NCS Magazine: Fall/Winter 2024

National Cathedral School

Varsity Soccer players had much to celebrate this season, including reaching the A Division finals of the Independent School League tournament.

Two Teams, One NCS

A Fresh Dining Experience at NCS

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Front Cover: Sixth Graders Crosby V., Ruthie W.,

Magnolia W. celebrate Spirit

From the Head of School

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we started our 125th school year in August with an all-school Opening Cathedral where I outlined the theme for the school year. This summer, I was inspired by the Olympics and the fans who cheered for athletes and came together to celebrate the worldwide Olympic spirit. Thus, I expressed a wish for this school year: that our community members would put rooting for us at the center of what we do at NCS. I wanted to explore how we might channel the power of rooting—that passion, energy, and connection—toward our lives at NCS.

As I unpacked the concept of rooting, I recognized several attributes that are central to the endeavor. Rooting is inherently positive; it evokes strong feelings of affiliation, investment, admiration, and respect. It is a behavior and an action, and also a mindset. When someone roots for you, you can feel their encouragement.

In that vein, I invite you to read on these pages several of the critical ways we at NCS root for one another. Spirit Day provides numerous opportunities for community members to support a team— which they do loudly and proudly! While the day at first appears to be about two sides competing against each other— in reality—our team colors, cheers, and games unite our community in ways both fun and meaningful.

I have had the benefit this fall of spending significant time in classrooms in all

“I wanted to explore how we might channel the power of rooting—that passion, energy, and connection—toward our lives at NCS.”

three divisions, observing our academic programming. In Lower School, students tackled design challenges in the makerspace. I got to watch as Middle School students presented animated short films to their peers who provided insightful feedback. In Upper School, math students wrestled with quantitative problems and then—in a lightbulb moment—realized how this math work connected to, and helped them further understand, their physics class studies. I’ve seen first-hand many of the ways that students collaborate and invest in each other’s success. I’ve also seen our teachers giving their all to connect with our students both as a group and individually, cheering them on and supporting them throughout their academic journey.

It’s been a pleasure to spend time with faculty and staff in Davis Dining Hall, enjoying the refreshed atmosphere and delicious food provided by our new food service partner, Meriwether Godsey (MG). You can read in these pages an interview with Sameena Khanna, MG’s head of NCS dining services. I know we all appreciate the many enhancements they’ve made already and are rooting for their success.

In this 125th academic year, we’ve been connecting with alumnae across the country on our “Road to 125.” As part of our ongoing 125th anniversary celebrations, in early May, we will welcome all alumnae back to the Close for a special Reunion Weekend. It will be a chance to celebrate together, to honor NCS’s past, and to build excitement for our future. It will be wonderful to gather in the spirit of “rooting for us.”

Finally, as we head towards NCS’s 125th anniversary celebrations in fall 2025, culminating in a 125th anniversary celebration in the Washington National Cathedral on Oct. 17, I am delighted that we are partnering with Crane + Peters, experts in marketing and communications for educational institutions, on an exciting branding and strategic planning process. They will work with us to delve deeply into the core strengths, mission, and values of NCS so that we can position ourselves authentically and compellingly as we chart our course for the next 125 years (and beyond!).

As we wrap up this first part of the year, I am in awe of what happens across our campus from our classrooms to our athletic fields and stages, to our hallways and common spaces—like the junior lounge right outside of my office whose atmosphere never fails to bring me much joy. I’m so excited for what comes next and also mindful of this institution’s important and storied history, which we will honor in our next NCS Magazine.

Rooting for all of us,

Elinor Scully Head of School

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Elinor Scully

HEAD OF m A rk E ting & CO mmuni CA ti O n S

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Natalie Moran

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Lynn Horowitch

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PHO t O gr APHY

NCS faculty, staff, alumnae, parents, and friends

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Lisa Boggs

Adam Hirsh

Lynn Horowitch

Natalie Moran

Rachel Naft

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g OVE rning BOA r D

Chair: Laura Puryear

Vice Chair: Mieka Wick ’93

Secretary: Helen Bechtel ’00

Membership: Mariann Budde

Chris Calsyn

Gina Coburn

Matthew Cutts

Morgan Eaker

Jason Goodwin

Franca Gutierrez

Makiko Harrison

Elizabeth Haile Hayes

Suzanna Kang

Cidalia Luis-Akbar

William Lynn

Wray Muoio

Tushar Patel

Carmen Perkins

Michael Rankin

Roland Reynolds

Lou Rollinson ’77

Elinor Scully

Antonio Sierra

Gay Truscott ’80

News From the Close

“We have the power to root for us all year. In doing so, we can build up our community.”

—Head of School Elinor Scully

Rooting for Us Is Theme for 2024-2025 School Year

AS NCS KICKED OFF its 125th academic year, the NCS community gathered in Washington National Cathedral for our Opening Day Cathedral service. Head of School Elinor Scully delivered a homily in which she introduced a theme for the 2024-2025 school year: “Rooting for Us.” Scully encouraged all members of the NCS community to root for each other and for the school. She shared the importance of supporting and being in dialogue with one another to collectively build a stronger NCS community.

Drawing inspiration from the remarkable achievements of the athletes in the Summer Olympics and the fans that cheered these athletes on, Scully urged the community to believe in the power of possibility and to “name the good” by focusing on positives.

She concluded, “We have the power to root for us all year. In doing so, we can build up our community.”

NCS Achieves Recycling Goal

LOWELL COURTYARD HAS A NEW BENCH. Made of recycled materials, it is NCS’s reward for completing a Recycling Challenge by collecting more than 1,000 pounds of plastic in less than 12 months. With two months to spare, NCS reached the half-ton goal.

NCS participated in the Challenge after Lower School Head Becca Jones encouraged Lower School Assistant Masai Davis to initiate the effort. Masai says, “I was excited to bring the plastic recycling challenge to NCS. Each week, I weighed the bags, and in the beginning, 1,000 pounds seemed far away. But with the help of the community, we were able to reach the goal and help the planet. Thanks to all who participated and to the facilities team for bringing the bags to Giant.”

Members of the community brought in newspaper bags, bubble wrap, and other approved plastics, placing them in one of three bins located around campus. Becca said, “In the first month, we hit 100 pounds and pretty much averaged that amount each month. It was remarkable to see how many products use plastic and how quickly the pounds added up.”

Hearst Hall Updates HVAC System

WORKING DURING SCHOOL BREAKS over the last two years, NCS’s Department of Building and Grounds has implemented a major upgrade to the heating and cooling system in Hearst Hall. With the bulk of the work complete, every room in the building has a new thermostat-controlled fan coil unit with more precise temperature adjustment.

While NCS is no longer collecting plastics, community members are encouraged to bring materials to their local supermarkets for recycling. The Challenge was sponsored by NexTrex, a company that uses recycled plastics to make outdoor products.

The work has been overseen by Pedro Martinez, longtime Director of Buildings and Grounds, and Carly Redrow, Assistant Director of Facilities & Events. It is part of NCS’s long-term plan for mechanical equipment replacement. The effort began in 2019, when NCS decoupled from the central Cathedral Close heating and cooling system, installing two boilers and replacing the chiller and cooling tower.

Work continued in the summer of 2023 with new air handler units installed in the mechanical room and in the kitchen of Davis Dining Room. The subsequent work—to replace fan coil units in every classroom and office—required creativity with positioning and wiring as the new units have a bigger footprint. The larger size means the units provide better air supply, filtration, and overall efficiency.

The Buildings and Grounds team will continue the upgrade during winter and spring breaks, and over summer of 2025. A new four-pipe system will be installed to enable individualized control over heating and cooling.

Sixth Graders Create Campus Seating

HOW DO YOU BUILD a comfortable chair for lounging and studying? Ask an NCS Sixth Grader! This fall, working in teams in the makerspace, students created seating now in use around campus. The project was part of their technology class, under the guidance of Academic Technologist Frances O’Connor.

The Sixth Graders studied Stanford Design Thinking process, looking closely at ways in which humans interact with objects. They conducted research, asking Upper School students what features they would like to see included in seating options. In addition, they studied the interior of chairs, examining ways that different kinds of chairs have the necessary structure to support people.

After building, testing, and modifying prototypes, they measured and built chairs, applying engineering and construction skills. Through the process, students learned to listen deeply, develop empathy for their Upper School peers, and gain resilience as the materials sometimes didn’t behave as expected. They also experienced the satisfaction of seeing their designs installed and enjoyed across the school. Thanks, students!

Season of Sharing Serves Local Community

THE NCS COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER each fall for a Season of Sharing, a set of initiatives to support young people and families in our community. These efforts help students learn about and contribute to programs that address childhood hunger and poverty, food insecurity, and the associated stigma.

Each October, NCS asks members of the community to contribute for grocery gift cards and kid-friendly, non-perishable snacks. These items are distributed to 200 local families with students at Excel Academy, a public school for girls in Washington and an NCS community service partner.

Closer to the holidays, each NCS student, faculty, and staff member brings in a wrapped present or gift card for the Gift for an Unknown Child Cathedral service. This service is a cherished tradition of more than 70 years. After the service, student and parent volunteers sort and deliver the gifts to community partners.

New Elective Provides Introduction to Protein Engineering

TEN NCS STUDENTS and two STA students are gaining exposure to engineering approaches and molecular biology lab methods and equipment in a brand-new class: Research Topics in Protein Engineering. Designed and taught by Director of Academic Technology Tommie Hata, the course explores concepts and principles of engineering, primarily through case studies of the engineered proteins used for pharmaceutical and industrial purposes.

Hata conceived of the course to introduce interested students to engineering through topics in the life sciences. Noting that girls are vastly under-represented in college engineering classes and programs, he wanted to build a foundation in engineering understanding and skills for both STEM-focused students and humanities-focused students. Hata says, “It is our responsibility at NCS to provide safe opportunities to introduce such subjects as computer science and engineering.”

Students learn the tools and techniques used for DNA and protein engineering through case studies. For example, they examine enzymes in detergents that are engineered to withstand industrial use and the many different engineered insulin products that are separately patented and marketed. While many science classes call for collaboration, this class also provides the opportunity for

“I signed up for the class not knowing it would become one of my most interesting classes. My favorite activity that we have done so far was our mini prep lab where we extracted DNA.”

Charlene H. ’25

each student to conduct their own lab work projects. These include enzymatic manipulation of DNA to replicate the first recombinant DNA experiments by Cohen and Boyer in the 1970s and enzyme kinetic assays to measure the activity of enzymes from mushroom extracts that can be used for the production of cellulosic ethanol, a potential biofuel produced from plant biomass.

The course filled up quickly and earned rave reviews. Senior Charlene H. appreciates how hands-on the class is. She says, “I signed up for the class not knowing it would become one of my most interesting classes. My favorite activity that we have done so far was our mini prep lab where we extracted DNA.” Her classmate Lauren D. ’25 plans to major in Biology or Neuroscience in college. She enjoys the practical experiments conducted in the course, noting, “Everyone in class has gotten the chance to extract plasmid DNA from E. Coli, run gel electrophoresis, and we are about to do a ligation reaction to complete the recombinant DNA lab we have been doing.”

Lauren recognizes that the course provides valuable knowledge for her generation. “The course provides understanding of this new world of advancement we are embarking on,” she says. “Understanding these advancements is honestly valuable even if STEM is not one's focus.”

Ice Hockey Returns to NCS

NCS forward Margaret C. '27 and a teammate battle an opponent for the puck as the Eagles return to the ice after a 19-year hiatus. With strong athletes and vibrant energy, the largely new-to-hockey squad has competed well against much more seasoned rivals in the Mid-Atlantic Girls Hockey League. With a sophomore-heavy roster, the future looks bright for the skating Eagles. Check out the next issue of NCS Magazine for photos of all our winter sports.

Fall Sports

Two Teams

One NCS

by Lynn Horowitch

Purple or Gold?

Ask any member of the NCS community, from a 4th Grade student to an alumna celebrating a 50th Reunion, and they will eagerly tell you where their loyalty lies. They will also fondly recall Spirit Day, when the Purple and Gold teams engage in a day of fun activities.

Spirit Day has its roots in 1930, starting as field day activities for Upper School students. By 1972, the event expanded to include Grades 4 through 8. By 1989, it became the Spirit Day we know and love—when the NCS community comes together to celebrate teams Purple and Gold.

Nowadays, Spirit Day is held on a Friday at the end of September and kicks off a friendly yearlong rivalry between the two teams, with the winner announced at Flag Day in June.

Spirit Day 2024 featured all the elements that have become traditions, including a Spirit Week lead-up with daily themes such as

“Minion Monday” and “Wildlife Wednesday.” Spirit Day itself featured students, faculty, and staff decked out in their colors, crossdivisional bonding activities, an energetic and rousing scream-off, games like dodgeball and musical chairs, and skits and performances for Middle and Upper Schoolers in the Athletic Center. The Day culminated in the annual senior theme reveal: The Class of 2025 is REVOLUTIONARY!

Shaped by Students

“At Spirit Day, the Upper School students showcase their leadership skills,” says Dean of Student Life Ivette Bohlen. “Their ability to connect with the younger students is on

full display.” Athletic Board President Maggie Y. ’25, designed and implemented a Spirit Day plan, organizing seniors to lead the games and activities in Grades 8 through 12. In the morning, Upper and Lower School homerooms participated in joint community-building activities.

For seniors, Spirit Day is a chance to set the tone for the year. Working alongside Athletic Director Heather Dent and the Athletics Department, the Class of 2025 coordinated outdoor games, led color team entrances and chants, and brought energy to each event. The seniors’ commitment to making Spirit Day meaningful and fun encourages younger students to participate wholeheartedly, knowing they too have a role to play. “Our job was to make Spirit Day a fun and fair day, and we set an example for other Grades to follow,” says Ana P. ’25, a Purple team captain.

A Unifying Rivalry

While Spirit Day may feature competitions between Purple and Gold, at its core, the event brings everyone together in the name of NCS pride. The joy, excitement, and positive energy are palpable, as all members of the community

enjoy the camaraderie, the opportunity to connect with each other, and root for NCS. Maggie Y. says, “It’s all about unity, coming together as different Grades… even though it’s a competition, everyone has so much fun, and everyone’s just supporting each other.”

Gabby G. ’26 says, “What makes Spirit Day an important tradition is everyone coming together and showing spirit for the school. Even if it’s sort of divided, there’s kind of this unity in it.”

The NCS alumnae community also celebrates Spirit Week, as the Development Office runs a week-long Purple vs. Gold Alumnae Giving Challenge. Throughout the week, alumnae from each team compete for the most dollars raised and the highest number of donors. The winner of each category unlocks points for the students’ Purple and/or Gold team(s). For the second year in a row, Purple won both donor and dollar count!

Upper School students, in 1967, enjoying Field Day, which would later become Spirit Day in 1989.

“It’s all about unity, coming together as different Grades… even though it’s a competition, everyone has so much fun, and everyone’s just supporting each other.”

—Maggie Y. ’25

“The Purple vs. Gold Alumnae Giving Challenge was introduced in fall 2023 as a way to include our alumnae in NCS’s Spirit Week festivities,” says Director of Alumnae Relations Chloe Cogo. “No matter where alumnae are, they can join in on the friendly competition, display school pride, and share in the joy of the week by participating in the Challenge. In its second year, the Challenge raised over $140,000—nearly doubling what we raised in 2023. These dollars will be put to work this year for the benefit of every Eagle!”

Senior Leadership

While Spirit Day has evolved over the years, many elements of the day represent longstanding NCS traditions. When the Class of 2025 revealed its theme, REVOLUTIONARY, it was continuing a practice that started 40 years ago with the senior class choosing a theme.

Students can chart their own growth and development through their Spirit Day roles over the years. Gold team co-captain Daphne L. ’25 recalls, “In our early years, we were paired with older homerooms, learning from more experienced students. Middle School brought the excitement of watching skits, sparking my anticipation to participate. In Upper School, roles reversed as we led icebreakers and fun activities for younger students.” She says, “Finally, as seniors, we took charge of skits and field activities, completing the cycle of mentorship and leadership.”

The Spirit of Spirit Day

An important NCS tradition, Spirit Day is an essential part of the NCS experience and demonstrates the community’s vibrancy. Students take on positions of increasing responsibility as they move through their NCS years, with Upper School students mentoring and modeling behavior for the younger students. Like Cathedral services, Spirit Day brings the entire school community together and provides an opportunity for celebration and reflection.

Each year during Spirit Week, the community gathers in the All Hallows Amphitheater for an all-school Cathedral service. This year, Athletic Board President Maggie Y. ’25 was one homilist to offer thoughts of what spirit means to this community. She said, “Spirit believes in the future and brings hope. It comes from a love of the game, a team, a school, and a love for the people around you.”

A Fresh Dining Experience at NCS

Q&A with Sameena Khanna, Director of Dining Services

Visitors to NCS’s Davis Dining Hall have noticed some exciting changes this school year. As of the 2024–2025 school year, NCS partnered with Meriwether Godsey, a women-led business, to be our new foodservice provider.

The Meriwether Godsey team got right to work over the summer and has made an immediate impact: rearranging serving lines and beverage stations, adding artwork and plants, switching to sleek white plates and bowls, and offering a wide variety of delicious lunch options.

The feedback? Lunch is more enjoyable, efficient, tastier, and varied than ever! In fact, as of this article being written, the dining staff still has not repeated a meal.

Leading the team is Sameena Khanna, who brings a wealth of experience from her time growing up in the industry in her parents’ restaurant, in hotel kitchens, and schools like Sidwell Friends

Director of Dining Services

Sameena Khanna

Students in Grade 6B homeroom expressed appreciation for the dining program with a poster, which hangs in the kitchen.

and Sheridan. Sameena made time in her busy schedule to sit down with the NCS Communications Office and share her observations, inspirations, and goals for the NCS dining experience.

Q: What’s your vision for the NCS dining program?

Our goal is to make sure that everybody, from the youngest Fourth Grader to the oldest staff member, finds something on their plates that they enjoy. We cater to a wide range of tastes, and I want to offer options that appeal to all age groups.

The new food service has been fantastic and has really changed the lunchroom experience—whether it's hot food, fresh salads, or new international dishes, the variety and quality are amazing.” Erica B. ’25

Another goal is to introduce students to different types of food. It’s about expanding their horizons, showing them that there’s more than just familiar comfort foods. We want to surprise them with more adventurous dishes  and have them explore different cuisines.

Q: How do you help foster community through food?

We’re building a sense of connection through food. We want students to feel part of something, whether it's through special events like Friendsgiving or learning about different cultures through the dishes we prepare.

Q: What makes the dining room special?

We don’t call it a cafeteria—we call it a dining room because it’s about more than just eating. It’s a place where students, faculty, and staff can come together, unwind, and share time.

I want it to feel like a special place, a break in the day where you can recharge. And we’re starting to do more community-focused events, like celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with authentic recipes from our cooks.

Q: How does the dining program promote sustainability?

Sustainability is key for us. For example, if we serve chicken one day, we’ll take any leftovers and repurpose them into wraps or chicken salad or soup for the next day, or we might freeze them.

Above left: Sous Chef Munda Moriba preps carrots for the day’s lunch.

Opposite page: Meriwether Godsey retained four cooks from NCS’s former food service provider — Mario Cartagena, Carina Melendez, Josefina Uben Reyes, and Irmaris Marin (inset photo), Irmaris presented her Venezuelan recipes at a special lunch during Hispanic Heritage Month.

“I have really enjoyed the new dining service! The variety of the food is nice, and the staff are always friendly and kind.” Sopie H. ’29

We’ve partnered with DC Food Rescue, so when there’s extra food, it goes to shelters. We also compost all food waste/byproduct, recycle glass, plastics & aluminum, and use compostable paper products. We’ve also minimized the use of disposables and have reset community focus on using the dishware/ silverware available in the dining room.

Q: Where do you find inspiration for new dishes?

I love to research—I’m constantly browsing social media and recipe blogs, and I like to combine elements from different sources. Plus, I rely on my team’s input. Everyone has their own ideas and experiences to contribute (see sidebar “Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month”). Corporate chefs at Meriwether Godsey are also always sharing materials on new trends and recipes and implementing new themed meals in each account.

Q: What kind of feedback have you received from students and staff?

So far, it’s been overwhelmingly positive. I’ve had students come up and tell me, “The food this year is so good!” That’s exactly the reaction we’re going for.

We’ll be adding a feedback section in the dining room with comment cards, so everyone can share their thoughts on what they like and what they’d love to see more of.

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I look forward to lunch every day. There is always something good to eat and something for any mood you are in.”—Clara M. ’31

Q: What does the future hold?

We are going to be doing different events to celebrate Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March. As we continue to build our dining program at National Cathedral School, we hope to continue to expose our student body to foods from around the world.

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sameena and her team offered three meals inspired by the countries represented by her staff: Irmaris Marin of Venezuela, Josefina Uben Reyes of Dominican Republic, and Carina Melendez & Mario Cartagena of Honduras.

The lunch menus featured Pabellon Criollo, Carne Guisado Domincana, & Pollo con Tajadas. Hispanic Heritage Month was a time of introducing members of the community to authentic recipes while also celebrating members of the food service staff and their heritage.

We celebrate our 125th anniversary, not simply with candles and cake, but also as a moment to reflect on our history and chart a course for the future—to continue to strengthen our community as we root for each other, and for NCS.

Mark Your Calendar for Our 125th Anniversary Events

May 1–4, 2025 • Reunion

June 7, 2025 • 125th Commencement

Aug. 25, 2025 • Opening Day Cathedral Service

Oct. 17, 2025 • 125th Anniversary Celebration at Washington National Cathedral

Join Our Celebratory Activities

In addition to our 125th anniversary events, we’re planning a host of fun and celebratory activities, grounded in our core values, for our students, alumnae, families, and faculty and staff:

Student-designed anniversary logo competition

Faculty and staff 125 fitness challenge

Student-led community video interviews

Alumnae homilies on each of our core values at Cathedral services

Faculty and staff community-building celebrations

Swag for all and more!

Visit our 125th Anniversary website

Throughout 2025, our community will celebrate NCS’s 125th anniversary in a variety of ways. One way we will celebrate with alumnae is our Road to 125. The NCS alumnae community is a vibrant and diverse network of over 5,500 individuals living in 49 states and 34 countries.

Over the coming months, we will be traveling near and far to bring alumnae together to nurture and grow the bonds between generations of NCS graduates. We hope to see you on the Road and back on the Close for our 125th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 in the Cathedral.

Denver

Sept. 19, 2024

Dew Drop Inn

Chicago

Oct. 10, 2024 at the home of Dana Westreich Hirt ’85

Baltimore New York

Los Angeles

San

Jan. 23, 6:00–8:00 pm at the home of Lydia Stone Kimball ’73

Feb. 12, 6:00–8:00 pm at the home of Rachel Schifter Thebault ’93

March 17, 5:30–7:30 pm at the home of Tatianna Blackington James ’84

March 19, 6:00–8:00 pm at the home of Molly Kelleher Myers ’92

March 20, 6:00–8:00 pm at the home of Jarvis Weld ’85

More information to come!

More information to come!

Not seeing your city and interested in hosting a Road to 125 gathering? Please reach out to Director of Alumnae Engagement Chloe Cogo at ccogo@ncs.org or (202) 537-6359.

Fall Arts

Student talent and creativity were on abundant display this fall. Fine artists produced beautiful works. Dancers and musicians entertained audiences at the Fall Music Festival and the Festival of Lessons and Carols. And actors entertained audiences with productions of The Nightmare Story and The Government Inspector.

We believe in the power of young women.

Voyageur participant Saira G. ’30 reaches for the next handhold in her ascent of NCS’s climbing wall.

2023–2024 Annual Report

Board Chair Message

Dear NCS Community,

Being a member of this great educational community always inspires me to learn and stay curious. It led me to reflect on what it means to believe in the power of young women. I recently read an interview with Melinda French Gates that was enlightening. In it, she notes that less than two percent of philanthropic support in the U.S. goes to institutions focused on women and girls. That astounded me. If we truly believe in the power of young women, we should be willing to support them with the resources necessary to allow them to uncover, develop, and use that power for good.

I’m delighted to report that this past year, parents and alumnae set new records for annual giving. You are demonstrating your belief in the power of young women. The Annual Report is an opportunity to express our gratitude to all who invested in the success of our students and report on your profound impact. I hope you discover in these pages how your gifts contribute to the collective power and impact of the NCS mission.

Each year, the Governing Board grapples with maintaining a tuition level that funds school operations without burdening families unnecessarily. It is philanthropy that allows us to stretch our budget beyond what tuition can cover. The Governing Board is committed to responsibly stewarding the resources you generously contribute. I am grateful for their efforts on behalf of this community.

I’d especially like to recognize Governing Board members who concluded their terms of

service this past June: David Ayres, Kim D’Abreu, Lucy Martin McBride ’91, Kevin Perry, Linda Keene Solomon ’82, and Teri Allen Walters ’80. It has been an honor to serve with all of them and to witness the impact of their talents and philanthropic support.

I am thrilled to welcome our new Governing Board members, including Helen Brown Bechtel ’00, Gina Coburn, Makiko Harrison, faculty representative Morgan Eaker, Parents Association President Wray Muoio, and Alumnae Advisory Group (AAG) President Lou Rollinson ’77. I am excited to work with our new and returning board members to ensure the ongoing vitality of the NCS mission.

As you read this report, I hope you will take time to reflect on where NCS sits among your philanthropic priorities. Historically, investment in girls’ schools has lagged significantly behind that of boys’ schools and coed schools. Thank you to all who are helping us level the playing field.

If you have not yet made NCS a philanthropic priority, I hope you will do so and know that you are playing a vital part in preparing the powerful, passionate, and purposeful young women our world needs.

Gratefully,

Laura Puryear Chair, NCS Governing Board

2023–2024

Governing Board

Row 1 (from left): Gay Truscott ’80, Kim D’Abreu, Cidalia Luis-Akbar, Antonio Sierra, Elinor Scully, Carmen Perkins

Row 2 (from left): Laura Puryear, Suzanna Kang, Kevin Perry, Roland Reynolds, Tushar Patel

Row 3 (from left): Michael Rankin, Elizabeth Haile Hayes, Linda Keene Solomon ’82, Franca Gutierrez, Chris Calsyn

Row 4 (from left): Mieka Wick ’93, Lucy Martin McBride ’91, Matthew Cutts, William Lynn, Jason Goodwin, David Ayres

Not Pictured: Teresa Allen Walters ’80

Thank you for your service to NCS!

NCS Welcomes Six New Members to our 2024–2025 Governing Board

Helen Bechtel ’00

Helen B. Bechtel and her husband Brendan are the parents of three daughters, including Caroline B. ’33. Helen is an architect and independent curator who specializes in exhibitions that feature design and the built environment. She has practiced architecture in New York and Washington, DC, and is currently working on an exhibition titled “The Tuskegee Chapel: Collaboration and Craft,” scheduled to open at the Yale School of Architecture in early 2025. She served on the NCS Board from 2017 until 2023 and served as a non-Board member on the NCS Development Committee last year. Helen received her BA from Stanford University and her master’s degree in architecture from Yale University.

Gina Coburn

Gina Coburn and her husband, Brooke, are the parents of Tess C. ’30. Their sons, Witt STA ’23 and Bowen STA ’21, are graduates of St. Albans. Gina is the founder of RALLY, a skincare and wellness brand supporting teens and an active lifestyle.

Before starting RALLY, Gina was a senior advisor at Global Philanthropy Group and, prior to that, at Deutsche Bank. Her company, RALLY, sponsored the NCS Spring Benefit in 2023 and 2024.

Gina previously served on the boards at Beauvoir and St. Albans and currently serves on the boards of LIFT and Spark the Journey. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA from Princeton University.

Makiko Harrison

Makiko Harrison and her husband Donald are the parents of Shima H. ’26. Makiko was a senior economist at the World Bank before pivoting to non-profit organizations, most having to do with education. She previously served as Head of School of Sakura Academy, a Japanese preschool in DC. She also sat on the Langley School board. Additional board service includes McLean Presbyterian Church (Board of Women), MOMCo Global, and Supporting Child Caregivers. Makiko and Donald also serve on the Venture Council of International Justice Mission. At NCS, Makiko has served as an Annual Fund volunteer and Class Agent for the 10th Grade. She received her BA from Keio University, her MA and MPhil from the University of Sussex, and her PhD in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Morgan Eaker

Morgan Eaker joins the Board as a faculty representative. She is an Upper School mathematics teacher and class dean. She serves as a Model UN faculty sponsor and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at George Mason University in educational leadership with a focus on independent schools. She began teaching at NCS in 2012. Morgan is a graduate of UNC-Charlotte, where she majored in mathematics and was a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. Before coming to NCS, Morgan taught at a public school outside of Charlotte in Concord, N.C.

Wray Muoio

Wray Muoio joins the Board as the Parents Association (PA) representative. She and her husband Ralph are the parents of Adele M. ’26. Wray has volunteered in various PA roles, including as a grade-level representative, on the Welcome Committee, as PA Secretary, and as Vice President for the Upper School. Before joining the NCS community, Wray served National Presbyterian School as Vice President of the Board and as a member of their strategic planning committee. Wray has a BA from Princeton University and a JD from the University of Virginia.

