The Magazine of Annie Wright Schools | Fall 2021
STRENGTH
Annie Wright!
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Head of Schools Jake Guadnola and family. Left to right: Luke ’29, Jake ’90MS, Stacey, Gus ’27
CONTENTS | FALL 2021
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Opening Day by the Numbers Meet the US Assistant Directors In Memoriam
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Labor of Love: 202124 Strategic Plan Fall at AWS
Admissions Events
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Year in Philanthropy: by the Numbers AWS Loves Our Alumni
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Au Revoir Madame Phelps Class Notes
from the
HEAD OF SCHOOLS I love Annie Wright Schools. I love its strong community
that strong relationships make all the difference. Annie
and decades-old traditions. I love the autumn sun shining in
Wright teachers work diligently to know their students,
the leaves of the big, old tree below the Bamford Commons,
garner their trust, encourage appropriately, and challenge
the creak of the Great Hall floor under the weight of a high
constantly. Every student is capable when they feel cared
school dance, and the explosion of fourth graders into
for, believed in, and pushed. The same is true for adults.
recess. I love how this school shapes lives. I love how it has
Teachers, administrators, and staff want to be known
shaped mine and now shapes the lives of my own children.
and appreciated for the work they do. They want to be
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Annie Wright teachers work diligently to know their students, garner their trust, encourage appropriately, and challenge constantly.
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challenged, encouraged, and inspired. At its best, AWS ensures such relationships exist in the classroom, and it intentionally builds them with its faculty, administration, staff, parents, and alumni. And why is all of this so important? Because it’s about students. Because every single decision we make must be focused directly on improving the experience of students. Annie Wright is, and must forever remain, a student-
I love the solemnity of Lessons and Carols. I love the
centered institution. Value, support, and encourage the
euphoric cheers of a successful (or unsuccessful!) egg drop.
adults, certainly, but always at the service of students. They
I love the focused preparation of the AWS Dance Team, the
are why we do this work; they are why I do this work. They
joyful caroling at the Middle School Holiday Tea, and the
are why I love this school.
utter adorableness of the Kindergarten soccer team in their
Sincerely,
blue and gold uniforms. I love how this school prepares students inside and outside of the classroom. I love hearing from alumni how it prepared them. Over the past 29 years I’ve been humbled and inspired to walk these halls as a student, teacher, coach, administrator, and parent. I’ve been challenged, inspired, and compelled by superlatively talented colleagues. I’ve come to believe
Jake Guadnola ’90MS Head of Schools
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Middle School students
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retention rate
Largest Class
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Grade 9 125 boarders
54
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of students receive some type of scholarship (merit, need-based aid or remission)
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student artists across
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unique K-8 After School Arts classes
Upper School for Girls students
Upper School for Boys students
45 80
5-day boarders
7-day boarders
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TACOMA
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%
of our students self-report as non-white
SCHOLARS
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Middle & Upper School students in the mainstage production Frankenstein, serving both onstage and behind the scenes
302 K-12 fall sport athletes
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visual artist laureates 5
LABOR
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LOVE
Presenting the 2021-2024 AWS Strategic Plan
On September 24, 2021, the Annie Wright Schools Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new strategic plan. This plan, made up of five strands, reflects months of dedicated work on behalf of the 13-member steering committee and hundreds of individual conversations with community members. The fruit of this labor is a strategic plan that is ambitious and achievable, one that will move Annie Wright from strength to strength.
Learn more at aw.org/strategic-plan
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5 STRANDS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN
1 Make Our Strong Academic Program Stronger 2 Build a Culture of Belonging Through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
3 Foster a Culture of Wellness 4 Engage the Tacoma Community & Beyond 5 Ensure the Thrivability of Annie Wright Schools
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GATORS Give
2021–22
As a member of our Annie Wright Schools community you ARE a Gator, and when you participate in Gators Give, you aren’t just giving a gift, you are supporting everything you love about Annie Wright Schools. Giving is easy and you can direct your gift to Arts, Athletics, Scholarships, Teachers, Wellness or Strength (unrestricted). Visit aw.org/give or mail your donation to: Annie Wright Schools 827 N Tacoma Avenue Tacoma, WA 98403
Thank you for helping support all the things you love about ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS!
