2016–2017 Annual Report

Head of School

Alan Sparrow

Associate Head of School

Jennifer Blake

Beginning School Principal

Carol Blackwell

Lower School Principal

Jij de Jesus

Lower School Specialties Principal

Linda Tatomer

Middle School Principal

Tyler Fonarow

Middle School Academic Dean

Annie Barton ’09

Upper School Principal

Ingrid Gustavson

Upper School Assistant Principal

Dave Samson

2016-2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jennifer Price-Wallin, Chair, Board of Trustees

Philip McCarthey, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Richard Badenhausen, Past Chair, Board of Trustees

Brian Barker

John Bird, Chair, Investment Committee

Carol Clawson, Chair, Legal Committee

Pastor France Davis

Luz Escamilla

Alex Gardner, Chair, Alumni Association

The Rt. Rev. Scott B Hayashi, Episcopal Bishop of Utah

Josh Kanter

Vivian Lee

Sarah Lehman

Katie Lieberman

Akemi Louchheim, Chair, Education Committee

John Miller ’96

Wood Moyle ’90, Chair, Nominating Committee

Martin Olsen

Saba Siddiqui, Chair, Finance Committee

Bob Steiner, Chair, Building Committee, Past Chair, Board of Trustees

Theresa Sueoka, Lincoln Street Home and School Representative, Chair, Annual Fund

Adria Swindle ’95, McCarthey Home and School Representative

Anna Topham

Chris Von Maack ’97, Chair, Development Committee

Michael Weinholtz

Ex-Officio

Alan Sparrow, Head of School

Trustees Emeriti

Peter Billings, Jr. ’63

Ian Cumming

Bob Marquardt

Kevin Steiner

Christopher “Kit” Sumner ’64

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Kelly Hermans, Erika Palsson

MANAGING EDITOR

Stephanie Orfanakis

Mason Fetzer

FEATURE

Kirsten Hepburn, Kelly Hermans, Stuart Ruckman, and Michael Schonfeld

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Dear Families, Alumni, Grandparents, and Friends,

At the end of June, I returned from the annual Malone Family Foundation Heads of School Meeting, which took place at Stanford University. This conference brings together the leaders of top independent schools in the nation, and it’s always an enriching and eye-opening experience.

statistics, and coding, but they are not fully connected to the world outside the classroom. Even the director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford expressed awareness of what is at risk: no matter how much knowledge and ability our students have, they will not be able to create a positive impact in the world if they are not also empathic citizens, in touch with humanity and the needs of our global society.

While I listened to other school leaders voice both their questions and ideas, I felt quietly confident.

Attendees this year weighed a central question: how do we prepare our graduates for the dynamic world that awaits them—not just after high school, but after college? There is growing concern that trends emphasizing STEM education have resulted in imbalanced learning— that is, our brightest STEM scholars are fluent in engineering, advanced

There is no doubt that the world needs the next generation to possess a strong combination of hightech skills and compassion for others, and that the workforce of the future will need to be versatile and resilient. Fortunately, that’s exactly what we’re focused

on here at Rowland Hall. We have long been committed to developing every facet of our student experience, so that the young men and women who graduate from our school are not just educated in traditional subjects and new technologies. They are also resourceful, as evidenced by their maker projects and teamwork during Beyond the Classroom; they are connected to the environment, participating in fourth-grade field studies, Middle School trips, and Upper School Interim; and they are deeply committed to serving others, going above the requirements of Project 11 and Half Day Whole Heart.

As we kick off our 150-year anniversary celebration this fall, I am so proud to be a part of the Rowland Hall community. While uniforms, campuses, and faculty have changed throughout the decades, our focus has remained constant: offering children the best education in the Intermountain West, and teaching them how to lead ethical and productive lives. This tradition of cultivating well-rounded citizens has

positioned us to lead others through the educational challenges of the coming years. We know, from the success of our alumni in college and beyond, that our students are ready to make a difference in the world. We should all celebrate the culture of learning and service we have created, and rededicate ourselves to sustaining it.

Sincerely,

Alan Sparrow Head of School

FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

One of my favorite things about being part of the Rowland Hall community is listening to our students speak. In early June, I had the opportunity to attend the commencement ceremonies for the class of 2017 as well as my own daughter’s fifth-grade graduation. As I listened to student speakers that week, a common theme impressed me: growth. Our students expressed gratitude for how Rowland Hall has encouraged them to grow and take risks, and excitement for what awaits them in the next chapter of their lives. They truly embraced the growth mindset that Director of Ethical Education Ryan Hoglund spoke about at Convocation last fall: whenever a challenge presents itself, they remind

themselves they just haven’t figured out how to surpass it…yet.

In truth, growth mindset has long been a part of Rowland Hall’s culture. Learners of every age at Rowland Hall—including faculty and staff—are inspired to innovate and strive for their personal bests. This was true of the Episcopal missionaries who founded our school in the 1860s. They were pioneers in the educational landscape of the Intermountain West, and they laid the groundwork for all the school leaders that have shaped Rowland Hall the past 150 years. From teachers like Tony Larimer to administrators like Julie Barrett, we have a legacy of looking to the future and saying, “We’re doing well, but how can we be even better?”

Our dedication to continuous improvement is what makes me excited about the future of Rowland Hall. In the past year, we’ve seen great strides toward

Goal 2 of our Strategic Plan: provide the Intermountain West’s most outstanding math and science program. Our students are earning awards in computer science, winning competitions designing medical devices, and excelling in Middle School Mathcounts, all the while remaining connected to their roles as global citizens, and earning a well-rounded education. As the school devotes more time and energy this coming year to Goal 3 of the Strategic Plan—develop the enrollment and business model for our future—I have no doubt we will continue to flourish.

Rowland Hall’s Board of Trustees is committed to the growth of our school and the Capital Campaign to build a new Middle School and athletic complex. With world-class facilities for study, practice, and play, the new campus will move us forward as a community.

I heard one of our graduating lifers say something this spring that stuck with me: Rowland Hall has taught her to “run at the challenges.” This attitude of enthusiasm and tenacity in the face of difficult work is evidence of the character we are building in our students.

It brings me such joy to be leading the Board of Trustees during this significant period of the school’s growth. I’m excited to see what Rowland Hall’s community will accomplish in 2017-2018 as we run toward the next challenge together.

Jennifer Price-Wallin Board of Trustees Chair

2016 - 2017 FINANCE REPORT

Dear School Friends,

As in past years, the Finance Committee focused on maintaining a sound financial position, strengthening controls and processes, and ensuring Rowland Hall uses tuition dollars effectively in realizing the five-year Strategic Plan. We had an excellent year including a successful auction in March. Enrollment grew and helped to drive strong finances. The Business Office has added rigor and oversight by continuing to look for ways to centralize and coordinate key processes leading to efficiencies for the school as a whole. Current operations are paramount, but we’re also actively planning for the future. As the Capital Campaign enters its next phase—the creation of a new Middle School and athletic complex on the Steiner Campus—we’re prepared to take on the long-term task of creating facilities to carry Rowland Hall into the next century. We continue to enhance our financial fortitude and flexibility with a focus on strong enrollment and endowment growth. It remains a mission to continuously, clearly, and aggressively define and communicate the value of a Rowland Hall education to our students, parents, alumni, and the community at large.

Saba Siddiqui Finance Committee Chair

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITES

$11.8 ENDOWMENT MILLION $2.56 FINANCIAL AID

REVENUE

$23,657,184 $23,649,670

EXPENSES

2016 - 2017 ACADEMIC YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

INSTRUCTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE

BUILDING & GROUNDS

DEVELOPMENT

MARKETING

AUXILIARY TECHNOLOGY

SCHOLARSHIPS TRANSFERS

TRANSITIONS

SALUTE TO DEPARTING TRUSTEES

Every year the Board of Trustees and school community thanks and bids farewell to several dedicated volunteers who have worked hard for many years on behalf of the school. This year we would like to give special thanks to four trustees who have been exceptional in their service.

Brian Barker served for six years on the Board of Trustees. During his service, he chaired the Communication, Recruitment, and Retention Committee. Mr. Barker has a great eye for detail and was helpful in examining how the school could improve its internal and external communication.

Josh Kanter completed six years of service on the board. Mr. Kanter was the chair of the Investment Committee, where he helped develop the school’s investment policy. He and wife Catherine have agreed to co-chair the Capital Campaign Steering Committee, and we are thankful for his continued leadership at the school.

Adria Swindle ’95 served as the Home and School Association representative for the McCarthey Campus for the past three years. During her time on the board, Ms. Swindle served on the nominating, alumni, and development committees. She and husband Geoff ’94 also chaired this year’s auction, The Great Gala, raising vital funds for faculty and staff professional development and the new Middle School and athletic complex on the Steiner Campus and financial aid.

Michael Weinholtz steps down after two terms on the board. Mr. Weinholtz was a key person in recent discussions on school culture, helping the school to articulate the core values that make Rowland Hall so remarkable. He was also a strong supporter of and donor to our financial aid program.

Thank you, again, to our outgoing trustees for their hard work and dedication. All of our students and faculty benefited from your efforts.

Brian Barker

Josh Kanter

Adria Swindle

Michael Weinholtz

WELCOME NEW TRUSTEES

Jay Bartlett joined the Rowland Hall community in 2015 when he moved to Utah with wife Julie and daughter Tessa, a fifth-grader. Prior to living in Utah, the Bartletts lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mr. Bartlett graduated magna cum laude from the University of Vermont, and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he was named a Tuck Scholar. After Tuck, he spent a few years with the management consultancy Bain & Company in Boston, Massachusetts, and Sydney, Australia, before moving to Utah (the first time) to work with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. At the conclusion of the games, Mr. Bartlett and his wife returned to Boston for what was supposed to be only a few years, but turned into 13 years. For the last 15 years, Mr. Bartlett has been a management consultant with the Parthenon Group, now Parthenon-EY, where he advises private equity firms on new investments.

While in Boston, Mr. Bartlett served as chair of the board of the Cambridge Ellis School, and was on the finance committee at Belmont Day School. In addition, he served six years on the MBA Advisory Board at the Tuck School.

Jay Bartlett

Jay Bartlett

Kitty Northrop Friedman ’91

Kitty Northrop Friedman is a member of Rowland Hall’s class of 1991 and a longtime leader in the nonprofit sector. She and her husband, Peter, returned to Utah in 2016 after living in several states, most recently New York. Ms. Friedman currently works as a development specialist at the Park City Community Foundation.

Ms. Friedman earned her bachelor’s degree from Bates College in 1995, and four years later earned her JD from Vermont Law School, where she won a Schweitzer Fellowship. She worked as an attorney at Holland & Knight LLP in New York City before jumping into the world of philanthropy, development, and nonprofits. She gained expertise in the independent school sector while working as the director of development at the Green Mountain Valley School—an elite ski academy in Vermont serving grades seven through twelve—and as associate director of development at the Ethel Walker School in Connecticut. Ms. Friedman has volunteered on the boards of many organizations serving women and children, including the Cobb School Montessori and Women’s Health Research at Yale, both in Connecticut. She currently is a board member of two foundations, along with the Boys’ Club of New York and Bates College.

The Friedmans have three children at Rowland Hall: sixth-grader Molly, ninth-grader Lindley, and eleventh-grader Ned. All three are Rowmarkers, and Ms. Friedman, a Rowmark alumna herself, is excited to reconnect with Rowmark alumni during the academy’s 35th anniversary as part of the school’s sesquicentennial anniversary. Her mother, Christine McRoy, served on the Rowland Hall board during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and Ms. Friedman is happy to continue the family tradition.

Kitty Northrop Friedman

Virginia Gowski is a marketing and strategic planning consultant and community volunteer in Salt Lake City. Previously, she served as associate director of marketing and licensing at the Sundance Institute/Film Festival overseeing all branding, marketing, and merchandising efforts, and as director of marketing for the University of Utah’s Division of Continuing Education, where she was responsible for all marketing and outreach activities for the division’s ten unique departments.

In her prior East Coast life, Ms. Gowski worked with a variety of nonprofit, educational, government, and corporate clients as director at Reingold Inc., a boutique marketing, communications, and training firm in Washington, DC. She also worked for Markowitz & McNaughton Inc., in management consulting and competitive intelligence. She has a degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.

In addition to serving on the Rowland Hall Board of Trustees, Ms. Gowski is the volunteer coordinator for the McCarthey Home and School Association. She’s currently chair of the board for VSA/Art Access. She also serves on Salt Lake City and County’s joint Cultural Core Committee, and the steering committee of the Tumbleweeds Children’s Film Festival. She was previously chair of the Denver-based Western States Arts Federation and has served on many local nonprofit boards, including the Utah Film Center, Spy Hop Institute for Teachers, and the Utah Cultural Alliance. She has worked in national- and statelevel arts advocacy throughout her career.

Ms. Gowski and her husband, Bill, an orthopedic surgeon, have lived in Salt Lake City for 15 years. They have three children at Rowland Hall: fourth-grader Freddy, second-grader Liza, and kindergartner Jack.

