Westminster Fund Representative Allen S. Moseley ’87

Catherine Humann Callaway ’03 A. Ross Erskine ’10 Emi Shafffer Gragnani ’95 Jack N. Halpern ’67 Scott D. Hawkins Vernon J. Hendrix ’80 Denise J. Hendrix Amy S. Kistulinec Stephen S. Lanier ’96 Lisa Olivetti McGahan Prescott C. Miller Louise Allen Moore ’92 Allen S. Moseley ’87 R. Davis Noell Tejal K. Parikh Rahul Patel William T. Plybon Steven D. Smith Jennifer Tetrick William P. Tordella, Jr. Dana Weeks Ugwonali

Beau Allen ’05 Bianca Camac Bell ’94 Andrew Blaisdell ’99 Charlie Henn ’91 Kennedy Hicks ’01 Dominique Holloman ’97 Ellen Hale Jones ’81 Hannah Grady Jones ’08 William L. Levine ’88 Walter McClelland ’97 Wade A. Rakes II ’98 Susie Soper ’64 Christopher D. Suh ’95 Anna Driver Wick ’95

Nellie Black Brewer ’04 Grace Caswell ’13 Saharsh Chordia ’11 Ross Conway ’09 Katie Sturniolo Cruce ’07 Ross Erskine ’10 Kealy Hartman ’10 Matt Lunati ’08 Mary Lowell Downing Pettit ’06 Emma Reifenberger ’14 Adam Sanders ’14 John Gray Seiler ’06 Chapman Wilkinson ’12

Honorary Member John R. Jones, Jr. ’74, Board Historian

Ex-Officio Members Joel T. Murphy ’76, Board of Trustees, Chair Elizabeth Kilcullen Blake, Board of Trustees, Vice Chair

Alumni Association Representative Susan Ayres Watson ’83

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“Hardly a day passes that I don’t witness the impact Westminster makes in the Atlanta community and beyond. You make an investment in our extraordinary students, and then your generosity manifests itself in unimaginable ways across the globe. I am always inspired—and humbled—by the power of this community to transform lives and make the world a better place for all.”

JOEL MURPHY ’76

Thank You.

CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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“Hardly a day passes that I don’t witness the impact Westminster makes in the Atlanta community and beyond. You make an investment in our extraordinary students, and then your generosity manifests itself in unimaginable ways across the globe. I am always inspired—and humbled—by the power of this community to transform lives and make the world a better place for all.”

JOEL MURPHY ’76

Thank You.

CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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