Chatham Day School Mission
Chatham Day School celebrates and values each child as a unique learner with extraordinary potential. We offer an academically ambitious program that promotes intellectual achievement and emotional growth in a diverse and nurturing environment.
2023-24 Board of Trustees
Amy Kelley, Chair • John Doucette, Past Chair • Jayesh Gopalji, 1st Vice Chair
Abby Wellington, 2nd Vice Chair • Daniel Mon, Treasurer • Deborah Yu, Secretary
Karen Alegria, Lauren Hand, Sabrina Hunte, Mario Jimenez, Scott Paladini, Ashish Parikh, Dominic Redd, Jack Rogers, Marija Sebastian
HEAD OF SCHOOL
David Buffum
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Mary Elizabeth Backof • David Bradford • Samuel A. McKeown (deceased)
Lynne Rathgeber • Sonja Rickert • Chiming Tse • Dean Vanech
2023-24 Annual Fund Donors
The 2023-24 Annual Report reflects gifts made to Chatham Day School between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this report. If we have made an error or omission, please accept our apologies and call us at 973.410.0400 ext. 16 so we may amend our records.
Gifts of $1,000 or more are part of our Leadership Circle. These gifts provide a solid foundation to support The Green & White Annual Fund and are critical for the sustained growth of Chatham Day School.
Legacy Circle | $25,000+
Rickert Family Fund
Head of School’s Circle | $10,000-$24,999
Kellie Daly
Mike Jones & Kelley Dealhoy
Green & White Circle | $7,500-$9,999
Jessica Bongiorno
David Buffum & Susan Greenspan
Peter & Marilou Buffum
Brian Carosielli
Joe & Lauren Hand
The Benhadji Family
Abhijit Bose & Papiya Sen
Rebecca Chen & Jiaxing Liu
Christopher & Theresa Cook
Rachel & Ross Cooperman
Chris D'Ambrosio & Ryan Ingram
Jayesh & Foram Gopalji
Anonymous (1)
Karen & Brett Baris
Brad & Elisabeth Bennis
Alex & Laura Birdsall
The Boccellari Family
Mr. & Mrs. David Nelson Bradford
Benny Chu & Jennifer Leung-Chu
Brian & Jo Anna Fellon
Yveslaine & John Gadzi
John & Allison Garde
Camille & Joe Gentile
Anna & Scott Paladini
Edward & Jill Santos
Hawks’ Circle | $5,000-$7,499
Roseann Lonuzzi
The Lowenberger Family MacMahon Family Charitable Foundation
Founder's Circle | $1,998–$4,999
Amy & Sean Kelley
Brent & Mary Lewis
The Meeker Family
The Montgomery Family
Ari Nissim & Jenny Schrager
Chinenye & Monique Nwachuku
Benefactors | $1,000–$1,997
Philip & Miriam Greenspan
Enda & Julia Heneghan
The Hipol Family
The Jha Family
Mario Jimenez Garate
Amelia & Laith Kalamchi
Melissa & Richard Kasmin
Michael & Teri Kennedy
Neslihan Kipge & Ugur Olgun
Loblolly Curated Home & Gift
Alexis & Tim Maloney Tye & Carrie Miksis
Smruti & Ashish D. Parikh
Brian & Stacie Powers
Jack & Nancy Rogers
Aaron Salsbury & Melissa Kronthal
Marija & Thomas Sebastian
The Sosa-Alegria Family
The Mon Family
Scott & Ana Mosberg
The Neuer Family
Shankaran Ramachandran John & Lynne Rathgeber Dominic Redd
Dr. Daniel & Anna Schwartz
Matthew & Christine Sun
The Walsh Family
Jessica & Jon Williams
Anonymous (3)
Kristen & Jim Cullen
The Erdogan Family
The Flerlage Family