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Year in Philanthropy by the Numbers | 2020-21 ANNUAL GIVING
647
1,340
162
DONORS
GIFTS
ALL IN FOR ANNIE 140 Alumni Donors BY TIE COLOR
28%
21% 19%
37%
FIRST-TIME DONORS Alumni donors from every decade back to the
ANNUAL FUND GIFTS FROM
& 23 7 COUNTRIES STATES + DC
1930s
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FAMILIES HAVE DONATED TO THE
GRAND TOTAL RAISED
627,081
$
GATOR GALA
53,500
439
$
REGISTERED GUESTS
IN SPONSORSHIP
152,183
$
TOTAL RAISED
This endowment celebrates Susan’s retirement and honors her 31 years of service & leadership to Annie Wright Schools
50% x4x4= OF UPPER SCHOOL TUITION
DONORS
YEARS
OUR FIRST COHORT OF
TACOMA SCHOLARS
200,690
$
Benefiting health, wellness & support for our students, faculty & staff
182 DONORS
In this inaugural year, Annie Wright Schools funded 100% of Upper School tuition for 4 additional students for a grand total of
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Au Revoir
Madame Phelps
Celebrating 45 Years of Service: September 1, 1976–August 31, 2021
Many know Joy for being the warm and welcoming first impression of Annie Wright as the Lower & Middle School Admissions Director. Alumni fondly reminisce about her days of teaching French with stories of pain au chocolat, songs about conjugating French verbs and her all around esprit de corps. Common threads among all community members are Joy’s great story-telling, her impeccable grammar and her ability to simply have fun! Over her 45 years of service, Joy has left quite the mark on Annie Wright Schools, and her wit, warm smile and welcoming demeanor are already missed in the hallways. Au revoir and cheers to Joy Phelps as she slides into retirement.
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ome remarkable events occurred in 1976. Apple Inc. was founded. Jimmy Carter became President. The first commercial Concorde flights took off. The classic film Rocky was released. NASA unveiled the first space shuttle, the Enterprise. Perhaps the most remarkable event of 1976 at Annie Wright Schools was the hiring of dorm parent Joy (Radebaugh) Phelps. She went on to teach French and served in various roles in the Middle School before moving to Admissions. Along the way, Joy’s two children—lifer Adrienne (Ottum) Peterson ’04 and Mack Ottum ’08MS— joined her on campus, and honors, including the Bev Brown Excellence in Teaching and Bishop Paddock Award, were bestowed for her teaching and service.
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Joy, daughter Adrienne (Ottum) Peterson ’04 and son Mack Ottum ’08MS
Lip Sync, 2015
Joy, Rev. Clark Berge and Anne Blake
Alyssa Harvey ’06, Jennifer Haley ’89 and Joy
Joy, Deborah Goodall, Karen Credgington and Patty Nielsen
Former Head of Schools Christian Sullivan presents Joy with the Bishop Paddock Award in 2016
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Meet The Upper School
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS As Annie Wright endeavors to support balanced, coordinated programming in the two Upper Schools, this fall three new Assistant Director roles were launched. Two roles were filled by new hires, while one is a familiar face around campus. Here’s your chance to learn a bit more about this mighty support team.
BRIDGETTE O'BRIEN
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
What do students call you? Something you love about your new role?
A: A:Dr. Dr.O'Brien O'Brien A: A: T Theheopportunity opportunitytotolearn learnfrom fromdifferent differentteachers teachers abouttheir theirpedagogy pedagogyand andclassroom classroompractices. practices. practices about
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Something you love to eat or drink?
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events and their historical underpinnings. underpinnings and their historical underpinnings.
5-Mile Drive Drive. Drive.
