Pingree Magazine: Fall 2017 | Winter 2018

The Pingree Toolbox

Days in the Life #PINGREESCHOOL

Table of Contents 6 Letter From the Head of School 8 In the House 20 More Than a Teacher 26 Working Outside the Box 32 Hedge Garden 45 2016–2017 Annual Report 4

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LETTER FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Containing Multitudes Above all else, Walter Isaacson’s recent biography about Leonardo Da Vinci reminds us that creativity and achievement are products of curiosity and will. The ultimate interdisciplinary thinker, Da Vinci did not distinguish between the arts and the sciences or the humanities and mathematics, and he rarely, if ever, accepted or received wisdom without interrogation. He would create daily lists of things that he wanted to understand and observe, a rigorous and continuous exploration of ideas. Over 7,000 notebook pages highlight a life that walks a line between perceived possibility and impossibility. There is a meaningful lesson in this for education today.

In this issue of our magazine you will see how members of our community blur the traditional lines between categories, educational and societal, revealing the connections, patterns, and relationships between things.

Pingree students, alumni, and teachers are empathetic, passionate individuals, utilizing a toolbox full of problem-solving, communication, and thinking skills to make contributions to the world at large. From an Army Captain turned NHL Assistant General Manager to teaching faculty by day and Ironman, story slam winner, and renaissance woman by night/weekend/ summer break, members of the Pingree community put their talents and passions to use in ways that defy convention.

As a school we are reimagining educational silos at a time when human insight and ingenuity are needed more than ever. Building on mission and relationships, we are engaging the broader North Shore community. In this issue are examples of lifelong learning outside of the academic day, seen through initiatives such as One Day University, the Essex County Community Foundation Institute for Trustees, the Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, and Prep@Pingree – all of which are are engaging the problem solvers of today while preparing the leaders of tomorrow.

I hope you enjoy this issue of Pingree Magazine and incorporate your own Highlander cross-training skills in the new year. We look forward to seeing you on campus soon.

-DR. TIMOTHY M. JOHNSON

EDITOR IN CHIEF Leah Hancock

PRINTING Hannaford & Dumas

CONTRIBUTORS Michael Blinn ’02 Jared Charney Steve Filosa David Goff Judith Klein Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01 Grace Talusan Tom Underwood

Pingree Magazine is published twice a year for alumni, parents, and friends. We welcome your letters, story ideas, and suggestions.

DESIGN Matter

For alumni and advancement updates, please email: Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01 Director of Advancement clawler@pingree.org

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Dedicated to academic excellence and development of high personal standards, Pingree believes that a love of learning flourishes best in a diverse community that respects truth, curiosity, creativity, humor, and independent and imaginative thinking. Above all, Pingree strives to instill in its students integrity, decency, compassion, self-esteem, and commitment to one another and the world at large.

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In the

House News from Campus and Community

Convocation featured a surprise rooftop U2 medley performance

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IN THE HOUSE

News Round Up Defamation Assembly On November 2, we welcomed the Defamation Experience, an interactive play comprised of three components: the Play, which explores the highlycharged issues of religion, gender, class, race, and the law; the Deliberation, which involves the audience in deciding the matter of Wade v. Golden; and the Post-Show Discussion, during which a seasoned facilitator steps forward to begin safe, open, honest, and meaningful civil discourse that challenges preconceived notions. Defamation is an oldfashioned courtroom drama.

The premise is a civil suit: a South Side African-American woman from Chicago sues a Jewish North Shore real estate developer for defamation.

Dorsey Lecture Recap Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich came to Pingree on October 26 to discuss “Our Future with Bees” as this year’s Eleanor M. Dorsey ‘66 Memorial Lecture. The community discovered the importance of bees to our very way of life and found out about urban beekeeping and what we can to do to save these vitally important creatures. Fun fact: Pingree has its own hive!

Fools Michelle Ramadan Play in Festival

In November, Pingree Theater put on Neil Simon’s “Fools,” a rousing comedy about a schoolteacher tasked with breaking a curse of stupidity in an idyllic Russian town within 24 hours of his arrival. To complicate matters, he finds that he’s fallen for a girl who has only recently learned to sit down!

English teacher Michelle Ramadan’s ten-minute play “Pumped,” which she wrote last spring, showed at the Moving Arts Theatre in Silver Lake, Los Angeles in November as part of the “Being Human” playwright showcase produced by Scribe Stages.

Community Gardens Club EIL Champs!

Girls Varsity Soccer and Varsity Field Hockey each won Eastern Independent League Championships this fall. Go, Highlanders!

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The Community Gardens Club has been hard at work in the Pingree Greenhouses! Fall sports teams took turns helping to prepare the greenhouse, plant seeds, and learn about sustainability. The efforts of the teams and Club paid off; in early December, we were able to donate arugula to Acord Food Pantry in South Hamilton.

Set in the future, “Pumped” takes place in a breast milk pumping factory during the last ten minutes of a pumping session. Over the course of the play, three lactation supply specialists – Barb, Kay, and Evie – shed light on the culture of breast milk.

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IN THE HOUSE

New Faces

Welcome, New Trustees Sam Daume Sam and his wife, Cappy, are current Pingree parents (Ben ’19). Sam is a Senior Vice President at the insurance brokerage firm Fred C. Church, where he helps executives at mid-sized companies, educational institutions and nonprofits more effectively manage and insure their risks. Sam and his family reside in South Hamilton.

Jim DiCenzo

Leah Hancock

Betsy Kennedy

Cara Lawler ’01

Rebekah Lofgren

Spanish Fellow

Senior Content Marketing Associate

Director of Athletics

Director of Advancement

History Fellow

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Mini Golf Competitor

Alpine Enthusiast

Occasional Runner

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Farmer

Yoga Instructor

Kim Guerster

Diego Mattos

Elyssa Michael

Mike Montenegro

Caitlan More

Molly Murphy

Spanish Teacher

English Teacher

Math Teacher

Director of Counseling

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Soccer Coach

Traveler / Harry Potter Fan

Advancement Coordinator / Gift Processing Specialist

Traveler / Amateur Snorkeler

Water Sports Enthusiast

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Kim and her husband, Jon, are current Pingree parents (Bey ’20, Mason ’21). Kim’s professional experience spans both educational and institutional fundraising. Her past roles have included Director of Reunion Giving at UPenn, Director of Principal Gifts at BU, and most recently, Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Kim and her family reside in Manchester.

Lacrosse Coach

Ryan Hendrickson ’03

Laura Odgen ’98

Melissa Richie

Crystal VanArtsdalen

Director of Human Resources and General Counsel

Associate Athletic Trainer

Tech Theatre Teacher / Performing Arts Center Coordinator

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Horse Lover

Dog Whisperer

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A member of Pingree’s class of 2003, Ryan has served on Pingree’s Alumni Leadership Board since 2009. After graduating from Wesleyan University, Ryan joined Ameriprise as a financial advisor, which led him to his current role as President of Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors, LLC (securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc).

Ryan and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Boston.

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Flying Horse Exhibit Rides Again!

The eighth annual Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit on Pingree’s campus featured more than 50 pieces by more than 45 artists from New England and New York from September 3 until November 5.

This year’s show had several works by artists with special ties to Pingree.

By Judy Klein

The Butterfly Effect, a grouping of three ceramic butterflies, was made by students Abigail Holland ‘18 and Samuel Timms ‘18 under the supervision of Pingree ceramics teacher Liz Taft. “As the first students to have their work put into the show,” Abby and Sam said, “ we are not only proud, but hope that we can start a trend of student art pieces in The Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit.”

Fermat’s Last Fractal was created by chair of the Mathematics Department Eric Olson. “Fractals are objects that are self-similar - at different levels of magnification, the parts look geometrically similar to the whole,” Eric explains. “Fractals are found in nature, and can, through the use of computers, create amazingly realistic landscapes. The idea behind Fermat’s Last Fractal is that it is a purely geometric sculpture, yet by being a fractal it has a character that is plant-like.”

Bathing Woman and Leapfrog were the work of David X. Klein (1908-1990), grandfather of Matthew Soursourian ‘04, and father of Judith Klein, curator of the exhibit and former director of communications and marketing at Pingree. Mr. Klein was a chemist by vocation though he spent much of his free time studying and engaging in art.

Sculpture was his favorite medium but he was also an accomplished photographer, a skill his grandson inherited.

Fish Heads, carved in marble and sandstone, were made by alumnus Michael Updike ‘77. Michael works for Mariposa where he has designed thousands of beautiful serveware pieces. He is well known for his marble and slate gravestones that are often etched with playful images and pun-filled messages.

Blue Heron is one of Beverly Seamans’ many bronze garden statues. Mrs. Seamans (1928-2012) was the mother of alumnus John Seamans ‘76 and the wife of former trustee Don Seamans. She won awards from the Copley Society, the National Sculptors Association, and the Marblehead Artists Association, among many others. Her work can be seen at the Benson Gallery in Newbury.

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Scenes From Fall Sports

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IN THE HOUSE

Deveney Golf Classic

Prep@Pingree Call for Applications

Pingree’s 27th annual James C. Deveney Golf Classic at Myopia was an absolutely perfect day. It was wonderful to see many new and familiar faces from our community enjoying good conversations and camaraderie. Because of our supporters, we were able to raise nearly $50,000 in support of financial aid and access funds for current Pingree families.

Applications are now available for the Summer 2018 session of Prep@Pingree, Pingree School’s nationallyrecognized academic enrichment program for 145 middle and high school students from Lawrence, Lynn, Beverly, Ipswich, and beyond. Although most seats are reserved for students from partnering organizations, a handful of spaces are available for tuition-paying students. For more information about supporting Prep@Pingree or enrolling a student, please contact Executive Director Steve Filosa or Program Director Paul Mayo.

Last summer, Power of 10 and endowment donors met with Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeff Riley and Stevens Foundation’s Josh Miner for a conversation about education, urban renewal and philanthropy.

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IN THE HOUSE

One Day University

Grandparents and Special Friends Day Friday, April 27, 2018 Visitors will have the opportunity to step inside the classroom and experience a day in the life of Pingree students.

Live Lectures at Pingree School

By Judy Klein Remember those special college professors whose lectures kept you wide awake and wanting to hear more? The ones you wished could be cloned? Steven Schragis, a Tufts University graduate, came up with a solution almost as good. He founded One Day University for adults in 2006. By canvassing campuses and talking to students, he finds the most popular educators and then works closely with them to develop engaging talks that inform and inspire their adult students-for-a-day.

In an exciting initiative, Pingree School will host a One Day University on Saturday, April 28, 2018. “I am thrilled to be the first secondary school in the country to be hosting One Day University,” says Head of School Dr. Timothy Johnson. “What a great opportunity this is for the North Shore adult community to enjoy a day of learning from a trio of the best college professors nationwide talking on three fascinating subjects! Bringing One Day University to our campus is another example of Pingree School as a center of lifelong learning and a role model for students as they develop into adults.” One Day University hosts 80-100 live events across the country each year. Most events are on college campuses.

Schragis is also enthusiastic about the partnership between ODU and Pingree. “In the ten years since One Day University started, we’ve grown to present events in 61 different cities with partners ranging from newspapers and magazines to temples, churches, and even symphony orchestras,” he said. “But Pingree is our first ever secondary school partner, and we couldn’t be more excited.

Seems like a perfect fit!”

The program at Pingree will include Catherine Sanderson, chair of the Psychology Department at Amherst College, who will discuss “Positive Psychology and the Science of Happiness”; Edward T. O’Donnell, professor of history at Holy Cross College, who will present “Three Turning Points that Changed American History”; and Pingree alumnus, Dr. Thomas Burke ‘79, professor at Harvard Medical School, who will discuss “Medical Innovations: Can America Save the World?”

All adults are invited to attend this event. Pingree parents, past parents, grandparents, past grandparents, and alumni receive a reduced rate of $99; others pay $149. Use the code Pingree at www.pingree.org/onedayuniversity, OneDayU.com, or call 800-300-3438.

Senior Projects Monday, June 4, 2018 Athletics Center Gym Meet the Class of 2018 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and be impressed by the Senior Project Presentations.

Save the Date!

One Day University Saturday, April 28, 2018 Visit www.pingree.org/onedayuniversity for details

Pingree School’s James C. Deveney Golf Classic Monday, September 24, 2018 Myopia Hunt Club South Hamilton, MA Formal invitation to follow

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Nate Olson ’04 Graphic Novel Illustrator/Art Teacher

“I always drew as a kid and I didn’t stop,” says Nate Olson ’04, art teacher, Pingree alumnus, and illustrator. “Most people stop.” That was the best advice about making art that Nate ever heard: Don’t stop.

More than a Teacher

When Nate was a student at Pingree, he studied with Rich Erickson, who recently retired. “Mr. E said he didn’t teach me anything, but he was wrong,” he says. Nate admits that he learned some techniques from the internet such as how to ink and color comics and how to use related software, but says “Mr. E also taught me technique and was the inspiration for me to be self-motivated and get out on my own.”

Pingree’s teachers excel both in and outside of school as artists, activists, athletes and community members. Their adventures and achievements beyond the classroom inspire them to lead by example and model how to live with meaningful, creative lives.

By Grace Talusan

Nate’s latest illustration project, which was featured in Pingree’s Bertolon Gallery last fall, is a graphic novel about Jesse James, the outlaw from Missouri. Illustrating a comic is a time-consuming process that involves multiple stages on the page and on the computer as the panels go from idea, to sketches, and finally, to finished pages. The graphic adaptation of Mark Lee Gardner’s award-winning book, titled Shot All to Hell: A Graphic Novel is available now for pre-order on Amazon.

For research purposes, Nate traveled to Missouri for the re-enactment of the defeat of Jesse James during the annual September festival organized by the Defeat of Jesse James Days Committee, and somehow ended up playing Bob Younger, one of the gang members, in the re-enactment.

Casey Finch

“For the first time in my life, I fired a gun,” Nate reports. He knew the story well enough to be mortally wounded, fall over, and die in the tall grass on cue.

Spartan Racer/History Teacher When a colleague invited Casey Finch to a Spartan race, Casey said, “Let’s do it.” He had no idea what he was in for. The Spartan Beast Obstacle Course Race includes 13-15 miles of running and more than 30 obstacles over challenging terrain. Casey is an athlete who hates running and as soon as he got onto the course for the first time, he felt he had made a mistake.