Virginia Gowski

Virginia Gowski

Marina Lowe has been with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Utah since 2007 and currently serves as legislative and policy counsel. She represents the ACLU of Utah at the State Capitol from January through March, and throughout the rest of the year, cultivates relationships with elected officials across the state—from United States senators and representatives to local city council members—to further the protection of civil liberties in Utah.

Before joining the ACLU of Utah, Ms. Lowe worked in the Appellate Division of the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association, and at the international law firm of Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP in San Francisco, concentrating on commercial litigation and intellectual property counseling and litigation. Ms. Lowe grew up in Northern California, and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego, where she majored in political science and minored in French literature. Before earning her JD from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 2004, she spent two years working in marketing at Hewlett-Packard in Grenoble, France.

Ms. Lowe and her husband, Rowland Hall alumnus Mitchell, have two children at the school. Sabina will be in third grade and Sasha will be in first grade this fall.

Marina Lowe

Marina Lowe

Laura Snow Prosper has been an active member of the Rowland Hall community since she and husband Pierre-Richard enrolled daughter Olivia in the Beginning School in 2010. This fall, Olivia will enter fifth grade.

Ms. Prosper earned her bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Utah, graduating cum laude, and is a lifetime member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. For the past 25 years, she has worked in administration at the University of Utah, formerly as the coordinator of international programs, and as the special assistant to the president and secretary of the university. In her current role as special assistant to the senior vice president for academic affairs, she assists with donor, alumni, campus, and community relations projects and assignments, along with coordinating the university’s annual commencement exercises.

During the 2016-2017 school year, Ms. Prosper served as the co-president of the McCarthey Home and School Association. She is excited to be joining the Rowland Hall Board of Trustees.

Laura Snow Prosper

Laura Snow Prosper

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2017

This year, Rowland Hall graduated its largest senior class ever: 90 students. Of these seniors, 30 of them are lifers—students who have attended our school for 12 or more years. They will matriculate to 52 different colleges and universities this fall, and 77% of them were offered merit-based aid to continue their education. Seven were finalists for National Merit Scholarships, and many were awarded scholarships from local and national organizations, including the Salt Lake Rotary Club, Youthlinc, and the American Red Cross. The class of 2017 includes top-notch debaters who received multiple bids to the Tournament of Champions, were named National Speech and Debate Association Academic All-Americans, and won the prestigious Young Lawyers Tournament. Budding scientists and engineers, they embraced the maker movement, building items such as a robotic arm and a hovercraft. Two young women were honored with Aspirations in Computing awards from the National Center for Women and Information Technology. One student developed and marketed an app to encourage the use of alternate transportation, and partnered with another to design an award-winning virtual reality game for patients with autism spectrum disorder. Five seniors competed as members of the first two Bench-to-Bedside high school teams. Both teams created innovative medical devices, and one team brought home two prizes. Our seniors excelled as athletes: each year of their Upper School careers, our athletics program placed among the top five in the Deseret News 2A All-Sports Awards. They earned 23 Region titles and five State titles as teams, with individuals winning 12 Region and nine State titles. Eight seniors are Rowmark Ski Academy athletes, who collectively earned 13 top-five finishes at championship events. Another competed as a bigmountain skier, and was named a Freeride Junior World Champion.

Student body president, Isaac Landau

Outside of school, students played for club soccer and volleyball teams, ran marathons (even in Antarctica), and earned black belts in karate or Soo Bahk Do. This class includes a professional mountain biker, a member of the U-19 Utah Lady Grizzlies, an elite gymnast, a Junior Olympian in fencing, a member of the US Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team, and a top-10 finisher in USA Swimming. This group has no shortage of accomplished artists, including dancers, poets, painters, and singers. They led the award-winning Upper School Orchestra and the Jazz Band, and individually competed on instruments ranging from piano to conga drums. These artists performed with groups such as the Voodoo Orchestra and La Onda Caribeña, and played in front of crowds at the Telluride Jazz Festival and Glasgow Music Festival. One group of musicians formed the Lincoln Street Jazz Company, sharing their talents at local assisted-living facilities. Several of our seniors will continue their musical studies in college. Their collaborative spirit was evident in service-learning projects, with a team of 20 students partnering with the Navajo Nation in Southern Utah. They planted garden boxes, mentored children, and interviewed hospice volunteers on the reservation, and two students created a film documenting their collective experience. Two seniors led Middle School students through a sustainability project that won the Shane McConkey EcoChallenge and created a bench out of recycled water bottles. Individually, the class of 2017 volunteered countless hours both locally and abroad, tutoring refugees, caring for shelter animals, lobbying for environmental protections, and organizing blood drives. It is difficult to quantify the impact their good citizenship will have on the world. This class understands the value of hard work, with some holding jobs as lifeguards, coaches, baristas, or tutors. They explored potential career

paths through internships at the University of Utah, Red Butte Gardens, Alliance for a Better Utah, and the Salt Lake Film Society. Several enrolled in summer sessions, including at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Wharton School, and one participated in a mock United Nations program. Even summer travel was educational, with one young man joining Cambridge faculty on an archeological dig and anthropological trip to Kenyan villages. Our seniors’ personal experiences have made them resilient and compassionate: some have families that immigrated from war-torn countries, and many work to combat religious, racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination. They speak languages ranging from Italian to Swahili, have traveled to South Korea, New Zealand, and China, and continually seek to build bridges with people of differing backgrounds. Members of the class of 2017 will leave their mark on the community, whether as a world-ranked junior skateboarder, clothing designer, dedicated unicyclist, or passionate equestrian. While we cannot list all of their achievements here, we hope you share our pride in celebrating these outstanding graduates.

Thirty members of the graduating class are LIFERS — students who have attended Rowland Hall for at least 12 years. Visit rowlandhall.org/lifers2017 to see their first-grade photos.

CLASS of 2017

GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2017

Jordan Abdalla

Shubaira Aminzada

Olivia Candice Askew

Lane Rachel Baker

Madeleine Paige Baneth

Madison Marie Barker

Tarik Basic

David Walter Bernstein

Zack Biskupiak

Symon Braun Freck

MiaBella Brickey

Kate Anne Button

Jackson Charles Byck

Emma Kurtz Carlin

Calen Telander Carron

Emily Marcias Chace

Lena Wai Yee Chan

Adison Marie Christiansen

Jason Liam Cowdrey

Anne Elizabeth Cox

Madison Emily Dacklin

Benjamin Espinosa

Megan Fenton

Chloe Liess Fleischer

Nicholas Scott Fontaine

Xiaohan Gao

Kaela Pearl Gilbert

Sommer Lynn Glasgow

Ethan Jun Wei Goh

Jacqueline Kelly Graham

Anna Frances Greenberg

Cheyanna Hayes

Katie Olivia Henn

Knox Alexander Heslop

Sam Hirsch

Lynda Elizabeth Howell

Makella Karyna Howell

Elizabeth Rose Hunt

Elizabeth Eugenie Izampuye

Wesley Jasper Johnston

Davis Fisher Kahler

Keelan Tehya Kenny

Rachel Lyla Kovnick

Ishaan Krishnan

Isaac Landau

Grace Ann Lewis

Astrid Anna Lindgren

Alicia Lu

Eleanor Mancheski

Adam Derek Mannelin

Eleanor Freeman Martin

William James Matheson

Sean Knox McDaniel

Daphne Smith Michie

Samuel Joseph Morris

Rachel Anne Morse

Olyvia Beverly Mugweh

Walker Frankel Nasser

Ned Peter Neill

Joshua Albert Nkoy

Stephanie Anne Nolan

Matthew James O’Brien

Kenzo Edward Okazaki

Levi Jacob Ollerton

Matthew John Orford

Christopher Daniel Panish

Adrienne Lea Parkinson

Steven Zoltan Pasinsky III

Madeleine Veronica Percy

Davis Jay Porges

Abigail Powers

Amber Midori Puri

Luke Thomas Roberts

Catherine Elizabeth Rogers

Jack Henry Scaife

Willem Clarence Seethaler

Cindy Lynn Shen

Eliott Daniel Staten

Marguerite Ann Tate

Elias Aubrey Taylor

Cayden Todd VanOrman

Kaitlyn Vesterstein

Julia Sophie Villar

Michael Jeffrey Vitek

Natalie Devi Weed

Elizabeth Cahill Westermann

Ethan Jay Williams

Benjamin Nelson Willmore

Tobi Ellen Yoon

Sofia Carmen Yubero

INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH OUR 2017 GRADUATES WILL MATRICULATE

American University

Arizona State University

Bates College

Brandeis University

Brigham Young University

California Polytechnic State University

Champlain College

Chapman University

Colby-Sawyer College

Colgate University

Colorado College

Colorado State University

Concordia University - Montreal

Connecticut College

Dartmouth College

DePaul University

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Georgetown University

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Harvey Mudd College

Indiana University

Middlebury College

Montana State University

Northeastern University

Occidental College

Quest University Canada

Reed College

Skidmore College

Stanford University

Temple University

Texas Tech University

Trinity College Dublin

University of Arizona

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Colorado

University of Denver

University of Illinois

University of Michigan

University of Montana

University of North Carolina

University of Oregon

University of Pennsylvania

University of Puget Sound

University of Rhode Island

University of Southern California

University of Utah

Utah State University

Virginia Tech

Westminster College

Whitman College

Yale University

Jazz band performs at commencement ceremony

PROGRAMS

THE STRATEGIC PLAN: PAST THE HALFWAY POINT

The Goals

Three years ago, Rowland Hall announced its ambitious, student-centered five-year Strategic Plan with three goals: (1) enhance the student learning experience; (2) provide the best math and science programs in the Intermountain West; and (3) develop the business and enrollment model for the future.

The school has crossed the plan’s halfway point and continues to share and assess its impact. Our learning culture is stronger than ever. In our classrooms, teachers challenge themselves to create rich and meaningful experiences for our students.

After the plan’s 2014 unveiling, math and science teachers could have interpreted Goal 2 as a threat, or as an opportunity. Fortunately, our dedicated teachers chose to see it as an opportunity and seized the chance to become even more effective in the classroom. Faculty continue to work with administrators to identify areas of growth, celebrate strengths, and create a roadmap for the future. The finance committee of the board, in partnership with the business office, has begun work on Goal 3 with a focus on strong enrollment and endowment growth.

Breaking it Down

In the Beginning School, professional development offerings focused on math and science training for early childhood educators. Beth Van Meeteren, Ph.D., presented at a school in-service day with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, emphasizing engineering for young children. Almost all of the Beginning School teachers attended these optional sessions as a show of their commitment to providing the best math and science programs in the Intermountain West.

In the Lower School, classroom teachers and the science and math specialists have made tremendous progress aligning curriculum, standards, and resources to support the most cohesive and comprehensive math and science programs

possible. The Lower School science specialist and each gradelevel team have spent time clarifying roles, aligning content, and adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)—the well-respected national benchmark for how to teach and think about K-12 science. The Lower School principal and director of curriculum and instruction (DCI) attended National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and National Research Council meetings, and both accompanied Upper School Science Department Chair Alisa Poppen and Lower School Science Specialist Kirsten Walker to a two-day NSTA training focusing on implementing the NGSS.

Our Middle School science teachers are reevaluating and reorganizing their curriculum and practices based on NGSS’ three-dimensional learning to aid proficiency in science. Fifth- and sixth-grade teachers are working together to strengthen the bridge between the two grades, particularly in math and science. Two of our Middle School science teachers joined the team attending NSTA’s annual conference in March, and brought back plenty of ideas and inspiration to share with colleagues.

In the Upper School this year, science and math department chairs taught one fewer class so they could meet regularly with their department members, the Upper School principal, and the director of curriculum and instruction to collaborate about best practices and common goals. These department chairs continue to establish cross-divisional connections with colleagues in other grades.

Since the 2014-2015 school year, teachers have taken advantage of the professional development opportunities that abound inside and outside of Rowland Hall. During

after-school sessions and in-service days, our teachers share illuminating and exciting best practices, and several Rowland Hall educators have led professional workshops for peers, locally and nationally. This summer, four of our Upper School math teachers spent a week at the Anja S. Greer Conference on Mathematics and Technology, one of the premier professional development opportunities for people in their field.

Authentic Learning Experiences

As our teachers continue to focus on making our math and science courses the richest and most engaging they can be, we keep our eyes open for new ways to bring authentic experiences to our students. One such opportunity recently presented itself, and eight Upper School students took full advantage. The University of Utah’s Center for Medical Innovation sponsors the Bench2-Bedside (B2B) competition, designed to introduce medical, engineering, and business students to the world of medical-device innovation. This year, two teams of medical entrepreneurs from

Rowland Hall joined elite teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Utah in pursuit of patents and cash prizes for new medical technologies. This marks the first time that high school students have been allowed to enter the competition, and Rowland Hall’s teams were the only young pioneers in the mix. One Rowland Hall team won the Best Young Entrepreneur Award worth $500 at B2B on April 3, and one of three grand prizes worth $5,000 each at the High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge on April 15.

Our teachers welcome feedback and use it as a measure of teaching effectiveness. This year, math and science teachers in grades six through twelve piloted the Tripod student survey, a research-based tool that provides student feedback to teachers on classroom practices that impact student learning and achievement. Already, several teachers have used data from initial surveys to identify areas for improvement and shape their professional goals for the year.

