MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

The 2021-2022 school year was a tremendous success. As a school and as a community, we accomplished great things. We are thankful to our faculty, staff and administrators for their leadership and to the entire Chandler community – parents, grandparents, friends, alumni, trustees and especially, our students!

This is my last year as Board President after serving three years during the challenging years of the pandemic. It was also the year my oldest child, William, a Chandler lifer, graduated from Chandler School and my youngest child, Eleanor, started her Chandler journey in Kindergarten as a member of the Class of 2030. This year, I was closing one chapter with my son’s graduation from Chandler and starting a new chapter with my daughter’s entry into Chandler.

The Chandler School story is somewhat similar to mine as we approach a significant milestone in the school’s history. We are closing a chapter with Head of School John Finch’s retirement and starting anew with Emily Brown’s appointment as the fifth Head of School.

I want to highlight that one of the most important accomplishments this year was the successful involvement of the whole Chandler community during the Head of School search process, culminating in Emily Brown’s selection. After 22 years of service, John’s leadership and strong legacy has positioned Chandler well for the future. And as the new Head of School, Emily's genuine connection to Chandler's traditions and her commitment to academic excellence, belongingness, and a child-centered focus, will lead Chandler in the years ahead. I would like to thank trustee Khalilah El-Amin ’91 for chairing the process and the Head of School Search Committee for their time and dedication.

This year, we also spent a great deal of effort on Chandler School’s strategic vision to help support the upcoming leadership transition. The effort behind this went far beyond the Board as administration, faculty, staff, parents, past parents and alumni all came together to provide their voice to the process. This collaborative work produced, Leading Together, a strategic plan that will serve as our guidepost for an ambitious future for the school. In the plan, we have identified our interconnected core priorities as Academic Excellence, Belongingness and Well-Being. Leading Together, we will continue to advance our mission and prepare our students to imagine the possibilities, collaborate effectively and take creative actions to bring about a more joyful, resilient, and equitable world. I want to acknowledge trustee Erin Baker for her role in leading this charge and bringing this Strategic Plan to fruition.

On the heels of the pandemic, we finally came together as the Chandler Family Associates hosted the first in-person community gathering in over two years at the 2022 Gala held at the Pasadena’s Langham Hotel. It was a wonderful celebration and a great reminder of one of Chandler’s greatest strengths – our community.

Through the Chandler community’s time, talent and financial support, together we raised over $1,300,000 in the Annual Fund for our school. An additional $1 million was raised to support the WE ARE campaign. These funds allowed us to prioritize resources to support our students, faculty and community this year and in years ahead.

I am grateful to everyone for their commitment to Chandler. This report shows that we are in a position of strength and the credit goes to those of you on the pages within. As always, we are committed to our mission of providing all our students with the highest quality educational program in a nurturing, balanced and diverse environment.

Our success is built on the continued involvement of our families and your loyal financial support. I am excited to see where we all go from here. On behalf of the entire Board of Trustees, please accept my sincere thanks for your generosity.

Joseph L. Lin, M.D. President, Board of Trustees

Khalilah El-Amin ’91, Dr. Wendy Setiawan, Douglas Stalgren, Stephanie Dencik, Steve Wilson, Erin Baker, Tirza Castellanos, Debbie Snyder, Matt Lawler ’95, Rick Madden, Debbie Reed, Allison Morgan, Dr. Joseph Lin; President, Dr. Ram Kumar Subramanyan, Mariko Hsu, NOT PICTURED: Dr. Paveljit Bindra, Shelan Joseph, Dr. Irvin Kaw, Kevin Kohorst ’99, Chelsea Dickerson, Jared Franz, Jeanette Lomboy, Zahirah Mann

SHARON CUSEO is the Upper School Dean and College Counselor at Harvard-Westlake School. Sharon has served the Harvard Westlake community for more than 27 years.

TOTAL

$14,590,000

SARAH JOHNSON is the Senior Vice President and Director, Wealth Management Marketing at Capital Group. She is a senior sales and marketing strategy professional with more than 20 years of experience in financial services.

CHRISTOPHER LEE ’92 is an investment analyst at Capital Group with research responsibilities for U.S. pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. He holds a doctor of medicine degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in molecular biophysics from Yale University.

TOTAL EXPENSES $14,590,000