LampPost Fall 2023

Fall 2023 | The Lamplighter School

2022 | 2023 IMPACT REPORT LAMPLIGHTER CELEBRATES 70TH ANNIVERSARY

Fall 2023 | The Lamplighter School

Our Mission

Dedicated to igniting the potential of each child, Lamplighter engages children in the joy of learning through intellectual discovery in a creative, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

ART | DESIGN Ana Bohanan, Creative Director EDITOR Landy Fox, Director of Marketing & Communications CONTRIBUTORS Elizabeth L. Selzer, Chief Advancement Officer Cindy Connolly, Associate Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS Danny Fulgencio Larry Sengbush Contact Us Send story ideas to Landy Fox lfox@thelamplighterschool.org Deadline for articles, photographs, and news for the Spring 2024 issue is February 1, 2024.

STATEMENT OF INCLUSION Definition: In support of The Lamplighter School’s mission to encourage all children to reach their potential, we commit to sustaining and growing an intentionally inclusive community where all members are treated with dignity and respect.

Purpose: In line with our core commitment to develop character, confidence, and collaborative skills, we understand the practice of inclusivity to be an essential responsibility. Understanding and respecting differences inspires compassion and empathy, and fosters intellectual curiosity and creativity.

Action: Inspiring students to seek a broader understanding of the world, we celebrate the many positive experiences and viewpoints that diversity, in all its forms, brings to our school community. The School’s commitment to inclusivity is reflected in our curriculum, collections, programming and services, manner of instruction, and in the physical and virtual spaces we provide. Members of our community are charged with the responsibility to act with integrity, empathy, honesty, and compassion, ensuring that all constituents feel welcomed, accepted, respected, and valued.

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT The Lamplighter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid program, athletic and other schooladministered programs, or the employment of staff.

FALL 2023

7OTH ANNIVERSARY

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Head Lines

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On Board

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Cover Story

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Partner Profile

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Faculty & Staff Stories

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Barnyard Buzz

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Alumni Now

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Impact Report

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COVER STORY

ALUMNI NOW

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“ The visionary work of completing the master plan over the past ten years is the result of steely determination, patience, superb Board of Trustee leadership, and an incredible community who supported the vision over more than a decade.”

Dear Members of the Lamplighter Community: New School Year . . . New Opportunities . . . New Visions!

It has been 70 years since the founding of The Lamplighter School by two visionary educators, Natalie Murray and Sandy Swain. I believe that Ms. Murray and Ms. Swain would be pleased to know that the inheritance, their vision for teaching and learning, is being realized each day by a dedicated faculty and staff. I believe they would be happy to know that the farm animals that were part of the original Churchill Way campus are still part of the student experience.

And the Hootenannies and square dancing that the founders initiated when the School moved to this campus have continued, and in fact, have grown in magical ways.

In this 70th year since the School’s founding, our students have the opportunity to meet those faculty and alumni standard bearers and to hear their stories. If you haven’t seen the archival gallery in the new Alumni & Student Services Center, please make time to see our current display.

You will be filled with pride at the history of the School. The pictures and artifacts speak to a thoughtfully planned, well-executed process where students were then, and are now, the centerpiece of all that takes place.

games in the unique pattern garden, climbing on The Mother Tree, and sliding down the super-fast slide. The visionary work of completing the master plan over the past ten years is the result of steely determination, patience, superb Board of Trustee leadership, and an incredible community who supported the vision over more than a decade.

Lamplighter has never been a school to rest on past successes.

Under the leadership of Board Chair Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 and Board Vice Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89, both of whom are alumni of Lamplighter, we continue to think carefully about new opportunities to strengthen our program now and into the future. A planning process is underway, and there will be much more to report later this year.

Lastly, we completed our reaccreditation in October. A team of educators from the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) came to Lamplighter to assess the strength of our program and make recommendations for consideration.

In January, I will report the details of their visit and findings in breakfast and lunch meetings with the parent community.

In the spring we will celebrate this wonderful school with the unveiling of a history book. The idea for chronicling the history began in earnest three years ago at the urging of former Board Chair Doug MacMahon. A special thank you to alumna and Board Vice Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 who spent countless hours planning, writing, and assembling the history book. We are excited to share the completed coffee table-style book later this school year.

These are exciting times for all connected to the Lamplighter community. On behalf of the faculty and staff, I am honored to continue the journey.

Speaking of new visions, the long-awaited Peak Playground and Outdoor Learning Center opened last spring. Since its opening, our students have enjoyed playing on the Gillikin Wondering Worm, zipping along the Dandelion Zip Line In honor of Grace Cook ’98 and Stuart Blaylock ’98, playing

Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill Catherine M. Rose Head of School

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In Lamplighter Spirit,

ON BOARD

“ With our campus now complete, we are poised to think about our future.”

Dear Lamplighter Community, It’s been a fabulous start to the school year! Post-pandemic, and with our construction project complete, for the first time in several years this fall has felt like a return to “normal” in the best possible way.

The generosity of our community is unmatched. Thanks to you we successfully completed our Bright Future Campaign this past spring, blowing through our $12.5 million goal.

Current and alumni families, longtime friends of the School, and, of course, our fabulous Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA), came together to realize the vision for our campus.

The Bright Future Campaign allowed us to create additional classrooms for third and fourth grades so that every teacher now has their own space; increase security with a new safe and secure single point of entry; refresh and rework interior spaces to maximize function; and add a Theater Arts Exploration Lab and a totally reimagined Outdoor Learning Center to spark wonder and promote creative play and exploration.

A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU for your belief in this project and making it happen!

With our campus now complete, we are poised to think about our future. The Board of Trustees’ current focus is developing a new Strategic Plan that will chart our course for the next several years.

We engaged consulting group Greenwich Leadership Partners to help guide the process, and over the past year, we have conducted focus groups with parents, exercises with students, and the Powerful Learning Survey you all participated in last spring. We are grateful for your candid feedback that will inform what’s next.

Board Vice Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 is leading our Strategic Design Team that is working in tandem with the Board and is made up of faculty and staff, alumni, and current and alumni parents. Together, we have reviewed our mission and values and are developing a vision and resulting action steps that aim to ensure the brightest future for our school and our students. We look forward to sharing the new Strategic Plan with you this spring.

Our incredible faculty and staff and fabulous families are Lamplighter’s greatest strengths. Thank you, always, for your contributions to our community in every way and for your steadfast commitment to our wonderful school!

With gratitude,

Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 Board Chair LAMPPOST

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NEW TRUSTEES ON BOARD

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Roy Aneed

Sylvia Cespedes

David Guedry

Roy Aneed is the Co-Founder and CEO of Edge Natural Resources LLC, a Dallasbased private equity firm that invests in the small-cap North American energy sectors. Prior to co-founding Edge, Roy was a Managing Director and Partner at Natural Gas Partners (“NGP”).

He earned a B.S. in Economics, with concentrations in both Finance and Management, from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, he served on the Audit & Risk and Investment Committees. Roy and his wife Dr. Kate Thomas have three children: James Aneed ’27, John Thomas Aneed ’28, and Luke Aneed (not yet in school).

Outside of work, Roy coaches his boys’ YMCA basketball and soccer teams.

Sylvia Cespedes is an industrial engineer. She earned her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at the University of Costa Rica, and her Masters in Service Operations at the University of Carlos III, in Madrid, Spain. Sylvia has served on the regional board of UNICEF USA and the board of Children’s Health.

Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, she served on the Strategic Planning Preparation Committee. Sylvia and her husband Hernan Saenz have twin daughters, Miranda Saenz ’24 and Isabel Saenz ’24, and a son, Hernan Saenz, who attends St. Mark’s School of Texas.

David Guedry is a Senior Partner at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery where he advises global service providers and Fortune 1000 companies on complex sourcing relationships, including working with executive teams to develop legal, operational, and business strategies. David is also a member of the Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support HerROs program. He earned a B.S. in finance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and his J.D. from University of San Diego School of Law. Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, David served as the 2020-2021 President of the Lamplighter Parents’ Association, and was a member of the Advancement and Bright Future Campaign Committees. He and his wife Susan Hartman are parents to Lamplighter alumnus Jack Guedry ’23.

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Melanie Jabbour

Whitney Lewis

Carmen Yung

Melanie Jabbour earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from the University of Texas at Dallas and worked for 17 years in business banking and bank management.

She is involved with The American Heart Association and the North Texas Food Bank, and also serves on the Parents’ Association Board for St. Mark’s School of Texas. Throughout the past several years, Melanie has been active in the Lamplighter Parents’ Association Board as Auction Co-Chair in 2020-2021, Carnival Co-Chair in 2019, and most recently as Co-Chair of the Spirit Store. Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, she served on the Advancement Committee.

Melanie and her husband Eugene Jabbour have three children: Caitlin Jabbour ’23, Olivia Jabbour ’25, and Preston Ghafar, who is a senior at St. Mark’s School of Texas.

As the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Tiedemann Advisors, LLC, Whitney Lewis provides strategic and legal guidance across the business and oversees all aspects of the regulatory and compliance functions for public company AlTi Tiedemann Global’s U.S. Wealth Management division.

Whitney is also a Founding Member of The Village Giving Circle at Dallas Women’s Foundation and The NEW Roundtable, a Board Member for KERA and for the Young Women’s Preparatory Network, and an Advisory Council Member for United to Learn. She earned her A.B. cum laude in psychology from Harvard College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, Whitney served on the Audit & Risk Committee. Whitney and her husband Chequan Lewis have two children: Lamplighter students Carter Lewis ’27 and Claire Lewis ’30.

Carmen Yung has been part of the Lamplighter community since 2007 as a parent, alumni parent, and volunteer. She earned a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law. Carmen practiced corporate and real estate law for 16 years in Houston and Dallas. She currently serves on the board of North Texas Performing Arts Dallas and is involved with Girl Scouts and National Charity League. As a Lamplighter parent, Carmen was active in the Lamplighter Parents’ Association Board for many years, and served as the 2014-2015 LPA President. Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, she also served on the Advancement and Buildings & Grounds Committees. Carmen and her husband Andy Yung, a former Lamplighter board member, have two daughters: Sophia Yung ’14 and Andie Yung ’19.

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LAMPLIGHTER LEADERSHIP Steven Mickey ’00

2023-2024 Alumni Association President Steven Mickey ’00 graduated from Lamplighter in 2000 and went on to attend and graduate from Greenhill School in 2008.

After taking a gap year to study in China, he attended Trinity University in San Antonio and graduated with a B.S. in Finance in 2013.

He began his career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs where he was part of a team that provided M&A and capital markets advisory to companies in all sectors of the oil and gas industry. He then joined a private equity firm where he oversaw a wide range of investments both in the U.S. and internationally which spanned the upstream, minerals, and oilfield services sectors. He is currently President of a small oil and gas company focused on revitalizing old oilfields to ensure America’s continued energy independence. Steven and his wife Allison have two young children that keep them busy, and they are active in numerous local civic organizations primarily supporting education (FPC Day School), wildlife conservation (Stewards of the Wild), and veterans (American Corporate Partners).

Ashley Ruggeri

2023-2024 Lamplighter Parents’ Association President Ashley Ruggeri serves as the 2023-2024 President of the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA). She joined the Lamplighter community in 2017 when her eldest child enrolled in Pre-K. Ashley has volunteered with the LPA for six years, contributing significantly to events like the Lamplighter Auction, Carnival, and Faculty and Staff Appreciation. She previously held the leadership position of President-Elect and now serves as President. Her husband, Tony, is a proud Lamplighter alumus from the class of 1992. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Ashley graduated from Nolan Catholic High School and earned a B.A. in Speech Communications from Texas A&M University (gig ’em!). Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, she worked at Neiman Marcus’ corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas in the buying offices. Ashley and Tony are proud parents to four children: Lamplighter former student Michael Ruggeri ’24, and current students Juliana Ruggeri ’25, Milly Ruggeri ’27, and John Ruggeri ’29.

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2023-2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES & LIFE TRUSTEES OFFICERS Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90, Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89, Vice Chair Morgan Kennedy, Treasurer Elizabeth Cullum Helfrich ’90, Secretary TRUSTEES Lilly Albritton, Ph.D. ’91 Roy Aneed John Ansbach David Beran Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 Sylvia Cespedes Grace Cook ’98 Mark Giambrone John Grimes David Guedry Melanie Jabbour Jennifer Karol Whitney Lewis Eric V. Lombardi ’73 Jaya T. Mathew, Ph.D. Dr. Matthew D. Miller ’88 Thomas Morton Dr. Chad Park Gowri Sharma Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 Carmen Yung Steven Mickey ’00

Alumni Association President

Ashley Ruggeri

Lamplighter Parents’ Association President

LIFE TRUSTEES Stuart Bumpas Mary McDermott Cook David Corrigan ’68 Mike Dodge Neil Foote, Jr. Judy Gass Charles Ginsburg, M.D. Marietta Johnson Jack Klein Carol Levy David Miller Jennifer Mosle Barbara Nichols Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 Catherine M. Rose

RETIRING TRUSTEES

ON BOARD

In May, Catherine M. Rose Head of School Joan Buchanan Hill and the Lamplighter Board of Trustees recognized nine Trustees for their generous service to the School. These individuals concluded their terms as Lamplighter Trustees with a collective 60 years of board service. These men and women have given so much to our beloved school through their leadership and support of Lamplighter. We congratulate the following individuals on their retirement from the Lamplighter Board of Trustees.

Allison Bovard Allison Bovard joined the Board of Trustees in May 2017 as an alumni parent to three Lamplighter graduates: Charlie Bovard ’07, Sam Bovard ’11, and Jack Bovard ’16. During her six-year tenure on the Board, she held the leadership position as Chair of the Advancement Committee from 2019 – 2023 and served on the Audit & Risk, Executive, and Governance Committees. As a Trustee, Allison also served as a member of the Bright Future Campaign Committee, and as a member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Chief Advancement Officer Elizabeth Selzer shared, “It was a pleasure to work with Allison during her tenure as Advancement Committee Chair. Some of the successes Lamplighter has seen in recent years are a direct result of Allison’s thoughtful leadership. Although she has rotated off the Board of Trustees, Allison remains involved as co-chair of the alumni parent segment of the Lamplighter Fund. Thank you, Allison, for all you have done to advance Lamplighter’s mission.”

Mandy Dake Mandy Dake joined the Board of Trustees in May 2017 as an alumni parent to Thomas Rowley ’16.

As a Trustee, Mandy led the Employee Benefits Committee for three years, serving as Chair from 2019 – 2022. During her six years of service on the Board, Mandy also served on the Buildings & Grounds, Executive, Governance, and Strategic Plan Implementation Committees. She was also a member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, shared, “Mandy’s experience as an attorney lent itself well to the critical skills needed on our Board. Mandy has an innate ability to ask deep and meaningful questions.

She listens intently, gathers information, and helps drive strategic decisions.” Prior to joining the Lamplighter Board of Trustees, Mandy was an active volunteer in the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA), serving in the leadership role of LPA Board Secretary, and as the Auction Underwriting Chair, and Auction Socials Co-Chair.

Jenney Gillikin Jenney Gillikin joined the Board of Trustees in May 2013 when two of her children, Kate Gillikin ’14 and Alexander Gillikin ’17, were Lamplighter students. Her youngest daughter, Sally Gillikin ’22, later enrolled and also graduated from Lamplighter. As the retiring Trustee with the longest consecutive service (ten years), Jenney gave tirelessly to the School in a variety of capacities including leadership as Chair of the Advancement Committee, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, and Chair of the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Throughout her ten years of Board service, Jenney served on numerous committees including Executive, Advancement, Campaign Steering, Construction, Head Support and Evaluation, Governance, and Strategic Planning. Most recently, Jenney led efforts on Lamplighter’s playground enhancements and outdoor learning center as part of the Bright Future Campaign. Her leadership in this critical project for the School involved extensive creativity and design, as well as serving as a liaison with Denmark-based Monstrum, producer of Lamplighter’s new unique and hand-crafted playground elements.

Fellow Lamplighter Trustee Jennifer Karol reflected, “Jenney is a visionary board member and a parent who dedicated years of service with boundless creativity, reliable authenticity, and an enduring heart for Lamplighter. Her cleverness was the guiding force for the new ‘Playground of Wonder’ where imagination thrives among the embrace of The Mother Tree, the twists and turns of the giant earthworm, and the shouts of glee on the Dandelion Zip Line. Jenney’s insight will foster a sense of wonder that will forever inspire generations of Lamplighter students to come.” Jenney is also a recent recipient of the Lamplighter Spirit Award; she was recognized by the Alumni Association with this honor last spring.

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Bob Krakow Bob Krakow joined the Board of Trustees in May 2017 as an alumni parent to Ben Krakow ’08 and Eli Krakow ’10. His wife, Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69, is a Lamplighter alumna, former Trustee, and a 2017-2018 recipient of the Lamplighter Spirit Award. Bob served for six years on the Lamplighter Board and held the leadership position of Governance Chair for three years, from 2018 – 2021. During his tenure as a Trustee, he also served on the Audit & Risk and Executive Committees, and was a member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, shared, “Bob is the consummate professional. His knowledge of the law and care for Lamplighter have been the perfect match over many years. Bob’s wise council and steady hand have truly been an asset to the Lamplighter community and to my leadership as Head of School.”

Jonathan Lamensdorf Jonathan Lamensdorf joined the Board of Trustees in May 2020 as an alumni parent during the same month that his son, Sykes Lamensdorf ’20, graduated from Lamplighter.

Throughout his tenure as a Trustee, Jonathan served on the Audit & Risk, Buildings & Grounds, Finance, and Investment Committees. Prior to becoming a Lamplighter Trustee in May 2017, Jonathan served on the Board Investment Committee for three years, from 2017 – 2020. Fellow Trustee Jennifer Karol shared, “Jonathan was an invested board member who was more than a steward of policies; he was an advocate for children’s dreams. He has a sincere affection for Lamplighter and its most precious assets: the students.”

Hamilton Lee Hamilton “Ham” Lee joined the Board in May 2017 as a parent of three Lamplighter students: Isabel Lee ’20, Blythe Lee ’22, and Laurel Lee ’26. Prior to becoming a Trustee, Ham served as Chair of the Board Investment Committee and continued his leadership in this position for all six years of his Board service. In addition to this leadership role, Ham also served on the Finance and Executive Committees, and was a member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Chief Financial Officer Trey Angel shared, “It has been a privilege to work with Ham. He has expertise in investments and, specifically, with endowments related to education. His guidance of the Investment Committee will help the School be an even better steward of its endowment, both today and for many years into the future.” Currently, Ham is serving on the Strategic Design Team for Lamplighter’s next strategic plan.

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ON BOARD Douglas MacMahon For the last decade, Douglas “Doug” MacMahon has given in extraordinary ways to the Lamplighter Board of Trustees. He began serving the Board as a member of the Investment Committee in 2012 before becoming a Trustee in May 2014. For the next nine years, he served on all Board Committees, and took on many significant leadership roles. These leadership positions included Board Secretary from 2016 - 2018, Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee from 2017 – 2018, Board Vice Chair from 2018 – 2020, and Board Chair from 2020 – 2022. His leadership as Board Chair came at a particularly challenging time, as the School was navigating a global pandemic, launching a comprehensive campaign, and undergoing significant campus construction and renovations. As Immediate Past Board Chair in 2022 – 2023, Doug continued to support all Board Committees as well as committees to support the Bright Future Campaign and associated campus construction. In addition, Doug served on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. He continues to remain actively involved at Lamplighter as an alumni parent and as a member of the Head Support Committee and the Strategic Design Team for Lamplighter’s next strategic plan. Catherine M. Rose Head of School Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill shared, “Doug’s visionary Board leadership through the pandemic, campaign, and construction were essential for the School. His attention to every detail and deep care for Lamplighter allowed the School to reach success that is atypical of early childhood and elementary schools. I am truly grateful for his care for the Lamplighter community and his tremendous support of school leadership, which distinguished him during his tenure on the Lamplighter Board.” Doug’s wife Catherine MacMahon is a former Artist-in-Residence at Lamplighter, and they are the parents of three Lamplighter alumni: Andrew MacMahon ’19, Carter MacMahon ’19, and Lollie MacMahon ’22.

Bobby Sussman Bobby Sussman joined the Board of Trustees in May 2017 as an alumni parent to Evan Sussman ’13 and Reed Sussman ’16. During his six-year tenure as a Lamplighter Trustee, he served in the leadership role of Board Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for three years, from 2020 – 2023. In addition, Bobby also served on the Buildings & Grounds, Executive, and Investment Committees, and as a member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Bobby also served as a key partner to Chief Financial Officer Trey Angel during the School’s construction and renovation project as a result of the Bright Future Campaign. Trey Angel reflected on Bobby’s leadership on the Lamplighter Board, sharing, “Bobby provided thorough, thoughtful leadership for the School’s Finance Committee. His passion for Lamplighter was always evident in his understanding of the School’s finances. He is truly exceptional, and I have enjoyed working with him.”

Pamela Wills-Ward Pamela “Pam” Wills-Ward joined the Board of Trustees in May 2017 as an alumni parent to three Lamplighter graduates: M.J. Ward ’13, Samantha Ward ’15, and Preston Ward ’17. During her six-year tenure as a Lamplighter Trustee, Pam served on the Advancement, Buildings & Grounds, and Governance Committees, and was also a member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup for the 2018 Strategic Plan: Enhancing, Strengthening, and Illuminating the Lamplighter Experience. Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, noted, “Pam’s knowledge of human resource issues was instrumental throughout her tenure as a Lamplighter Board member.” Pam’s husband, Mitchell Ward, is a former Lamplighter Trustee who served on the Board from 2007 – 2013. In 2008, Pam and Mitchell, together with the Purdy family, established the Ward-Purdy Faculty Diversity Endowed Fund. Dr. Hill went on to share, “The Ward family’s commitment to student, faculty, and staff diversity was a major contribution to the School, and helped to enhance the Lamplighter community.” Since becoming an alumni parent, Pam has also served as a Lamplighter Fund volunteer.