As a school, we are focused on the ideas of claim-evidence-reasoning, from first through twelfth grade, and across disciplines. These ideas are a central theme of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and the

Bench 2 Bedside team members: left to right, Courtney McCabe, Josh Nkoy, Chloe Fleischer, Tobi Yoon, Emilie Orfanakis, Eli Taylor.

Not pictured: Elena Zipp, Eleanor Mancheski

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards for Mathematical Practice. Similar process standards can be found in the National Council for History Education’s Blueprint for Student Learning, and in key points within the standards of the National Council of Teachers of English. Claim-evidence-reasoning provides a structure for students to sharpen criticalthinking skills: they make a claim based on observations; gather, assess, and share evidence; and then make a reasoned argument for how the evidence explains their claim.

What’s Next?

While we are far from finished, math and science teachers, the division principals, the director of curriculum and instruction, and members of the math and science task force have made great strides in designing programs that are the best in the Intermountain West. The Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees, in conjunction with Chief Financial Officer Gwen Fonarow, is beginning to work on Goal 3: Develop the Enrollment and Business Model for our Future. The bullet points of this goal ask the school to review the financial philosophy and budgeting model to fund the finest PreK-12 program in the Intermountain West. School staff and the Finance Committee will continue to evaluate data regarding revenue and expenses as it relates to enrollment and capacity, and provide a detailed recommendation to the Board of Trustees in the coming year.

THREE ROWLAND HALL SENIORS RECEIVE ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

On Tuesday, May 9, the Salt Lake Rotary Club awarded Rowland Hall senior Elizabeth Izampuye with a Service Above Self award and a $2,000 college scholarship for her hundreds of volunteer hours with the Salt Lake City Red Cross, the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, and more. Seniors Alicia Lu and Kate Button were award finalists and received $1,000 each.

Elizabeth has devoted over 245 hours of her time to the local Red Cross chapter and the VA since 2014. As a junior, she served as co-president for Youth Services and planned and directed meetings. She's currently a board member representing youth voices. Elizabeth is certified to provide disaster services and teach disaster preparedness—a fitting introduction for her long-range career goal of becoming a global/public-health administrator. "My desire to help those made vulnerable by societal disasters extends to my local and global communities; specifically, the lower class, homeless, refugees, and children in foster care," Elizabeth wrote in her Rotary scholarship application. "Red Cross Youth Services has taught me about what it means to set an example for others and how to serve

those in need...and teach them information they can apply to their own lives." At the VA, she helped veterans needing mobility assistance, and got to know them in the process.

As a junior, Alicia co-led a group of upper and middle school students to collect and create eco-bricks for a new bench on school grounds—a cross-divisional endeavor that won the grand prize from the Shane McConkey EcoChallenge. "Service offers opportunities to work with others to grapple with issues I'm truly passionate about," Alicia wrote in her application. "Through my service projects, I've become friends with other creative and dedicated people who I had previously just passed in the hallway."

Kate, daughter of beloved fifth-grade teacher Sarah Button, might follow in her mom's footsteps: in her application, she noted she may pursue a teaching career. Accordingly, Kate spent her junior year volunteering as a Middle School tutor at Rowland Hall. "I enjoyed this work because I knew that I was genuinely helping my 'students' to understand new concepts," Kate wrote. Director of Ethical Education Ryan Hoglund said the Salt Lake Rotary Service Above Self awards are a highlight of the year for him. "Seeing our students and youth from across the valley stand together and be honored for their commitment to community building, one cannot help but feel the future is in good hands," he said. "Rotary International is the standard for service organizations. These dedicated Rowland Hall seniors should be proud of this recognition."

Elizabeth Izampuye, Alicia Lu, Kate Button

STUDENTS LEAD THE WAY WITH A FINELY TUNED ENSEMBLE

Rowland Hall’s Upper School seminar classes just keep getting better. Students may enroll in pre-selected seminar classes or they can pitch their specific interest to administration and form an accredited class with like-minded kids and a mentor.

This year when sophomore and budding violinist Austin Topham decided he and a cadre of musicians—Atticus Hickman, Augustus Hickman, and Tobi Yoon—could expand their group and pursue a challenging repertoire, he decided to reach for the certified title of Advanced Chamber Ensemble (ACE). Upper School Principal Dave Samson reviewed the earnest seminar class application and gave it a thumbs-up. Middle School Orchestra and

Chamber Music teacher, Sarah Yoon, gladly agreed to mentor the group.

The ACE class roster quickly grew to eight members when Patrick McNally, Jake Bleil, Alex Benton, and Claire Sanderson joined. The new parties brought further sonic depth to the ensemble, which now included violin, cello, bass, and piano.

In addition to meeting during their seminar class, the group meets on weekends and before school as needed to prepare for regional and state competitions. The class is divided into three ensembles: Dvorak Quintet in G major, Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Vivaldi Cello duet in G minor. Members of ACE often participate in

advanced music competitions and ensembles outside of school, such as Utah Youth Orchestras and Ensembles, the Gifted Music School, and the All-State Orchestra. The ACE curriculum prioritizes a college-level repertoire while balancing the student's’ academic schedule.

In March, the three ensembles and four individual soloists successfully competed at the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Region Solo and Ensemble Festival and advanced to the State festival. Onlookers at Regionals caught the judge wiping away tears at ACE’s interpretation of the Mendelssohn Trio. At State, the Dvorak Quintet, Mendelssohn Trio, Vivaldi Duet, and three soloists received a superior rating, the highest possible. One comment on the judging sheet for the Dvorak performance read, “Wow! The best thing I heard all day! Congratulations on an outstanding performance! Bravo!”

A scan of UHSAA website results show that past Rowland Hall ensembles have achieved superior ratings, and more and more are qualifying for State—proof of the increasing success of all Rowland Hall music students due to excellent training by Ms. Yoon and Interfaith Chaplain and Choir and Orchestra Teacher Jeremy Innis. Additional Rowland Hall ensembles and soloists who advanced to state level competition this year are Megan Fenton, Cindy Shen, and Alicia Lu. Congratulations to all.

Jake Bleil, Patrick McNally, Austin Topham, Atticus Hickman, and Tobi Yoon

ADVANCEMENT

Dear Donors and Friends,

As we approach the school’s 150-year anniversary, I have had many opportunities to reflect on my own Rowland Hall experience. I have been fortunate to be a part of the Rowland Hall community for my entire life, as a student, an alumna, and now as a member of the administration. I know firsthand the value of Rowland Hall’s small class sizes, dedicated teachers, and supportive learning environment.

We are all a part of a remarkable community, as is evidenced by the generous gifts and countless number of volunteer hours that you have given to the school over the past year. Thanks to you, Rowland Hall is thriving. Our Annual Giving Campaign had another banner year, reaching 73% parent participation. This year’s auction, The Great Gala, drew a record-breaking number of guests and amounted to one of the most successful auctions in recent history. Lastly, we have assembled a dedicated team of volunteers to lead our Capital Campaign effort, and fundraising for the Steiner Campus project is off to a strong start.

I look forward to gathering with you over the next school year to celebrate our past accomplishments and look toward the future. Mark your calendars for the sesquicentennial events on September 8-9, 2017, and May 19, 2018, and join us to celebrate this significant milestone.

As a community, we have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for. Thank you for making Rowland Hall a priority in your giving and for supporting our mission and our students.

Robyn Payne ’02 Director of Institutional Advancement

Our Deepest Thank You to Annual Fund Chair, Theresa Sueoka Annual Fund Chair Theresa Sueoka helmed the volunteer effort for the 2016-2017 school year, and her leadership was nothing short of exceptional. Theresa served as a class liaison in 2012-2013 and 2015-2016 and has been a tremendously dedicated member of the school community as a board member, parent (to Maxwell ’16 and Josef, a junior), and volunteer for nearly every committee or network in existence at Rowland Hall. Theresa has agreed to chair this effort again next year, and we are eager to have her warmth, guidance, and humor set the tone for the 20172018 Annual Fund campaign. Thank you so much, Theresa!

Faculty and Staff

For the seventh consecutive year, Rowland Hall’s faculty and staff reached 100% participation in annual giving and demonstrated an outstanding commitment to our students and the school through their support. We are grateful for the example they set for the Rowland Hall community.

Board of Trustees

Rowland Hall is fortunate to have a Board of Trustees made up of 25 devoted volunteers who support the mission of the school with their time and talent. In 2016-2017, the board achieved 100% participation in the Annual Fund and concentrated their service on advancing the school’s Strategic Plan. We are immensely grateful for their time and leadership at Rowland Hall.

Theresa Sueoka

ANNUAL FUND 2016-2017 CLASS LIAISONS

Chair | Theresa Sueoka

2 PreK | Lindsay and Michael Egan

3 PreK | Andrea and John Miller ’96

4 PreK | Sinead Urwin

Kindergarten | Jennifer Nakao ’93

First Grade | Sarah Moles

Second Grade | Amy Gallivan Damico and Dru Damico

Third Grade | Gina and Mark Miller

Fourth Grade | Julie and Jay Bartlett

Fifth Grade | Allison Paradise

Sixth Grade | Melanie and Joe Borgenicht

Seventh Grade | Victoria and Jack Hodgkins

Eighth Grade | Erica and Doug Keil

Ninth Grade | Tina Bagley

Tenth Grade | Robin and Raj Puri; Leta Baker

Eleventh Grade | Marianne Arrigona

Twelfth Grade | Deanna Byck

Headmaster’s Council

Rowland Hall’s Headmaster’s Council is made up of donors whose leadership in annual giving makes up more than 30% of the Annual Fund. Their generosity to the school has a tremendous impact on the teachers and students at Rowland Hall. Since the Headmaster’s Council was established to recognize donors who have given $10,000(+) to the Annual Fund, membership has grown tremendously. This year, more than 35 donors made Rowland Hall the beneficiary of their philanthropy. Many thanks to board member Wood Moyle ’90 who shared his expertise, generosity, and boisterous laughter as chair of the 2016-2017 Headmaster’s Council effort.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Capital Campaign Steering Committee Ramps Up

As we approach the 150-year anniversary of Rowland Hall, we look to the future and think about what will enable the school to continue providing a premier educational experience for generations of students to come. We have enjoyed extraordinary support from our community: parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends who come together to share in the culture of learning, who challenge one another to support the school in meaningful ways, and who are grateful for the impact a Rowland Hall education has had on their family. It is this community that has inspired us to build the Richard R. Steiner Campus, bringing all Rowland Hall students together again while enhancing teaching and learning at the first and finest independent school in the Intermountain West.

Our vision for the future is bright. The Steiner Campus will carry the school through the next 150 years, and plans for the next phase of the project, building a new Middle School and athletic complex, are well underway. The Middle School on the Steiner Campus will provide innovative learning spaces for all classes, including arts and ensembles, electives, accelerated programming, and athletics.

Middle School on the Steiner Campus

Classrooms will be 130 square feet larger, on average, than existing Middle School classrooms, giving our students and teachers much-needed space that is lacking in our existing building. The new Middle School will feature flexible and adaptive spaces that allow students and teachers to create learning environments to enhance the curriculum, instead of limiting the curriculum to fixed spaces. This phase of the project will also build the Steiner Campus athletic complex. This facility will boast a full-size gymnasium, spacious weight and cardio room, dance studio, athletic office spaces and locker rooms, and a Rowmark Ski Academy center.

Led by Development Chair Chris Von Maack ’97 and Campaign Co-Chairs Josh and Catherine Kanter and Saul and Ericka Weissman, our early fundraising for the project is off to a strong start. We are encouraged by the excitement of the school community and the early leadership gifts that have been pledged. We have recruited a dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers for the Capital Campaign Steering Committee who are working hard to obtain leadership gifts. The project timeline is still in development and will be determined based on our ability to raise funds over the coming months. We will keep the community updated on campus plans, fundraising successes, and timeline developments as the capital campaign progresses.

Should you have any questions about the project or how to get involved, please contact Chris Von Maack at vonmaack@mgpclaw.com, or Robyn Payne at robynpayne@rowlandhall.org or 801-924-2961.

flex space in the new Middle School

Meet the Campaign Co-Chair

Josh and Catherine Kanter are proud parents of two Rowland Hall students, sophomore Ben and sixth-grader Nate. Josh is President of Chicago Investments Inc. and vice president of Windy City Inc., closely held investment management firms. He is also the founder and executive chairman of the Alliance for a Better Utah. Josh completed two terms of service on Rowland Hall’s Board of Trustees, where he served as chair of the investment committee. Catherine is an attorney, a county planning commissioner, and an engaged community member. She has volunteered on several auction committees during her time at Rowland Hall.

“We’ve been at Rowland Hall since our eldest was in 2PreK. When I first heard about the school’s ‘whole child’ philosophy, I couldn’t even attempt to hide my eye roll. Now, as the boys enter tenth grade and sixth grade, I see the role that Rowland Hall has played in developing our two children to be true citizens of their community. I am a convert—hook, line, and sinker. Generations of students, teachers, administrators, parents, and donors paved the way for my children to excel. I can only hope that my work to make the Steiner Campus a reality will allow future generations of students to achieve the same success that those before me allowed our kids to achieve.”

