2024-25 Annual Report by Chatham Day School

CHATHAM DAY SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT

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.

2024-25 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

2024-25 Annual Fund Donors

The 2024-25 Annual Report reflects gifts made to Chatham Day School between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this report.

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

David Buffum & Susan Greenspan 

Joe & Lauren Hand 

Jessica Bongiorno 

MacMahon Family Charitable Foundation 

Edward & Jill Santos 

Green & White Circle | $7,500-$9,999

Alexis & Tim Maloney 

Hawks’ Circle | $5,000-$7,499

Peter & Marilou Buffum 

Anna & Scott Paladini 

Anonymous

Karen & Brett Baris 

The Benhadji Family 

Brad & Elisabeth Bennis 

Carolyn & Val Elbert

The Filiaggi Family

Jayesh & Foram Gopalji 

Anonymous (2)

The Boccellari Family 

Benny Chu & Jennifer Leung-Chu 

Christopher & Theresa Cook 

Stu & Milena Flerlage 

Yveslaine & John Gadzi 

Philip & Miriam Greenspan 

Enda & Julia Heneghan

The Hipol Family 

Yi Hu & Jason Zhang

The Jha Family 

Sean & Amy Kelley 

Nes Kipge & Ugur Olgun

The Lau Family

Brent & Mary Lewis 

The Montgomery Family 

Roseann Lonuzzi 

Founder's Circle | $1,998–$4,999 Benefactors | $1,000–$1,997

Ashish D. & Smruti Parikh 

Brian & Stacie Powers

Jennifer & Brady Richter 

Jack & Nancy Rogers 

Aaron Salsbury & Melissa Kronthal

Marija & Thomas Sebastian 

Chinenye & Monique Nwachuku 

Amelia & Laith Kalamchi 

Michael and Teri Kennedy 

Aimee Lagos & Lee Clay

The La Salle Family 

The Marcantonio Family 

Russell & Nancy Montgomery 

Jessica & Zach Nash

Elena & Peter Nicoletti 

John & Lynne Rathgeber 

Dominic Redd & Jennifer Graham Redd

Dr. & Mrs. Eric Rosenberg 

Jenny Schrager & Ari Nissim 

Daniel & Anna Schwartz 

The Sosa-Alegria Family 

The Tuli Family

The Wellington/Olefson Family 

Tiffany & Ilir Xholi

Xiya Xia & Yan Zhang

Anonymous (6)

Rebecca Chen & Jiaxing Liu

David & Christine Cvijic 

Kellie D. Daly, DVM 

Matthew Davis 

The Erdogan Family 

John & Allison Garde 

The Amarante Family 

Anonymous (9)

Heather & Marshall Babington 

Laura & Tyler Baker 

Anonymous (22)

The Atieh Family 

Benedicta A. Baker

Regina Bediako 

Abhijit Bose & Papiya Sen

The Braciak Family

The Cardello Family

The Diana Family 

The de Zutter Family 

Mary & Joe Emanuelli 

T. Sandra Fung & Derek C. Williams

Perry & Patty Gessell 

Muhseen Abdoolraman & Tasneem Peeraully 

Heather Albrecht 

Anonymous (8)