Financial Summary

Barbara “Lou” Rollinson ’77 Lou Rollinson ’77 joins the Board as the Alumnae Advisory Group (AAG) representative. Lou is the parent of alumna Elizabeth Crowdus ’16, and Lou’s three sisters also graduated from NCS.  Lou is an authority on transfer pricing and international taxation, advising both multinational companies and tax authorities. She attended Wellesley College, where she received a BA in economics in 1981, then went to Duke University, where she earned a PhD in economics in 1986. Lou serves as the AAG President. In the past, she has served as a Class Agent, a Class Representative, and in various other alumnae volunteer roles. When her daughter was a student, Lou served as the PA’s Vice President of Finances and as a Grade Representative.

Q&A

Amanda Zucker Bowker ’94 and David Bowker (Eve ’25 and Vivian ’28)

The Bowkers reflect on why and how they support NCS.

As an alumna, why did you choose NCS for your daughters?

I had a very positive experience at NCS. As a “lifer” on the Close—nursery school at Beauvoir through graduation at NCS—I was grateful for the continuity of an amazing education in a beautiful place surrounded by the best teachers and friends. I benefited then, as I still do today, from the faithbased lessons woven into the day-to-day life at school. The unique and special traditions in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools shaped who I was and, in many respects, who I still am, and made NCS very memorable (despite the hard work!). I loved the idea of our daughters benefiting from and contributing to their own meaningful NCS experiences, too.

As a parent, what would you want other alumnae to know about NCS today?

There are many positive aspects of NCS that have remained constant over the years, especially that the girls benefit from a rigorous environment where every hand raised in class, every leadership role filled, every success celebrated or challenge supported is by girls and for girls. The sisterhood the girls cultivate by the time they graduate is profound and lasting. Also, NCS today looks and feels a lot like it did before, but better! The buildings and classrooms themselves, as well as the resources available to the teachers and students, are exceptional. The girls benefit from some of the best teaching technologies available, which sets them up to be even more sophisticated and capable when they graduate.

What advice do you have for families who are new to the NCS community and looking to deepen their connection with the school?

Spend time on the Cathedral Close! It’s an extraordinary place to be. Whether volunteering for one hour or spending months co-chairing committees or events, being involved truly is the gift that keeps on giving. The parent body at NCS is full of exceptional people who care deeply about giving their daughters the best possible school experience. Getting to know other parents, faculty, staff, and students by volunteering, giving your time, and attending events and meetings is not only helpful to the community but also personally rewarding. Also, walking through the Bishop’s Garden or Olmstead Woods, stopping by a game or match after school to cheer on the girls, or sitting on a bench outside the Cathedral are all reliable day-makers. The Close is an extraordinary place and it really never gets old. There’s no better way to deepen a connection to NCS than to spend time there in any capacity.

Can you share a particular moment or experience of your daughters at NCS that illustrates what makes this school unique?

Many come to mind. Opening Cathedral is a great example of something that the girls (and parents) share that makes NCS unique. The tradition of the seniors walking the Fourth Graders down the Nave is a rite of passage signaling the momentous beginning of one’s NCS career and, simultaneously, the start of the epic ending of it. That the eldest young women share this moment with the youngest girls endows them all with the sense of the legacy they will create during their time there and leave behind when they graduate. All of the girls, even those who arrive at NCS after Fourth Grade, see this tradition annually at Opening Cathedral and can derive inspiration to feel a part of something greater as well as leading their peers in all grades.

What do you hope your daughters learn from your philanthropic example?

Our hope is that they feel a sense of gratitude for the education, opportunities, and experiences they and their friends have had at NCS, and that, over time, they develop a sense of responsibility for giving something back to NCS and the broader community. As NCS has helped to teach them, giving to one’s community can be a priority that starts at an early age and continues throughout their lives. The definition of “philanthropy” is “the desire to promote the welfare of others.” It is important for young women to see their responsibility to look out for one another and the world around them— to give monetarily when possible and of their time and talents always. We hope they understand that by promoting the welfare of others and prioritizing goodwill generally, we all benefit as it makes our communities stronger, more successful, and better able to care for one another. If the girls all see and live by this example, even as students, hopefully it becomes integral to their daily lives well beyond their NCS years.

As you look to the future, what are your hopes for NCS?

We hope NCS will continue to prioritize and maintain its traditions and faith-based education that set it apart from other independent schools in the DC area. Rather than seeking to be more like some of its peer schools, we hope NCS will continue to be a leading school that embraces its very special history in DC and redoubles its efforts to be sure students and parents benefit from being active participants in the impactful 125-year history of the school. Phoebe Hearst once said: “Don’t be afraid to start small” and that’s a great message for NCS to impart. Starting small allows for big things to happen, so it is our hope that NCS looks within to take pride in its unique legacy and promotes growth of the rich traditions and lasting strengths it has built.

What is your favorite NCS tradition? Spirit Day! (Go Purple!)

Purple or Gold? Purple forever!

National Cathedral School

2023– 2024 Donor Honor Roll

Through the collective generosity of over 1,700 community members, NCS raised over $3.7 million in 2024. Those gifts supported a wide range of priorities, including providing access through financial aid, ongoing professional development for faculty and staff, support for student programming, and investment in the endowment, among others. We often hear the question, “Does my gift matter?” and our resounding answer is YES. Your individual contributions unleash boundless opportunities for NCS.

Icon Legend

+ 1900 Society Gave to Annual Fund Gave to Endowment Gave to Spring Benefit 3+ years consecutive giving (see pages 42–43) (see page 46–47) (see page 51)

Satterlee Society

Members of our Satterlee Society are philanthropic leaders of NCS. Last year, members contributed 85% of our comprehensive giving total, with gifts ranging from $2,500 to over $100,000.

Satterlee Society Levels:

Founder Circle

$100,000 +

Head of School Circle

$50,000 – $99,999

Founder Circle

$100,000 & Above

Helen Brown Bechtel ’00 & Brendan Bechtel + Jody Fowler Jonsson ’81 + Estate of Patricia Morris ’61

Estate of Gail Peterson ’61

Amy Harper Regan ’62 & Jay Regan + Julia Ryan Wills ’54 & Matthew Wills +

Head of School Circle

$50,000 – $99,999

Nancy Stead Atwood ’62 & Alan Atwood +

Scholar Circle

$25,000 – $49,999

Purple & Gold Circle

$10,000 – $24,999

Suzanne Brock + Michael Rankin & Mark Green + Nicole Guagenti & Nolan Guagenti + Elizabeth Haile Hayes & David Hayes + Cidalia Luis-Akbar & M. Masud Akbar +

Scholar Circle

$25,000 – $49,999

Nancy Curran + Amanda Davidoff ’95 & Sam Davidoff + Carol Armstrong Dillon ’63 & Thomas Dillon

Eagle Circle

$5,000 – $9,999

Member Circle

$2,500 – $4,999

Jocelyn Moore Gailliot ’99 & Charlie Gailliot + Ganzi Family Foundation + Diana Goldberg & Stephen Goldberg + Alyse Graham ’86 & Colin Stretch + Franca Gutierrez & Andrew Gutierrez + Makiko Harrison & Donald Harrison + Margaret Hearst ’76 & William Hearst + Olga Jaeckel & Scott Jaeckel

Blair Jones ’61 +

Suzanna Kang & Trey Hanbury + Betsy Keeley & Michael Keeley + Mary Murphy & William Lynn +

Diana Reynolds & Roland Reynolds +

Katherine Silverthorne & David Lashway +

Purple & Gold Circle

(Whitby Circle)

$10,000 – $24,999

Anonymous

Anne Ayres & David Ayres + Caroline Barber + Jennifer Bergeron & Joseph Nemec + Parkie Adams Blaylock ’49 + Haise Roe Borgmann & Kevin Borgmann +

Amanda Zucker Bowker ’94 & David Bowker +

Margaret Boyd & Greg Boyd + Gina Coburn & Brooke Coburn + Colleen Daly & D. Dodge Thompson +

Mary Denney & Charles Denney + Hutchey Brock Doley ’82 +

Susan Engel & Steven Engel + Michele Farquhar & William Farquhar +

Cynthia Hutchings & Kevin Morin +

Emily Madan & Rajiv Madan + Jenn Mascott +

Lucy Martin McBride ’91 & Thad McBride +

Estate of Helen Montgomery ’46

Annette Nazareth & Roger Ferguson + Catherine Nguyen & Brian Kowalski +

Daphne O’Connor & Tom O’Connor + Norah O’Donnell & Geoffrey Tracy + Carol Orr & Stephen Orr

Mary Margaret Plumridge & Scott Plumridge +

Emily Porter & Marc Porter + Laura Puryear & Jake Puryear + Allison Putala & Chris Putala +

Jennifer Richter Maurer & James Maurer +

Lou Rollinson ’77 & William Crowdus + Lisa Siegel & Larry Siegel

Stephanie Sierra & Antonio Sierra +

Catharine Snowdon & Richard Snowdon +

Gillian Staley & Stuart Staley

Cynthia Stanton & John Stanton +

Jeannie Stovall +

Katherine Vernot-Jonas & Richard Jonas +

Lori Weinstein & Martin Weinstein

Peter Work +

Eagle Circle

$5,000 – $9,999

Anonymous +

Hastie Afkhami & Amir Afkhami

Sarah Albertson ’96 & David Dempsey +

Allison Aldrich ’87 & Steven Aldrich +

Pat Andrews ’76 +

Karolina Arias & Peter Koch +

Sally Battle & Eliot Battle

Liz Snowdon Bonner ’89 +

Diana Bui & Chi Bui +

Samantha Chappell & Michael Chappell +

Cynthia Cook & Meyer Kestnbaum +

Brian DeMarco +

Estate of Martha Donovan ’51

Christine Enemark & William Minor +

Julie Fischer & Mark Lacy

Karin Flynn & John Flynn +

Penny Glass ’59 +

William Greer +

Alison Harris & James Harris

Jessica Hertz & Christopher Angell

Elizabeth Holleman Burke ’60 & Barlow Burke +

Adair Ilyinsky & Sam Goodyear

Holly Joyner & William Scherman +

Sheenu Kachru & Ashish Kachru +

Elizabeth Katz & Reed Hundt

Melinda Kenney & John Kenney +

M’Young Kim ’74

Jennifer Krichevsky & Eugene Krichevsky +

Amy Lancaster & Charles Lancaster +

Yasemin Lewis & Mark Lewis +

Feng Li & Tingzhan Jia +

Enu Mainigi & John Walke +

Elvira McMillan Mannelly ’61 +

Eileen McMahon & Adam Golodner +

Jamie Miller ’91 +

Heather Molino & Michael Molino

Margaret Stewart Nagle ’95 & Paul Nagle +

Sandra Ortiz & Ed Sobieray +

Barksdale Penick +

Jeffrey Powell +

Melody Ranelli & Ray Ranelli

Sara Love Rawlings & James Whitney Rawlings +

Sarah Collins Robertson ’93 +

Jenni Schifter & Rick Schifter +

Laura Schifter ’99 & Matt Scriven +

Inna Schwartz & Jeffery Schwartz +

Elinor Scully +

Tricia Stevenson & William Stevenson +

Mary Jean Stovall & James Stovall +

Tricia Sullivan & Brendan Sullivan +

Elizabeth Tanzi & Peter Pinto +

Elizabeth Ulmer & Jonathan Graham +

Pamela Venzke & Patrick Venzke +

Cara Verma & Dinesh Verma

Sally Wallace +

Anne Walsh & Adam Walsh +

Teri Allen Walters ’80 +

Laura Walther & Robert Walther +

Jacqueline Wong & Ryan Davies

Ashley Yingling & Kevin Yingling +

Member Circle

$2,500 – $4,999

Nataliya Aleksenko & Val Aleksenko +

Lindsay Angerholzer & Max Angerholzer +

Helen Gill Arnold ’83 +

Julie Babinard & Roberto Benelli +

Patricia Bacigalupo & Marc Bacigalupo +

Nancy Balboa & George Lopez-Balboa +

Lisa Barclay & Timothy Berry +

Susan Battle ’97 & Christopher Battle +

Marisa Bellack & Adam Bellack

Laura Billings & David O’Neil

Paige Blumer +

Melissa Boasberg ’86 & Eric Schvimmer +

Lisa Brock ’82 & Craig Miller +

Collette Bruce & Anthony Bruce +

Peyton Bruns ’74 +

Rori Busman & Philip Busman +

Sharon Cady & Steven Cady +

Lisa Capell ’70

Nancy Carr & Robert Carr + Audrey Chan & Brad Chin + Helen Chao & Peter Xie

Lily Chen & George Hou + Alexa Chopivsky ’97 + Christine Chu & Bernard Kim + Leayah Cleary & Patrick Cleary +

Amie Colby & Paul Colby + Alexandra Cook ’78 + Janice Cutts & Matthew Cutts + Laura Davis ’75 +

Heather Dent + Patricia Devlin +

Katharine Drossos & Matthew Drossos +

Amy Dunbar & Ted Hester

Emine Durdu & Bora Durdu + Astrid Egerton-Vernon & James Egerton-Vernon

Alexis Ellis ’07 + Karla Evans ’76

Liz Faller Eysymontt ’94 & Alexander Eysymontt +

Logan Ferguson & Joseph Ferguson

Jeremy Hardy FitzGerald ’57 + Jennifer Gerson & David Gerson + Nigest Getahun-Hawkins & Ronnie Hawkins +

Cynthia Livingstone Gibert ’59 + Odile Granter Wilson & Gavin Wilson + Alexandra Graubert & John Graubert

David Greene +

Mary Greer ’74 + Margaret Griffin & Carter Griffin + Claudia Hamilton ’99 + Tessa Harber & Adam Harber

Holidae Hayes & Matthew Gavin

Laura Hewitt & William Hewitt + Alice Hill ’74 & Peter Starr + Elin Hofverberg & Gustav Hofverberg

George Holderness +

Abby Ross Hopper ’89

Su Hsu & Brian Gearing + Ellen Hufbauer ’86 +

Tierney Hunt & Jonathan Parker +

Tsch Ruffin Hunter ’73 +

Cara Hur & Robert Hur + Susan Iverson & William Iverson + Ellen Jakovic & David Lipson +

Tatiana Blackington James ’84 +

Mir Javid & Showkat Bashir +

Mary Jones & Mike Jones + Kavita Kalatur & Ravi Kolli

Caroline King & Christopher King +

Heidi Curley Kline & Dr. Alan Kline + Page Kranbuhl & Kipp Kranbuhl +

Mary Kushan & Jeffrey Kushan +

Anne Handwerger Large ’86 & Curtis Large +

Meghan Latcovich & Simon Latcovich

Amanda Leader & Erik Metzroth

Elisabeth Leamy & Kris Persinger + Angie Lee & Mickey Kim

Margaret Rood Lenzner ’63 +

Lillian Li ’09

Hongda Lin & Yin Zhu +

Gwendolyn Lohse & James Assey

Maria Manning & Christopher Manning +

Catherine Martin & Kevin Martin

Catherine McElroy & Jason McElroy

Michelle McMurry-Heath & Sebastian Heath +

Keidy Merida & Brian O’Fahey +

Kevin Metz

Ellen Mitchell & Stephen Mitchell +

Wendy Moe & John Macpherson +

Mara Motherway & William Apigian +

Elizabeth Connell Nielsen ’84 +

Jeff Nussbaum

Alison Ottenbreit & David Ottenbreit +

Irene Pantelis & Andre Bhatia

Carmen Perkins & Dennis Perkins +

Adela Petrovic & Vladimir Petrovic

PC Pitts ’75 +

Claire Prestel & Christopher Babbitt +

Julia Pulzone & Michael Marshall +

Elise Rabekoff & Christopher Gladstone

Bhanu Ramineni & Venkat Ramineni

Lisa Ranelli Alexander & Michael Alexander

Nikita Rao & Samir Rao

Susan Rice ’82 & Ian Cameron +

Nicolle Rippeon & Benjamin Rippeon +

Meghan Edwards-Ford Rissmiller ’99 +

Cathy Rivlin ’75 +

Whitney Rosenthal & John Rosenthal

Samantha Ross & David Ross +

Meredith Sharp & Jess Sharp +

Zoe Sharp ’96 & Jeremy Sharp

Grail Sipes & Christopher Sipes +

Jill Smith & Hayes Smith +

Linda Keene Solomon ’82 +

Anna Sproul-Latimer ’03 +

Pat Stanton & Edwin Stanton

Kimberly Stephens & Daniel Stephens

Lila Sullivan & Brendan Sullivan

Dinah Sunday ’69 +

Rashmi Sutton & William Sutton

Lily Talakoub & Pouyan Lotfi

Xiaodong Tang & Hui Gao

Eleanor Lackey Tessier ’82 +

Gay Truscott ’80 +

Jing Vivatrat & Nithi Vivatrat +

Claire Sullivan Voorhees ’98 & Harlow Voorhees

Brett Wernick ’81 & Steven Wernick +

Casey Orr Whitman ’02 + Mieka Wick ’93 & David Wick +

Linda Willard & Stephen Willard +

Elizabeth Wilmer & Robert Calhoun

Dottie Woodcock & Kenneth Woodcock +

Sarah Heim-Jonson Wootton ’91

Sherry Wu & Bill Stobart +

Vivian Yuan & Hai Yan +

Allison Zabransky & Douglas Zabransky +

Shirley Zhang & William Liu +

Friends

Every gift matters.

All contributors giving up to $2,499 are recognized as Friends in our Donor Honor Roll.

$1 – $2,499

Anonymous (8) + Alex Abington ’08

Malba Abrego & Jorge Martinez + Spencer Abruzzese ’88 +

Angela Kennedy Acree ’81

Ginny Wells Adams ’58 +

Ann Adams & Hendrik Koppen

Loris Adams

Karen Adamson & David Adamson + Joan Dolores Adesanya & Adegboyega Adesanya

Lauren Adler ’85

Alex Agiliga ’09

Arlana Agiliga ’12

Elena Airapetian-Sexton ’99

Sophia Akbar ’28

Sherry Akbar ’90 + Luma Al-Attar ’91

Kirsten Albers & Michael Sicoli + Katie Albright ’85 + Anne Albright ’79

Mary Edson Ales ’77 +

Betsy Silver Alexander ’49 + Francine Alexander ’74

Sherry Allen ’69 + Hadley Debevoise Allen ’02 + Vicki Allen ’02

Laura Breznay Allen ’96

Allison Alvarado

Liane Alves ’06

Laurie Amell & Michael Angst +

Marie Amerasinghe ’86

Carolyn Engel Amiot ’60

Ambika Anand Prokop & Paul Prokop + Glenna Andersen & Hans Andersen

Brett Andersen ’10 +

Heather Langenkamp Anderson ’82 + Karin Anderson +

Agatha Andrews ’76

Judy Andrews ’69

Gail Andrus & William Andrus

Julia Angelov ’19

Lori Aratani & Spencer Hsu

Breese McIlvaine Arenth ’05

Theodora Dracopoulos Argue ’59 + Aditi Arora & Rajeev Arora + Alexandra Ashbrook ’84

Candice Ashton ’97

Valentina Assenova ’04

Vicki Assevero ’70

Mary Aster ’04

Selvi Atayeva & Nico Valckx + Theresa Atta ’94

Emily Brower Auchard ’79

Alison Auerbach ’84 +

Kate Aufhauser ’09

Liz Augustine ’75 +

Nona Avetisyan & Grigor Sargsyan

Brooke Miller Axiotis ’99 +

Shannon Ayres ’19

Cynthia Bader & Lawson Bader + Judy Davis Baer ’61

Vaughan Bagley ’08

Keli Krnjaic Baine ’02 + Lindlee Baker

Marjorie Baker ’10

Sandra Baker

Avneet Bakshi & Raman Bakshi

Lissa Mullens Balakrishnan ’73

Amy Balas & Pierce O’Connor

Elizabeth Ballantine & Paul Leavitt +

Karen Ballotta

Spencer Pardoe Ballou ’79 +

Alexandra Bamford ’19 +

Elliott Bamford ’17 +

Elizabeth Banks ’05 +

Marybeth Banks & Charles Banks +

Mary Barber ’67 & Curt von Kann + Adele Barker ’64

Monica Barnes ’97 +

Betsy Barnett +

Haley Barnett ’97 +

Meredith Barnett ’96

Erin Barringer ’01

Marcea Barringer & Paul Barringer +

Kathy Krug Barron ’60

Steph Arterton Bartlett ’56

Caroline Bartman ’07 +

Jane Bartman ’10

Nenie Dixon Bartman +

Virginia Bell Basil ’09

Taylor Baskin ’09

Jessica Battaglia & Mark Schuermann +

Margaret-Ann Bauer ’82 +

Christina Baumel ’01 +

Grae Baxter ’65

Carrie Beach ’89

Carol Mast Beach ’68

Ann Scheyd Beard ’60

Meghan Beardsley ’98

Zoe Bedell ’03

Christina Beharry & Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez

Irv Beimler

Lisa Bell-Loncella ’76 +

Elizabeth Belt & Juan Belt

Colleen Bender +

Tom Bender +

Masey Winn Benjamin ’62

Geraldine Bennefield & Robert Bennefield

Lida Benson ’10

Lydia Benson & Randall Benson

Sophia Benson ’14

Louisa Benton ’82

Tina Inge Bentrup ’62 +

Tessa Rogers Berenson ’10

Carl Bergeron +

Jennifer Berk ’97 +

We recently invited 1900 Society members to tell us why they give to NCS year after year.

Marion “Mimi” Lucas Fleming ’57 shared a story from her senior year at NCS: “Headmistress Lee told us that, although we might think we didn’t have the financial means to contribute to NCS, we did. She helped me understand that gifts of all sizes are necessary to help support a community. She also helped me understand that it was important to establish a pattern of giving early on. She was right! I haven’t missed a year of giving to NCS. I am now 84 years old and still working as a Florida Senior Circuit Court Judge on an as needed basis. NCS was the game changer for me in my life’s path.”

Annual Fund

now known as

We are profoundly grateful for the generosity of the NCS community. Your annual gifts directly benefit our amazing students, faculty, and staff and are essential in helping us deliver on our mission every day.

Thank you to our co-chairs Suzanna Kang (Amelia ’24) and Sandra Ortiz (Katherine ’27).

Our community set giving records, contributing over $2.2 million to the Annual Fund and providing a vital 8% of our 2023–2024 operating budget.

Numbers:

$1,290 Average gift size + 1,706 donors +

volunteers

$2.2M in Annual Fund dollars

$795,000

$2,200,00

$1,180,000

Alumnae in their Reunion years generously demonstrated their commitment to their classmates and their alma mater.

Congratulations to the Classes of 1954 and 1974. At Reunion, the Class of 1974 earned the Hollerith-Ouverson Award for highest participation, and the Class of 1954 won the Board of Visitors trophy for highest dollars raised.

Rachel Berk ’99 + Jennifer Berkeley ’91 +

Anne Harper Bernhardt ’59 +

Ryann Berry & Paul Berry

Cherry Joy Beysselance & Matthew Lerner +

Deborah Billings ’74

Maggie Birkel ’08

Joan Biskupic & Clayton Lewis

Claire DeBord Bixler ’01 + Nancy Fountain Black ’76

Laura Blackwelder ’97 +

Emily Riddleberger Blackwell ’97 + Betsy Scull Blair ’64

Ashley Snowdon Blanchard ’94 +

Mark Bland

Nancy Cleaves Blaydes ’56 +

Katherine Bliss & Mark Dennis + Laurie Bloch + William Blumberg + Margaret Boasberg ’86

Patricia Bobo & Emanuel Bobo + Cristina Boccuti & Alan Berube +

Jean Boccuti & Ascanio Boccuti

Anne Marie Boehler ’82 +

Edith Boehler ’78 & Hugh Bredenkamp

Ivette Bohlen & Christopher Bohlen

Anne Bolotin

Susan Bosland & Rick Bosland +

Nancy Boswell & Eric Boswell

Mary Bottella & Norm Knickle + Lily Bou ’14

Virginia Bou ’12

Chrissy Boulineaux ’10

Margaret Bourjaily & Noah Pollak + Emma Boyd ’15

Elizabeth Boyle & Alexander Boyle + Ann Bracken ’79 +

Marilyn Bracken & H. Bracken + Jill Bradenburg & Luis Deocares + Barbara Bradley & Alan Buzacott +

Margaret Brady & James Ellis + Rosemary Brandenburg ’74

Anja Brau ’94 + Sarah Bredenkamp ’14

Sara Breiel ’69

Laura Brenneman ’95 + Courtney Breul + Hannah Breul ’96

Jane Harman Brewer ’63

Nancy Proctor Bride ’59

Lauren Briggerman & Jeffrey Horwitt

Marilyn Pond Brigham ’73

Mirah Sederlof Briley ’91 +

Lindsey Wilson Brimage ’09 +

Kimora Brock ’11

Jocelyn Brodie ’74

Laura Broenniman ’87

Ann Brown & Walter Birkel +

Anne Wright Brown ’61 +

Gordon Brown

Katherine Bierlein Brown ’97

Kirsten Brown & Steven Brown +

Lois Everett Brown ’60

Sarah Brown & William Brown

Sarah Brown & Winthrop Brown +

Susanna Mock Brown ’97 +

Denise Brown-Allen & Douglas Allen +

Bobbie Bennett Broyles ’64

Michelle Bruch & Russell Bruch

Barbara Bruner

Dedan Bruner +

Katy Thompson Brunner ’02 +

Catherine Sheehan Bruno ’87

Barbara Brylawski

Brittnay Buckner & Shawn Buckner

Jenifer Blaxall Buice ’89

Jill Bullitt ’69

Maria Burka & Robert Burka

Jennifer Burkett & Scott Burkett +

Rosemary Burnett & John Burnett + Alix Burns ’89

Diane Burr-Dickey ’62 +

Victoria Bush ’15

Matilda Butler ’60

Ceci Martin Butler ’81

Asha Butterworth ’21 +

Chaula Butterworth & Scott Butterworth +

Nalini Butterworth ’24 +

Janet Rathbun Buyers ’78 +

Wendy Marsh Buzy ’89

Trish Byrne ’89

Katy Byrnes ’09

Grace Caddell & Erin Caddell +

Kit Wiebe Cahill ’04

Chris Calsyn

Cecilia Calvo ’85 +

Leah Calvo ’05

Caroline Healey Cameron ’01 +

Gigi Camp ’05

Chloe Campbell ’19

Sherry Stalker Cannon ’58 +

Laura Roady Capito ’99 & Charles Capito +

Tanisha Carden

Melinda Carley ’90 +

Claudina Carlos & Froilan Carlos +

Sarah Carothers ’74 +

Kara Takesuye Carpluk ’02

Tatia Williams Carson ’83 +

Meghan Carter ’08

Veronica Carter + Katharine Carter ’25 +

Giovanna Casalino & Michael Fleischer + Chesley Davis Case ’97

Anna Catalanotto ’15

Lee Comegys Chafee ’74

Jacqueline Razook Chamandy ’48

Amy Chambers Cortright ’95 +

Tabitha Chandler ’23

Kalpana Chandrasekhar ’03

Anna Chang ’90

Daniel Chang +

Margaret Chanin & Michael Chanin + I-Min Chao & Russell Frey +

Debbie Cheng & Alex Cheng

Stephanie Cheng & Erik Huseby

Kim Chester & Alexander Chester +

Christina Ching ’97

Fariha Choudhury ’11 + Linda Chow ’79

Tamara Christopher & Greg Christopher +

Laurie O’Connor Cigal ’72 + Melissa Clark ’73

Bettina Clark ’94

Jenny Scott Clarvoe ’78 +

Tina Lynch Clay ’77 + Lizzie Thompson Cleary ’01 +

Sarah Clemmitt ’83

Elna Clevenger + Elisabeth Bedell Clive ’97

Thomas Cobb

Diana Cobo

Meredith Cockerham ’12

Sharon Johnson Cody ’74

Norah Kelleher Coelho ’96 +

Julia Coffey ’93

Chloe Cogo

Monica Cogo ’11

Terry Cogo & Henrique Cogo

Vicki Gould Colburn ’64 + Colette Coleman & Kelvin Coleman

Laura Richards Coleman ’82 +

Katherine Coleman & John Coleman

Mary Jaffe Collerton ’82

Kate Collins ’77 +

Cissy Gott Collins ’68 + Carol Jo Morgan Compton ’62 + Alicia Conklin-Wood ’58

Shanti Conly +

Marion Connell

Eleni Constantine ’74

Jackie Kelly Coombe ’04

Kate Cooper ’68

Cristina Cooper ’92 & Aaron Cooper

Tay Wood Cooper ’64 +

Polly Putney Coote ’58 + Edith Copenhaver ’79

Nancy Cordes & Harald Cordes

Julie Cotton ’04

Alisha Couch +

Sally Millard Coulter ’64 + Alison Courtney ’09 +

Sally Cox & John Cox +

Carolyn Cox & Samuel Perkins +

Lynette Coyne & James Quinn

Ted Crawford

Eleanor Crawford ’31

Nan Crawford

Alex Wallace Creed ’84 +

Margaret Cromelin & Paul Cromelin

Caroline Cromelin ’02 +

Amy Secrest Cropp ’89 +

Rosalind Cross ’78 +

Madeleine Cross ’15

Anne Stone Crow ’69 +

Elizabeth Crowdus ’16 +

M. Elizabeth Culbreth +

Nicole Cunningham +

Maria Curley & Robert Curley +

Lisa Currier ’89

Romey Stevens Curtis ’52

Beverly Cutler ’67

Martha Cutts

Carol Cutts

Kim D’Abreu +

Heartie Dunnan Daddino ’06 +

Kate Munroe Daly ’74

Jane Lemon Daly ’61 +

Sally Dunkelberger Daniel ’82 +

Diana Daniels +

Elizabeth Gilpin Darbro ’63 +

Alumnae Satterlee Society Challenge

For every NCS alumna who joins the Satterlee Society, whether for the first time or after a hiatus, Carol Armstrong Dillon ’63 and Tom Dillon will contribute $1,250 to NCS. We are thrilled to report that, at the time of this issue, 30 alumnae have stepped up to meet the Dillons’ challenge.