- Josh Kanter

Saul and Ericka Weissman joined the Rowland Hall community in 2012. They have three children: third-grader Kate, first-grader Max, and 2PreK student James.

Saul and Ericka have various business interests ranging from real estate investing and design, to automobile restoration and brokering. Saul has lent his expertise in design and construction to the Board of Trustees Building Committee. Ericka's gemological degree, along with her passion for jewelry, has led her to become a buyer and sales ambassador for O.C. Tanner Jewelers. She has served on the Auction Executive Committee for the past two Rowland Hall auctions.

Capital Campaign Steering Committee

Chris Von Maack ’97, Development Chair of the Board of Trustees

Jennifer Price-Wallin, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Josh and Catherine Kanter, Campaign Co-Chairs

Saul and Ericka Weissman, Campaign Co-Chairs

Sarah Campsen

Nick and Felicity Fouche

Jack Hodgkins

Jordan Kimball

Todd Rankin

Dani Raper

Ira Rubinfeld

Alexandra Von Maack ’99

Tony Wallin

Jeanne Zeigler

Brian and Martha Zipp

Robyn Payne ’02, Director of Institutional Advancement

Alan Sparrow, Head of School

Gita Varner ’05, Development Manager

left to right: Josh Kanter, Catherine Kanter, Saul Weissman, Ericka Weissman

2016-2017 Marquardt Award for Faculty Development

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2016-2017 Marquardt Award for Faculty Development.

Four members of the Upper School math department had the opportunity to attend the Anja S. Greer Conference on Mathematics and Technology at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire from June 25 to 30. According to Exeter’s website, “the primary emphasis of the conference is mathematics focusing on the impact and applications of technology in the classroom and the role of technology in today's and tomorrow's mathematics curricula.” Ms. Lisa Friedman and Ms. Adella Croft dedicated the week to writing problems that vertically align courses over the years, and are specifically focused on the transition between algebra 2 honors and advanced topics in precalculus. Dr. Emina Alibegovic immersed herself in a course on modeling in algebra and precalculus that has helped her see new opportunities for connecting our math and science classrooms. Mr. Brian Birchler was able to gain an introduction to R, an open source program for statistical analysis that is becoming an academic and industry standard, and he can't wait to introduce it in his classroom. In addition to all the excellent workshops, presentations, and discussions, the department enjoyed time to brainstorm future opportunities and directions for growth, as well as an evening driving and exploring the Maine coastline.

“This conference is one of the best professional development opportunities for math teachers in the country,” says Associate Head of School Jennifer Blake.

The Marquardt Award was established in 2011 through a generous gift from Bob Marquardt, father of three Rowland Hall alumni and a trustee emeritus. This gift to our endowment annually funds an extraordinary professional development opportunity a faculty member proposes that will benefit the school as a whole.

“This conference is one of the best professional development opportunities for math teachers in the country,”

Jennifer Blake

Associate Head of School

Brian Birchler, Upper School Math Department Chair

Rowland Hall 150 YEARS

The 2017-2018 school year marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of Rowland Hall, Utah’s First and Finest Independent School. From 16 students gathered in a downtown bowling alley in 1867 to 950 students studying on two campuses today, Rowland Hall has stayed true to its mission of inspiring students to lead ethical and productive lives for 150 years.

New standards for education in Utah were set when The Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, George Foote, and Rev. Thomas Haskins founded St. Mark’s School on July 1, 1867. The focus of the school was to offer young men and women a classical education while preparing them for college. Across the West, the school was praised for its educational objectives.

St. Mark’s School, and soon after, Rowland Hall, was at the forefront of education in Utah, before Utah was a state and before there were public schools in the territory. By 1871, the school had grown to 310 students and was well on its way to being the school we know today.

See a full historical timeline of Rowand Hall at rowlandhall.org/150

Rowland Hall’s founders were firm believers in the power of education and the importance of strong character. Along with a rich history of academic rigor, the school has established numerous programs and traditions that enrich the lives of students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni. Whether they require innovative thinking, physical prowess, or quiet reflection, these activities are an integral part of what it means to be a Winged Lion. Here we’ve traced some of the most-loved traditions back to their origins.

Which ones do you recall from your time at Rowland Hall? Share your memories with us at rh150@rowlandhall.org.

The 2017 Rowland Hall auction, The Great Gala, was a resounding success! For the past 37 years, the biennial auction has provided instrumental support to the school. Thanks to our community’s generosity, we raised $381,000 for faculty and staff professional development, the Steiner Campus Extraordinary Vision Capital Campaign, and financial aid. This year's paddle raise was the most successful in the school's history! Thanks to our magnanimous guests, we raised a record $81,000 in support of financial aid. A huge thank you to junior Ava Mitra for sharing her experience as an international student from Bangladesh.

For the first time in school history, we held the event off campus, which yielded significant savings. The Tower at Rice-Eccles Stadium provided a sophisticated setting and allowed us to accommodate more people than our on-campus auctions of the past. Thank you to our record 448 guests for embracing this exciting new venue and coming together as a community for a roaring good time in the name of Rowland Hall.

Adria ’95 and Geoff Swindle ’94, Auction Chairs

Thank you to our Great Gala Daisy Buchanan Sponsors

Anonymous

Albion Financial

Lunatic Fringe

Mark Miller Subaru

Mark Miller Toyota

Nicholas & Co.

Sizzling Platter

Wasatch Guaranty Capital

Wyoming Gourmet Beef

Additional Sponsors

Cocktail hour sponsored by Peter and Kirsten Ehrich and Kurt Larsen

Champagne toast sponsored by Steve Goorman and Christa Zaro

Beer sponsored by Proper Brewing Co.

Food sponsored by Peter and Nicole Mouskondis

Linens sponsored by Bob and Wendy Steiner

Evening Supporters

Roger and Karen Edgley

James Okland

Dustin and Jenni Skaggs

Thank You to Our Chairs and Volunteers

Thank you to event chairs Adria ’95 and Geoff ’94 Swindle for their wonderful leadership. The Great Gala wouldn't have been possible without the countless volunteers who helped make it a success. Thank you to Solicitations Committee

Chairs Alexandra Von Maack ’99 and Christopher Cocke, the entire Executive and Solicitations Committees, parent and faculty volunteers, the Operations and Technology departments, and everyone who made the evening run smoothly.

Martin Olsen, Jij deJesus, Christopher VonMaack

Liz Joy, Brian Usher

Executive Committee

Adria ’95 and Geoff ’94 Swindle, Auction Chairs

Christopher Cocke, Solicitations Co-Chair

Alexandra Von Maack ’99, Solicitations Co-Chair

Hilary Gibbons ’96, Auction Director

Darcy Amiel, Invitations Co-Chair

Helen Barkes, Class Projects

Olga Bott, Class Projects

Deanna Byck, Entertainment Chair

Sarah Campsen, Item Display Co-Chairs

Carrie Dennis, Parties Co-Chairs

Holly Drury, Class Projects

Kelly Hermans, Graphic Design + Website

Carolyn Leone, Parties Co-Chair

Akemi Louchheim, Event Coordinator

Carter Lowrance, Volunteer Coordinator Co-Chair

Janet Mannelin, Class Projects

Gina Miller, Item Display Co-Chair

Andrea Miller, Decorations Co-Chair

Marianne Moyle, Invitations Co-Chair

Jennifer Nakao ’93, Class Projects

Kathleen Nichols, Class Projects

Stephanie Orfanakis, Graphic Design + Website

Melissa Orford, Event Coordinator

Robyn Payne ’02, Director of Institutional Advancement

Nora Peterson, Decorations Co-Chair

Jennifer Price-Wallin, Past Chair

Robin Rollins, Volunteer Coordinator Co-Chair

Emily Smith, Entertainment Chair

Wendy Steiner, Item Display Co-Chair

Leslie Stone, Paddle Raise Chair

Anna Topham, Syndicate Trip Chair

Allison Varner, Class Projects

Gita Varner ’05, Database and Office Manager

Ericka Weissman, Treasure Club Co-Chair

Brittany Yeates, Treasure Club Co-Chair

Solicitations Committee

Christopher Cocke, Solicitations Co-Chair

Alexandra Von Maack ’99, Solicitations Co-Chair

Adria Swindle ’95, Auction Chair

Hilary Gibbons ’96, Auction Director

Leta Baker

Melanie Bates

Sam Brogna

Becky Cichos

Katherine Cigarran

Emily Cutt

Kate Dugan

Katrina Durham

Rachael Eckhauser

Patrick Flynn

Sarah Getzelman

Virginia Gowski

Andrea Himoff

Anne Hoagland

Christina Jepson

Katie Lieberman

Lauren McBrier

Larkyn Mungovan

Tonya Pickron

Frances Reagan Copinga

Jenni Skaggs

Tara Wakefield

Ericka Weissman

Cynthia Wright

Ava Mitra

Angelina Beitia, James Hyde

Thank you to the following for supporting The Great Gala 2017

Your contributions are enabling our teachers to share what they’ve learned at professional development conferences and workshops with our students, infusing funds into our financial aid budget, and supporting the Steiner Campus.