The Gesell Family
Mat & Kellen Kent
The La Salle Family
Anonymous (1)
The Amarante Family
Marshall & Heather Babington
Laura & Tyler Baker
Maria & Joe Chernock
David & Christine Cvijic
Eben Gordon
Anonymous (15)
ADK
The Atieh Family
Benedicta A. Baker
The Baulig Family
Regina Bediako
Muta Blanford
George Connolly-Munoz
Rob & Jane Damigella
Lindsay de Zutter
Manal & Raheel Dhaduk
Heather Albrecht
Cassi Andresen
Anonymous (9)
Caitlyn Bardi
Ryan Buchanan
The Chernock Family
Keeneh M. Comizio
Sheryl Eccles
Jennifer Gates
Melanie Hart
Giant Lin & Linda Zhang
Walt & Allison Lin
Richard & Susan Marshall
Adam & Marisa Morgan
The Nelsons
The Nicoletti Family
Bill & Pam Paladini
Associates | $250–$499
The Huddle Family
Matt & Amee Kahn
Matthias Knerr
David & Nina Leach
Michelle & Rex Lee
The Marcantonio Family
Sylvie & Sergio Marques dos Santos
Supporters | $100–$249
Tom & Jane Dyszkiewicz
Mary & Joe Emanuelli
The Fruchtmans
Elesia & Claude Gibbs
Rabbi Jon & Jean Haddon
Sabrina Hunte '12
Nicole & Tarek Jebara
Machere Johnson
Amanda & Joseph Karbowski
The Knapp Family
Cherley Labady
Jennifer & Brady Richter
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Rosenberg
Alex & Lauren Russo
The Sadow Family
The Tuli Family
The Waterstredt Family
Abby Wellington & Stephen Olefson
The Nguyen Family
The Oberg Family
Meera Parikh '14
Rakhi Parikh '17
Charlotte van der Smeede
The Yu Family
Brian Lariviere & Elizabeth Minton
Yvonne Lau & Wilbur Lee
Kalyna Macko
Rachel & Noah Marcus
Alyson & David McCarthy
The Nash Family
The Opperthauser Family
Erin Oxner
Aaron & Daniela Paul
Friends | Up to $99
Brad & Mary Kaplan
Sharon Lee
Steven & Christina Lesnewich
Cathleen McCoy
Catherine M. McCutcheon
Katie Moebius
Lissa Montgomery
Tasneem Peeraully & Wali Abdoolraman
Maria Pormilli
Ted Pietras & Jane Schenkel
Rob & Britt Ryan
Darnesha Scott
Donna Swett
Mariana Valdez
Maria Velarde
Vivek Viswanathan & Raxa Patel
Rocio Yunganaula
Wendy Racine
David & Kathy Reid
Heather & Steve Schlitt
Emma Shamash
Joan Smith
Kelsey Smits
Carolyn & Frank Vallario
Jim Witzel
CDS Scholars Donors
Anonymous (1)
A very special thank you to Quantedge USA Inc. for their continued support of the “CDS Quantedge Scholars”
Matching Gift Donations
We thank the following companies for their generosity through the Matching Gift program.
Thank you to the Stone Family for the very generous donation from the SMART FOUNDATION to support the arts programs at Chatham Day School.
ADP | American Express | Arch | Bank of America
Bristol Myers Squibb | CBRE | Chubb | Franklin Templeton
JP Morgan | Merck | Prudential Foundation | TIAA
Game on Gala
Game on
The sold out 2024 Game on Gala was a tremendous success. Gala co-chairs, Britt Ryan and Ryan Ingram, put together a great team, and planned and executed a fabulous evening. Including the Fund-A-Need, the Game on Gala raised over $225,000 for our athletic expansion, and launched us into the Together We Play Capital Campaign. Thank you to Britt and Ryan for helping make the Game on Gala our most successful ever!