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LAMPLIGHTER CELEBRATES

Community Birthday Party for Lamplighter!

2024

Look for an electronic invitation with more details.

The Lamplighter School is celebrating 70 Years of Lighting Lamps!

Throughout the 2023-2024 school year, we are commemorating this milestone in a variety of ways. In addition to celebratory signage seen on Inwood Road and throughout our campus, we are including lessons about the School’s history in our all-school Hootenannies. These monthly gatherings provide a fun opportunity to highlight Lamplighter traditions, share stories with our current students, and hear from members of the alumni community.

In addition, this year’s All School Program features a theme tied to the 70th anniversary of the School. Each song in the program corresponds to a Lamplighter tradition, including the Pre-K Farmer’s Market, Square Dancing, Innovation, and of course, Hootenannies!

History Book — Coming Soon!

Just over three years ago, Lamplighter embarked on a quest to document the School’s seven-decade history. The idea was sparked by former Board Chair Doug MacMahon, and later spearheaded by current Board Vice Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89. The process to document Lamplighter’s history began by collecting documents and memorabilia to help build the School’s archives. Many alumni and members of the community came forward with artifacts and information, and, with the help of an archivist, these items were sorted, organized, and catalogued. Many of these precious items are now either displayed on campus, or stored in a secure off-site location.

As the archiving process was underway, so too was an exciting project to create a history book of The Lamplighter School. Together with a committee of Lamplighter alumni, Hirsch has brought the project to fruition, and this commemorative book will soon be available to our community! The Lamplighter history book is currently in the publication process and will be released in 2024. Check your email, and follow The Lamplighter School on Instagram and Facebook to learn how you can get a limited-edition copy of this treasured publication.

HISTORY BOOK

70TH ANNIVERSARY

Former faculty members Theresa Overall, Coleta Lewis, Sheila McCartor, and Marty Melton visited Lamplighter this fall.

Lamplighter parent Elizabeth Asen, pictured with her husband Josh Asen, discovers a photo of her father, Lamplighter alumnus David Fields ’71, in the archival gallery.

Archival Gallery

Lamplighter’s most recent fundraising campaign, Bright Future, resulted in many significant campus enhancements and additions, including the building of the Alumni & Student Services Center. This new addition, which opened in August 2022, provides a safe and secure single point of entry for guests arriving on campus. Inside the Alumni & Student Services Center is an expansive front lobby with an adjacent space dedicated for the School’s historical archives. This space houses dual 22-foot vitrines in a bright, open walkway, offering a museum-like space to display items from the School’s 70-year history.

On August 20, Lamplighter debuted a new exhibit in the archival gallery. The display celebrates the School’s 70th anniversary and showcases old photographs and artifacts about the School’s founders, core programs, and educational philosophy. The current display will remain in place throughout the 2023-2024 school year.

If you haven’t seen it yet, stop by campus to take a peek at Lamplighter’s fascinating history.

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LAMPLIGHTER OPENS

RENOVATED OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER INSPIRES WONDER AT LAMPLIGHTER

Following a six-month construction and landscaping project, which involved more than three years of planning, Lamplighter was thrilled to open its new outdoor learning center in late spring.

Students excitedly explored the new playground after watching its step-bystep development throughout the last school year. The first play, on April 28, was filled with pure exuberance and joy!

The School’s new outdoor learning center was designed using the theme of “WONDER,” inspiring students to strengthen their motor skills as well as their imaginations through creative play. The end result of the thoughtfully planned and executed project was made possible through intentional partnerships with New York-based landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) and Denmark-based MONSTRUM playground designers, who custom-built the new play elements for Lamplighter.

Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, shares, “The newly designed outdoor learning center enables our school to continue to live out the mission and will ‘ignite the potential of each child as they are engaged in the 12

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joy of learning through intellectual discovery in a creative, inclusive, and collaborative environment.’”

In this issue of LampPost, Lamplighter is excited to announce Peak Playground as the name for the School’s new outdoor learning center. The Peak Playground is named as a result of the generous support of the Rochelle-Wyker family through the MARK Foundation toward Lamplighter’s recent Bright Future Campaign. Lamplighter alumni and sisters Katherine Rochelle Wyker ’98 and Rebecca Rochelle ’00, with their mother Ms. Martha Rochelle, chose the name “Peak Playground” to honor the surname of their maternal grandparents. Both Katherine and Rebecca attended Lamplighter for five years, from 1993 – 1998, before their family relocated to Austin, Texas.

They later returned to the Dallas area, and have remained active in the Lamplighter community. Katherine served as a Class Agent for five years and as a member of the Alumni Council for six years, including leadership roles as Secretary from 2014-2015 and President from 2016-2017. Katherine also serves as a member of the Board Advancement Committee.

Lamplighter extends immense gratitude to the generous donors to the Bright Future Campaign whose support was invaluable in making the project a

reality. The Peak Playground features playground elements that have been generously underwritten by families within our community. Keep reading to learn more about the new structures and features.

“Lamplighter holds a very special place in my family’s hearts. We frequently reminisce about the nurturing environment, world-class teachers, engaging academics, and unique aspects of the School that make it a rare and wonderful place. My sister and I have many fond memories of celebrating the Halloween Parade, raising chickens, visiting the Barn, and naming the animals, just to name a few!

My family and I were honored to participate in the Bright Future Campaign and witness the tremendous growth of the School. Lamplighter provided us with a strong foundation for which we will always be grateful.”

— Katherine Rochelle Wyker ’98 (center), pictured with her mother Martha Rochelle, and sister Rebecca Rochelle ’00

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THE MOTHER TREE

The Mother Tree is the iconic structure on the Peak Playground that anchors the outdoor learner center with its vast size and tall stature. The long, curved walkway leads to the hollowed tree where students and teachers alike can gather in a peaceful learning space filled with natural light and fresh air. In fact, a whole class of students easily fits inside for group reading and lessons, or individual journaling and reflection.

The Mother Tree is complete with a large trunk with winding staircase, as well as numerous play elements to climb and explore, including dragonflies, spinning logs, discs on ropes, and super-fast slides! One first grade student shared,

“I like The Mother Tree because you can hide in the side holes.”

DANDELION ZIP LINE

In honor of Grace Cook ’98 and Stuart Blaylock ’98 The zip line at Lamplighter has always been a student favorite, as well as a notable part of the Lower School recess experience at the School. Based on its importance to students and uniqueness among school playgrounds, the zip line was a legacy play element that had to be included in the new playground plans.

The reimagined Dandelion Zip Line brings joy to our students and offers several enhancements to the on-campus ziplining experience. For example, students are quick to point out that the new zip line is faster than the original zip line. Lower School students consistently comment that the Dandelion Zip Line is not only faster but is also “longer and higher than the old one.” Yet beyond the thrilling experience of flying through the air on a round disc, students explain that the new Dandelion Zip Line offers social benefits as well. One secondgrader notes, “The new zip line has more space for people to hang out while you are waiting for your turn.” The new flower platforms not only offer beautifully designed spaces in the shade but also provide a lot more surface area for students to climb and explore or hang out on while waiting their turn.

“Some days our students swing so high, they WONDER if they can touch the clouds!”

JABBOUR CLOUD SWINGS

The Jabbour Cloud Swings offer an improved swing area for the School’s youngest students. The redesigned structure offers five individual swings, which are lower to the ground, and have more woodchips in the base area relative to the previous swing set. While swings may seem like a solitary activity, they in fact involve a great deal of cooperative play.

Kids work together as they learn to swing, helping friends with a gentle push to get started.

Early Childhood faculty also explain that the new Cloud Swings allow students to swing on their tummies, an exercise that builds core muscles and body awareness. One Pre-K teacher shared, “The Early Childhood students love the swings, and they are always full at recess.”

The theme of WONDER is ever-present in the new Cloud Swings. Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, shares, “Some days our students swing so high, they WONDER if they can touch the clouds!”

PATTERN GARDEN

The Pattern Garden is located in the center of the Peak Playground, offering a peaceful, shaded space that both Early Childhood and Lower School students enjoy during recess time. It also provides an outdoor teaching space for classroom projects and exploration. This fall, Woodworking Teacher Annie Corley took her second grade classes on a “Wood Walk” to identify and record items made of wood.

They began their quest in the Pattern Garden, noting the different types of wood and shapes and patterns throughout the garden. In addition, fourth grade students have used the Pattern Garden for journaling as part of their literacy studies.

Fourth Grade Literacy Teacher Caroline Finnegan shares that “the peaceful time in nature helps spark ideas and inspire creativity about poetry and drawing.”

Several students express that the Pattern Garden is their favorite part of the new Peak Playground. A Pre-K student shared, “I like hanging out in the Pattern Garden because there are so many different plants.” A first grader agreed, noting, “My favorite part of the new playground is the Pattern Garden because it has lots of plants in it.” Similarly, another Pre-K student expressed that she liked the Pattern Garden because “that’s where the leaves fall down!”

“My favorite part of the new playground is the Pattern Garden because it has lots of plants in it.”

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WADDELL EARLY CHILDHOOD VILLAGE

With the Waddell Early Childhood Village, Lamplighter students now enjoy a reimagined outdoor play space designed with our youngest (and smallest) learners in mind.

The cluster of playhouses, sand play areas, figure-eight trike path with traffic signals, and Jabbour Cloud Swings offer new ways for students to play and explore. This dedicated area for Pre-K and Kindergarten students fosters physical and social-emotional development. A returning Pre-K student shared his impressions of the new play areas for Early Childhood students, explaining, “I really like the sandbox, the little houses, and the bikes.” Other Pre-K students agree and simply say, “We like it all!”

“I really like the sandbox, the little houses, and the bikes.”

PLAYGROUND HOUSES

Featuring the Urso Playground House The playground houses provide endless opportunities for imaginative and creative play. Some of the playhouses are situated in the green space, while others are surrounded by sand and flanked by a mini-boardwalk. The green, yellow, and blue playhouses bring vibrance to the outdoor play areas and are always busy with student activity during recess. One Pre-K teacher shared, “It’s all aesthetically beautiful and I like that everything is made of wood.” Pre-K students are constantly in and out of the houses, exploring with their classmates and continuously developing new games and stories centered around the structures. One student shared, “We like to play Mario in the playhouses.” As part of the Bright Future Campaign, donors could name a playhouse.

Thank you, Urso family, for naming the Urso Playground House.

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GILLIKIN WONDERING WORM

The Gillikin Wondering Worm offers an imaginative play space for children to invent, wonder, and learn. The pair of structures in the signature pink color anchor the Early Childhood area of the Peak Playground. The “head” of the worm is filled with opportunities to climb, stretch, balance, and explore, with an interior “obstacle course,” and exterior slides, tuffets, and reeds. The “tail” of the worm also offers climbing on ropes, reeds, and tuffets, but also offers full seating for a classroom to use for outdoor lessons, or relaxing reading time. Many Pre-K students identify the Wondering Worm as their favorite part of the new playground, as it offers endless fun for climbing and sliding. One Pre-K student shared, “I love the worm because you can go any way to slide down.”

“I love the worm because you can go any way to slide down.”

Although the Wondering Worm was designed and created with Early Childhood students in mind, Lamplighter’s older Lower School students have been equally intrigued by and eager to play on these structures. In fact, Lamplighter Seniors Matthew Gordon ’24 and Ellery Stehel ’24 felt so strongly about using the Worm that they co-wrote a letter to Catherine M. Rose Head of School Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Chief Operations Officer Marynell Murphy, and Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning – Lower School Stephen Scott asking them to consider letting first through fourth grade students play on the Wondering Worm. The letter was thoughtfully written, and included strong arguments to support their position on the request. In addition, the letter was signed by almost all members of the Lamplighter Class of 2024, showing a strong bond among the Senior class, as well as a unified position on the matter.

Fortunately for our Lower School students, Dr. Hill, Ms. Murphy, and Mr. Scott took the letter seriously, contemplated the proposal, and eventually agreed to allow Lower School students to play on the Wondering Worm. Today, our Lower School students are able to explore the Wondering Worm for their own games and play during recess periods when Early Childhood students are not outside.

Student feedback can be so powerful!

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LEARN MORE about the background, process, and

ENHANCED LEGACY PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS

In addition to the new play structures designed by MONSTRUM, the Peak Playground includes long-time student favorites: the hill, the tunnel, and soccer field. Each of these elements was enhanced through the new construction, but preserved both the function and charm of these notable recess play spaces. The iconic playground hill now includes two hills: one large hill, and one smaller hill. The tunnel under the hill remained intact, but was upgraded with new blue playhouse frames at each entry point. The Owen Family Soccer Field, a favorite recess spot for older Lower School students, was re-turfed during the summer and completed in July. New goal posts were added to complete the full upgrade of the field.

The Peak Playground also provides additional green spaces where students can hang out when they aren’t climbing, swinging, running, or ziplining. These spaces include the circular reading grove adjacent to the Early Childhood area of the building, as well as a shaded area that resembles an outdoor living room. Hand-crafted wooden furniture sits between the Dandelion Zip Line and The Mother Tree and brings even more beauty to the exquisitely designed outdoor learning environment.

partnerships involved in making the Peak Playground a reality at Lamplighter. Alumni parent and former Trustee Jenney Gillikin tells the story about the School’s WONDER-inspired outdoor learning center in the soon-to-be published Lamplighter history book. Over a three-year period, Jenney led efforts on Lamplighter’s playground enhancements and outdoor learning spaces as part of the Bright Future Campaign.

Her leadership in this critical project for the School involved extensive creativity and design, as well as serving as a liaison with Denmark-based MONSTRUM, producer of Lamplighter’s new unique and handcrafted playground elements. Jenney is a recent recipient of the Lamplighter Spirit Award, presented by the Alumni Association in May 2023.

See page 10 for more information about the Lamplighter history book.

BRIGHT FUTURE

Campaign for Campus, Curriculum, and Community

This issue of the LampPost focuses on the new outdoor learning spaces at Lamplighter which opened spring 2023. Several generous donors made the Bright Future Campaign possible. This comprehensive campaign not only included the Peak Playground and Outdoor Learning Center, but also the addition of the Alumni & Student Services Center, the Connelly Family Theater Arts Exploration Lab, new and renovated classroom spaces, and significant contributions to the School’s endowment funds. A complete list of donors to the Bright Future Campaign is included on pages 44-45 of this magazine.

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Faculty & Staff

EXPLORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Lamplighter Partners with ISAS to Offer AI Professional Development Series

This fall, The Lamplighter School partnered with the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) to provide professional development to the faculty and staff on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

ISAS organized a series of webinars for its member schools to share information and trends about AI and its impact on education. All members of the Lamplighter faculty and staff took part in the webinar series.

This professional development program was taught by Luyen Chou, an educator and technology leader. Chou has extensive experience in emerging technologies, as well as a background in working in independent schools.

His full bio can be viewed at right. → The first event in the series focused on AI and Education Technology, highlighting the megatrends in education and what they mean for independent schools. Chou explained the concept of artificial intelligence and why it matters for education. The goal was to help demystify the complex topic of AI so educators, faculty, and staff can have a better understanding of how AI will shape the future of teaching and learning. In addition to discussing the opportunities, risks, and challenges of AI, Chou provided tips for using AI in classroom learning.

The second part of the AI professional development series centered around the theme of Augmenting Teaching in an Age of AI. This session focused on using AI tools to enhance curriculum development, create integration opportunities, and embed learning science into classroom practice.

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After taking part in the initial sessions of the webinar series, some Lamplighter faculty members were inspired to discover how AI technology could be beneficial in their classrooms. Pre-K Teacher Debbie Herskovitz, who was part of the Academic Technology Team for the ISAS Reaccreditation Self Study during the 2022-2023 school year, has begun exploring ways in which the AI tool ChatGPT can enhance her teaching.

Herskovitz has used the tool to contemplate ideas for classroom activities related to a particular theme.

For example, by asking the tool for ideas for Pre-K lessons about empathy, she learned new suggestions on this topic for children’s books, questions to spark class discussions, prompts for drawing exercises, new classroom materials, take-home activities, and even puppet dramatizations to explain the concept. While the ChatGPT tool is certainly not a replacement for the extensive knowledge and experience of our faculty at Lamplighter, Herskovitz explained, “It has helped confirm that we are on track and on target, and even provided some new ideas for classroom lessons and activities.”

Similarly, Fourth Grade Literacy Teacher Nafisa Rahman has also explored ways in which AI can facilitate class projects and enhance learning. In preparation for the Senior Opera in the spring, Rahman has been working with her fourth grade students to study the elements of a story, including the protagonist, antagonist, conflict, characters, and setting. Using the framework of the story elements, students generated ideas and themes they wanted to include in their Senior Opera.

After students developed ideas for their opera in brainstorming sessions, Rahman entered the students’ inputs into ChatGPT to generate a full story line. Students eagerly watched the SmartBoard as ChatGPT created a story using their own themes. Rahman shared, “The kids were fascinated by seeing the story come together. Yet, this was only a starting point. The students quickly learned that not all parts of the story worked, and they had to use the generated story as a starting point, not the final product.”

Additionally, Rahman noted that the tool was helpful to class discussions about what works and what doesn’t work in a story. ChatGPT framed the storyline, but students quickly learned that the editing and revising process is critical to developing a cohesive story. Lower School Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning Stephen Scott noted, “The kids are getting good experience with seeing how ChatGPT is helpful in the creative process, but it definitely can’t do all the work for you.”

The final session in the webinar series covered the topic of AI and Student Assessment. This session examined how new AI tools can be used to rethink approaches to student assessment at all grade levels. As the participants in the ISAS community learned together in the series, it was noted that the landscape of AI changes daily; therefore, this is a topic that will certainly evolve as the technology and its impact progress.

FACULTY & STAFF STORIES

“ is a thinking machine, not an answering machine.”

– Luyen Chou

LUYEN CHOU

WELCOME

NEW FACULTY & STAFF Luyen Chou is a Brooklyn, New Yorkbased educator, entrepreneur, and product and technology leader. He has extensive experience in emerging technologies as well as independent school education. Currently, Chou serves as a Board Member at Fish AI Consortium, Meteor Education, and pi-top, and is a strategic advisor for Bain Capital Double Impact Fund LP. Recently, Chou spent three and a half years as the Chief Learning Officer at 2U, the parent company of global online learning platform, edX. edX partners with corporations, colleges, and universities to create educational opportunities for lifelong learners.

Previously, Chou was the Chief Product Officer of Trilogy Education (now part of 2U) where he oversaw academics, product management, and technology.

His experience in independent schools includes serving as Associate Head of School at The School at Columbia University, and Director, New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning at The Dalton School in New York City.

Chou earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University, and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Columbia University’s Teachers College.

The Lamplighter School welcomed new faculty and staff members to our team of dedicated professionals. Learn more about our new faces on campus.

LIZ BALADY

Admission & Placement Coordinator Liz Balady is a Dallas local and an alumna of Good Shepherd Episcopal School and Ursuline Academy. She began her career on the beach in St. Thomas, USVI, planning destination weddings. Fun fact: She has been a witness in 200 plus weddings! Liz paused her career to stay at home and focus on raising her two children, but continued using her skill set volunteering at their schools planning galas, fundraisers, carnivals, and more. After her eldest graduated from high school, she re-entered the workforce. Prior to joining Lamplighter, Liz had over 12 years of experience in special events and has worked for organizations such as The Richards Group, Sapphire Beach Resort, The Richardson Visitors Bureau, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Orphan Outreach, and G Texas Catering. Liz earned a B.A. in Communications from Auburn University.

ANGELA BROWN

Lower School Alternate Teacher Angela Brown is originally from South Florida and moved to Texas three years ago with her twin sister. Prior to Lamplighter, Angela was a Third Grade Associate Teacher at Greenhill School. In that role, she took the lead for an academic support class, working with students on SEL, grammar, literacy, math, robotics, and typing. Before joining Greenhill, Angela worked as a Permanent Guest Teacher at Parish Episcopal School. She holds a B.S. in Advertising from the University of South Florida and a M.S. in School Counseling from the University of Tennessee. In her free time, Angela enjoys reading, running, and adventuring to new places.

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LISA FAYE

Admission & Placement Coordinator Valentina Ortiz at the first Hootenanny of the year

MARKEY L. BROWN

Facilities Assistant Originally from Greenville, Mississippi, Markey Brown moved to Dallas in 2017 to pursue an opportunity to grow his videography and photography services. After completing trade school, he began work as a make-ready technician and gained additional skills in electrical, plumbing, flooring, doors/windows, and more. Markey has also worked in the carpentry trade for more than a decade.

He loves working with his hands and helping others who don’t have the skills he has.

DEVIN DARNELL

Lower School P.E. Teacher Devin Darnell recently joined Lamplighter with 13 years of experience in education, and nine years of experience teaching lower school Physical Education. Prior to Lamplighter, he taught P.E. at St. John’s Episcopal School in Dallas.

Previously, he also served as a middle school assistant athletic director and coached middle school basketball and flag football. Devin enjoys being active and staying busy with his wife and two young children, watching sports, working on house projects, and traveling with his family. He earned a B.S. in Exercise and Sports Sciences from Texas Tech University, and a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from The University of Texas at Arlington.