Nadim and Maggie AbuHaidar

Wayne and Kathy Adams

Gregory and Tara Adondakis

Robert and Alexandra Altman

Jack and Darcy Amiel

Brad Anderson and Maija Holsti

Richard and Tanya Andrew

Paul Bressloff and Alessandra Angelucci

Ken Aoki and Christopher Ossana

Ken and Kelly Applegate

Apt. 202 Boutique

Roger and Susan Arsht

Coral Azarian

Jason Bergreen and Abby Bacon

Richard Badenhausen and Katherine Venti

Mark Baer and Chris Sparrer Baer

Bryan and Tina Bagley

Leta Baker

Nate and Jacee Ballard

Stephen and Wanda Bamberger

Brent and Anne Baranko

Brian and Karey Barker

Tom and Helen Barkes

Brad Jensen and Sarah Barnes

Joan and Bill Baron

Stephen and Daryl Barrett

Jay and Julie Bartlett

Trip and Melanie Bates

Janet Bates

Eric ’89 and Cyndi Baughman

Rob and Laura Beasley

James Hyde and Angelina Beitia

Conor Bentley ’01 and

Mary Anne Wetzel ’01

Jim Benton and Jen Doherty

Brad and Lauren Benz

Libby Biittner ’03

David ’98 and Christina Lau Billings ’98

Tito Billings ’97 and Mika Robinson

John Bird and Rin Harris

Cheryl Birt

Ted Blackburn

Rob Mayer and Carol Blackwell

Ned White and Jennifer Blake

Rick and Lynn Bleil

Alex Bocock and Amy Sullivan

Alfie and Sarah Jones Boe ’98

Jason and Ashley Boe

Joe and Melanie Borgenicht

Olga Bott

Sandra Bowen Sather

John and Cricket Braun

John and Lizzie Brenkus

Tom and Heidi Brickey

Mark Brogna

John and Mary Ann Brooks

Alice Brown

Julie Brown

Libbie Brown ’03

Lawrence and Isabelle Buhler

Joe Burdick

Julie Gainer and Jennifer Busch

Mark and Sarah Button

Dann and Deanna Byck

Tyson Call ’08

Jack Campsen

Jeff and Sarah Campsen

Christopher Canale and Rachel Baar

Tom and Ashley Carlin

Annie Cashiola

Melissa Cecala

Nitin and Jane Chandramouli

Michael and Beth Chardack

June Chen

Ben and Susan Chortkoff

Paul and Pat Christensen

Erik Christiansen and Christina Jepson

Tyson and Becky Cichos

Chris and Katherine Cigarran

Carlo and Heather Ciriello

Jascha and Candice Clark

Holly Clark

Carol Clawson and Steve Hull

Christopher Cocke and Marty Olsen

Dan ’93 and Amanda Conner

Tom and Mitzi Conover

Jacob Copinga and Frances Reagan Copinga

Carol Curci

Randy and Stacey Curry

Dave and Emily Cutt

Ben ’92 and Erica Dahl

Dru and Amy Damico

Anna Davenport

Bill and Jeanne Davison

Jij de Jesus and Claire Shepley

Nate and Linda Dean

Barry and Carrie Dennis

Lee Dever

Mark Dodson and Jamie Zussman

James and Nicholl Doolin

Jim Ngo and Holly Drury

Michael Drury

Dan Duggleby and Amy Geroso

James and Kris Dumas

Eric and Katrina Durham

Valli Gibbons Durham ’69

Rusty and Rachael Eckhauser

Bruce Edgar and Cornelia Ulrich

Roger and Karen Edgley

Michael and Lindsay Egan

Peter and Kirsten Ehrich

Russell and Pauline Eley

David and Lexi Eller

Tom Jonke and Elizabeth Elliott ’07

Stuart Ruckman and Libby Ellis

Trina Empey

Mark Erickson and Gwen Creel-Erickson

Dan and Anna Ernst

Luz and Juan Carlos Escamilla

Christopher ’07 and Kwynn Everest

Tamara Fackrell

Bing and Judy Fang

Buzz Farnes

Greg Ferbrache and Jennifer Hyde Ferbrache

Joe Ferriter and Jennie Trauscht-Van Horn

Michel and Rebecca Filion

Kelly and Ethan Fisher

Kevin Flamm

Kirk and Tanya Fleischer

Patrick and Ann Flynn

Patrick and Jeanne Flynn

John Foley and Dorene Sambado

Tyler and Gwen Fonarow

Peter and Kitty Northrop Friedman ’91

David and Carol Frymire

Reed and Lindsay Galen

Randhir Gandhi and Manisha Shah

Alex Gardner ’07

Andy Gardner ’00

Dee and Colin Gardner

Bill Geier

John Geier

Brian and Sarah Getzelman

Bill ’63 and Barbara Gibbons

Patrick ’93 and Hilary Amoss Gibbons ’96

Tiffany and Rob Glasgow

Patrick and Mardee Godfrey

Jesse Goldsmith ’01

Steve Goorman and Christa Zaro

Bill Gowski

Bill and Virginia Gowski

Michael and Jennifer Granger

David and Marlene Grissom

Gwen Gross

Finn and Kathy Gundersen

Kurt Dowdle and Ingrid Gustavson

Jim and Phoebe Hailey

Tamra Hall

Kristyn Hancock

Paul House and Melissa Hardy

Garth Hare and Tara Bowman-Hare

Jeff and Kari Hensien

Laura Hermance ’90

Tucker and Kelly Hermans

Josh and Carolyn Hickman

Chris Hill ’00 and Darci Motoki ’01

Adam and Andrea Himoff

Scott and Deborah Hinton

Noah ’97 and Anne Hoagland

Jack and Victoria Hodgkins

Nicholas Hodson and Mary-Lou Smulders

Ryan Hoglund and Libby Mitchell ’92

KK Hoogland

Michael and Marla Howard

Dani Howe

Bryan and Karen Howell

Elizabeth Huelskamp

Bob and Peggy Hunt

Alastair and Polly Hunt

Lyudmyla Hunter

Dorothy Huntsman

Ken Jacquin

Mark Jansen and Carmen Sutherland

Danny and Beth Jasper

Olympia Jenkins

Marianne Jenkins

Jess and Monica Jensen

Cary Jones and Kris Hopfenbeck

Bo Schiers and Molly Jones-Schiers ’07

Jim Macintyre and Liz Joy

Josh and Catherine Kanter

Dave and Judy Kawabata

Landon Kawabata and Jennifer Nakao ’93

Jerry Kayser

Doug and Erica Keil

Jordan and Krystal Lindsey Kendell ’01

Bill Mulligan and Kim Kernan

Matt and Autumn Kieber-Emmons

Robin and Jane Kim

Caleb and Gretchen King

Mike Kirby

David and Stephanie Klein

Josh Pollatsek and Alexx Koskella

Jeffrey Kovnick

Guy and Carol Kroesche

Rebecca Landau

Scott Langone

Kurt Larsen

Whitt and Chris Lee

S. Whitfield Lee ’89

John Hijjawi and Sarha Lee

Sarah and Paul Lehman

Marcus and Denise Leleux

Matt Leonard and Stacey Miller

Bill Patterson and Carolyn Leone

Katie and Ben Lieberman

Bill and Sissy Lieberman

Jeffrey and Anne Livingston

David and Naja Lockwood

Tommy Lombardi ’97

Akemi and David Louchheim

Will and Carter Lowrance

Bo Lu and Wendy Chen

Kyah and Brook Lund

Judy Maack

Lita Madlang ’08

Mike Madlang ’07

Derek and Janet Mannelin

Robert and Mikelle Mansfield

Joleen Mantas

Scott and Veronique Markewitz

Tami and Jane Marquardt

Timothy and Claire Martin

Rachel Sweet-Martin ’88 and Scott Martin

Paul and Andrea Matlin

Kevin and Robin Mayetani

Mindy McAnulty

Alec and Rachel McAree

Parker ‘96 and Lauren McBrier

Seth Spain and Molly McCarthey ’03

Phil and Sandy McCarthey

Tim and Erika McCarthy

Kim McFarland

Mary McIntyre

Dave and Nancy McNally

Alex ’98 and Tara Tribe Meade ’00

Matt Douglas and Ashley Meddaugh

John and Bria Mertens ’87

Josh and Hillary Mettle

Darren and Tracie Michael

John ’96 and Andrea Miller

Mark and Gina Miller

Harold Miller

Jeff Miller ’98

Mark and Kathie Miller

Brian and Lori Miller

Richard and Anita Miner

Faye Mitsunaga

Jim Eng and Faye Mitsunaga

Mike and Deborah Mohrman

Eric and Sarah Moles

Mikelle Moore

Tom and Klew Lian Mori

Wood Moyle '90

Robert and Susan Muenzberg

Prescott Muir

Billy and Larkyn Mungovan

Murray Restaurant Concepts, Inc.

Gary Nakao and

Stephanie Mori-Nakao

Scott and Kathleen Nichols

Rhonda and Bill Nicoloff

Timothy and Lisa O'Brien

Richard Picot and Molly O'Gorman-Picot

Alan Okawa and Allison Oki

Carolee Okland

James Okland

Mike and Stephanie Orfanakis

Melissa and James Orford

Sean and Mekensy Overholt

Allison and Mark Paradise

Jerad and Ashley Park

Daniel and Vanessa Payne

Robyn Payne ’02

Jim and Lee Payne

Ryan and Nora Peterson

Paul Svendsen and Mary Piciocchi

Bartley and Tonya Pickron

Javier Pinedo

Ivan Zendejas-Ruiz and Gaby Portugal-Bouza

Colin and Kat Potter

Jen Powers

Ed and Nooshin Prasthofer

John and Marcia Price

Jennifer Price-Wallin and Tony Wallin

Steve Price and Tiffanie Provost

Laura Snow Prosper and Pierre Prosper

Robin and Raj Puri

Frank Quirk

Allen Raab

Alexander and Lori Ramirez

Noel Rankin

Todd Rankin

Victor and Susan Koles Rickman

Bryan and Erin Riggsbee

Celeste Rockwood-Jones

Velvet Rodriguez-Potson

Trell Rohovit and Jenny Wilson

Michael and Robin Rollins

Camilla Rosenberger

Kelley Rosequist

Ira Rubinfeld and Willamarie Huelskamp

Jonathan and Tina Ruga

Bob and Gail Sanders

Karl and Natalie Sanders

Sam Sather Brogna

Becky Chicos, Gina Miller, Manisha Shaw, Sarah Campsen

Richard Scher

Andy Schilly

Jason Schnaitter and Lisa Gravelle

Jen Schones

Katie Schwab

Shae Searl

Daniel and Traci Sheinberg

Saba Siddiqui and Faizi Siddiqi

Hilary Silberman

Dustin and Jenni Skaggs

Don and Teresa Skaggs

Gordon and Emily Smith

Michael Hoffman and Emily Smith ’74

Hadley Smith ’05

John and Melissa Smith

Ben ’89 and Lindsey Oswald Smith ’92

Cathleen Sparrow

Ryan and Elizabeth Spiker

Kevin and Alice Steiner

Bob and Wendy Steiner

Garrett and Sara Stern

Jason and Jackie Stinnett

David Stockham ’91

Lynelle Stoddard

Leslie and Hal Stone

Ken Abdalla and Kitty Stoneburner

Alan and Paige Stotts

Jeff and Carol Stowell

Theresa and Greg Sueoka

Adria Muir Swindle ’95 and

Geoff Swindle ’94

Steve and Sonnie Swindle

Henry and June Takei

Bill and Linda Tatomer

Mark and Valdirene Thomas

Wendell and Terry Thomas

Anna and Reed Topham

Andy and Katie Tyser

Sarah Uram

Jerry and Sinead Urwin

Brian and Elizabeth Usher

Christopher and Renee Utgaard

Jason and Allison Varner

Gita Varner ’05

Michael Varner and Kathleen Digre

Raul and Jacky Villar

Chris ’97 and Alex Lee Von Maack ’99

Andy and Tara Wakefield

Kirsten Walker

Adam and Stephanie Warner

Kevin and Sara Hames Warren ’98

Christian Waters and Kelly Henderson

Peter and Karen Weiss

Saul and Ericka Weissman

Fred and Corrine Welt

Rich and Sarah Selznick West ’93

Paul and Carol Wetzel

Neil Zussman

Matthew and Bireen Whitten

Matt and Ann Wigham

Brad ’89 and Raina Williams

Kevin and Jennfier Williams

Cindy Wright

Joseph and Cynthia Wright

Mike and Brittany Yeates

David and Sarah Yoon

Lindsay Young

Francis and Angelina Yubero

Kristine Zelenkov ’69

Brian and Martha Zipp

AUCTION ITEM DONORS

9th & 9th Pilates

A Gallery

Rob Adamson

Holly Adi

Adib's Rug Gallery

Adidas Skateboarding

Tara Adondakis

Alamexo Restaurant

Albatross

Alta

Amangani Jackson Hole

Paige Crosland Anderson

Anglea Keen, MD

Anonymous (7)

Apt. 202 Boutique

Nicole Arrington

Idie Atencio

Aviva Woman

Margaret Baker

Georgia Ball

Ballet West

Barbacoa Mexican Grill

Brian and Karey Barker

Stephen Barrett

Bastille

Melanie Bates

Ken Baxter

Beckett & Robb

Bennion Jewelers

Erin Berret

Bill White Restaurant Group and Christian Frech

BlendTec

Bloomingsales

Alfie and Sarah Jones Boe ’98

Connie Borup

Olga Bott

Brass Smoothies

Marlee Brown

Cactus and Tropical and Andrea Matlin

Café Expresso

Caffe Niche

Cahoots

Cake Boutique

Camp Woodward Action Sports Summer Camp

Sarah Campsen

Russel Case

Rachel Chamberlain

The Children’s Hour

Chris and Katherine Cigarran

CJ Hales

Clark Planetarium

Classic Fun Center

Clive Coffee and Adam Raper

CMA

Color Me Mine

Contender

Cool Water Barn

Copper Onion Restaurant Group

Core Body Pilates

Corner Bakery

Cotopaxi

Cowabunga Bay

Creative Energies

Creminelli Fine Meats

Caitlin Creer

Culinary Crafts

Current

Emily Cutt

Kathryn Czarnecki

Dani Howe

Dave Hall

Meri DeCaria

Deer Valley

Discovery Gateway

Disney Theme Park

The Dodo

DOMUS slc

Paul Dougan

DPS

East Liberty Tap House

The Eating Establishment

Eccles Theater

Eggs in the City

Elase

Exclusive Resorts

Thomas Fallon

Kindra Fehr

Filion Can Fix It

The Finishing School

Flemings Prime Steakhouse

Forsey's Furniture

Four and Twenty Sailors

The Front Climbing Club

Dolan Geiman

Larry and Rachel Gilbert

Glass House

Glenwild

Golf Lab

Gorgoza Park

Grand America

Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Michigan

Granite Bakery

The Great Gala Executive Committee

The Great Gala Solicitation Committee

Grizzlie Hockey Tickets

Grow Wild, LLC- Geoff Christensen

Gymnastics Training Center

h2blow the blow dry + makeup bar

Terry Hale and Joanne Stern

Half & Half Boards

Handle

Cristall Harper

High West Distillery

Higher Ground Learning

Andrea Himoff

Hires Big H

Stephanie Hock

Hogle Zoo

Willamarie Huelskamp

I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish

Community Center

Intermountain K9 Academy

Intermountain Pilates Training Center

Janell James ’93

JDW Cotillions

Jeremy Ranch Golf and Country Club

Jolley's Corner Pharmacy

Josanne Glass

Jump Around Utah

Jupiter Bowl Ultimate Bowling Party

Just Organic Juice

Carol Kardon

Katie Waltman Jewelry

Ken Hepworth & Associates

Patty Kimball

Kimi’s Chop & Oyster House

Kindermusik

The King's English

Vita Kobylkina

Lenka Konopasek

Korovilas

The Kura Door Holistic Japanese Spa

KUTV

Kyoto

Layla

Katie and Ben Lieberman

Lifetime Store

Lindsay Young

Lisa Miranda

Little America Hotel

The Little Gym

David Locke

David and Naja Lockwood

Lunatic Fringe

M Cuisine and Bakeshop

Mabo Clothier

Maison confiserie et boutique

Mark Langheinrich ’97, DVM

Mark Miller Subaru and Jeff Miller ’98

Sue Martin

Marty Olsen and Christopher Cocke

Mathnasium of Sugar House

Mattel and Whitt Lee ’89

Mazza

Ben McAdams

The McBrier Family

Phil McCarthey

Steve Mcginty

Hilary Mettle

Miller-Wood Watches at Bennion Jewelers

John ’96 and Andrea Miller

Mimi Sinclair- Keller Williams Salt Lake

Mitzi Conover

Modern Craftsman

Sarah Moles

Momentum

Montage Deer Valley

Rebecca Bird Mortensen

Mountain Trails Gallery and Adam Warner

Larkyn Mungovan

Nailed!