DUBOIS HINES
ROBERT SCOTLAN
A: Mr. Dubois
A: Rob, Mr. Rob or Mr. Scotlan
A: Being able to help plan off-campus experiences
A: Working with so many students across both schools,
A: The opportunity to work with a diverse group of
A: Annie Wright provides a lot of opportunities for students
A: Drinking different kinds of tea
A: I'm a big fan of tortellini with red sauce. Big fan. BIG FAN.
A: Science fiction thriller novels
A: Fantasy and science fiction books with an occasional
A: The vibrant art community
A: Seeing Tacoma in the evening from far away, especially
A: Wearing soft blanket scarves and sweaters
A: Pumpkin pie
A: I like to bake in my spare time.
A: I love to play sports or play music when I have the time.
Assistant Director of Student Engagement
with our students
students who are striving to become leaders of their generation
Assistant Director of Student Life
hearing about their experiences, and learning about their hopes for Annie Wright Schools
to engage in various ways whether it is academic, athletic, performance, or beyond!
deep dive into non-fiction books about society
Commencement Bay and Downtown
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Loves our Alumni
We loved welcoming alumni to campus for Alumni Weekend 2021! From the Arts Reception with Veronica Sauer ’86 and celebrating the retirement of Susan Bauska and Joy Phelps on the Bamford Commons to sharing memories in Alumni Chapel and toasting one another at the Champagne Brunch, we were reminded of the deep ties and everlasting friendships formed on Annie Wright Schools’ campus.
Alumni Weekend 2021 my history my experience
my Annie Wright
Alica Mathurin, Director of Community Engagement, and Sue (Spiegle) Batema ’61 look at Sue’s yearbook photo.
Brigette Sauer 83’ and Veronica Sauer ’86 in front of Veronica's Annie Wright portrait
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Class Photos
Sisters Diane (Rexroth) Keller ’50 and Grace (Rexroth) Seaman ’48
Class of ‘70: Front row—Nancy (Schwabe) Wolf, Pamm Hanson, Nancy (Petersen) Meyer. Back row—Kathleen (Yaeger) Rein-Weston, Diane (Lile) DeAutremont, Sally (Fogg) Jones, Maria (Willard) Andrews, Mary Lou (Talbott) Macala
Holly (Bamford) Hunt ’89, Laura Bales ’85 and Kate Dorr ’96
Class of ’61: Front row—Sue (Spiegle) Batema, Pam (Cliffe) Rowland. Back row—Joy (Hutchinson) Drewfs, Joanne (Ferguson) Selden, Lani (Magnuson) Young, Lynn (Beaty) Sealey and Caroline Woodhams
Class of ‘71: Front row—Linda Piper, Rosemary (Winckley) Gunlogson, Cynthia (Gritten) Wood, Kemble Brunton. Middle Row—Lynn (Peacock) Kennard, Wendy (Severin) Goldfein, Wendy (Johnson) McWalter, Toni (Orkney) Hoffman. Back row—Jill Jueling
Kari Ayres ’11, Allie Kuritani ’14 and Clare Jeong ’14
Sara Pelster ’15 and Gracie Orr ’15
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ALUMNI NEWS
Notes Annette (Lottis) Jensen ’51 Annette is doing well and living in Hilo, HI. She invites any classmates visiting Hilo to reach out and connect.
Carol (Goodwin) Lusk ’51 Carol is delighted to be on the road again. In fact, she’s been riding the rails of Colorado’s historic trains. She traveled to the top of Pikes Peak at over 14,000 feet on a cog railway and to the bottom of the Royal Gorge as the train wound its way beside the Arkansas river. So fun! Her next trip will be an Adriatic cruise in November. From strength to strength at 88.
Betty Lou (Ervin) Broderick ’53 Director of Development Grace Finch paid Betty Lou a visit in Anchorage, AK, to document some of her amazing stories from her time as a boarding student. Betty Lou started boarding at Annie Wright Seminary when she was only 11 years old. Her first trips to school were in a DC3 landing at Boeing Field and took 13 hours! By the time she graduated in 1953, the flight was a much shorter four hours, but still on a military plane with whatever cargo needed to make the journey.