Alumna and long-time volunteer Dinah Sunday ’69 shared her reasons for joining the Satterlee Society after 42 years of consecutive giving to NCS:

“The Alumnae Satterlee Society Challenge hit me at just the right time. As a recent retiree, l’m getting a grip on my financial status. After a lifetime of working and saving, it’s time to think about spending and charitable giving. The opportunity to ‘unlock additional support’ really appealed to me.”

Kimi Aghevli Darrell ’02

Jill Davidson ’93

Christa Davidson & Jeff Davidson

Catrin Davies ’93

Candy Davis ’66 +

Helen Davis ’76 +

Jenny Knauer Davis ’70 +

Kent Davis-Packard ’96

Amanda De Castro ’19

Catherine De Peuter

Jaird Byrne de Raismes ’67

Anna Dean & Nathaniel Dean +

Anne Dooley Deane ’77

Carrie DeCell ’03 +

Linda Vandaele DeCherrie ’91 +

Sarah Wallace Deckey ’85

Elizabeth Vlcek Deeming ’95 +

Jen Franklin Del Guercio ’89

Margaret Eisenstein DeLacy ’69 +

Kathleen M. Delaney +

Sayer Delk ’13

Yi Deng & Tao Wu +

Annie Snodgrass Dennett ’01

Sara Dent & Magruder Dent + Greer Dent ’08 +

Cheri Devlin ’84 +

Melanie Dickson ’04

The NCS endowment grew to $47.9 million as of June 30, 2024. New contributions and strong investment returns contributed to this growth.

Over the past 3 fiscal years, the NCS endowment has grown by approximately 19%.

NCS’s Endowment Value

What Role Does the Endowment Play?

Much like the impact of a National Cathedral School education, the endowment lasts forever.

By providing a predictable income stream for NCS, the endowment:

• Provides financial flexibility

• Allows the school to innovate

• Protects the school in times of financial uncertainty

A portion of the income generated through that investment is used every year to supplement the school’s operating budget. But because the corpus of the endowment is not spent and some of the income growth generated each year is reinvested in the corpus, the endowment grows over time and ensures there will be a steady source of income to support the school’s future needs.

Allocation of Our Endowment Funds

“Along with encouraging my interest in math and technology, my parents taught me to give back to the institutions that helped shape my path… The idea of creating a fund at NCS began in 1997, because I wanted to encourage girls to explore their passion for technology... I continue to make contributions to the fund to help the school keep up as its expenses grow over time.”

Blair Jones ’61

Growing the Endowment is a Key Priority

A large endowment provides a steady, dependable income stream that lasts in perpetuity. While the NCS endowment has seen steady growth over the past three years, its total value trails the endowments of peer schools as of last available statistics. This resource gap presents a challenge today, and an even greater challenge in the future. Unless significant investments are made to NCS’s endowment, the disparity between NCS’s endowment and that of these peer schools will increase exponentially over time, due to the power of compounding interest.

An Endowment Resource Gap Grows Wider Over Time

Elizabeth Dietel & J. Edwin Dietel + Sigrid Dilley ’12

Amy Dinan & Donald Dinan

Mary Anne Duncan Dingus ’79

Lourdes Dionne & Raymond Dionne

Elizabeth Dirksen & Richard Dirksen

Theresa Diventi & John Jordan +

Martha Allin Diver ’74

Catherine Hardy Diviney ’89

Tiane Doman & Kyle Doman + Jennifer Donaldson & Christopher Ditta +

Danielle Goodman Dooley ’91

Annette Doolittle & J. William Doolittle

Georgette Dorn

Brennan Dorn ’99

Jennifer Dorsey +

Kathleen Doster & Brian Doster + Larry Dougherty

Blanca Douki & Omar Douki

Susan Dove & Stephen Dove

Lucia Dow ’84

Anne Shenefield Dowd ’60

Brian Dowhower + Nancy Wolcott Doyle ’97 & Robert Doyle +

Carole Hackes Duckett ’72 +

Debra Duff & Louis Duff

Madeline Duff ’10

Norma Dugger

Sabina Hartley Duke ’59

Lori Duke ’80

Johnna Dumler & Keith Liddle + McKenna Dunbar ’19 +

Kay Dunkley & Peter Dunkley + Rick DuPuy +

Andrea Durkin ’84

Laura Dzurec

Morgan Eaker + Lindsay McKelvie Eakin ’69

Susan Easton + Elizabeth Maddock Eastwick & Edward Eastwick +

Molly Jamieson Eberhardt ’04 + Lisa Ebersole ’94

Allyson Edge ’18 +

Janice Edwards & Chauncey Fortt

Julie Edwards

Nicole Efron ’04 +

Janet Mayberry Ehle ’61

Alexis Weiner Ehrhardt ’96 +

Katarzyna Ejsmont & Joseph Sekasi + Charla Freeman Elizabeth ’76

Annie Ellicott ’75

Mona Elliot & Mark Elliot

Anne Mitchell Elmore ’88

Haregewoin Endale & Solomon Mulat

Juliet McGarry Englander ’90

Nina Tyrrell Engstrom ’74 +

Kana Enomoto

Katherine Epes & Peter Barrett +

Mary Alice Horstick Eschweiler ’66

Judy Carr Evans ’58 +

Alex Evans ’04

Christine Evans ’15 +

Ingrid Zimmer Evers ’89

Lynn Exton ’73

Lindsay Jones Farmer ’98

Anne Farr ’62 +

Mary Jane Farrell ’74 +

Ali Fauci ’10

Winnie Dunnan Faust ’81

Elizabeth Fayad ’02 +

Gretchen Inglefield Fearey ’82 +

Carol Feggans-Patterson +

Kathleen Feldman ’04 +

Susan Feldman +

Linda Feldmann & Ramón De Castro

Katherine Felgenhauer & Grant Felgenhauer +

Pat Felgenhauer

Maria Felski

Karis Felton ’17 +

Hobson Feltus ’10

Caroline Ferguson ’13

Linda Ferguson & Leigh Ferguson

Billie Fergusson

Nuria Fernandez & Daniel Hall

Cristina Fernandez ’01

Lorency Fernando Maran & Jey Maran

Margaret Ferris ’00

Debbie Buchanan Fickenscher ’63

Anne Ficklen ’74

Ellen Ficklen ’69 +

Sasha Field ’86

Peggy Turner Fink ’54 +

Catherine Finn & Harold Finn

Nancy Zou Finn ’04

Betta Fisher-York ’78

Alice Rogers Fitzgibbon ’65

Mimi Lucas Fleming ’57 +

Phoebe Barta Flemming ’67 +

Mary Ford ’73 +

Olivia Forrester ’18

Suzanne Skinner Forster ’99

Adrienne Foster & Edward Foster

Emily Preyer Fountain ’77

Sarah Fraley ’69 +

Frances Francis

Patricia Franco & Charles Clark + Campbell Frank ’10 +

Judy Grogan Franklin ’77 +

Louise Franks ’63

Sally Desipio Frazza ’69 + Josephine Freis ’21 +

Allison Fromm ’81

Catherine Gaines ’92 +

Mary Alice Gaines & George Gaines + Sararose Gaines ’14 +

Gigi Galbraith ’69

Ellen May Galinsky ’60

Susan Simpson Gallagher ’81

Elizabeth Galvin & Michael Galvin +

Annie Galvin ’03

Charlie Phynes Garcia ’93

Claire Ferguson Garcia ’74

Parker Garrett ’14

Ellen Sieminski Gawlak ’96

Emily Repp Geiger ’97 +

Annie George & Thumpasery George

Lisa Koteen Gerchick ’70 +

Kota Gerson ’07

Cindy Giambastiani & Ed Giambastiani

Katie Davis Gibbons-Neff ’08

Elsa Peterson Gibson ’61

Heather Gilbert & Brian Gilbert

Libby Ulman Gilbert ’09

Megan Glasgow & Justin Glasgow +

Aaron Goen +

Lauren Goldberg ’92 +

Sara Stinson Goldsmith ’04

Maya Goldstein-Bolocan & Demetrios Papathanasiou

Gaile Gong & Luis De La Plaza +

Nancy Gooding & James Gooding

Lynn Goodloe ’67

Collette Goodman & Allan Goodman

Emily Elliott Goodman ’66 +

Andie Evans Goodrich ’74

Wendi Gordon & Frank Gordon +

Leslie Gordon & Bart Gordon

Eliza Gordon ’07 + Julia Gorka ’15

Alia Wechsler Gorkin ’01

Melanie Gowen ’05 +

LaToya Graham & William Graham + Kristin Smithberg Graham ’74

Virginia Grandison & George Grandison

Susan Grant & Bruce Weindruch

Mary Grant

Carolyn Grant-Suttie ’78 & Francis Grant-Suttie +

Cheryl Grauberger & James Grauberger

Emma Grauberger ’12 + Christina Graubert ’13

Emily Graves ’77 +

Nancy Graves

Maddy Moore Grayson ’05

Ann Greene & Robert Tate

Abby Greensfelder ’91

Julie Greenspoon ’79

Diana Greenwold ’01

Elizabeth Greenwold & Mark Greenwold +

Daphne Hedden Greenwood ’81

Hall Gregg ’77 +

Tatty Gresham ’62

Jessica Gretch ’91

Monika Krizek Griffis ’79

Gillian Wollen Griffiths ’92 +

Julia Grigorian ’17 +

Claudia Grillo ’84

Joanne Grossman & John Seesel +

Rachel Pasch Grossman ’75

Sheila Gupta +

Susan Gutchess ’68 + Lindsay Wilber Guthrie ’95 +

Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75 & Thomas Gwaltney +

Caroline Gwaltney ’10

Claire Homan Hadden ’94

Brenda Haendler & William Plishker +

Natasha Hakkal ’05 +

Elizabeth Hamman & Nathan Hamman +

Barbara Krabill Hancock ’97 +

Gretchen Handwerger

Jo Hanle ’09

Judy Hanna & Thomas Allen + Allison Ross Hanna ’87 & Joseph Hanna

Rakecia Whitaker Hanna ’90

Elizabeth Hansen & Michael Hansen +

Jeni Hansen ’96

Sasha Hanway ’11

Laura Jones Hardman ’63 +

Alaina Harper ’99 +

Ambia Harper ’97 +

Adele Harrell & Linwood Harrell +

Adriana Gobbo Harrington ’06

Sara Harris & James Harris

Lynn Harris & Michael McCarthy

Janet Arnold Hart ’81

Ruth Hasen & Percy Valenzuela +

Amy Hastings & Richard Hastings +

Beth Hauck & Ken Hauck

Danielle Hauck & Jonathan Hauck +

Molly Hayes ’10 +

Linda Heartfield & Chip Heartfield +

Meredith Heartfield ’13 +

Jane Allmon Heath ’76 +

Kelly Heatwole +

Shirley Hedden ’78 +

Christina Heddesheimer ’04

Michael Heinl +

Julie Dyson Hejduk ’84 +

Carolyn Andrews Hejkal ’74

Tina Morris Helm ’60 +

Glenn Harrell Helmers ’83 +

Molly Hemphill

Kristen Christopher Henderson ’80

Betsy Field Hendrey ’74

Caroline Henley ’03

Martine Henriquez & Lenard Robinson

Brenda Henry & Dick Henry

Rebecca Henry & Richard Henry

Maria Heon ’77 +

Jessica Herzstein ’75

Linda Warren Hessel ’58 +

Andrea Hester & Barrett Hester +

Cyndy Weeks Hesterberg ’84

Alyson Heyrend

Caroline Hickerson & David Hickerson

Erika Highland & Jorge Highland +

David Hightrink

Sarah Hitch Hill ’59

Megan Hills ’84

Olivia Hilton +

Tiffany Hinton ’97 +

Liz Hirschhorn ’04

Dana Westreich Hirt ’85 + Yochi Hobson ’23

Kelley Hodge ’07

Rachel Hoffman +

Chrysti Hogan ’82 +

Mel Krnjaic Hogg ’07 +

Nora Ronhovde Hohenlohe ’62 & Christian Hohenlohe

Edith Holiday & Terrence Adamson + Schuyler Holleman ’20 +

Stacy Holleman & Vernon Holleman +

Mary Booth Holley ’62

Catherine McEaddy Holmes & Kevin Holmes +

Jennifer Holmes ’04 +

Mogy Lucas Holmes ’56 +

Meredith Holmes ’15

Tanya M. Holton ’85 +

Nicole Gilpin Hood ’86 +

Martha Hoopes ’83 +

Katherine S. ’27 gives back to NCS

When we asked why, here’s what she had to say: “I contribute to National Cathedral School because of the exceptional care and thoughtfulness that goes into shaping the student experience here. My freshman year was filled with numerous highlights and memorable experiences. I traveled to Montreal during spring break to perform with the Upper School Chorale; strengthened my writing skills through my English and Modern World History classes, where the faculty collaborate across departments to strengthen critical skills in both subjects; and took a self-defense class that helped boost my self-confidence.”

Lucy Hornstein ’77 & Bill Metzer + Lynn Horowitch

Hazel Horvath ’16

Anne Howard ’06 +

Patricia Howie +

Suzanne Parmelee Hren ’72 + Becky Hsu & Edward Hsu

Alice Huang ’57 +

Bejean Huang + Ellen O’Toole Hubbard ’80

Janet Hudson & John Hudson

Melanie Hudson & Michael Hacker

Callie Smart Hulick ’00

Carol Hulme & James Hulme +

Raphaelle Hupez ’17

Izzy Hupez ’15

Patric Link & Timothy Hurd

Katie Hurd ’02

Kellie Hurson & James Hurson +

Sean Hurst

Farah Hussain Ahmed & Riaz Ahmed +

Naomi Iizuka ’83

June Im & Brian Afnan +

Federica Iorio & Guilherme Piereck

Edie Irwin ’64 +

Hadley Irwin ’16

Diane Scharfeld Isaacs ’57 + Anna Ivanova & Akito Matsumoto +

Erica Iweanoge & Jude Iweanoge

Rebecca Jabbour ’87 +

Catherine Jackson & Richard Jackson

Michelle Jackson ’05

Kathleen O’Neill Jamieson & Daniel Jamieson +

Joyce Jamison + Lhani Jamison ’13 + Annah Jamison ’11 +

Jennifer Jaquin & Fredric Chandler + Mary Jeffers ’74

Susan Jenkins & John Jenkins + Deborah Principato Jessiman ’79 & Alistair Jessiman

Margo Flug Jhaveri ’93 + Adrienne Joesten ’97 & Charles Joesten + Luci Baines Johnson ’65

Julie McMaster Johnson ’57 +

Tom Johnson

Rashida Johnson-Okonta & Macfarlane Okonta +

Erin Johnston +

Rebecca Jones +

Ressa Jones & Christopher Jones

Wendy Jones ’68 +

Barbara Jones & Boisfeuillet Jones +

Diane Jones ’80 +

Betty Sager Jones ’48

Harry Jones +

Beth Jones ’69

Sara Dalmas Jonsberg ’56

Josie Jordan +

Elizabeth Cannon Jordan ’87

Ann Sandegren Judd ’62

Sarah Kahn & Richard Graf

Victoria Kahn ’73

Jennifer Kakuk +

Mary Kaler & Rob Kaler

Valerie Smith Kalmbach ’56 +

Penny Oberne Kamis ’58

Amanda Blumberg Kamyans ’99 +

Popsy Kanagaratnam ’75

Betsey Kane ’74

Judy Karasik ’71 +

Erica Karlin ’02

Alexandra Karppi ’16

Eliza Kean & Patrick Kean +

Mary Moffett Keaney ’00

Donnell Kearney

Lindy Kearns & Jason Kearns

Katie Keeley ’23

Elizabeth Baker Keffer +

Ms. Abby Keffer ’14

Nell Kelleher ’03 +

Virginia Keller +

Elizabeth Kelley & Peter Kelley +

Mary McClure Kendrick ’57 +

Stephanie Kennedy & Thomas Kennedy +

Ellen Kennedy ’83

Jan Kerr +

Kent Kester

Caitlin Keys ’99

Marcha Kiatrungrit ’15

Kathy Kiernan & Tom Kiernan +

Molly Kim & Daniel Gray +

Jennifer Kim & Edward Brownfield

Young Ji Kim & Charles Ahn

Ellen Kim ’16

Alexa Boer Kimball ’86 +

Lydia Stone Kimball ’73 +

Emilie Kimball ’07 +

Jennifer King ’90 +

Anne King ’19

Jana King Allen & Brooks Allen +

Elizabeth Kintz & Bradley Kintz +

Kathy Kirk ’91 +

Sarah Kirk ’74

Jill Kirkpatrick & Anthony Connor

Melissa Kirtley ’92

Marie Kissick & Ralph Kissick +

Valerie Kitay ’94

Alison Kitay ’97 +

Eleanor Lee Kitces ’96

Cynthia Klebanoff & Steven Klebanoff +

Katharine Sommer Klein ’71 +

Becky Stout Klein ’75

Mary Alice Kleinjan & Philip Gignoux +

Alexa Kleysteuber ’01 +

Katherine Kline ’25 +

Rosalyn Kline & Paul Kline +

Sarah Knakmuhs & Heath Knakmuhs +

Jennie Kneedler ’94 +

Brittany Bordeaux Knight ’08

KK McTigue Knisely ’77

Gretchen Hoffecker Knowles ’62

Annie Koch ’74 +

Deborah Denney Kohler ’75

Nancy Avis Kokalas ’57 +

Mary-Frances Koltes & James Koltes + Cassie Carlisle Korland ’59

Jeanna Koski & Peter Koski

Elinor Roberts Kotchen ’98 +

Julia Kraft ’03

Kate Kraft ’91

Jane Kreisman ’77

Lydia Hoff Kris ’88 +

Alice Krum & Stephen Krum

Pixie Allnutt Kubeck ’55 +

Anne Kubisch ’73 +

Kimya Gharib Kurilla ’98

Caroline Kushan ’24

William Kustrup

Cindi Lackey & Mike Lackey + Ann Lackner-Graybiel ’59 +

Sarah Lackritz ’02

Neelaxi Lakhmani & Sanjay Lakhmani

Meri Ball Lane ’62

Betty Langhammer & Frank Langhammer

Maureen Langloss ’89

Christina Ajello Langrall ’02 +

Natasha Lapointe

We want to express our deep gratitude to our community for its robust support of student financial aid at NCS. Special thanks to Spring Benefit Chair Alison Ottenbreit and all of our volunteers, Patrons, Sponsors, Live Auction donors, Great Gathering hosts, and attendees for demonstrating their commitment to educational access and sparking amazing opportunities for NCS students.

20 volunteers +

13 Sponsors +

70 Patrons +

128 Fund-a-Scholar donors +

538 registered attendees +

30 Bar for the Bar and Faculty Ticket donors +

101 Great Gathering Hosts and Live Auction Donors =

$590,000 in gross revenue in support of student financial aid

Thank You to Our Lead Sponsors!

Alexia Larson ’96 + Elizabeth Larson & Donald Larson + Patricia Larue ’74

Liz Adams Lasser ’78 +

Pris Plumb Lawson ’56 + Emily Lawson ’89 & Tom Amis + Whitney Lawson ’92

Amy Le Sueur ’77

Susan Leader

Margaret Leahy & Andrew Leahy + Sarah Leavitt ’06 +

Kristine Lee & Douglas Lee

Lauralyn Lee & Peter Lee + Janie Lee ’55 +

Magda Lehovich & Vladimir Lehovich

Julie Leigh & Daniel Leigh

Mark Leithauser

Emily Lenzner ’88 + Adrienne Lerner ’08

Bonnie Block Levison ’74

Elizabeth Lewis & James Lewis

Jin Li & Xingwei Hu

Emily Falk Libby ’97

Stacy Gretkowski Liddy ’83

Julie Hey Lillis ’80 +

Melissa Lim & Leland Lim +

Pat Hurston Lin ’60 +

Ann Lindgren ’80

Janet Lindgren & Keith Lindgren + Patric Link

Leah Lipsky & Michael Shaheen + Sarah Lipson ’15 +

Audrey Little & Philip Hampton +

Amanda Griscom Little ’92

Elizabeth Liu & Christopher Kang

Kristiina Liuksila ’08 + Mo Orrick Livermore ’69 + Alexandra Lockett ’98

Ava Logan ’77 + Anne Olds Lombardi ’69 + Elaine Ward Loomis ’56 +

Cinthia Lopez & Sheldon Hall +

Nga Lopez + Janet Loveland ’69

Lisel Loy ’84

Diem-Mi Lu ’04

Leigh Lucas ’06 +

Joi Lucas-Jones ’94

Kiki Lundberg ’72 +

Anne Lundberg ’76 +

Priscilla Lundin ’67 +

Julie Lynn ’84 +

Araceli Ma & Fernando Hermoza +

Susan Maaia +

Nicole Maaia & Justin Maaia +

Verna Joy Macdonald +

Jess Bemis MacIntyre ’05 +

Jennifer Porter MacKenzie ’82 +

Becca Iverson Mahoney ’96 & Curtis Mahoney +

Mary Piazza Maiberger ’98 +

Karen Main ’73 +

Fadzi Makanda ’03

Rufaro Makanda ’06 +

Kumi Makihara ’77 +

Anne Gullett Maletta ’68

Stephanie Malliaris Stapleton ’97 +

Elizabeth Malloy ’85

Anne Maloney ’83 +

Laurel Malson

Margaret Midlen Manda ’63 +

Kerry Mandernach & Christopher Mandernach +

Susan Mango ’79

Mary Jo Manning & Michael Manning +

Lisa Manning ’98

Tammie Manning & Robert Catalanotto +

Carolyn Manos & Peter Manos

Becki Marchand & Michel Marchand +

Elena Marcuss ’91

Christine Fitch Marick ’92

Isa Marin ’08 +

Bea Markham ’20 +

Nina Marks & Jonathon Marks +

Sally Marmet ’11

Jenifer Marsh ’94 +

JoAnn Marsh & H. Marsh

Susan Marshall ’63 & Edward Stevens

Olivia Marshall ’11

Maralyn Elmore Marsteller ’80 +

Karin Gustafson Martin ’74

Debby Banning Martin ’72 +

Pedro Martinez +

Eleanor Forbes Mascheroni ’73 +

Patty Noble Mason ’62 +

Jordan Masters

Emilie Mathieu ’98

Stephanie Mathurin & John Hedden +

Nancy Matthews ’99 +

Ashley Mattoon +

Liz Sweet Maurer ’69 +

Sally-Ruth May ’64 +

Jan Mayfield ’74

Ekambi Mbella

Janet McCabe ’76 +

Brendan McCann

Katherine Swain McClayton ’02

Connie Hopkins McCluskey ’56

Lizzie Coston McCluskey ’02

Shirley Shreve McCombe ’53 +

Jackie Burka McConagha ’92

Rhonda McCree & George McCree +

Kathy Mack McDonald ’80

Melinda McDonald & Allen McDonald II +

Ginny Waterman McDonald ’60

Townley McElhiney ’69 +

Becca Weingarten McGavin ’09

Laura McGinnis & Charles McGinnis +

Claire McGinnis ’17

Gaye Roddis McGovern ’61

Jody McGowan & Michael McGowan

Janet McGregor & Charles Ing

Chrissie McHenry

Anna Leithauser McIntosh ’98 & Hugh McIntosh +

Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre ’01

Lauren McKee ’01

Debra McMahon ’73 & Neil McMahon +

Mary McMahon ’16

Ella McPherson ’97 +

Louise Jones McPhillips ’72 +

Katie Langhammer McQuaid ’94 +

Kenneth McVearry

Christina Mead & David Mead

Abby Mead ’02 +

Una Meades & Robert Gerrits +

Bridget Splain Meehan ’04

Julia Meier ’11

Sarah Heartfield Meiring ’75 +

Erika Melman ’91 +

Noelle Mendez-Villamil & Vikas Chawla

Katherine Menz & Cole Werble + Jenny Vieth Merlo ’80 +

Jen Kyhos Merner ’03 +

Eleanor Merrick ’58

Susan Merritt & Barry Merritt + Ellen Reap Merwin ’86 +

Alida Metcalf ’71

Dhonyale Metoyer +

Mary Elizabeth Michaels ’91 +

Anne Ellison Mickey ’69 +

Signy Schou Mikita ’84

Anne Millar & Charles Wiebe

Cristina Miller ’96

Janet Miller ’74

Jeanette Miller and Charles Miller + Luis Miller ’02 +

Nina Miller ’19

Susan Miller & Kevin Perman + Virginia Miller ’85

Tish Mills ’73

Katie Miner & Jason Miner +

Yoss Missaghian & Amirali Sharifi + Mina Pell Mitby ’00

K. Bellamy Mitchell ’11 +

Tomomi Miyajima & Ken Miyajima + Alexandra Moe ’92 +

Ashton Molster & Pierre Molster

Ceci Carter Monahan ’82

Margaret Cook Montgomery ’56 +

Vivian Sogor Moore & Allan Moore

Vanessa Moore ’15 +

Sarah Pyle Moore ’85

Grace Moore ’84

Joanna Moorhead & Ralph Taylor + Natalie Moran +

Allie Moravec ’99 +

Alexandra Morel

Anne Moretta ’69

J. Gregory Morgan

Anne Barclay Morgan ’70

Caroline Morin ’17 +

Catrin Morris ’89

Ms. Myra Morrison ’58 +

Mary-Margaret Morse & Robert Morse +

Abby Trooboff Morss ’96 +

Tegan Mortimer +

Grace Moseley & Richard Moseley + Frou Calhoun Moses ’61

Aristotle Moshi

Mary Mottershead & Robert Moore + Bo Moukdarath ’19

Meg Muller & Jordan Muller +

Rachel Mumford & Jason Mumford +

Wray Muoio & Ralph Muoio +

Madeleine Murnick ’22

Cara Murphy ’12

Donna Murphy & Keenan Keller

Susan Murphy & James Murphy

Vanessa Murray ’77 & Bruce Murray +

Sharlyn Musslewhite & Robert Musslewhite +

Laura Mutterperl ’93

Rose Myers & Charles Myers

Molly Kelleher Myers ’92 +

Jihan Thompson Myers ’03

Mary Owens Naftzger ’58

Agnes Nagle ’23

Maureen Nagle +

Adele Lack Navarrete ’99

Nicole Neufeld & Michael Neufeld +

Christie Best Neumann ’74

Narda Newby & Malik Edwards + Jennie Newkirk ’85 +

Kristin Nicholson ’89

Maggie Goodbody Niles ’59 +

Natasha Nixon & David Nixon +

Susanne Nobles & Kevin Perry +

Elizabeth Ruge Noe ’62

Maura Norden & Matthew Norden

Jacqueline Norden & Roger Norden

Laura Ouverson Norman ’74

Maggie Thomasson Norris ’93

Jessica North Macie +

Pearl Nsiah-Kumi

Mary Mallon Nyman ’53 +

Marilyn Ochs & Laurance Ochs + Barrett O’Connor & Paul Rogers +

Catherine O’Donnell ’11

Fan Staunton Ogilvie ’62

Deanna Okun & Bernard Okun

Cynthia Olds ’74

Katherine Oler & Adam Oler

Shana Wellborn Olshan ’84

Courtney O’Malley ’82 +

Darcey O’Malley +

Tabitha Oman ’91

Karen O’Neil

Harley Fleming Opsahl ’07

Wilhelmina Orleans-Gaines +

Kathy Sheehan Ortel ’75

Bola Bamiduro Osakwe ’97

Nutchanand Osathanond ’62

Deirdre O’Scannlain & Stephen Jones

Nancy Howar O’Sullivan ’58

Jennifer Owens ’16 +

Sandy Warren Owens ’58 + Irene Owsley ’68

Aysegul Ozdemirli & Metin Ozdemirli

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Vita Pagnani & Thomas Pagnani + Deborah Palacheck & Ryan Palacheck