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Controller Lisa Faye joined The Lamplighter School in April as a member of the Business Office. Lisa grew up in the Dallas area and attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where she earned a B. A. in Business Administration. She also holds CPA, CFE, and CGFO certifications. Prior to Lamplighter, Lisa was the Airport Accounting Manager for the Town of Addison/Addison Airport for seven years. She also worked for several years in the real estate, oil and gas, and banking industries. Outside of work, Lisa likes to play pickleball and spend time with her daughter Sarah, (University of Arkansas, Class of 2023), her dog Lily, and friends.

KAYLA GHOLSON

Second Grade Literacy Teacher Kayla Gholson recently joined Lamplighter after relocating to Dallas from Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Prior to joining the Lamplighter community, Kayla worked as a Lower School Lead Teacher in both first and second grade at Hawken School. In her free time, Kayla enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. She earned her undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Miami University and later, her Masters of Education from John Carroll University.

ASHLYN JOHN

Kindergarten Associate Ashlyn John joined Lamplighter this year as part of the Kindergarten team.

She is a Double Deac Alumna from Wake Forest University where she earned a Master of Arts in Education with a specialty in arts integration within Math disciplines, and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with a specialty in Counseling. Following the completion of her master’s degree in the summer of 2023, she made the 18-hour drive from North Carolina to Texas. Thus far, she has enjoyed Texas BBQ, Buc-ee’s, and the anticipation of cooler weather.

FACULTY & STAFF STORIES NIVEA LEITE

Senior Accountant Nivea Leite was born in Brazil and moved to the United States with her husband Ricardo after their marriage. Since earning her diploma in Accounting, she developed her professional career, working for more than 22 years in private, non-profit, and governmental organizations, in addition to running her own business for five years. Prior to Lamplighter, Nivea worked as a District Accountant in a school district, where she gained experience in school finances and assisted schools across Texas. She is a Certified Texas School Business Specialist and is currently pursuing other professional certifications. Outside of work, Nivea enjoys learning new subjects and spending time with her husband, family, friends, and her two cats, Leo and Luna. She also loves being in contact with nature and traveling around the world. As of this year, she has visited 14 countries.

KEN LEWEY

Facilities Engineer Ken Lewey joined The Lamplighter School in May as a member of the facilities team. Throughout his professional career, Ken worked as an engineer for Hughes Aircraft Missile Systems, Honeywell, and Northern Telecom. Ken has also been building houses and doing a variety of maintenance jobs since high school. Most recently, he was the Senior Renovation Technician for an apartment complex remodel. He earned a BS-EET from Northern Illinois University. Ken is married and has three adult children and three grandchildren. In his free time, he enjoys relaxing at the lake and watching his grandchildren play volleyball and baseball.

STEPHANIE NOLAND

Math Specialist Stephanie Noland joined Lamplighter as the Lower School Math Specialist after 25 years in public elementary education and ten years in EdTech.

She has also trained teachers across the U.S. in best instructional and classroom practice for over 20 years.

Stephanie enjoys sharing her love of mathematics with the students with whom she works. She earned a B.S. in Education from North Texas State University, and a M.Ed. from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Stephanie is a dog mom to a crazy Cataloula Leopard named Booker, and every Saturday during football season, they can be found watching the Alabama Crimson Tide . . . Roll Tide!

Stephanie also LOVES math jokes — good ones, bad ones, corny ones — any math joke! So if you know one (or more), please share it with her.

Facilities Assistant Markey Brown at the first Hootenanny of the year

VALENTINA ORTIZ

Admission & Placement Coordinator Valentina Ortiz was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and moved to Dallas to pursue a degree at her dream school. Her own journey as an international student made her passionate about supporting students in their educational journies. With years of experience in student services, Valentina is looking forward to guiding families through the admission process and welcoming students into the wonderful Lamplighter community.

Valentina earned a B.A. from Dallas Baptist University.

Outside of Lamplighter, she serves as a volunteer in the kids’ ministry of her local church. Valentina enjoys going on walks, listening to podcasts, experiencing new cultures, and traveling with her husband Roger.

KATIE WILLIAMS

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Katie Williams is an Arkansas native and has lived in Dallas for 11 years.

Prior to Lamplighter, she worked at The Hockaday School for more than ten years, most recently as a PreKindergarten Teacher at The Ann Graves Child Development Center.

Katie earned a B.S. in Hospitality and Restaurant Management from the University of Arkansas, and a M.S. in Operations Management and Human Resources, also from the University of Arkansas. Katie enjoys teaching cooking classes, reading, and playing with her kids.

She has two children, a puppy, and a wonderful husband. She adores early childhood education and its focus on practical life and independent skills.

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“We will always have Sils.”

by Susan Regan Donnenfield

2023 Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education Recipient Nurse Susan Regan Donnenfield The summer of 2023 was full of many wonderful memories for my family and me because I received this year’s Mattingly Award. Lamplighter is so blessed to be part of Ms. Pat Mattingly’s legacy that continues through her generous gift.

Traveling to the serene village of Sils Maria, Switzerland, in the Engadin Valley was the fulfillment of returning to a favorite destination of my parents and paternal grandparents. Going with my younger son Jonah and daughter Regan made the trip even more meaningful and memorable.

Our trip started in Zurich, where we spent three days sightseeing and visiting cousins and long-time family friends whom my family has known since the pre-World War II days in Munich, Germany. Indeed, the ties between our families extend back nearly 100 years! In the 1930s, my father and his parents were forced to leave behind their home and belongings when they emigrated to the United States as Hitler came to power.

It was years later when they returned to Europe for familiar Swiss vacations, specifically Sils Maria, where my parents went for over 30 years each summer, staying at the magnificent Hotel Waldhaus. Truly, it was one of their happy places. When thinking about a Mattingly trip proposal, I immediately thought of Sils Maria. It was incredibly emotional to be selected.

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train ride from Zurich to St. Moritz, where staff from The Waldhaus picked us up for the ten-minute ride to Sils Maria. It is a Heidi-like hamlet of about 700 people with a few shops and small homes that dot the countryside.

Mostly Europeans visit Sils, and the locals speak a dialect of German called Swiss German as well as a rare language, Romansh, which only 60,000 people in the world speak.

That’s less than 0.001% of the globe!

Hiking is a major attraction in the summer with Val Fex and Lake Sils being the most popular for day hikes. A highlight of our trip was the cable car ride to Piz Corvatsch, a mountain in the snowcapped Bernina Range of the Alps, which has an elevation of 11,322 feet. The air was crisp, rarefied, and accompanied by a quiet that only comes from being above the clouds.

Each day, we hiked in a different direction, stopping for lunch at mountainside cafes. As high season did not start until the end of July, there were few tourists. The lush green landscape was sprinkled with typical Swiss chalets, dairy cows sporting the traditional large bells, and horsedrawn carriages to transport climbers.

Regan, Jonah, and I stopped frequently on our trails to take in the moments of togetherness, breathe the pure air, and verbalize the blessings of being together in Sils.

Experiencing my parents’ legacy and sharing it with my children was a closeness we will always hold dear. As I told them, “We will always have Sils.”

MATTINGLY FUND

The Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education was established in 2000 in honor of former Head of School Pat Mattingly, an advocate for lifelong learning. The annual award assists members of the faculty and staff to grow personally and professionally, enabling them to enhance the contributions they make to Lamplighter.

RICHARD LOUV

The Dolores Evans Speaker Series welcomed Richard Louv, recipient of the Audubon Medal and author of ten books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder and Vitamin N. Since 2002, Lamplighter has hosted close to 50 events in the School’s signature Dolores Evans Speaker Series. Each year, the Series brings nationally recognized authors, thought leaders, and motivational speakers to our campus for the benefit of area parents and educators.

This year’s Series kicked off in September as we welcomed renowned author Richard Louv to Lamplighter. Louv is the recipient of the Audubon Medal for outstanding achievement in the field of conservation and environmental protection, as well as the author of ten books. His notable works include Last Child in the Woods, Vitamin N, and The Nature Principle.

Louv’s talk at Lamplighter this fall underscored the importance of spending time in nature and its impact on physical, mental, and cognitive health.

At this year’s event on September 19, the audience of nearly 200 guests included area parents and educators, as well as members of local nature and conservancy organizations including the Trinity River Audubon Center and Trinity Park Conservancy. Louv’s opening remarks recounted his own upbringing, which, not surprisingly, included spending a significant amount of his childhood in woods with unstructured play. As an adult, the former columnist for the San Diego Tribune pursued research in the 1970s and 1980s about the disconnect between people and nature. This research led to the publishing of Last Child in the Woods, Louv’s most recognizable work. In this book, Louv highlights the powerful impact nature has on our physical, mental, and cognitive wellbeing. This work also introduced the concept of nature-deficit disorder, a condition that has led some pediatricians to write prescriptions for nature, both as prevention and therapy for children lacking this connection.

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Since the publishing of Last Child in the Woods, Louv noted that the awareness about the powerful connection between nature and our physical, mental, and cognitive health has skyrocketed in America; yet, this does not necessarily mean that we are acting on it and making a concerted effort to increase our connection to nature. One way Louv is striving to tackle this conundrum is through his involvement in the Children and Nature Network, an organization whose mission is “to increase equitable access to nature so that children— and the natural word—can thrive.” Louv is co-founder and Chair Emeritus of the organization, and he encouraged the audience at Lamplighter to utilize the resources it offers, including connecting with families locally to enjoy nature activities together.

Throughout his talk, Louv continued to share additional research findings underscoring the importance of spending time in nature, both for children and for adults. Some of these findings included: N Kids who play in natural play spaces are far more likely to invent their own games.

N Kids who play in natural play spaces, versus asphalt, are more likely to invite other kids who don’t look like them to play.

N Teachers are far less likely to burn out if they can get outside during the workday.

During the presentation, Louv also commended Lamplighter for its programming and campus design that he observed during his visit to the School. He noted that the campus

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DOLORES EVANS Speaker Series THE DOLORES EVANS SPEAKER SERIES is a unique program that The Lamplighter School offers to its parents, faculty, staff, and the broader Dallas community.

Each year, Lamplighter hosts one or two events to bring thought leaders to our campus as part of the series.

Now in its 22nd year, the Series continues to inspire and educate our community through engaging and timely topics. Most events in the Dolores Evans Speaker Series include book signing opportunities with our guests.

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Dr. Beck Weathers “Nature is a part of our health, cognition, and ability to learn.” elements, including the most recent updates with the playground and outdoor learning center, offer wonderful ways for our students to experience nature, connect with animals, and take part in environmental education. Given Louv’s expertise in the area of nature’s impact on health, particularly among youth, it was encouraging to hear his words of support for our school.

Louv concluded his talk with a reading of an excerpt of his new book, which explores how we pay attention in nature. His soothing words brought a sense of calm to the audience in Cook Gym, as the rain from the stormy Dallas evening poured outside and created a gentle hum from nature.

Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, and Richard Louv

While the evening was both educational and inspirational, it was also bittersweet as it was the first event in the Dolores Evans Speaker Series without Dolores Evans herself. Dolores passed away in June of this year, and she had always been a regular attendee of her namesake speaker series. A tribute to Dolores Evans is included on page 41 of this LampPost.

Author, motivational speaker, and survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest climb chronicled in films and in his book, Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

Monday, January 29, 2024 7:00 p.m. | Cook Gym

Reserve tickets using the QR code.

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CLASS OF 2024 Celebrating Seniors

SENIOR LUNCHEON, JACKET & PIN CEREMONY The Class of 2024 was honored during the annual

Senior Luncheon and Jacket Ceremony in September.

Lamplighter Seniors, together with their parents and

teachers, gathered in Cook Gym for a special luncheon where they earned their senior pins and received their personalized senior jackets.

This year’s event featured a young alumni panel of four

high school students: Karrington Chiles ’19, a freshman at Parish Episcopal School, Will Clifford ’17, a junior at St. Mark’s School of Texas, Quinn Graves ’16, a senior at Greenhill School, and Adair Moses ’17, a junior at

Greenhill School. These alumni shared their reflections of the Lamplighter experience and its impact on their growth throughout middle and upper school.

L-R: Quinn Graves ’16, Will Clifford ’17, Dr. Joan Buchanan Hill, Catherine M. Rose Head of School, Adair Moses ’17, and Karrington Chiles ’19

Watch highlights from the young alumni panel on the Lamplighter website.

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Jen Wallace ’94 wearing her Lamplighter Senior jacket with son Owen Pustilnick ’24

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annual Carnival Since 1969, Lamplighter’s has been a fun-filled event

for our community. This year was no exception! The Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA) planned and organized a stellar event for the School’s families, grandparents, and alumni. The event, held on Friday, October 13, brought State Fair-themed games, attractions, food, music, souvenirs, and a bake sale to our campus.

Lamplighter extends a special thank you to this year’s Carnival Co-Chairs, Carson Castellaw and Jessica Fresch, and to the hundreds of parent volunteers who helped make the event a success!

, Rea

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More than 70 young alumni supported this year’s Carnival by staffing volunteer shifts.

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Erik Jonsson Media Center Hosts Erika Lynne Jones and Oge Mora Lamplighter welcomed two special guests to campus this fall as part of the Dooley Author Series. The Series, now in its 12th year, is presented by the Erik Jonsson Media Center and brings award-winning and notable children’s authors and illustrators to our school for visits with our students and faculty. This year, Lamplighter hosted children’s book author/illustrator Erika Lynne Jones and children’s book author/illustrator Oge Mora.

ERIKA LYNNE JONES

OGE MORA

In mid-September, Dallas-based children’s book author/ illustrator Erika Lynne Jones visited with Kindergarten and Transitional First Grade (T1) students at Lamplighter.

Jones is the illustrator of The Loud Librarian, a story about being true to yourself, and Black Girls: A Celebration of You. During her visit with Kindergarten and T1, she read The Loud Librarian, and invited students to participate in the story by adding sound effects at certain parts of the story. Jones also led the students through a drawing exercise. Students followed along with clipboards in hand, learning how to illustrate Penelope, the main character of The Loud Librarian.

Through her works, Jones enjoys creating quirky characters and stories that affirm and celebrate cultures.

Her creative mission is to show every child they are worthy of good and deserve positive representations of themselves in literature. During her presentation at Lamplighter, she reminded students that “It’s okay to be you,” and that “being you is how you make a difference.”

Lamplighter welcomed award-winning author and illustrator Oge Mora to campus in early November as the second guest in the 2023-2024 Dooley Author Series.

Mora is a collage artist and storyteller, and is the recipient of the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Medal for her book Thank You, Omu! and the Texas Bluebonnet Award for her book The Oldest Student. Mora discussed story and illustration with all Pre-K through fourth grade students during three sessions throughout her day at Lamplighter. During each presentation, she shared her personal background and early start with books, as well as her process for creating, illustrating, and publishing a book. Students were fascinated by the fact that it often takes two years (or longer) to publish a book!

Mora’s key message that she left with students is that “Stories are everywhere.” She encouraged students to “open your eyes to the stories that are happening all around us.” Mora is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and now resides in Providence, Rhode Island.

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An illustration of the Connelly Family Theater Arts Exploration Lab featured in the Doctor Who Annual

DOCTOR WHO KIDS PUBLISH ARTICLE Congratulations to the Lamplighter Doctor Who Kids!

The long-running Who is Doctor Who? NightLight class at Lamplighter taught by Drama Teacher Mr. Jeff Peck continues to find new ways to engage students in the creative process. During the Fall 2022 semester, the Doctor Who Kids worked together to create content for the Doctor Who Annual, a publication that is produced by a fan group. The publication’s format is reminiscent of a yearbook and features stories related to the show and its characters. Under the guidance of Mr. Peck, Lamplighter students in the Doctor Who NightLight class wrote lessons for the Doctor and submitted illustrations for an article.

The article submitted by Lamplighter was accepted into the publication, and was released in January of this year.

The Doctor Who after-school enrichment class explores favorite episodes of the decades-long British television series, Doctor Who. In addition to watching and writing episode reviews, the Who Kids explore fan art, develop content for their Twitter feed, @WhoKidsLL, and connect via Zoom with actors and producers of the show. Peck’s deep knowledge of the show, as well as his infectious enthusiasm, has created a strong following of passionate and loyal Doctor Who enthusiats at Lamplighter.

A copy of the Doctor Who Annual that features the Lamplighter article can be found in the Erik Jonsson Media Center.

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LAMPLIGHTER GIVES BACK COMMUNITY OUTREACH SUPPORTED BY THE LPA This fall, the Community Outreach Committee of the Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA) hosted two drives benefitting Family Gateway, a homeless shelter in Dallas for families. The first initiative took place in mid-September and was a coordinated effort to collect new or gently used Halloween costumes. Over a two-week period, the LPA collected 174 Halloween costumes, which were shared with Family Gateway for their annual Boo Bash event. This event allows children served by Family Gateway to enjoy the many fun traditions associated with Halloween, such as dressing up in costumes. Before the costumes were donated to the organization, several Lower School students in the Before Care program at Lamplighter volunteered to help label and sort the costumes so that the donated items were well organized.

The second community outreach initiative this fall involved a laundry detergent pod drive in conjunction with Lamplighter’s annual Donuts with Dads event.

This year’s Donuts with Dads event took place on Friday, September 29, and offered a fun way to build friendships while enjoying breakfast treats. Thanks to the generosity of our community, the LPA collected 5,859 laundry pods at the event!

Lamplighter extends a special thank you to this year’s LPA Community Outreach Co-Chairs: Staci Cohen, Courtney Hodges, and Jacqueline Siegel Nelson ’94.

174 HALLOWEEN COSTUMES COLLECTED

LAUNDRY POD DRIVE

5,859 LAUNDRY PODS COLLECTED

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The fifth annual Alumni Friendsgiving event was held on campus on November 9, 2023. Lamplighter alumni from four different decades attended the gathering for an opportunity to visit with current teachers, reconnect with former classmates, and get to know alumni from other classes.

Alumni Friendsgiving took place in the new Connelly Family Theater Arts Exploration Lab, where all Lamplighter students now participate in Drama classes. In addition to the social gathering, alumni had the opportunity for campus tours to see the recently renovated classroom spaces and new additions, including the amazing Peak Playground!

Lamplighter extends gratitude to members of the 2023-2024 Alumni Council for helping to plan and organize this year’s Alumni Friendsgiving. If you were unable to attend the event, but would like to schedule a visit to Lamplighter, please email alumni@thelamplighterschool.org.

Save the Date

AUSTIN-AREA ALUMNI GATHERING

Lamplighter invites all Austin-area alumni and their guests to a casual brunch to catch up with former classmates and get to know Lamplighter alumni from other classes.

Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Invitation with details to follow

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13TH ANNUAL

LAMPLIGHTER 2023–2024 ALUMNI COUNCIL Steven Mickey ’00, President Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99, Vice President Elizabeth F. Lintel ’97, Secretary Joe Unis ’96, Immediate Past President Kimberly Acosta-Goldstein ’00 Stuart Blaylock ’98 Lee Bunder ’98 Jason Carter ’95 Jacqueline Giroir Christman ’99 Grace Cook ’98 Jacob Durst ’05 Joe Firth ’03 Taylor Cornell Good ’92

Jane Rozelle Humphrey ’95 Antoinette Day Matthews ’99 Kathryn Nelson ’93 Travis Phelan ’91 Karina Rambeau ’04 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Chandler Tucker ’05 Jennifer Wallace ’94 Braden Wayne ’95

LAMPLIGHTER 2023–2024 CLASS AGENTS Jon Gross ’69 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Max Swango ’76 Elizabeth Brown ’83 Ashley Geller Greene ’84 Jeffrey Kitner ’86 Sarah Stockton ’87 Matt Miller ’88 Courtney Jones Johnson ’89 Shannon Schaul ’89 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Lilly Albritton ’91 Travis Phelan ’91 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Ashley Carter ’93 Kathryn Nelson ’93

Alexandra Krippner ’94 Jennifer Wallace ’94 Jane Rozelle Humphrey ’95 Braden Wayne ’95 Emily Hess Brown ’96 Joe Unis ’96 Liz Lintel ’97 Grace Cook ’98 Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 Lindsay Dolan ’00 Steven Mickey ’00 Laura Frazee ’02 Margaret Rote ’03 Karina Rambeau ’04 Chandler Tucker ’05 Chandler Crates ’09

CLASS AGENTS NEEDED!

If you are interested in volunteering as a Class Agent, please contact alumni@thelamplighterschool.org.

Last May, more than 75 young alumni (students in 5th – 12th grades) gathered for the 13th annual Young Alumni Car Wash, presented by Quentin ’16 and Julian ’17 Balestri, Eiseman Jewels, Locke Lord LLP, and DJ Lucy Wrubel. This annual event, launched by Kate Mosle Bender ’04 in 2011, brings Lamplighter alumni together to reconnect and support their first alma mater.

The 2023 Young Alumni Car Wash was co-chaired by four Lamplighter alumni and current high school students: Vikram Singh ’17, Julia Small ’16, John Weinberg ’17, and Stella Wrubel ’16.

New to the event this year was a raffle sponsored by Eiseman Jewels NorthPark. All guests of the Car Wash were entered to win a $1,000 gift card from Eiseman.

Funds raised from the event benefit the Lamplighter Alumni Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund.

Thank you to our event sponsors, alumni volunteers, and the broader community for your support!

SAVE THE DATE for the 2024 Young Alumni Car Wash!