Tamar Griggs ’60 Tamar visited campus over the summer to snap some photos of her favorite spots on campus and reminisce about her time as a student.
Carol (Goodwin) Lusk ’51
Tamar Griggs ’60
Betty Lou (Ervin) Broderick ’53 (left) and Grace Finch
Pamela Hyde Smith ’63 September’s Alumni Weekend provided an opportunity for Pamela Hyde Smith ’63 to meet the first two recipients of The Elizabeth (Doud) Hyde ’38 and William Hyde and Pamela Hyde Smith ’63 Endowed Scholarship. A Hyde Scholar from the incoming freshman class will be named each year, alternating boys and girls and will carry on the Hyde family legacy by making an Annie Wright Schools education more accessible for local students.
Carole (Wood) Morgan ’70 Carole met Michael Morgan at university in 1970 and they have been married since 1974. After living in Las Vegas for 30 years where Michael was an executive in the casino industry, they recently moved to Austin, Texas, where they are retired and enjoying golf and tennis. Their son Wesley
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Pamela Hyde Smith (center) with Hyde Scholarship winners Calvary Seui ’24 (left) and Andrea Gyimah ’25
also lives in Austin with his wife Kristy, who is expecting their first child through their fourth round of IVF. Michael and Carole’s daughter Kate married a British gentleman named Warren, and they reside in London. They have two little boys: Charlie Michael Baker who just turned three and Jackson George Baker who just turned three weeks.
Victoria Rayner ’88 Vic, Chief Executive of the National Care Forum (NCF)—the leading association for not-for-profit care providers in the UK, has received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in The Queen’s 2021 Birthday Honours for services to the social care sector. The rank of Officer of the Order of the British Empire is awarded to people who have made a significant contribution in their respective fields.
Karen (Smith) DeBolt ’92, Merritt (Klarsch) Pulliam ’92 & Christy (Smith) Griffiths ’95 Karen, Christy and Merritt, along with their families, had a great time in Stone Harbor, NJ, for their annual reunion with Princeton friends. Karen and Christie each married friends from their college days. It’s like a double reunion! They take a photo of the kids each year.
Merritt (Klarsch) Pulliam ’92 Merritt, her husband Travis and daughter Georgia took a wonderful trip to Wyoming this summer. They even took Annie on a hike at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
Kate Dorr ’96 Kate recently started a new job as the Education Manager at the Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor.
Rebecca Kirkpatrick ’97 Rebecca recently received her certificate from UCLA to become an Independent College Counselor.
Kelly Donahue ’98 & Gillian Wood ’98
DeBolt, Griffiths and Pulliam family vacation. Georgia Pulliam is second from the left, Grayson Debolt is fourth from the left, and Alston Griffiths is second from the right.
Gillian’s nonprofit Resilience Rising (resilience-rising.org) is relocating its residential treatment center from Colorado to California. Former Red Tie classmate Kelly Donahue ’98 is her real estate agent as they search for the perfect property to build the solar-powered, custom-made container homes. Gillian also recently accompanied Kelly to Kelly’s film premiere at the Asian Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles. Kelly plays the part of Lisa in the feature film Lisa Mania.
Merritt (Klarsch) Pulliam ’92 (left) and daughter Georgia
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Nicole Comforto ’00
Stephanie (Gann) Moll ’10
Nicole reached out to share her essay published in The New York Times (A Marriage Stressed by Obsessions and Compulsions, August 6, 2021) with Susan Bauska, her first essay writing teacher. Reflecting on Susan’s notes and edits from years ago, Nicole was eager to share a personal essay she is proud of with her teacher. You can learn more about Nicole’s writing projects at nicolecomforto.com.
Stephanie married Kellan Moll on Saturday, September 25, at Dunn Gardens in Seattle.