Nune Pambukhchyan & Vladimir Shekoyan +

Monina Parker & Robert Parker + Joan Parker +

Kristin Parker-Fahey ’07

Ashley Pascale ’06

Farzaneh Paslar & Henry Nuzum + Elise Passamani ’02 + Maryam Pate ’20

Sallie Johnson Patel ’88

Kathleen Patterson & Floyd Norton + Catherine Paul ’17

Lynne Loewer Paul ’75 +

Georgianna Paul & Dennis Paul

Kathleen Paul ’77 +

Patrice Payne & David Payne

Domonic Payne

Sarah Peacock ’74

Meredith Hedrick Pechoultres ’62

Louise Alpert Pelan ’63

Evangelia Pelonis & Theodore Pelonis +

Lisa Pence

Dandridge Terrell Penick ’61 +

Tracy Ferguson Pepperman ’90 +

Sandy Perlmutter

Emily Perry ’01

Sabina Perry ’22

Tania Peters & Matthew Peters

Carol Duke Peterson ’74

Jordan Peterson

Adrienne Petty ’89 + Alice Pfeifer ’09

Aloise Phelps ’11

Jana McIntyre Phillips ’75

Tracy Saylor Piatkowski ’95 +

Lucy Lewis Pilko ’95

Elizabeth Pinto ’97

Elizabeth Powers Pistorius ’82

Vicki Plaut & Richard Taranto

Mary Plishker

Leah Sullivan Pollack ’98

Christina Polyak ’94

Pam DeGraff Porter ’78

Charlotte Kelley Porterfield ’64

Catherine Potter & Alix Guerrier +

Monica Powell-Gerald & Melvin Gerald +

Ann Powers & James Powers

Tiffany Prather & Marcus Wyler +

Beryl Prescott & Melvin Prescott + Hallie Parker Prescott ’99

Mary Preston & Stephen Preston + Reenie Black Prettyman ’60

Molly Price ’95 +

Megan Prichard +

Denise Prince & Stuart Prince +

Kimberley Privor & Brian Privor +

Sheila Privor & Harvey Privor

Leslie Provence ’69

Susan Brunn Puett ’57 +

Betsy Remes Purves ’04 +

Susan Quainton

Caroline Quamme ’13

Joan Quigley ’82

Elizabeth Quirk ’03 +

Clare Quirk & Rory Quirk

Katharine Radi & David Shullman

Nina Woolley Ragunanthan ’08

Phyleen Stewart Ramage ’83

Michelle Ramchand & Sunil Ramchand +

Ella Ramchand ’23

Silvia Ranno & Carl Ranno

Karen Kalavritinos Rarog ’73

Gale Rasin ’70 +

Mia Ratino ’15

Margaret Rawson ’08

Julia Worth Ray ’59 +

Rebecca Raynor ’93

Caroline Reaves ’06 +

Roxana Grant-Suttie Reid ’79

Jada Reid & Daniel Reid

Cornelia Kittler Reid ’61 +

Desiree Reif & Timothy Reif +

Joan Reinthaler +

Sarah Remes ’06

Barbara Repp & Sheldon Repp + Autumn Reveley ’22

Dawn Reveley & Andre Reveley +

India Reynolds ’20

Blair Rianhard ’16

Becky Rich ’76 +

Norma Jeanne Richards

Margaret Richardson ’94

Christine Richmond & Daniel Baptista Dias

Kelly Richter ’02

Gerd Rickert & Jonathan Rickert

Allison Butera Riepe ’97 & James Riepe + Francine Rinzel & Joseph Rinzel

Priscilla Rippeon

Tamara Riquelme-Manzoni & Jose Villagra +

Alicia Ritchie & Daniel Ritchie

Rebecca Rivera & Ismael Rivera +

Hilda Rizzo-Busack ’04

Celia Roady & Stephen Roady + Lynda Bird Johnson Robb ’62

Logan Robinson ’18 +

Noriko Robinson

Cecily Rock ’71

Valerie Rockefeller ’89 + Trinka Roeckelein ’82 +

Chrispin Rogers

Shirley Rojas & Armin Raznahan

Margie Rollinson ’80 + Barbara Rollinson +

Kathleen Romanow & Yulii Kurnosov +

Karen Rose & Timothy Rose +

Stacy Rosecan ’90

Anne Ginsburgh Rosenau ’79

Celie Gray Rosenau ’52 +

Christy Halvorson Ross ’88 + Wilhelmina Ross

Jean Demaree Roth ’77 + Quilla Roth ’66 +

Diana Willis Rothman ’63

Jacqueline Roundtree & Leslie Ryce

Megan Champagne Rouse ’89

Catharine Bellinger Rowen ’08 +

Anne Alexander Rowley ’79

Clair Rozier ’74

Amy Rollinson Ruberl ’82 +

Carin Ruff ’84

Fath Davis Ruffins ’72

Sherry Rusher & Ian Urbina

Dorie Mackintosh Russell ’45 +

Sara Russell & Paul Russell

Alex Ruttenberg ’84 +

Jane Taylor Ryan ’62 +

Sara Ryan ’23

Madeline Ryan ’24

Camilla Ryder ’18

Neha Sahgal & Sameer Gulati

David Sahr

Elaine Trimble Saiz ’82

Schuyler Samperton ’79

Lynne Coughlin Samson ’78 +

Lizzie Gutman Samuels ’95 +

Cameron Sanders Jr.

Simmons Worth Sanderson ’68

Cornelia Frohman Santomenna ’52

Maria Sarraf & Thor Sigvaldason + Angelika Sass ’90

Charlotte Saul ’16

Alison Savitz ’85 +

Happy Sayre-McCord ’74

Mia Scala ’15

Robert Scarborough

Julia Scarborough ’02 +

Sara Schaberg ’82 & Richard Schaberg +

Leslie Schafer ’86 +

Dana Schaffer & Samuel Schaffer

Danni Schifter ’95

Cassie Schifter ’02

Markley Foreman Schlegel ’05

Lizzie Hardman Schneiberg ’84 +

Helen Schneider ’87

Beth Schneider & Brian Schneider

Sara Schneider-Hartary ’92

Anne Plaster Schroeder ’85

Sarah Preston Schrott ’86 +

Caroline Schuermann ’18

Carolyn Krahnke Schugar ’83 +

Caroline Schwartz ’12 +

Kristine Schwartz ’22

Claudia Schwartz ’05

Marcela Scott & Juan Carlos Scott +

Julie Scott & Peter Scott +

Karen Sealander & Winfield Sealander +

Martha Searby & Bruce Searby +

Sophia Searby ’19

Maggie Byrne Sedgewick ’04

Pat Duckwall Selwood ’58

Carol Sharp

Tracie Shaw +

Jennifer Shea & Peter Bruns +

Fund-A-Scholar Challenge: March 1–8, 2025

Expand access to an NCS education! All NCS students benefit when we are able to enroll mission-aligned young women regardless of their financial circumstances.

The Fund-a-Scholar Challenge is a special Purple & Gold Fund appeal in support of student financial aid. The weeklong challenge will culminate in a “Party for Purple & Gold” on Saturday, March 8.

“Our motivation for supporting financial aid goes beyond the desire to help others. Our daughter was remarkably well prepared for college. Some of that can be attributed to NCS’s excellent teachers, but NCS students also learn from each other, especially when they learn with peers who have backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives that are different from their own. NCS welcomes students from across the region and because of that it prepares our students for life well beyond graduation.”

Betsy Keeley (Katie ’23)

Becky Sheble-Hall ’79

Crystal Sheehan & Matthew Sheehan

Maria Sheehan ’84

Kelly Sheehan ’81

Susan Sheehan

Jennifer Sheehy ’80 + Alison Sheehy ’83

Katherine Sheeler + Diane Shelton ’74

Eleanor Worthy Shepard ’05 + Victoria Sherk ’92 & Joseph Bui +

Susan Sherk & Wilfred Sherk + Kirsten Sherk ’89

Gertrude Sherman ’69 + Elizabeth Shorb & Robert Shorb +

Carolyn Sicher ’94

Elisabeth Sicoli ’19

Nancy Sidamon-Eristoff & Simon Sidamon-Eristoff

Charlotte Siegler & Douglas Siegler + Carsten Sierck ’84

Susannah Mills Silverman ’95

Annie Simon ’07 +

Sundri Khalsa Simon ’99 + Jess Simonoff ’97 +

Ashley Ball Simpson ’67 + Holly Simpson ’06

Amy Sinbondit & Sai Sinbondit + Natalia Siniavskaia & Juan Blyde + Mary Sipper ’75

Linda Siwek & Jay Siwek + Anna Skeppstrom

Mary Kate Skeppstrom & Richard Skeppstrom

Ambler Bowie Slabe ’64

Brenda Slaughter & Lance Slaughter

Ina Slaughter ’84

Kelsey Slaughter ’10 + Ann Crandall Sloan ’59 + Beth Dillman Slye ’58

Elizabeth Smallridge ’64 & Robert Smallridge +

Anne Smart ’99

Salaam Coleman Smith ’87

Clare Smith ’16 +

Mary Smolskis & Joseph Smolskis + Mo Smolskis ’11

Marta Sniezek ’15

Christopher Snipe + Helen Snodgrass ’04 +

Susan Snowdon + Katherine Sobieray ’27

Pamela Somers ’70 & Stuart Gerson +

Cameron Soulis

Lindsay Spector ’90 & Daniel Spector +

Sophie Carpenter Speidel ’80

Anitra Speight & James Speight +

Grace Speights & Nathaniel Speights +

Nancy Spencer ’80 +

Robyn Muncy & Tony Speranza +

Michèle Spittler +

Sarah Splitt ’94

Danielle Sponseller ’14 +

Susan Spratt ’87

Catherine Sproul ’01 +

Charlotte Stabler ’14

Mary Staley & Stuart Staley

Joan Corson Stamp ’69 +

Susanne Stanley & David Stanley +

Tina Chen Starke ’76 +

Anne Steenhoek +

Isabel Steinberg ’19

Betsy Bell Stengel ’64

Emily Stephen ’11

Mary Lou Steptoe ’67 & Peter Carson

Kristy Sternhell & Alexander Sternhell + Brigitte Sterrett & Frank Sterrett +

Clare Treanor Stevens ’95 +

Merril Stevenson ’63

Mallory Stewart & Brian Boynton + Charlotte Woolley Stewart ’05 +

Gladys Stifel +

Genevieve Ruffner Stirling ’48 +

Catherine Stirling ’72 +

Isabel Stone ’18

Madelyn Butera Storms ’94

Sarah Sullivan Stremlau ’95

Amy Porter Stroh ’84 +

Helen Strong ’68 & Carter Strong + Esther Stroy-Harper ’72

Matthew Stuart

Jocelyn Sturdivant +

Alexandra Raphel Sturgill ’04

Keri Suh & Brian Suh +

Diane Sullivan & Zachary Coile

Nicole Sullivan ’85 +

Margaret Bensfield Sullivan ’97

Kimberly Summerville & Alan Summerville

Abigail Summerville ’15

Moira Sutton & Charles Sutton

Susan Svrluga & Barry Svrluga

Deb Swacker

Molissia Swaney & Walker Swaney +

Ginny Sykes ’75

Rashin Taheri & Hamid Taheri

Patty Talbert Smith ’77 +

Sandra Talley & David Talley +

Ayca Tanis & Tolga Tanis

Nino Tatishvili & David Amaglobeli +

Robin Tatu

Robin Taub & Michael Pfeifer +

Dave Taylor +

Sarah Taylor ’98

Molly Atwood Taylor ’91 +

Polly Terzian ’13 +

Suzanne Snell Tesh ’62 +

Suzanne Tetreault & Michael Crehan +

Namrata Thapar & Yiannis Mostrous +

Rachel Schifter Thebault ’93

Jennifer Johnston Theobald ’62 +

Kadidia Thiero ’88

Heather Thomas ’79

Krysten Thomas ’09

Gail Harris Thomason ’81 +

Olivia Sealander Thomason ’07

Amy Shirk Thompson ’03

Caroline Thompson ’74

Margaret Bracken Thompson ’80

Morgan Thompson ’16

Nancy Thompson ’76

Kimberly Tignor ’97 +

Margaret Tilghman & Edward Tilghman

Vicky Thompson Tillotson ’63 +

Libby Mathiasen Tillson ’77 +

Lauren Tinsley & Janelle Smith +

Cheryl Tipton ’62 +

Beth Tomasello & David Keto +

Jennifer Towns ’80

Antonia Townsend ’89

Lien Tran ’99

Noelle Trent ’99

Vicki Triplett +

Rhoda Trooboff & Peter Trooboff +

Amanda Trosten-Bloom ’75 +

Talhia Tuck ’96 +

Randy Tufts ’74

Heather Turekian & Vaughan Turekian

Natasha Turkmani ’14

Jennifer Hardman Turner ’82 +

Lucile Turnipseed ’18

Oluremi Tychus & Adewale Tychus

Julia Tyler ’84

Patricia Tyson ’57

Katherine Ulman & Craig Ulman + Aggie Underwood + Belgin Uyumazturk & Mesut Uyumazturk + Viviana Valdes-Santos

Barbara Van Allen & Peter Van Allen

Amanda Van Dusen ’71 +

Lisa Van Dusen ’72 +

Francie Van Keuren ’64

Vicki Van Rensselaer ’67 + Keven Vance ’75 +

Caroline Norton Vance ’99 +

Melissa Vanouse ’95 +

Sophia Vassiliadou & Thomas Haines + Kamara Vendryes

Catherine Vickerman & David Vickerman +

Eva Vickerman ’23

Nilda Villalta & Carlos Contreras + Maria Villarroel

Mary Bradley Virre ’48 + Annettte Vissing-Jorgensen & Adair Morse

Mariana Vlasceanu & Serban Dragoi +

Ann Vlcek +

Anne Fisher Vollen ’82 +

Annalora von Pentz ’10 +

Jill Voon ’07

William Wade

Molly Wadsworth +

Christy Ruff Wagner ’86 +

Marialina Krum Walicek ’94

Mary Oates Walker & Joseph Walker +

Lauren Walker ’23

Seigrid Walker & Akil Walker + Vanessa Waller-Jones & Terrance Jones

Alexandra Walsh & Brendan O’Brien + Lindsay McNamar Walsh ’88

Julia Walsh ’04

Sarah Walsh ’99 +

Julia Wang ’25

Xiuying Wang & Jing Li

Morey Ward & Alex Ward +

Betsy Denny Warner ’60 +

Anne Warner

Nancy Hart Wartow ’62

Connor Watson +

Kenya Waugh ’15

Kippy Webster ’84

Eve Cabaniss Webster ’58

Caryn Wechsler & Steven Wechsler +

Rae Weeks & Erik Weeks +

Sophie Rich Weidner ’99

Wendy Weiger ’79 +

Gretchen Weihe ’79

Kingsley Weihe ’76 +

Lulu Weindruch ’13 +

Nancy Weindruch ’03 +

Courtney Weiner ’97

Ruth Macdonald Weisgall ’69

Patricia Weiss & Stephen Collier +

Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh ’51 +

Ellen Werble ’03 +

Kendall White & Greg Paukstis +

Betsy White ’99

Pamela White ’75 +

Nancy Bollman White ’59

Nathan White +

Sarah Whitehouse ’82 +

Gladys Shackelford Whitney ’72 + Tiffani Whittaker +

Katie Wiacek ’04

Wendy Gunn Wickenden ’60 +

Jessica Wickett & James Wickett

Sally Wiebe ’06 +

Barbara Bowie Wiesel ’66 +

Susie Lewis Wilbanks ’61

Elizabeth Wilcox & Eric Pan + Caroline Wilczynski ’13

Annie Lindahl Wilkin ’11

Wendy Wilkinson + Ally Wilkinson ’21 +

Greta Williams & Bailey Williams

Mattielyn Williams ’75 +

Amanda Williams ’92 + Katie Williams ’11

Kristina Williams ’04

Anne Williamson ’78

Heather McDaniel Willis ’88 +

Jane Wilson & Stephen Wells +

Joanne Wilson & Walter Wilson +

Kim Wilson

Martha Wood Wilson ’64

Vickie Wilson & Kendall Wilson + Lisa Winans & Juan Winans +

Jean Warner Winant ’56

Judy Windle ’66

Marjorie Batchelor Winter ’70

Amanda Greenwold Wise ’88

Lois Witt & Hal Witt +

Caroline Wing Wohlgemuth ’78 +

Ann Dieffenbach Wolf ’84

Holly Davison Wolf ’61

Becky Schotland Wolsk ’89

John Wood +

Scott Wood +

Margaret Woodward ’80 +

Andrea Worden ’82 +

Stuart Work +

Leah Wortham & Eric Hirschhorn +

Charlotte Daniel Wray ’84 +

Diana Dryer Wright ’65 & William Wright +

Elizabeth Wright ’98

Carolyn Wu & Joshua Kurtzig +

Jiang Wu & Min Liu +

Nethery Wylie ’78

Mary Wyman +

Ted Xu +

Martin Yancey +

Becca Yergin ’05 +

Helen Yingling ’23

Rachel Yoon ’20 +

Reiko Yoshino & Shinya Yoshino +

Jan Young ’70

Karen Young & Aaron Bielenberg

Yolanda Young +

Amy Yount ’83 & Nathan Price

Daria Zakharova & Guerino Calemine +

Sogand Zamani & Ahmad Hajj +

Neda Zarraby & Kambiz Yazdani +

Betsy Zedek ’98

Jennifer Zee +

John Zentay

Alison Zink & Robert Zink

Susan Zinter ’88 & Michael Goddard +

Honorary and Memorial Gifts

With gratitude, we recognize members of the NCS community who have made gifts in honor or in memory of a classmate, relative, faculty member, or friend.

Gifts in Honor Of

Keira Allen ’23

Jana King Allen & Brooks Allen

Catherine Batza

Katherine Stifel ’83

Beatrice Bielenberg ’30

Anne Bolotin

Mark Bishop

Victoria Bush ’15

Mariana Fariña

Angela Bobo ’07

Patricia Bobo & Emanuel Bobo

Diane Burr-Dickey ’62

Ann Sandegren Judd ’62

Class of 1959

Sabina Hartley Duke ’59

Penny Glass ’59

Maggie Goodbody Niles ’59

Class of 1963

Susie April Marshall ’63

Class of 1973

Eleanor Forbes Mascheroni ’73

Class of 2003

Nancy Weindruch ’03

Class of 2024

Suzanna Kang & Trey Hanbury

Elna Clevenger

Diane Burr-Dickey ’62

Nancy Wolcott Doyle ’97

Allison Fromm ’81

Jeni Hansen ’96

Marialina Krum Walicek ’94

Chloe Cogo

Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75

Alisha Couch

Sheenu Kachru & Ashish Kachru

Kai Doman ’27

Carol Feggans-Patterson

Susan Easton

Katherine Stifel ’83

Leslie Eckmann

Martha Hoopes ’83

Amanda Foushee ’06

Sherry Rusher & Ian Urbina

Elizabeth Gallagher

Lynne Coughlin Samson ’78

Sophie Graf ’21

Sarah Kahn & Richard Graf

Jean Hancock

Spencer Abruzzese ’88

Molly Hemphill

Laura Roady Capito ’99 & Charles Capito

Sofia Hermoza ’22

Araceli Ma & Fernando Hermoza

Christen Hernandez

Aaron Goen

Vivian Yuan & Hai Yan

Schuyler Holleman ’20

Jeremy Hardy FitzGerald ’57

Emily Jia ’26

Feng Li & Tingzhan Jia

Jennifer Burka ’97

Maria Burka & Robert Burka

Nicole Johnson ’07

Mary Jo Manning & Michael Manning

Katie Kiernan ’10

Kathy Kiernan & Tom Kiernan

Annie King ’19

Maddy King ’22

Caroline King & Christopher King

Katherine Kline ’25

Maria Curley & Robert Curley

Heidi Curley Kline & Dr. Alan Kline

Rosalyn Kline & Paul Kline

Caroline Kushan ’24

Maddy Kushan ’16

Mary Kushan & Jeffrey Kushan

Ashleigh Lackey

Cindi Lackey & Mike Lackey

Charlotte Manning ’24

Mary Jo Manning & Michael Manning

Caroline Marshall ’24

Julia Pulzone & Michael Marshall

Pedro Martinez

Anne Steenhoek

Patty Noble Mason ’62

Diane Burr-Dickey ’62

Jacqueline McConagha ’92

Maria Burka & Robert Burka

Alice Metzroth ’31

Susan Leader

Katie Miner

Holidae Hayes & Matthew Gavin

Vanessa Moore ’15

Vivian Sogor Moore & Allan Moore

Rachel Mumford

Jennifer Jaquin & Fredric Chandler

NCS Lower School Faculty

Megan Prichard

Caroline Norden ’31

Jacqueline Norden & Roger Norden

Rhoda Nussbaum

Jeff Nussbaum

Darcey O’Malley

Michèle Spittler

Rhea Pelonis ’29

Evangelia Pelonis & Theodore Pelonis

Alice Pfeifer ’09

Robin Taub & Michael Pfeifer

Autumn Reveley ’22

Dawn Reveley & Andre Reveley

David Sahr

Laura Roady Capito ’99 & Charles Capito

Eleanor Lee Kitces ’96

Audrey Scott ’23

Bridgett Scott ’20

Charlotte Scott ’16

Julie Scott & Peter Scott

Elinor Scully

Laurel Malson

Alice Pfeifer ’09

Karen Sealander & Winfield Sealander

Martha Sharma

Leah Sullivan Pollack ’98

Jaedyn Speight ’28

Joelle Speight ’29

Jordan Speight ’25

Anitra Speight & James Speight

Ashley Manning Still ’94

Mary Jo Manning & Michael Manning

Abigail Summerville ’15

Kimberly Summerville & Alan Summerville

Caroline Van Allen ’13

Barbara Van Allen & Peter Van Allen

Annabelle Wick ’25

Maxine Freund & Jeff Freund

Wendy Wilkinson

Gaile Gong & Luis De La Plaza

Ally Wilkinson ’21

Gifts in Memory of

Homa Akbar

Sherry Akbar ’90

Lisa Alexis ’77

Lou Rollinson ’77

Gwen Allmon

Jane Allmon Heath ’76

Victor & Dolly Assevero

Vicki Assevero ’70

Jennifer Ayres ’74

Claire Ferguson Garcia ’74

Francel Trotter Bellinger ’68

Susan Gutchess ’68

Susan Brown

Gordon Brown

Gwendolyn Coney

Gigi Galbraith ’69

Rachel Avery Connell ’87

Marion Connell

Julia Tyler ’84

Eleanor & Robert Cook

Alexandra Cook ’78

Kathleen Koltes Crawford ’94

Eleanor Crawford ’31

Nan Crawford

Myrtle Bowers Davis

Fath Davis Ruffins ’72

Polly Plumb DeButts ’48

Pris Plumb Lawson ’56

Joseph Doty

Lee Comegys Chafee ’74

Carol Eliot

Greer Dent ’08

LeMoyne Ellicott

Annie Ellicott ’75

Margaret Farr

Anne Farr ’62

NCS teachers build strong relationships with students to guide their personal and academic growth. They help our students graduate as curious, critical, and independent thinkers.

The Kachru family recently expressed their gratitude for the special role one of their daughter’s teachers played in her life.

They made a gift to support NCS and, with it, included the following note:

“Our family is forever grateful for the support and coaching you have provided our daughter. Your multi-faceted role as advisor, teacher, and role model has been truly transformational for her.”

Gifts made in honor of faculty convey a profound appreciation for the relational learning model championed by NCS’s educators.

Zhixue Feng

Rae Weeks & Erik Weeks

Texana Fisher ’04

Christina Heddesheimer ’04

L. H. Fountain

Nancy Fountain Black ’76

Irene & Ralph Fressola

Mary Bottella & Norm Knickle

Anne Graham ’68

Susan Gutchess ’68

Priscilla Lundin ’67

C. Boyden Gray

Elise Passamani ’02

Helen Corbin Heinl

Michael Heinl

Loretta Adams Hodge

Loris Adams

Ann Howard

Anne Howard ’06

W. Benjamin Hutto

Madeleine Cross ’15

Olga M. Kimball ’56

Nancy Cleaves Blaydes ’56

Pat King

Lisa Currier ’89

Rhoda Trooboff & Peter Trooboff

William Wade

Mary Bryan Leithauser

Mark Leithauser

Linda Coyne Lloyd ’59

Sarah Hitch Hill ’59

Ed Magoba

Maryam Pate ’20

Bryan Mauldin ’66

Emily Elliott Goodman ’66

Marilyn Mode ’68

Susan Gutchess ’68

Ghee Livingstone Patrick ’54

Cynthia Livingstone Gibert ’59

Nancy Lee Edwards Paul ’50

Kathleen Paul ’77

Diane Williams Phynes

Charlie Phynes Garcia ’93

Melissa Claire Pranger ’82

Amy Rollinson Ruberl ’82

Peggy Moore Ripley ’48

Mary Bradley Virre ’48

Rucha Evalyn Robinson ’62

Nutchanand Osathanond ’62

Suzanne Snell Tesh ’62

Mary Eugenia Coleman Roddis 1939

Gaye Roddis McGovern ’61

Nancy & Walter Sheble

Becky Sheble-Hall ’79

Phyllis Sidorsky

Spencer Abruzzese ’88

Melinda Carley ’90

Rhoda Trooboff & Peter Trooboff

Amanda Greenwold Wise ’88

Elizabeth Brightwell Staunton 1927

Fan Staunton Ogilvie ’62

Marcia Goll Storkerson ’62

Nancy Hart Wartow ’62

Sarah Christian Thiero

Kadidia Thiero ’88

Bettie Warner Thompson ’46

Caroline Thompson ’74

Jim Tibbetts

Judy Grogan Franklin ’77

Melesse Werkheiser Traylor ’56

Norma Dugger

John Vanderstar

M. Elizabeth Culbreth

Kathleen Vaughn

Sherry Stalker Cannon ’58

Jackie Wade ’59

Sarah Hitch Hill ’59

Sue Ann Walke

Enu Mainigi & John Walke

Beth (Pardoe) Williams

Spencer Pardoe Ballou ’79

Ruth Ann Williamson

Arlana Agiliga ’12

Tessa Rogers Berenson ’10

Katherine Bierlein Brown ’97

Larry Dougherty

Laura Dzurec

Ellen Ficklen ’69

Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75

Alyson Heyrend

Eleanor Lee Kitces ’96

Emilie Mathieu ’98

Kenneth McVearry

Pam DeGraff Porter ’78

Lou Rollinson ’77

Margie Rollinson ’80

Carin Ruff ’84

Sara Russell & Paul Russell

Rhoda Trooboff & Peter Trooboff

Anne Warner

Mattielyn Williams ’75

Anne Williamson ’78

Amanda Greenwold Wise ’88

Anne Elizabeth Winder ’48

Mary Bradley Virre ’48

Penny Moriarty Work ’72

Carole Hackes Duckett ’72

Melanie Gowen ’05

Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75

Suzanne Parmelee Hren ’72

Matthew Stuart

Dinah Sunday ’69

Gladys Shackelford Whitney ’72

Elizabeth Wilcox & Eric Pan

Peter Work

Cornerstone Society

The Cornerstone Society was established to recognize those who support NCS through their estate plans. These remarkable donors recognize NCS’s foundational role in their lives and exhibit the vision and foresight to ensure the school’s legacy will endure.

Transformational Gift from Michele Tanaka ’73 Unleashes Boundless Opportunities for NCS Students

This year, NCS was notified of the largest single bequest intention in its history. This generous gift comes from Michele Tanaka ’73. An accomplished artist and lawyer who specialized in US-Japanese trade, Michele cared deeply about her classmates and cherished her time at NCS.

As a student, Michele was never far from the art studio. Her paintings, many of which were proudly displayed in her father’s office, often coupled traditional motifs and colors from Asian art with contemporary artistic techniques. A member of NCS’s International Club and the two-time winner of the French Award, Michele loved to travel and held a deep appreciation for cultures and traditions different from her own from a young age.

After NCS, Michele attended Princeton University and then Georgetown Law School. She worked at her father’s law firm before entering a large law firm practice. Michele was respected in the industry for her strong client relationships and persuasive legal writing. She was also valued for her incredible ability to anticipate challenges in the high stakes international trading industry years ahead of time.

A former client of Michele’s described her as generous with her time and talents. Through a decades-long professional relationship turned friendship, she witnessed Michele’s steadfast devotion to her family, friends, and community. Michele was very involved with the National Museum of Women in the Arts, of which she and her mother were founding members. Michele took care of her mother until Michele’s passing in October 2021.

“Although I didn’t know Michele, I know she was a quintessential NCS graduate because of how she lived her commitment to our core values of excellence, courage, conscience, and service. Generations of NCS students will proudly carry on that commitment, thanks to Michele’s transformational generosity,” says Head of School Elinor Scully.

Honoring Michele’s Memory

In recognition of Michele’s appreciation for art, a portion of her estate will endow the Tanaka Art Fellowship, a permanent visual arts fellowship for NCS students.

Anyone can become a member of the Cornerstone Society simply by confirming their bequest plans. Learn more about how you can build your legacy by reaching out to the Development Office at ncsdevelopment@ncs.org or 202-537-6667

For a list of more than 200 Cornerstone Society members, please visit the NCS website at ncs.org/support/planned-giving

Volunteer Leadership 2023–2024

We are deeply grateful to the countless family members, alumnae, and friends who have offered their time in service of our students and the entire NCS family. Our community is more connected and our learning environment is more vibrant as a result of your care! Special thanks to the parent and alumnae volunteer leaders who shepherded the efforts of our dedicated volunteers.

