Thank you to everyone who gave to the Fund for Excellence during the 2024-2025 school year. Through the generosity of parents, staff, faculty, grandparents, alumni families, grandparents, and our valued corporate and foundation partners, we raised $333,276 for our annual fund.
Your contributions helped us provide the dynamic, inquiry-driven education that our students experienced throughout the year, which has been the hallmark of International School of Brooklyn since its founding in 2005. Over the past two decades, ISB has grown from a bold idea into a thriving community of students, families, and educators united by a shared mission and values. As we reflect on our journey, we are reminded that the success of our school is made possible thanks to your enduring commitment.
This school year marks ISB’s 20th anniversary, a milestone we celebrate with pride and a renewed sense of purpose. As we honor this legacy, we invite you to continue your generous support by making ISB part of your giving in our 20th year. Your investment ensures that ISB will flourish for the next generation of learners. Your support honors our past, enriches our present, and helps shape our next chapter.
We are deeply grateful for the time, energy, and resources you devoted to ISB this year, and we look forward to continuing our partnership together as we imagine what the next 20 years will bring.
With sincere appreciation,
Joe Santos, Head of School
Michael León-Rivera, Board of Trustees President
Adventurers Advocates Changemakers Leaders
Salaries & benefits
$11,037,708 62.16%
$3,145,552 17.71%
tuition assistance facilities
$2,009,408 11.32% $664,723 3.74% $729,768 4.11%
general administration depreciation/ amortization
$17,756,609
educational programs
$169,450 .95%
*These numbers have not been audited.
50 NEW DONORS 67 DONORS INCREASED THIER GIFT
The Annual Fund for Excellence sustains what makes ISB exceptional: our distinctive blend of language immersion and inquiry-based learning. Contributions directly strengthen the core of our program, bringing studies to life through field trips, experiential opportunities, and hands-on workshops; ensuring our faculty have access to ongoing professional development that keeps them at the forefront of their fields; and providing the resources, facilities, and technologies that empower teaching and learning at the highest level. In short, the fund fuels the daily excellence that defines an ISB education.
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THANK YOU
Kelly George-Adams and Michael Adams
Lindy and Warren Adams
Marjolaine Cote and Yousuf Aftab
Natalia Echeverria and Dan Akers
Aurora Fernández and Gonzalo Amat
Laura Pellegrini Bartomeu Amengual
Amy Greco and James Arenas
Hilaria and Alec Baldwin
Elif Espinola-Engin and Ryan Barbur
Sarah Kennedy and Guillermo Barnetche
Amrita and Jérôme Barth
Brooke Nesset and Lorenzo Bernasconi
Kathryn Landis and Luis Berruga
Marie and Joshua Bromberg
Christina Foti and Janet Brown
Clare and Scott Bulua
Clementine and Florent Cailliau
Penelope Coune and Christophe Cardon
Jessica Carrion
Cynara and Philip Charles-Pierre
Florencia Tateossian and Ardash Chilingirian
Julianne Carney-Chung and Mark Chung
Maria Caroline Cissé
Virginie and Alejandro Clabiorne
May and Jeff Cleophat
Nathalie Boyer Cougul and David Cougul
Becca Martin and Olivier Daviron
Raphaele and Peter de Boisblanc
Rebecca Hodges and Alex Derbes
Allyson and Vikram Dhindsa
Geraldine Tchang and Marco Donati
Alison Maschmeyer and Guy Dorsainvil
Zaida Zamorano and Vikas Dua
Dylan and Aaron Farovitch