Adrienne (Ottum) Peterson ’04 On September 16, Adrienne and her husband Dan welcomed their third child, Rowan Mackenzie. Rowan joins big brother Preston and sister Aubrey, who turned three on the same day Rowan was born. When Adrienne returns from maternity leave, she will assume her new role as Early Learning Coordinator, leading the wrap-around Preschool program at Annie Wright Schools.
Talmage Edman ’01MS Tal has returned to his childhood stomping grounds, moving into his childhood home just steps away from campus with his family. Tal, his wife Allyson, daughter Delilah and their newest addition, son Lochlan Talmage look forward to enjoying walks up to campus when it is safe to do so.
Nathan Sinsheimer ’06MS Nathan Sinsheimer earned his M.D. from Texas A & M College of Medicine in May 2021. He is doing his residency in Pediatrics at Duke University. He was recently married to Dr. Kelly Flynn.
Clare Jeong ’14 Clare has been living in New York City for the past three years, working in the Talent and Performance Management space within Human Resources. Working within the media industry, she is challenged daily to keep up with the fastpaced, creative environment and create opportunities for people to grow their careers. Her work ranges from facilitating goal setting, identifying successors for leaders across the company, creating a culture of feedback, to identifying and providing learning opportunities. In her spare time, you’ll find Clare running, doing ceramics, playing with her niece, or visiting friends. Stephanie (Gann) Moll ’10 and husband Kellan Moll
Aubrey (left), Rowan and Preston, children of Adrienne Peterson ’04 Annies in attendance(L-R): Kaitlyn (Ugelstad) Crowder ’08, Amy Anderson ’08, Steph ’10, Sarah (Gann) Squiers ’07 Matron of Honor, Kirstin (Wright) Lauritzen ’08, Tia Wright ’10 Bridesmaid
Tal ’01MS (left), Delilah, Allyson and Lochlan
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Allie Kuritani ’14 Allie has been working in Honolulu for the past few years as a graphic designer at Osaki Creative Group. She has worked on a variety of different projects that include logo development, name and slogan development, packaging design, website design, communications design, marketing and social media, and environmental graphics.
Virginia Walkey ’16, Lexy Sullivan ’17 & Maeve Hunt ’17MS
Nina Ye ’20
Photo courtesy of PomonaPitzer Athletics
Former Inkwell Advisor Lisa Isenman took former Inkwell staffers Maeve Hunt ’17MS, Virginia Walkey ’16 and her daughter Lexy Sullivan ’17 to dinner in Washington, DC in October. Maeve is a freshman at Georgetown. She is a biology major, walked onto the crew team and is writing for the newspaper. After interning for former Tacoma mayor and current U.S. Congresswoman (and most importantly former AWS board member!) Marilyn Strickland, Virginia is continuing to work on Capitol Hill in communications for U.S. Congressman Andy Kim of New Jersey. Lexy is in her second year of grad school at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is currently interning at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she is working on malaria case management.
Nina Ye ’20 Nina, who’s attending and playing tennis at Pomona, earned All-American and ITA Fall Regional Singles Champion!
Front row (L-R): Shiyu “Raven” Chen ’20, Abby Givens ’20, MaryAlice Parks ’04, Lisa Isenman, Jessi Ruth MacLeod ’60, Teri Hagan ’70, Rex Bates; Back row: David & Sammy Aamidor, JaeYoon “Joanne" Wang ’20, Angela Bates, Melanie Aamidor, Christian Sullivan
Gators Gather in Washington, DC A group of AWS alumnae gathered in Washington, DC on Sunday, September 19, to hear updates from Director of International Advancement Rex Bates and make connections with one another. They were joined by former Head of Schools Christian Sullivan; former Communications Director and Upper School for Boys English Teacher Lisa Isenman; former Director of Finance & Operations Melanie Aamidor, Melanie’s husband and son, David & Sammy Aamidor; and Angela Bates, Rex’s wife.