Gala
GalaSponsors
MVP
Strand Tennis
Scoring Champion
Bear Mattress | Hibernate Bedding
Linda & Steve Ingram | JL Media
Morgan Stanley PWM | Penelope Bourbon
Slam Dunk
AJ Gallagher | Beacon Hill Wealth Management
Green Village Garage | Hatfield Schwartz | House of Dezign | Millington Station Cafe
TS Tree Services | PBA Local #170 Chatham Township PD
Swimquest | Tarpey Group
Fund-A-Need
Athletic Expansion
The Fund-A-Need had yet another record success this year, with over $100,000 raised to support Athletic Expansion at Chatham Day School. In addition, an anonymous $75,000 match was trigged when we hit the $100,000 threshold! In just a few short months, we have made major upgrades to our Field House, have added sports teams and coaches, and have purchased new uniforms for all teams. The Fund-A-Need allowed us to successfully kick off the aaaaaaaaaaaa Capital Campaign. This spring, we will send an additional document recognizing all of our Capital Campaign Donors. Thank you to all who participated!
David Buffum & Susan Greenspan
Amy & Sean Kelley
Jessica Bongiorno
Mr. & Mrs. David Nelson Bradford
Brian Carosielli
The Knapp Family
The Lowenberger Family
Alexis & Tim Maloney
Anonymous (4)
Karen & Brett Baris
Chris D'Ambrosio & Ryan Ingram
Jayesh & Foram Gopalji
Anonymous (4)
Marshall & Heather Babington
Laura & Tyler Baker
The Baulig Family
Muta Blanford
The Boccellari Family
Rebecca Chen & Jiaxing Liu
The Chernock Family
Matthew Davis
$5,000-$9,999 $10,000+
$2,500-$4,999
The Meeker Family
Tye & Carrie Miksis
The Mon Family
$1,000-$2,499
Nicole & Tarek Jebara
The Jha Family
The Montgomery Family
The Neuer Family
Up to $999
Lindsay de Zutter
John & Kellie Doucette
Mary & Joe Emanuelli
Yveslaine & John Gadzi
Eben & Keara Gordon
Mat & Kellen Kent
The La Salle Family
Giant Lin & Linda Zhang
Kalyna Macko
The Rickert Family Fund
Rob & Britt Ryan
Brent & Mary Lewis
Aaron & Daniela Paul
Ashish D. & Smruti Parikh
Jennifer & Brady Richter
The Waterstredt Family
The Sosa-Alegria Family
The Stalvey Family
The Walsh Family
The Marcantonio Family
Anthony & Liron Marone
Adam & Marisa Morgan
Abby Wellington & Stephen Olefson
The Opperthauser Family
The Sadow Family
Vivek Viswanathan & Raxa Patel
- Faculty Fund
- Support Co-Curricular Classes
- Professional Development
JULY 1, 2023–JUNE 30, 2024
2023-24
2023-24
Ways to Support Chatham Day School
Gift by Credit Card
To make a credit card gift over the phone, please call 973.410.0400 ext. 19. Giving online is simple, fast and secure. To make an online gift, please visit: chathamdayschool.org/donate
Gift of Cash
Please make a check or money order payable to Chatham Day School and mail it to:
Chatham Day School
Attn: Office of Advancement
700 Shunpike Road
Chatham, NJ 07928
Pledge
Pledge your support now and fufill your pledge prior to June 30, 2025. A reminder notice is sent from the Office of Advancement. Your pledge allows CDS to plan for the school year with knowledge that we can count on your support.
Gifts of Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities provide an opportunity to benefit CDS with potential tax advantages for you. Please call the Office of Advancement for more information or to let us know of your gift intention so we can inform our Business Office. Your call will ensure that your gift is transferred and credited properly.
Naming Opportunities
If you are interested in naming opportunities, please contact the Office of Advancement at 973.410.0400 ext. 19.
Matching Gifts
Matching gifts provide an easy way to double or even triple your gift to CDS. Matching gifts count toward your annual giving level. Please check with your employer to see if they participate in a Matching Gift Program. Please contact the Office of Advancement to alert us of your submission or to request assistance processing your matching gift.