But as a teacher and coach, he encourages his students to push beyond their comfort zone. So he ran and swam and hauled hundred-pound pails of rocks, climbed hand over hand on the ropes course, and flung a spear into the air towards a target on a bale of hay thirty feet away. He wanted to quit several times, but he finished his first race. And then he was hooked.

Since that first race, Casey has participated in a half dozen Spartans and most recently, finished in the top 3%. Last year alone he ran in the Greek Peak Winter Sprint in New York, the Montreal Super, and the Boston Sprint.

In the near future, he plans to run the Quebec Beast and, for the second time, the Killington Beast.

“We don’t often see how much we’re capable of.

People have false barriers, but we can always go beyond our perceived limits.”

Nate earned a BFA in illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and then returned to Pingree, where his father has taught math for the past 20 years, to teach art. While he says that the first few days as an art teacher were very strange, he knows what an influential art class can be and he feels very lucky because the kids are great.

Because of his Spartan hobby, Casey travels to beautiful venues and reconnects with family and friends who join him.

“I got feedback that I could have been a little more dramatic in death,” Nate says.

Thomas Smoker Co-Founder, Soul Cove Center for the Arts/Choral Teacher

For the past two years, choral music teacher Thomas Smoker has been traveling to South Africa over spring break as Executive Director of the SoulCove Center for the Arts, a non-profit organization committed to uplifting and connecting communities through music.

“I use music as a tool for service learning,” says Thom. “Music provides hope.”

Each March, Thom and his co-director Rachel Azrak work with children and staff at the Richmond Community Center of Richmond, South Africa to empower local youths and to nurture them into strong, engaged citizens. Through this collaboration, the Community Center has been able to harness the power of the arts to inspire and unite the community, which struggles with high rates of HIV/AIDS and fetal alcohol syndrome.

“Music has the ability to resonate physically, but also connects us emotionally,” Thom explains. “It’s a great tool to bring a message of love out to people.”

“The human body is an amazing machine,” Casey says. “We don’t often see how much we’re capable of. People have false barriers, but we can always go beyond our perceived limits.”

Thom hopes that Pingree students can one day participate in SoulCove and perhaps even join him on the annual trip to South Africa. For now, he continues to use music as a means of bringing the community together. He is particularly proud of the “AVoice4Peace” performance where volunteer students and faculty performed in celebration of the International Day for Peace in October 2016.

If a student is stuck on a paper or an athlete hits a barrier, Casey brings what he’s learned from the Spartan Beast to motivate them. He says, “You can push yourself beyond what you thought was possible.”

“I am always amazed how the energy of music can radiate beyond the performers and into the audience,” says Thom.

It’s an occurrence he sees often at Pingree and hopes to foster for years to come.

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John Young Ironman/Math Teacher

John Young’s first priority is his family: his wife and 15-year old son. But when he’s not with them at his son’s performances or cross-country meets, John uses his time to train for triathlons: a swim, a bike ride, then a run. Most recently, John made history as the first person with dwarfism to enter the Ironman. This is a 2.4-mile swim in open water, a 112-mile bike course, and a 26.2-mile run – a full marathon.

Soon after John started teaching math at Pingree, his wife worried about his health. He wasn’t sleeping well. John went to a new physician and when he stepped on the scale, he was sure it was broken. He had never seen his weight so high. He was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and began treatment, losing 10 pounds almost immediately. Feeling inspired, he kept pushing toward good health and got back into swimming, which he had done years ago. He later added biking to his routine, commuting from the train station to Pingree, and found that he really loved it.

“I’d never run in my life except maybe around a track,” he says. Medical professionals had advised him and others with his condition not to run due to the risk of severe back problems. But John’s desire to participate in a triathlon overshadowed the caution. After running his first one, he was hooked, going on to complete three more that first year.

John started to run longer distances, too, and eventually finished a half marathon. He has since completed the Boston Marathon four times and the New York Marathon twice. That’s a lot of running for someone who was told he shouldn’t run. His story has inspired countless others, who’d never before considered running as an option. When John attends meetings like the National Convention of Little People of America, he is often recognized for his advocacy on the benefits of exercise. “Do not be afraid,” John urges. “Pain from injury and pain from use are two very different things. If you’re injured, that’s different, but once you recognize that difference, you understand and even embrace the pain.”

Sara Tahir World Traveler/English Teacher, Director of Pingree Fellowship Program

John feels lucky to be in such good health. Since that day in the doctor’s office, he has completely transformed his body, losing a total of 40 pounds.

In the summer of 2016, Sara Tahir traveled to Iceland, a place unlike anywhere she had ever been. “It looks like the moon,” she said. While there, she saw fields of solidified lava covered with moss. She hiked glaciers, swam in hot springs, and stood between the continental plates.

As he trains for the Ironman, John thinks about those who are suffering. “I get strength from them,” he says. He carries a photo of Vivian, a girl who also has achondroplasia, but with more severe medical issues than him, and when he feels the photo flapping against him as he runs, he thinks of her. “When my body hurts,” John says, “I just think of Vivian and the pain goes away.”

Sara is strategic about saving money and collects frequent flier miles so that she can travel during breaks from teaching. Thus far, she has traveled to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Pakistan, China, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Monaco, and France. But don’t call her a tourist.

John entered his first Ironman in Maryland in October 2016, competing despite difficult, stormy conditions. The course for the 26.2-mile run was so flooded in areas that the water rose up to John’s thighs, and the lake water was so choppy that the swim portion of the race had to be cancelled. But John persevered and finished, proving himself as a true Ironman.

“There’s a difference,” Sara explains. “A tourist can visit all the sites, but a temporary resident can live like those in the community and actually talk to people living in the community. A tourist is removed from that experience of functioning in a place. Even if you’re temporary, you’re part of it.”

“I’m reminded of how insignificant we are. And also how interconnected we are. There are so many things out there in the world,” she says. “It’s really interesting how people come up with solutions to survive in their daily lives.”

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In her explorations as a temporary resident of the world, Sara returns to the classroom changed and enriched. After her Icelandic adventure, she incorporated Icelandic literature into her classes.

“Not everyone has the chance to get out and explore the world so one way to help prepare students is to be sure that they have some understanding of the diversity in the world,” Sara adds. Her hope is to bring that world back to Pingree via the Pingree Fellowship program, an endeavor to recruit fellows from underrepresented populations to join the Pingree community as temporary teaching assistants. It is a project close to her heart that she looks forward to expanding in the future.

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Kathy Karch Renaissance Woman/Biology Teacher

Biology teacher Kathy Karch wears a lot of hats at Pingree. She coaches the science team, keeps score for Varsity Volleyball and JV Basketball, is an active member of Green Team, and has been tasked with restructuring Pingree’s Danish exchange program. Unsurprisingly, she leads an equally active life outside of school, making decisions based on her interests, passions, and concerns.

Kathy’s love for her children and her concern “Keep yourself open and the for climate change led to her work as an universe will be good to you,” environmental activist Kathy says. “When you’re with the Salem Alliance closed off, it’s really hard to pry for the Environment (SAFE). “When I think yourself back open.” about the effects of climate change, I realize how hard life may one day be for my children,” she says. So she asked herself: “What am I doing to actively ensure that they have a survivable future?” In addition to her work with SAFE, Kathy undertook a two year-long urban homesteading project in an effort to grow food for her family and teach her children where food comes from, including meat. Due to the severe drought in the summer of 2016, her family decided to let their garden sit fallow for a year, but Kathy, who touts a permanent edible landscape of fruit trees, asparagus, rhubarb, numerous herbs, blackberries and strawberries, was still able to eat off her land.

Kathy has worked with fellow community activists on energy solutions for reducing Salem’s overall carbon footprint in New England. In the summer of 2016, she collaborated with SAFE and a researcher from Boston University to map each gas leak on the 94 miles of street in Salem. They hope to use this data to educate legislators and representatives and effect changes to existing laws in a way that will incentivize gas companies like National Grid, who oversee Boston and Salem, to repair leaking infrastructure. It’s not an easy process, but Kathy is determined to create positive change. “It’s a sticky, uphill process,” Kathy says. “But unless people push, it certainly won’t change itself.”

Kathy has also recently rekindled a love for writing. After 16 years of teaching, she’s back on the other side of the desk as a graduate student earning an MFA in creative writing at Lesley University. Becoming a student again has renewed her empathy with regard to the challenges and struggles that her Pingree students have to face and overcome. She tries to get the message out to her students to keep themselves balanced and to try their best. “Do your best and you will land on your feet,” she tells them.

Arlynn Polletta Story Slam Winner/Theater Director

As a teacher of improvisation, Arlynn Polletta encourages her students to think on their feet. To adapt in the moment and to be ever-present to what’s happening. Silliness and inhibition are championed.

Improvisation helps make “You can’t be successful without students more comfortable improvisation,” she says. “It’s a in their own skin. It isn’t hugely important skill.” a matter of being funny or good, she adds; it’s a learned ability. Through improv, students develop presence, readiness, and confidence, all skills that equip them to tackle the practice many fear only second to death: public speaking.

For Arlynn, the theater is also a place where students can build awareness about important issues of social justice. “A lot can happen on stage,” she says.

Last winter, a fight choreographer worked with students on stage combat, teaching them how to safely stage fights without injuring themselves. And while this may not seem like the most transferrable skill, it teaches students the art of controlling and balancing their bodies while conveying the importance of connection. Participants learned to communicate with their partners and to pay close attention to all relevant actors in a given scene.

As a performer herself, Arlynn models what she teaches. In 2016, she brought a group of Pingree students to “The Moth,” a live storytelling event at Laugh Boston, and she told them to come prepared to tell a story in case their names were pulled at random from the voluntary lottery of potential speakers. Although she’d never done an event like this herself, she led by example and tossed her own name in the hat as well. Of course, her name was the only one from the group that was chosen. “I was terrified, but if I’m going to teach my students to do this, I have to model it,” she says.

She was shocked and felt totally unprepared, but her training kicked in and she performed so well that the audience voted her the winner. The experience inspired her to sign on for future slams.

Being in the moment and authentic, Arlynn says, “is where all the good stuff happens.”

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During his time at Pingree, Eric Joyce was well known on the ice as a rough and tumble defenseman with a knack for the art of the hip check on the boys hockey team. That characterization followed him to West Point, where he finished a four-year career patrolling the Black Knights’ blue line with the third-highest total of penalty minutes in school history.

Since his playing days came to an end in 2002, however, it’s been much harder to put Joyce in a box.

His career and life path took a serious turn during his senior year, while in the middle of law class. “I was waiting to kind of pick my branch and pick where I think I’m going to post,” he says, “and then 9/11 happens, so that affected my decision-making and what I wanted to do.”

As an Army captain during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Joyce deployed to Mosul, Iraq, from 2004-2005 conducting fullspectrum counterinsurgent operations as well as trying to help the city build up its own governance. Along the way, he earned himself a Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Bronze Star and the Valorous Unit Citation. While there was obvious pride in his work and accomplishments, there was also some apprehension about being there in the first place.

Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images; panthers-eric-joyce: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Working Outside the Box

Pingree Alumnus Eric Joyce ’97 shares his unconventional career path from Army Captain to Assistant GM of the Florida Panthers

By Michael Blinn ‘02

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“I didn’t fully comprehend the political, economic, social or legal objectives in Iraq,” he says. “I sort of had an idea, my own idea, of what we were trying to accomplish, but that didn’t always coincide with what was happening on the ground. Regardless, it was a very tough place to live and fight. I was most proud of—and this probably speaks of my whole life to date professionally—I’m most proud of the soldiers I had the opportunity to fight alongside, both the officers and the enlisted men in our Battalion. They didn’t complain about what they didn’t have, they took the attitude of ‘we want winners, not whiners,’ and they were incredibly compassionate, sympathetic and empathetic to the people of Mosul. I thought that was an incredibly powerful experience in my life.”

For a kid from Dorchester, it was a life that he never expected. After having spent his early life believing the world “didn’t extend past the Expressway,” Joyce came to Pingree as a junior after two years at BC High. It was an experience that changed everything for him.

“I didn’t even know South Hamilton existed,” he says.

“When I got there, I met another set of people and it got me thinking, really, about how to think. I was taught one way to think when I lived in Dorchester and went to BC High, and I had the same friends and they thought the same way and now I meet this whole new group of people and they think different things and they perceive the world differently, they have different stresses on them, they had different opportunities than I did growing up, but that doesn’t mean their life was any easier. That was a huge misconception that I was told: if you have money

or are provided different opportunities, everything is easy. That’s not the case at all. There’s certain things that those kids went through, and I really began to appreciate the difference and diversity and the way that they thought.”

His classmates quickly took a shine to him, often picking him up on his trek from North Station to the Hamilton train station on the way to campus, giving him an education en route to his education. But it was on the ice where he really made his mark, spending his first season quietly keeping his focus on working hard and never taking a day off, according to then-coach Buddy Taft. In his second year on the team, Joyce stepped it up a notch, by transitioning to a more vocal and prepared role.

“He was a guy that wanted to see everybody focused when they got on the ice,” Taft says, “his concept being, we’re only as strong as our weakest link. If somebody’s not as focused as they should be, it’s going to weaken us all. You could see the leadership developing at that point.

He wasn’t one of these rah-rah, get-on-my-back-and-we’lltake-you-to-the-promised-land type leaders, he was a guy that just worked his tail off.”

His choice to attend West Point was almost preordained.

After all, his grandfathers served in World War II, his father in Vietnam. Not to mention, he was able to fulfill a promise to his mother to get a scholarship to play hockey in college.

“It was pretty clear to myself and some of our other classmates, that was the life that would be perfect for him,” says Chris Connolly, former teammate and current Pingree varsity hockey coach. “The attention to detail, his willingness to mix it up sort of led to being a good fit for him.”

Those qualities manifested themselves on the ice, where he played the role of stalwart on the blue line and quickly shot up the school’s all-time penalty minutes list, a stat few who know Joyce would find surprising. ”Not at all,” Taft laughs. “That’s not a surprise to anyone, other than No. 1 and No. 2 on that list.”