Saturday, May 4

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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All Lamplighter young alumni, currently in grades 5 — 12, are encouraged to participate.

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Young Alumni Car Wash Co-Chairs Julia Small ’16, Stella Wrubel ’16, John Weinberg ’17, and Vikram Singh ’17.

CLASS OF 2015 REUNION | May 6, 2023

2015

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Azal Amer ’15 Caroline Anderson ’15 Alex Bautista ’15 Ben Bautista ’15 Jackson Benners ’15 Hudson Bloom ’15 Henry Boykin ’15 Josh Brylowski ’15 SuSu Campbell ’15 Alia Chand ’15 Jack Cohen ’15 Chris Dimas ’15 Bella Ehring ’15 Max Garner ’15 Porter Gaunt ’15 Rivers Glover ’15 Maya Harrington ’15 Arielle Henley ’15 Cruz Hoitsma ’15 Saira Khatri ’15 Jake Kirk ’15 John Lee ’15 Mercer Lee ’15 Anna Lobdell ’15 Teagan Loehr ’15

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The University of Texas at Austin Texas Christian University Tulane University Tulane University Pepperdine University Arizona State University Bucknell University Marine Military Academy University of Virginia University of Southern California The University of Texas at Austin Tulane University University of California, Irvine University of Oklahoma The University of Texas at Austin University of Pittsburgh Amherst College Elon University University of Colorado Boulder Indiana University Williams College Indiana University Boston University Colorado State University University of Arkansas

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Julian Maas ’15 Steele Martilik ’15 Caraday Martin ’15 Audrey Mitts ’15 Jack Moses ’15 Macy Moskovic ’14 Katherine Mote ’15 Akash Munshi ’15 Hanna Newberger ’15 McLain Niven ’15 Angeliki Paulos ’15 Liam Pham ’15 Alexa Plumlee ’15 Akash Raghunathan ’15 Nadia Sethuraman ’15 Mekyle Siddiqi ’15 Roman Solis ’15 Meg Steinhart ’15 Alya Sumer ’15 Sanjay Vattamreddy ’15 Samantha Ward ’15 Alexandra Warner ’15 Libby Warren ’15 Jackson Whitaker ’15

Pursuing his music career Texas Tech University Duke University Tulane University University of Richmond Auburn University Stanford University Cornell University The University of Texas at Austin Baylor University Southern Methodist University New York University Texas Christian University Brown University The Pennsylvania State University The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley Northwestern University University of Michigan Stanford University Southern Methodist University

CLASS OF 2018 REUNION | August 20, 2023

2019

CLASS OF 2019 HIGH SCHOOLS Sara Aguilar ’19 Sheridan Bailey ’19 Jax Blalock ’19 Sydney Bonfield ’19 Ellex Byrd ’19 Anne Case ’19 Karrington Chiles ’19 Lincoln Clarke ’19 Carson Cuzalina ’19 Sarah Eichhorn ’19 Natalie Gaunt ’19 Victoria Gonchar ’19 Ashlyn Habimana ’19 Kendall Harris ’19 Blaine Henley ’19 Jordan Johnson ’19 Javi Johnson ’19 Prideaux Johnson ’19 Diana Koon ’19 Kennedy Kuchler ’19 Noah Kurji ’19 Cody Lang ’19 Oliver Loehr ’19 Lillie Lopez ’19 Andrew Lu ’19 Andrew MacMahon ’19 Carter MacMahon ’19 Isabelle Mendell ’19 Emily Meyer ’19

Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France The Episcopal School of Dallas St. Mark’s School of Texas Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts The Episcopal School of Dallas The Hockaday School Parish Episcopal School The Episcopal School of Dallas The Episcopal School of Dallas Parish Episcopal School Parish Episcopal School Greenhill School Parish Episcopal School Laurel Springs School St. Mark’s School of Texas The Episcopal School of Dallas Greenhill School The Culver Academies, Indiana Ursuline Academy of Dallas The Episcopal School of Dallas The Episcopal School of Dallas The Thaden School, Bentonville, AR St. Mark’s School of Texas The Hockaday School Cistercian Preparatory School Greenhill School Greenhill School Alcuin School The Hockaday School

Leo Meyer ’19 Swathi Meyyappan ’19 Luke Mitts ’19 Sam Morse ’19 Jadd Moustapha ’19 Madeleine Nix ’19 Sienna Oudt ’19 Wesley Oudt ’19 Alex Phu ’19 Caleb Ratcliff ’19 Sofia Rees ’19 Berkley Schumann ’19 Story Sinelli ’19 Zachary Sisson ’19 Sadie Small ’19 Harlan Smith ’19 Reid Smith ’19 Sloan Smoyer ’19 Mia Stern ’19 William Thomas ’19 John Tsiakos ’19 Emory Turner ’19 William Vineyard ’19 Ben Weisberg ’19 Matthew Wier ’19 Catherine Wilmer ’19 Asher Yoffe ’19 Andie Yung ’19 Kirin Zeikus ’19

Greenhill School The Hockaday School Parish Episcopal School St. Mark’s School of Texas Parish Episcopal School Highland Park High School Parish Episcopal School Parish Episcopal School Greenhill School St. Mark’s School of Texas The Hockaday School Wylie East High School The Episcopal School of Dallas Parish Episcopal School The Hockaday School St. Mark’s School of Texas St. Mark’s School of Texas Bishop Lynch High School Parish Episcopal School Cistercian Preparatory School The Episcopal School of Dallas The Episcopal School of Dallas Highland Park High School Greenhill School St. Mark’s School of Texas Ursuline Academy of Dallas St. Mark’s School of Texas Shelton School Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas LAMPPOST

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1969

In June, members of the Class of 1969 gathered at the home of Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 and Bob Krakow. They discussed how Lamplighter was the best education for them, how grateful they are to their parents for sending them here, and how they had so much fun every day at Lamplighter!

L-R: Mindi Levine Kahn ’69, Kalita Beck Blessing ’69, Jon Gross ’69, Susan Sharp ’69, Jill Bee ’69, Carolyn Bettis Berry ’69, Ellen Locy ’69, Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69

1974 & 1975

The classes of 1974 and 1975 had a mini Lamplighter reunion while attending their Hockaday reunion last April.

L-R STANDING: Robin Carder ’75, Alison Gaylord Monnich ’74, Eugenia Hudson King ’75, Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75, Stephanie Dickson Walker ’75, Lisa Miller ’75, and Margaret Oldham Jackson ’75, Marla Custard ’75 L-R SITTING: Ellen Thomas ’75, Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75, Nancy Wynne Saustad ’75, Emily Forman Jourdan ’75, Mary Eileen Flanagan Anderson ’75

ALUMNI SPIRIT YOUR ENGAGEMENT COUNTS!

Email alumni@thelamplighterschool.org

by February 1, 2024 to submit entries for the Alumni Now section of the Spring 2024 LampPost.

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2004

Jonathan Crowder ’95 and his wife welcomed a baby daughter, Madeline Nancy Crowder, on June 18, Father’s Day. Jonathan and his family live in Dallas.

Reed Eiseman Batesko ’04 and her husband Tyler welcomed their first child in July. Her name is Elizabeth “Ellie” Marozzi Batesko.

2001

David Smart ’01 lives in Dallas and is a writer. He recently published his second book, True Nature, chronicling his travels in Nepal.

2003

David Bayless ’03 graduated from The John Sealy School of Medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. David was awarded the William N. and Ida Zinn AOA Award which goes to the student with the highest cumulative grade point average at the end of four years. David is doing his residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and plans to specialize in infectious diseases.

Duncan Smart ’04 had five Lamplighter alumni stand by his side at his recent wedding to Kari Fossum, including Richard Freling ’04, Andrew Kleiman ’04, Sam Yonack ’04, Philip Smart ’08, and David Smart ’01. Duncan is in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. He defended his Ph.D. in April and got married two weeks later. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Medical Center with an M.D. and a Ph.D. Andrew Kleiman ’04 has worked for the House Committee on Ethics in the tech field, and most recently in the energy field. Andrew graduated with a master’s degree in the Energy and Earth Resources program at The University of Texas at Austin. Since graduating in 2022, he has been working as an energy consultant for Wood Mackenzie in Houston.

Andrew married Kai Alterman last March in San Antonio and several Lamplighter alumni attended the wedding.

Included were Zach Kleiman ’02, Erin Chaiken ’02, Sam Yonack ’04, Katherine Levy ’02, Duncan Smart ’04, Philip Smart ’08, David Smart ’01, Louis Andres ’04, and Richard Freling ’04.

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2005

2012

Gus Solis ’12 is a senior at the University of Colorado Boulder majoring in neuroscience. He plans to work at CU Anschutz Medical Center for a year and then apply to medical school.

2013 Meghana Ranganathan ’05 and her husband, Terry Yu, live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Meghana has a Ph.D. in Climate Science. She has accepted a professorship position at The University of Chicago and will begin next year.

2006

Aidan Dewar ’06 graduated from Harvard University and, after working at Bain Consulting, he co-founded Nourish, a digital healthcare company.

2008

Philip Smart ’08 lives in San Francisco where he is a Product Manager for LinkedIn. Philip graduated from St. Mark’s School of Texas and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Elena Dewar ’13 is a junior at Northwestern University where she is pursuing a double major in Biological Sciences and Spanish.

2014

Katherine (KK) Swango ’14 and Sophia Yung ’14 have been chosen as two of the 2024 Dallas Symphony Orchestra Debutantes. KK is a sophomore at Texas Christian University, and Sophia is a sophomore at Tufts University.

Alec Dewar ’10 graduated from Georgetown University with a double major in Government and Spanish. He completed the Georgetown Accelerated Master’s Program in Government: Conflict Resolution this summer.

John Lee ’15 is a freshman at Indiana University Bloomington. After Lamplighter, he attended Parish Episcopal School, then moved to Hong Kong where he attended the American International School for three years. John graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas in May.

2015

Roman Solis ’15 is a freshman at The University of Texas at Austin, majoring in finance, and has pledged Sigma Alpha Mu (Sammy) fraternity.

2010

Amelia Brown ’10 was named a Fulbright Scholar for 2023.

She received the Fulbright English teaching assistantship for the 2023-2024 academic year in the La Rioja region of Spain. Prior to this experience, Amelia graduated from Tulane University in 2022, and taught first and second grade in New Orleans.

Arielle Henley ’15 graduated in May from The Dunham School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is currently a freshman at Elon University.

Arielle was very excited to receive a vocal scholarship.

George Genender ’15 and Abigail Weisoly ’15 are both freshmen at The George Washington University Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. These two former Lamplighter students actually live on the same floor of the same dorm and recently ran into each other! Abby and George were at Lamplighter together from Pre-K until Abby moved to Houston in 2014. Abby graduated from the The John Cooper School in The Woodlands, Texas, and is studying pre-med as a biology major. George graduated from St. Mark’s School of Texas, and is studying history, with plans to be a teacher.

Cruz Hoitsma ’15 is a freshman at the University of Colorado Boulder. After traveling most of the summer to Europe, Montana, and the East Coast, he has settled in Boulder where he is a student at the College of Media, Communication and Information. When Cruz is not studying, he enjoys going to football games, playing his guitar, and rock climbing several times a week. He has pledged Phi Gamma Delta.

Meg Steinhart ’15 is a freshman at The University of Texas at Austin, majoring in mechanical engineering. She is a member of two engineering clubs and has joined AEPHI sorority.

Class of 2016

The following seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, an annual academic competition among high school students for recognition and college scholarship that began in 1955: Ellie Browne ’16 The Hockaday School

Barrow Solomon ’16 The Episcopal School of Dallas

Aditya Shivaswamy ’16 St. Mark’s School of Texas

Reed Sussman ’16 St. Mark’s School of Texas

In addition, the following Lamplighter alumni have been named National Merit Commended Scholars: Hudson Brown ’16, St. Mark’s School of Texas; James Corrigan ’16, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas; Quinn Graves ’16, Greenhill School; Anisha Puri ’16, The Hockaday School; Sofi Sethuraman ’16, The Hockaday School; Bennett Trubey ’16, The Hockaday School; Stella Wrubel ’16, The Hockaday School.

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2017

Luke Steinhart ’17 is a junior at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas.

He plays football and is on the track team.

2018

L-R: Charlotte Tang ’18, Grayson Godkin ’18, and Maddie Posten ’18

Grayson Godkin ’18, a sophomore at Parish Episcopal School, Maddie Posten ’18, a sophomore at The Episcopal School of Dallas, and Charlotte Tang ’18, a sophomore at Parish Episcopal School, were among 50 independent high school sophomores from across the country chosen to participate in Swiss Semester. Swiss Semester is a program of academic, personal, and physical challenge which takes place on their campus in Zermatt, Switzerland. In addition to studying the math curriculum from their home schools, the students study a foreign language, English, art history, geology, and current affairs. Students build confidence and selfreliance through rigorous outdoor activities. Some of these activities include hiking, mountain climbing, canyoning, ice climbing, skiing, biking, gorging, and helicopter assisted ascents.

PARENTS: Does your adult son or daughter no longer maintain a permanent residence at your home?

If so, please email the correct address to alumni@ thelamplighterschool.org.

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Perry Gross ’18 lives in London and is a sophomore at the international school ACS Hillingdon. After many years of hard work (including Cub Scouts at Lamplighter), Perry earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

He is on the cross country team, in the school musical, and really enjoys Model UN. Perry spent his last school break on a medical mission in Poland providing health care to Ukrainian refugees.

Diana Koon ’19 is a freshman at Ursuline Academy of Dallas. As a middle schooler at Parish Episcopal School, she was in the National Junior Honors Society in seventh and eighth grade, tied for the number one score on the American Mathematics League competition at Parish for tenth grade and below, and placed fifth at the USA Volleyball Nationals in the USA division. She also won the Mira Foshee Butterfly Award which is given to an eighth grader for spreading the most joy.

The award is named in memory of Mira Foshee who was a member of the Lamplighter Class of 2019.

2019

Sydney Bonfield ’19 is a freshman in the Music Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She is one of 20 incoming freshmen in the vocal track.

Sydney performed at Carnegie Hall this summer as part of the Honors Performance Series where students from 39 states were selected based on their auditions and choir director nominations. Sydney spent the past year performing with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Children’s Choir.

2020

L-R: Jetson Tran ’20, Neil Rao ’20, Nikhil Joshi ’20, and Oliver Olund ’20.

L-R: Mr. Scott Goetsch, Eighth Grade Dean, Jordan Johnson ’19, and Mr. David Baad, ESD Head of School

Chloe Oeschger ’18 is a sophomore at The Hockaday School. She is spending the fall semester in Rennes, the capital city of Brittany in northwest France. Chloe is living with a host family through School Year Abroad.

Leo Meyer ’19 is a freshman at Greenhill School, and he received the Eighth Grade Boy Athletic Leadership Award for 2022-2023.

Jordan Johnson ’19 is a freshman at The Episcopal School of Dallas. Last spring, she received the Peter K. Lutken award which is given to the student who best exhibits honor, integrity, and courage in eighth grade.

Cody Lang ’19 attends The Thaden School in Bentonville, Arkansas. He races cross country mountain bikes, short track, enduro and gravel bikes. He raced in the 50-mile category at The Mid-South in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 2022 and 2023 and Unbound in Emporia, Kansas in 2023.

He competed in three days of racing in Crested Butte, Colorado, this summer. The Thaden School and Lamplighter share a connection: Both schools have buildings designed by award-winning architect Marlon Blackwell of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Eight Lamplighter Young Alumni were inducted into the Parish Episcopal School National Junior Honor Society last spring. Inductees included Aashna Jain ’20, Nikhil Joshi ’20, Dillon Kennedy ’20, Oliver Olund ’20, Neil Rao ’20, Jetson Tran ’20, Addy Washington ’20, and Karrington Chiles ’19.

2022

Noel Valeri ’22 is a sixth grader at Parish Episcopal School. She had the unique opportunity to work on a movie produced by her father during the summer after she graduated from Lamplighter. The movie, Theater Camp, was released in July 2023, and Noel can be seen throughout the film. Her dog Charlie is also featured in the movie!

IN MEMORIAM The Lamplighter School honors the following members of our community who have recently passed away.

Benjamin Adamcik May 3, 2023 Father of Lamplighter parent Stephanie Fine; grandfather of Jules Fine ’21, Ari Fine ’23, and Lisle Fine ’25 Dolores Evans June 15, 2023 Former staff member and grandmother of Cole Evans ’04 and Nash Evans ’09 William “Harrison” Hall ’11 Lamplighter alumnus; brother of Heidi Hall ’04 and Heather Hall ’09 John “Grant” Kipp ’82 August 30, 2023 Lamplighter alumnus Ronald Mankoff June 27, 2023 Alumni parent to Jeff Mankoff ’71 and Doug Mankoff ’73; grandparent of Bradley Mankoff ’06 and Michelle Mankoff ’10 Wolf Ozarow ’04 Lamplighter alumnus; brother of Taylor Ozarow ’08 Richard Rogoff June 15, 2023 Former Trustee and Board Investment Committee Chair; alumni parent of Jenny Rogoff Patchen ’83 Rosemary Haggar Vaughan May 10, 2023 Mother of alumni parent Vicki Vaughn Miller; mother-in-law of alumni parent and former Trustee Brian Miller; grandmother of Rosemary Miller ’04 and Matt Miller ’02 Barney T. Young May 2, 2023 Life Trustee; Father of Jay T. Young ’69, Sarah Young Miller ’71, and Serena Young Ritch ’74; Grandfather of Emma Thornton Young Gudis ’02

Dolores Evans 1931 - 2023

Over the summer, family and friends in the Lamplighter community celebrated the life of Dolores Evans, who passed away peacefully on June 15, 2023, at the age of 92. Dolores was a longtime member of the Lamplighter community, having been affiliated with the School for more than six decades.

As a nod to a place that meant so much to her, Dolores’ memorial service was held at The Lamplighter School.

Dolores joined The Lamplighter School as a staff member in 1967 and worked at the School until her retirement in 2001. Throughout her 34-year tenure at the School, she did any and every job that was needed. Dolores was the bookkeeper, secretary, receptionist, and eventually served as Lamplighter’s first Director of Admission, a position she held for 25 years.

In 2002, the Dolores Evans Speaker Series was established in her honor, and she regularly attended events in her namesake speaker series, sitting proudly in the front row. Dolores was honored by the Alumni Association as a recipient of the Lamplighter Spirit Award in 2022. She was also the grandparent of two Lamplighter alumni, Cole Evans ’04 and Nash Evans ’09.

Barney T. Young 1934 - 2023

On May 2, 2023, The Lamplighter School lost a beloved member of our community, Life Trustee Barney Young. Barney was a longtime supporter of education and independent schools in Dallas, and Lamplighter was incredibly fortunate to be a beneficiary of his guidance and support.

For more than five decades, Barney and his wife Sarah Taylor Young were strong supporters of The Lamplighter School. They first joined the Lamplighter community in the 1960s when their children, Jay T. Young ’68, Sarah Young Miller ’71, and Serena Young Ritch ’74, enrolled at the School. Many years later, their granddaughter, Emma Thornton Young Gudis ’02, also attended Lamplighter.

Barney became a member of the Lamplighter Board of Trustees in 1976 and served as Board Chair from 1983 - 1986. He was named as a Life Trustee in 2006. As a Trustee, Barney guided the School through several decades with his legal expertise and passion for education. He also served as Board Chair and as a Life Trustee of The Hockaday School and St. Mark’s School of Texas.

We regret any omissions from the acknowledgements. To honor a member of our community in a future LampPost magazine, please send an email to advancement@thelamplighterschool.org.

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2022-2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90, Chair Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89, Vice Chair Elizabeth Cullum Helfrich ’90, Secretary Bobby Sussman, Treasurer

2022-2023 IMPACT REPORT Dear Lamplighter Community Members, The 2022-2023 school year celebrated the joy of childhood as we renewed traditions and returned to a full calendar of events and activities that we hold dear. With our theme of Better Together, we shared moments like Hootenannies, the Halloween picnic, and a Bright Future Campaign ribbon-cutting ceremony.

There are so many people to thank this year. In addition to Trustees, Life Trustees, current and former parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, and alumni, our students get a special thank you from me this year. They found temporary play spaces and endured longer walks to some of their classes, but all I saw were smiles. They were Better Together with their friends and teachers.

Lamplighter alumni had an opportunity to grow the Alumni Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund as part of the Bright Future Campaign. As gifts came in, we celebrated families that walked these halls years before. There were 16 alumni who had not supported Lamplighter in recent years, or were completely new donors! This is an incredible statistic for a school whose alumni move on to their next school at the age of 10.

The Lamplighter Parents’ Association (LPA) hosted an incredible Auction that invited everyone to Come Together to celebrate Lamplighter. Thanks to the LPA’s hard work and support of our faculty, staff, and students throughout the year. Their ongoing commitment and dedication to Lamplighter is without measure.

Lamplighter’s Bright Future Campaign surpassed its goal of $12.5 million. This campaign launched just ahead of a global pandemic and carried on without pause, so I have no doubt that Lamplighter’s future is bright.

The names on the following pages represent so much more than financial gifts. These individuals, families, foundations, and friends have invested in The Lamplighter School in a way that ensures we will continue to be Better Together in our Bright Future.