Alumnae

Alumnae Advisory Group (AAG) Members

Penny Webb Armstrong ’60

Melissa Boasberg ’86

Leah Calvo ’05

Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75 (Emerita)

Rufaro Makanda ’06

Barbara “Lou” Rollinson ’77

Teri Allen Walters ’80 (President)

Casey Orr Whitman ’02

Amanda Williams ’92

Heather McDaniel Willis ’88

Black Alumnae Association

Jeni Hansen ’96 (Chair)

Reunion Committee Members

Jeanne Greening ’54

Cynthia Livingstone Gibert ’59

Penny Glass ’59

Betsy Bell Stengel ’64

Sally DeSipio Frazza ’69

Beth Jones ’69

Townley McElhiney ’69

Leslie Provence ’69

Dinah Sunday ’69

Betsey Kane ’74

Diane Shelton ’74

Alison McBryde ’79

Sarah Despres ’84

Cynthia Hesterberg ’84

Liesel Loy ’84

Elizabeth Connell Nielsen ’84

Alex Ruttenberg ’84

Maria Sheehan ’84

Charlotte Daniel Wray ’84

Liz Snowden Bonner ’89

Italics denotes deceased

Alix Burns ’89

Ingrid Zimmer Evers ’89

Abby Ross Hopper ’89

Catrin Morris ’89

Kristin Nicholson ’89

Kerri Richards-Redding ’89

Kirsten Sherk ’89

Cindy Winston-Proctor ’89

Amanda Zucker Bowker ’94

Bettina Clark ’94

Valerie Kitay ’94

Alaina Harper ’99

Sarah Walsh ’99

Christina Heddesheimer ’04

Courtney Mazo ’04

Taylor Baskin ’09

Christie Campbell ’14

Natasha Turkmani ’14

Chloe Campbell ’19

Sophie Searby ’19

Isabel Steinberg ’19

Class Representatives

Jean Frantz Blackall ’46

Parkie Adams Blaylock ’49

Lee Thomas (on behalf of her deceased mother

Patricia Patou DuBois McIsaac ’50)

Molly Harris Leban ’51

Shirley Shreve McCombe ’53

Jeanne Greening ’54

Stephanie Arterton Bartlett ’56

Beth Schuyler Dilworth ’56

Mogy Lucas Holmes ’56

Melissa MacKenzie ’56

Page Dahl Crosland ’57

Penny Oberne Kamis ’58

Marcia Yingling Schwuchow ’60

Karen Swenson Loiseaux ’61

Gaye Roddis McGovern ’61

Sarah Stuart McIlvain ’61

Susie Lewis Wilbanks ’61

Patty Noble Mason ’62

Susie April Marshall ’63

Deena Delany ’64

Denny Stein ’65

Helen Graham Stubbs ’66

Vicki Van Rensselaer ’67

Susan Gutchess ’68

Leslie Provence ’69

Pat Row King ’70

Judy Karasik ’71

Laura Roper ’72

Penny Moriarty Work ’72

Karen Kalavritinos Rarog ’73

Sandy Boek Werness ’73

Diane Shelton ’74

Jan Pettie Williams ’75

Tina Chen Starke ’76

Hall Gregg ’77

Ann Journey ’78

Rebecca Ravenal ’79

Teri Allen Walters ’80

Shan Swain Kilbridge ’81

Melissa Pranger McConnell ’82

Elaine Trimble Saiz ’82

Sarah Clemmitt ’83

Michelle Washington ’84

Charlotte Daniel Wray ’84

Alice Doolittle ’85

Kristen Staples Durkin ’86

Hilary Liftin ’87

Catrin Morris ’89

Mirah Sederlof Briley ’91

Leslie Rosberg Sarma ’92

Charlie Phynes Garcia ’93

Jeni Hansen ’96

Monica Barnes ’97

Cavan Doyle ’98

Kimya Gharib Kurilla ’98

Nancy Matthews ’99

Meghan Edwards-Ford Rissmiller ’99

Anna Bierlein Handy ’00

Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre ’01

Kimi Aghevli Darrell ’02

Michelle Dunkley Keys ’02

Julia Chen Rinaldi ’03

Bridget Splain Meehan ’04

Leah Calvo ’05

Charlotte Woolley Stewart ’05

Holly Simpson ’06

Kate Adamson ’07

Vanessa Lukas ’07

Brittany Bordeaux Knight ’08

Margaret Rawson ’08

Alison Courtney ’09

Kylie Gemmell ’09

Grace Zimmerman ’09

Brett Andersen ’10

Madeline Duff ’10

Zayna Bakizada ’11

Adrienne Larson ’11

Bridget Morrison ’11

Aloise Phelps ’11

Megan Peden ’12

Marissa Baly Simone ’12

Polly Terzian ’13

Ilina Mitra ’14

Calista Tavallali ’14

Christine Evans ’15

Gabrielle Tran ’15

Alison Cenname ’16

Hadley Irwin ’16

Julia Grigorian ’17

Caroline Morin ’17

Lilyanna D’Amato ’18

Allyson Edge ’18

Lilly Freemyer ’18

McKenna Dunbar ’19

Anne King ’19

Emilia Boggs ’20

Lucy Freemyer ’20

Sophia Rees ’23

Bendu Joemah ’24

Maddie Ryan ’24

Clara Roberti ’24

Regional Ambassadors

Boston, MA

Sarah Walsh ’99

Cape Cod, MA

Marilyn Pond Brigham ’73

Chicago, IL

Lisbeth Fotheringill ’03

Florida

Helen Gill Arnold ’83

Gillian Schweitzer Boice ’85

London, UK

Izzy Hupez ’15

Christina Graubert ’13

Los Angeles, CA

Heather Anderson ’82

Nantucket, MA

Melanie Gowen ’05

Nashville, TN

Sumner Canfield ’10

New York

Heather McDaniel Willis ’88

Pacific Northwest

Diane Burr-Dickey ’62

San Francisco, CA

Jessie Myers ’91

Sarah McVity Cortes ’78

Southwest

Victoria Allen ’02

Washington, DC

Catherine Gaines ’92

Annual Fund

Co-Chairs

Suzanna Kang

Sandra Ortiz

Parent Volunteers

4th

Katie Drossos

Jason McElroy

Mary Margaret Plumridge

Brendan Sullivan

5th

Amy Lancaster (Captain)

Jada Reid

Claire Voorhees

6th

Sarah Albertson

Cara Hur (Captain)

7th

Rori Busman

Mary Margaret Plumridge

Lisa Winans (Captain)

8th

Katie Drossos

Sarah Knakmuhs

Neela Lakhmani

Meghan Latcovich

Becca Mahoney

Emily Porter

9th

Giovanna Casalino

Tiane Doman (Captain)

Samantha Ross

10th

Peggy Bourjaily

Makiko Harrison

Kristine Lee

11th

Samantha Chappell

Ali Gianinno

Kris Persinger

Ashley Yingling (Captain)

12th

Paul Barringer

Christina Cavallin (Captain)

Amie Colby

Jim Maurer

Julia Pulzone

Desiree Reif

Alumnae Class Agent Co-Chairs

Kate Cox ’13

Anne Handwerger Large ’86

Class Agents

Jan Holderness ’56

Betsy Christenberry Holleman Burke ’60

Diane Burr-Dickey ’62

Susie April Marshall ’63

Vicki Van Rensselaer ’67

Lydia Kimball ’73

Betsey Kane ’74

Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75

Barbara “Lou” Rollinson ’77

Eleanor Tessier ’82

Tatia Williams Carson ’83

Anne Handwerger Large ’86

Jessie Myers ’91

Anja Brau ’94

Talhia Tuck ’96

Jennifer Berk ’97

Sophie Weidner ’99

Casey Orr Whitman ’02

Heartie Dunnan Daddino ’06

Alexis Ellis ’07

Kelley Hodge ’07

Alex Abington ’08

Brett Andersen ’10

Emma Grauberger ’12

Kate Cox ’13

Lizzie Wiggins ’16

Karis Felton ’17

Beatrix Weber ’24

Parents Association

Executive Committee

President

Kim D’Abreu

President-Elect, Vice President for Upper School

Wray Muoio

Vice President for Middle School

Anitra Speight

Vice President for Lower School

Cara Hur

Secretaries

Leayah Cleary

Jocelyn Sturdivant

Treasurer

Erin Caddell

Treasurer-Elect

Mark Green

Appointed Representatives and Committee Chairs

Arts Committee

Fatemeh Hosseini

Farzaneh Paslar

Big Sister/Little Sister

Ali Gianinno

Melinda Holliday

Kate Romanow

Black Parent Alliance

Shanika Bell (President)

Community Service

Hoan Nguyen

Yvonne Onyike

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Chris Kang

Nicolle Rippeon

Faculty Staff Appreciation

Sharon Cady

Janice Cutts

Jada Reid

Flower Mart Book Tent

Rori Busman

Seigrid Walker

Vivian Yuan

International Committee

Aditi Arora

Beth Masri

Mariana Vlasceanu

Parents Council of Washington

Rori Busman

Parent Education

Tanisha Carden

Representatives to St. Albans

Katie Drossos

Kristy Sternhell

Spring Benefit

Alison Ottenbreit

Welcome

Vita Pagnani

Katie Drossos

Beryl Prescott

Grade Representatives

Grade 4

Dionne Joemah

Tricia Sullivan

Grade 5

Astrid Egerton-Vernon

Mary Margaret Plumridge

Grade 6

Alison Ottenbreit

Tracy Washington

Grade 7

Nona Avetisyan

Janelle Smith

Grade 8

Kate Radi

Dominique Wallace

Grade 9

Martine Henriquez

Monica Powell

Grade 10

Lisa Barclay

Lindsay Spector ’90

Grade 11

Emily Porter

Seigrid Walker

Grade 12

Nicole Guagenti

Sue Guzman

Beth Spivey

Class Notes

CLASS NOTE GUIDELINES

The NCS Alumnae Office welcomes submissions to Class Notes year-round; all submissions are subject to editing for clarity and brevity. Those who submit notes are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. The views expressed are those of alumnae alone.

Due to space restrictions, we are unable to publish all the photos we receive. We do not publish news of engagements or pregnancies, opting instead to share the joyful news of weddings and births. Thank you for your understanding.

ALUMNAE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in volunteering? Please contact Chloe Cogo, Director of Alumnae Engagement, at ccogo@ncs.org or (202) 537-6359.

Class Representatives

In the past, the primary responsibility of Class Representatives has been to collect Class Notes for NCS Magazine. Over time, the role has evolved into a more comprehensive class liaison position. Our Representatives keep their fellow Classmates connected to one another and with all that is going on at the school.

Class Agents

Class Agents serve as volunteers for the Purple & Gold Fund. At 8 percent of the school’s operating budget, the Purple & Gold Fund remains NCS’s top fundraising priority each year. Agents are asked both to support the Fund themselves, as well as encourage classmate participation throughout the year.

Reunion Committee Members

Reunion Committee members work with the Alumnae Office on creating the Reunion Weekend schedule, promoting Reunion giving, helping to secure nominations for Alumnae Awards, and planning class events. In May, we are excited to celebrate NCS’s 125th anniversary with all alumnae along with those in Class years ending in 0s and 5s!

Regional Ambassadors

Nearly 50 percent of NCS alumnae live outside of the Greater Washington, D.C. region, making the work of our Regional Ambassadors vital to ensuring our NCS alumnae community remains engaged with the school and with one another. These volunteers serve as school ambassadors for their respective cities or regions, hosting events, connecting alumnae, and more.

1945

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

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1946

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Jean Frantz Blackall JFBinVA@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

1947

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

1948

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

1949

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Parkie Adams Blaylock Parkieb@aol.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Betsy Silver Alexander is excitedly involved with renovating her high rise’s landscape-less lawn, cultivating a natural garden among desirable trees.

Parkie Adams Blaylock says that Betsy dove right into her fascination with landscape design and horticulture.

BeeDee Dabney Brown’s voice still drawls charmingly. She too is playing bridge and seems content.

Nancy Davis Day is still living in her family house she inherited. Her cell phone number is (814) 755-3333.

Shirley Dana Few suffered a bad fall and is recovering slowly in healthcare at her apartment. Her address is: 2701 Pickett Road, #2046 Durham, NC 27705

Notes for this issue received through Oct. 31, 2024

Harriet Lowry King is still in her house, moving more purposefully, and surrounded by at least three generations of delightful family running in and out.

Diane Dewey Leyburn underwent heart surgery in September. She has had difficulty walking and has graduated to memory care.

Yardley Minnix Manfuso has moved from her apartment to a lovely residence where her designer daughter is personalizing her space. Her address is: 8100 Connecticut Avenue #1106 Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Martha Bodine Myers enjoyed her grandson’s wedding in Boston. She is still playing bridge twice a week and enjoying friendships.

Claiborne McClement O’Connor has moved from her charming home where Dan and I, Parkie, had visited twice. She is now renting a house in Albuquerque. She has neuropathy in her right hand after years of bringing art and whimsy to so many. It has not prevented her from teaching watercolor in limited fashion.

Yardley appreciated a lengthy phone conversation with a niece of Betty Sebrell Sherman who had visited her aunt in Richmond, Virginia. Betty lives near her daughter, Margaret Upton. Over their lunches, she speaks fondly of friends from her days at NCS.

We remember her impeccable stitchery, which has graced public spaces such as Mount Vernon, and her generous personal gifts like layettes for several generations of infants, plus children’s clothing.

Florence “Pauli” Mood Smith’s grandson Christopher was married recently in Wilmington, North Carolina. Pauli has had many challenges with her legs but still walks. Her phone number is (301) 755-1248 and her address is: 3122 Gracefield Road #316 Silver Spring, MD 20904

1950

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Lee Thomas (On behalf of her deceased mother Patricia “Patou” DuBois McIsaac) Clthomas@atlanticbb.net

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 75TH REUNION COMMITTEE!

1951

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Molly Harris Leban Mollyban@aol.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

1952

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

1953

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Shirley Shreve McCombe

Shirleymccombe@hotmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Shirley Shreve McCombe: It was lovely to hear from Evelyn Keenan Seely. She has retired, and she and husband Gordon are enjoying their great grandchildren. They still live in Southern California. I spoke with Pam Cox Parkinson on our mutual birthdays, one day apart, same hospital. Another longtime friend (fifth grade), Freddie Thompson Noland, has been busy with repairs to her house in Rehoboth. I am still working and enjoy being around people. Two of my girls, two granddaughters, and I spent a week in Maine last summer.

Mary Pearson Paine’s son just married in Culver City, Los Angeles, and the reception was in an art deco hotel and the guests dressed in ’20s attire. She and husband Ward still spend their summers in Idaho with the family.

1954

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

1955

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

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1956

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Stephanie Arterton Bartlett Stephbart@comcast.net

Beth Schuyler Dilworth Home: (941) 388-2865

Mogy Lucas Holmes

Margaret.l.holmes@gmail.com

Melissa MacKenzie Melmack@vermontel.net

CLASS AGENT

Jan Holderness Home: (202) 248-6398

Inger Bjorkstrom Dahlin shares, “We’re still in our old former schoolhouse north of Stockholm, lovely weather, lots of mushrooms in the forest, and visits by family and friends! We visited our favorite village Puissalicon near Beziers north of Barcelone and admired the old Bishops Palace being carefully restored by our Swedish friends and owners. Will try to send pictures! Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and Happy New Year!”

Sadly, Ellen Rooth Lind passed away on November 1, 2024, in the nursing home in Sweden where she had resided for several years. Her daughter, Anna Holmen, sent a moving tribute, which I, Melissa MacKenzie, will send out to 1956 classmates.

1957

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Page Dahl Crosland Page.crosland@verizon.net

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Mimi Lucas Fleming writes that her husband Peter is now blind from glaucoma and uses a wheelchair to get around. She has aides for him on a daily basis. The recommendation is to keep him at home where he remembers where everything is placed in the condo.

Mimi says she just can’t rearrange the furniture. Mimi is still judging cases on an average of two days a week and is loving her job.

Diane Scharfeld Isaacs: I feel very fortunate to report that my husband, Jay, at 96 is doing well. He almost died from a bladder stone last fall and most recently a stroke on Labor Day. He has been home since December pain free and feeling satisfied with his life. We got a little rescue 6-year-old dog named Reilly who is a blessing to us both! I have a second great granddaughter, Sofia Rose Isaacs, born in February to join sister Isabela Diane Isaacs.

Fran McCall Lewis shares, “Diane and I had lunch together in September at our favorite restaurant in Georgetown, La Chaumiere. And, yes, “remember whens” dominated our conversation. Here’s to loafers and bobby sox, pencil thin skirts, and sweater sets.”

1958

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Penny Oberne Kamis KPKamis@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Ginny Wells Adams: I moved to the east coast of Florida after I lost my dear husband. My church home is Bethesda by the Sea in Palm Beach… I’d love to see any of you in the neighborhood.

Daphne Dunn Goodyear came to visit last spring, and she is just as adorable as ever, optimistic and affirming in every way. She and her husband Richard have moved to Hobe Sound. Marky Haggin Broadbent ’57 was my lunch partner in Lexington. She is totally involved with her wonderful children and as a gentle lady farmer. She is as bright as ever. Masey Winn Benjamin ’62 came to visit Kentucky from New Zealand. She was going from coast to coast for a family wedding. We were lucky to see her in Lexington. Missy Lebus Lang ’57 moved back to Lexington and is my best friend. She and husband Graeme still have a beautiful home in Exuma. She keeps doing over beautiful houses, moving to be near her children. My love to you all!

Sherrill Stalker Cannon writes, “We’ve stopped RVing and plan to fly to see family this year… too much traffic for those in our 80s! We are still in New Hope, PA, but will travel to California and Florida in January. I will be retiring from any new children’s author activities this year, although my awards are now at 118. It’s been fun! And my children’s plays at Lazy Bee Scripts are still being performed internationally. We had a fun trip back to D.C. in September and revisited the Willard Hotel where I lived from ages 6–16. Many of my classmates will remember my extravagant birthday parties. It was fun to meet the current manager, and he

has invited us back in the spring! Hope to revisit the Cathedral then too!”

Alicia Conklin-Wood: On September 19, husband Len and I became great grandparents with the birth of a very healthy and adorable little boy, August Patrick (Augie). He and his doting parents are all doing fine, as is our daughter Beth and her husband. Most of all, Augie gives us such happy smiles almost all the time. What a gift!

Ivana Knezevich Davidson shares, “It was with great sadness that I learned in March of the passing of Judy Carr Evans. In May, a beautiful service was held at St. David’s Episcopal Church. A reception organized by her oldest son Steve Evans followed at Hearst Hall. It was a very well attended and impressive remembrance and celebration of Judy’s remarkable life of devotion to family, friends, and community.

Judy and I bonded at age eleven and remained friends throughout our lives. She was a very bright, energetic participant in so many ventures. She loved her brothers, Oliver Jr. and Philip, and was thoroughly dedicated to her three sons and their families. Vivacious, sensitive, immensely kind, and caring, she was modest about her great qualities and contributions. Her community service was exemplary in the tradition of the Carr family. This is difficult for me to write because she was such a

 1. Inger Bjorkstrom Dahlin’s ’56 home, an old schoolhouse located just north of Stockholm.  2. Members of the Class of 1958 at lunch in Bethesda. From left: Carol Scharf Meyers, Ginny Gunter, Mary Barr Johnson, and Nan Byrd Smith.

unique friend and treasured classmate for us all.”

Judy Young Flynn: I went to San Mateo, Calif. the weekend of Oct.12 to see Karley Tollefson Meltzer as she was with hospice, and I desperately wanted to say goodbye. I brought out our yearbook. We had lots of good moments talking about our wonderful days and memories at NCS.

Daphne Dunn Goodyear reports, “I just returned recently from an absolutely glorious trip to Europe. I started out in Zürich and then took a river cruise from Basel to Amsterdam. It was an amazing trip which I took with ten friends. It was over-the-top wonder from beginning to end. Viking did a great job. The food was delicious, and the sightseeing was wonderful but, best of all, it was the joy of being with so many friends, all of whom had a knack for cutting up! There was never a dull moment during the entire trip, which was in celebration of a friend’s 70th birthday.”

Penny Oberne Kamis writes, “I saw in In Memoriam of the last NCS Magazine that Mariana Cogswell Weinhold (fondly known as Cogsy) died January 11, 2024. We were both boarding students during the same time, our parents sat together at graduation, and she introduced me to her brother for a weekend at St. Andrews. Note: If anyone hears about the death of a classmate please let me, Cathi Whitaker Smith, or Mary Barr Johnson or a member of our class know. Susanna Opper, who was the first student who greeted me and offered her friendship, passed away. Elizabeth Hendry Vercoe has written a beautiful memory of her.

Sewell Freeman McLeod and husband Roy McLeod moved this year and her new address is: 1500 Westbrook Court, #4115, Richmond, VA 23227. Cathi keeps in close touch with them. Mary and husband Peter, who also keep in close touch, met Sewell and Roy for lunch this fall.

Husband Ken and I are fine. Personally, we were minimally affected by Helene

that ravaged Western North Carolina. We have a generator and didn’t lose water. The lack of communications surprised everyone: no phone or cell service, no internet, no TV (unless you had satellite) for a number of days. Radio became the only source of news about the damage done and the road, school, and church closures for many days. But Asheville and the mountain towns are going to take a long time to recover. They have lost whole communities and families, and roads washed out along with their water source from the flooding. The outpouring of help and donations from all over the country and Canada has been amazing! Bless everyone!”

Lata Sundaram Mayer shares, “My husband, Peter, and I are about to celebrate our 54th year in Australia. We came in all innocence and naivety, thinking it would be a lovely stop, however temporary, in our journey to the future in creating work, a marriage, and a family. We have had great good luck with all three. Our friends come from as many and varied roots as ours, and we have created a tradition of inviting them all to a Boxing Day lunch in our garden. That is, of course, possible as we are now on the far edge of spring moving into the early edge of summer.

Our immediate neighbors on this small spur of a suburban street have a long tradition of a communal street party about ten days before Christmas and even former residents are invited to come. We have been lucky enough to create a niche of kind and helpful but discreet, considerate people happy to help but also reticent to intrude.

Our daughter lives in Adelaide and our son, after many years in Seattle has returned with his American wife to a cottage in Melbourne in a quiet neighbourhood with a state park nearby for long walks and for their Seattle dog to make new friends and sniff the scents of a new country and landscape. They are an hour’s flight or a day’s drive away, so we see them often and look forward to Christmas festivities and our Boxing

Day garden party organised with their help and supervision.

Of course there are all the limitations imposed by age. My ‘twin’, Sherry Stalker (as was) and I will achieve 85 in February (Happy birthday, Sherry, in anticipation) and so far, except for a few broken bones we have been very blessed. We consider ourselves to have fallen in all naivety into a very fortunate life. I wish you all the very best for as much of the future as we all at our age are privileged to anticipate.”

Sewell Freeman McLeod writes, “Can’t say that we’re doing much but we’re still upright.”

Carol Scharf Meyers reports that in April she, Virginia “Ginny” Gunter, Mary Barr Johnson, and Nan Byrd Smith met for lunch in Bethesda. They were delighted to see each other after such a long time and, with the wisdom gained with age, to delve into their NCS experiences. They pledged to meet again and did. Carol continues to enjoy the camaraderie and activities, especially choral singing and painting, at the Rockville CCRC she and husband Stu moved to two years ago.

Mary Owens Naftzger: My husband Bob and I have now been in our Chicago retirement community on Lake Michigan for two years and like it more and more. We’re still in our same neighborhood so have those connections plus the support and community we need for our aging conditions. We’re gathering for Thanksgiving with our two daughters and their two children each, in Northern VA. Hope to get to the Cathedral.

I had the great pleasure of finding Anne Wilson Pitkin on Messenger and she’s still living in the Northwest, in Seattle. She has just had her third book of poetry published. Congratulations, Anne. I think of NCS and our classmates often.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Hendry Vercoe sends a remembrance of Susanna Opper, who passed away in July: Susanna was the very first friend I made as a new

student in 9th grade at NCS. Typical of her characteristic helpfulness, she offered me a streetcar ticket on my first day and showed me how and where to purchase more of the same. Thereafter, we often rode the streetcar together with Susanna disembarking in Georgetown while I continued on to Rosslyn in Virginia. After graduation we found ourselves fairly near each other at Wellesley and Brown (Pembroke then, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, by the way), visiting back and forth and having many new adventures and a few mishaps on a trip to Europe together the summer after our sophomore year. Some years later, Susanna was in my wedding at the Cathedral and still later, I was in hers in the Berkshires to her beloved Will, a classmate from Brown. A few years ago, we exchanged packets of letters written to each other and saved over many decades. As you can imagine, reading those outpourings to each other was quite an experience. Our most recent visit was two summers ago when she spent a few days with us here at our Maine seaside cottage. At the time she had managed to stay cheerful and relatively well despite several years of more or less continuous chemotherapy for the ovarian cancer that was eventually to take her life and was strong enough to enjoy visiting the beach and Pemaquid lighthouse along with picnicking on lobsters at the pier. Susanna was a “people person” and businesswoman and I an introvert and musician. But despite our differences, somehow there was always a strong

connection that I think we both treasured.

1959

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

1960

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Marcia Yingling Schwuchow

Mdyingling@aol.com

CLASS AGENT

Betsy Holleman Burke

Betsyholleman@aol.com

JOIN THE 65TH REUNION COMMITTEE!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Betsy Holleman Burke

Marcia Yingling Schwuchow

Ellen May Galinsky returned to NCS in November for an event to discuss her book, The Breakthrough Years, with Head of School Elinor Scully and members of the Satterlee Society. Betsy Christenberry Holleman Burke attended as her guest.

Be Davison Herrera, sister of Lucy Treadwell Davison Atkins ’63, died in July 2023, in Corvallis, Oregon after three years during which her daughter (Betu) and son-in-law (Matt Case) cared for her at home. It was a wonderful caring time. Be was a sculptor, poet, wife, mother, community volunteer, activist, and devout Episcopalian. She was an artist with the written word, a sculptor using many mediums and especially

creating labyrinths for all to enjoy, using God’s gifts to create them. She is dearly missed by family and friends.

Patsy Jenkins Roberts reports, “We had a wonderful visit with Ginny Waterman McDonald and Skip in Tucson, where we were joined by Cissy Kerkow Daughtrey and Matilda Butler and her husband Bill: a lot of time laughing and reminiscing about old times. As we have aged, we have realized how valuable our friendships—forged at NCS—have been in our lives. In late August, our grandson Sam was married at Greenland, our summer cottage on Cape Cod. Bill officiated the ceremony, so it was a special event across generations.”

Patricia “Pat” Hurston Lin is still enjoying living in Seattle close to the kids and grandkids! Her eldest grandchild, Cora Pearlstein, is now a freshman at UCLA and on the rowing team. She says, “Unfortunately, husband Willy has developed some cognitive issues, but we are dealing with it and he’s doing amazingly well.” As for Pat, she was “shocked” that her latest full-length play, The Happier Trail, was selected to be part of a developmental mini-festival sponsored by three different theater organizations (Theater Puget Sound, Script-Labs, and the Underground Theater.) A week working with a Dramaturg was followed by a reading at the Seattle Center. What she learned from the experience was, “invaluable and incredibly energizing! Now it’s back to doing re-writes. Will this piece actually make it to prime time? I have no idea… and it really doesn’t matter. Just doing this work itself is keeping me off the streets and out of trouble and am I having fun!”

Katharine “Kathy” Clum Gartner notes, “I’m feeling blessed. My health is good, and I enjoy gardening and assisting with outreach through church. My daughters and their families are well. My oldest grandson is a music major at the University of Puget Sound. He wants to teach music and choir.”

We hear from our indefatigable Putrie Kritikara Viravadya, that she, in

 Elizabeth Hendry Vercoe ’58 and Susanna Opper ’58 in Maine during summer 2022. 1950s

her position of the “Deputy Director General of the Personal Affairs Division of the Senior Royals, Bureau of the Royal Household (a mouthful that is not printed on my name card!),” is still working in the Palace, currently reorganizing exhibitions for the Grand Palace Museum. She is currently planning exhibitions at Phaya Thai Palace of King Rama VI and at Ruenrudee Palace in remembrance of the Centennial of the Passing away of the King and the Centennial of the Birth of his only daughter. Princess Bejaratana. She says, “You may remember that I was in charge of caring for her before she passed away 12 years ago. The Grand Palace is still full of tourists, but they are not able to enter the buildings unlike the time that NCS ’60 classmates were in Bangkok. I miss you all and hope that all are in the best of health.” We do hope that Putrie will be able to join us for our 65th Reunion in May!