After four years at West Point, Joyce emerged with a degree in Systems Engineering and headed to Mosul. As his time serving wound down, he began to look for a new challenge. He joined the private sector as a consultant, spending a year in Abu Dhabi, helping the U.A.E. government develop strategic plans for counterterrorism, homeland security and cyber security. His next move, however, would need some of his experiences from Pingree to figure out, as he needed to recalibrate the way he looked at things.

“Now, I’m thinking about the way to think, so I’ve carried that forward with me in my life to the point where, in the military, I’m taught to think about the world and this

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confined way of strategy, objective, tactics, and then execution and action,” he says. “How do I break out of this and think of it in a different way to round myself out.

I thought the best place for me to do that was Harvard’s Kennedy School.”

Back in the Boston area, Joyce earned a Master’s in Public Policy, International and Global Affairs over two years, making some new friends along the way, including one that would have a sizeable effect on his life. Vincent Viola, a fellow West Point alum, kept tabs on Joyce, even as he transitioned to an instructor role at the Combat Training Center in July of 2012, teaching cadets about international terrorism and Homeland Security policy.

As his year as a civilian at the CTC came to an end, Viola reached out to him to see what Joyce was thinking about for his next move.

“At that point, I’d served at the Pentagon, I’d served as a civilian in government in different capacities, I’d taught at West Point, I was in the Army, and I saw this glass ceiling,” Joyce says. Luckily, there were a few possible routes on the table for him to share with Viola. “Well, I think, Vinnie, I’d have to go get a PhD and double down on a unique niche on certain things I’m interested in.

The other thing I’ve always thought about is getting back into hockey, because for me, hockey has always given me a ton of opportunity and it’s more than just the game, it’s everything that goes into the game: the preparation, the sacrifice.”

“I tell this to everyone I meet: West Point didn’t really teach me at all about leadership, it told me how to do some things in a military fashion. I learned all my leadership lessons in hockey locker rooms. It’s a lot more powerful to not have rank and take your friends and collectively make them understand that their individual success is less important than the team’s success.”

A few months later, Viola reached out again with another query, “Do you still want to get back into hockey?” The question was loaded, as Viola had recently purchased the NHL’s Florida Panthers and he had a job for waiting for Joyce.

Joyce, however, wasn’t quite ready to make the leap.

“I said, at that point in time, hey listen, let me think about it,” he says. After mulling it over, the chance to get back into the game proved to be too hard to resist.

“I came back to him and said, “I’ll help you build a winning team to the best of my ability.” Evaluating hockey players is something I’ve had to do my whole life. I was never the best player so I was always the kid who would watch a ton of film, who would study what other teams did well, would try to figure out where to maximize my strengths against what they were trying to do, so, that’s just a continuation of that when you’re

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evaluating amateurs or other pro talent. You’re picking up certain things guys do well or not well, trying to see how their strengths would project onto your team and what their role would be. I said one of the things I’d like to do is get involved with the community relations aspect of the team and really go teach kids and make sure we promote the messages I learned as a kid and [Viola] was thrilled about that.”

Joyce joined the Panthers front office as the Assistant to the General Manager and Hockey Operations, eventually becoming the GM for the franchise’s AHL affiliate, first in San Antonio and then in Portland, Maine a year later in 2015. His unusual path raised eyebrows outside the organization.

“So he puts me in charge of the minor league team right away, and people are like, ‘I can’t believe you put this kid... what does he know, what is that?’” Joyce says. “But in reality, that is the way any walk of life is. You have to earn your stripes one way or another, and I had to prove to a lot of people that I was for real. I’m still proving to them that I’m for real. In fact, I think that’s a healthy way to look at any job, anywhere. Every day you have to get up and prove yourself; every day you have to earn the respect of others.”

While he must manage the thoughts and feelings of multiple staffs now, his job also keeps him going back and forth between Sunrise, Florida with the Panthers and the Thunderbirds in Springfield—a perk that allows him plenty of time to keep up with his old stomping grounds. He keeps in touch with Taft and Connolly, even taking time to stop by and talk to the Pingree boys’ hockey team during the 2015-16 season, giving them the low-down on how he looks at hockey players.

“The guy’s a war hero, a teacher, the Assistant GM of a professional team,” Connolly says. “They were kind of speechless.

It was kind of funny to see the looks on their faces as he was talking.”

“Pingree actually helped me think about different ways to think about life,” he says.

For Connolly, having his friend around more often helps provide current and prospective students with a look at a potential career path that’s more than unique.

It also gives Joyce a place to visit to reflect on the long, winding journey he’s taken and the mindset that’s propelled him along the way.

“I go back there as often as I can when I’m around, sometimes just to walk around.

It’s a beautiful place.”

Michael Blinn graduated from Pingree in 2002. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire and currently works as an NHL editor at Sports Illustrated.

The Panthers appreciated Joyce’s approach, promoting him to Assistant General Manager in addition to his duties with the AHL team in Springfield. He’s played a major role in the team adopting analytics in its evaluation of its players, a relatively new methodology of running a hockey club.

“As far as hockey goes, he had to have a better hockey mind than a lot of people, too,” Taft says. “I think when you start looking at his applying the analytics, which he had to do in the military and in his government position, he went with his strengths and applied it to an entirely new position.”

There were plenty of ebbs to go with the flows, however, as the Panthers fell back to earth in 2016-17 after posting a franchise-best season in 2015-16 and endured some bad press amid a reorganization that involved firing a well-liked coach. Despite the flare-ups, Joyce has stayed true to his beliefs of how to build a Stanley Cup-winning team, once again turning to those life lessons he picked up at Pingree.

“What I’m trying to do is respect everyone’s opinions and make sure that, whomever is a part of our group feels they’re part of the group and their opinion matters,” he says.

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Kevin Hunter ’76 Mike Robb (deceased) ’76 Henry Kennedy ’76 Sean Fawcett ’75 Bob Nippe ’76 Jon Reardon ’75 Jason Feinman ’75 Peter Sacharuk ’75 Ken Tanch ’76 32

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Congrats to Class of 2017 Muna Mahdi Abdulle, Providence College Gabrielle Caroline Assad, Syracuse University Allison Liu Attarian, St. Lawrence University Omar Badr, Tufts University Matthew Jacob Barrett, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Elizabeth Grace Beatty, Salve Regina University Hannah Cabot Carrigan, Sarah Lawrence College Taylor Felicia Casale, Sacred Heart University Cris Cheung, School of Visual Arts Alexander Guy Kirkham Collison, University of St. Andrews Margaret Rose Corcoran, Tulane University Andrew Michael Coughlan, Boston University Liam Conway Cusack, Boston University Isabelle Ann Davidson, Boston College Jared Charles Denny, Syracuse University Katherine Emily DePiero, Syracuse University Chad Anthony Richard DiCenzo, Clarkson University Abigail Susan Dirks, Saint Michael’s College Ryan Frederick Dreher, Tufts University Ezekiel Ebieshuwa, Occidental College Alex Eramo, Pennsylvania State University John Michael Fay, Boston University Sarah Ellen Fiery, Northeastern University

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Lucas Arthur Filosa, Northeastern University Rachel Dumas Fonseca, New York University Megan S. Foye, Amherst College Ryan Francis Giunta, Bates College Olivia Grace DiEnno Gracey, Wesleyan University Caleb Benjamin Grant, Bennington College Matthew Chettra Johnson Gubbins, University of Redlands Ankur Gupta, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bailey Catherine, Houghton Auburn University Victoria Palmer Howard, Marist College Lauretta Iguere Imuze, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Alonzo Nze Jackson, Saint Anselm College Jonathan Cardell Jalajas, University of Southern California Anna Virginia Kaneb, Brown University Holly Virginia Kaneb, Syracuse University Maxwell James Kelly, Vassar College Peter Enright Kelly, Carnegie Mellon University Grace Marie Kirby, Boston University Kajsa Runkle Kirby, University of Denver Alison Louise Knowles, St. Lawrence University Nicholas John Laezza, Connecticut College Ruby Kean Lake, University of California, Los Angeles Jack William Landers, Syracuse University

Jackson Francis Latimer, Saint Anselm College Kole Christopher Lentini, University of New England Katherine Elizabeth Lichten, Davidson College Madeline Monica Lichten, Davidson College William Samuel Liptrot, Colgate University Jadakyz Lopez, Providence College Nina Corinne Lubeck, University of Chicago Connor Joseph Lucey, Union College (New York) Alexis Marie Lynch, Connecticut College Ilana Rachel Mack, University of Wisconsin, Madison Julia Mae MacLaughlin, Occidental College Hannah Elizabeth Marino, Colby College Sarah Bliss McGrath, Providence College Alexandra Logan McNinch, University of San Francisco Lili Bao Lan Mitchell, University of Richmond Zachery James Mitchell, Junior Hockey Andrew Scott Murdock, Bates College Jacob John Murray, Providence College Catherine Acadia Netland, University of California, Davis Sarah Prescott Netland, University of California, Davis Olivia Soares Pena, Bowdoin College Alexa Brittianne Peters, American University Catharine Cooper Purcell, Bentley University

Bailey Colleen Regan, Fordham University Zachary Ryan Rivard, Connecticut College Sarah Patricia Romanelli, Trinity College Emilia Adair Ronchi, Providence College Jayson Tyler Lukengu Sanderson, Providence College Nicole Scarfo, Saint Anselm College Rose Meredith Sheehan, Mount Holyoke College Robert Thruston Thayer Shepard, Colorado College Reid McAdams Smith, Middlebury College Audrey Elizabeth St. Clair, University of Dayton Rowan May Sullivan, Saint Joseph’s University Matthew Edmondson Suny, Boston University Maria Lisa Terranova, Villanova University Lydia Forbush Umholtz, Smith College Aliza Helene Wall, University of St. Andrews Griffin Porter Webber, Roanoke College Emily Jean Whalen, Emerson College Kevin James Wheeler, University of Miami Conor James White, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Nicolas James Wiles, Lehigh University Hannah Sage Wilson, Bryn Mawr College Leorah Marie Wood, New York University

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Athletics Honor Society Induction

Anne Jachney Erskine ’83 After an extremely successful career as a three-sport athlete (soccer, basketball, and lacrosse) at Pingree, Anne went on to Hobart and William Smith Colleges where she graduated as the lacrosse program’s career goals leader. During her junior year, she scored 52 points and was named a second team IWLCA All-American. In her final season, she logged career highs in goals and assists and led the team to the first NCAA tournament championship game appearance.

She was recognized with a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament Team, IWLCA All-American First Team and the USWLA All-America First team. Anne lives in Marblehead with her husband and three children. Award given by Weze Shorts Harrington ‘95.

Matthew Walker ’95 After a stellar Pingree career, earning both MVP and All-American status in lacrosse and All-Scholastic Honors in soccer, Matthew went on to pursue his love of sport and education at Middlebury College where he played varsity lacrosse and explored backcountry skiing and whitewater kayaking. A fateful car accident after his freshman year changed his direction.

No longer defined by a life of sport, Matthew began a lifelong journey overcoming physical challenge, working hard to redefine who he thought he was, and exploring alternate avenues through which to find his balance and strength. Though he did not realize his dream and full potential as a competitive athlete, Matthew has gone on to practice and teach yoga, teach outdoor and environmental education, and implement sustainable energy solutions.

Matthew lives in Vermont with his wife Carmen, and their kids Stella and Rio. Award given by Brendan Greelish ‘97.

Matthew Nelligan ’04 On Saturday, November 11, members of the Pingree community gathered to celebrate the induction of five new members into the school’s Athletics Honor Society. It was a wonderful evening filled with reminiscing, laughter, and fun. For many of our guests this was the first time touring the new facility, which is now home to our official Athletics Honor Society “Wall of Fame” collection of bios and photographs. We thank all of the alumni, coaches, friends, and families who attended this memorable celebration.

The Pingree School Athletics Honor Society was formed in 1999 to honor those alumni, coaches, and friends who have made a significant contribution to the athletic programs at Pingree, or whose participation in athletics, other than at Pingree, was so outstanding that it brought credit to Pingree School and served a model for the Pingree community.

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Having never picked up a lacrosse stick until he enrolled at Pingree School, Matt Nelligan ’04 was a standout lacrosse player, serving as team captain his senior year. Throughout his career, Matt accumulated 224 goals and 92 assists, was a 3-time EIL All-Star and was awarded EIL league MVP and All-American honors his senior year. In addition, Matt was invited to participate in the Northeast Senior East-West game and was named MVP. Similarly, he was invited to participate in the prestigious National Senior Showcase Tournament, featuring the country’s top 96 graduating players. After graduating from Pingree, Matt continued his dominance on the field at Ithaca College where he served as team captain his senior year.

Matt was a 2-time All-American and finished his Ithaca career with 168 goals and 54 assists which ranks third in career scoring. As a sophomore, he finished 12th in the country and 2nd in the Empire 8 in total points. Matthew lives with his wife Erica in South Boston. Award given by Ryan Hendrickson ‘03.

Jonathan Pratt ’89 After receiving 12 varsity letters at Pingree, serving as Hockey Captain his senior year, earning All-New England honors in Soccer and Hockey, Jonathan went on to help lead the Boston University Terriers Hockey program to three Beanpot Championships, two Hockey East Championships, and three Frozen Four appearances. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1989 NHL entry draft. He went on to play five seasons professionally.

Jonathan now resides in North Carolina with his wife and two children. Award given by Buddy Taft.

Wendy Vincent Fox ’86 Wendy played soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at Pingree. She was a two-season captain for the basketball team. Wendy was named Salem Evening News All-Star for two of her four basketball seasons. She was also a two-time EIL All-Star and an MVP her senior season.

After Pingree, Wendy went on to play soccer and basketball at Union College, where she captained the basketball team in 1990. After her freshman year, Wendy was the recipient of the Lynch-Jackie Havercamp Memorial Award which is given to the freshman female athlete who has shown desire, dedication, sportsmanship and inspirational leadership on the field of competition as well as in her daily life.

Wendy was the assist leader in three of her four basketball seasons and was named several times the ECAC Player of the Week. During her career, she was also an ECAC All-Star and tournament MVP. Since college, Wendy has become a passionate long distance runner and continues to run marathons each year. Award given by Alan McCoy.