A mini Blue Tie ’20 reunion for Raven (left), Joanne and Abby
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In Memoriam Anne Murray Barbey ’38 May 31, 1921–July 25, 2021 Anne Murray Barbey, Annie Wright “lifer,” former parent and former Trustee 1969-75 and 1987-93, passed away in her Portland, Oregon, home just two months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Born in Tacoma, to parents Lowell Thomas Murray and Helen Bailey Murray, Anne attended Annie Wright from Kindergarten through Grade 12. She went on to earn degrees in economics and sociology from Vassar. She later married Graham J. Barbey and the couple moved to Astoria, Oregon, where they raised their two daughters, Anita ’66 and Helena (Lankton) ’68. Anne and Graham enjoyed 55 years of marriage until his passing in 2002.
The Anne Murray Barbey & Murray Family Pool
Anne gracefully balanced her career, active volunteerism and family, chalking up a notable list of honors along the way. As so eloquently stated in her August obituary, “...even more impressive than Anne’s achievements was Anne the person. Anne was a woman of considerable talents, born in an era that didn’t always know what to do with talented women. While she found outlets in social work, philanthropy, sports and the theatre, her best outlet was the time she spent modeling a life well-lived for her family...While Anne has made her final exit (stage left, of course), she leaves behind a legacy of generosity of spirit, love, and laughter.” A legacy, indeed. Anne touched many through her generosity of time, talent and treasure, including Annie Wright Schools. Most recently, Anne generously helped fund the sparkling new 25-yard swimming pool that opened in 2019: The Anne Murray Barbey & Murray Family Pool.
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Admissions With strength in our hearts, we remember those we have lost from our Annie Wright Schools community. Anne Murray Barbey ’38, former parent & Trustee Beverly (Eklund) Parsons ’44 Ruth (Madsen) Sarchet ’45 Darlene Seiber, Alumni Associate, 1950s Lynne Moser ’65
Events
Love AWS? Share it with your loved ones by inviting them to an upcoming admissions event! Virtual Previews
December 9 & January 27 aw.org/previews
Scholar Search
Joan Engle, former faculty Wilbur C. Woodhams, former chaplain
February 11 aw.org/scholar-search
Senior Leadership Team
Editor
Graphic Designer
Jake Guadnola ’90MS, Head of Schools Sandra Forero Bush, Assistant Head of Schools Eireann Corrigan, Director of Upper School for Girls Clare Wagstaff-Brown, Director of Middle School Ann Dicks, Director of Lower School Jeff Barber, Director of Residential Life Rex Bates, Director of International Advancement Grace Finch, Director of Development Mike Finch, Director of Athletics Annie Katica Green, Director of Arts Jennifer Haley ’89, Director of Advancement Alicia Mathurin, Director of Community Engagement Jeremy Stubbs, Director of Upper School for Boys Jean Webber, Director of Finance & Operations
Jen Willey
Barbie Pratt
Board of Trustees Jim Defebaugh, Chair Lisa Hoffman, Vice Chair David Overton, Treasurer Janelle Guirguis Blake, Secretary Michele Cannon-Bessler, Past Chair Sally (Peterson) Atherton ’66 Diane Bai Tenley Cederstrand Stephanie Cook ’88 Jeffrey Davis Laura Edman Misa Furumoto ’92
Manuel La Rosa Martha Lantz Damani Leech ’90MS Marjorie Oda-Burns ’66 John Parrott Merritt (Klarsch) Pulliam ’92 Kevin Sanders Monica Torrez-Pfister Aliya (Merali) Virani ’96 Rt. Rev. Brian Prior (ex-officio) Dawn Turnipseed (ex-officio)
Contributors
Photographer
Judy (Tytler) Buennagel ’82 Angela Ferguson Grace Finch Jake Guadnola Dubois Hines Bridgette O’Brien Adrienne (Ottum) Peterson ’04 Rob Scotlan
Lisa Blackmore Oona Copperhill Kori Spencer
Correction Please accept our apologies for misspelling Beverley Brown’s name in the Summer 2021 issue of Strength (“Faculty & Leadership Awards,” page 11).
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