Mary Lanphier Collins and husband Roger made the move, “back to our wonderful Tulsa after almost 20 years of being primarily in Crested Butte and Santa Fe. We have even succumbed to high-rise living.” Well, high rise in Tulsa means 16 floors, and Ollie the Aussie, Mary, and Roger are finding it delightfully easy: “The dog park is large, the sunsets gorgeous, the pickleball courts close, and friends very near.” Mary and Roger celebrated their 60th anniversary with a “very special trip to Alaska with all kids, spouses and eight grandchildren.”

Reenie Black Prettyman is enjoying her cottage in her Rockville retirement home. She managed a long weekend at Bethany Beach with one of her daughters and granddaughter and is looking forward to a theater trip to NYC in December with her daughter and two grandchildren. She says, “otherwise I spend time scooting around my community on my electric scooter.”

Kathy Krug Barron had four gorgeous days hiking with two birder friends in Yosemite and Sequoia. In May, she, “took a long-anticipated 14-day river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest,

with two nights to explore each of those cities on my own. I don’t think I will top this trip! It was so peaceful and luxurious, with a cabin by myself to lounge and relish the beauty of the passing scene.” In the summer, she took her four young cousins to a Rolling Stones concert and describes it as “such a thrill for this old fan, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards being my age, and still going strong.” A planned trip to Tennessee this fall to go glamping in the Smokies in her goddaughter’s new trailer sadly had to be canceled due to the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.

As for me, Marcia Yingling Schwuchow, after 42 eventful years in Portugal, with deviations of several years in Botswana and Florida, Heiner and I have sold our beloved windmill and will be moving back to the U.S., to a retirement community in my hometown in Pennsylvania (maybe not the best timing) at the end of January 2025. I am eager to reconnect with those of you in the Washington area, look forward to helping plan our upcoming 65th Reunion, and to seeing everyone in May!

1961

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Karen Swenson Loiseaux Karenloiseaux@Yahoo.com

Gaye Roddis McGovern tygre@erols.com

Sarah Stuart McIlvain ssmcilvain@gmail.com

Susie Lewis Wilbanks wilbanksdorothy@yahoo.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Dorothy “Susie” Lewis Wilbanks: Husband Robert and I are doing well but of course we’re slowing down a bit. We just got back from a Horse Show in Corsicana where two of our horses did very well! We also took a short trip to Bentonville, Arkansas, where we visited The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art built by the Walton Family. The buildings making up the museum are very unusual. They also have a house designed by Frank Lloyd

Wright originally built in New Jersey which was deconstructed and moved to the museum site. We enjoyed seeing emerging fall colors on the trip as we drove in Robert’s Tesla. He loves his Tesla!

We will all be saddened to learn that Margaret Miles Ayres Case has been diagnosed with dementia and is now living at a home for dementia patients in the Bethesda area. If you would like to send her a card, I will give you her new address.

Jane Lemon Daly said she is still working as a real estate agent in Richmond, Virginia. She said NCS was such a special time for her. It pulled her out of Roanoke, Virginia, into a whole new world. Although she struggled academically, she loved that everybody was so friendly to her! She remembers Mrs. Acheson helping her to write paragraphs! And somehow, she got to drive a Mercedes belonging to Brit Humes’s father! She loved cheerleading, Saint Albans, tennis, and she went to the Inauguration in 1960! She is very grateful to NCS and everything it offered her. I reminded her that she was a very popular young lady! Jane’s time at the Cathedral remains very important to her.

Elsa Peterson Gibson says she is happy where she is with her partner, Donald, and her three cats! She said she did a lot of traveling when she was married for 30 years so she isn’t traveling much now. She said she sees Winnie Cobey whenever she and her sister, Freddy Cobey ’58 make a trip from California to Cape Cod. She said Winnie’s twin brother, Jim, is an orthopedic surgeon and his son is a doctor in Boston. Elsa says she keeps in touch with Winky Kittler Reid, too.

Alice Tulley Lively and husband Roy were enjoying life in their unit in the Brazos Towers until a hurricane hit Houston in July and their apartment leaked like a sieve. The high winds forced water down into the windows and came out inside on the floors leaving them with a lot of mopping to

do! Then the power was out for days, and they had to move to a hotel which also lost power! Alice reports that their son, Tom, and his wife, Lauren write songs and record them in the hopes that other musicians will buy them! Alice is doing massage therapy to relieve pain and swelling in her legs and ankles. They’ll visit daughter Mary Alice and Alice’s sister Trudy, who is 95, for Thanksgiving.

Margaret “Frou” Calhoun Moses said she had some health issues, but they are under control now. She sold her house in Virginia and is now renting in Frederick, Maryland to be close to her daughter and her grandson, Asher. He’s a freshman and a good student. Frou’s granddaughter is a sophomore at UVA and her brother is a graduate of Clemson University and has a UPS job. They took a trip to Watercolor Beach near Destin in June and one more to Pawley’s Island, both really nice family trips. The move has given her problems having to get rid of a lot of things and having to buy a few new pieces of furniture, but she is happy to be closer to her family!

Miss D. Terrell Penick told me she had no new news, but she told me about lots of good news happening lately. She went with a friend on a trip circling Canada called “Landscapes of the Canadian Maritime” with Insight Vacations. They had a wonderful guide who was knowledgeable and had the best sense of humor which just added to the pleasure of the trip. She went with her daughter Nancy and son Neil to Columbia Gardens to pay respects to her mother and father’s burial place. They took an official tour of the Cathedral but weren’t able to go up to the tower. She did house sitting for a friend’s son in Potomac, Maryland, which was fun. She also went to Annapolis on a tour.

Cornelia “Winky” Kittler Reid said that they are fine and are expecting their second grandchild in January! She told me about a trip she and her husband took from Vienna to Bucharest with a Columbia University group. She said it was good and intense. Everything is fine

and she said life is good! She keeps in touch with Elsa—they call each other on their birthday every year! She wants us all to keep in touch! Good idea!

Sarah Van Keuren has published her fourth book of photos taken while she and partner Harry were sequestered during COVID. The latest one is titled Winter 2020, Sequestration at Hereford Place. So now the four-part series is complete. She said Harry has been going door to door to help the Harris/Waltz team. She said in May next year there will be a family reunion of her mother’s side of the family at a farm in Annapolis. I also learned that Sarah’s cousin is a photography professor at SMU here in Dallas!

Maria Martin Thacker shares, “In February, husband Bob and I moved from a few blocks from the water in downtown Sarasota to three miles inland to Sunnyside Retirement Village. Three months later, we headed to our mountain family retreat in Canaan Valley, WV for an active cool summer. We consider ourselves lucky to have two wonderful environments. Our place in Sarasota survived the storms well, although our parish, St Boniface on Siesta Key, took a beating. I’m still playing tennis, although no more longdistance biking. Enjoyed seeing Elvira McMillan Mannelly and husband Jay who were in town for a graduation.”

1962

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Patty Noble Mason Pttymason@aol.com

CLASS AGENT

Diane Burr Dickey Coleridge.dickey@frontier.com

Patty Noble Mason reports, “Patti Reid Rudy was sitting out a hurricane. Eventually she was evacuated but all were safe and she’s back home now. Looking forward to seeing Jane Taylor Ryan and Jill McKelvie in February. Nancy Dame Jonas was also sitting out a hurricane. She too is fine now. Nancy Stead Atwood and husband Alan Atwood were hit by a wind event. Their

house was fine, but trees were down on their street. Their generator ran for 24 hours. Turns out gas is more expensive than electricity! Hurricane Helene never arrived. They were very lucky. While sitting in their 1959 Triumph at the Home Depot a man approached them and asked to buy it. Alan said $20,000. The man bought it! Both Nancy and Alan are recovering from knee replacements. Nancy feels a full recovery takes a year. Balance is so important, and it returns slowly. Marguerite DeLa Mare Heppell and her husband Mike Heppell spent three enjoyable weeks in England visiting relatives. She describes it as a very unroyal progress from person to person across the country. They did have some days in Oxford where Mike saw some people from museums but mostly the trip was to see family. Back on the plane and home. It was a long way to go but they feel it was well worth it. Jane Taylor Ryan took a cruise along the Columbia/Snake Rivers in August. She left from Portland, Oregon, where she spent an afternoon reminiscing with Diane Burr Dickey. Those two go back to elementary school. Jane is looking forward to Thanksgiving with her son John in Carlsbad, California. Jane says New Hampshire is beautiful with gorgeous colors and one night even a showing of the Northen Lights. We were able to see the Northern Lights here in Bethany Beach also. I have now sold the house there. Bittersweet. I’ve been going to Bethany for 78 years. I shall miss my friends, but it became too much for me. The upkeep, the yard work, and the drive were starting to get to me. Now that I have the time, there is simply no excuse for not cleaning out the closets. I also turned 80 this summer. Dinah Sunday ’69, Diane, and Anne Brooks Gwaltney ’75 planned a surprise party for me and I was surprised!! I walked into Dinah’s house and there was the Rector from my church. Brian DeMarco from NCS was standing across the room with the organist from my church. I was so shocked I didn’t notice Diane standing next to me. It was quite a day. It was so good to see everyone.”

Meredith Hedrick Pechoultres: Still swimming, singing with my choir, and

enjoying my husband and two golden retrievers. In September, my brother Charlie and his wife Ann organized a reunion here in Marin County, CA, with their three sons, wives, grandchildren and cousins from all over the country. It was a full and rich time.

Fan Staunton Ogilvie: My newest book of poetry titled Dust is the Only Secret which was published in May continues to be read by three readers at libraries and bookstores and museums. The book combines Poetry, Science, and Memoir. It is interesting to note the involvement of the audiences in each medium. The three-part series also includes many of my paintings. I hope you enjoy it. Available at Amazon.

1963

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT

Susie April Marshall

Susan.april.marshall@gmail.com

Mary Louise Kean has written from Carlsbad, California, that life is at a good place for her. She took several trips last spring. She visited her sister’s (Anne Kean Schmidt ’58) son and daughter in the DC area. She visited her brother and his three children and grandchildren in San Antonio. In Seattle, she saw her nephew’s Change of Command ceremony. She finally landed in her bucolic (incredibly restful)

tree (not Christmas tree) farm in Roxbury, Vermont, which was once a major rail stop and the location of the only marble mine in Vermont. Mary Louise is looking forward to a possible trip to Taiwan in the spring to see old friends and eat really well! Although she was diagnosed with lung cancer almost two years ago, she feels well and, most importantly, fit.... many thanks to “big pharma”.... which is why life is very good for her.

We received from Leslie Poole—still living in Crozet, Virginia - a great photo of her with her eldest (Toby) and youngest (Jane) kiddos at her granddaughter Emily’s October wedding.

Merril Stevenson wrote last May that she is teaching/writing to businessmen for The Economist in the winters in London and growing artichokes in France in the summertime.

These days, Debbie Buchanan Fickenscher is not traveling as much from her home in Gaithersburg, Maryland, but she and daughter Elaine did attend the annual conference of the National Down Syndrome Congress this past July in Phoenix. They also visited the Grand Canyon. Last August, Debbie enjoyed a wonderful trip to France where she visited the beaches at Normandy, as well as Rouen, Giverny, and other towns along the Seine.

Before returning home, Debbie stayed in London for a brief but lovely visit with Diana Barratt Finning. In late November, she traveled to a Miami book fair to promote her book, The Right to a Full Life—which is described by her publisher as an “upbeat account of a mother’s journey parenting twins with different disabilities.” It is a very good book.

I, Susan April Marshall, am still keeping busy practicing (broadcast) Communications Law in DC and enjoying life with retired husband Ed, children, Courtney Marshall Moseman ’91 and Melissa Marshall Goldman ’94, and their husbands and children—Ellie Moseman (a student at the University of Wisconsin), Sam Moseman (committed to play baseball at NYU), Leo and Miles Moseman (high school and middle school students in Bethesda, Maryland) and Ellis and Teddy Goldman (elementary school students in Bethesda). All are good!

1964

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE Deena Delany Deena@ddelany.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Marion Garrard Barnwell: I’m excited to share that my book was published on September 13, 2024. A dual memoir, my

 1. Barlow Burke, Betsy Christenberry Holleman Burke ’60, Ellen May Galinsky ’60, and Dinah Sunday ’69 discuss Ellen’s book, The Breakthrough Years, at the Head of School Book Club, an event for members of NCS’s Scholar Circle donors.  2. Susie Lewis Wilbanks ’61 and her grandson, Christopher.

grandmother’s and mine, it is titled All the Things We Didn’t Say. Chapter 23 is about my days at NCS. Best to all.

Vicki Gould Coburn: We came back from France with COVID! Yup I finally caught it. I have had pneumonia, a viral type that has left me with a debilitating cough. There is not much to report on, but I spend my life going to doctors. I miss you guys.

Jansy Berndt De Souza Mello: After living in a comfortable house since 1973, I moved to an apartment in the heart of Brasilia with two of my eight grandchildren. Rafael and Isadora are in their twenties and keep me company whenever possible. I often use a wheelchair or walking aids because of painless diabetic neuropathy. My new address SQS 109 bloco D ap. 612. I retired from my practice as a psychoanalyst and teacher since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

My news is not adventurous or exciting, but in the main I feel happy and serene. Grateful to be still alive and lucid. My last visit to America was in 2019 to see my American Mom Denny and Pat (Patricia Denny Goodlin). Two years before I’d been to the Annual NCS Alumnae Meeting (Reunion) with my daughter Ursula.

Willoughby Newton: It has been an active summer for me. St. Mary’s Woods Retirement Community offers Art, Gardening, Yarn Club, and more. God bless you all!

Betsy Bell Stengel: In May and early June, I had a wonderful trip to Spain and France with my daughter and 13-year-old granddaughter. We spent three days in Barcelona, three more staying with my niece and her husband who live on Spain’s Costa Brava, and then four days exploring the Provence area in southern France. Medieval castles, winding streets, the sparkling Mediterranean and great food—such a memorable shared adventure for three generations!

Linnea Summers Turner: This has been

a very “challenging” year for us: a major move to an independent living villa at Westminster Canterbury Winchester VA —and of course the task of cleaning out our home of 27 years. But we survived that, my husband’s serious illness (mostly over), and my own broken collarbone (healed). We are thankful for family, new friends, and a lovely trip at the end of October to the Mediterranean.

1965

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Denny Stein

Dstein3@mac.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

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Grae Baxter: I am residing at a lovely place called “Collington”—a CCRC— just outside of DC in Bowie, MD. I am in perfect health so far, but tomorrow who knows… It’s a fairly interesting place, home to a (somewhat) diverse collection of intelligent, opinionated souls. I’m in what I consider my “public service” phase, serving (no more than two years) as president of the residents’ association. Each day I experience a different ratio of aggravation/reward. A key reason I moved here was its location close to family and friends in DC. Well, of course, son John Taylor STA ’02, wife Ashley McDowell Taylor ’00 and grandchildren Sophie (6) and Will (3) have now moved to Exeter, NH, where Ashley will be Exeter’s dean of students, an opportunity she couldn’t turn down. Meanwhile, daughter Sarah Taylor ’98, husband Walter Thorne STA ’07 and newest grandchild Angus (1) have moved at least closer, from St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH, to Philadelphia. I recently finished what I think is an important and beautifully written/narrated book, The Best Minds, by Jonathan Rosen. There, in the acknowledgements, our own Nancy Hechinger Lowe, is credited with helping to inform this true story. I’m looking forward to our 60th Reunion next spring, hoping to see many of you.

Peg Stevens-Becksvoort: Do I have any news? I’m still above ground and am doing well. When I do my morning

stretches I sometimes think of Mrs. Benedek and calisthenics. Keep doing those stretches! I have been taking photos. No rhymes, I never could write beautiful prose, but I can take a pretty good photo.

Luyt Huydecoper Debrauw: Sarah Williams Lord visited Den Haag with a friend and stayed at our house. It was wonderful to see her again and exchange stories about our lives in the last 55 years. Unfortunately, I couldn’t accompany them to see The Girl with the Pearl Earring at the Mauritshuis (the Dutch equivalent of the Frick collection) as my husband had taken a fall off our conservatory roof the day before and was in bed with a broken neck. The second thing is that I was accepted as an artist-member of Pulchri Studio. You will not be wildly impressed, but I am no longer a granny with a hobby but recognized as an artist by quite a prestigious association.

Both the above were great. [In this author’s opinion], the results of our elections were terrible. We have a right government peopled partly by incompetent ministers, is internally extremely divided and more or less powerless because the (ultra-right) man who won the elections in a landslide is not in the cabinet but making mischief behind the scenes.

These things plus a few thousand more —often the grandchildren—have kept me off the streets and out of trouble.

Christine “Chris” Hadsel: Tis our time of life when we lose more people than we gain. My Bill died at the end of July on his own terms: in Vermont we are lucky to have the Death With Dignity laws that allow us to take a concoction of drugs when it’s time to go. During his last two weeks, he must have had 100 visitors, got the advance copies of his 20th book—a memoir titled Better To Be Lucky Than Smart and went on TV to promote his choice of how to exit this world on your own terms. So now I’m pulling together a project he started but couldn’t finish—a slim volume called 2050: Vermonters Take a Stab at the Future.

 1. Leslie Poole ’63 with her oldest (Toby) and youngest (Jane) children at her granddaughter Emily’s wedding in Charlotte, NC, in October 2024.

2. Virginia Willoughby Newton’s ’64 latest abstract painting, titled Bloomin Fun  3. Betsy Bell Stengel ’64 with her daughter Amy Stengel and granddaughter Barrett Moore in Gordes, France.  4. Sarah Williams Lord ’65.  5. Members of the Class of 1969 enjoying a boat ride in July 2024. From left: Anne Moretta, Beth Jones, Anne Ellison Mickey, and Dinah Sunday.

Denny Stein: As far as I’m concerned… We are now living in Vancouver, WA (did I say that last time?) and love it. I am steeped in art making: painting online, zooming, and in person. Also making handmade books, which is so fun, though I think my publishing name should be “Wonky Books Are Us.” Two of my collages were juried into an on-line show with the Collage Artists of America! Our old dog, Sidney, is still up and about at 16.5 years old but can’t say how much longer he’s going to be around. My wife, Evie, spends most of her time fishing and playing pool. She’s happy as a clam. Always nice for me. Our children (47 & 51) are doing well, and the one 16-year-old grandson is fencing, as in tournaments and such. Really good kid. And finally, I have written 250 Get Out the Vote postcards this election season because Michelle Obama said, “DO SOMETHING!” I wish us all the best.

Alice Rogers Fitzgibbon: I am living in a retirement community, Richland Place, in Nashville. Pretty much a dorm crossed with a nice hotel. We are centrally located, near Vanderbilt and three hospitals. I have been here about a year and have never made so many new friends in that time span in my life. I just returned yesterday from a two-week cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. I had never been to Germany, so went for it—If not now, then when? My three grandsons are all in college or graduates, so my son and his wife, who live here, are traveling a lot. It’s as good as it can be living in a blue dot in a sea of red.

Sarah “Sally” Tuggle: I wish I had something to report in my quietly satisfying life. Keeping up with friends, going to art history lectures, and plenty of time at gym and swim trying to keep mobile. Arthritis seems to be an occupational hazard at our age, which is why I’m preoccupied with the gym and swimming.

Sarah Williams Lord: Greetings NCS alumnae. Here’s a remarkable book to put on your holiday lists: Wonder Drug, the Secret History of Thalidomide in America and its Hidden Victims by

Jennifer Vanderbes (Random House). Its scientific depth is enhanced by its can’t-put-it-down reading style as it rollercoasters through the lives of heroes, villains, and victims of the worldwide Thalidomide disaster that sprang upon us in the 1960s. Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, mother of Susan Kelsey Duffield and Christine Kelsey ’67, was the mild-mannered, brilliant— stubborn—FDA scientist who refused to permit the sale of Thalidomide in the U.S., even as (as it turned out) some ten thousand babies elsewhere in the world were born afflicted with birth defects because of the drug.

1966

CLASS REPRESENATIVE

Helen Graham Stubbs S22153@earthlink.net

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Pam Tayon Colker: I just set up the Pamela Tayon Colker Scholarship at the University of Tampa for a female student in Biology. My undergraduate major was Biology, and my second MBA with Honors was from UT in Information Systems Management.

1967

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT

Vicki Van Rensselaer Northbayroad16@aol.com

Vicki Van Rensselaer: During the summer of 2024, the Book Club that has been established for our class read An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin. During the fall of 2024, the Book Club is reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Congratulations to Theodora Wilner whose book Eat Sleep Seek Stride: An Autobiographical Wellness Guide was published in 2016!

A book of interest to the NCS alumnae community is Frances Oldham Kelsey, The FDA, and the Battle Against Thalidomide by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, published on May 9, 2024. Frances

Oldham Kelsey is the mother of Christine Kelsey and Susan Kelsey Duffield ’65.

Our class sends its heartfelt condolences to Libby Fischer Hellmann whose sister, Deane Fischer Edelman, died on May 15, 2024.

Congratulations to Eva Jarring Corones whose memoir Never Marry a Diplomat was published in 2024! Eva’s father, Gunnar Jarring, was one of the top diplomats in the world during his career in the Swedish diplomatic service.

1968

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Susan Gutchess Sgutchess@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

1969

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Leslie Provence Lprovence@sbcglobal.net

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Dinah Sunday writes, “At the reunion dinner, the Mickeys extended invitations to visit them on the Eastern Shore and take a ride on their new boat. Beth Jones, Anne Moretta, and I took them up on it. The boat is a beaut, as are the views along the Tar Creek and Tred Avon River. I’m also following the plans for NCS’s Quasquicentennial (smartly dubbed the Road to 125) and wondering how on earth it’s possible that 25 years have passed since we celebrated the first 100 years—or, as my vintage T-shirt says, ‘The Hearst Hundred Years.’”

Erika Brady reports, “Life has taken a fresh turn! In May I joined with three friends to purchase 22 acres of woods and pasture near the Tennessee border. I am now building a 400-square-foot tiny house on a spring-fed stream as a rural retreat: the Baba Yaga Hut, named for the Russian witch. The surrounding acres are owned by friends, mostly from church, so I will have companionship as well as solitude. Wish me luck!”

Susan “Gigi” Galbraith just put to bed the production of The Man Ray Project: Caesar & The Mannequin, which she wrote the libretto for and directed. “Eerily, we started the work over four years ago in response to another election season. A work of pure Dada, it features Caesar’s head which spins out of a closet and springs to life to declare, ‘I’m running for [office] again!’ and ‘You can’t stick me in a closet. I will not stay there… The people, they want me. They always have.’”

Priscilla “Sherry” Allen is now a National Park Service volunteer at Arlington House (1802) in Arlington National Cemetery. She shares, “I greet many visitors and enjoy splendid views of DC. I love it!”

Margaret Eisenstein reports two arrivals: “The best one by far was the arrival of our new granddaughter Lichena DeLacy last month. Running a distant second, my article ‘Dr Richard Davies (1708–1761): Reform, Contagion, Blood and Inflammation’ was published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. It discusses the life of an eighteenth-century physician and medical researcher and explains his observations on human blood (just in time for Halloween). If you are curious, you can read it at royalsocietypublishing. org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0083”

Gertrude Sherman and her husband Robert have been enjoying travels— to Whidbey Island in September to vacation with two-year-old granddaughter Rebecca (and, of course, her parents), and to Grand Tetons for photography and painting. She writes, “We are fortunate to be close to George Mason University, where we volunteer for the Arts Center, and to be close to an Episcopal Church with many opportunities for service to our community.”

At the end of the summer, Ellen Ficklen and Paul took a small-boat cruise of the Great Lakes, sailing from Toronto and docking in Detroit. She shares, “It was a fascinating Smithsonian Journeys trip with various excursions and lectures by an onboard geologist and a maritime historian. By the end, everyone on board knew the mnemonic HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior for naming all five of America’s vast inland seas. I figured out when the ship was close to Alden, Michigan, and enjoyed surprising Jan Loveland with an email that we were on Lake Michigan waving at her!”

Jan reports much drama in that election hot spot but has enjoyed her wonderful chats with Gertrude and Ellen.

Cat Tanzer writes, “Last week I worked

security during the game at the Club at Autzen, Oregon Ducks college football stadium. I also worked a Rick Springfield/REO Speedwagon concert. Black shirt, event level. I can hardly move the next day after any of these events, but it sure is entertaining! During the summer, I was a Beverage Monitor, handling everything from drunks to naughty kids, at the Eugene Emeralds baseball stadium. The team feeds into the San Francisco Giants. Such a wonderful crowd, handsome players, and so much fun. Gettin’ old. Use it or lose it!”

1970

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Pat Row King Kinginfo2@gmail.com

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1971

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Judy Karasik karasikjudy@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Marilyn Broyhill Beach: My husband Bob and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on July 6, 2024, with our

 Marilyn Broyhill Beach ’71 and her husband Bob celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family.

three daughters, their husbands, our eight grandchildren, and close friends. We are happy that our daughters and their families all live within walking distance of our house.

1972

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Laura Roper

l.roper@rcn.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

The fundraiser for a memorial plaque for Penny Moriarty Work got off to a good start. We’ve raised just over 25% of the $10,000 goal in the first few weeks.

Laurie O’Connor Cigal reports, “This past year has been unique in many ways. I was able to visit with Alda Anduze Bell (my sophomore year roommate at Rosedale and BFF) for a week in St. Croix at her lovely home. My husband Chris and I welcomed our third grandchild, a boy this time. We traveled to Charleston, SC. and in October we plan to visit the Smoky Mountains. My new venture is to become a C.A.S.A. advocate for youth caught up in legal battles.”

Lindsey Harlan came up for a visit in August to keep me, Laura Roper, company while I showed my art at the Somerville Yart Sale. It was hot and there wasn’t much foot traffic, but we hung out in beach chairs in the shade chatting with passersby. It was like a lazy day at the beach without the sand or the salt water.

Louise Jones McPhillips: My husband Frank and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our first grandchild, Gael, a son born to our middle son, Alex, and his wife, Mariana, in Madrid, Spain on January 8, 2024. We have traveled to Spain three times to visit with them, extending our trip in March to celebrate my 70th birthday in Paris and the one in June to celebrate Frank’s 70th birthday in Provence. Proud to have made a presentation to the Alabama Historical Association Annual Meeting on research about my great-great-granduncle, who was assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in

1880. I am also pleased to have made a presentation to my Smith College class about researching genealogy and my Jones family ancestry in Alabama.

Laura Roper shares, “I hope that you all have gotten a chance to look at the Memory Book. The reviews are in! ‘These 73 pages are a MASTERPIECE of memories for which I am very grateful!’ ‘This is extraordinary! Thorough, fun, hilarious and fascinating. What a labor of love, a treasure and a gift to us all.’ ‘The remembrances are so diverse and interesting (and fun) to read… I can’t put into words how touched and pleased I am.’ If you need the link, let me know.”

1973

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE S

Karan Kalavritinos Rarog kararog@aol.com

Sandy Boek Werness sbwerness1@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Lydia Stone Kimball lydiakimball@yahoo.com

1974

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Diane Shelton dishelton@outlook.com

CLASS AGENT

Betsy Kane betseykane@verizon.net

Polly Kreisman writes, “I have been doing some acting in TV and Film the last few years after a career as an Investigative Reporter on TV (working in NYC and Capitol Hill). Catch me on Nobody Wants This, a new comedy on Netflix!”

1975

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Jan Pettie Williams jwilliams@sfismd.org

CLASS AGENT

Anne Brooks Gwaltney anne.gwaltney@verizon.net

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MEMBERS:

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1976

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Tina Chen Starke ccslcs@msn.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Elaine Henderson: Miss Fry once commented on one of my European history papers with a single word, “pithy.” After I looked it up (and saw it was a compliment), I began to realize that I had a talent for “getting to the point.” I’m sure that led, in no small way, to my career as an encyclopedist, first with Grolier (now Scholastic) and then Britannica. After all this time, my work is finally being published by Austin Macauley under my own name, E.C. Henderson. My first effort, City of Tears: The Dark History of Paris, is now available on Amazon and in your local bookstores. In 40 short stories, it takes the reader on a pretty wild ride through 21 centuries of unbelievable mayhem. Christmas presents, anyone?

Janet McCabe: My big news is that I retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October, after three-and-a-half years as Deputy Administrator. It was the right decision but still hard to part from the amazing work and the amazing EPA career workforce, who have dedicated their professional lives to helping implement and enforce the laws and regulations that protect our air, water, and land. Upsides are sleeping in my own bed in Indianapolis most nights and having way more time with the three little grandsons and other family, time to swim and walk and read and… until I figure out some other stuff to do.

 1. Laurie O’Connor Cigal ’72 and Alda Anduze Bell ’72 together in St.Croix.  2. Lucy Spencer Hornstein ’77 with her granddaughter, Katie Morstein.

 3. Hall Gregg ’77 and her grandson, Tommy.  4. The wedding of Caroline Wing Wohlgemuth’s ’78 son, George Wohlgemuth STA ’12 to Lindsay Webb.

From left: James Wohlgemuth STA ’14, Merrilleon Wing, Ethan Wing, Bella Kyburg, Noah Wing, Caroline Wing Wohlgemuth ’78, Melissa Wing, Sadiw Wing, Andrew Wing STA ’80, William Wohlgemuth STA ’17, Jess Hannon, and John Wohlgemuth STA ’10.  5. Anne Marie Journey ’78 with her son, Anders Wuolo-Journey.