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In Memoriam John Jacob Glessner, III John Jacob Glessner, III, beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend and teacher at Pingree School, died in Maine on August 8, 2017, after a short illness. His three children, John, Ian, and Charlotte and his wife, Susie, were with him. John was about to turn 86 years old. While he had a distinguished career as a lawyer at Ropes & Gray and Eastern Gas and Fuel, his real love was teaching. At the age of 60 he made a major career change and started teaching US History and the Constitution at Pingree. For the next twenty-five years until his retirement in June 2017, he was passionately engaged with the school, his students, teachers and former students. Dr. Kevin Schwartz ‘96 summed it up this way, “It is no exaggeration to say that excepting my parents no one has had as profound influence on the course of my academic life and career as John Glessner.”

John started teaching in the History Department at Pingree School in 1992.

The number of alumni who directly credit John with equipping them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed not just in college but in their ongoing professional lives is legendary. “Were it not for John Glessner, I would not be where I am today” is a common refrain.

For many summers, John went to the Gaelic College on Cape Breton Island to study bagpiping. He also participated in a piping program in Barga, Italy and piped at events at the Pingree School and on the athletic fields of Middlebury College. While John and his family lived in Ipswich, his real love was Maine, where he sailed as a young man and lived during the summers in Muscongus Bay. It was here on his beloved Otter Island that he died. He is survived by his wife, Susie; son, John and his wife, Tracy and their children, Emma and Catherine, of Yarmouth, Maine: son, Ian of Ipswich, MA; and daughter, Char and her husband, Jonathan Moni and their children, Henry and Lily of Ipswich, MA.

Heidi (Knights) Adams ‘65 Heidi Knights Adams of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Marblehead, MA, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2017, at her son and daughter-in-law’s home in Montville, NJ. Heidi was the daughter of Sally and David Knights of Marblehead, MA. She had been battling pancreatic cancer for the last few months.

Heidi was a kind and beautiful person inside and out. She was warm and generous. Caring for others was a natural instinct for her. Heidi’s sweet demeanor left a lasting impression on any and all she came in contact with throughout her life.

Heidi graduated from the Pingree School followed by Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, NY. Heidi then lived and studied in Florence, Italy for a year.

Heidi’s early career was in the airline industry which began in Boston with United Airlines, continued in San Francisco and then in Miami with National Airlines where she was a flight attendant for fifteen years. She lived in Coconut Grove, FL for twenty-five years where she met her husband, Dan Adams, and started her family.

Heidi devoted most of her time to her family. She was a dedicated and selfless mother and grandmother, always putting her family first. Additionally, she pursued her interests in elementary school teaching, and tried her hand as an entrepreneur in the wine business on Cape Cod, MA, where she lived for 12 years.

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Class Notes Posie Means Mansfield ’67 writes, “following some minor surgery in April which only allowed me two days of skiing last winter, I went on to have a wonderful summer, surfing, waterskiing, kayaking, swimming, sled hockey and cycling. I spent a lot of time with my grandkids and great grandkids. Such a blessing to be sure! I am looking forward to a big ski season this year. I ski on one leg using outriggers as poles. Life since Pingree has taken some unexpected turns, but all in all, life has been good to me. I stay in touch with Karen ‘Duffy’ Durkee Heywood and other classmates, but don’t see them often enough. I have moved back to my home town of Essex, where I grew up and where we raised our kids, so it’s good to be home again. Looking forward to whatever the future brings.”

Johanna “Jody” Hill Simpson ’70 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Choral Arts New England on October 22, 2017 for her contribution to the choral arts in the region.

She will join a pantheon of venerable conductors and music educators, including John Oliver, founder and conductor laureate of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and Ann Howard Jones, professor emerita of music at Boston University.

Dianne Collatos ’72 has continued to pursue her art career in many ventures since graduating from Pingree. “This summer I opened Chatham Arts Ltd. in a converted Fishermans’ Gillnet Barn, up the road from Hardings Beach and Stage Harbor in Chatham, Cape Cod. Don’t you know that parents of alumni, Jackie and Peter Harriss bought a big beautiful Contemporary painting by me for their Button Business Offices in Newburyport. We call the piece “Millie and the Harbor Master”. Their 13’ Boston Whaler, named Millie after Jackie’s mom from England, was added to the work to customize the piece for them. Great fun!

compare notes on teachers, but of course most of mine were retired from Pingree when she got there... except our beloved Ailsa Steinert.

Jennah and Melanie were on a southwest tour, having a great time. I’m still in my beloved Taos, NM where I’m very active in the music scene, working with fiber arts, writing, and outdoors/ wilderness activities. My music and fiber can be found on Facebook by searching for lisajoycemusic and lisajoydesigns (or from www.facebook.com/ lisajoycetaos).”

a piece recently on the many productions of Hamlet I saw this summer. In that article, I mention my first Hamlet, which I saw through a class trip at Pingree, which starred Mark Rylance. So much of my love of theater can be traced back to my time at Pingree.”

Patti Pruett Trow ’87 was promoted to Vice President, MNI Targeted Media, a division of Time Inc. Patti has worked for Time Inc. for 18 years. She and her husband, Brian, a contractor, live with their two children Leighton (6) and Tatum (4) in Buckhead, Atlanta.

Katie Hopping Small ’96 writes, “still living just outside of Philadelphia.

I recently started working part time as a metallurgist for a company that supplies the aerospace industry with Barbara DiLorenzo ’93 all their fasteners. In the published a new children’s fall I am still coaching field book, “Renato and the Lion” hockey. I left Jenkintown and released on June 20, 2017. now coach at Abington High School. We just made it Nicole Serratore ’93 writes, into the playoffs for the first “I continue to live a dual time since 1993! So it’s life of a journalist/theater been an exciting season! critic and attorney. I had We were able to vacation in my first op-ed published in the New York Times in June Martha’s Vineyard this year with my whole family. It was entitled “James Comey and the Predator in Chief”; I write great to get North for an Lisa Novak Joyce ’79 writes, extended time!” about theater regularly for “Imagine the surprise when the Village Voice, The Stage my Taos Airbnb guest turned in London, Exeunt magazine, out to be not only from and American Theatre Gloucester, but a Pingree magazine where I published alum! Photo: Me with Jennah Maybury ’11. We tried to FALL 2017 | WINTER 2018 39

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Beth Dyer Kellett ’98 was recently named a partner at the law firm of HeplerBloom.

Beth’s practice primarily focuses on the defense of product liability lawsuits.

Beth works out of the St. Louis, Missouri and Edwardsville, Illinois offices. Mike Alexander ’00 and his wife, Elyse, welcomed baby Meri (Kilmartin) Moran ’98 boy, Charles “Charlie” John writes, “my husband, Jim, and I continue to live in Lynn Alexander on September 18.

Charlie is healthy and doing with our two girls, Piper (4) great. Thanks to Buddy Taft and Cassidy (2). I’m still for the Pingree hat! at iRobot where I recently switched from IT into Digital Marketing. Last year, I got to bring our robots to Pingree’s Makerspace Lab and spend an afternoon with Mr. Medvitz and his students. This experience blossomed into another amazing opportunity where I had the honor of delivering the commencement speech to the extraordinary Class of 2016. The speech focused on passion, integrity, and innovation – three aspects Pingree inspires in all of us. I’m looking forward to coming back on campus in 2018.”

Rachel Hoy Deussom ’99 writes, “this year we welcomed twin boys Bastien Nathanael and Matteo Manahel to the world.

Angèle Sophia is a super star big sister! Life is full and we are feeling blessed.”

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Sarah (McGuire) Edie ’01 writes, “Chris and I are still living in Maine, where I work Danielle Priscilla at Jackson Labs. This spring DeCristoforo ’01, daughter of and summer were busy the late Albert and Rosemary though, with the addition of DeCristoforo, and Lance our second child, Wren Edie.

Joseph Schermerhorn, Big brother Booker loves his son of Dr. and Mrs. John baby sister and Uncle Justin Schermerhorn of Kingston, (class of ’98) loves his niece NH, were married on July and nephew!”

1, 2017 at the Wenham Tea House in Wenham, MA. Reverend Joan McPherson of Amesbury, MA officiated the ceremony. The bride holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. She is employed as Vice President of Education & Training by Energi Insurance Services, Inc. in Peabody, MA. The groom graduated from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, NH and holds a Bachelor of Science in Safety Kaersten (Mehlin) Lampe ’01 Studies from Keene State and her husband welcomed College in Keene, NH. He their baby girl, Elise, into the is employed as Director of world on July 20th. She is a Safety for StructureTone true joy! in Boston, MA. The couple resides in Amesbury, MA.

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Tom Mulroy ’01 completed a fellowship in primary care sports medicine in New Jersey and has recently moved back to Cambridge, MA. He started practicing with North Shore Physicians Group in October at the Cummings Center in Beverly with his own department of sports medicine and also family medicine. He will also be helping the Pingree training staff with student sports injuries should they arise. He will also be the main sports doctor for Marblehead High School football. He looks forward to seeing folks on the sidelines!

Emily Lospennato ’03 writes, “after five years in the PR agency world, I’ve accepted a position leading public relations and social media efforts at New England Law School in Boston. I’m also excited to share that I’ve broken back into the world of musical theater and performed Riverside Theatre Works’ production of Sweeney Todd in October.”

Tori Hallowell ’04 writes, “many of you know, I am starting a new chapter in my life as a life and empowerment coach. A lot of you have been asking for more details about what coaching is, what specifically I do as a coach, and how you can help! As a newly certified professional coach (CPC) I am psyched to be launching my own business-- Hallowell Coaching, LLC-- with the goal of supporting my generation to make the most of their lives and achieve their goals.”

Caroline (Basile) Cheek ’05 writes, “having a busy fall season. Gained my trauma nursing certification and settling into the crazy routine at GWU Emergency Department. Hard to believe I’m not quite a year out from graduation due to all the things I’ve learned since February. Sending in a picture of my cohort the only night we’ve all managed to work together. I also got married October 28th! We had an amazing day from

the ceremony at First Church in Wenham to our last dance late that night at Salem CC. Crossing our fingers for a spring honeymoon before deployment and Christmas in MA.”

Page Riley Syvertsen ’05 and Phil Syvertsen were married on July 1, 2017 at Pingree School. Pingree friends Jillian Price ’05 and Caroline (Kenerson) Tebbens ’05 were two of Page’s bridesmaids.

Congratulations, Page and Phil!

build firm while studying for his Masters in Biomimicry.

Kate graduated from Babson College with her MBA in December of 2017.

Elizabeth Mainiero ’07 married Jason Casper in New York City this past September. Pingree friends in attendance were Hannah McGowan ’07, Lindsay Grey Rea ’07, Elizabeth Barthelmes Wolff ’07, and Taylor Perkins ’07.

Congratulations, Elizabeth and Jason!

to report on suicide, domestic violence, and mental illness. In 2014, the World Health Organization reported that Guyana had the highest suicide rate in the world. For three weeks I traveled around the tiny South American country, speaking to survivors of domestic violence/suicide, government officials, psychologists, community leaders, and journalists about how suicide has become an all-too-common escape from a perpetuating cycle of violence in Guyana. I began pitching the story to different news outlets this week and look forward to sharing with the Pingree community once it is placed. I’m finishing up my graduate degree in journalism at Boston University, and relocating down to Washington, D.C. to complete my final semester at BU’s offices there.”

Lauren Zinn ’08 is working in public relations at MullenLowe and living in Christopher C. Novotny ’06 was married on August 19th Boston’s West End. She still visits Emma Chandler ’08 to Katelyn Smith originally from Ipswich, MA. They lived in New York City and Patrick George ’09: With 20 minutes from each other Lily Carey ’08 in Baltimore as their parents, Patrick George, much as she can. Recently, from the time they were 5 from Gloucester, MA and they spent the day on years old and never met Emily Crouter, from Walla Governors Island, where until a ski trip sophomore Walla, WA announce their Emma works in development year at CU Boulder where engagement. Patrick, a and membership. they graduated in 2010. graduate of Bates College, Fellow classmates from works for Mutual of Omaha Pingree in attendance were in Denver, CO. Emily, a Luke Arcovio ’06, Best Man graduate of Colorado College Nick Corvinus ’06, and Eli and the University of Denver Markos ’06 who served as is a mental health therapist groomsmen. Will Fisher ’06 in Denver, CO. also attended. Chris and Kate have been living in William Campbell Rawlins ’08 New York City since 2011 writes, “I traveled to Guyana where Chris is an assistant on a grant from the Pulitzer project manager for a design Center on Crisis Reporting

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Congratulations to Zach Guarino ’09 and Devon Tadler ’09, who were married in July in Virginia. Pingree friends in attendance were Ellen Reinhalter Shain ’77, Josh Shain ’09, Eric Stephens ’09, Alex Glazer ’09, Dan Rogers ’09, and Patrick George ’09.

For the past four years, Rachel Levine ’09 has led programs for Rustic Pathways. She has led programs in Costa Rica, Peru, Tanzania, and Ghana.

A graduate of University of Vermont with degrees in sociology and Spanish, Rachel now focuses her love for travel, writing, and her unquenchable curiosity of our natural world as Marketing Associate in Community Engagement.

Rachel is a talented ceramicist and lover of the outdoors based out of Jackson, WY.

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On September 30, Max Mathey ’09 married Northeastern classmate Michelle Crisp in York, Maine. Best man, Peter Mathey ’01, groomsman Sam Mathey ’04, and bridesmaid Sarah Mathey ’11. Congratulations, Max and Michelle!

a pharmacist. I also work at a psychiatric hospital in Haverhill in their pharmacy and have been there for over a year. Pharmacy is definitely one of my passions, and I want to balance out both aspects of my life. Of note, my EP comes out in November on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud!

The title is “Encompass”; composed of four originals and one cover! Stay tuned!

GO HIGHLANDERS!”

Erin Cunningham ’14: Providence College Head Coach John O’Neill announced that Katherine Fallon and Erin Cunningham have been named co-captains of the women’s swimming and diving program.

Haley Sabino ’14 is a senior at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Four-year member of the women’s basketball team and current captain, she finished last season 10th in scoring in the league. Last spring, she Madison Albano ’13 is switched from two-year riding high again. The This fall, Amanda Jones ’10 Beverly native and Savannah second baseman on the will be attending the women’s softball team to College of Art and Design Perelman School of being the starting goalie in senior has added an array Medicine at the University of of awards competing in the lacrosse. She was recently Pennsylvania!