Patty Alvarez and Jason Fatula
Kate and Mike Folan
Susan Van Metre and Pete Fornatale
Tua-Lisa Runsten and Valentino Foster
Kristin Van Note and Rich Fryzel
Kim Carosella and Christopher Gallo
Christina and Eshy Gazit
Emy Reimão and Sam Gill
Bevin Kenny and Ned Gilliss
Lucrecia Briceno and Mark Gold
Valentina Toro and Federico Gomez
Jessica Greif and Nick Gorevic
Yasmeen and Wiley Griffiths
Michele Machalani and Sebastien Grouard
Jaime Winkelman and Chris Habetler
Amberlynn Bravo and Geoffrey Halber
Sarah Simoneau and Malachi Handler
Sonia Gonzales and Jameel Harb
parents
parents
Jessica Taylor and Jamal Harris
Hannah Schiff and Matt Hennessy
Tori Lowther and Peter Hess
Rissa Landman and Michael Higbee
Sapphira Molina-Hill and Benjamin Hill
Allie Sharma and Floris Holties
Jenny Sedlis and Benjamin Homrighausen
Xavier Huc
Anna Nalbandian and Chamil Ioussoupov
Carleigh Queenth and Joe Ippolito
Gabrielle Schonder and Vijay Iyer
Juliette Spertus and Darby Jack
Lauren Wimmer and Odinn Johnson
Marie-Cécile Girard-Jones and Antar Jones
Cristina Colón García and Matt Jones
Alyson Gerber and Andrew Kabala
Theresa Gonzalez and William Francis Keating
Tamar Keil
Saskia de Vries and Scott Kerns
Joanna and Haitham Khouri
Anastasia and Wilmot Kidd
Ella and Cillian Kieran
Rebecca and Eyal Kleinhandler-Dahan
Sophie Green and Matthew Kliegman
Casey Schwartz and Josh Koenigsberg
Athena Papanicolaou and George Koveos
Melinda Shopsin and Andrew Lampert
Laura McGinley and William Lamson
Soraya Darabi-Laroche and Bertrand Laroche
Eleanor Milburn and Jim Larocque
Sarah Abanor and Ephraim Lasar
Ziggy Le Vin
Melissa Mak and Cedric Leboul
Aliya Best and Michael León-Rivera
Regan Penaluna and Mark Lessard
Eileen and Kevin Ley
Estela Diaz and Allon Lifshitz
Jeanne Gunther and Todd Lippincott
Susana Vidal Little and Matthew Little
Anne-Cecile Blanchot and Kenneth Luna
Wadia Calcaneo Amar and Jared Manes
Ashley Wolff and Manuel Martinez-Herrera
Ariella Ben-Dov and Rebecca McBride
Violaine Huisman and Thomas McCarthy
Tamar Behar and Uri Meidan
Juliette and Andrew Michaelson
Michelle Jabs and Andrew Miller
Bianca Mona
Shannon and Cyril Montoya
Kristen and Jesse Moreland
Jennifer Downing and Ilan Moss
Solange Benjamin and Ronald Nicolas
Selin and Alex Olmsted
Kate Ortega and Edgar Ortega Barrales
Sophie and Nash Panchal
Jenny Tolan and Catesby Perrin
Maggie Murphy and Jerome Petitgand
Miraida Morales and Alex Picciano
Natalie Markoff and Joe Plummer
Michelle Alcala and Martin Pons
Larysa Szanc Smarsh and Daniel Popadynec
Jennifer and Clement Popelin
Mathilde Qader-Patrelle and Samuel Qader
Rhea and Camilo Quiñones
Deeva Green and Lee Reitelman
Naomi English and Conor Riffle
Katia Asche and Matt Rocker
Lindsay Campbell and Ricardo Rodriguez
Lauren Redniss and Jody Rosen
Fanny Ruiz Herriot and Alexis Ruiz
Maria Eguiguren and Carlo Ruiz
Sabrina Farhi and Adam Ryder
Shellee Hendricks and Joe Santos
Abigail Smith and Marta Schaaf
Christina and David Schaeffer
Leah Charlesworth and Brian Schartz
Juno Shaye and Tony Schloss
Shari and Robby Schnall
Lauryn and Charly Schwartz
Betsy Sedlis Singer and Jeb Singer
Jennifer Stahl Sherman and Gabriel Sherman
Rebecca Braun-Slife and Charles Slife
Scarlet Kim and Andrew Smeall
Cristina Vásquez and Nicholas Solomon
Huma Mody and Charles Sprinkle
Paige Arthur and Joshua Storck
Mariana Lee and Christopher Stromquist
Céline Soudant and Sebastien Thiebault
Tina Tordjman-Nebe and Nicolas Tordjman
Talisha Dorcean and Sakai Troxell
Taylor Truitt
Lara Zizic and David Turner
Nelly and Sebastien Vacquie
Chinyere Vann
Manuela Barreto and Alexis Vaughan