Marshall & Heather Babington 

Ayden Baranpuria, '33

Caitlyn Bardi 

Lauren & Juan Botero

Ryan Buchanan 

Katie & Silas Clark 

Keeneh M. Comizio 

Michael & Sally Cooperman 

Reeti & Vijay Gupta

Amanda & Joe Karbowski 

Mat & Kellen Kent 

Loblolly Curated Home & Gift

Chris & Courtney Meeker 

The Mon Family 

Adam & Marisa Morgan 

Associates | $250–$499

Mason Blatt, '33

The Chatzialexiou Family

Drs. Giant Lin & Linda Zhang 

Walt & Allison Lin 

Supporters | $100–$249

Eben & Keara Gordon 

Elesia & Claude Gibbs 

Christopher & Susan Halldorson

Veeraj and Priya Jadeja

Cherley Labady

Sean & Cathi Lee

The Lodato Family

Sergio & Sylvie Marques dos Santos 

Kalyna Macko 

Linda Manno

Tye & Carrie Miksis 

Friends | Up to $99

Karen D'Aliso

Scott & Marisa Friedmann

The Garcia Family

Jennifer Gates 

Melanie Hart 

Karen & Robert Hughes

Sabrina Hunte, '12 

Jennifer Joel

Brad & Mary Kaplan 

Jonathon & Christa Laureano 

Sharon Lee 

Steven Lesnewich 

The Neuer Family 

Meena & Shankaran Ramachandran 

Britt & Prashant Sinha

John & Marcy Stalvey 

The Walsh Family 

The Waterstredt Family 

The Yu Family

Lindsay & Jonathan Salama

The Stalvey Family

Charlotte van der Smeede 

Rocio Yunganaula

Officer Moo

The Opperthauser Family 

Ted Pietras & Jane Schenkel 

The Pilone Family

Alex and Lauren Russo 

Britt & Rob Ryan 

Kelsey Smits

Donna Swett 

Liocely Thomas

Vivek Viswanathan & Raxa Patel

Jamar & Leonor Young

Cathleen McCoy 

Katie Moebius 

Maria Pormilli 

Wendy Racine 

The Reid Family

Maureen Reis

The Sadow Family

Heather & Steve Schlitt 

Darnesha Scott 

Joan Smith 

Jennifer & David Stone 

Carolyn & Frank Vallario

Annual Fund Family Participation

During the 2024-2025 giving year, we raised over $200,000 for the Annual Fund with participation from 100% of CDS families, 100% of Board members, 100% of faculty and staff.

As always the Annual Fund is our single biggest indicator of community health and engagement.

Matching Gift Donations

We thank the following companies for their generosity through the Matching Gift program.

CASINO ROYALE

The Casino Royale Gala was a smashing success, and provided an evening of great camaraderie and successful fundraising for the school.

A special thanks Gala Chair Britt Ryan and her team of volunteers. This was Britt’s third Gala and, as usual, she worked tirelessly to produce a wonderful event.

$1,500+ SPONSORS

Provident Bank Flik Dining

halted in March of 2020 due to the pandemic

We are excited to see you at this year’s Back to the 80’s Gala Save the date - April 18, 2026!

Fund-A-Need

Playground Renovation

This year’s Fund-A-Need focused on enhancing one of the most cherished areas on our campus—the playground. Thanks to the generosity of our community and the success of the Casino Royale Gala, we raised over $60,000 to begin a complete renovation and upgrade of this beloved and well-used space. The vision for the project is a comprehensive transformation, featuring modern, safe, and engaging play structures designed for children up to twelve years old. We have established a committee of community members who will offer input throughout the planning and development stages. We aim to create a vibrant and welcoming play environment that will serve our students for years to come.

$10,000+

David Buffum & Susan Greenspan

$5,000-$9,999

Peter & Marilou Buffum

Brent & Mary Lewis

Elena & Peter Nicoletti

Amanda & Joe Karbowski

Anonymous (1)

Nik Bjorkedal

Karen & Brett Baris

Anonymous (5)

Brad & Diana Chernock

Carolyn & Val Elbert

The Filiaggi Family

Anna & Scott Paladini

The Rickert Family Fund

$2,500-$4,999

Stephanie & Clinton Karcher

$1,000-$2,499

Jayesh & Foram Gopalji

The Montgomery Family

The Wellington/Olefson Family

Up to $999

Mat & Kellen Kent

Craig & April Lodato

The Marcantonio Family

Britt & Prashant Sinha

Sean & Amy Kelley

Ashish D. & Smruti Parikh

The Richter Family

Jack & Nancy Rogers

The Stalvey Family

The Sosa-Alegria Family

The Walsh Family

Fund-A-Need Through the Years

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

With the athletic expansion underway, and last year’s Fund-A-Need benefiting a new playground, CDS has several naming opportunities available. Please reach out to David Buffum for more information about the naming of a space on campus.

Thank you to The Smart Foundation/The Stone Family for your generous dontation and naming of the The Stone Memorial Field.

Outdoor Classroom 1

Outdoor Classroom 2

Turf Field

Playground

Theater

Feature Wall

Science Lab

Music Room

Art Room

Ways to Support CHATHAM DAY SCHOOL

Gift by Credit Card

To make a credit card gift over the phone, please call 973.410.0400. Giving online is simple, fast and secure. To make an online gift, please visit: chathamdayschool.org/donate

Gift of Cash Pledge

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 your support now and fufill your pledge prior to June 30, 2026. 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.

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.