With sincerest thanks,

Elizabeth L. Selzer Chief Advancement Officer

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2022-2023 | IMPACT REPORT

TRUSTEES Lilly Albritton, Ph.D. ’91 John Ansbach Dave Beran Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 Allison Bovard Grace Cook ’98 Mandy Dake Mark Giambrone Jenney Gillikin John Grimes, Jr. Jennifer Karol Morgan Kennedy Bob Krakow Jonathan Lamensdorf Ham Lee Eric Lombardi ’73 Doug MacMahon Jaya T. Mathew, Ph.D. Dr. Matthew D. Miller ’88 Thomas Morton Dr. Chad Park Gowri Sharma Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 Pam Wills-Ward

2022-2023 LIFE TRUSTEES

Stuart Bumpas Mary McDermott Cook David Corrigan ’68 Mike Dodge Neil Foote, Jr. Judy Gass Charles Ginsburg, M.D. Rolf R. Haberecht~ Marietta Johnson Jack Klein Carol Levy David Miller III Jennifer Mosle Barbara Nichols Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 Catherine M. Rose Barney Young~ ~

Denotes deceased

VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

2022-2023 ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE

Allison Bovard, Chair Lily Albritton, Ph.D. ’91 Grace Cook ’98 Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 Robert Epstein Stephanie Fine Darryl Freling Melanie Jabbour Eric Lombardi ’73 Jaya Mathew, Ph.D. Joe Unis ’96

2022-2023 ALUMNI COUNCIL

Joe Unis ’96, President Stuart Blaylock ’98 Jason Carter ’95 Jacqueline Giroir Christman ’99 Grace Cook ’98 Joe Firth ’03 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Jane Rozelle Humphrey ’95 Liz Lintel ’97 Antoinette Day Matthews ’99 Steven Mickey ’00 Kathryn Nelson ’93 Travis Phelan ’91 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 Chandler Tucker ’05 Jen Wallace ’94 Braden Wayne ’95

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Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein, Co-Chairs Lori Bennett Allison & Chris Bovard Lauren Brown & Sherman “Quint” Brown V Sue Chu Julie & Claude Connelly Lynn Doan Melisa Dorrill Candice Ferris April & Grayson Jenkins Ashley Geller Greene ’84 Jennifer & Ryan Griffin Kim Henley Treasure & Andy Hickman Abby Hoak-Morton Elisabeth Karpidas Karen & Randall McCleskey Amy Mitts Lizzy & Brad Parsons Janel Perez Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Laura & Lloyd Pierson Janelle Pinnell Emily Polito Kate & Jonathan Powell Karen Reid Lea & Matt Sherstad Cinco & Chris Sorrow Kate Thomas Emily Wisniewski Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78

2022-2023 LAMPLIGHTER PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION BOARD Stephanie Fine Cheryl Adams Lilly Albritton, Ph.D. ’91 Tiffany Armstrong Robin Berkley Nicole Berry Raj Bhanot Jenny Birnbrey Lauren Brown Christina Casey Carson Castellaw Staci Cohen Devon Conrad Itzel Crow Amber Crowder Erica Denton Susie Edwards Elayna Erick Candice Ferris Jessica Fresch Vanessa Fuquay Gina Gendron Nicole Glass Mayela Gonzalez Alex Hanson Sarah Hasenauer Jenna Haverhals Abby Hoak-Morton Courtney Hodges Brooke Hopkins Melanie Jabbour April Jenkins Barrell Jones

Jean Larsen Kirsten LeMaster Emily Levi Tamesha Logan Laura McCullough Lizzy Parsons Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Camner Rubin Ashley Ruggeri Dana Rumbauskas Nina Sachse Amanda Shufeldt Byron Spears Stacie Spears Alec Stephanopoulos Caitlin Stinnett Saurabh Tandon Linda Tarlecki Mallory Tonick Mary Catherine Unis Lauren Van Wagenen Angelique Waddell Jen Wallace ’94 Rachel Walsh Jen Goolsby Walters ’91 Taylor Wiesner Meredith Wrighton

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$50,000 and above

Anonymous Lindsay & George Billingsley Jordan & Marty Brainerd Lauren & Sherman “Quint” Brown V Marissa McGarrah Coleman & Brandon Coleman III Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & David Greene Hillcrest Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Katie Reese & Collins Illich April & Grayson Jenkins Barrell & Jacob Jones Morgan & Scott Kennedy Quyen & Joshua Lemmon Katie & Kyle Oudt Rita Ne & Chad Park Janelle & Alden Pinnell The Ruggeri Family Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’96 Carol & Tony Ruggeri Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’93 Lea & Matt Sherstad Amanda & Charlie Shufeldt Cinco & Chris Sorrow Pat & Dan Wright Carmen & Andy Yung

$25,000 and above $1,000,000 and above

Monica & Joe Eastin Lamplighter Parents’ Association Eugene McDermott Foundation

Grace Cook ’98 & Mary McDermott Cook

MARK Foundation

Martha Rochelle, Rebecca Rochelle ’00 Katherine Rochelle Wyker ’98 & Austin Wyker

Bright Future donors reflecting cumulative giving receipts from donors for the period of June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, and includes all gifts and pledges.

$500,000 and above Julie & Claude Connelly Hirsch Family Foundation

Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch

Wendy & Bill Payne

$250,000 and above Anonymous Jenney & David Gillikin Melanie & Eugene Jabbour Whitney & Ryan Turner Heather & Joseph P. Urso Angelique & Ray Waddell 44

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$100,000 and above

Julie & Sulman Ahmed Kate Thomas & Roy Aneed Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Allison & Chris Bovard Itzel & Nathan Crow The Enrico Foundation Gina & Bob Gendron Lyndsey & Scott Harper Hoblitzelle Foundation Treasure & Andy Hickman Angela & Hesam Hosseini Kasey & Todd Lemkin Catherine & Doug MacMahon Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96

Lindsey & Dave Beran Dawn Blankenship Stephanie & Dan Fine Emily Eisenhauer Freling & Darryl Freling Mark Giambrone Jennifer & Tom Karol Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Lisa & Peter Kraus Ellie & Sam Lam Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf Carol & John Levy Nancy & Jim Skochdopole Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Bobby Sussman Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.

BRIGHT FUTURE CAMPAIGN DONORS

$10,000 and above

Anonymous Lilly Albritton ’91 & Chuck Briant III Cindy & John Ansbach Jenny & Jon Birnbrey Charlie & Jory Caulkins Sue Chu Erica & Eric Denton ’94 Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein Susan Hartman & David Guedry Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich Joan & Zachary Hill Lucy & Thomas Morton Jennifer & Jon Mosle Barbara & A.G. Nichols, Clay Nichols ’77, & Courtney Nichols Gould ’80 The Prado Family Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Gowri & Alex Sharma Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos Sarah & John Weinberg Ann & Josh Wool

$5,000 and above

Anonymous Dia & Kelvin Baggett Devon & David Conrad Kate Gillikin ’14, Sally Gillikin ’22, & Alexander Gillikin ’17 Linda & Phil Hodgson Toni Muñoz-Hunt & Dan Hunt Erica & Trey Kuppin Traci & Ham Lee

$2,500 and above

Anonymous Tiffany & Craig Armstrong Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 Olivia & Joseph Eklund and Anita & Brad Jones Christina Arce & Edward Kerr Kelley & Scott Parel Elizabeth & John H. Selzer ’82 Maria Riaz & Alexander Stephanopoulos

$1,000 and above

Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt Cindy & Bob Connolly Julia & Stanhope Denegre Judy & Bob Gass Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Troop 1108 Michelle & John Grimes Jenna & Bryan Haverhals Christine Ho & Anil Koganti Natalie & George Lee, Jr. Susan Palmer Debra Levy Rothschild ’74 & Barry Rothschild Mimi & Ben Slater IV Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Cynthia Trochu Beth Balisteri Unis ’68 & Joe Unis, Sr. Becky & Brandon Walker Trea & Richard Yip

Up to $999

Walter Adams Diane Alder & Victoria J. Alder ’09 Sydney & Bobby Allen Julia Hyland Ambler ’71 & Price Ambler Leslie & David Benners Shannon Blakey ’00 & Grant Gardner Ana Bohanan Anne Brasch ’02 Dannye L. Butler Ashley Carter ’93 Christina & Chris Casey Christian Charnaux ’87 John Christensen ’97 Jackie Giroir Christman ’90 & Erik Christman Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Candace & Julian Cofer Pam & Andy Chung Michaela Creel ’14 Nancy & Greg Crook ’79 Kim Dill Lindsay Dolan ’00 Brenda & Donald Dorward Andrea & Fred Fallick Landy & Alex Fox Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Rachel & Jonathan Gross ’69

Haley Haymes Guerin ’96 Angela & Stan Guillory Erin Hendricks & Taly Haffar ’87 Alex & Ford Halbardier Christine & Beau Heskes Ellen & Mike Hornstein Kathryn Kallison ’86 Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein Finley Harbaugh Konrade ’93 & Eric Konrade Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Allyson Langston ’07 & Lindsay Langston ’03 Whitney & Chequan Lewis Liz Lintel ’97 Debra & Eric Lombardi ’73 Abby & George Lombardi ’68 Audrey Magnuson ’10 Laura & Clark McLaughlin Mary Ann May Swathi Meyyappan ’19 Patricia & Andrew Michael ’68 Allison & Steven Mickey ’00 Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Kate Skochdopole Minnich ’02 & Tyler Minnich Jennifer Kitner Mintz ’89 & Mark Mintz Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 Stephanie Nawaz Libby Baker Owens ’01 Tish & Horst Paul Katie Payne ’06 Whit Payne ’09 Lynn Pausic & Alan Pita ’82

Katherine Pollock ’10 Matthew Pollock ’11 Kate & Jonathan Powell Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Kalli Ratan ’14 Sterling Ratan ’16 Mason Reiter ’04 Merrill Reiter ’01 Kate & Ivan Rovner Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Paige & George Russey Alexander Shadle ’16 Christian Shadle ’13 Isabella Shadle ’11 Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Jana & Steven Shafer Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 & Brian Somerford Kathy & Pericles Stavropoulos Patricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker Jaya Mathew & Amit Thomas Jean-Louis Trochu Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri Jan Pearson Vassallo & Eddie Vassallo Alexandra Villareal ’06 Nicholas Villareal ’10 Leslie & Travis Wallace ’76 Janice & Gary Walsh Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Jessica Westberry ’05 Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78 Stella Wrubel ’16 Alissa Fagadau Zachary ’93 & Jordan Zachary

ENDOWMENT DONORS

Alumni Faculty Salary Endowed Fund Diane Alder & Victoria Alder ’09 Julia Hyland Ambler ’71 & Price Ambler Anonymous Shannon Blakey ’00 & Grant Gardner Anne Brasch ’02 Ashley Carter ’93 Christian Charnaux ’87 John Christensen ’97 Jackie Giroir Christman ’90 & Erik Christman Christman Family Charitable Fund

Michaela Creel ’14

Michaela Paige Creel Trust

Nancy & Greg Crook ’79 Lindsay Dolan ’00 Rachel & Jon Gross ’69 Haley Guerin ’96 Erin Hendricks & Taly Haffar ’87 Kathryn Kallison ’86 Cynthia Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein Finley Harbaugh Konrade ’93 & Eric Konrade Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Allyson Langston ’07 & Lindsay Langston ’03 Liz Lintel ’97 Abby & George Lombardi ’68 Audrey Magnuson ’10 Patricia & Andrew Michael ’68 Allison & Steven Mickey ’00

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Kate Skochdopole Minnich ’02 & Tyler Minnich Jen Kitner Mintz ’89 & Mark Mintz Margaret & Jed Morse ’92 Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Libby Baker Owens ’01 Katie Payne ’06 Whit Payne ’09 Lynn Pausic & Alan Pita ’82 Katherine Pollock ’10 Matthew Pollock ’11 Kalli Ratan ’14 Sterling Ratan ’16 Mason Reiter ’04 Merrill Reiter ’01 Ivan Rovner Debbi Levy Rothschild ’74 & Barry Rothschild Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Alexander Shadle ’16 Christian Shadle ’13 Isabella Shadle ’11 Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 & Brian Somerford Alexandra Villareal ’06 Nicholas Villareal ’10 Beth Balisteri Unis ’68 & Joe Unis, Sr. Leslie & Travis Wallace ’76 Jessica Westberry ’05 Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78 Stella Wrubel ’16

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Young Alumni Car Wash Sponsors Benefitting the Alumni Faculty Salary Endowed Fund The Balestri Family Eiseman Jewels, Northpark Center Laura Christensen Godkin ’86 & Brad Godkin Michael ’75, Sophia ’12, & Jake Hurst ’11 Locke Lord LLP The Meyer Family Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Shadle Family Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Megan Salzberger Stern ’85 Bobby Sussman Noel Valeri ’22 Vaughn Vennerberg II Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78 Steve Wrubel Bovard Family Endowed Fund Allison & Chris Bovard The Bovard Family Trust

Lamplighter Financial Aid Endowed Fund Lupe & Jose Prado, Jr. Prado Family Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation

Lamplighter General Endowed Fund Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt The Clarence B. Brown III Memorial Scholarship Fund Michelle Gielan & Shawn Achor Lane Britain Carol & Don Glendenning Meg & Dave Graves Grady Gruber Michael Hurst ’75 Adrienne & Brent Jackson ’84 Mary & Steve Nix Natalie Posgate Stewart Law Group PLLC Ray Thomas The Kate ’04 and Michael ’08 Mosle General Endowed Fund Jennifer & Jon Mosle Klyde Warren ’13 General Endowed Fund Amy & Kelcy Warren

CUMULATIVE GIVING The following is a comprehensive list reflecting cumulative giving receipts from donors for the period of June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, and includes all gifts and pledges to annual, restricted, and endowment funds.

$1,000,000 and above Grace Cook ’98

Eugene McDermott Foundation

Mary McDermott Cook

Eugene McDermott Foundation

Lamplighter Parents’ Association Katherine Rochelle Wyker ’98 & Austin Wyker, Martha Rochelle, & Rebecca Rochelle ’00 MARK Foundation

$100,000 and above

Mark Giambrone Lisa & Peter Kraus

Lisa & Peter Kraus Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Carol & John Levy Ellie & Sam Lam Catherine & Doug MacMahon The MacMahon Family Trust

Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Nancy & Jim Skochdopole Skochdopole Family Fund at The Dallas Foundation The ISN Charitable Giving Fund

Anonymous Kate Thomas & Roy Aneed Monica & Joe Eastin

Whitney & Ryan Turner

Jenney & David Gillikin Melanie & Eugene Jabbour Treasure & Andy Hickman Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch

Lilly Albritton ’91 & Chuck Briant III Anonymous Lindsey & Dave Beran Lindsay & George Billingsley Jenny & Jon Birnbrey Lauren & Sherman “Quint” Brown V Melanie & Tim Byrne

The ISN Charitable Giving Fund

The Hirsch Family Foundation

Hoblitzelle Foundation Angela & Hesam Hosseini Wendy & Bill Payne Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Heather and Joe Urso

$50,000 – $99,999 Julie & Sulman Ahmed

Sulman and Julie Ahmed Family Fund

Leslie & David Benners Allison & Chris Bovard The Bovard Family Trust

Alice & Michael Brown Marissa McGarrah Coleman & Brandon Coleman III Hillcrest Foundation Katie Reese & Collins Illich Kasey & Todd Lemkin Quyen & Joshua Lemmon Katie & Kyle Oudt The Ruggeri Family Ashley & Tony Ruggeri Carol & Tony Ruggeri Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Lea & Matt Sherstad Cinco & Chris Sorrow Angelique & Ray Waddell Pat & Dan Wright Merrill Lynch

$25,000 – $49,999

Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Bender Family Giving Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Jordan & Marty Brainerd

Byrne Family Fund at Fidelity Brokerage

Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein

$10,000 – $24,999

Byrne Family Fund at Fidelity Brokerage

Sue Chu Amanda & Charlie Shufeldt

Mandy and Bill Dillard Charitable Foundation

Catie & Aaron Enrico The Enrico Foundation

Rosemary Enrico

The Enrico Foundation

Emily Eisenhauer Freling & Darryl Freling Gina & Bob Gendron Carol & Don Glendenning

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & David Greene Simeon Squared Foundation at JP Morgan Securities

Susie Hartman & David Guedry Lyndsey & Scott Harper Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry Prashi Shah & Suraj Jagannathan April & Grayson Jenkins Barrell & Jacob Jones Jennifer & Tom Karol Morgan & Scott Kennedy Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Jennifer & Jon Mosle III Bukky Olapade & John Olajide Rita Ne & Chad Park Lupe & Jose Prado Prado Family Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation

Lisa Wang & Jichao Qian

Qian Family Fund at Schwab Charitable

JJ & Edward Rhyne Ann & Josh Wool Carmen & Andy Yung

Andrew and Carmen Yung at Fidelity Charitable

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$5,000 – $9,999

Cindy & John Ansbach Kathy Quinn & Serge Barron

Fortress Investment Group, FIG LLC

Susie & Scott Bender Nicole & David Berry Tina Mahal & Raj Bhanot PepsiCo Foundation

Lane Britain Charlie & Jory Caulkins V Vangaurd Charitable

Sheetal & Shakti C’Ganti Devon & David Conrad Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney Itzel & Nathan Crow Emily Polito & Ryan Davies

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Stephanie & Dan Fine Alexander Gillikin ’17 Kate Gillikin ’14 Sally Gillikin ’22 Leslie Gunawan Sarah & Jeff Harkinson Sarah & Desmond Henry III Joan & Zachary Hill Abby Hoak-Morton & Cody Morton The Hoak Foundation

Sylvia Cespedes & Hernan Saenz III

Hannah & Clay Calhoon

Gowri & Alex Sharma Angela & Buck Showalter Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Leah & Reza Sultan The Tandon Family Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.

Tamara & David Campbell Christina & Chris Casey Tiffany & Lee Chen Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 Amber & Michael Cohen Cathy and Mark Cohen

Saenz Family Foundation

$1,000 – $4,999

Cheryl & Chris Adams

Goldman Sachs & Company

Walter Adams

The Walter Adams Family Fund

Elizabeth & Olu Adeoye Albertsons Safeway - Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program Kim & Antonio Allen Anonymous Carolyn & Barret Armbruster Tiffany & Craig Armstrong Tiffany and Craig Armstrong Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Abilene

Dia & Kelvin Baggett

The Baggett Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Toni Muñoz-Hunt & Dan Hunt Shabeena Meghani & Asif Jadhavji Kathleen & Kirk Kaminsky

Heather & Ray Balestri Carol & Larry Barbour

Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf

Carrie E. Bass Charitable Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas

Ayco Charitable Foundation Fidelity Charitable

Locke Lord LLP Diana & Todd Maclin

Diana and Todd Maclin Family Donor Advised Fund at the National Philantropic Trust

Laura & Lloyd Pierson Janelle & Alden Pinnell The Pinnell Foundation

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Barbour Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Carrie Bass

Diana & Dave Beran Lauren & Joey Bertrand Lauryn & Jason Bloom Ashley Bocanegra & Mark Borromeo Val Reyes-Braun & Carlisle Braun Jenny & Pete Bulban

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Texas Instruments Foundation

Staci & Glenn Cohen Julie & Claude Connelly Cindy & Bob Connolly Betsy & Bennett Cullum Jeff Davis Julia & Stan Denegre Erica & Eric Denton ’94

Erica and Eric Denton Family Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas

Khyati & Neil Desai Katie & Dean Dillard Chaitanya Tatineni & Abhilash Donepudi Katherine & Spencer Dornin Melissa & David Dow Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. R.D. Eiseman, Inc.