Name Droppers

Native a flower company

Nederlander Producing Company of America

New Orientation

The New Yorker

NHMU and Dru and Amy Damico

Peter and Nicole Mouskondis

Ninja Warehouse

O.C. Tanner

Olympic Park Passes

Omni Hotels and Resorts

Orange Theory Fitness

Traci O'Very Covey

Anna Palmer ’99

The Paris

Park City Sailing Association

Park Meadows Country Club

Past Auction Chairs

Paul Mitchell—The School

Ryan and Nora Peterson

Javier Pinedo

Pizza Studio

Plumb Print Book

Porcupine Grill

Steve Price and Tiffanie Provost

The Price-Wallin Family

Primo, Richelle’s and the Skaggs Family

Promontory Golf Club

Proper Burger

Publik Coffee

Hadley Rampton ’94

Rasmussen Landscape

RC Willey

Reagan Outdoor Advertising

Real Salt Lake and Dell Loy Hansen

Red Butte Garden

Rowland Hall Booster Club

Richelle's Salon and Day Spa

Rowland Hall

Rowland Hall Chess Club

Ruth's Chris Steak House

Sage Dining

Salon MC

Dorene Sambado

Lawrence and Beverly Sambado

Satory Designs/Kami Kahler

Sawtooth Brewery and Public House

Sea Salt

Jennifer Seeley

Serendipity Stables

Sharpewerks jewelry

Sizzling Platter

Ski Utah

Skullcandy

SLAC

Salt Lake City Mayor's Office

Melissa Smith

Sofia Gorder and the Dance Company

Sole Fitness

Soul Poles

Spencer’s

Sports Den

Squatters Pub and Brewery

St. Regis

Pamela Steele

Storybook Café

Streamlined Space/Ruth Hadlock

Sun Valley Company

Sundance Institute

Sundance Mountain Resort

Susan Beck

Susanna with City Home Collective

Tanner Dance

Tara Davies Jewelry

Cordell Taylor

Thrive Acupuncture

Tomkats Hospitality

Anna Topham

Tracy Aviary

Travelbugstudio

TREK Travel/ Sharon Jonas

Trout Bum2

Truffle/Sarah Culp Cusumano ’89

Tsunami Restaurant & Sushi Bar

The Tutoring Toy Shoppe

Andy Tyser

Ultimate combat training center

Under Current

United Concerts

Universal Studios

US Open Tennis

USA Premium Leather Furniture

Inc.

Brian Usher

Utah Jazz

Utah Presents/Kingsbury Hall

Utah Symphony Utah Opera

V Chocolates

Valter's Osteria

Victory Ranch

Visual Art Institute

Jenna von Benedikt

Chris ’97 and Alex Von Maack ’99

Alexandra VonWichman

Tara Wakefield

Warburton Photography

Ericka and Saul Weissman

Westminster College

Justin Wheatley

Whisper Ridge Backcountry Skiing

Kathy Wilson

Wish

Lauren Wood

Joe Wright

Hannah Yaritz

YMCA

Zaniac

A Legacy of Service and Scholarship

Nearly 100 years ago, Virginia Lamborne entered the doors of Rowland Hall’s Avenues Campus and began her education at a school unlike any other in Salt Lake City. Rowland Hall had an ahead-ofits-time reputation for providing young women “an opportunity to study academic subjects to advanced standards.” Raised by her grandparents who frequently traveled, Virginia boarded at Rowland Hall until she graduated in 1934. Strict rules and an inflexible schedule of school bells governed school life. Each day, Virginia wore the same uniform: black-and-white Oxford shoes, a gray skirt, a white shirt with a Peter Pan collar, and never an ounce of makeup. She filled her time writing for the school paper and literary magazine and performing in the plays. For Virginia, Rowland Hall was like a second home. She enjoyed it, and though she didn’t know it at the time, she was establishing a legacy that would last for four generations, and counting.

In 1941, Virginia married J.P. “Pat” Gibbons, the next-in-line president of Gibbons & Reed Co., a road-building company in Salt Lake City. Together, they had four children (Mike Gibbons ’60, Bill Gibbons ’63, Vicky Hoagland ’67, and Valli Durham ’69) whom they instinctively sent to Rowland Hall. By 1956, because of Virginia’s school history and Pat’s involvement in the community, Pat accepted an invitation to join the first Board of Trustees at St. Mark’s School. He was part of the leadership that merged Rowland Hall with St. Mark’s School

Virginia Lamborne 1934

Mike Gibbons 1960

Sarah Gibbons Jack Gibbons Ella Hoagland Sam Hoagland Lucus Durham Quinn Hoagland Miles Durham

Bill Gibbons 1963 Vicky Hoagland 1967 Valli Durham

JP Gibbons "Pat"

in 1964, and gave generously to the school, eventually becoming a trustee emeritus in 1988.

In 1966, headmistress Betty Corr retired after 18 years.

Headmaster Tom Jackson later learned that the beloved Mrs. Corr had no retirement fund. Pat and Virginia stepped in, making a generous gift to the school that would ensure that Mrs. Corr received a healthy monthly stipend. Pat and Virginia’s second son, Bill Gibbons ’63, said his parents donated money to help fund Mrs. Corr’s retirement, and when she died, leftover funds went toward establishing a new scholarship. Thus the Pat and Virginia Gibbons Scholarship was created, and continues today as an endowed fund to annually assist a student in need.

Of the many students the scholarship has supported over the years, one received the Distinction in Service Award from Rowland Hall, an honor that would’ve surely brought pride to the late Gibbons couple. For Pat and Virginia, providing opportunities for children to thrive was deeply important, and their commitment to education showed in their service on multiple boards. Their children have carried on that commitment: they took the reigns of the Gibbons Family Foundation in 1989, just prior to Pat’s and Virginia’s passing. “Our parents were dedicated to their community, offering both time and financial contributions,” son Bill ’63 said. “It was something that we [children] all saw and learned by example.”

Over the years, Bill, Mike, Vicky, and Valli have all honored their parents’ legacy through financial support to their parents’ scholarship and the Annual Fund, and service on the school board. They also sent their children to the school—in the late ’80s and early ’90s, five of Virginia and Pat’s grandchildren attended Rowland Hall: Mike’s son Jim Gibbons ’92 and Matt Gibbons; Bill’s kids Patrick Gibbons ’93 and Tracy Gibbons ’96; and Vicky’s kids Noah Hoagland ’97 and Sadie Hoagland ’99 . Between those five Winged Lions, they

held titles such as musician, athlete, yearbook editor, member of the German Club and Amnesty International, and even “most talented.”

Unsurprisingly, Virginia and Pat’s legacy lives on today in great numbers. Three of their four children are now grandparents at Rowland Hall, three of their grandchildren are current parents of lower schoolers, and seven of their great-grandchildren attend Rowland Hall: Ella (fourth grade), Sam (second grade), and Quinn Hoagland (4PreK); Sarah (fourth grade) and Jack Gibbons (second grade); and Lucas (kindergarten) and Miles Durham (3PreK).

“I can’t even imagine the Salt Lake Valley not having Rowland Hall in it,” Bill said. “I love that my grandkids are so excited about their education. I don’t remember ever being that excited about my education.”

His son Patrick ’93 agrees. “I look at the things my children are learning and am in awe of the curriculum, the academics, and the things they know about plants and the planets, for example,” he said. “The subjects they study are so developed at Rowland Hall.” Bill nodded in agreement. “To see how the school does things now and to see the direction it is going...it is a good cause, so that’s why we continue to give every year,” the elder Gibbons said.

Patrick continued his father’s thought: “I can’t imagine how my life would be different if my grandmother hadn’t attended Rowland Hall. It’s like the butterfly effect,” he said. “There’s also a reasonable chance that we would have ended up here even if my grandmother hadn’t gone here because of the Rowland Hall community and rigorous academics.”

Though much has changed since Virginia Lamborne stepped foot on the Avenues Campus almost 100 years ago—the school’s location, name, dress code, and enrollment—the legacy that Virginia began, and the traditions of friendship and service that she and her husband modeled, remain constant a century later.

YOU CAN LEAVE A LEGACY, TOO

At Rowland Hall, there are many ways to ensure your support has a lasting impact. Establishing a named endowment fund is a way to create a scholarship or honor a loved one. An endowed fund requires a long-term, minimum commitment of $50,000 which rolls off 4% interest annually. Creating a planned gift in your will is another way to leave a legacy. If you have named Rowland Hall in your estate plans or would like to discuss options on how to give a tax-wise planned gift to the school, please contact Director of Institutional Advancement, Robyn Payne ’02 at robynpayne@rowlandhall.org

DONORS

Rowland Hall wishes to thank all of the following donors who generously contributed to the school’s 2016-2017 Annual Fund.

This Annual Report lists gifts made from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. While we make every effort to be accurate, mistakes occur. If you have made a gift to Rowland Hall during the fiscal year and your name has been omitted, misspelled, or incorrectly listed, please accept our sincere apologies and advise us of the error by calling Robyn Payne in the Advancement Office at 801-924-2961. Out of respect and for purposes of consistency, all grandparents’ names are listed formally.

DONOR THANKS

Annual Fund Donors 2016 - 2017

HEADMASTER’S COUNCIL

($10,000 +)

Anonymous (4)

The Abrams Family

Bryan and Tina Bagley

Brian and Karey Barker

Bob and Merritt Bennett

Rick and Lynn Bleil

David and Susan Carlebach

DST Systems

Jonathan and Pam Eichner

Bing and Judy Fang

Peter and Kitty Northrop Friedman '91

Louise Gaylord

Larry and Rachel Gilbert

Goldman Sachs

Phil and Gloria Horsley

Roxane Googin and Kent Winterholler Heather Horsley

Alastair and Polly Hunt

Kanter Family Foundation

Jill and David Lang

Kurt Larsen

David and Naja Lockwood

Mary W. Harriman Foundation

Alec and Rachel McAree

Wood Moyle '90

Ryan and Nora Peterson

Jennifer Price-Wallin and Tony Wallin

The R. Harold Burton Foundation

Zach and Janelle Smith

The Steiner Foundation, Inc

The Sunderman Hauck Family Fund

Chris '97 and Alexandra Lee Von Maack '99

Brian and Martha Zipp Charitable Foundation

HALLMARKER GOLD

($5,500-$9,999)

Anonymous

Richard and Tanya Andrew

Ken and Kelly Applegate

Rob and Laura Beasley

Roger and Karen Edgley

Peter and Kirsten Ehrich

Chip and Gayle Everest

Jack and Victoria Hodgkins

Alex ‘86 and Catherine Kim

Tami and Jane Marquardt

Phil and Sandy McCarthey

John ’96 and Andrea Miller

Scott and Kathleen Nichols

Robert and Sara Anne Williams Spalding ’87

Anna and Reed Topham

Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Program

The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation

HALLMARKER SILVER ($3,000-$5,499)

Anonymous (2)

Gregory and Tara Adondakis

David and Rocio Andrews

Roger and Susan Arsht

Bamberger Allen Health and Educational Foundation

Tom and Helen Barkes

Carl and Kimberly Barkow

Bill and Joan Baron

Jay and Julie Bartlett

Eric ’89 and Cyndi Baughman

John Bird and Rin Harris

Jeff and Sarah Campsen

Michael and Beth Chardack

Mark Erickson and Gwen Creel-Erickson

Barry and Carrie Dennis

Alan Hayes

John Hijjawi and Sarha Lee

KK Hoogland

Jeff and Sharon Jonas

Caleb and Gretchen King

Akemi and David Louchheim

Will and Carter Lowrance

Scott and Connie Maves

John and Bria Mertens

Microsoft Giving Campaign

The Mark and Kathie Miller Foundation

Matt Leonard and Stacey Miller

Eric and Sarah Moles

Mikelle Moore

Joe and Stephanie Nash

Kenneth and Kelle Okazaki

Bartley and Tonya Pickron

Josh and Autum Savage

Max and Teri Savage

Nick and Marcy Stearns

Paul Stotts

Barbara Telander

HALLMARKER

Anonymous (4)

BRONZE ($1,500-$2,999)