 6. Noell Harris Sotille ’78 on the Camino de Santiago in 2024.  7. Elaine Henderson’s ’76 first book City of Tears: The Dark History of Paris is now available!

1977

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Hall Gregg Hallgregg6@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Jean Roth jeanroth@me.com

Judy Grogan Franklin shares, “All is well in Nashville. Business is good and I’ve been keeping busy with my travel clients. In July I went to Costa Rica with my sister, her son and daughterin-law, and their three sons. We had a family get-together with some of our CR cousins in San José, then did the volcano/cloud forest/beach circuit. A fabulous time was had by all, which was a great relief to me since I planned and booked the whole trip and was the translator for the group! In November 2024 my husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, which doesn’t seem possible but here we are. Looking forward to the next thirty years with him!”

Hall Gregg: The summer started with a vacation in Sun River, Oregon, with our kids and grandkids and ended with the birth of our first grandson! It’s been an amazing summer and I’m looking forward to upcoming trips to Lima and Sedona.

Lucy Spencer Hornstein: Still here in suburban Philadelphia. Still working solo as a primary care physician, planning to keep going another five years or so. Family is growing: son Ben, now living in Connecticut, just added Katie to the family roll. She’s a real cutie, very alert, and full of sass. We’re now up to four grandkids and love it!

Kathleen Paul: My husband and I decided to celebrate milestone birthdays with a year of travel in 2024. Highlights included a small group tour to Switzerland in June, Paris and London with my stepson’s family who lives in Paris now, and a couple cool weeks with friends in San Francisco in August while Dallas temps were 100+. It was a fun year seeing family and friends!

1978

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Ann Journey journ001@umn.edu

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Ann Marie Journey: The USS Yorktown (CV-10, decommissioned and docked in Charleston, SC) fought all over the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII. On more than one occasion, she was in the vicinity of my late father (a “90-day wonder” on a troop carrier), my late father-in-law (a combat engineer), or both. So she was an opposite location for Anders’ NPTU graduation in October. One more brief training stop and he’ll be fleet-bound and largely out of touch for a few years. Older brothers, Eric and Karl, are both established in their engineering careers, while younger brother, Magnus, is pursuing a nursing degree. In the run-up to a predictable increase in parental attention, all three are urging us to travel more. Gotta keep those pesky boomers occupied somehow!

Noell Harris Sottile: A year ago, I replied immediately and enthusiastically “Yes!” to an email from the choir director at my church asking if anyone was interested in a choir trip along the Camino de Santiago in 2024. Thus, I found myself last June in the company of 39 fellow musicians and pilgrims traveling from Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela, singing along the way. The first six days we traveled by coach. The last five days we covered approximately 75 miles on foot, across the top of Spain. Walking the Camino provided a different perspective on the journey through life in this world. The biggest lessons learned were the importance of companions new and old along the way, traveling light, and having a good pair of well-fitting shoes.

Caroline Wing Wohlgemuth: We celebrated the wedding of our second son, George STA ’12, to Lindsay Webb with spectacular October weather on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Lots of NCS/STA attendees including Katie Hamilton Gewirz ’85, Shirley Hedden, Lynne Coughlin Samson, Richard

Smith STA ’77, Chris McIsaac STA ’78, Colton Hand STA ’78, John Catto STA ’78, my brother, Andrew Wing STA ’80, George’s brothers, John STA ’10, James STA ’14, William STA ‘17, and countless friends of George’s. We are also soon to be grandparents, with our son John and his wife Eloise due in early March! I continue to be interested in the everchanging world of psychiatry in my private practice in downtown DC.

Libby Reed Poland: I retired from teaching French at Phillips Academy last June, and husband, McKee Poland STA ’77, is mostly retired as well. We are still in Andover, MA, where I continue to enjoy choral singing, pottery, perennial gardening, and looking for opportunities to speak French! We’re hoping to spend more time travelling this year in France and other Francophone countries. My father, Jack Reed, passed away in September which leaves a huge hole to fill. I was lucky to have had him nearby for the last two years.

Helen Hynson Vettori, her sister Kit Hynson Moss ’75, and their spouses traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to attend their brother Rick Hynson’s (STA ’70) final concert as the Art Director and Conductor of Bel Canto Chorus. Held in the historic Pabst Theater and Concert Hall, the maestro’s inspired conducting led the orchestra and chorus to perform The Dream of Gerontius beautifully, and it was apropos for Hynson’s retirement.

1979

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Rebecca Ravenal rravenal@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

1980

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Teri Allen Walters teri2tasha@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 45TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Brita Lundberg | Maralyn Marsteller | Teri Allen Walters | Kathy Mack McDonald

 1. Maralyn Elmore Marsteller’s ’80 grandson, Iain Robert Duguid.  2. From left: Sylvia Ellison ’82, Amy Rollinson Ruberl ’82, and Laura Ellison ’85 celebrating a joyful wedding in Cleveland.  3. Diana Moshovitis Lach’s ’82 daughter Skylar Lach ’22 celebrates Middlebury’s second consecutive lacrosse National Championship win!  4. Chrysti Hogan ’82 and her wife Jeanne Ortman in Ireland.  5. Members of the Class of 1982 gather for lunch. From left: Meggan Sheble, Elaine Saiz, Dr. C. F. Amerasinghe (father of Shalini ’82 and Marie ’86 Amerasinghe), Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra, Anne Marie Boehler, and Sylvia Ann Ellison.  6. From left: Sylvia Ellison ’82 and Alice Doolittle ’85 visiting after Alice’s parents’ lovely memorial service in DC.

Maralyn Elmore Marsteller: Hello, NCS! I am thrilled to be a grandmother. Iain (“ee-an” since the font is confusing). Emily is an associate at King and Spalding in their anti-trust division and she has had almost six months of maternity leave. I am lucky enough to spend part of my weeks with the little fellow and it’s joyous. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our 45th (!) Reunion in May!

1981

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Shan Swain Kilbridge

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

1982

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Elaine Trimble Saiz elainetsaiz@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Eleanor Tessier ertessier@yahoo.com

Heather Langenkamp Anderson is living in the joy that her first grandchild brings! A boy—Oscar! Almost two now. She is spending the year traveling around the globe to celebrate the 40th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street! Heather knows horror movies aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, including herself, but her character Nancy is a badass which she attributes to all she learned at NCS! She has a Netflix series called The Midnight Club that is slightly spooky and really heartfelt and wonderful based on the Christopher Pike young adult fiction books. She had a small scene in Mike Flanagan’s movie The Life of Chuck that got the audience award at the Toronto Film Fest in September. Sending love to her NCS sisters.

Sylvia Ann Ellison: Amy Rollinson Ruber and I attended NCS All Saints service together, Monday Oct. 28, where my mom’s (Jon Monroe Ellison ’58) name was read, as well as our classmate Melissa Pranger, and others we recognized in the program.

Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra shares, “Now into my third professional

life, I have joined the Advisory Board of Cambridge University’s Heong Gallery—a gem at Downing College, and taken up an Adjunct Professorship at UNIMAS. Some more publishing and speaking engagements. Frequent travel to the UK for work and family (all three children working there now). We just keep going with a smile!”

Shalini and her father hosted a wonderful luncheon for Anne Marie Boehler, Sylvia, Amy, Meggan Sheble, and Elaine Trimble Saiz. They enjoyed a delicious lunch catching up at the Open City Cafe (the old Herb Cottage) at the National Cathedral. Shalini was in town for readings, discussions, and the signing of her book Veins of Influence Her book is a pioneering monograph that brings a rich array of early images of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) into the global discourse of photography, pairing a striking lens of visual appreciation with distinctly humanizing perspectives.

Chrysti Hogan has begun her 29th year teaching at St. Mary’s in Memphis, but for the first time since starting the bowling team in 2001, she has stepped down from coaching. She recently moved her mother to a senior living community near her home and needed the extra time to help her settle in. She and her wife Jeanne Ortmann traveled to Scotland and Ireland last summer on a small ship cruise and spent part of fall break at her family’s cabin in the north woods of Wisconsin.

Diana Moshovitis Lach is so excited to see her daughter and fellow alumna, Skylar Lach ’22, win her second straight National Championship in lacrosse for Middlebury!

Elizabeth Powers Pistorius is working in IT at Hess Corporation and still lives in Houston. Her four kids are all grown. They visited North Bethesda and the DC area in September to celebrate her parents’ 66th wedding anniversary. Her parents are both in their 90s, live in Elizabeth’s childhood home and care for themselves. Elizabeth and her family had a delightful lunch at the Wharf with our classmate Maude Windsor.

1983

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Sarah Clemmitt swclemmitt@hotmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Tatia Williams Carson tlwoxy@aol.com

Sarah Clemmitt: I retired from teaching this past June. It was definitely the right time, but it does feel a bit surreal. The timing worked well as my daughter also graduated from college and is making her way into adult life. My husband and I are heading south for the winter on our “new to us” boat with the idea of completing the Great Loop beginning next spring. Hopefully I can work out seeing a few of you as we pass by your coastline!

Amy Yount writes, “I am in my 20th year as a school administrator at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School here in DC—time really does fly! Our youngest graduated college last spring, and husband Nathan and I are adjusting to life with two dogs rather than two children under our roof. I continue to volunteer as a puppy raiser with Warrior Canine Connection and enjoyed sharing about that work at an NCS Lower School Chapel last spring. In July, I was fortunate to spend a weekend with Virginia Pardo at a small gathering of Bowdoin College friends!”

1984

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Michelle Washington mlynnwashington@yahoo.com

Charlotte Daniel Wray charlotte.wray2@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Cheri Devlin shares, “I recently designed a large-scale wall graphic for the American Society of Landscape Architecture conference that was on display at the DC Convention Center. The design was a collage of historic maps of DC from the Library of Congress archives. This was my first public art project since moving back to the DC area, and I was excited to engage with the conference attendees to discuss

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4.

Members of the Class of 1982 gather for lunch at Open City at the National Cathedral. From left: Amy Rollinson Ruberl, Elaine Trimble Saiz, Anne-Marie Boehler, Shalini Ganendra. 

Cheri Devlin ’84 and her recent project for the American Society of Landscape Architecture.  3. Elizabeth Connell Nielsen ’84 and Julia Tyler ’84 at Lucknow Estate on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. 

Molly Wyman’s ’86 children and pets at Washington National Cathedral’s Blessing of the Animals service.  5. Nancy Puttkammer-Saxen ’85 and Lauren Adler ’85 at the Northwest Chocolate Festival in Bellevue, Washington.  6. Rachel Tidrick Wood ’86 and daughter Yesi at her graduation.

the project. I am happy to be back in DC and had a great time seeing everyone at the Reunion!”

Sarah Allen McQuaid: Having enjoyed a wonderful house concert at the home of Ellen Kennedy ’83, I returned to DC in November to play at the Lucky Penny Living Room Concert Series. See https:// sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows and my social media for a tour poster! Meanwhile, all is good with the family. My elder son just graduated from Durham University (in England) with a BA in Archaeology & Anthropology, while the younger one is in his second year of a BA in Art History & Film at the University of Essex. Sending love to all. Come visit me in Cornwall!

Elizabeth Connell Nielsen: What a wonderful Reunion! As always, my classmates are inspirations, and the hospitality of Sarah Despres and Megan Hills created places of joy and connection to sustain us until the next Reunion. Early this year, I inaugurated a program, the Opportunity & Experience Fund, supporting Novato High school students in the arts with micro grants (anywhere from $100-1000 or more) so they can further their pre-professional and professional artistic dreams through summer programs/internships, audition travel support, and funds for training and supplies. Our first recipients included a dancer, an aerialist, a street clothing designer, a creative writer, and an aspiring actress. I am so excited to discover and support this year’s recipients! Devan and I also enjoyed time with Julia and Blake in NH this summer.

1985

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Alice Doolittle licenmoth@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 40TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Cecilia Calvo | Katrina Hamilton Gewirz

Lauren Adler: I’m getting ready to launch a new chocolate subscription and discovery club, The Chocolate Explorers

Club™. I’m taking a test-and-learn approach, limiting membership to a group of “charter members” for the first three months so I can ensure a great experience and better understand what members want out of the club. Thanks to so many classmates who have given feedback, sat for customer discovery interviews, attended chocolate festivals with me, and been supportive! Special shout-outs to Susan Dorn, Jarvis E.D. Weld, Nancy Puttkammer-Saxen, Dana Westreich Hirt, and Logan Harrell MacKethan, who all gave time to the effort!

Alice Doolittle: There’s no stopping Wren Mosee Lester, who continues to move onward and upward in her career. In April 2024 she was appointed the inaugural Chief Experience Officer at ChristianaCare, which has hospitals and facilities in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Congratulations, Wren! We wish you continued success in your critical work transforming caregiver engagement and the care experience of patients and their families.

Nancy Puttkammer-Saxen had the good fortune to attend the Northwest Chocolate Festival with Lauren Adler in October. Nancy writes, “Lauren is a rock star in the world of fine chocolate. I had a great time tasting samples from chocolatiers from around the globe, while learning more about the ins and outs of cacao from Lauren! I love having our little community of NCS ‘85 ladies in the Pacific Northwest and have appreciated their unwavering support through life’s ups and downs.”

It is with great sadness that I write that Lara Adams and her sister Jenni Adams Gallo ’81 lost their mother, Suzanne Kilczewski, in July. Laura Ellison and her sister Sylvia Ellison ’82 lost their mother, Jon Monroe Ellison ’58, in August. And I lost my parents, Annette and Bill Doolittle, in September. It has been a source of comfort to me to share my news and hear from classmates. With our friendships that go back decades, our parents also figured in each other’s lives, and we remember them from way back when. Thank you, NCS

’85, for being there for me and for each other in challenging times, and also for the wealth of information, memories, and laughs that you bring!

Finally, don’t forget—our 40th (!!) Reunion is just around the corner. Remember those days when bringing home the bacon and frying it up in a pan was just a song we’d sing? (Cue Enjoli commercial...)

1986

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Kristen Staples Durkin kristendurkin23@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Anne Handwerger Large anne.large@gmail.com

Margaret Boasberg: I am still working for The Bridgespan Group, as a strategic advisor to nonprofits and philanthropies. I lead our public health practice and spend a lot of my time working on issues of mental health and substance use. Mostly, I work with philanthropies to help them give their money away more effectively, and I work with nonprofits especially on creating growth strategies. I feel lucky to be able to do something that I love. Our three girls are all well— Kira and Alyse have graduated from college, and Tess is spending her junior fall in Rome. So, they are leading more fun lives than me!

Aimee Dixon: I’m very excited to report that the nonprofit I run with my mom, IPPH (Institute for Politics Policy and History) just received an NEH Development Grant for a documentary we are creating on the origin story of Washington, DC. So exciting it’s coming to pass—an important story about our great city!!

Rachel Tidrick Wood: Our son, Ethan, is back living at home for a bit while he works as a paralegal at the Edinburgh office of an international law firm. Our daughter, Yesi, spent her summer in North Carolina working at a summer camp (again!) with a brief return to Scotland for graduation from her law degree. She’s now back, in Dundee, for

her mandatory graduate law degree. Both will start “traineeships” (like articles) at law firms in Edinburgh next year. Jon and I work too much and try to get some travelling in from time to time. Aside from all that, as some of you know, my mother died at the end of June after suffering a serious stroke in February. So, it has been a year of hospitals and the aftermath. My parents have lived In Edinburgh for the last 15

years, so I have been able to support my dad through it all.

Molly Wyman writes, “I can’t remember the last time I submitted anything for these notes… Mark and I separated a couple years ago, and the Vs and I are living over in Kenilworth now. Valkyrie is a junior & thinking about college; Vienna is in 4th grade and is mostly avoiding thinking about math. I’m still working

for the government, trying to translate bureaucratic language into something easier to read. We were actually at the Cathedral recently—we took our dog, two cats, and three guinea pigs to the Blessing of the Animals.”

And Sue Legro shares, “I spent two months this summer with my younger daughter working remotely from San Diego County in the house where I

Karen Fox, Laura Broenniman, Julie Barrie

Allison

Megan Fitzgerald..  3. André Roberts Koester ’87 (L) and Allison Ross Hanna ’87 in Oxford, England.  4.

McDaniel Willis ’89 (L) and Dawn McKay Alston ’89, CFO of Spelman College, at a conference on higher education.

 1. Members of the Class of 1987 gather at Susanna Monroney Quinn’s home. Back row, fromt left: Karen Fox, Catherine Sheehan Bruno, Allison Glosser Aldrich, Susanna Monroney Quinn, Sophia Maroon, Liza Jordan, Pamela Washington. Front row, from left: Sarah Howard, Laura Broenniman, Lisa Williams-Fauntroy, Allison Hanna, Lydia Arnold.  2. Members of the Class of 1987 gather at Susanna Monroney Quinn’s home (cont.). Back row, from left: Susanna Monroney Quinn, Allison Glosser Aldrich,

Buchanan,

Hanna. Front row, from left: Catherine Sheehan Bruno, Lyle Sinrod Walter, Sarah Howard,

Heather

lived before my time at NCS. It was wonderful, although it was weird to log on to work meetings from my childhood bedroom or—even weirder— my late father’s study. This was the longest I’d been in the U.S. in twentyfive years and the longest I’d been in Southern California since the Reagan Administration! I’ll be spending more time there over the next couple of years, and I’d enjoy hearing from / seeing NCSers in the general region. My goal for next year is to coordinate a visit with Hywon Cha Kim, who is also out there from time to time.”

As for me, Kristen Durkin, I am in the thick of my first year of a Masters in Social Work program at Hunter College in New York City. It is both thrilling and humbling to be in school again mostly with people in their mid 20s. I’ll graduate from my program in 2026 along with my daughter who will graduate from high school and my son who will graduate from college. Calls for a big party!

1987

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Hilary Liftin hilaryliftin@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Allison Ross Hanna: After 17 years in LA, our family has moved to DC, where I haven’t lived since my early 20s. Our older two daughters are in college and our youngest has entered the 10th grade at NCS. It’s a treat to experience NCS as a parent and see classmates around the Close and in the soccer stands (Leslie Talmadge!). Susanna Monroney Quinn recently hosted a gathering, and I also had dinner with Sophia Maroon and Melanie Janin, who comes to DC for work. Finally, I took a trip to the Cotswolds with André Roberts Koester, who is knocking it out of the park as a high-end travel agent. Although I miss LA and my West Coast ’87ers (Naomi Despres, Devorah Herbert, Suzanne Kolb, Hilary Liftin, Salaam Coleman Smith), it feels good to be back!

Hillary Liftin: Listen to what Gayle

Weiswasser is up to—I hope everyone who reads this has a chance to support her, in person or online. Gayle shares, “I have opened an independent bookstore in Bethesda, fulfilling a lifelong dream. It’s called Wonderland Books and it’s on Norfolk Avenue between St. Elmo and Cordell. Please come visit and say hi! You can find it online at www.wonderlandbooks.com.

Susanna Monroney Quinn writes, “Whenever Allison Glosser Aldrich comes to town, she makes the most valiant effort to gather people. A wonderfully large group of 1987 ladies gathered at my house for an afternoon of catching up. Guests included Lydia Arnold, Laura Broenniman, Catherine Sheehan Bruno, Julie Barrie Buchanan, Megan Fitzgerald, Karen Fox, Allison Ross Hanna, Sarah Howard, Liza Jordan, Sophia Maroon, Heather Walsh, Lyle Sinrod Walter, Pamela Washington, Lisa Williams-Fauntroy, and the inimitable Allison Glosser Aldrich. I am continually impressed by how accomplished and loving all of my classmates have become. We pledged to have these gatherings more often.

This past year has been challenging, but with every challenge that I encounter, I grow in gratitude for the amazing, supportive women and community around me. I lost my precious husband, Jack Quinn, in May. We had an absolutely beautiful memorial in the Cathedral. Denyce Graves sang, President Clinton spoke, and my son Storm’s entire 7th grade class at STA attended in support of him.

I started hosting a podcast, “The Cancer Signal”, this past summer. It is focused on multi-cancer early detection testing. We don’t have a cure for cancer; our most effective tools in combating it are early detection and lifestyle choices, which I focus on addressing with guest interviews.

Storm is thriving at St. Albans and had his first Middle School dance which brought memories back of our first dance in the NCS study hall. We played everything from Rick Springfield to Led

Zeppelin. And Sarah Hamady always made sure we had a couple of Police albums available. We were a cool bunch!

Gayle Weiswasser: I am writing to announce the sad passing of my sister Anne Claire Weiswasser ’07, who went to NCS for many years. She is also the sister of Emily Weiswasser ’10 who also graduated from NCS. https://www.legacy.com/ us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/ anne-weiswasser-obituary?id=56561620

1988

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

Heather Frey Willis: So excited to be reunited with Dawn McKay Alston ’89 at a conference on Higher Education. She was so great on her panel representing Spelman College in her role as CFO. Anyone from our time at NCS remembers she was a true scientist, especially biology, and she has parlayed that skill set into managing the fiscal health of this premier college and a global leader in the education of women of African descent.

1989

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Catrin Morris catrinmorrisdc@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Catrin Morris: I’ve hit the 1.5-year mark as an oncology nurse (random late life career change) and am still loving it. I’ve learned that most people in the world are pretty decent (though some are just real s****). I work with lots of Gen Z and youngish Millennials, and I’ve learned that they aren’t nearly as humorless as I feared! And they get such a kick out of me swearing! It’s like having your granny swear, I guess! I’ve learned that the health care system is even more broken than I had known in my consulting/ public health days. It’s shocking how fragmented and inefficient it is. Outside of work: My eldest just started at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which she chose over the NY options.

I have fallen in love with Chicago, a city I hardly know. The school has the most incredible dorms and campus, which are literally in the shadow of the gallery. After finding adolescence a pretty grim experience, she seems really happy in college. And that makes me really happy.

My youngest Miranda is a senior at Jackson-Reed (formerly known as Wilson) and is in the same class as Catherine Kuhnle Fowlkes’ son and Cosby’s son but balks (and panics!) when I suggest I orchestrate introductions. She is applying to colleges right now and thinking pre-med and crew, so she (a) couldn’t be more different than her sister and (b) will literally have no free time.

I was heartbroken in November when my father died. My three siblings and I had been rotating trips to Australia for most of the year and were able to gather for a beautiful and intimate little funeral in their garden in Australia. I have been so lucky to have my old NCS gang to turn to through it all.

Jenny Murphy: How to sum up the last 35 years? Just kidding. Here’s my life right now: I have a 15-year-old, Alice, who is way smarter than I am and is constantly going to see bands that I’ve never heard of. My 11-year-old, Nora, is in that amazing place between being a kid and being teenager. They are very different but are both amazing. We still live in the Palisades and love all the new businesses that are sprouting up around us. Come visit! Editor’s note: Our thoughts are with those impacted by the California fires.

Kristin Nicholson: The nest is beginning to empty, with our older son now at University of Colorado, studying Mechanical Engineering (he clearly did not inherit his academic interests from me). It’s been super fun spending time in Boulder again, 30 (!) years after I went to law school there. Our younger son is a sophomore at Jackson-Reed and is extremely sick of me telling him how I used to hang out at all the same places he does in Tenleytown. I’m in my eighth

year of running a non-profit based at Georgetown that tries to explain Congress to executive branch folk— which gets harder every year, but I still love it. Other than that, we’ve been spending a lot of time in Dewey Beach the past few years (featuring plenty of Beach Week flashbacks) and are in the process of rebuilding our house there. Any ’89ers are always welcome to visit!

Valerie Rockefeller: If all goes according to plan—never the case so far—I’ll be writing from my partner (and finally the right man’s) Jeffrey’s house in MA in a few years. My son Davis (15) is in boarding school there, and I adore it… not only for the politics. I’m down to only Lucy (17) at home, and she wants to go to “either BC or California.” Percy (19) just started college and was beyond ready; she’s rather more directed. Despite their different personalities all three of my kids row, so crew has become our organizing principle. I’m immunosuppressed and work from home, still on climate change and education equity, so life is pretty simple and happier than ever!

1990

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 35TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Maddie Grant | Angelika Sass | Lindsay Dietel Spector | Rachel Van Dongen

1991

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Mirah Sederlof Briley mirahs@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT Jessie Myers jessica_myers1234@yahoo.com

Jenny Lin: I moved back to DC in September for a job at the Phillips Collection! I am excited to be back and hope to reconnect with NCS classmates who are in town. I ran into Cinema Wood who also works at the Phillips (!!!) and have reconnected with Kathy Kirk. I’m not sure who all is in town these days but hope to change that soon.

Big hugs to all of you and hope to see everyone soon!

Lani Wendt Young: All is well (and busy) here in Samoa. I just returned from New Zealand where our second daughter has completed her bachelor’s degree with Honors, in Chemical Engineering. I am incredibly proud of her accomplishments! I’m still managing our company office, studying law, and volunteering with the Triathlon Samoa Federation Executive Board. I’ve been doing lots of cycling lately with the Bike Samoa Federation as well as I’m training to do a 55km event in NZ next month.

1992

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Leslie Roseberg Sarma leslie.sarma@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Helen Burnham: We moved to Providence, where my boys—George, age 12; and Wes, age 11—are on team Purple at Wheeler School. Love to all!

Visiting from San Francisco, Molly Kelleher Myers was delighted to join her sisters at the NCS alumnae event in Washington, DC. It was a treat to catch up with other ’92 classmates, Victoria Sherk and Phoebe Papageorgiou.

1993

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Charlie Phynes Garcia charlottephynesgarcia@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Gabrielle Myers’ third book, Break Self: Feed, was published in August by Finishing Line Press. This is her second poetry book. Please consider reading this book and her other books. She is also the farm-to-fork columnist for Inside Sacramento magazine with monthly articles that focus on the food revolution in her region. Links to her work are available via her website at www.gabriellemyers.com

1994

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

CLASS AGENT

Anja Brau anjabrau@gmail.com

1995

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 30TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Elizabeth Dalgard | Samantha Mazo | Melissa Vanouse

1996

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Jeni Hansen j202wdc@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Talhia Tuck talhiatuck@hotmail.com

Kate Earls is living in NYC where she works in financial services for college students. Her son, Wyatt (5) is an avid lover of Tae Kwon Do, swimming, and cheering on his favorite football team. Hail, Washington!

Jamie Thomas Sabat: Hello Class of ’96. I’m so happy to share the growth of my wellness practice for my women’s community. High Vibe Women is a networking community focused on female entrepreneurs. I curate and host wellness activations for women to create personal development along with abundance in their business. We stand beside you in support of the growth of your dreams. I’m now scouting for a home for the members in the DMV area. After two years of hosting in yoga studios and wellness spaces throughout the city, we need a permanent location to call home. I would love your support. https://www.jamiesabat.com/ high-vibe-house

1997

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Monica Barnes monica.barnes@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Jennifer Berk jcberk@gmail.com

1998

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Cavan Doyle cavankdoyle@gmail.com

Kimya Gharib Kurilla kimyagharib@yahoo.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

1999

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Nancy Matthews nancydeematthews@hotmail.com

Meghan Edwards-Ford Rissmiller medwardsford@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Sophie Weidner sophierweidner@gmail.com

2000

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Anna Bierlein Handy annaclasenhandy@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 25TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Member: Mary Moffet Keaney

Sylvia Perez Cash: Hi everyone! My children and I live in LA (six years and counting). I’m enjoying my new role as the Chief Innovation Officer for the Latino Community Foundation, and my little humans are enjoying kindergarten and second grade respectively. Between work and family travel, I am in DC quite a bit. I always hope to reconnect with old friends. Paz.

Ann Garment: I’m still happily serving as Chief of General Internal Medicine at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and incredibly proud of some of the initiatives we’ve built and grown over these past few years, including a robust addiction medicine clinic, a program for patients living for homelessness that spans from within the hospital to the clinic to the streets themselves, and a cutting edge Pride clinic for providing HIV prevention and gender-affirming LGBTQ+ services.

Alaya Johnson: I have started a position as the Visiting Associate Professor of Creative Writing for the MFA program at Queens College in New York. I’m

excited to work with students and to continue work on my next novel. My latest novel, The Library of Broken Worlds, was nominated for the Ursula K. Le Guin award: https://www.ursulakleguin. com/prize24.

Hilary North Scheler: After three exciting years living in Singapore, dragging the kids (ages 7, 7, and 10) around Southeast Asia and forcing them to experience some culture, our family has moved back to New Canaan, CT, in the NYC area. Professionally, I am still supporting neuroscience companies in their preclinical and clinical trial data analyses and publications. This year I was co-author of a series of clinical trial publications reporting proteomicsbased biomarker findings in Alzheimer’s disease. I would love to reconnect with all the NYC-area alumnae!

2001

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre elizabeth.krabill@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Erin Barringer and her husband, Mark, welcomed their daughter, Jane Barringer Mazo, in December 2023. She has loved motherhood so far! She was lucky to also host Elizabeth “Lizzie” Thomspon Cleary and her family at her family’s lake house in Northern Michigan this summer, and the kids all had a wonderful time together.