40th annual ANRC National inducted into Sigma Lambda Chi Honors Society for Julie Zavrl ’11 ran the Boston Intercollegiate Equitation Construction and became Championship, April 19-23.

Marathon for the second a CMIT (construction time last April. She ran in Arun Donti ’13 started in a manager in training). She support of Lazarus House new position as an Associate has been on the Dean’s Ministries, a non-profit Cloud Consultant for List since fall 2014 and was organization in Lawrence Amazon Web Services this the recipient of the Keville that works to break the cycle past fall!

Trust Fund Scholarship of poverty by providing food, Award of Excellence. Last Solina Powell ’14 writes, “I clothing, work preparation and housing to those in need. am (currently) actually out in year, Wentworth celebrated Shanghai, China where I am 45 years of Women at Sami Halloul ’12 writes, Wentworth. They had a big taking classes at Shanghai “this has been a musicevent, honoring 45 women University of Finance and filled summer for me!

Economics and interning at “trailblazers” and Haley was From joining a Somerville one of them (there were a Chinese company. I have acappella group called Out only nine students honored been loving every minute of Range (like our Facebook and only four were juniors). of it! I hope you are doing page) to tracking for my well yourself and I definitely Haley did her co-op at debut beatbox EP, I really Shawmut Construction and hope to be back at Pingree expanded my appreciation Design in the estimating when I return, especially to for my craft. I received a department. attend graduation. Give my CVS internship nine months regards to the Pingree faculty before I graduate which really as well.” opened the door to my full time career I’m pursuing as

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Sara Pisanelli ’16 was inducted into University of Michigan’s Honors Program in her first year and attributes her success to her Pingree education.

Above Water (Jake Stavros ’16, James Vassallo ’16, and St. John’s Prep alum, Dan Gantt) welcomed Sam Ober ’16 to the band this summer. Their upcoming release, “Way Back When,” is set to have six songs -- their first album as a full band. Their single, “Tried to Tell You” was released August 16th, and the release date for the full album has yet to be Cam Segal ’16 writes, “Here announced. Check them out is a picture from Connecticut on Spotify, iTunes, Apple College annual Club Hockey Music, etc, and follow them Game against our rival on Facebook, Twitter, and Coast Guard. We won 11-5 Instagram for updates. and three Pingree alums played together on the same Kanika Chitnis ’16, a team. Jake Varsano ’14, sophomore at Boston Cam Segal ’16, and Mike University, interned with Riley ’16. It was an amazing the Senate Minority Leader game and playing with fellow at the Massachusetts State Highlanders made it even House this summer. Chitnis more special. Along with sat in on formal senate being a lead counselor at the sessions, assisted with legal Pingree Day Camp this past cases and wrote committee summer, I was reunited letters for amendments that with Jorge Fleta from the were passed in the Senate!

Pingree-Barcelona exchange trip 2015!”

Ted Rosen ’16, a sophomore at Brown University, spent his summer interning in Boston for a top Morgan Stanley Wealth Management group managing nearly $1 billion in assets. Ted aided his team of financial advisors and portfolio managers by conducting market research on a host of financial products and markets, preparing client presentation materials, and performing client due diligence. He says his summer experience in asset management was very interesting but hopes to learn about a different area of business in his next summer internship.

C.J. White ’17 was mentioned for his outstanding play at the Inside Lacrosse Committed Academy!

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New Turf Field Project A new turf field project is underway at Pingree! This is an exciting project for our school and thriving field sport teams. We look forward to having our teams play under the lights in front of packed Highlander families, friends, and alumni in the months ahead! If you are interested in supporting the bleachers, scoreboard, track, or aspects of the turf project, please contact Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01, Director of Advancement (clawler@pingree.org, 978.468.4415 ext. 282).

2016–2017

ANNUAL REPORT Dear Pingree Community, The overall success of this past year is a direct result of the generous spirits and efforts of the entire Pingree community. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff, thank you for your continued support of and belief in Pingree School.

Your generosity makes the full Pingree experience possible. With your support and the diligence of the Board of Trustees, we achieved many milestones across all areas including academics, admissions, the arts, athletics, and philanthropy. Thanks to you, we raised approximately $3 million this fiscal year in support of fundraising priorities including financial aid, the Fellowship Program, Prep@Pingree, the turf field project, and unrestricted support. We are pleased to report that the Pingree Fund exceeded $1 million for the third consecutive year, parent participation remained consistent at 80 percent, and our alumni supported a record-setting Giving Day with 521 gifts committed in 24 hours.

We are grateful for the contributions from the entire Pingree community. Our school continues to be a place filled with curiosity, intelligence, and joy, and on behalf of the Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff, thank you for all that you do to make Pingree extraordinary.

With sincere gratitude,

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Timothy M. Johnson

Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01

Richard D. Tadler

Head of School

Director of Advancement

President, Board of Trustees

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2016 - 2017 Operating Budget 4.2%

2%

4%

5.9%

88

%

9.7%

64.1%

9.8%

Revenues Fiscal 2017

Expenses Fiscal 2017 12.4%

Net Tuition Revenue

Annual Giving

Endowment Contribution

Sales & Benefits

Other Income

Academics & Athletics Building & Grounds

Administration

Debt

$100,000+

$50,000+

$25,000+

• Anonymous (1) • The Livingstone Family • Mary and John Lucey • Therese and Kurt Melden • Barbara and Vania O’Connor • Kristin and Michael Patrican • Christopher W. Pingree ’78 • Susan and Cliff Rucker • Donna and Richard Tadler

• Cappy and Sam Daume • Karla and Jeff Kaneb • Jamie Kellogg ’85 and Kate Cairns Kellogg ’86 • Anne Hooper Kneisel ’66 and William Kneisel • The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust • Alexander S. and Mary B. McGrath • Dianne and John R. Pingree • Lucy and Will Pingree • Paula and Binkley Shorts • Kristine Trustey

• Anonymous (1) • Emily and Tim Collins • Jonathan Epstein ’84 • Sam Martini ’92 • Charles W. Pingree • Becky and Jay C. Pingree • R. Kingman* and Dee Webster

Prep@Pingree is fully funded by philanthropy

$10,000+ • Anonymous (2) • Martha and David Ager • Jonathan Bobbett • Oneta Bobbett • The Carpenter Family • Susan and Tim Dowd • Essex County Community Foundation

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Pingree Fund raised over

$1 Million

for the 3rd consecutive year • Sue and Bart Geer • Laura and Kevin Gillis • Susie and John* Glessner • Kim and Jon Guerster • Elizabeth and Dan Harrigan (Elizabeth Shorts Harrigan ’95) • Highland Street Foundation • Joanie Johnson • Lisa and Dan Jones • Edward Krapels and Sarah Emerson • The Krohg Family

• Trish and Mark Landgren • David McGrath • Edward S. and Winifred G. Moseley Foundation • Kim and Ted Ober • Janet and Mike Rogers • Cindy and Mark Ross • Spero Charitable Foundation • Abbot and Dorothy H. Stevens Foundation • Lisette S. Venier Charitable Foundation

$5,000+

$2,500+

$1,000+

• Anonymous • Nancy and Stephen Alepa • Vincent Bono ’83 • Boston Bruins Foundation • Clare and Michael Byrne • Christopher Carrigan and Laura Cabot Carrigan • CCJ Foundation • Brian and Michele Cusack • Nelson J. Darling • Demoulas Foundation • Alice Roberts Dietrich ’68 • Tom and JoAnne Doherty • Glorianne and Robert H. Farnham (Glorianne Demoulas Farnham ’70) • Wendy Vincent Fox ’86 • Brendan and Sita Greelish (Brendan Greelish ’97) • Michael Higgins and Julia Elliott • The Holland Family • Kim Hourihan ’83 • Cara and Brit Hutchins • Amy and Rob Job • Diane and Gary Kaneb • Kenwood Foundation • Frances and Michael Kettenbach (Frances Demoulas Kettenbach ’69) • Tim and Lynne Menzie • The Minney Family • Jane and Bill Mosakowski • Ben and Michele Mottola • Newman’s Own • Donna and Robert O’Brien • Pingree Parents Association • Charles G. Pringle Foundation • Rogers Family Foundation • Susie and Ned Rowland • Stephen and Frances Rowland (Stephen Rowland ’80) • Justin A. Ruane ’00 • Ellen and Bruce Shain (Ellen Reinhalter Shain ’77) • Martin and Joan Sullivan • John and Katie Trotsky • Alta Zieff

• Anonymous (1) • The Bertolon Family • Kirk and Julie Bishop • Ellie Cabot • Scott Carter ’90 and Cristie Carter • Trish and Steven Castraberti • Edith Dabney • Mr. and Mrs. Skip Dyer • Amelia Chilcott Fawcett ’74 • Dr. Richard and Mrs. Caroline Fitzpatrick • Fred and Connie Glore (Connie Pemberton Glore ’69) • Bill and Deanna Grinnell • Dr. Timothy M. Johnson and Ms. Jennifer E. Groeber • Dr. and Mrs. Neil Kirby • Edward Kirwin and Dana Ballard • Steven and Janet Kouroubacalis • Allyson and Lance Larsen • Dan and Lisa Lyons • Art and Lois Maravelis • Tom and Reed McGoldrick • The Minney Family • Sean Morgan ’98 • Move The World Foundation • Mr. Thomas Pappas • Lisa and Thomas Rauh • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Rawlins • Claudia and Chat Reynders • Alan and Leigh Scharfe • L. Dexter Woodman Scholarship Fund • Ellen and Bruce Shain (Ellen Reinhalter Shain ’77) • Spero Charitable Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler • Mrs. Dexter Woodman • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Yoken

• Anonymous (4) • Michelle and Doug Adamic • Blake and Nina Anderson (Nina Sacharuk Anderson ’77) • Sherrill and Mark Attarian • Ayco Charitable Foundation • Robert and Hope Bachelder (Hope Amory Bachelder ’77) • Mr. Thomas Bean • Ms. Sarah P. Bennett ’07 • Mr. Barry Berman and Ms. Laura Gold • Mr. Scot R. Bradstreet ’79 • Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. Buck, Jr. • Kitty and Jock Burns • Ms. Allison Charles ’97 • Ms. Amanda J. Charles ’00 • The Cheung Family • The Corning Family • Cummings Properties, LLC • Mr. and Mrs. Hubert de Lacvivier • Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Deland • Mr. and Mrs. James C. Deveney, Jr. • The Di Lillo Family in memory of Maria Floccari • William DiAdamo and Heather Clark • The Dreher Family • Paul and Kristin Evangelista • Brian and Sandi Falvey • Dan and Patricia Ferris (Patricia Asselin Ferris ’93) • Rafael and Leslie Fonseca • Peter H. Glore ’04 • Jill Goldstein and David Varsano • Douglas R. Gooding • Mark and Heidi Gudaitis • The Harrington Family • Mr. and Mrs. Herb Harvey • Mr. and Mrs. F. Whitney Hatch • Shirin Philipp and John Higgins • Ms. Lauren M. Hintlian ’94 • Kathryn Hollett and Arjen Steegstra • Elaine and James Horrocks • Mr. John Kane • Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kaneb • Kedersha Family • Tom and Eileen Kelly • John and Louise Kent • Steve Kent and Nancy Sullivan • Joe and Polly Knowles • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knowles • Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Lake (Phillip G. Lake ’85) • Jim and Gina Lang • Eivind Lange and Mary Puma

$1.7 Million raised in support of the new turf field project

Giving Day raised

521 gifts

from alumni, parents, and friends in

24 hours!

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$500+ • Cara and John Lawler (Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01) • Alyssa A. LeBel, M.D. ’75 • Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Liptrot • Stacey Parker and David Mack • Bruce and Joanie Mackey • Tom and Nancy Maher • George and Nan Mathey • Ms. Patricia McGovern • Mr. Henry H. Meyer, Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Bill O’Meara • Oliver and Barbara Parker • Mr. Rahul and Dr. Jagruti Patel (Jagruti R. Patel ’84 and Rahul D. Patel ’86) • Dr. Marc and Kari Pearlstein • Kathleen and Ed Pease • Ms. Angela Katsos Ray ’82 and S. Alan Ray • Leslie E. Reichert • Mary Reinhalter • Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Reynders, Jr. • Jane and Thomas Riley (Jane Blake Riley ’77) • Robert and Ruthie Salter • Marc and Gigi Sarazin • John and Janet Schickling • Keith and Ellen Shaughnessy • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smit • Mr. and Mrs. Biria St. John • Mr. George W. Stairs and Ms. Anna T. Green • Jane and Paul Stark (Jane Singleton Stark ’81) • Mr. Arjen Steegstra • Kemp C. Stickney ’75 • David and Marianne Sweetser • Mr. and Mrs. Jared Tardy • Mark Tatelman ’04 • Mrs. R. T. H. Thayer • Dwight and Kirki Thompson • Mr. John Thomson and Dr. Karen Girard • Stephen and Dawn Timms • Drew and Heather Tripp • Elaine and John Ventola • Bill and Mary Wasserman • Mr. John M. Williamson ’10 • Michael Williamson Charitable Fund • The Witwickis

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• Anonymous (4) • Ms. Susan Ayres ’65 • Ms. Molly Baird ’06 • Sam, Molly, Bo and Kathy Baird • Mr. Samuel V. Baird ’07 • Seth Bartlett ’91 and Wrenn Bartlett • Andrew and Susan Brengle • Ms. Sarah M. Buck ’02 • Josh Burns ’77 • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carey • Carol Harlow-Carlson and David Carlson • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carpentier • Mr. and Mrs. George J. Carter • Mrs. Deborah Coates • Mr. and Mrs. Gary H. Cohen • Ms. Christina Clifford Comparato ’85 • Ed and Lee Crowley • Mike and Nan DePiero • Jay Dewing ’88 • Chris and Karen Doggett • Naga and Shoba Donti • Duckhill River Corporation • Kelli M. Duggan ’89 • Steve and Robin Ellis • Ms. Caitlin Connolly Eppes ’02 • Mr. Austin R. Esecson ’06 • The Faulkner Family • Tamar and Ken Frieze (Tamar Salter Frieze ’99) • Mr. Jason and Samantha Galui (Jason Galui ’95) • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilman • Ms. Miranda Gooding • Mr. Ryan D. Hendrickson ’03 • Mary and Harry Hintlian • Mr. Nathan K. Hugenberger ’92 • Amanda Crawford Jackson ’96 and Ned Jackson • Robin Blackmore & Peter Jalajas • Mr. and Mrs. Aidan Jeffery • Mr. Lars Larsen and Dr. Lee Garrod • Allen and Joanne Lynch • Thomas and Mary Makowski • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Malfitano • John McCarthy ’78 and Andrea Brox • Mr. and Mrs. Alan McCoy • Shawn and Bethanie McNinch • Mr. John L. Merrill • Dr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Mickey • The Millers