Olivia & Joseph Eklund Vision Veritas PLLC

Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61

Evey and Chip Fagadau Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Lauren & Scott Feiler Candice & Matt Ferris ’89 Julie Ray Fields ’75 & David Fields ’71 M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation

Jane & Neil Foote, Jr. Judy & Bob Gass Jenny & Bob Gates Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Troop 1108 Nicole & Justin Glass

Andrea & Rebby Gregg, Jr. Jennifer & Ryan Griffin Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Helena & Ed Hager III Alex & Johnny Hanson Marilyn Harris Jenna & Bryan Haverhals Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich

Helfrich Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Kim & Hudson Henley Nancy & Jim Hoak The Hoak Foundation

Helen Hobbs Pfizer

Brooke & Ken Hopkins Mike Huddleston Cathey & Don Humphreys Michael Hurst ’75 Shayan & Ali Ismail Adrienne & Brent Jackson ’84 Fran & Don Jackson Sarah & William James Rae Liu & Kurt Johnson Anita & Brad Jones Vision Veritas PLLC

Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi Elisabeth Karpidas Cristina Arce & Edward Kerr Edna and Tom Kim KKR

Christine Ho & Anil Koganti Erica & Trey Kuppin Maria & Joe LaBate June & Jason Landry Jean & Jason Larsen Laura & Clark McLaughlin Madison & Caleb Lavey Lavey LLC

Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury Liza & Will Lee

CUMULATIVE GIVING Natalie & George Lee, Jr. Traci & Ham Lee Janice & Hunter Lee

Bobbie & Andy Villareal Lauren & David Van Wagenen Becky & Brandon Walker

Bronwyn & Dan Levitan Kirsten & Charley LeMaster Howard Meyers Allison & Steven Mickey ’00 Frank Mihalopoulos Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Patty & David Miller III Stephanie & Gunjan Modi Lucy & Thomas Morton

Harianne & David Wallenstein Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Peach & Beck Weathers

Vizient

Morton Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Jacqueline Siegel Nelson ’94 & Casey Nelson Mary & Steve Nix Susie Siller & Nick Olenec Susan Palmer Kelley & Scott Parel Divya & Keyur Patel BlackRock

Shivna Vasavada & Nimesh Patel Katherine & Bob Penn Quiana & James Pinckney II Jan & Eddie Polk Lauren Harrison & Kevin Potere Kate & Jonathan Powell Apple

Karen & Keller Reid Brooke & Rod Roberson Debbi Levy Rothschild ’74 & Barry Rothschild Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Cristina Salas Elizabeth & John Selzer ’82 Terri & Larry Sengbush Suma & Ravi Singh Katy & Randy Skattum Trane Technologies

Mimi & Ben Slater IV Ryan & Kelvin Smith Alex & Clayton Snodgrass Rich Soper Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Maria Riaz & Alec Stephanopoulos Nicole & Trent Stephenson Stewart Law Group PLLC Bobby Sussman Shelly Wang & Johan Thio Jaya Mathew & Amit Thomas Mallory & Justin Tonick ’90 Cynthia Trochu Jean-Louis Trochu Nini Nguyen & Loc Truong Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos Beth Balisteri Unis ’68 & Joe Unis, Sr. Shawna & Parsia Vagefi

Bank of America

Weathers Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Missy & Jeff Wehnes Sarah & Russell Weinberg Laura & Ben Weinstein

Weinstein Family Philanthropic Fund at the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

Ann & Jim White III Jaclyn & Blake Willbrand Emily & Scott Wisniewski Tricia & Michael Wortley The Blackbaud Giving Fund

Cass & Austen Wright Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78 Quynh and Ben Yip Trea & Richard Yip Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus Texas Instruments Foundation

$1 – $999

Tiffany & Bobby Abtahi Michelle Gielan & Shawn Achor Hongvien & Daniel Adashek LaDeitra Adkins Diane Alder and Victoria Alder ’09 Sydney & Bobby Allen Tate Alvarez Julie Hyland Ambler ’71 & Price Ambler Jennifer & Jimmy Andrews Textron Charitable Trust

Nicole Bates & Trey Angel Anonymous (2) Dianne Armstrong Connie & Nick Babikian

Hunt Cares Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas

Mike Bailey Hari Priya Shanmugamz & Suresh Balasubramanian Lauren & Luke Bateman Carrie & Josh Bays Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 & Bruce Beddow Lori & Bob Bennett Maxwell Bennett ’21 Robin & Brad Berkley Sarah Barr Berry Aysegul Toptal Bilhan & Erkan Bilhan Texas Instruments Foundation

Natalie & Travis Bittner Bincy & Brock Bizzell Dawn Blankenship

Elaine & Bill Blaylock

William and Elaine Blaylock Fund at the Texas Instruments Foundation

Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Naomi Bloom Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt Ana Bohanan Jennifer & Christiaan Bovard Beth & Adam Boyd Tracy & Kevin Brand ’76 Renee Skinner & Trey Branham III Caroline Brasch ’02 Deb Breihan Aneta Kucharska & Spencer Bromberg Mia & Tyler Brous Amanda & Aaron Brown Beth & Michael Brown Anna & Tim Buehn Diane & Stuart Bumpas Lizzie & Joe Bumpas ’97 Sarah & Zack Burdick Ana Fratila & Val Burlacu Elise & Whitman Burns Marconi

Julie & Duston Burns Courtney & Adam Burton Bill Burton Reegan & Brian Busby Dannye L. Butler Michelle & Lance Buxkemper Carolina Cadena Sandra & Luigi Carleo Lindsay & Josh Carson Ashley Carter ’93 Ana Casanova Carson & Kyle Castellaw Linda Cauley Sue & Pundari C’Ganti Jennie & Job Chan Christian Charnaux ’87 Asma Lat & Asif Chaudhry Michelle Chein Joy & Boon Chew Jennifer Nguyen Chew & Ivan Chew Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow John Christensen ’97 Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 & Erik Christman Christman Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Pam & Andy Chung Liana Kuperman & Carlton Clarke II Donna & Geoff Clement Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Candace & Julian Cofer Ann Cohen Finn Collins ’14

Megahn & Seth Collins AT&T

Melissa & William Collins Sophie & Bruce Collins Adrian & James Cope Crystal & Taylor Cornwall Susan Cornwell Sharon & Dale Courtney Rachael & Will Craven Michaela Creel ’14 Michaela Paige Creel Trust

Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 & Greg Crook Kitty & Tom Cross Steve Crowder Laura & Brown McCullough Liz Curlin & Danielle Dupuis Brandy & Henry Dalton Katie & Stanhope Denegre Erin & Will Dobbs Lindsay Dolan ’00 Mary Dolan Susan Regan Donnenfield Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Brenda & Don Dorward Hannah Dorward ’08 Bethany Dow Robert Dow Brooke & Andrew Dowdy, Jr. Kimberly Doyle Lissa & Jon Dunlay Sam & Tim Durst Alexandra & Coleman Easley Kaitlin & Zach Ebner Ricki & Randy Ebner Susie & George Edwards III Masae & Will Ellis Lisa & Gary Epstein Elayna & Casey Erick Andrea & Fred Fallick Lauren Ornelas & Jesse Fallick Julie & Matt Feldman Marilyn & Ken Ferris Caroline & Tim Finnegan Aliya & Chris Flowers Landy & Alex Fox Jessica Toumani & Dale Fresch Vanessa & Jay Fuquay IV Shannon Blakey ’00 & Grant Gardner Caroline Olson & Matt Gentry Lara Johnson & David Gerber LeeLee Gioia Jill & Brett Giroir Brittany & Mike Glendenning Brittany & Thomas Glendenning Laura Christensen Godkin ’86 & Brad Godkin Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III

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CUMULATIVE GIVING Alex & Tally Goldfarb Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Claire Gordon SketchDeck

Pagett & Mike Gosslee Ashleigh & Charlie Goyer Jill & Perry Gragg Latasha Gray-Grant Meg & Dave Graves Don & Tershea Green Monica Green Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Kim & Steve Gromatzky Leah & Jon Gross ’69 Grady Gruber Haley Haymes Guerin ’96 & Jared Guerin Angela & Stan Guillory Olga Bograd & Kyle Gummelt Priya Rahela & Vikesh Gumpalli Nani & Anthony Gunawan Rachel & Jose Gutierrez, Jr. Erin Hendricks & Taly Haffar ’87 Jayne Coleman & Jim Hakert Alex & Ford Halbardier Tess & Peter Hales Hong & Jim Hales Alexandra Schnee & Bob Hanson Tania & Kevin Hardage Richard Kevin Hardage Family Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas

Kendra & John Hardin Jasmine & John Harris Melissa & Dalen Harrison Sabrina & Field Harrison Sarah & Mike Hasenauer Val & Rob Haverhals Dylan Hefner Jennifer Heiss Bill Hennessey Evangeline & Rob Heppenstall IV Debbie & Jonathan Herskovitz Christine & Beau Heskes Heskes Family Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas

Taylor & Chase Hill Courtney & Clay Hodges Moss Adams

Regen Horchow ’72

Horchow Family Charitable Trust at The Dallas Foundation

Ellen & Mike Hornstein Beth Huddleston & Brad Hubbard Kary & Duke Ionescu Ann & Charles Irwin Sahar Hassanein & Amir Izaddoust Melody Ayeli & Keith Jafari Catherine Safaya-James & Niklas James Linda Jenkins Gayle Johansen 50

Carolyn & Victor Johnson Nathan Johnson Marietta Johnson Meaghan & Tony Johnston, Jr. Ann Frances & Cliff Jury

Jury Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Carol Justice Kathryn Kallison ’86 Megan & Ricky Kalra Dyba Syed & Irfaan Kalyani Alisha & Alex Kanji Veena Attivilli & Raghuveer Khandelwal Stephanie & Scott Kirkham Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 & Benjamin Klein Cyndi & Dan Knudsen Karen & Bob Knudson

Charities Aid Foundation of America

Grace Knudson ’13 Mindy Kobrin Sharadha Sankararaman & Sudheer Kodem Finley Harbaugh Konrade ’93 & Eric Konrade Shari & Andy Krage Pam & Ken O’Krent Tricia & Jim Krohn Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Nancy & Paul Labadie Whitney & Greg Lachar Nickie Lane Ally Langston ’07 Lindsay Langston ’03 Laura Lavender Lauren & Ty Lee Yoojoo Lim & John Lee Latisha & Andrew Leverette Emily & Ben Levy Coleta & Joe Lewis Cyndi & Jerry Lewis III Whitney & Chequan Lewis Liz Lintel ’97 Brittany & Neal Lober Bonnie & Reginald Logan, Sr. Tamesha & Damon Logan Abby & George Lombardi ’68 Debra & Eric Lombardi ’73 Caroline & Mario Lopez Ameriprise

Lillie Lopez ’19 Elizabeth & Matt Lucas Lori Johnson Luna Audrey Magnuson ’10 Jill & Brent Magnuson Amy & Peter Malin Barbara & David Marshall Jezabel Guadalupe & Jose Luis Mata

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Melissa & Neil Mauskar Mary Ann May Andrew McCleskey Karen & Randall McCleskey Kristen & Brian McCool Katherine McMaster Caitlyn & Mike McNair Pam & Carter Meyer Shari Meyers Swathi Meyyappan ’19 Catherine Michel Patricia & Andrew Michael ’68 Rajesh Michael Emily & Adam Miller Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 Kate Minnich ’02 Jen Kitner Mintz ’89 & Mark Mintz Roshni & Amit Mirchandani Joni & Scott Palmer ’93 Lizzy & Brad Parsons Piyusha & Parimal Patel Shilpa & Satin Patel Dan Patterson Tish & Horst Paul Katie Payne ’06 Whit Payne ’09 Jeff Peck III Jake Peden Emily Ryder Perlmeter & Cody Perlmeter Mary Perry Lakeshia & Chris Peters Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Tully & Dan Phillips Rachel Alaniz & Matthew Pilnik Ken Lee & Ethan Pinney Lynn & Alan Pita ’82 Bryson Pogue Katherine Pollock ’10 Matthew Pollock ’11 Natalie Posgate Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Jordan Qualls Nafisa & Asif Rahman Bala & Raj Ramanan Vicki Raney Jen & Ravi Ratan Kalli Ratan ’14 Sterling Ratan ’16 Kristin & Ricky Rees Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 & Tim Reidy Mason Reiter ’04 Merrill Reiter ’01 Anna & Jared Reyes Becky Reyna Christina & Tony Riccio Kathy Ritz Katherine Roberts

Rachel & Alex Robertson Allie & Andrew Robinson Tiffany Hamil & Dennis Rogers Damariz Rojo Sharon Ross Kate & Ivan Rovner Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Kelly & Camner Rubin Dana Rumbauskas McKinstry Charitable Foundation

Paige & Bob Russey

Lair Ranch Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Maria & Bryan Rutledge Nina & Decker Sachse Tazim & Shehzad Salehani Christina & Chase Sanders Becky & Bobby Schneider Brinkley & Paul Schneider Rachel & Josh Schumann Chloe Ni & Steve Scott Liz Seabury

Seabury Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Cristin Seaman Maureen Searles April & David Seeds Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib Alexander Shadle ’16 Christian Shadle ’13 Isabella Shadle ’11 Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Jana & Steve Shafer Bisan Halum & Mike Shalabi Victoria & Greg Shinn Texas Instruments Foundation

Cheryl & Greg Shulman Joyce Chan & Andrew Simon Mary & Ken Simon

Simon Family Foundation at Fidelity Charitable

Bridget & Steve Sisson Helen Skalniak Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Denean Smith Gunny & Kirat Sodhi Mayela Gonzalez & Max Osores Soler Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 & Brian Somerford Lexi & Ben Sonnier Amy & Steve Sowell Stacie & Byron Spears Polly & George Spencer, Jr. Ynetta & Dwayne Spencer Shelby & Cliff Stanley Kathy & Pericles Stavropoulos Rachel Stefano Megan Salzberg Stern ’85 Margy Stewart Tricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker

CUMULATIVE GIVING Kimberly & Andy Stone Laurel & Lang Stone ’94 Jody Stout Etta Stratton Ginny & John Summers Janie & Tom Summers Sarah & Mike Sutton Kirby & Freddy Sykes, Jr. Kathryn & John Szwejkowski Yun Tansil Reagan Tate Carol & Austin Taylor Margaret & Aaron Terwey Ray Thomas Ali Tolin Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte Jay Valentine Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri Noel Valeri ’22 Cassie Vaquera Sonia & Dante Vargas Jan & Eddie Vassallo Vaughn Vennerberg II Alexa Villareal ’06 Nicholas Villareal ’10 Ana & Amin Visram Kathryn Nelson ’93 & Alan Vojtech Jorie & Brian Wages Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 Travis Wallace III ’76 Janice & Gary Walsh Natasha Pedro Walsh Rachel & Steve Walsh Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 & Kyle Walters Jane Wang Rhea Zhang & Yang Wang Tiffany & Mitchell Ward Lisa & Stephen Wardlaw Noreen Mehdi Weathers ’89 & Beck Weathers II Fran & Jack Weinstein Lyndsey & Jonathan Welch Amy Welling Amy & Greg Weselka Jessica Westberry ’05 Kelsey and John Wetzel ’03 Leslie Whitfield Wholesome Food Services, LLC Jill Wiedman Debbie & David Wiggans Paul Wignall Allison & Mark Williams KeAnne Williams Monet Williams Michelle & David Wilner Megan & Trey Wilson III Peggy & Rory Wisner

Christie Whitten & Brandt Wood Carina & Henry Woodruff Carina and Henry Woodruff HCSH Family Foundation

Kim Wool Debby & Paul Wreford Carrie Wright Stella Wrubel ’16 Steve Wrubel Anne Yarbrough ’81 Alissa Fagadau Zachary ’93 & Jordan Zachary Lina Zhu & Wei Zhao Erin & Joe Zopolsky ’84

Goldman Sachs & Company

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ANNUAL GIVING DONORS BY RECOGNITION LEVEL The following is a comprehensive list reflecting giving receipts from donors for the period of June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, and includes all gifts to the Lamplighter Fund.

Luminary Beacon $25,000 and above

Kate Thomas & Roy Aneed Alice & Michael Brown Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein

Luminary Illuminator $15,000 - $24,999 Julie & Sulman Ahmed J.J. & Edward Rhyne

Luminary Torchbearer $8,000 - $14,999

Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch Melanie & Eugene Jabbour Prashi Shah & Suraj Jagannathan Quyen & Joshua Lemmon Bukky Olapade & John Olajide

Luminary Candle Lighter $5,000 - $7,999 Anonymous Kathy Quinn & Serge Barron

Fortress Investment Group, FIG LLC

Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Bender Family Giving Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Susie & Scott Bender Lindsey & Dave Beran Tina Mahal & Raj Bhanot PepsiCo Foundation

Allison & Chris Bovard Lauren & Sherman “Quint” Brown V Charlie & Jory Caulkins V Vanguard Charitable

Sheetal & Shakti C’Ganti Sue Chu Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney Itzel & Nathan Crow Emily Polito & Ryan Davies

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Emily Eisenhauer Freling & Darryl Freling Leslie Gunawan Sarah & Jeff Harkinson Sarah & Desmond Henry III Shabeena Meghani & Asif Jadhavji April & Grayson Jenkins Kathleen & Kirk Kaminsky Ayco Charitable Foundation

Kasey & Todd Lemkin Diana & Todd Maclin

Diana and Todd Maclin Family Donor Advised Fund at the National Philanthropic Trust

Catherine & Doug MacMahon The MacMahon Family Trust

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Abby Hoak-Morton & Cody Morton Jenney & David Gillikin The Hoak Foundation Ashley Geller Greene ’84 & Laura & Lloyd Pierson David Greene Janelle & Alden Pinnell Simeon Squared Foundation at The Pinnell Foundation

Lisa Wang & Jichao Qian

Qian Family Fund At Schwab Charitable

Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Lea & Matt Sherstad Angela & Buck Showalter Leah & Reza Sultan The Tandon Family Heather and Joe Urso Angelique & Ray Waddell Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr. Carmen & Andy Yung Andrew and Carmen Yung at Fidelity Charitable

Luminary Member $1,750 - $4,999 Cheryl & Chris Adams

Goldman Sachs & Company

Elizabeth & Olu Adeoye Kim & Antonio Allen Cindy & John Ansbach Carolyn & Barret Armbruster Heather & Ray Balestri Carrie Bass Carrie E. Bass Charitable Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas

Nicole & David Berry Lauren & Joey Bertrand Jenny & Jon Birnbrey Lauryn & Jason Bloom Ashley Bocanegra & Mark Borromeo Val Reyes-Braun & Carlisle Braun Lilly Albritton ’91 & Chuck Briant III Jenny & Pete Bulban The Bulban Family Fund at Schwab Charitable

Tamara & David Campbell Christina & Chris Casey Tiffany & Lee Chen Staci & Glenn Cohen Julie & Claude Connelly Devon & David Conrad Grace Cook ’98 Khyati & Neil Desai Katie & Dean Dillard

Dillard Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Chaitanya Tatineni & Abhilash Donepudi Katherine & Spencer Dornin Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Evey and Chip Fagadau Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Candice & Matt Ferris ’89 Julie Ray Fields ’75 & David Fields ’71 M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation

Stephanie & Dan Fine Mark Giambrone

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Andrea & Rebby Gregg, Jr. Jennifer & Ryan Griffin Susie Hartman & David Guedry Alex & Johnny Hanson Marilyn Harris Jenna & Bryan Haverhals Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich

Karen & Keller Reid Brooke & Rod Roberson Sylvia Cespedes & Hernan Saenz III Saenz Family Foundation

Gowri & Alex Sharma Katy & Randy Skattum Trane Technologies

Sarah P. James Donor Advised Fund at Raymond James

Mimi & Ben Slater IV Ryan & Kelvin Smith Alex & Clayton Snodgrass Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Rich Soper Cinco & Chris Sorrow Maria Riaz & Alec Stephanopoulos Bobby Sussman Jaya Mathew & Amit Thomas Mallory & Justin Tonick ’90 Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Shawna & Parsia Vagefi Pam Wills Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Peach & Beck Weathers

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Missy & Jeff Wehnes Jaclyn & Blake Willbrand Tricia & Michael Wortley

Helfrich Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Treasure & Andy Hickman Joan & Zachary Hill Brooke & Ken Hopkins Angela & Hesam Hosseini Katie Reese & Collins Illich Shayan & Ali Ismail Sarah & William James Barrell & Jacob Jones Jennifer & Tom Karol Elisabeth Karpidas Morgan & Scott Kennedy Edna and Tom Kim KKR

Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Lisa & Peter Kraus Erica & Trey Kuppin Maria & Joe LaBate June & Jason Landry Jean & Jason Larsen Janice & Hunter Lee Vizient

Liza & Will Lee Traci & Ham Lee Kirsten & Charley LeMaster Bronwyn & Dan Levitan Carol & John Levy Howard Meyers Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Patty & David Miller III Stephanie & Gunjan Modi Lucy & Thomas Morton

Morton Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Jennifer & Jon Mosle III Jacqueline Siegel Nelson ’94 & Casey Nelson Susie Siller & Nick Olenec Kelley & Scott Parel Divya & Keyur Patel BlackRock

Katherine & Bob Penn Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Kate & Jonathan Powell Apple

Weathers Family Charitable Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas

The Blackbaud Giving Fund

Cass & Austen Wright Quynh & Ben Yip Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus Texas Instruments Foundation

The 1953 Club $500 - $1,749

Walter Adams

Walter Adams Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Nicole Bates & Trey Angel Anonymous Tiffany & Craig Armstrong

Tiffany and Craig Armstrong Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Abilene

Dia & Kelvin Baggett

The Baggett Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Hari Priya Shanmugam & Suresh Balasubramanian Carol & Larry Barbour

Barbour Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Diana & Dave Beran Lindsay & George Billingsley Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Beth & Adam Boyd Amanda & Aaron Brown Anna & Tim Buehn Diane & Stuart Bumpas Elise & Whitman Burns Marconi

Hannah & Clay Calhoon Indeed

Linda Cauley Sue & Pundari C’Ganti Jennie & Job Chan Joy & Boon Chew Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow Amber & Michael Cohen Marissa McGarrah Coleman & Brandon Coleman III Coleman Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable

Crystal & Taylor Cornwall Rachael & Will Craven Steve Crowder Betsy & Bennett Cullum Jeff Davis Erin & Will Dobbs Bethany Dow Robert Dow Melissa & David Dow Sam & Tim Durst Ricki & Randy Ebner Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. R.D. Eiseman, Inc.