Lizzie Thompson Cleary left UCLA’s Cancer Center after a decade of teaching and training mental health providers. She is now working in Dallas for CollaHealth, a start-up providing cancerspecific mental healthcare to community oncology practices across the country. Lizzie almost made it to ten years of parenting without a child cutting their own hair, but alas, that third child is full of surprises.

In June, Nicole Egge travelled to Normandy with her husband for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. She parachuted in near Omaha Beach and at Mont Saint-Michel as part of the

 1. Lani Wendt Young ’91 and her daughter.  2. Kent Davis-Packard, Norah Kelleher Coelho, and Jeni Hansen, all members of the Class of 1996, at the NCS DC Alumnae Happy Hour at Dauphine’s in Sept. 2024!  3. Helen Burnham ’92 with her sons Wes (L) and George Jacobs.  4. The Kelleher sisters attend NCS’s DC Alumnae Happy Hour in September 2024. From left: Molly Kelleher Myers ’92, Norah Kelleher Coelho ’96, and Nell Kelleher ’03.  5. Jamie Thomas Sabat ’96.

commemoration ceremonies; the plane she jumped from had flown in the actual invasion. She also made a point to see the Bayeux tapestry, which was truly as epic as Mrs. Williamson had described.

Nina Eichacker earned tenure at the University of Rhode Island in April 2024; she and her family are happily living in Rhode Island and would love to see any fellow NCSers that happen to be passing through or visiting, whatever time of year!

Catherine Sproul is excited to share the birth of her daughter, Alexandra, in May. She is still living in Paris and would be happy to meet up with anyone coming through France!

Renan Snowden started a new job at the Federal Railroad Administration working on DC’s Union Station. In April, Renan met up with Christina Baumel and her family at Christina’s beautiful home in Portland, Oregon, while attending a conference. Renan continues to perform regularly with the Washington Improv Theater in her spare time.

2002

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE S

Kimi Aghevli Darrell kimiya.darrell@gmail.com

Michelle Dunkley Keys dunkley@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Casey Orr Whitman orr.casey@gmail.com

2003

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

Carrie DeCell, her partner, Justin, and her three-year-old, Andy, welcomed baby James at the end of July and moved back to DC at the end of August! She’ll be keeping her job at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University but taking on more policy work here. And although she misses friends in NYC, she’s excited to reconnect with NCSers in

DC—including new neighbors Nell Kelleher and her family!

Jen Kyhos Merner and Tess Veuthey enjoyed frolicking in the desert of Black Rock City. Ever the responsible community members, they volunteered serving food with their camp, and Tess volunteered with the Zendo Project providing psychedelic support. They live in San Francisco and have continued to go on great adventures since being at NCS together. Jen works in finance and Tess is a doctor.

2004

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Bridget Splain Meehan

bridgetrosemeehan@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Betsy Remes Purves betsyrpurves@gmail.com

Alex Evans is still loving life in Napa, California. She works for Rombauer Vinyards and new responsibilities allow her to travel the country and world, sharing the Joy of Wine. At home, she enjoys time with her black cat, Evan Evans.

Sara Stinson Goldsmith and her husband welcomed their second child, daughter Nora (1), who joined big brother Reuben (almost 3).

Kate Hayes is in the process of moving from Sacramento where she lived for six years with friend and classmate Tyler Whitmire, to San Francisco to work at SCAPE Landscape Architecture where she is design lead for the landscape at Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability, also her alma mater.

Bridget Splain Meehan has returned to the Mercy Center as the Co-Director of Immigration and Asylum Seekers Services after two years working in the geriatrics field. She lives in NYC with her twin sons Sean and Bobby (5). She would absolutely LOVE it if another member of the class of 2004 would join her as Class Representative so we can be represented more than once every three years!

Claire Menegus works at NYU managing a UX research lab and is an adjunct professor. She lives in New Jersey with her husband Sean and their children Amelia (2.5) and Hazel, born this July.

2005

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Leah Calvo leah.r.calvo@gmail.com

Charlotte Woolley Stewart StewartSoprano@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 20TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Leah Calvo | Melanie Gowen | Charlotte Woolley Stewart

Sarah Buchman: On June 22, on an appallingly hot day, I married Alex Remington at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda. Lots of NCS alumna were in attendance. (To quote Alexandra Petri ’06 in her toast speech, “NCS—where young women go to be assigned the lion-share of their bridesmaids.”) Sadly, my photographer suffered an eye injury that has left my wedding photo collection incomplete, and I owe you a group photo for the next issue. For now, a picture of myself and the groom!

Rebecca Yergin and husband Gabe Bluestone (Landon ’01) welcomed their son Jacob Bluestone in May of 2024. They’re living in New York City and have enjoyed introducing Jakey to NCS classmates in the city and around the East Coast when traveling.

2006

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Holly Simpson holly.hsimpson@gmail.com

CLASS AGENTS

Heartie Dunnan Daddino Heartiedaddino@gmail.com

Rufaro Makanda rmakanda@gmail.com

Lizzie Thorne Brophy lives in Fairfax, VA, with her family (husband—Chris; children—Eugene 7, Matilda 5, and Frederick 2). For Halloween this year,

 1. Sylvia Perez Cash ’00 and her family.  2. Move-in day with Carrie DeCell ’03, her sons James (1 mo.) and Andy (3), and partner, Justin Singh.  3. Catherine Sproul’s ’01 daughter Alexandra.  4. Nicole Egge ’01 preparing to parachute out of a plane in France, as part of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day commemorative ceremonies.  5. Hilary North Scheler ’00 on a jungle hike with elephants near Luang Prabang, Laos.  6. Elizabeth Thompson Cleary’s ’01 children Connor, Adelaide, and Juliet (left to right) and Erin Barringer’s ’01 little one, Jane, in Northern Michigan this summer.

Matilda followed in the footsteps of the Class of 2006’s 8th grade class dance and chose all the themes as a Barbie Cowboy Vampire Princess. Lizzie is very proud. Lizzie also occasionally wows her non-NCS friends with her knowledge of cathedral architecture.

Julia Heald: writes, “Our family has a delightful new member: Susannah! She was born in March, and she and her big brother Arthur (4) adore each other. Meanwhile I’m enjoying my work in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, including with a jury trial win a couple months before Susannah’s arrival. Another highlight this year was seeing Juliana Canfield ’10 (my cousin!) on Broadway in the fantastic play ‘Stereophonic.’”

Sally Wiebe is living in DC and enjoying this late 30s-stage of life getting to know her NCS friends’ wonderful kids and expanding her volunteering work. She is very happy working between the tech and life sciences industries and managing pharmaceutical partnerships at her company based out of Boston,

Berlin, and Bangalore (ZAGENO). She is on the board of the DC NSCDA, as Co-Chair of the Historical Activities committee, raising money for one of Washington’s oldest black cemeteries, the Mt. Zion & Female Union Band Society Cemetery. She is also charity ambassador for the 70th Washington Winter Antiques show, raising money for Bishop Walker School for Boys and Building Bridges Across the River. Reach out to Sally about volunteering opportunities if you are in DC!

Isabelle Winer writes, “Last September I had another little boy, Cameron. His big brother, Robbie Wolf, has told us that Baby Cam is his “best friend” and has been very sweetly attempting to steal Cam’s stuffies.”

Kendall Young: I am now teaching 6th grade Language Arts at Carolina Friends School in Durham, NC. I’m constantly reminded of NCS antics and angst, sparking much nostalgia and also a profound relief that we made it to the other side. In September, Eric and I welcomed our second son, Harley Joe

Vreeland, joining Calvin (2) and Kiki (6, dog).

2007

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Kate Adamson kwhadamson@gmail.com

Vanessa Lukas vannylukas@gmail.com

CLASS AGENTS

Alexis Ellis aellis07@gmail.com

Kelley Hodge kelley.s.hodge@gmail.com

Annie Simon: On September 22nd, I married Robin Legrand in my parents’ backyard in Rappahannock County, VA. As befitting our Franco-American alliance, we dined on stinky cheese and danced the night away to even stinkier Europop hits.

Nicole Johnson Tyler: We were thrilled to welcome a baby girl this summer! She’s practicing her Eagle call and can’t wait to meet you soon.

 1. Sarah Buchman ’05 married Alexander Remington on June 22, 2024. Group photo to come next issue!  2. Nicole Johnson Tyler ’07 and Sam Tyler STA ’07 with their daughter.

 1. Brittany Bordeaux Knight ’08 and her husband, Travia Cowles Knight STA ’05, with their daughter, Astrid Olivia Knight.  2. Susannah and Arthur, children of Julia Heald ’06.  3. Members of the Class of 2009 attend Laura Danforth’s wedding. From left: Annika Koppen, Libby Ulman Gilbert, Nora Taranto, Laura Danforth, Sarah Kester, Kathleen Barker, and Annette Russell Nakshbendi.  4. Jen Kyhos Merner ’03 (L) and Tess Veuthey ’03 at Burning Man.  5. Alexis Ellis ’07 and Annie Simon ’07 at Annie’s wedding in September.

2008

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Brittany Bordeaux Knight Britt.Bordeaux@gmail.com

Margaret Rawson marawson@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Alex Abington alexandra.c.abington@gmail.com

Brittany Bordeaux Knight and Travis Cowles Knight STA ’05 welcomed their daughter Astrid Olivia Knight into the world on June 17, 2024. They appreciated family and friends (including NCS friends Kristiina Liuksila, Bridgette Zou, Caroline Whitehouse Tyler, Vicki Webb, Meghan Carter, Gen McGahey, and Susan Foster Gomez-Jacome ’07) showering her with love at the Sulgrave Club before her arrival.

Kristiina Liuksila and her husband Nick Berti welcomed their son James on June 16th, one day before Brittany gave birth to her little girl! Kristiina brought James to DC for the first time in September, where he got to meet Brittany’s daughter Astrid and to spend time with Vaughan Bagley’s son Ryan.

2009

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Alison Courtney alisoncourtney09@gmail.com

Kylie Gemmell Heatherkyliegemmell@gmail.com

Grace Zimmerman grace.ayers.zimmerman@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Laura Danforth married Laksh Mody in October in Chevy Chase. She was joined by three bridesmaids Libby Ulman Gilbert, Sarah Kester and Nora Taranto, as well as Annika Koppen, Kathleen Barker, and Annette Russell Nakshbendi. Laura and her husband live in San Francisco.

Maddie Duff madelineduff29@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Brett Andersen

JOIN YOUR 15TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Brett Andersen | Maddie Duff

Jane Bartman got married at the National Arboretum in October, with eXplorers Ali Fauci and Molly Hayes and former NCS-er Electra Colevas ’12 as magnificent bridesmaids (Caroline Bartman ’07 was maid of honor in absentia following the recent birth of her daughter, Anna!).

Julie Piñero’s audio documentary “Delejos” won the Audio Nonfiction Award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival. Vogue Magazine named it one of the best podcasts of the year. In collaboration with director Rob Reiner, she created the podcast “Who Killed JFK?”, which won the Listener’s Choice Award at the 2024 Signal Awards. Her comedy solo performance “Hum” was profiled by the Smithsonian Channel. “Hum” is an ode to Julie’s Middle-School self, and she performed it with musical accompaniment by Cam Ralston (bassist for Bonny Light Horseman) to a sold out Resonate Festival in Richmond, VA. Julie lives in Brooklyn, New York.

2011

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Zayna Bakizada zbakizada@gmail.com

Adrienne Larson aslarson21@gmail.com

Bridget Morrison bridget.r.morrison@gmail.com

Aloise Phelps aloisedphelps@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Zayna Bakizada graduated from the pediatrics residency program at Oregon Health & Science University in June, and moved to Denver, Colorado to be a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado.

doggie friends. Earlier this year, Betsy left her corporate job after eight-and-ahalf years at the same company. She’s finally chasing her dream of providing sports media coverage for paddle sports including kayaking, canoeing, and stand up paddleboarding (SUP) with her company Paddler Media. You can find her work via @PaddleDaily and @ SUPRacer.

Emily Stephen: I finally graduated with my doctorate in Clinical Psychology after completing my intern year at UNC Chapel Hill. I’m moving back to NYC, where I’ll be starting my post-doc under supervision of fellow NCS eagle Dr. Laura Athey-Lloyd Kalis ’02

In October, Katie Williams got married to longtime partner Kyle! Originally planned for Asheville, Hurricane Helene shook things up and with two weeks to go, they pulled off a backyard wedding in Chapel Hill, NC. Big thanks to all the NCS gals who pivoted without question and made it a party, with special kudos to Bridget Morrison and Margaret Morrison for singing during the ceremony!

2012

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

CLASS AGENT

Emma Grauberger Emma.h.grauberger@gmail.com

2013

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE Polly Terzian pollyterz@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Madeline Belt Condon co-founded Waveline Studio, a 100% women-owned full-service design and marketing agency in April 2024. Learn more about the agency at wavelinestudio.co.

2010

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Brett Andersen b.andersen14@gmail.com

Betsy Ray is still living in London and loving it. Her husky, Draco, turns four in December. He loves long walks in Bushy Park or Richmond Park and making new

Sedina Tsikata recently began working at the Library of Congress in the U.S. Copyright Office. During the first portion of onboarding, she reviewed copyright applications for literary works and works of the visual arts. She has

 1. From left: Laura El Daher ’05, Rachel Ing ’10, Molly Hayes ’10, Jane Bartman ’10, Lizzy Lewis ’10, Ali Fauci ’10, and Kate Hayes ’04 at Molly’s wedding in Lake Tahoe in May 2024.  2. Betsy Ray ’11 and her husky, Draco, hiking Clachnaben in Scotland during summer 2024.  3. Julie Piñero ’10 (center) winning the Audio Nonfiction Prize at the 2024 Tribeca Awards.  4. From left: Bridget Morrison ’11, Gibson Johns STA ’11, Emily Stephen ’11, Annah Jamison ’11, Katie Williams ’11, Aloise Phelps ’11, Margaret Morrison ’11, Sally Marmet ’11, and Annie Lindahl Wilkin ’11 at Katie’s Chapel Hill wedding in October 2024.

since joined the Literary Division of the Registration Program, where she examines copyright applications for a variety of literary claims including books, screenplays, and poems.

2014

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Ilina Mitra imitra14@gmail.com

Calista Tavallali calista.tav@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

Calista Tavallali graduated from London Business School this summer with her MBA! She is thrilled to stay in London, working as a Strategy and Operations Manager for a legal AI start-up.

2015

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Christine Evans cmevans2015@gmail.com

Gabrielle Tran gtran242@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 10TH REUNION COMMITTEE!

Members: Maddie Cross | Christine Evans | Priya Millward | Gabriella Small | Talley Snow | Abigial Summerville | Kenya Waugh

Christine Evans continues to have the best time in NYC and recently celebrated a milestone for her brand: she launched three new t-shirt designs under her own label, one of which raised funds for the Harris-Walz campaign. She also participated in the vendor fair Artists and Fleas, where she had her own booth, promoted and sold her own product, expanded her brand recognition, all while making new, invaluable connections with other creatives in her industry. She also designed several custom garments for various clients across the globe, expanding her design portfolio. She has been enjoying all New York has to offer in the fall, from trips upstate, to adventures running around Brooklyn, Christine is enjoying her time with many of her fellow NCS classmates also based in the city. Christine is VERY excited to help plan her 10-year Reunion with

fellow ICONS Maddie Cross, Priya Millward, Gabriella Small, Talley Snow, Abigail Summerville, and Kenya Waugh and cannot wait to return to the Close this upcoming May to celebrate with her fellow alumnae!

Meredith Holmes: Meredith is in her second and last year at Wharton for her MBA and was excited to meet up with fellow Icon, Talley, who just started at Wharton this fall. While at school, Meredith is also interning at a food startup, Hormbles Chormbles, led by former RXBAR co-founder and launching Q1 2025. After school, she plans to return to NYC!

This summer, Izzy Hupez got married in France, with Marcha Kiatungrit and her sister Raphy Hupez ’17 by her side! She enjoyed a quick stop in London for an unforgettable Fourth of July celebration with fellow alumnae before moving to Beijing with her husband, who is a Schwarzman Scholar. Izzy looks forward to connecting with NCS alumnae in Beijing and sends a special shoutout to Mr. Xu and her AP Chinese class as she practices her Mandarin daily. She can’t

 Izzy Hupez ’15 on her wedding day with NCS alumnae Marcha Kiatungrit ’15, and sister, Raphy Hupez ’17.

wait to see the Harbin Ice Festival, taste authentic Sichuan cuisine, and hear the sound of firecrackers during Chinese New Year as she fully immerses herself in the culture.

Marcha Kiatrungrit has been pursuing acting, working on quite a few film projects this year! To name a few: BI season 6 episode 6 on CBS & Paramount+, Prom Dates on Hulu, Terry McMillan Presents: Forever on Lifetime, Rejection audiobook by Tony Tulathimutte. Marcha also attended fellow ICON Izzy’s wedding in France this past year! She and Izzy also spent some time together while Izzy visited Marcha out in LA this past August.

This spring, Priya Millward graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with her Master’s in Public Policy. She concentrated in Democracy, Politics and Institutions, interning with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and working as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard College. For her master’s thesis, she partnered with the City of Boston’s Office of Neighborhood Services to study ways to increase and

diversify constituent engagement in Boston’s civic associations. This fall, she joined the City of Boston full time as a Procurement Analyst in its new Procurement Services department.

Talley Snow started her MBA in Health Care Management at the Wharton School, where she’ll be completing her degree in tandem with an MPA in Health Care Policy from the Kennedy School. She’s excited to be a few stops closer on the Amtrak to her fellow NCS alums in New York and is looking forward to the 10-year Reunion this spring!

Abigail Summerville lives in Williamsburg and works at Thomson Reuters as an M&A Correspondent, breaking news on company deals. She loves hanging with her NCS friends in New York and beyond!

2016

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Alison Cenname alisoncenname@gmail.com

Hadley Irwin hadleyirwin@gmail.com

 Class of 2020 Mother-Daughter Tea. Members of the Class of 2020 present included Nicole Vernot-Jonas,

CLASS AGENT

Lizzie Wiggins lizwiggins5@gmail.com

2017

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Julia Grigorian gigi.grigorian@gmail.com

Caroline Morin carolinem17@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT

Karis Felton karisfelton@gmail.com

2018

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Lilyanna D’Amato lilyannadamato@gmail.com

Allyson Edge edgeallyson@gmail.com

Lilly Freemyer lillyfreemyer@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

2019

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

McKenna Dunbar Dunbarmckenna@gmail.com

Annie King aking52119@gmail.com

2020

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Emilia Boggs Emilia.boggs19@gmail.com

Lucy Freemyer lucyfreemyer@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

JOIN YOUR 5TH REUNION COMMITTEE! Members: Kalena Blake | Emilia Boggs | Lucy Freemyer | Ciara Hargrove | India Reynolds

Mary Rose Bell graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in May, majoring in English and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology. She has since moved to California to work as a predoctoral research fellow and lab manager in Stanford’s Psychology Department. She has been

Yara Sigvaldason, Pippa Self, and Bea Markham.

2020s

enjoying all that the Bay Area has to offer and would love to connect with any alumnae in the area!

Emilia Boggs graduated from Boston College in May and moved to NYC in early June. She is working as a corporate finance paralegal and studying for the LSAT, hoping to attend law school in two years. She has enjoyed catching up with fellow Class of 2020 members who have moved to NYC and hearing about all their postgrad plans.

Ciara Hargrove was recently in the world premiere of the musical “Long Way Down” at the Olney Theatre Center in Olney, MD. This summer she was in “The Sound of Music” and “42nd Street” at Theatre by the Sea in Rhode Island.

2021

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

2022

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE & AGENT NEEDED

2023

CLASS REPRESENTATIVE Sophia Rees sophiaerees@gmail.com

CLASS AGENT NEEDED

2024

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Bendu Joemah bajoemah@gmail.com

Clara Roberti roberticlara05@gmail.com

Maddie Ryan mdryan@mit.edu

CLASS AGENT Beatrix Weber beatrixaweber@gmail.com

With Sympathy

We acknowledge the loss of members and friends of the National Cathedral School family and extend our deepest sympathy.

I N M EMORIAM

ALUMNAE

PAULA MAE CRANDALL ’52

Oct. 14, 2024

JOAN BARKLEY WHITESCARVER ’52

June 12, 2024

JEANNE GREENING ’54

Sept. 25, 2024

ELLEN ROOTH LIND ’56

Nov. 1, 2024

JON “JONNY” MONROE ELLISON ’58 Aug. 29, 2024

KARLEY TOLLEFSON MELTZER ’58 Oct. 14, 2024

SUSANNA OPPER ’58 July 16, 2024

BE DAVISON HERRERA ’60 July 2023

DEANN BEACH BURROWS-PROEME ’64 June 12, 2024

JAN CAROL MILLER SCHOEMAKER ’69 July 1, 2024

MARTHA WINDREM ’69

ALISON BRUCE REA ’70 June 28, 2024

PATSY “FATH” DAVIS RUFFINS ’72 Nov. 13, 2024

ANNE WEISWASSER ’07 Oct. 11, 2024 a FORMER GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS

J. WILLIAM “BILL” DOOLITTLE Board Member

1979–1985 Board Chair

1982–1985 Sept. 24, 2024

ROBERT O’MALLEY Board Member

1982–1984 July 23, 2024

FORMER FACULTY AND STAFF

BROOKS JOHNSON

Upper School Sociology and Anthropology Teacher

1970–1974

June 29, 2024

C ONDOLENCES

ALUMNAE AND STUDENTS

SUSAN “SUSIE” MINTENER NORTHROP ’59

On the loss of her husband

Michael “Mike” Northrop, 12/6/2023

CHRISTINE “CHRIS” HADSEL ’65

On the loss of her husband

Bill Mares, 7/29/2024

ELIZABETH “LIBBY” FISCHER

HELLMANN ’67

On the loss of her sister

Deane Fischer Edelman, 5/15/2024

SARA BREIEL ’69

On the loss of her father

Wilson Breiel, 10/16/2023

LISA WEMETT ’69

On the loss of her sister

Laurel Wemett, 2/12/2024

MARY THOMPSON RICE ’72 AND SUSAN THOMPSON BILLINGTON ’81

On the loss of their mother

Mary Louise Thompson, 9/16/2024

MARILYN POND BRIGHAM ’73

On the loss of her mother

Virginia “Ginny” Spooner Pond, 7/2/2024

SHAARON TOWNS ’77 AND JENNIFER TOWNS ’80

On the loss of their mother

Eva Rose Towns

ELIZABETH “LIBBY” REED POLAND ’78

On the loss of her father

John “Jack” Addison Reed Jr., 9/17/2024

LORI DUKE ’80

On the loss of her mother

Dolores Douglass Duke, 7/29/2024

SHELLYE MARTIN ’80

On the loss of her mother

Delphyn Martin

MARY SCURLOCK ADAMSON ’81, NANCY SCURLOCK COLLINS ’83, AND MARGARET ANN SCURLOCK ’87

On the loss of their half-brother

Arch Chilton Scurlock Jr., 6/15/2024

JENNIFER “JENNI” ADAMS GALLO ’81 AND LARA ADAMS ’85

On the loss of their mother

Suzanne Kilczewski, 7/24/2024

ALICE MACKENZIE ’81

On the loss of her brother

Douglas MacKenzie STA ’84, 7/19/2024

JULIA CROFT ’82

On the loss of her father

Joseph D. Croft, Jr., 9/27/2024

SALLY DUNKELBERGER DANIEL ’82 AND EMILY DUNKELBERGER CUNNIFF ’89

On the loss of their father

Ed Dunkelberger, 10/4/2024

SYLVIA ANN ELLISON ’82 AND LAURA ANN ELLISON ’85

On the loss of their mother

Jon “Jonny” Monroe Ellison ’58, 8/29/2024

SUSAN LEIBOWITZ GIANCHETTA ’82

On the loss of her father Arnold Leibowitz, 6/18/2024

COURTNEY O’MALLEY ’82 AND LESLEY O’MALLEY ’84

On the loss of their father

Robert O’Malley, 7/23/2024

STEPHANIE SINGER ’82

On the loss of her mother

Maxine Singer, 7/9/2024

MARIA DANIELS ’85

On the loss of her father

Michael Daniels, 12/17/2023

ALICE DOOLITTLE ’85

On the loss of her mother and father

Annette Doolittle, 9/15/2024 and J. William “Bill” Doolittle, 9/24/2024

SALAAM COLEMAN SMITH ’87

On the loss of her husband Christopher Smith, 5/15/2023

LESLIE TALMADGE ’87

On the loss of her father

John “Jack” Talmadge, 8/18/2024

GAYLE WEISWASSER ’87 AND EMILY WEISWASSER ’10

On the loss of their sister

Anne Weiswasser ’07, 10/11/2024

LUCY MARTIN MCBRIDE ’91

On the loss of her brother

Harry Latane Martin STA ’97, 7/16/2024

AMANDA CRAWFORD STIFEL ’92

On the loss of her mother

Janet Wemmer Crawford, 8/19/2024

ELEANOR WORTHY SHEPARD ’05

On the loss of her grandfather

Ed Dunkelberger, 10/4/2024

EVA BRANSON ’14

On the loss of her grandmother

Eva Rose Towns

ELIZABETH CROWDUS ’16

On the loss of her grandmother

Nannette Crowdus, 10/31/2023

JESSICA MCCARTHY ’20 AND HELEN MCCARTHY ’31

On the loss of their grandfather

Paul McCarthy, 4/12/2024

HELENE PRINCE ’20

On the loss of her brother Landen Prince, 7/23/2024

SABINA PERRY ’22

On the loss of her grandmother

Constance “Connie” Nobles, 8/3/2024

NATALIE MINOR ’22 AND GEORGIA MINOR ’25

On the loss of their grandfather

Edward Enemark, 4/7/2024

ISABEL AFNAN ’23, SAMANATHA AFNAN ’26, AND MACKENZIE AFNAN ’30

On the loss of their grandfather

Jalal Afnan, 3/18/2024

STELLA MCBRIDE ’24

On the loss of her uncle

Harry Latane Martin STA ’97, 7/16/2024

BROOKE CHAPPELL ’25

On the loss of her grandfather

James Alan Cook

CAROLINE LEE ’25 AND ANNALISE “ANNIE” LEE ’27

On the loss of their grandfather Richard Lee, 6/3/2024

EMMA STIFEL ’25

On the loss of her grandmother

Janet Wemmer Crawford, 8/19/2024

OLIVIA GAVIN ’26

On the loss of her grandmother

Ramona Britton, 10/23/2023

EMILY OCHS ’26 AND AMANDA OCHS ’28

On the loss of their father

Justin Laurance Ochs STA ’91, 7/30/2024

NATALIE ELLWOOD ’28

On the loss of her grandfather

John “Jack” Talmadge, 8/18/2024

AMELIA SIPES ’28

On the loss of her grandparents

Joan Walsh and George Walsh

LARA DESAI ’30

On the loss of her grandmother Neelima Phatak

BEATRICE CALVO ’31

On the loss of her grandfather Domiciano Calvo, 6/26/2024

GOVERNING BOARD

SUZANNA KANG Board Member

On the loss of her brother

Andrew “Andy” Kang, 10/11/2024

BARBARA “LOU” ROLLINSON ’77 Board Member

On the loss of her mother-in-law Nannette Crowdus, 10/31/2023

FACULTY AND STAFF

FRANK S. NJUKI-KATENDE

Receptionist

On the loss of his mother Ruth Wanyana

DARCEY O’MALLEY

Upper School French Teacher

On the loss of her father

Robert O’Malley, 7/23/2024

COURTNEY PARK

Collections Librarian

On the loss of her father-in-law

Jack Park, 9/8/2024

KEVIN PERRY

Middle and Upper School Latin Teacher and World Languages Department Chair

On the loss of his mother-in-law Constance “Connie” Nobles, 8/3/2024

TONY SPERANZA

Upper School English Teacher

On the loss of his father

Anthony Speranza, 11/19/2024

FRANK VAN ATTA Music Teacher

On the loss of his grandmother

Adella J. Van Atta, 10/8/2024

ROSA VASQUEZ

Housekeeper

On the loss of her sister

Marta Sophia Vasquez a

FORMER FACULTY AND STAFF

ARCELI ALVARADO

Receptionist

2002–2020

On the loss of her son

Carlos Antonio Alvarado, 9/30/2024

SANDY LEIBOWITZ

French Teacher

1977–2009

On the loss of her husband

Arnold Leibowitz, 6/18/2024 a

FRIENDS

CINDI GIBBS-WILBORN Head of School Beauvoir School

On the loss of her husband

Larry Wilborn, 10/22/2024

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Join us for NCS’s 125th anniversary and celebrate the spark within each of us, strengthened by our collective NCS connections.

Mark your calendar today for our marquee anniversary events.

2025 Reunion Weekend

Thursday, May 1–Sunday, May 4, 2025

Reunion for Classes ending in 0s or 5s and 125th anniversary celebrations for all alumnae

National Cathedral School

Commencement for the 125th Graduating Class

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Graduation exercises for the Class of 2025

Washington National Cathedral Visit our website for more

125th Anniversary Celebration Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

Evening of community and cheer

Washington National Cathedral