Melanie Heydari and Aurelien Villac
Kate Eberle Walker and Chris Walker
Rebekah and Jason Wallin
Kathleen O’Neill and David Weeks
Candis Clemons and Antonette Whitehead
Mishka Brown and Brian Wilkie
Amy and Joshua Williams
Sarah Feingold and Arjay Yao
Marina Vidal-Young and Bryan Young
Natasha Calderwood and Bilal Zia
Megan and Julien Zusslin
parents
alumni families & Friends
Sheema Bhattacharya
Flavia and Barden Gale
Christine and Jim Martin
Ann Fabian and Chris Smeall
Shelton Stromquist
Mary Alice Wimmer
Susan Abanor and Harold Woolley
Bella and Hans Accola
Stephanie Bayard and Phillip Anzalone
Flora Guillon and Marisa Baumgartner
Michelle Ramirez and Christian Claux
Catherine and John Colton
Amy Mendizabal and Lila Dominguez
Gretchen and Christian Drobnyk
Maritza Fanith-Edelstein and Paul Edelstein
Isabelle Jouanneau-Fertig and Stanley Fertig
Jose Gonzalez
Kris and Sam Gregory
Jennifer and John Henriquez
Rebecca Skinner and Jeffrey Joslin
Nancy Woodruff and Mark Lancaster
William Marchal
Suzanne Park and Kent Matricardi
Beth Novitsky and Anthony Nicolau
Heloise and Michael Parker
Corinne Herndon and Kevin Zalanskas
Elizabeth Boyd
Sara Catalano
Julia Coletti
Rebeca Conget
Alexandra DiBuono
Maria Falgoust
Jon French
Guillaume Fructus
Jordan Genee
Leticia Gonzalez
Malachi Handler
Ashley Harris
Xavier Huc
Andrea Kientz
Allison Kofsky
Elizabeth Lahart
Selena Lynn
Ayesha Mahomed
Itzel Mendoza
Nuria Montero-Santos
Kristen Moreland
Oscar Pau
Anne-Marie Raboud
Mariane Riad
Katie Rogers
Paul Romano
Guillaume Roper-Sirvent
Jenn Santiago
Joe Santos
Sophia Sherman
David Smith
Muriel Stallworth
Jayne Sugg
Alan Sze
Sakai Troxell
Rosa Torres
Danielle Valenti
Kelvin Ward
Peter Zerneck
faculty & Staff
board of Trustees
& Corporations
Yousuf Aftab
Addae Cox
Jennifer Downing
Gretchen Drobnyk
Sebastien Grouard
Michael León-Rivera
Alison Maschmeyer
Jon McIntosh
Mathilde Qader-Patrelle
Joe Santos
Teresa Santamaria
Kate Eberle Walker
Antonette Whitehead
Chinyere Vann
Ariella Ben-Dov Revocable Trust
Brooklyn Org CBRE, Inc.
Christie’s
Deutsche Bank
Disney Equitable
Etsy
Figma
Johnson Family Foundation
Kumon
Lancaster Woodruff Family Foundation
Mack Real Estate Group
MarketAxess
Morgan Stanley
New York Life
Omaha Community Foundation
Perimeter Solutions
Sage Publications
Sony Music
The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation
Tower Research Capital
Vanguard Charitable
Alex Derbes and Rebecca Hodges
Amy and Joshua Williams
AP Wine Imports
Books Are Magic
Bloom Garden
Boy Luv Girl
Catbird
Clemons/Whitehead Family
Court 16
Court Street Grcoers
Digby and Iona
Disney
DJ Supa Selecta T
Edelweiss Floral Atelier
Enlight Studio
Frankies 457 Spuntino
Glowbar
Gretchen & Christian Drobnyk
Ko Art Studio
Lauren Wimmer Jewlery
Linnea and Co
Lumeniri Lab Grown Diamond Fine Jewelry
Melt Massage & Bodywork
MixLab
Other Half Brewery
Plant Paper
Regan Penaluna and Mark Lessard
Saskia de Vries
Sherman Architects
Soundview Greenport Inn
Theresa Gonzalez
Violet Flame Chocolate by Katrina Markoff
in-kind donations
volunteers
Mishka Brown, Co-President
Lauren Wimmer, Co-President
Caroline Hancey, Secretary
Bevin Kenny, Events Co-Chair
Ella Kieran, Events Co-Chair
Emy Reimão, Communications Chair
Charly Schwartz, Treasurer
Association executive committee Parent Association committee Leadership
Aleks Krotoski, Community Exchange Committee Co-Chair
Kate Whoriskey, Community Exchange Committee Co-Chair
Sarah Kennedy, Staff Appreciation Committee Co-Chair
Class
Parents
Solange Benjamin
Anne-Cecile Blanchot
Mishka Brown
Julianne Carney-Chung