Robert and Alexandra Altman

Jack and Darcy Amiel

Brad Anderson and Maija Holsti

David and Sandra Askew

Richard Badenhausen and Katherine Venti

Dal and Carolyn Bagley

Kevin Baneth

Brent and Anne Baranko

Joe and Gainor Bennett

Jim Benton and Jen Doherty

Nadim and Karen Bikhazi

Pierce and Elise Browne

Elaine Burke

Dann and Deanna Byck

Robert and Susan Card

Tom and Ashley Carlin

Dan and Kathy Chace

Erik Christiansen and Christina Jepson

Holly Clark

Carol Clawson and Steve Hull

Tom and Mitzi Conover

Jacob Copinga and Frances Reagan Copinga

Dru and Amy Damico

Delta Airlines Foundation

Stephen Denkers and Heidi Titus

Robert and Kelli Dotson

Russell and Pauline Eley

Nick and Felicity Fouche

Spencer and Ann Galt

Dee and Colin Gardner

Bill ’63 and Barbara Gibbons

Tiffany and Rob Glasgow

Bill and Virginia Gowski

Tamra Hall

Jeff and Kari Hensien

Nicholas Hodson and Mary-Lou Smulders

Tim and Susan Houden

Paul House and Melissa Hardy

Drew and Liza Howell

Morgan and Brett Hutchinson

The Janes Family

Mark Jansen and Carmen Sutherland

Brad Jensen and Sarah Barnes

Gerald and Julia Johansson

Ronald and Holly Jorgensen

Ajay Krishnan and Shailaja Akkapeddi

Bill Patterson and Carolyn Leone

Katie and Ben Lieberman

Jeffrey and Anne Livingston

Jim Macintyre and Liz Joy

Bob and Suzanne Marquardt

The David J. and Nancy L. McNally Foundation

Eric Scaife and Caroline Milne

David Min and Megan Donohue

David and Gaynelle Mize

Sean Morgan and Sara Bresee

Nakasone Family Foundation

Chris Nolan and Angela Keen

Timothy and Lisa O'Brien

Marty Olsen and Christopher Cocke

Melissa and James Orford

Allison and Mark Paradise

Ted Paisley and Tricia Petzold

Pfizer Foundation Matching Gift Program

Pierre and Laura Prosper

Robin and Raj Puri

Bill and Julia Reagan

Dewey and Kari Jo Reagan

James and Christine Riter

Michael and Robin Rollins

John and Ellie Olwell Roser '60

Ira Rubinfeld and Willamarie Huelskamp

Ruth Eleanor Bamberger and John Ernest Bamberger Memorial Foundation

Scott Schaefer

Scholarship America

Christine and Kevin Schwartz

Saba Siddiqui and Faizi Siddiqi

Allan and Thalia Papanikolas Smart ’63

Luke and Tristan Smart

Alan and Nancy Sparrow

Leslie and Hal Stone

Alan and Paige Stotts

Theresa and Greg Sueoka

Rachel Sweet-Martin ’88 and Scott Martin

Adria Muir Swindle ’95 and Geoff Swindle ’94

Sarah Uram

Jerry and Sinead Urwin

Jason and Allison Varner

Saul and Ericka Weissman

Fred and Corrine Welt

Todd Wilcox and Antonio Bucio

Charles Womack and Donna Clower

Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation

Hongsuk Yang and Soohyun Park

Mike and Brittany Yeates

CONTRIBUTORS

Anonymous (43)

2016-2017

2nd Grade Families

Ken Abdalla and Kitty Stoneburner

Bjorn Ablad

Kait Abraham

Nadim and Maggie AbuHaidar

Jon Accarrino and Annette Shade-Accarrino

Wayne and Kathy Adams

Jazmin Adamson

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Neeraj and Archana Agarwal

Campbell and Juliette Ainsworth

Booth and Kristin Aldred

Emina Alibegovic

Mohammand and Duna Alsolaiman

Amazon Smile

David and Alison Anderson

Tara Anderson

Ken Aoki and Christopher Ossana

Leila Armknecht

Jack Arnott

Marianne Arrigona

Bryan and Michelle Ashby

Holly Ausbeck

Amber Ayers

Coral Azarian

Jason Bergreen and Abby Bacon

Alec Baden

Mark Baer and Chris Sparrer Baer

Leta Baker

Abe and Lisa Bakhsheshy

Robert Ball and Sandra Nugent

John Ballard and Karen Miller

Christine Bamberger

Ed and Melissa Barbanell

Julie Barbero

Julie and Bill Barrett

Bill Barron

Annie Barton ’04

Robert and Char Bauer

Jose Beach

Paul and Talitha Beach

Timothy Beals and Marcella Woizcik

Trey and Erin Bean

Andrea Beckman

Mike and Kari Bennett

Conor Bentley ’01 and

Mary Anne Wetzel ’01

Paul and Ann Bernstein

David ’98 and Christina Lau Billings ’98

Brian Birchler

Cheryl Birt

Joe Biskupiak and Diana Brixner

Rob Mayer and Carol Blackwell

John Blumenthal

Roberta Bocock

Kris and Phuong Bodeen

Doug and Donna Booher

Joe and Melanie Borgenicht

Larry Bown and Savittrey Nalamlieng

John and Lizzie Brenkus

Tom and Heidi Brickey

Todd and Monika Brickson

Christa Brigdon

Mike and Susan Brodsky

Carmen and Belinda Brokke

Alice Brown

David Brown ’87 and Christian Fritze

Julie Brown

Denis and Kathryn Brown

Lawrence and Isabelle Buhler

Zenon Bulka

Steve and Cindy Burian

Ken and Ann Burnett

Matt and Valerie Burnett

Mark and Sarah Button

Patricia Callahan

Gregg Wood and Nicki Camp

Martin Caravati and Wanda Updike

Jim Carlisle and Kris Kokeny

Jeanette Carpenter ’95

Lauren Carpenter

John Carron and Traci Telander

Shannon and Jonathan Casson

Keith and Yuri Chan

Nitin and Jane Chandramouli

Dale and Margaret Chapman

Andrew Chase and Lee Molen-Chase

Thomas Check

June Chen

Florian Solzbacher and Xiao Xin Chen

Ben and Susan Chortkoff

Pat Christensen

Paul and Pat Christensen

Michele Christiansen

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Foundation

Tyson and Becky Cichos

Chris and Katherine Cigarran

Mary Ciminelli and Cliff Read

Jim and Michelle Chamberlain

Frank and Sarah Cipriano

Carlo and Heather Ciriello

Jascha and Candice Clark

Emily Clawson

Andrea Clayton

Lynda Coleman and Alisha Matthews

Kelly Cook

Bruce and Julie Cooper

Thomas and Mary Jane Cork

Chris and Kari Corroon

Paul and Dena Corson

Clifford Coury and Stanna Frampton

Scott Cowdrey

Dennis Crocker and Barbara Nielsen

Adella Croft

Jonathan and Molly Doilney Crosswhite ’98

Bryan Cunningham

Randy and Stacey Curry

John Sarbo and Kathryn Czarnecki

Sara Dacklin

Dan and Roxana Dan

Paul and Debbie Dau

Mark and Julie Davenport

Alan and Vanessa Davis

John and Alesa Davis

Jij de Jesus and Claire Shepley

Chris and Amy DeLap

Jonathan Delcambre

John and Sarah DeMark

Ben and Alexandra Doctorman

Mark Dodson and Jamie Zussman

James and Nicholl Doolin

Jim and Susan Downs

Jim Dreyfous

Jim Ngo and Holly Drury

Dan Duggleby and Amy Geroso

John and Heather Ure Dunagan ’91

Eric and Katrina Durham

Robert Dustman

Bruce Edgar and Cornelia Ulrich

Michael and Lindsay Egan

Brian Elkington

Jean Elkington

Atif Ellahie and Hina Baig

David and Lexi Eller

Trina Empey

Dan and Anna Ernst

Luz and Juan Carlos Escamilla

Gary and Paula Evershed

Beverly Facklam

Dan Berkowitz and Rachel Factor

Kevin Fedor and Donna Williams

Barry and Cindy Feinman

Wendy Fenton

Peter and Bonnie Feola

Hugh and Kate Ferguson

Joe Ferriter and Jennie Trauscht-Van Horn

Ira and Lili Field

Michel and Rebecca Filion

Patrick and Ann Flynn

John Foley and Dorene Sambado

Tyler and Gwen Fonarow

Scott and Melody Fontaine

Alec and Ariel Ford

Tracy and Leilani Fowler

Stan Freck and Tina Braun

Brett and Lisa Friedman

David and Carol Frymire

Brian Fukushima and Tammy Park

Anson Fogel and Alex Fuller

Sam and Carol Funk

Charles Gaddis

Jordan Gaddis

Julie Gainer and Jennifer Busch

Randhir Gandhi and Manisha Shah

Wei Gao and Bo Qiu

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan and Kalpana Ganesh

Gardner and Taylor, PLLC

Alex Gardner ’07

Brian and Sarah Getzelman

Patrick ’93 and Hilary Amoss Gibbons ’96

Jeremy and Coreen Gililland

Todd and Liza Glick

Patrick and Mardee Godfrey

Sam and Sherrie Goldstein

Steve Goorman and Christa Zaro

Sofia Gorder

Bert Granberg and Felicia Olivera

Michael and Jennifer Granger

Kipp Greene and Jeanne Zeigler

Diane Guido

Jennifer Gully

Finn and Kathy Gundersen

Flor Gurmandi

Kurt Dowdle and Ingrid Gustavson

Ellen Guthrie

Cory and Kimberly Hacking

Jim and Phoebe Hailey

Jon Snyder and Cindy Hall

Jim Hall

Jacob Hampton ’04

Linda Hampton

Kelly Hannah ’90

Dugg and Ann Marie Hannon

Chris and Megan Hanrahan

Skip and Sarah-jane Hardy ’04

Sydney Hartsell ’08

Stephen and Wesley Hartsell

James Harvey and Christine Greenwood

Pete and Jen Hathaway

Chris and Tasha Hatton

Robert Hausser

The Rt. Rev. Scott Hayashi and

Amy O'Donnell

Rachel Hayes

James and Melissa Henn

Kirsten Hepburn

Laura Hermance ’90

Tucker and Kelly Hermans

Josh and Carolyn Hickman

Chris Hill and Jacqui Wittmeyer

Adam and Andrea Himoff

Scott and Deborah Hinton

Noah ’97 and Anne Hoagland

Ryan Hoglund and Libby Mitchell ’92

Troy and Ashley Holbrook

Phillip and Naomi Holm

Jason Hone and Jeanne Falk

Robin and Cynthia Hori

Stanley Holmes and Rebecca Horn

Ellen Hotung and Steve Boyd

Kathy Howa and Kendra Tomsic

Dani Howe

Bryan and Karen Howell

Elizabeth Huelskamp

Maria Hutchings

Tony and Oanh Huynh

James Hyde and Angelina Beitia

Robert Immitt

Jeremy and Anne Innis

Intermountain Healthcare

Mark and Jen Irwin

Ken Jacquin

Danny and Beth Jasper

Marianne Jenkins

Jess and Monica Jensen

Alan and Liesl Jeppson

Eric Johnson

Laura Johnson

Cary Jones and Kris Hopfenbeck

Priya Junnar and Hiram Chodosh

Youngwook Won and Minjin Jung

Toby Schmidt and Natalie Kaplan

Mark Johnston and Gabrielle Kardon

Ragu and Shalini Kasturi

Landon Kawabata and Jennifer Nakao ’93

Anthony Kaye and Elizabeth Wright

Doug and Erica Keil

Bobby and Kathy Kennedy

Sharon Kessinger

John and Gina Kiechle

Laura Kiechle ’05

Lisa Kimball

John Flanders and

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders

David and Stephanie Klein

Dieter Knecht

Mike and Diane Koetter

Nate ’00 and Anna Kogan

Jeffrey Kovnick

Kroger/Smith's Earn and Learn Program

Abhijit and Sayali Kulkarni

Bobby Kwun and Patty Yun

Steven Labrum and Jenney Wilder

Alex and Clark LaCouture

Jen Beck Lair ’89 and John Lair

Rebecca Landau

Scott Langone

Charlotte Larsen

DeMitt Rutledge and Annalise Lasater

Mary Lawlor

Josh Leger

Sarah and Paul Lehman

Sarah Lenhart

Steve and Michelle Lessnick

Jeff Streba and Molly Lewis

Karma Sok-Choekore and Tenzin Lhazey

Yuan Lin and Hongwei Xu

Gary Lindemann

Peter and Jessica Lindgren

Mitch Lindsay and Margee Hayes

Dave and Rebecca Livermore

Larry Livsey

Joel Long

Lianna Lopez

Mitch and Marina Lowe

Bo Lu and Wendy Chen

Kyah and Brook Lund

Brian Lunde and Sue Mark-Lunde

Daniel and Emily Lupash

John and Michelle MacFarlane

Lorena Magdaleno

Robert and Mikelle Mansfield

Joel and Mary Jo Marker

Scott and Veronique Markewitz

Timothy and Claire Martin

Darcy and Brian Marvin

Marva Match

Graham Mather and Tammy Frisby

Jim Matheson and Amy Herbener

Paul and Andrea Matlin

Kevin and Robin Mayetani

Parker ‘96 and Lauren McBrier

Stuart and Peggy McCandless

Tim and Erika McCarthy

Vivian and Kim McGuire

Mary McIntyre

Bud McManus

Michael Measom and Rebecca Lucille

Rob and Susanna Mellor

Jon Melman and Aimee Nussbaum

Heidi Memmott

Josh and Hillary Mettle

Meredith Metzger

Jim Michie and Wendy Smith

Brian Mickey and Amy Locke

Donna Milavetz

James Milavetz

Mark and Gina Miller

Jeff Miller ’98

Brian and Lori Miller

Tracy Mills and Elizabeth Hruby-Mills

Lisa Miranda

John and Sara Mitcham

Dan and Joy Mitchell

Courtenay Mize

Jason Moore

Brian Morgan

Tom and Klew Lian Mori

Donald and Maisa Morris

Tom Moyer and Lauren Barros

John and Jennifer Muhlestein

Mary Muir

Patrick Murphy

Jonathan and Paula Naatz

Allen and Kate Nevins

Kathleen Tundermann Niles ’96

Chucks Nimmagadda and Preeti Tonpe

Chad and Kristina Obermark

Mark Oftedal and Sarah Wright

Richard Picot and Molly O'Gorman-Picot

Maureen O'Hara Ure

Alan Okawa and Allison Oki

Brad Olch

Stan and Margaret Oldham

Serge and Maura Olszanskyj

Oracle Matching Gifts Program

Mike and Stephanie Orfanakis

Brandon and Beth Ott

Steve and Jenna Gelegotis Pagoaga ’98

Cheryl Palmer

Erika Palsson

Steven and Cindy Panish

Kody Partridge

Kelly and Jeanene Patterson

Kip and Terri Paul

Jim and Lee Payne

Robyn Payne ’02

Zach Pendleton and Sara Payne

Robby Pederson and Becky Taylor

PepsiCo

Gustavo Perez-Fernandez and Saeko Suzuki

David and Lauri Perry

Erich and Nancy Petersen

Marcus and Melissa Pezzolesi

Jason Pickavance

Nicole Pinnell

JP and Beth Plavan

Plum Print, Inc

Alisa Poppen

Erik and Lynn Postnieks

Colin and Kat Potter

Jen Powers

Ed and Nooshin Prasthofer

Troy Price

Skip Puckett

Allen Raab

Carl Rabke

Nathan and Katherine Ragle

Andre Ramjoue

Adam and Dani Raper

Marc and Michelle Rasich

John and Lee Rech

Santosh and Deepika Reddy

Bart and Georgia Reuling

Victor and Susan Koles Rickman

Matt Rigby

Wallace Ring

Erwin and Carol Riven

Hallie Robbins

Melanie Robbins

Mike Roberts

Julie Roberts-Morris

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Don Rogers and Diane Nicholson

