Greetings from the Alumnae Association

Alumnae Updates

Dear Fellow Alumnae, I’m thrilled to share this newest issue of Burke’s Magazine with you! Yes — our beloved alumnae magazine has a new name and a new look! Last year, the Board Marketing Committee was tasked with more clearly articulating our school’s vision and creating consistency around how we are presented as brand across different platforms. As alumnae of the school, each of us has known the school under different names or nicknames and in different times. As we move into the next decade, we want to present the school under one name — Burke’s. Our beloved alma mater continues to evolve, change, and grow, but rest assured that its traditions, exceptional academics, and incredible school culture remain the same. I hope you enjoy this chance to reflect on the last year as much as I did.

Over the past months, your Alumnae Board and I have worked hard to deepen engagement throughout our alumnae community. We hosted our second annual Alumnae Mentorship Network Panel & Reception in February 2019, once again featuring incredibly inspiring alumnae speakers and cementing for me once again the magic and the power that comes from a joyful, intentional all girls’ education and from women helping women.

We have now hosted two festive Alumnae Holiday Celebrations, gathering alumnae of all ages with their families to decorate gingerbread cookies and collect donations for the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program. We grew our annual Burke’s & Town Cocktail Party to include fellow alumni from Cathedral and Hamlin as well, allowing us to strengthen our community bonds throughout the Bay Area.

Of course, I have to mention our wonderful 2019 Alumnae Reunion Weekend last June. Alumnae from 35 different graduation years came together to celebrate Burke’s classes ending in ’9 and ’4 at our Friday Luncheon, where we heard from our amazing 2019 Distinguished Alumna Award recipient, Ebony Frelix Beckwith ’91. On Saturday, the Burke’s campus hosted alumnae and their children, partners, and parents for tours led by members of the Class of 2019, four seminars featuring long-loved faculty members, and of course, lunch in our brand-new Campus Center.

Which brings me to my last point: my heartfelt appreciation on behalf of the Alumnae Board to all of you who made contributions to the alumnae initiative of Burke’s recent capital campaign, Many Voices. Many Hands. All Burke’s.: The Campaign for Girls. Last May, we set a goal to find 111 donors to celebrate 111 years of Burke’s since its founding in 1908, and you helped us soar past that goal: 177 alumnae contributed more than $275,000 to create The Alma Mater Fund as part of the record-setting $22 million overall campaign. This effort firmly establishes Burke’s as the model for K-8 girls’ education in the country, and we couldn’t have done it without you.

You did all of this while still supporting the 2018-19 Annual Fund in a big way (14% alumnae participation!), and I am so excited to see what else we can accomplish together. I hope to see you on campus or at an alumnae event soon, and as always, the Alumnae Board and I welcome your feedback and ideas anytime.

Warmly,

2019-20 Burke’s Alumnae Board

Laurie Hanna Carrade ’92 President

Max Boyer Glynn ’94 Vice President, Development

Katy Congdon Williams ’96 Vice President, Mentorship

Darby Gaynor Glickman ’98 Vice President, Events

Rachel Adam Rogers ’97 Vice President, Governance

Lisa Harada ’03 Secretary

Julia Baron ’01 Jewel Devora ’09 Allison Broude Friedberg ’00 Bella Shen Garnett ’89 Natalie Jamison ’98 Diana Ziola Jansson ’95 Sinclaire O’Grady ’09 Katherine Abbey Prill ’03 Callie Ranahan ’06 Tiffanie Tse ’99 Danielle Broude Yokell ’96