Masae & Will Ellis Catie & Aaron Enrico The Enrico Foundation

Rosemary Enrico

The Enrico Foundation

Lisa & Gary Epstein Lauren & Scott Feiler Aliya & Chris Flowers Jane & Neil Foote, Jr. Jenny & Bob Gates Caroline Olson & Matt Gentry Lara Johnson & David Gerber Nicole & Justin Glass Alex & Tally Goldfarb Claire Gordon SketchDeck

Ashleigh & Charlie Goyer Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Olga Bograd & Kyle Gummelt Nani & Anthony Gunawan Helena & Ed Hager III Alex & Ford Halbardier Tania & Kevin Hardage

Richard Kevin Hardage Family Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas

Melissa & Dalen Harrison Val & Rob Haverhals Jennifer Heiss Kim & Hudson Henley Taylor & Chase Hill Nancy & Jim Hoak The Hoak Foundation

Helen Hobbs Pfizer

Courtney & Clay Hodges Moss Adams

Beth Huddleston & Brad Hubbard Mike Huddleston Cathey & Don Humphreys

Fran & Don Jackson Linda Jenkins Carolyn & Victor Johnson Nathan Johnson Rae Liu & Kurt Johnson Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi Dyba Syed & Irfaan Kalyani Alisha & Alex Kanji Sharadha Sankararaman & Sudheer Kodem Christine Ho & Anil Koganti Ellie & Sam Lam Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf

Sarah and Jonathan Lamensdorf Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury Ken Lee & Ethan Pinney Lauren & Ty Lee Schatzie & George Lee, Jr. Emily & Ben Levi Bonnie & Reginald Logan, Sr. Tamesha & Damon Logan Caroline & Mario Lopez Ameriprise

Jill & Brent Magnuson Barbara & David Marshall Melissa & Neil Mauskar Laura & Brown McCullough Laura & Clark McLaughlin Frank Mihalopoulos Jess & Michael Muse Hailey & David Neher, Jr. Whitney & Trip Neil III Meg & Kevin Nicholson Joni & Scott Palmer ’93 Rita Ne & Chad Park Lizzy & Brad Parsons Shivna Vasavada & Nimesh Patel Dan Patterson Tully & Dan Phillips The Tully Graves Foundation

Rachel Alaniz & Matthew Pilnik Quiana & James Pinckney II Jan & Eddie Polk Lauren Harrison & Kevin Potere Kristin & Ricky Rees Becky Reyna Rachel & Alex Robertson Tiffany Hamil & Dennis Rogers Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Paige & Bob Russey Lair Ranch Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Maria & Bryan Rutledge Christina & Chase Sanders Becky & Bob Schneider Liz Seabury The Seabury Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib Elizabeth & John Selzer ’82 Terri & Larry Sengbush

Amanda & Charlie Shufeldt Joyce Chan & Andrew Simon Suma & Ravi Singh Mayela Gonzalez & Max Osores Soler Stacie & Byron Spears Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Nicole & Trent Stephenson Kimberly & Andy Stone Shelly Wang & Johan Thio Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Nini Nguyen & Loc Truong Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos Jay Valentine Lauren & David Van Wagenen Bobbie & Andy Villareal Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 Harianne & David Wallenstein Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 & Kyle Walters Rhea Zhang & Yang Wang Tiffany & Mitchell Ward Lisa & Stephen Wardlaw Laura & Ben Weinstein Weinstein Family Philanthropic Fund at the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

Ann & Jim White III Allison & Mark Williams Emily & Scott Wisniewski Ann & Josh Wool Lina Zhu & Wei Zhao

The Lantern Club $1 - $499

Tiffany & Bobby Abtahi Michelle Gielan & Shawn Achor Hongvien & Daniel Adashek LaDeitra Adkins Sydney & Bobby Allen Tate Alvarez Jennifer & Jimmy Andrews Textron Charitable Trust

Anonymous (2) Dianne Armstrong Connie & Nick Babikian

Hunt Cares Fund of the Community Foundation of Texas

Mike Bailey Lauren & Luke Bateman Carrie & Josh Bays Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 & Bruce Beddow Lori & Bob Bennett Maxwell Bennett ’21 Robin & Brad Berkley Sarah Berry Aysegul Toptal Bilhan & Erkan Bilhan Texas Instruments Foundation

Natalie & Travis Bittner Bincy & Brock Bizzell Naomi Bloom Ana Bohanan Jennifer & Christiaan Bovard Tracy & Kevin Brand ’76 Renee Skinner & Trey Branham III Deb Breihan Aneta Kucharska & Spencer Bromberg Beth & Michael Brown Lizzie & Joe Bumpas ’97 Sarah & Zack Burdick Ana Fratila & Val Burlacu Julie & Duston Burns Courtney & Adam Burton Bill Burton Reegan & Brian Busby Dannye L. Butler Michelle & Lance Buxkemper Carolina Cadena Sandra & Luigi Carleo Lindsay & Josh Carson Ana Casanova Carson & Kyle Castellaw Asma Lat & Asif Chaudhry Michelle Chein Jennifer Nguyen Chew & Ivan Chew Pam & Andy Chung Liana Kuperman & Carlton Clarke II Donna & Geoff Clement Ann Cohen Finn Collins ’14

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ANNUAL GIVING DONORS BY RECOGNITION LEVEL Megahn & Seth Collins AT&T

Melissa & William Collins Sophie & Bruce Collins Cindy & Bob Connolly Adrian & James Cope Susan Cornwell Sharon & Dale Courtney Kitty & Tom Cross Liz Curlin & Danielle Dupuis Brandy & Henry Dalton Julia & Stan Denegre Erica & Eric Denton ’94

Erica and Eric Denton Family Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas

Mary Dolan Susan Regan Donnenfield Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Hannah Dorward ’08 Kimberly Doyle Lissa & Jon Dunlay Alexandra & Coleman Easley Kaitlin & Zach Ebner Susie & George Edwards III Olivia & Joseph Eklund Elayna & Casey Erick Lauren Ornelas & Jesse Fallick Julie & Matt Feldman Marilyn & Ken Ferris Caroline & Tim Finnegan Landy & Alex Fox Jessica Toumani & Dale Fresch Vanessa & Jay Fuquay IV Gina & Bob Gendron LeeLee Gioia Jill & Brett Giroir Giroir Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Brittany & Mike Glendenning Brittany & Thomas Glendenning Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Pagett & Mike Gosslee Jill & Perry Gragg Latasha Gray-Grant Monica Green Tershea & Don Green Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Kim & Steve Gromatzky Jezabel Guadalupe Priya Rahela & Vikesh Gumpalli Rachel & Jose Gutierrez, Jr. Jayne Coleman & Jim Hakert Hong & Jim Hales Tess & Peter Hales Alexandra Schnee & Bob Hanson Kendra & John Hardin Jasmine & John Harris Sabrina & Field Harrison Sarah & Mike Hasenauer 54

Dylan Hefner Bill Hennessey Evangeline & Rob Heppenstall IV Debbie & Jonathan Herskovitz Christine & Beau Heskes Heskes Family Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas

Regen Horchow ’72

Horchow Family Charitable Trust of the Dallas Foundation

Kary & Duke Ionescu Sahar Hassanein & Amir Izaddoust Adrienne & Brent Jackson ’84 Melody Ayeli & Keith Jafari Catherine Safaya-James & Niklas James Gayle Johansen Marietta Johnson Meaghan & Tony Johnston, Jr. Anita & Brad Jones Ann Frances & Cliff Jury Jury Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable

Carol Justice Megan & Ricky Kalra Veena Attivilli & Raghuveer Khandelwal Stephanie & Scott Kirkham Cyndi & Dan Knudsen Grace Knudson ’13 Karen & Bob Knudson

Charities Aid Foundation of America

Mindy Kobrin Shari & Andy Krage Tricia & Jim Krohn Nancy & Paul Labadie Whitney & Greg Lachar Nickie Lane Laura & Greg Lavender Yoojoo Lim & John Lee Latisha & Andrew Leverette Coleta & Joe Lewis Cyndi & Jerry Lewis III Whitney & Chequan Lewis Brittany & Neal Lober Debra & Eric Lombardi ’73 Elizabeth & Matt Lucas Lori Luna Amy & Peter Malin Amy and Peter Malin Fund at Schwab Charitable

Andrew McCleskey Karen & Randall McCleskey Kristen and Brian McCool Katherine McMaster Caitlyn & Mike McNair Shari Meyers Catherine Michael Rajesh Michael Emily & Adam Miller Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 Roshni & Amit Mirchandani

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Amy & Brian Mitts Farah & Farhan Mohammad Susan Moore ’81 Judith & David Mullens Marynell Murphy Katherine & George Naftis Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Nathan Nelson Ellen & Marc Oeschger Pam & Ken O’Krent Anita Orozco Jordan Palefsky Piyusha & Parimal Patel Shilpa & Satin Patel Tish & Horst Paul Jeff Peck Jake Peden Emily Ryder Perlmeter & Cody Perlmeter Mary Perry Lakeshia & Chris Peters Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Bryson Pogue Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Jordan Qualls Nafisa & Asif Rahman Bala & Raj Ramanan Vicki Raney Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 & Tim Reidy Anna & Jared Reyes Christina & Tony Riccio Kathy Ritz Katherine Roberts Allie & Andrew Robinson Damariz Rojo Sharon Ross Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Kelly & Camner Rubin Dana Rumbauskas McKinstry Charitable Foundation

Nina & Decker Sachse Tazim & Shehzad Salehani Brinkley & Paul Schneider Rachel & Josh Schumann Chloe Ni & Steve Scott Cristin Seaman Maureen Searles April & David Seeds Bisan Halum & Mike Shalabi Victoria & Greg Shinn Texas Instruments Foundation

Cheryl & Greg Shulman Mary & Ken Simon Simon Family Foundation at Fidelity Charitable

Bridget & Steve Sisson Helen Skalniak Denean Smith Kirat & Gunny Sodhi

Lexi & Ben Sonnier Amy & Steve Sowell Polly & George Spencer, Jr. Ynetta & Dwayne Spencer Shelby & Cliff Stanley Rachel Stefano Margy Stewart Laurel & Lang Stone ’94 Jody Stout Etta Stratton Ginny & John Summers Janie & Tom Summers Sarah & Mike Sutton Kirby & Freddy Sykes, Jr. Kathryn & John Szwejkowski Yun Tansil Reagan Tate Carol & Austin Taylor Margaret & Aaron Terwey Ali Tolin Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri Noel Valeri ’22 Cassie Vaquera Sonia & Dante Vargas Jan & Eddie Vassallo Ana & Amin Visram Jorie & Brian Wages Becky & Brandon Walker Janice & Gary Walsh Natasha Walsh Rachel & Steve Walsh Jane Wang Noreen Mehdi Weathers ’89 & Beck Weathers II Fran & Jack Weinstein Lyndsey & Jonathan Welch Amy Welling Amy & Greg Weselka Kelsey and John Wetzel ’03 Leslie Whitfield Jill Wiedman Debbie & David Wiggans Paul Wignall KeAnne Williams Monet Williams Michelle & David Wilner Megan & Trey Wilson III Peggy & Rory Wisner Goldman Sachs & Company

Christie Whitten & Brandt Wood Carina & Henry Woodruff HCSH Family Foundation at Fidelity Charitable

Kim Wool Debby & Paul Wreford Carrie Wright Anne Yarbrough ’81 Erin & Joe Zopolsky ’84

DONORS BY CONSTITUENCY GRANDPARENTS

Walter Adams Connor Adams ’25 Claire Adams ’27 Dianne Armstrong Graham Armstrong ’26 Carol & Larry Barbour Ivy Jones ’24 Jake Jones ’27 Juliette Jones ’29 Susie & Scott Bender Sally Bender ’26 Diana & Dave Beran Win Beran ’25 Alice & Michael Brown Sam Courtney ’23 Dannye L. Butler Dixie Good ’24 Sandra & Luigi Carleo Lucia Eklund ’25 Roman Eklund ’27 Oliver Jones ’27 Sue & Pundari C’Ganti Mila C’Ganti ’25 Kalin C’Ganti ’29 Joy & Boon Chew Peyton Chew ’29 Donna & Geoff Clement Crawford Dillard ’27 Ann Cohen Stella Cohen ’23 Miles Cohen ’24

Sophie & Bruce Collins Preston Sanders ’28 Susan Cornwell Briggs Busby ’29 Sharon & Dale Courtney Sam Courtney ’23 Steve Crowder Berkeley Crowder ’25 Julia & Stan Denegre Stanhope Denegre III ’29 Melissa & David Dow Hadley Dow ’23 Harris Dow ’26 Lissa & Jon Dunlay Will Terwey ’29 Lisa & Gary Epstein Jared Epstein ’28 Michael Epstein ’28 Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Sally Bender ’26 Andrea & Fred Fallick Emmie Fallick ’27 Ken & Marilyn Ferris Knox Ferris ’25 Pierce Ferris ’25 LeeLee Gioia Henry Kuppin ’24 Peter Kuppin ’26 Pagett & Mike Gosslee Cameron Wilson ’25

Nani & Anthony Gunawan Parker Johnson ’24 Sawyer Johnson ’26 Hong & Jim Hales Austin Hales ’27 Sophie Hales ’29 Marilyn Harris Isabelle Neher ’25 Charlotte Neher ’27 Val & Rob Haverhals Taylor Haverhals ’26 Beckett Haverhals ’28 Joan & Zachary Hill Lily Whitfield ’23 Nancy & Jim Hoak Teddy Morton ’29 Mike & Ellen Hornstein Hazel Levi ’24 Ethan Levi ’26 Mike Huddleston Mac Hubbard ’29 Cathey & Don Humphreys Beau Nicholson ’23 Linda Jenkins Colbran Jenkins ’26 Augusta Jenkins ’28 Gayle Johansen Jacob Hirsch ’23 Charlotte Hirsch ’26 Nickie Lane Syms Wrighton ’24 Schatzie & George Lee, Jr. Laurel Lee ’26 Cyndi & Jerry Lewis III Finn Perry ’29 Bonnie & Reginald Logan, Sr. Taylor Logan ’26 Diana & Todd Maclin Zettie Schneider ’27 Barbara & David Marshall Jamie Lee ’28 Karen & Randall McCleskey Mikayla McCleskey ’23 Frank Mihalopoulos Louis Halbardier ’27 Katherine & George Naftis Arthur Erick ’24 Susan Palmer Toby Palmer ’26 Tish and Horst Paul Thor Hanson ’28 Katherine & Bob Penn Robert James ’29 Mary Perry Liam Ellis ’28 Jan & Eddie Polk Mary Connelly ’25 Becky Reyna Landon Bittner ’27

JJ & Edward Rhyne Will Van Wagenen ’23 Carol & Tony Ruggeri Gigi Nelson ’24 Michael Ruggeri ’24 Juliana Ruggeri ’25 Milly Ruggeri ’27 John Ruggeri ’29 Paige & Bob Russey Zain Haffar ’26 Becky & Bobby Schneider Zettie Schneider ’27 Jana & Steve Gary Shafer Addy Isaac ’29 Henry Modi ’29 Victoria & Greg Shinn Henry Armbruster ’28 Angela & Buck Showalter Winston Robinson ’28 Noah Robinson ’29 Mary & Ken Simon Addy Simon ’26 Augie Simon ’29 Rich Soper Manning Fuquay ’27 Polly & George Spencer, Jr. Franklin Summers ’26 Kathy & Pericles Stavropoulos Chris Flowers II ’29 Janie & Tom Summers Franklin Summers ’26 Beth Balisteri Unis ’68 & Joe Unis, Sr. Joseph Unis III ’26 Mary Frances Unis ’26 Sonia & Dante Vargas Nico Miller ’28 Jan & Eddie Vassallo Annelise Reidy ’23 Ana & Amin Visram Sophia Kanji ’29 Peach & Beck Weathers Sloane Weathers ’27 Fran & Jack Weinstein Mia Weinstein ’24 Kim Wool Arel Wool ’27 Sam Wool ’29 Michael & Tricia Wortley Luke Sonnier ’26 Logan Sonnier ’28 Debby & Paul Wreford Arabelle Boyd ’25 Lyndon Boyd ’27 Dan & Pat Wright Addie Wright ’23 Dawson Wright ’27 Trea & Richard Yip Avery Yip ’28

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Alumni Council Members L-R: Joe Unis ’96, Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99, Liz Lintel ’97, Jason Carter ’95, and Steven Mickey ’00

ALUMNI DONORS BY DECADE 1960s

Anonymous Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 Chip Fagadau ’61 Jon Gross ’69 Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 George Lombardi ’68 Andrew Michael ’68 Beth Balisteri Unis ’68

1970s

Julie Hyland Ambler ’71 Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 Kevin Brand ’76 Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 David Fields ’71 Julie Ray Fields ’75 Regen Horchow ’72 Michael Hurst ’75 Eric Lombardi ’73 Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 Will Rose ’77 Debbi Levy Rothschild ’74 Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 Travis Wallace III ’76 Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78

1980s

Elizabeth Brown ’83 Christian Charnaux ’87 Matt Ferris ’89 Laura Christensen Godkin ’86

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Ashley Geller Greene ’84 Taly Haffar ’87 Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 Kathryn Kallison ’86 Matt Miller ’88 Jen Kitner Mintz ’89 Susan Moore ’81 Jed Morse ’82 Shannon Morse ’80 Alan Pita ’82 John Selzer ’82 Justin Small ’83 Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 Megan Salzberger Stern ’85 Noreen Mehdi Weathers ’89 Anne Yarbrough ’81 Joe Zopolsky ’84

1990s

Lilly Albritton ’91 Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 Joe Bumpas ’97 Ashley Carter ’93 John Christensen ’97 Jackie Giroir Christman ’99 Grace Cook ’98 Eric Denton ’94 Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Haley Haymes Guerin ’96 Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 Finley Harbaugh Konrade ’93 Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 Liz Lintel ’97 Jacqueline Siegel Nelson ’94

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Kathryn Nelson ’93 Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Scott Palmer ’93 Travis Phelan ’91 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 Tony Ruggeri ’92 Taylor Gromatzky Somerford ’99 Lang Stone ’94 Justin Tonick ’90 Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Brad Wallace ’93 Jen Wallace ’94 Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 Alissa Fagadau Zachary ’93

2000s

Victoria Alder ’09 Shannon Blakey ’00 Caroline Brasch ’02 Lindsay Dolan ’00 Hannah Dorward ’08 Ally Langston ’07 Lindsay Langston ’03 Steven Mickey ’00 Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 Kate Minnich ’02 Libby Owens ’01 Katie Payne ’06 Whit Payne ’09 Mason Reiter ’04 Merrill Reiter ’01 Alexa Villareal ’06 Jessica Westberry ’05 John Wetzel ’03

2010s

Finn Collins ’14 Michaela Creel ’14 Alexander Gillikin ’17 Kate Gillikin ’14 Grace Knudson ’13 Audrey Magnuson ’10 Swathi Meyyappan ’19 Katherine Pollock ’10 Matthew Pollock ’11 Kalli Ratan ’14 Sterling Ratan ’16 Alexander Shadle ’16 Christian Shadle ’13 Isabella Shadle ’11 Nicholas Villareal ’10 Stella Wrubel ’16

2020s

Maxwell Bennett ’21 Sally Gillikin ’22 Noel Valeri ’22

DONORS BY CONSTITUENCY PARENTS OF ALUMNI Hongvien & Daniel Adashek Diane Alder Dia & Kelvin Baggett Heather & Ray Balestri Gretchen Pollom & Chris Bautista Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 & Jason Bender Leslie & David Benners Lori & Bob Bennett Lindsey & Dave Beran Elaine & Bill Blaylock Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Lauryn & Jason Bloom Allison & Chris Bovard Tracy & Kevin Brand ’76 Mia & Tyler Brous Alice & Michael Brown Elizabeth Brown ’83 & Kevin Courtney Beth & Michael Brown Jenny & Pete Bulban Diane & Stuart Bumpas Sarah & Zack Burdick Dannye L. Butler Tamara & David Campbell Ashley Carter ’93 Laura Colhouer & Riz Chand Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 Melissa & William Collins Mary McDermott Cook Kitty & Tom Cross Betsy & Bennett Cullum Mary Dolan Chaitanya Tatineni & Abhilash Donepudi Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Brenda & Don Dorward Bethany & Robert Dow Sam & Tim Durst Monica & Joe Eastin Ricki & Randy Ebner Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. Catie & Aaron Enrico Elayna & Casey Erick Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Julie Ray Fields ’75 & David Fields ’71 Stephanie & Dan Fine Caroline & Tim Finnegan Jane & Neil Foote, Jr. Lara Johnson & David Gerber Mark Giambrone Jenney & David Gillikin Jill & Brett Giroir Laura Christensen Godkin ’86 & Brad Godkin Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III

Ashleigh & Charlie Goyer Meg & Dave Graves Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Kim & Steve Gromatzky Angela & Stan Guillory Jayne Coleman & Jim Hakert Tania & Kevin Hardage Sarah & Jeff Harkinson Lyndsey & Scott Harper Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich Kim & Hudson Henley Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry Treasure & Andy Hickman Helen Hobbs Regen Horchow ’72 Michael Hurst ’75 Katie Reese & Collins Illich Ann & Charles Irwin Fran & Don Jackson Gayle Johansen Marietta Johnson Carolyn & Victor Johnson Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi Ann Frances & Cliff Jury Jennifer & Tom Karol Morgan & Scott Kennedy Stephanie & Scott Kirkham Karen & Bob Knudson Christine Ho & Anil Koganti Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 & Bob Krakow Lisa & Peter Kraus Tricia & Jim Krohn Nancy & Paul Labadie Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury Traci & Ham Lee Janice & Hunter Lee Bronwyn & Dan Levitan Carol & John Levy Brittany & Neal Lober Caroline & Mario Lopez Catherine & Doug MacMahon Jill & Brent Magnuson Amy & Peter Malin Mary Ann May Pam & Carter Meyer Howard Meyers Patty & David Miller III Amy & Matt Miller ’88 Amy & Brian Mitts Shannon Morse ’80 & Dan Clifford Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 Lucy & Thomas Morton Jennifer & Jon Mosle III Stephanie Nawaz Marla Nelson Meg & Kevin Nicholson

Mary & Steve Nix Ellen & Marc Oeschger Katie & Kyle Oudt Susan Palmer Kelley & Scott Parel Rita Ne & Chad Park Dan Patterson Wendy & Bill Payne Lakeshia & Chris Peters Janelle & Alden Pinnell Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock Jen & Ravi Ratan Kristin & Ricky Rees Karen & Keller Reid Kathy Ritz Brooke & Rod Roberson Catherine & Will Rose ’77 Sharon Ross Kate & Ivan Rovner Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Carol & Tony Ruggeri Dana Rumbauskas Rachel & Josh Schumann Liz Seabury Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib Elizabeth & John Selzer ’82 Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Jana & Steve Gary Shafer Gowri & Alex Sharma Bridget & Steve Sisson Nancy & Jim Skochdopole Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 & Glenn Solomon Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig

Megan Salzberger Stern ’85 Tricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker Bobby Sussman Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 & Stewart Thomas Cynthia Trochu Jean-Louis Trochu Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte Beth Balisteri Unis ’68 & Joe Unis, Sr. Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri Vaughn Vennerberg II Bobbie & Andy Villareal Angelique & Ray Waddell Jorie & Brian Wages Harianne & David Wallenstein Janice & Gary Walsh Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward Amy & Kelcy Warren Sarah & Russell Weinberg Amy & Greg Weselka Debbie & David Wiggans Peggy & Rory Wisner Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr. Lucy Reeves Wrubel ’78 Steve Wrubel Trea & Richard Yip Carmen & Andy Yung Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus

The comprehensive list above reflects cumulative giving from individual donors for the period June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, sorted by constituency type. It includes cash contributions to annual, restricted, capital, and endowed funds.

ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS

CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS Albertsons Safeway - Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program AmazonSmile Foundation American Gift Fund Ameriprise Financial Anonymous Apple AT&T Employee Giving Campaign Ayco Charitable Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund Clear Cove Capital, LLC Communities Foundation of Texas Community Foundation of Abilene Competitive Cameras LTD. The Dallas Foundation Dallas Jewish Community Foundation The Enrico Foundation Eugene McDermott Foundation Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Fidelity Charitable Goldman, Sachs & Company The Tully Graves Foundation The Hirsch Family Foundation The Hoak Foundation The Humana Foundation, Inc. The ISN Charitable Giving Fund JP Morgan Securities KKR Littler Mendohsen Locke Lord LLP Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP

M&A Brown Family Foundation Mandarin South Business Center, Inc. Mandy and Bill Dillard Charitable Foundation MARK Foundation McKesson McKinstry Charitable Foundation The Marion W. Minton & Walter J. Minton Foundation Inc. Moss Adams Muse Family Foundation National Philanthropic Trust Neiman Marcus Group PepsiCo Foundation Pfizer The Pinnell Foundation Pioneer Natural Resources USA R.D. Eiseman, Inc. Raymond James Charitable SAP Schwab Charitable Fund Sengbush Studio, Inc. Slater Valley Ranch Tapestry Texas Instruments Foundation Tolleson Wealth Management Donor Advised Fund Turcotte Development Group United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Vanguard Charitable Weinstein Family Philanthropic Fund Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Wholesome Food Services, LLC

The list above reflects giving from organizational donors and tribute gifts for the period June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, and includes cash contributions to annual, restricted, capital, and endowed funds.

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LPA AUCTION UNDERWRITERS

Julie & Sulman Ahmed Lindsay & George Billingsley Sue Chu Staci & Glenn Cohen Comerica Itzel & Nathan Crow Andrea Kramer Epstein ’94 & Robert Epstein The Freling Family The Fuquay Family The Gendron Family Susan Hartman & David Guedry Lyndsey & Scott Harper Sarah & Desmond Henry Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch Melanie & Eugene Jabbour & Competitive Cameras The Jadhavji Family April & Grayson Jenkins Barrell & Jacob Jones Kathleen & Kirk Kaminsky Brousseau Naftis & Massingill PC Abby & Cody Morton The Nicholson Family Mayela Gonzalez & Max Osores Soler Kelley & Scott Parel Laura & Lloyd Pierson Janelle & Alden Pinnell Bisan Halum & Maysar Shalabi The Shufeldt Family Nicole & Trent Stephenson Caitlin & David Stinnett The Tsiakos Family Whitney & Ryan Turner Mary Catherine & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Heather & Joe Urso Angelique & Ray Waddell Jennifer Goolsby Walters ’91 & Kyle Walters Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Stuart Blaylock ’98, Life Trustee Mary McDermott Cook, former Head of School Pat Mattingly, and Grace Cook ’98

TRIBUTE GIFTS In Honor of Grace Cook ’98 Madison and Caleb Lavey

In Honor of Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 Betsy and Bennett Cullum

In Honor of Mary McDermott Cook William and Elaine Blaylock

In Honor of Joan Buchanan Hill, Ed.D. Fran and Don Jackson Susan Palmer

In honor of Mary McDermott Cook Grace E. Cook ’98, and Joan Buchanan Hill, Ed.D. Liza and Will Lee In Honor of Arthur Erick Katherine and George Naftis

In Memory of Bill Murphy Katherine McMaster Etta Stratton In Honor of Jeff Peck and the Drama Program Caroline, Mario, and Lillie Lopez ’19

In Honor of the Lamplighter Faculty and Staff Vanessa and Jay Fuquay Susan Palmer

In Memory of Barney T. Young Diane and Stuart Bumpas

In Honor of Pat Mattingly Ann & Charles Irwin

FRIENDS & FORMER FACULTY AND STAFF Jennifer & Jimmy Andrews Connie & Nick Babikian Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt Lane Britain Linda Cauley Nancy Jackson Crook ’79 & Greg Crook Melisa & Jeff Dorrill Judy & Bob Gass Carol & Don Glendenning Taylor Cornell Good ’92 LaTasha Gray-Grant Monica Green

Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Grady Gruber Sarah & Jeff Harkinson Jasmine & John Harris Regen Horchow ’72 Toni Munoz-Hunt & Dan Hunt Nancy & Paul Labadie June & Jason Landry Madison & Caleb Lavey Liza & Will Lee Coleta & Joe Lewis Katherine McMaster Susan Moore ’81

Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Pam & Ken O’Krent Natalie Posgate Lupe & Jose Prado, Jr. Vicki Raney Terri & Larry Sengbush Etta Stratton Kathryn & John Szwejkowski Yun Tansil Ray Thomas Paul Wignall KeAnne Williams Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr.

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25+ YEARS

Kathey Tobey Beddow ’63 32 & Bruce Beddow Liz Curlin & Danielle Dupuis 32 Goldman, Sachs & Company 32 Kathy Ritz 32 Diane and Stuart Bumpas 31 Mary Dolan 28 Carol & John Levy 28 Michelle Neuhoff Thomas ’75 27 & Stewart Thomas Anne Yarbrough ’81 27 Albertsons Safeway - Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program 26 Lisa & Peter Kraus 26 Jennifer & Jon Mosle III 26 Patty & David Miller III 25 Jody Stout 25

20+ YEARS

Melisa & Jeff Dorrill 24 Jennifer & Tom Karol 24 Jill & Brent Magnuson 24 Wendy & Bill Payne 24 Terri & Larry Sengbush 24 Meredith & Rand Wrighton, Jr. 24 Marynell Murphy 23 Amy Brown ’78 22 Kitty & Tom Cross 22 Cheryl & Greg Shulman 22 Reagan Tate 22 Sarah & Russell Weinberg 22 Allison & Chris Bovard 21 60

Leslie Philipson Krakow ’69 21 & Bob Krakow Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’76 & Richard Pollock 21 Catherine & Will Rose ’77 21 Sengbush Studio, Inc. 21 Ynetta & Dwayne Spencer 21 Tamara & David Campbell 20 Lakeshia & Chris Peters 20 Margaret Flanagan Solomon ’77 20 & Glenn Solomon Lyndsey & Jonathan Welch 20

15+ YEARS

Shari & Andy Krage Tricia & Jim Krohn Vicki Raney April & David Seeds Leslie & David Benners Jenny & Pete Bulban Lauren Brown Kupor ’92 & Gregg Kupor Kristen & Brian McCool Cynthia Trochu Jean-Louis Trochu Anonymous Catie & Aaron Enrico Meg & Dave Graves Laura Chapuis & Ed Goff III June & Jason Landry Gowri & Alex Sharma Pam Wills-Ward & Mitchell Ward

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19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17

Bank of America Charitable 61 Foundation Carrie & Josh Bays 16 Flauren Fagadau Bender ’90 16 & Jason Bender Lauryn & Jason Bloom 16 Naomi Bloom 16 Sarah & Zack Burdick 16 Finn Collins ’14 16 Melissa & William Collins 16 Jenney & David Gillikin 16 Debbie & Jonathan Herskovitz 16 Jezabel Guadalupe & Jose Luis Mata 16 Amy & Brian Mitts 16 Kristin & Ricky Rees 16 Bobby Sussman 16 Jill Wiedman 16 Carmen & Andy Yung 16 Heather & Ray Balestri 15 Brandy & Henry Dalton 15 Ashley Geller Greene ’84 15 & David Greene Ann Frances & Cliff Jury 15 Pat Villareal & Tom Leatherbury 15 Texas Instruments Foundation 15 The Enrico Foundation 15

10+ YEARS

Monica & Joe Eastin Betsy & Richard Eiseman, Jr. Fidelity Charitable Leah & Jon Gross ’69

14 14 14 14

Pam & Carter Meyer Mandy Dake & Chris Rowley Nicole Ginsburg Small ’83 & Justin Small ’83 Peggy & Rory Wisner Lilly Albritton ’91 & Chuck Briant III Communities Foundation of Texas Bill Burton Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’94 Jeff Peck III Rachel & Josh Schumann Gretchen Champion & Paul Staveteig Ana Bohanan Ana Casanova The Dallas Foundation Liz Cullum Helfrich ’90 & Jeff Helfrich Marylene Leogier & Mark Henry Joan & Zachary Hill The ISN Charitable Giving Fund Schatzie & George Lee, Jr. Brittany & Neal Lober Judith & David Mullens Betsy & Bennett Cullum Lindsay Dolan ’00 Evey & Chip Fagadau ’61 Margaret Johansen Hirsch ’89 & Brad Hirsch Morgan & Scott Kennedy

14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11

KEEPERS OF THE FLAME Keepers of the Flame includes individuals and organizations who have given consecutively to the Lamplighter Fund or Alumni Giving program for five or more years.

Christine Ho & Anil Koganti 11 Traci & Ham Lee 11 Caroline & Mario Lopez 11 Catherine & Doug MacMahon 11 Amy & Matt Miller ’88 11 Katie & Kyle Oudt 11 Kelley & Scott Parel 11 Janelle & Alden Pinnell 11 The Pinnell Foundation 11 Schwab Charitable Fund 11 Becky & Brandon Walker 11 Peggy & Rory Wisner 11 Erin & Joe Zopolsky ’84 11 Anonymous 10 Susie & Scott Bender 10 Lindsey & Dave Beran 10 Alice & Michael Brown 10 Elizabeth Brown ’83 10 & Kevin Courtney Sharon & Dale Courtney 10 Elayna & Casey Erick 10 Stephanie & Dan Fine 10 Landy & Alex Fox 10 Jasmine & John Harris 10 Treasure & Andy Hickman 10 Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf 10 M&A Brown Family Foundation 10 Susan Moore ’81 10 Margaret & Jed Morse ’82 10 Lucy & Thomas Morton 10 Helen Kaporis & Aris Tsiakos 10 Gwendolyn & Richard Turcotte 10 Jorie & Brian Wages 10

5+ YEARS

Hongvien & Daniel Adashek Lori & Bob Bennett Cindy & Bob Connolly Caroline & Tim Finnegan Mark Giambrone Lyndsey & Scott Harper Pratima Bakshi & Ravi Joshi Fran & Don Jackson Ashley & Tony Ruggeri ’92 Dana Rumbauskas Shelby & Cliff Stanley Amy & Greg Weselka Kim & Antonio Allen Dia & Kelvin Baggett Natalie & Travis Bittner Lynn Doan & Raymond Chow

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8

Mary McDermott Cook 8 Susie Hartman & David Guedry 8 Jennifer Heiss 8 Cathey & Don Humphreys 8 Katie Reese & Collins Illich 8 Melanie & Eugene Jabbour 8 Melody Ayeli & Keith Jafari 8 Bronwyn & Dan Levitan 8 Stephanie Nawaz 8 Meg & Kevin Nicholson 8 Damariz Rojo 8 Debbi Levy Rothschild ’74 8 & Barry Rothschild Carol & Tony Ruggeri 8 Elida Dakoli & Jon Seib 8 Amy & Steve Sowell 8 Mary Catherine 8 & Joe Unis, Jr. ’96 Nicki Johnson & Jeff Valeri 8 LaDeitra Adkins 7 Cindy & John Ansbach 7 Tina Mahal & Raj Bhanot 7 Bincy & Brock Bizzell 7 Renee Skinner 7 & Trey Branham III Amanda & Aaron Brown 7 Sue Chu 7 Sharon & Steven Clark ’88 7 Donna & Geoff Clement 7 Chaitanya Tatineni 7 & Abhilash Donepudi LeeLee Gioia 7 Regen Horchow ’72 7 Fran & Don Jackson 7 Cynthia Philipson Klein ’68 7 & Benjamin Klein Cyndi & Dan Knudsen 7 Erica & Trey Kuppin III 7 Janice & Hunter Lee 7 Lauren & Ty Lee 7 Abby & George Lombardi ’68 7 Nathan Nelson 7 Anita Orozco 7 Tully & Dan Phillips 7 Sarah Pearson Reidy ’90 7 & Tim Reidy Nina & Decker Sachse 7 Cinco & Chris Sorrow 7 Heather and Joe Urso 7 Jay Valentine 7 Lauren & David Van Wagenen 7 Lindsay & Brad Wallace ’93 7

Ann & Jim White III Wholesome Food Services, LLC Allison & Mark Williams Cass & Austen Wright Tinka Azurin & Mohammad Yunus Julie & Sulman Ahmed AmazonSmile Foundation Anonymous Jordan & Marty Brainerd Beth & Michael Brown Ana Fratila & Val Burlacu Dannye L. Butler Tiffany & Lee Chen Emily Polito & Ryan Davies Katie & Dean Dillard Rosemary Enrico Jessica Toumani & Dale Fresch Taylor Cornell Good ’92 Angela & Stan Guillory Olga Bograd & Kyle Gummelt Brooke & Ken Hopkins Sarah & Jonathan Lamensdorf Jason & Jean Larsen Karen & Randall McCleskey Sarah Frazee Mills ’01 Jordan Palefsky Lizzy & Brad Parsons Divya & Keyur Patel Jen Wallace ’94 & Todd Pustilnick Nafisa & Asif Rahman Bala & Raj Ramanan Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’75 & Bobby Rubarts Jennifer & Edo Shellef Katy & Randy Skattum Nini Nguyen & Loc Truong Lisa & Stephen Wardlaw Sydney & Bobby Allen Anonymous Hari Priya Shanmugam & Suresh Balasubramanian Carol & Larry Barbour Aysegul Toptal Bilhan & Erkan Bilhan Sarah Schoellkopf Bloom ’77 & Sam Bloom Beth & Adam Boyd Sandra & Luigi Carleo Liana Kuperman & Carlton Clarke II

7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Staci & Glenn Cohen Megahn & Seth Collins Kaitlin & Zach Ebner Olivia & Joseph Eklund Andrea Kramer Epstein ’93 & Robert Epstein Ellen & John Grimes, Sr. Michelle & John Grimes, Jr. Helena & Ed Hager III Sabrina & Field Harrison Sarah & Mike Hasenauer Taylor & Chase Hill Marietta Johnson Barrell & Jacob Jones Sharadha Sankararaman & Sudheer Kodem Laura Lavender Coleta & Joe Lewis Locke Lord LLP Shilpa & Satin Patel PepsiCo Foundation Christine & Travis Phelan ’91 Bryson Pogue Sylvia Cespedes & Hernan Saenz III Maria Reyes & Todd Shadle Bisan Halum & Mike Shalabi Mayela Gonzalez & Max Osores Soler Nicole & Trent Stephenson Tricia Wilson & Bill Stonaker Shelly Wang & Johan Thio Harianne & David Wallenstein Janice & Gary Walsh Debbie & David Wiggans

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

We have made every effort to give proper credit to all who have so generously contributed to The Lamplighter School during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. We regret any omissions or errors, and request that any such oversight be reported to the Advancement Office at 214-369-9201 or advancement@ thelamplighterschool.org.

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ENDOWMENT PROGRESS The following reflects contributions and earnings on these contributions by May 31, 2023, to Lamplighter’s Endowed Funds.

General

Lamplighter General Endowed Fund Warren General Endowed Fund Katie ’06 and Whit ’09 Payne General Endowed Fund Kate ’04 and Michael ’08 Mosle General Endowed Fund Kraus General Endowed Fund Sharma Family General Endowed Fund Miller General Endowed Fund Margaret Jonsson Family Foundation Endowed Fund Junkins Family Foundation General Endowed Fund Chandler ’09, Cameron ’10, and Campbell ’12 Crates General Endowed Fund

Faculty Support

LPA Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Anonymous Faculty Professional Development Endowed Fund LPA Faculty Professional Development Endowed Fund Alumni Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Carty Faculty Salary Support Endowed Fund Lear Faculty Professional Development Endowed Fund Pollock Faculty Development Endowed Fund Carty Faculty Development Endowed Fund Rochelle Family Endowment for Faculty Professional Development Ward-Purdy Faculty Diversity Endowed Fund

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Endowed Fund Eugene McDermott Financial Aid Endowed Fund Jess Merkle Family Foundation Financial Aid Endowed Fund Chang-Meyers Family Financial Aid Endowed Fund Katherine ’10 and Matthew ’11 Pollock Financial Aid Endowed Fund Clarence B. Brown III Endowed Fund

Program Support

$2,172,585 $1,376,893 $695,705 $477,780 $456,416 $312,424 $137,690 $108,971 $95,474 $95,420 $92,569 $6,021,928 $182,992 $95,317 $93,229 $89,281 $85,011 $57,333 $603,163

The C. Kent Kunkel Chair in Science and Math Endowed Fund Erik Jonsson Endowment Mattingly Fund for Excellence in Education Porter Community Education Endowed Fund Pre-Kindergarten Endowed Fund John W. Rose Media Center Endowed Fund Patterson Environmental Science Endowed Fund Campbell Media Center Endowed Fund Krakow/Rushton Technology Endowed Fund Edward Alexander Rose Technology Endowed Fund Maggie Corrigan Visiting Artist Endowed Fund Charles H. Rose Environmental Science Endowed Fund Dooley Author Endowed Fund Ford, Varel, Owen Technology Endowed Fund Technology Endowed Fund Media Center Endowed Fund

$1,193,464 $363,723 $153,628 $138,205 $105,224 $104,166 $101,586 $100,338 $92,354 $91,270 $88,477 $86,041 $75,835 $69,614 $65,492 $46,547 $2,875,963

Total

$13,325,122

Newly created endowment funds are not listed until their corpus reaches a $50,000 threshold, as part of The Lamplighter School’s policies.

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$1,724,258 $447,333 $315,774 $281,702 $270,558 $235,961 $207,606 $175,786 $87,297 $77,793 $3,824,068

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GIFT SUMMARY LAMPLIGHTER FUND GIFTS BY SOURCE FOR 2022–2023 Alumni Alumni Parents Corporations/Corporate Foundations Donor Advised Fund Faculty/Staff Friends and Former F/S Trustees, Life Trustees, and Former Trustees Foundation/Family Trust Grandparents, Alumni Grandparents, and Former Grandparents Parents

$605 $42,950 $38,951 $2,250 $9,572 $1,685 $78,268 $61,219 $56,989 $443,227

Total Lamplighter Fund Giving

$735,717

ALL GIFTS BY DESIGNATION FOR 2022–2023 Lamplighter Fund Giving $735,717 Endowment Giving $398,582 Capital Giving $5,014,343 Total Gifts to Lamplighter 2022-2023

$6,148,643

2022–2023 OPERATING REVENUE & EXPENSES Other including Endowment Draws

Lamplighter Fund

Facilities

Financial Aid

Administrative

Academic

5% 5% 11%

11% 5%

Fundraising

4% 2%

REVENUE

EXPENSES

90%

67%

Tuition

Salaries & Benefits

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In early 2003, Lamplighter established

The Founders Legacy Society,

which recognizes all donors who have chosen to support Lamplighter through a bequest. The society honors the commitment of Lamplighter’s founders, Natalie Murray and Sandy Swain, whose vision, passion, love of children, and determination created a school where the spirit and joy of learning are ignited in young minds and hearts for a lifetime.

Founders Legacy Society Members To date, the following individuals have notified Lamplighter of their estate plans for the School: Allison and Chris Bovard Gail Cook Karen and Kevin Crowder Samantha and Tim Durst

Ellen and John Grimes Sheryl and Eric Maas Catherine and Doug MacMahon Pat Mattingly

Vicki and Brian Miller Barbara Nichols Theresa Overall Angela and Joel Pittman

Please contact Elizabeth L. Selzer, Chief Advancement Officer, for more information regarding planned giving at eselzer@thelamplighterschool.org.

CATCH THE SPIRIT!

2022-2023 Alumni Association President Joe Unis ’96 with Spirit Award recipients Mary McDermott Cook, Jenney Gillikin, and Grace Cook ’98

Save the date!

SPIRIT AWARD LUNCHEON Wednesday, May 15, 2024 The Spirit Award is presented to a person or group who embodies the spirit of Lamplighter. This person or group must have the qualities of a lifelong learner, be willing to take risks in his or her field, and display creativity in his or her chosen path of life. This honor can be awarded to alumni and former students, parents, retired faculty or staff members, or friends of Lamplighter, and can be given to more than one person in any given year.

To nominate someone for the 2023 - 2024 Spirit Award, please visit thelamplighterschool.org/spirit

Save the date!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 www.thelamplighterschool.org/auction For sponsorship or underwriting, contact the Office of Advancement advancement@thelamplighterschool.org