$250+ • Ms. Catherine Mitchell and Mr. Bryan Townsend • Al and Angela Murdock • Nancy Pope Noyes ’82 and Peter Noyes • The Nugent Family • Mr. Rick Paine ’83 • Mr. Calum Perry ’16 • Ms. Hailey M. Perry ’14 • Mark and Elizabeth Perry • Ms. Joanna L. Phippen ’82 • Will and Sandra Phippen • Mr. and Mrs. Venu Pillai • Prinya Pinyochon and Caroline Jolliffe • Sarah and Bob Pruett (Sarah Darling Pruett ’70) • Mr. Michael Quinn ’91 • Christy and Tyler Richardson (Christy Fisher Richardson ’91) • Robert, Roseann and Zack Rivard • Tara Scully Rockefeller ’82 • Cynthia Johnson Rogers ’82 • Don Romanelli and Lisa Sandouk-Romanelli • Barry and Wendy Rowland • Mr. R. Michael Sceery • Mary M. Scofield • David and Marie Louise Scudder • Campbell B. Seamans ’75 and Dale Hawkes Seamans ’77 • Ms. Caroline B. Seamans ’06 • Mr. Henry A. Seamans ’08 • Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shafter • Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Shea • Richard and Jenny Siegel • J.D. and Martha Smeallie (Martha Lyness Smeallie ’78) • Diane and Ken Smith • Mr. Thomas E. Smith ’08 • Marc Steinberg ’85 • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Strickler • Tamarack Foundation • Mr. Michael S. Tarshi ’97 and Dr. Adella Agolli Tarshi • Alex and Sally Uhle • Jonathan and Amy Uroskie • Sue Pursell and Mike Wack • Sarah (Tee Stevens ’68) and Michael Wall • Zavrl Family

• Anonymous (11) • Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Abate • Meredith and Ben Adner (Meredith Karlyn Adner ’83) • Mark and Mary Assad • Ms. Annemarie Sheehan Baker ’93 • Ms. Susan Cameron Barrow ’65 • Robert and Ronnie Berman • Polly and Scott Beyer • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Blake • Sean and Terri Bradley • Susan Brown ’70 • Joshua and Christina Cahill (Mr. Joshua J. Cahill ’93) • Diane and Vic Capozzi • Mr. and Mrs. Randall Carrigan • Dr. Maura Copeland and Dr. Paul Copeland • Basil and Mary Coughlan • J. Bradford Currier, Jr. ’03 • Timothy Davidson ’84 • Ian and Alexandra de Buy Wenniger • DeBlasio Family • The Dooley Family • Dorothy Bundy Dylag ’77 • The Finnegan Family • Ms. Joy G. Foley • Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Gillespie • The Giordano Family • Drs. Erica and Joshua Goldstein • William and Anne Gram (Anne McAuliffe Gram ’73) • Employees of Carpenter & MacNeille • Mr. John M. Guley • Ms. Lauren K. Guley • Lindsey Guinan Gund ’88 • Greg and Paula Haas • Mr. Eric Haltmeier • Laurie Harding ’84 • Ms. Ashley Hubbard Harmon ’96 • Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Henderson • Chris Himmel ’96 • Kathryn and John Hugo • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Job • Dana P. Jordan, Esq. ’75 • Mr. Michael Keating • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Kelsey • Christina and Ben Kennedy • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kushnir • Michele and Keith Laezza • Mr. P.J. Lee ’99 • Robert A. Logan ’03 • Norm Lubeck and Sue VanBaalen • Robie MacLaughlin ’91 and Meghan Wall MacLaughlin ’91

• Philip MacLaughlin ’86 • Donna and Anthony Maggio • Mr. and Mrs. Jacek Makowski • Mr. Charles Manning ’00 • Michael and Christine Marino • Ms. Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93 • Dr. and Mrs. Joseph McCarthy • Jeannette and Peter McGinn (Jeannette Darling McGinn ’81) • Mr. William H. McGrath ’84 • Ms. Lori McMahon ’96 • Carol and Woody Merriman • The Mitchell Family • Ms. Deborah Nash Molander ’68 • Mrs. Michelle Manly Morris ’83 • Maura and Frank Murphy • Sarah Haug Murphy ’67 • Michael Nelligan, Jr. ’02 • Erica and Scott Nichols • Ms. Stacey Nicholson • John and Janet O’Brien • The O’Hare Family • Eric P. Olson and Diana J. Denning • Mr. Justin Parker ’02 and Ms. Kathleen Dyer Parker ’02 • Ms. Stephanie-Lee Morgan Patton ’00 • Bob and Christine Pierce • Rothwell and Leigh Pool (Leigh Baker Pool ’68) • Ms. Ellen Preston • Paul Pruett ’84 • Maha and Venkat Pula • Dr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Raess • Wendy, Liza and Peter Richardson (Wendy Morgan Richardson ’78 and Liza Richardson ’08) • Ms. Margaret Hunt Rieck ’81 • Mr.* and Mrs. Charles P. Rimmer, Jr. • Dr. Caroline S. Rogers ’68 • The Rose Family • Philip and Kim Rotner • Mr. and Mrs. Marc Rubin • Mr. David J. Salafia ’96 and Ms. Laura Farr Salafia ’96 • Jody and Richard Saxe • Mr. and Mrs. Marc Schaedle • Josh Shain ’09 • Ms. Kari H. Shaughnessy ’10 • Ms. Megan J. Shaughnessy ’04 • Mr. Michael W. Shaughnessy ’08 • Michael and Bonnie Sherman • Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Sherwood

(Sarah White Sherwood ’77) • Kenneth Siegert and Suzanne Kelsey • Michael R. Singer ’85 • Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Smith • Steve and Michelle Smith • Bruce and Lisa Spaulding • Dr. Zara-Marie Spooner and Dr. Ashifi Gogo • Mr. Arthur K. Steinert ’88 and Suzanne Pinto • Sandy Rowland Sullivan ’79 • Lisa and Kevin Taylor • John Tonthat and Julie Farmer • Lauren Tregor ’79 • Mr. Andrew J. Vassallo ’06 • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Villiotte • Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Walker • Jane Lyness Wall • Andrew Wigglesworth ’74 • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wood • Mr. John D. Young

$100+ • Anonymous (14) • Laura Winthrop Abbot ’96 • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Aramowitz • Ms. Rebecca Ward Acselrod ’84 • Mx. Amy Singleton Adams ’82 • Judy Adamson ’67 • Amirault Family • Ms. Carolyn Attenborough ’11 • Mr. Jeff Avallon ’02 • Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Aylmer • Harry and Karen Aznoian • Richard C. Bane • Tom and Colleen Barrett • The Beatty Family • Mr. and Mrs. Chris Begg • J.J. and Jackie Bell • The Bernstein Family • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bertolino • Mr. H. John Bertolon III ’05 • Tom and Jeanne Bianchi • Ms. Dale W.Bishop ’08 • Ms. Rosemary A. Bond ’69 • Ms. Susan Reinhalter Bouchard ’80 • Margaret Broaddus ’73 • Paige Bronk ’85 • Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burns • Ms. Lisa L. Burns ’76 • Col. and Mrs. Malcolm Burr II • Mr. Alec Burt

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• Mrs. Walter J. Cairns • Donald and Maureen Cannava • Linda Carpenter Ardito (Linda Carpenter ’66) • Will Carr ’89 • Chris Carter ’88 • Alex Case ’90 • Frances R. Caudill • Frank and Virginia Champi • John and Tania Chandler • Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clark • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clarke • Ms. Sheila A. Clarke • Mary Gene Tuthil Clavin ’83 • Abigail Clay ’88 • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay • Mrs. Gloria Cohen • Mr. Michael E. Collins ’07 • Mark and Debora Collison • Mr. and Mrs. Christian Connors • Constant Contact • The Costello Family • Mr. and Mrs. David Crehan • Ms. Pauline Seamans Crowninshield ’66 • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daly (Sally Johnson Daly ’81) • Mr. and Mrs. David Dearborn • Mr. and Mrs. Carmine DiAdamo • Mr. and Mrs. Michael DiMeglio • Mr. and Mrs. Doanh D. Do • Ms. Margaret Dooley • Caitlin Doran-Serafino ’00 • Diana and Christopher Duncan • Holly and Benjamin Duren (Holly O’Donohue Duren ’03) • Mary and Dennis Dyer • Eileen and David Dwortz • Carolyn Sherman Egan ’89 • Ms. Mimi Davis Emmons ’64 • Mr. and Mrs. James Falese • Stephen and Elizabeth Fantone • Mr. and Mrs. John Farmer • Ms. Emma Fedor • Rick and Maggie Fiery • Mr. Albert G. Filosa • Parents of Haley Finn ‘20 • Gery and Deenie Fischer • Julie Jackson Flynn ’80 • Ms. Katie Nugent Foley ’06 • Patty and Tom Foley • Mr. and Mrs. John Samborne Foster, Jr. (Sam Foster ’83) • Joan and Ronald Fox • Ms. Wendy Vincent Fox ’86

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• Ann and Paul Foye • Carter and Philip Franke • Mr. Evan L. Franklin ’90 • Ms. Wendy H. Friend ’80 • The Gambon-Mokrzycki Family • Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Garcia • Mr. and Mrs. Philip Garofalo • Ms. Eliza J. Garry ’13 • Garry Family • Rabbi Myron and Eileen Geller • Ms. Ivy George • Mr. Patrick C. George ’09 • Catherine Gibbons ’74 • Maureen and Andrew Gilbert • R. Charles and Susan W. Gilfix • Dr. John Giordano and Ms. Julie Bokat • Robert and Sheila Goldstein • Charles and Cheryl Goodwin III • Mr. Charles E. Goodwin ’11 • Mr. and Mrs. Barry Gordon • Michael and Michelle Gracey • Kenneth Grant and Carolyn Paczkowska • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greaves • Kay Green ’65 • Mr. Richard Gudaitis • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Guinasso • Mr. and Mrs. Raghvendra Gupta • Ms. Stephanie Bright Guthrie ’85 • Elizabeth Harrison Hadley ’73 • Mark Haley • Ms. Sibyl Haley • Betsy Santry Hancock ’79 • Margaret and Jes Hansen • John and Sarah Harrington • Mark and Jennie Harrington • Ms. Leigh Armstrong Hebard ’89 • The Helman Family • Elizabeth Pruett Herbert ’79 • Mr. Brian Hines • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holleran • Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Huffman, Jr. • Joel Hugenberger ’97 • Kevin and Amy Hulse • Fred and Barbara Jackson • Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Jackson • Sarah Huffman Jarvis ’98 • The Jayne Family • Bob and Pat Jedrey • Geoff and Ann Johnson • Joanne Lowell Johnson • Mr. Steven Johnson and Ms. Elizabeth Viehmann • Ms. Andrea Kneifel Johnstone ’81

• Mr. David M. Jones • Bill and Mimi Karlyn • Henry and B.J. Kennedy (Henry R. Kennedy ’76) • Mr. Michael Kettenbach ’00 • Kenneth and Merle Kew • Ms. Antonia Khanakn • The Kiely Family • Bill and Kathy Kilmartin • Anne and William J. Kirby, Jr. • Mr. W. Adam Kline ’79 • Ms. Kelly Schwenkmeyer and Mr. Edward F. Kloman • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Felix Kloman • Mrs. Roger Knott • Marion Hewson Knowles ’78 • Anthony and Marjorie Koles • Ms. Anne Stier LaFontaine ’78 • The Landers Family • George Lanes • Julia Wilson Larson ’74 • Mr. and Mrs. Jody Latimer • Tom Lawson • David A. Leach and Laurie J. LaChapelle • Andrew and Maria LeStage • Ms. Claire Loughhead • Mr. Scott R. Lundgren ’88 • Heidi and Mike Lynn (Heidi Rowland Lynn ’78) • Mr. John E. MacDonald ’88 • Ms. Susanne Grant MacDonald ’65 • Mr. and Mrs. James MacLaughlin ’84 • Ms. Colleen K. Maher ’10 • Jill and Rob Mainiero • Mary “Posie” (Means) Mansfield ’67 • Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Manuel • Mr. Evan Maravelis ’16 • Mr. and Mrs. Guy Marchesseault • Ms. Anne Adams Masalsky ’81 • Sydney and Peter Mason ’96 • Ken and Deb Masse • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mathias (Debra Matses Mathias ’72) • Dr. Wassim Matraji and Ms. Dahlia Khankan • Robert and Donna Mattie • Alicia and Sam Mawn-Mahlau • The Mazow Family (Pam Karlyn ‘88) • Ann McCarthy • Mr. Brian McCarthy ’90