Leah Charlesworth
Aurelia Clamond Caron
May Cleophat
Zofia Fabre
Sabrina Farhi
Dylan Farovitch
Aurora Fernández
Marie-Cécile Girard-Jones
Shana Goteh
Caroline Goupil Hancey
Rebecca Hodges
Bevin Kenny
Tamar Keil
Sarah Kennedy
Julie Kofoed
George Koveos
Galliane Lagayette
Melissa Mak
Eleanor Milburn
Huma Mody
Claudia Mora
Juliette Pasquet
Pamela Pellacoeur
Rhea Quiñones
Emy Reimão
Sean Slemon
Christopher Stromquist
Rebekah Wallin
Amy Weesner
Antonette Whitehead
Lauren Wimmer
Megan Zusslin
development committee
Addae Cox
Gretchen Drobnyk, Co-Chair
Marie-Cécile Girard-Jones
Sarah Kennedy
Allison Kofsky
Mathilde Qader-Patrelle
Joe Santos
Danielle Valenti
Antonette Whitehead, Co-Chair
fund for excellence ambassadors
Alyssa Ducker
Marie-Cécile Girard-Jones
Amy Greco
Ben Homrighausen
Sarah Kennedy
Bevin Kenny
Joanna Khouri
George Koveos
Michael León-Rivera
Mark Lessard
Alison Maschmeyer
Kathleen O’Neil
Mathilde Qader-Patrelle
Jessica Taylor
Chinyere Vann
Antonette Whitehead
Jaime Winkelman
volunteers
Gretchen Drobnyk, President
Michael León-Rivera, Vice President
Teresa Santamaria, Treasurer
Addae Cox, Secretary
Yousuf Aftab
Jennifer Downing
Sebastien Grouard
Alison Maschmeyer
Jon McIntosh
Mathilde Qader-Patrelle
Joe Santos, Head of School
Chinyere Vann
Kate Eberle Walker
Antonette Whitehead
Gretchen Couchman
Raphaele De Boisblanc
Jennifer Downing
Dylan Farovitch
Si Yoon Giles
Sebastien Grouard
Angela Johnson
Katherine Kelly
Galliane Lagayette
Victoria Lowther
Kyle Pope
Rhea Quiñones
David Renard
Jennifer Stahl Sherman
Chinyere Vann
Antonette Whitehead
board of trustees admission parent ambassadors staff
fund for excellence ambassadors
Nathalie Boyer-Cougul
Leticia Gonzalez
Andrea Kientz
Terran Lumpkin
Federica Marzolo
WAYS TO GIVE
Every gift strengthens ISB’s community.
Make
a Gift or a Pledge
Fuel the 202 Fund for Excellence with a gift today: online, by check, or by pledge. Your commitment ensures ISB can plan boldly for the year ahead. Pledges are due by June 30, 2026.
Matching Gifts
Double, or even triple, your impact! Many employers match donations 1:1 or 2:1. Ask your HR team if your company matches donations.
Appreciated Stock
Amplify your giving through stock gifts. Donating appreciated stock may provide tax benefits while advancing ISB’s 202 vision.
Gifts in Kind
Support ISB by contributing products, services, or event sponsorships, whether for our Spring Benefit, Pecha Kucha, or other community gatherings. Every gift and talent helps bring our 202 Fund for Excellence to life.
Volunteer
Your time is powerful. Join our Fund for Excellence Ambassadors and help inspire others to give during this milestone year. Together, we can grow a culture of philanthropy at ISB. Reach out to advancement@isbrooklyn.org to get involved.
Contact the Advancement Office at advancement@isbrooklyn.org if you have any questions or need assistance.
Fund for excellence
Celebrating our first 20 years. Building our next 20.
For 20 years, ISB has built a strong community and nurtured resilient individuals who become adventurers, advocates, changemakers, and leaders. Our students are inquisitive, principled, open-minded, and caring risk-takers who thoughtfully engage with the world.
This year, as we celebrate two decades of ISB, the Fund for Excellence (FFE) — our 20² annual fund — invites you to honor our past and invest in our future. Together, our community aims to raise at least $400,000 by June 30, 2026, to fuel what tuition alone cannot: author visits, field trips, teacher training, and campus improvements that enrich every student’s experience.