• Ed and Kathleen McCarthy • Mr. and Mrs. Gardner McCormick • Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McDermott • Ross and Kristin McGurn • Ms. Libby McNeill ’97 • Mr. David J. Medvitz • Ms. Phyllis Merhige • Ms. Ethel Mickey ’08 • Keith Miller and Kathleen O’Connor • Mary Lou and Veronica Monteiro • Ms. Veronica Monteiro ’13 • David Moore and Beverly Monchun • Jonathan and Deidre Moore • Rebecca Reynolds Moore ’82 • John R. and Martha K. Moreschi • John R. Moreschi, Jr. • Ms. Laura K. Morgan ’80 • Esther Mulroy ’69 • Tom Mulroy • Shawn and Peg Murphy • Murray Family • Mr. Jospeh Musto • Ms. Allene Martin Myers ’82 • Kathryn Myers ’68 • Ms. Casey Fischer Nelligan ’04 • Janice and Michael Nelligan • Mr. Patrick J. Nelligan ’04 • Greg Netland and Kim Holliday • The Nickole Family • Ms. Tracy Nigrelli ’98 • Ms. Holly S. Noyes ’09 • George and Luanne Nugent • Mr. John Edward Nugent ’08 • Mr. John K. O’Donohue ’01 • Mr. and Mrs. Ken Offner • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ogden (Laura Coltin Ogden ’98) • Steve and Sig Orne (Sig Barton Orne ’84) • Mr. Nicholas D. Osborne ’01 • Erin and Stephen O’Sullivan • David and Gayle Paleologos • Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. Papin • Mr. and Mrs. Bob Paretti • Mrs. Elizabeth Dana Parker ’81 • Lisa W. Parker ’76 • Robert and Ellen Parker • Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Parla • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Patterson • Trish and John Patti • Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peters • Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Philip • Mr. Henry P. Phippen ’80 • Ms. Alexandra Pingree ’08 • Ms. Jane Shotwell Pirie ’79

• Pisanelli Family • Ms. Lynn Pisanelli • Mr. and Mrs. James K. Polese • Ron and Vicki Pollina • Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Potoczak • Ms. Solina Powell ’14 • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pulver • Mr. and Mrs Scott Pulver ‘82 • Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Purinton • Dr. Sonya Rapee • Mr. and Mrs. Nick Rethman • Mr. Brian Ritter ’94 • Lori Rittner • The Robertson Family • Ms. Catharine H. Roehrig ’67 • Jeff and Paola Roelofs • Ms. Joan Roman • Ms. Kaisy Rosario ’08 • Ms. Rachel LoVerme Rosenfeldt ’99 • Lynn Pearson Russell ’65 • Bill Ryan ’96 • Eva and Serge Sacharuk • Mr. and Dr. Ravi Sambangi • Anne and Mark Sandt • Mr. Stephen Santarelli de Brasch ’85 • Mr. Mathew J. Santos ’00 • Mrs. Susan Schneider ’65 • Peter B. Schwarz • Ken and Traci Segal • Ms. Katharine W. Seymour ’05 • Mr. Robert W. and Lisa Garry Seymour • Amil Shah ’93 • Ms. Clare Shanahan ’10 • Elizabeth Shanahan ’06 • Mary and Mike Shanahan • Peter and Whitney Shepard (Whitney Thayer Shepard ’79) • Tom and Lyn Shields • Mr. and Mrs. Dean Sidell • Madelyn Carey Simpson ’67 • Julie and David Smail (Julie Clifford Smail ’86) • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Solomon • Judith Klein and John Soursourian • Kenneth and Virginia Spencer • Mr. Orson St. John • Donald and Roberta Stacey • Ms. Laurel Samson Starks ’76 • Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Stephens • Ms. Elizabeth Levitsky Stracher ’87 • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strickler • Mr. and Mrs. David Suny

• Surprenant Family • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sweeney • Sarah E. Symmes • Mr. John Syvertsen • Salim and Jean Tabit • Mrs. Ann R. Tadler • Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Taft (Elizabeth Allen Taft ’73) • Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Tammaro • Ms. Jasmine Tannoury ’16 • Viviane and Tony Tannoury • Dana Limanni-Tarlow ’85 • Paul and Kathleen Tarnowski • Kristin and David Taylor • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Terry (Christine A. Terry ’92) • Mr. Paul G. Tetta • Mr. Michael J. Tigar ’97 • James and Jane Trudeau • Jeff and Karen Tyner • Mr. Robert Van Tuyl • Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vasque • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vass, Jr. • Mr. Andrew J. Vassallo ’06 • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vassallo (Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76) • Kristen Buxton Vigsnes ’85 • Visconti Family • Ms. Priscilla Wade • Mr. William Walker and Ms. Patricia Maxwell • Alan and Jenifer Wall • Ms. Adrienne Ward ’81 • Michael and Christine Ward • Bob and Sandy Weatherall (Sandra Bryan Weatherall ’79 and Mr. Robert L. Weatherall ’78) • Josh and Lara Weis • Abate/Welch Family • Ms. Lindsay Ritter Westin ’95 • Mike and Candace Wheeler • Mr. Kenneth E. White and Ms. Carol S. Jones • Mr. Jeffrey Whitmore ’79 • Nathalie and Stephen Wiles • Mr. and Mrs. James Williams • Mr. and Mrs. Preston Williams • Ronda and Neil Wilson • Anne P. (Haug) Winter ’71 • Jessica Seymour Wood ’02 • In memory of Connie Wieting ’68 • Mr. Aaron M. Zachko ’94 • The Zelten Family

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Participation • Anonymous (12) • Ms. Muna Abdulle ’17 • Mr. Ken Aboagye-Adinkra ’12 • Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley AboagyeAdinkra • Ms. Victoria Aboagye-Adinkra ’14 • Emma Campbell and Christine Acampa • Ms. Jessie Achterhof • Mr. Brian A. Adam ’07 • Mr. Robert W. Adam ’11 • Mr. Vinicius Aguiar ’12 • Katy Ahern-Tavares • Ms. Lacey Alex • Ms. Lacey D. Allis ’10 • Ms. Kaila Amirault ’11 • Ms. Allison Angelico • Ms. Gabrielle Assad ’17 • Ms. Morgan C. Atkins ’05 • Ms. Allison Attarian ’17 • Ms. Isabelle Attenborough ’12 • Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Attenborough • Mr. Gregory J. Avallon ’03 • Mr. Omar Badr ’17 • Mr. Caesar J. Balzotti ’08 • Mr. Daniel Barker ’01 • Mr. Matthew Barrett ’17 • Ms. Elizabeth A. Barthelmes ’07 • Ms. Caroline E. Basile ’05 • Ken and Helen Beal • Ms. Eizabeth Beatty ’17 • Susan Gallant-Behan ’91 • Ms. Ashley E. Bell ’04 • Laura Bell • Ms. Mary K. Bell ’11 • Ms. Drew K. Bishop ’06 • Mr. Kyle Bishop ’06 • Ms. Britton P. D. Bistrian ’96 • Mr. David B. Blatt ’04 • Mr. Stephen M. Blinn II ’96 • Frank Bonaiuto • Ms. Nicola Bothwick ’16 • Mr. and Mrs. David Bracken (Kate Lockwood Bracken ’96) • Ms. Elena M. Brandano ’07 • Ms. Emma Brandt ’16 • Ms. Mary Brayer • Joanne Briggs • Ms. Emily Broadhurst ’16 • Ms. Sarah Burns Brogna ’88 • Ms. Kristin A. Brown and Mr. Aaron Hirsch • Ms. Abbie E. Bruett ’97 • Ms. Jody Franklin Burrows ’65 • Ms. Michaela Byrne ’13

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• Mary & Stéfane Cahill Farella (Mary J. Cahill Farella ’89) • Mr. Colin B. Canny ’08 • Mr. Brian N. Capecci ’98 • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Capprini • Ms. Jaimie T. Cappucci ’10 • Mr. Scott Caradonna ’12 • Ms. Lilia T. Carey ’08 • Mr. Owen Carpino • Ms. Hannah Carrigan ’17 • Ms. Taylor Casale ’17 • Ms. Gina M. Caselden ’08 • Mr. Connor C. Cash ’11 • Mr. Andrew Castraberti ’08 • Ms. Cris Cheung ’17 • Ms. Kanika Chitnis ’16 • Ms. Bridget Christensen • Mr. Conor Clement ’12 • Mr. Alex B. Cohen ’08 • Mr. Michael Todd Cohen ’99 • Ms. Michaela W. Colbert ’09 • Ms. Courtney Collier ’10 • Mr. Alexander Collison ’17 • Ms. Jennifer Coltin ’09 • Mark and Louise Coltin • Mr. Christopher D. Connolly ’97 • Lockwood-Constantine Family • Elizabeth Mollineaux Cook ’89 • Ms. Ilana L. Cooper ’05 • Mr. and Mrs. Keith J. Cooper ’11 • Ms. Elizabeth Cooper-Mullin • Ms. Margaret Corcoran ’17 • Jessica Corvinus ’02 • Ms. Paula Costa ’09 • Mr. Andrew Coughlan ’17 • Ms. Alissa A. Covelluzzi ’99 • Duncan and Cynthia Cox (Duncan Cox ’86) • Mr. Samuel Cregg ’12 • Ms. Luz Crocker • Mr. and Mrs. James Crowley • Ms. Erin Cunningham ’14 • Ms. Katherine E. J. Cushing ’07 • Ms. Audra M. Dalton ’95 • Ms. Emily Williams Daviau ’99 • Ms. Isabelle Davidson ’17 • Ms. Sarah O. Dawe ’95 • Mr. Maximo De La Cruz • Ms. Jennifer E. Delgado ’01 • Mr. Jared Denny ’17 • Ms. Katherine DePiero ’17 • Mr. Charles I. DeSimone ’10 • Mr. Chad DiCenzo ’17 • Ms. Shelby DiFiore ’12 • Ms. Catherine E. Dioli ’10 • Ms. Kelsey Dion ’15

• Ms. Abigail Dirks ’17 • The Dirks Family • Mr. German L. Disla ’07 • Brian and Gail Doherty • Ms. Caitlin M. Doherty ’09 • Ms. Hannah E. Donoghue ’05 • Ms. Courtney Dowd ’16 • Mr. Nikolaus Dreher ’16 • Mr. Ryan Dreher ’17 • Mr. and Mrs. Leo Eamma • Mr. Ezekiel Ebieshuwa ’17 • Mr. Alex Eramo ’17 • Amy Rasimas and Lauren Eramo • Mr. Andrew J. Eschelbacher ’98 • Ms. Barbara Falvey • Mr. Dennis W. Fantone ’05 • Ms. Meredith R. Farahmand ’10 • Ms. Meghan Farley • Ms. Amanda Whelan Farrer ’07 • Mr. John Fay ’17 • Carol Seitchik and Alan Feldman • Ms. Sarah Fiery ’17 • Mr. Lucas Filosa ’17 • Tracy and Steve Filosa • CeCe Brotchie ’96 and Eric Fine • Ms. Meghan Settelmeyer Finkle ’97 • Ms. Sarah K. Fitzgerald ’01 • Mr. Dominic Fitzpatrick • Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Flanagan (Elsbeth Taft Flanagan ’01) • Ms. Rachel Fonseca ’17 • Ms. Rachel Foster ’16 • Ms. Megan Foye ’17 • Shaun and Allison Freeman (Allison Cassidy Freeman ’01) • Ms. Kathryn Frost • Ms. Laurie Nigrelli Frucce ’97 • Mr. Christopher J. Fusco ’00 • Mr. Erik Fyrer ’15 • Mr. Jason and Ms. Samantha Galui (Jason Galui ’95) • Ms. Sarah Curran Garnett ’99 • Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Garrett • Daniella Irvine ’02 • Debbie Geller ’88 • Ms. Jillian Capucci Gentilli ’06 • Mr. Jacob Gilbert ’13 • Ms. Barbara Gilfillen • Donna L. Gilton ’68 • Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gistis • Mr. Rich Giunta • Mr. Ryan Giunta ’17 • Jim and Trish Glasser • Ms. Janet Glasser ’93 • Ms. Alexandra Glazer ’09 • Ms. Abigail Goettler

• Mr. David Goff • Mr. Max Goldstein ’13 • Mr and Mrs. Orlando Gonzalez • Ms. Laine Gordon • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gourdeau • Ms. Olivia Gracey ’17 • Ms. Maura Grady ’13 • Elizabeth and Robert Graf (Elizabeth Morgan Graf ’69) • Mr. Caleb Grant ’17 • Kathy Nelson Greene ’65 • Ms. Leah Greenwood ’13 • Robert and Christina Grenier • Mr. William Grillo and Ms. Bea Reardon • Alice Grossman • Mr. Zachary R. Guarino ’09 • Rev. Beth Loughhead and Dr. Jim Gubbins • Mr. Matthew Gubbins ’17 • Mr. Wolde Habtegebriel • Mr. and Mrs. James Hahn • Dr. David Hamilton • Linda Landergan Hanratty ’77 and Jim Hanratty • Mr. Jay Hardwick ’96 • Ms. Rachel Pascual Harmeling ’03 • Mr. Matthew B. Harrington ’00 and Ms. Tova Kaplan Harrington ’02 • Danielle Harsip ’02 • Ms. Alexandra F. T. Hatch ’11 • Ms. Emily Hawthorne ’12 • Mr. James D. Henderson ’03 • Mr. James R. Henderson ’06 • Justin H. Hintlian ’90 • Ms. Sarah Hoefner ’15 • Mr. Matthew J. Hoenigsberg ’99 • Ms. Isabelle Hoffman ’16 • Mr. Julian K. Horwitz ’06 • Ms. Bailey Houghton ’17 • Rob Houston ’99 • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Howard • Ms. Victoria Howard ’17 • Mr. Noah I. Hugenberger ’00 • Ms. Jessica Lockwood Hyde ’99 • Ms. Lauretta Imuze ’17 • Mr. Harry J. L. Ingram ’05 • Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation • Mr. Alonzo Jackson ’17 • Mr. Jonathan Jalajas ’17 • Ms. Jennifer Jenkins ’16 • Mr. and Ms. Zakary Johnson • Ms. Catherine Johnson ’13 • Ms. Emma Degray Johnson ’10 • Mr. Nathaniel Johnson ’16

• Emily Jones ’74 • Ms. Samantha Jones ’11 • Ms. June Kaiter • Ms. Anna Kaneb ’17 • Ms. Holly Kaneb ’17 • Ms. Kirsten Kimball Kapteyn ’81 • Katherine and C.J. Karch • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Karl ’98 • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Keegan (Leslie Borash Keegan ‘99) • Ms. Beth Dyer Kellett ’98 • Mr. Maxwell Kelly ’17 • Mr. Peter Kelly ’17 • Ms. Julia M. Kennelly ’10 • Ms. June Kiely ’16 • Ms. Kerri Goddard Kinch ’88 • Ms. Katherine C. King ’09 • Ms. Grace Kirby ’17 • Ms. Kajsa Kirby ’17 • Paul Knight ’ 00 and Gretchen Knight ’01 • Ms. Alison Knowles ’17 • Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Komyerov • Ms. Marisa Kouroubacalis ’15 • Mr. Jason R. Kramer ’08 • Sarah E. Laaff ’03 • Mr. Nicholas Laezza ’17 • Mr. Jason Lafortune ’16 • Ms. Lily Lake ’15 • Ms. Ruby Lake ’17 • Ms. Laura Geraty Lambert ’01 • Henrik Førland Lampert ’05 • Mr. Jack Landers ’17 • Christopher P. Lange ’07 • Mr. Kyle P. Lange ’10 • Elisabeth A. Langworthy ’73 • Mr. Erik Larsen ’13 • Mr. Jackson Latimer ’17 • Mr. Nathaniel A. L. Leach ’08 • Mr. Quentin E. Leahy ’08 • Ms. Jaclyn R. Lee ’08 • Rebecca Symmes Lee ’94 • Ms. Cara M. Lemire ’08 • Ms. Christine McCarthy Lemos ’96 and Mr. William D. Lemos ’95 • Kevin and Kathryn Lentini • Mr. Kole Lentini ’17 • Mr. Clay LePard ’08 • Ms. Katherine Lichten ’17 • Ms. Madeline Lichten ’17 • Mr. William Liptrot ’17 • Susan Page Little • Robert A. Logan ’03 • Mr. Samuel J. Logan ’06 • Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lohr • Mr. and Mrs. Bernabe Lopez

Highest Alumni Participation by Class:

2008 – 46% 1999 – 36% 2009 – 35% 2001 – 28% 2000 – 28% 1996 – 28% • Ms. Jadakyz Lopez ’17 • Mr. Winsthon W. Lopez ’08 • Ms. Betty Louis ’16 • Mr. Ryan Lovell ’16 • Ms. Nina Lubeck ’17 • Mr. Connor Lucey ’17 • Ms. Hope Taft ’05 and Mr. Ryan Lucky • Mr. Zachary Lukegord ’16 • Ms. Alexis Lynch ’17 • Ms. Caitlin C. Lynch ’98 • Mr. and Mrs. George Lyons • Ms. Alexis Machabanski • Mr. Matthew F. Machiros ’09 • Ms. Ilana Mack ’17 • Mr. Benjamin A. MacLaughlin ’08 • Ms. Julia MacLaughlin ’17 • Ms. Elisa M. Maggio ’05 • Ms. Jacqueline Magiera • Elizabeth Mainiero ’07 • Loren Ann Malfitano ’00 • Ms. Monica Manning ’14 • Thomas Manning IV ’99 • Ms. Hannah Marino ’17 • Ms. Eliza Marsh ’14 • Deirdre and Peter Martin (Deirdre Scudder Martin ’80) • Mr. Daniel Massillon ’16 • Mr. Maxwell L. Mathey ’09 • Mr. Peter W. Mathey ’01 • Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Mathey ’04 • Ms. Sarah J. Mathey ’11 • Ms. Shea Mavros ’95 • Ms. Jennah L. Maybury ’11 • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mayo • Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mazzeo • Mr. Todd Mazzeo

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• Ms. Skylar McAlpin • Rev. and Mrs. James McCloy • Mr. Eric McCollom • Ms. Anna Mae McCoy • Ms. Karen E. McGinley ’79 • Ms. Hannah McGowan ’07 • Mr. and Mrs. Phil McGowan • Ms. Sarah McGrath ’17 • Elaine McGuire • Mr. Corey McGurn ’16 • Ms. Alexandra McNinch ’17 • Mr. and Ms. Walter Mears ’00 • Ms. Bianka Mejia ’09 • Ms. Annie Melden ’11 • Ms. Lauren Menzie ’16 • Ms. Lauren Kruck Meyer ’05 • Mr. Samuel P. Mickey ’10 • Ms. Leona S. Mienwipia • Katie Milaschewski ’09 • Brian and Connie Millard • Ms. Kellen C. Millard ’06 • Mr. Jolmi Minaya ’09 • Mrs. Joyce Mitchell • Ms. Lili Mitchell ’17 • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell • Mr. Zachery Mitchell ’17 • Mr. Brady Mokrzycki ’16 • Char Glessner Monie ’99 • Mr. and Mrs. Sean Moore • Ms. Laura K. Morgan ’80 • Mrs. Hewitt Morgan • Ms. Alanna DeNapoli Morris ’97 • Ms. Patty Morrison ’03 • Ms. Anne Morrissey ’10 • Dorothy Reed Morton • Ms. Rachel A. Mosakowski ’04 • Mr. Andrew Murdock ’17 • Mr. Maxwell Murdock ’20 • Mr. Jacob Murray ’17 • Ms. Amanda Nasser ’09

For the second year in a row, 80 percent of our current parents made a gift to the Pingree Fund!

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• Mr. Matthew T. Nelligan ’04 • Mr. Erik R. Nelson ’99 • Ms. Catherine Netland ’17 • Ms. Sarah Netland ’17 • Mr. William C. Nickerson ’08 • Tommy RC Nigrelli ’00 • Ms. Tsering D. Norpa ’99 • Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Norris ’93 • Ms. Rachel Novack ’16 • Mr. Ryan Nugent ’00 • Ms. Kate Ober ’12 • The O’Connell Family • Nick and Andrea Ogles • Ms. Meredith A. O’Hare ’09 • Ms. Katie O’Leary • Mr. Nathan R. Olson ’04 • Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Neill • Ms. Ariana E. Oshiro • Ms. Maria Sniady Osterlof ’01 • Ms. Kim Paratore • Mr. and Mrs. David Parent • Mr. W. Amory Parker ’08 • Ms. Olivia Pena ’17 • Lopez Family • Mr. Greg M. Pennington ’08 • Ms. Lauri Beatrice Perez ’08 • Ms. Alexa Peters ’17 • Ms. Emma B. Phippen ’11 • Ms. Caroline W. Pingree ’04 • Ms. Jane Shotwell Pirie ’79 • Ms. Sara Pisanelli ’16 • Ms. Madeline Polese ’13 • Ms. Susan Polese ’16 • Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Polletta • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pollina • Mr. Michael Posternack • Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Pratt • Ms. Jillian C. Price ’05 • Ms. Kasey Provost ’14 • Ms. Jena L. Pruett ’10 • Ms. Catharine Purcell ’17 • Ms. Michelle Ramadan and Mr. Kwan Lin • Campbell Rawlins ’09 • Mr. Connor Reardon ’14 • Ms. Kaitlin Reedy ’10 • Emily Perkins Rees ’74 • Ms. Bailey Regan ’17 • Ms. Charlotte Reynders ’15 • Ms. Sophia Ricciardelli ’16 • Ms. Elizabeth R. Richardson ’08 • Ms. Courteney M. Riedell ’05 • Mr. Jason Ries and Ms. Karen Krolak • Mr. Michael Riley ’16

• Ms. Page T. Riley ’05 • Mr. Zachary Rivard ’17 • Mr. Daniel M. Rogers ’09 • Ms. Katarzyna D. Rokos ’08 • Mr. Zachary Davidson Rokos ’09 • Ms. Sarah Romanelli ’17 • Ms. Emilia Ronchi ’17 • Mr. Mark Rosen • Mr. Theodore Rosen ’16 • Mr. Benjamin Rotner ’14 • Mr. Samuel Rotner ’16 • Mr. Matthew E. Rubin ’08 • Ms. Jessica Rucker ’14 • William Rudolph ’01 • Ms. Katlyn M. Ryan ’03 • Mr. Jonathan D. Salter ’07 • Thomas R. Salter ’02 • Ms. Kelly L. Sanborn ’97 • Mr. Jayson Sanderson ’17 • Mr. Alexander I. Sandman ’00 • Mr. Anthony W. Sardo ’09 • Ms. Tara Sartori ’98 • Barbara Savarese • Elizabeth Savarese ’99 • Phil Scarfo • Ms. Nicole Scarfo ’17 • Allison DeNapoli Schill ’95 • Dr. Whitney Schumer ’76 • Ms. Jaime S. Schwartz ’98 • Ms. Emily Scott ’13 • Ms. Molly Seamans ’97 • Mr. Cameron Segal ’16 • Nicole M. Serratore, Esq. ’93 • Ms. Hannah Shafer ’15 • Mr. Rishabh Shah ’16 • Chris and Julie Sheehan • Ms. Rose Sheehan ’17 • Ms. Lyndsey T. Shepard ’10 • Mr. Robert Shepard ’17 • Mary Waters Shepley • Mrs. Paul D. Shuwall • Mr. and Mrs. Dean Sidell • Ann Connolly Simpson ’76 • Ms. Charlotte C. Sloan ’04 • Mr. Thomas K. Smeallie ’05 • Ms. Jacqueline Grady Smith ’04 • Ms. Mollie Smith ’16 • Mr. Reid Smith ’17 • Mr. Timothy Smith ’16 • Thomas Smoker and Andrew Hankinson • Mr. Nicholas Soodik • Ms. Page Cogger Sostek ’87 and Mr. Joshua E. Sostek ’87 • Katie O’Hara Southard ’01

• Ms. Katelyn Driscoll Spalding ’97 • Ms. Audrey St. Clair ’17 • Ms. Alexandra M. St. Pierre ’08 • Mr. Kevin D. St. Pierre ’11 • Eric and Wendy Stacey (Eric Stacey ’81) • Kim and Kurt Stam • Mr. John Stavros ’16 • Ms. Eliza Steele ’15 • Mr. Russell Steinert ’78 and Ms. Janice Stemmermann • Mr. Samuel W. Stelk ’06 • Mr. Eric Stephens ’09 • Mr. Jesse L. Sullivan ’08 • Ms. Katherine Sullivan ’12 • Ms. Leigh N. Sullivan ’09 • Ms. Nora Sullivan ’14 • Ms. Rowan Sullivan ’17 • Mr. Matthew Suny ’17 • Norman and Barbara Swanson • Ms. Amanda N. Sweat ’08 • Dave and Pam Sweeney • Ms. Devon A. Tadler ’09 • Mr. Charles Taft ’10 • Mr. William Taft ’08 • Ms. Sara Tahir • Dana Limanni-Tarlow ’85 • Ms. Samantha Taylor ’08 • Ms. Caroline Kenerson Tebbens ’05 • Ms. Maria Terranova ’17 • Mr. Frederick M. Thayer II ’85 • Kim Thayer ’80 • Ms. Catherine Thenault ’75 • Ms. Lindsay B. Thompson ’08 • Ms. Merrill Thorpe • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tlagae • Ms. Elissa M. Torto ’95 • Abi and Nick Trotman • Mr. Maxx Trotsky ’16 • Mr. Benjamin Trudeau ’13 • Ms. Yeshe T. Tungkhar ’97 • Aaron and Harriet Turchin • Sarah Turchin ’04 • The Umholtz Family • Ms. Lydia Umholtz ’17 • Mr. Ryan Van Stry ’16 • Ms. Janet Thu Anh Van ’11 • Ms. Nguyet Thu and Mr. Tho Van • Mr. Tony Van ’13 • Ms. Debora VanderMolen • Mr. Jacob Varsano ’14 • Mr. Andrew J. Vassallo ’06 • Mr. Dillon J. Vassallo ’08 • Mr. James Vassallo ’16 • Mr. Vito Visconti ’19

• Alicia Vitagliano ’99 • Attorney Samuel A. Vitali • Mr. Dylan Wack ’14 • Ms. Ruth Grainger Wadsworth ’99 • Mr. William P. Walfield ’11 • Kellie Gillis Walgreen ’95 • Ann and Craig Walker • Ms. Aliza Wall ’17 • Brian and Daphne Walsh • Mr. James M. Walsh ’98 • Rev. and Mrs. Richard Watson • Dr. Katie Vytal Watts ’01 • Mr. Griffin Webber ’17 • Mr. and Mrs. Scott Webber • Ms. Amanda C. Weber ’98 • Ms. Emily Whalen ’17 • Michael and Susan Whalen • Mr. Kevin Wheeler ’17 • Mr. Andrew G. White ’09 • Mr. Conor White ’17 • Mr. and Mrs. John White • Ms. Danby Whitmore ’73 • Liv Whitney ’09 • Ms. Lauren E. Wholley ’05 • Mr. Nicolas Wiles ’17 • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wiley • Dr. Belinda J. Wilkes • Sarah and Steve Wilkins (Sarah French Wilkins ’76) • Mr. Price T. Williams ’03 • Mr. Len A. Williamson ’09 • Mr. Michael Wilmot • Mr. Christopher U. Wilson ’90 • Ms. Hannah Wilson ’17 • Jessica A. Wistran ’93 and Gregory Hart • Ms. Alyssa Zagrobski Witt ’98 • Ben and Marjorie Wittner • Ms. Anna Wistran Wolfe ’95 • Ms. Leorah Wood ’17 • B.B. and Tim Wright • Mr. Benjamin Zanfagna ’01 • Ms. Kerri Zerfoss ’16 • Ms. Lauren Elizabeth Zion ’09 • Ms. Julie Zook

Thanks to donor support, Pingree launched a

rowing program with 36 student participants on the water last spring.

Young Alumni High Honor Roll Society

(Gifts of $100+ from alumni 0-10 years after their Pingree graduation) • Anonymous (2) • Ms. Carolyn Attenborough ’11 • Mr. Samuel V. Baird ’07 • Ms. Sarah P. Bennett ’07 • Ms. Dale W. Bishop ’08 • Ms. Eliza J. Garry ’13 • Mr. Charles E. Goodwin ’11 • Ms. Colleen K. Maher ’10 • Mr. Evan Maravelis ’16 • Ms. Ethel Mickey ’08 • Ms. Veronica Monteiro ’13 • Ms. Holly S. Noyes ’09 • Mr. John Edward Nugent ’08 • Mr. Calum Perry ’16 • Ms. Hailey M. Perry ’14 • Ms. Alexandra Pingree ’08 • Ms. Solina Powell ’14 • Mr. Henry A. Seamans ’08 • Mr. Josh Shain ’09 • Ms. Clare Shanahan ’10 • Ms. Kari H. Shaughnessy ’10 • Mr. Michael W. Shaughnessy ’08 • Mr. Thomas E. Smith ’08 • Ms. Jasmine Tannoury ’16 • Mr. John M. Williamson ’10 *deceased

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