Trell Rohovit and Jenny Wilson

Gail Rose

Shane and Heather Rose

Camilla Rosenberger

Michelle Royer

Stuart Ruckman and Libby Ellis

Jonathan and Tina Ruga

Gina Russo

Thomas Rust and Raychel Gonzales

Pete and Pat Sadoski

Salt Lake Acting Company

Dave and Kate Samson

Ricardo Sanchez and Rosa Ramos Salvador

Sandra Helm Living Trust

Sam Sather Brogna

Doug and Deborah Schillinger

Gary and Alisha Schlichter

Anni Schneider

Jen Schones

Patrick and Jennifer Seagrave

Mike and Carol Shackelford

Shaun Shakib and Sabine Koepf-Shakib

B.J. Sandberg and LaVonne Wells Sandberg

Bill Shann

Traci and Daniel Sheinberg

Bing Shen and Claire Liu

David and Tiffany Shewell

Fuad and Samar Shihab

Kurt Shirkey

Dave Sidlow

Hilary Silberman

Chelsea Simmons

John and Ann Skaggs

Sam Sleiman

Ben ’89 and Lindsey Oswald Smith ’92

Hadley Smith ’05

Hubbert and Vicki Smith

Jeannine Smith

John and Melissa Smith

Ken Smith and Cathleen Zick

Troy and Julie Somerville

Lee and Nobuko Song

Susan Sparrow ’04

Allison Spehar

Tyler Stack

Garret and Bethany Stephensen

Garrett and Sara Stern

Derek Steward

Kerry Steward

Lynelle Stoddard

Pam Stone

Jeff and Carol Stowell

Fred and Linda Strohacker

Maxwell Sueoka ’16

Kylee Suliafu

Robert Summerfield and Isabel Moreira

John and Erika Summers

Kit ’64 and Molly Sumner

Paul Svendsen and Mary Piciocchi

Sankar and Mary Swaminathan

Ned and Chrissy Swanson

Geoff Ballantyne and Mary Jo Sweeney

Kristin Takahashi

Tyler and Shawni Tanner

Target Take Charge of Education

Mike and Leslie Tate

Bill and Linda Tatomer

Lans and Chelsea Taylor

Kate Taylor

James and Olga Sattarova Taylor ’00

Michael Teter

Chaleh and CJ Thirkill

The Thomas & William Gilbane Foundation

Mark and Christine Thomas

Gary and Kirsten Thomas

Mark and Valdirene Thomas

Wendell and Terry Thomas

Tom Thorne

Levi Todd

Robert and Tami Tokita

Larry and Ellen Toscano

Steve and Lisa Towner

Lawrence and Fabby Trujillo

Jim and Missy Tschabrun

Bob and Lynette Tucker

Katie Turnbull

Wayne and Linda Tyler

Andy and Katie Tyser

Alex and Sally Uhle

Carolyn Uhle

Laurie Underwood

United Way of Salt Lake

Christopher and Renee Utgaard

Pieter and Leidy van Ispelen

Emi van Wagoner

Jennie VanWagner ’07

Gita Varner ’05

Nick and Chelsea Vasquez

David and Barbara Viskochil

Drew vonLintel and Jessie Fiat

Matt Wachowiak and Ayako Yamaguchi

Andy and Tara Wakefield

Charles and Ethanne Waldo

Kirsten Walker

Adam and Stephanie Warner

Wasatch Advisors

Christian Waters and Kelly Henderson

Peter and Karen Weiss

Chris and Serife Welton

Richard and Teri West

Doug ’00 and McKinsee Weyher

Chuck White

Sarah White

Edward White and Jennifer Blake

Troy and Katie Williams

Rob Wilson and Elizabeth Howard

Phillip and Beckie Winston

Anne Wolfer

Greg and Chrissy Wood

Doug Wortham and Nick Nero

Cynthia Muirhead Worthington ’51

Ed and Marie-Claude Wrenn

William Yaggy '63 and Amy Leveen

Hannah Yaritz

David and Sarah Yoon

Lindsay Young

Jason and Mary Rose Young

Sarah Young

Tenzin Youngtok and Xi Feng

Francis and Angelina Yubero

James and Jo-Ann Yuen Goh

Ivan Zendejas-Ruiz and Gaby Portugal-Bouza

Robert Zeng

IN HONOR OF

Current Rowland Hall students are not listed

Alan and Nancy Sparrow (2)

Benjamin '07 and Katharine Tyler ’04

Brian Birchler

Diane Guido

Doug Wortham

Elizabeth Howard

Emily Gordon ’16

Eric Baughman ’89

Alessandra Miranda ’16

Jessie Cameron King

Maxwell Sueoka ’16

Michelle Rasich, Kody Partridge, Fiona

Halloran, Lee Thomsen, Matt Burnett

Mike Shackelford and the Debate Program

Robert Deans

The Gilbert Family

IN MEMORY OF

Abdulmajeed Alsolaiman

Benjamin Dolan-Wilardson

Bert I. Frisby

CBFC

Edmund Tyler Wrenn ’92

Geeta Shah ’95

Jackson Miller

Jane Barrett ’92

Jeremiah Thompson

Judy Chapman Faydock ’57

Keith Lunde

Leslie Carson

Neil Stack

Nonie Hammond and Hays Gorey

Peter Hayes

Phil Karsh

Robert D. Maack, Esq.

Sandra Helm

Sharon Muir

Sutton Snook ’90

The Rev. Lincoln Ure

Tony Larimer and Pete Winder

GRANDPARENT DONORS

Current Rowland Hall grandchildren are listed

Anonymous (5)

Mr. and Ms. John Abdalla

Ally Abdalla, Jordan Abdalla

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bagdasarian

Andy Merrill, Louise Rech

Mr. and Ms. Dal Bagley

Ella Bagley, Allison Bagley

Mr. Robert Barbanell

Calvin Barbanell

Mr. Roland Barbero

Tatum Brown-Barbero, Ellison Brown-Barbero

Mr. and Ms. Lee Barnes

George Jensen

Mr. and Ms. Joseph C. Bennett

Blair Alley

Ms. Dale O. Berry

Nick Orfanakis, Emilie Orfanakis

Mrs. Etta-Rae L. Blazar

Soren Feola

Mrs. Roberta Bocock

Frederic Bocock, James Bocock,

Elisabeth Bocock, Mary Bocock

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Bown

Isabelle Bown, Auden Bown

Mr. Jack Brickson

Kaia Brickson, Dagny Brickson

Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Browne

Lily Ferguson

Ms. Elaine Burke

Jason Cowdrey

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Butler

James Hunt, Henry Hunt

Mr. and Ms. Robert Card

Charlotte Moles, David Moles

Mr. and Ms. Herbert Carlin

Maddie Carlin, Lizzie Carlin, Emma Carlin

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald K. Carlisle

Sam Carlisle

Ms. Virginia Chin

William Chin

Mr. and Mrs. James Clayton

Megan Monahan

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cole

Tucker Lee

Mr. David Copeland and Ms. Susan Koehn

Emma Skinner

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cross

William Potter, Nicholas Potter

Ms. Sharon Crow

Erin Stotts, Hayden Stotts

Mrs. Joan Diamandis

Sasha Diamandis, Skylar Diamandis

Mrs. Madeleine Dugan

Alan Dugan

Ms. Valli Durham

Lucas Durham

Ms. Linda Eesley

Hailee Eesley

Ms. Charlotte H. England

Andrew Kimball, Katie Rose Kimball

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Epina

Charleigh Vitek, Jack Vitek, Michael Vitek

Ms. Evelyn Falk

Zoe Hone

Ms. Gail Flanagan

Owen Keil, Maddie Keil

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fowler

Benjamin Fowler, Emily Fowler

Mr. and Ms. Larry Framme

Jules Framme

Mr. and Ms. Gregory Frech

Maddy Frech

Ms. Elizabeth Gaylord

Tristam Gaylord

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gibbons

Jack Gibbons, Sarah Gibbons

Ms. Elizabeth Gibson

Cooper Davis

Mr. Rick Gordon and Ms. Susan

Marshall

Jake Gilbert, Ryan Gilbert, Kaela Gilbert

Ms. Marie Graham

Julia Graham

Mr. and Mrs. Don Granberg

Macy Olivera

Ms. Geraldine Grant

Molly Friedman, Lindley Friedman, Ned Friedman

Ms. Rona Greenstadt

Eli Stern

Mr. Gilbert M. Grosvenor

Wyatt Eller, Samira Eller

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hayward

Rachel Morse

Ms. Patricia Hepburn

Lila Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Himoff

Maddy Himoff, Isabel Himoff

Mr. and Ms. John Hoagland

Quinn Hoagland, Sam Hoagland, Ella Hoagland

Mr. and Ms. Ken Hoffman

Eli Hoffman

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Horsley

Mei Mei Johnson, Teddy Johnson

Ms. Karen Hyde

Will Ferbrache

Ms. Jenni Jackson

Jake Gilbert, Ryan Gilbert, Kaela Gilbert

Dr. and Ms. Burton Jaffe

Sofia Espinosa, Ben Espinosa

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jay

Anna Jiricko

Ms. Lorraine Jensen

Alyssa Jorgensen

Ms. Cynthia Johnson

Kate Warren, Will Warren

Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Johnson

Cate Christiansen, Adie Christiansen

Dr. and Mrs. Sung Wan W. Kim

Chiara Kim

Mr. Terry Kogan and Mr. Greg Hatch

David Kogan

Ms. Bea Lehman

Tyler Lehman, Will Lehman, Samantha Lehman

Mrs. Elaine Ling-Fukushima

Noa Fukushima, Maile Fukushima, Anna Fukushima

Mr. Lindsay Logue

Sally Logue, Simon Logue

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Louchheim

Arden Louchheim, Carter Louchheim

Mr. and Ms. Steven F. Lowe

Sasha Lowe, Sabina Lowe

Mrs. Doris Lunde

Cole Lunde, Ty Lunde

Ms. Judy Maack

Juliet Von Maack, Charlie Von Maack

Mr. and Ms. George Mariz

Milana Teter, Theo Teter

Mr. Milt Markewitz

Julien Markewitz

Ms. Jane and Ms. Tami Marquardt

Dakota Erickson, Briggs Ballard, Boston Ballard

Ms. Miyoshi Marumoto

Allison Mayetani

Ms. Norma W. Matheson

Will Matheson

Mr. and Ms. Kevin Mayetani

Allison Mayetani

Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. McCormick

Charlie Tate, Marguerite Tate

Ms. Christine McRoy

Molly Friedman, Lindley Friedman,

Ned Friedman

Dr. and Mrs. Jon Middleton

Madeleine Baneth

Mr. and Ms. Mark Miller

Declan Miller, Miles Miller, Natalie Miller, Owen Miller

Ms. Toni Miller

Ella Leonard, Alex Leonard, Kate Leonard

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miner

Nick Orfanakis, Emilie Orfanakis

Mr. and Mrs. Rolando Miranda

Gabriella Miranda

Mr. and Ms. Tom Mitchell

Meg Hoglund

Mr. and Mrs. David Mize

Cooper Porges, Davis Porges

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moore

Annie Lutton

Ms. Keiko O. Mori

Akemi Kawabata, Josef Sueoka

Ms. Wendy Morris

Sarah Kaye

Ms. Judith B. Moyle

Ocky Moyle

Dr. Gary Nakao and Ms. Stephanie Mori-Nakao

Akemi Kawabata, Carson Kawabata

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Nugent

Isaac Ball

Mr. James Okland

Ruby Varner, Madsen Varner

Ms. Susan Olszanskyj

Greg Olszanskyj

Ms. and Mr. Sandy Pagoaga

William Pagoaga

Mr. Bruce Paisner

Asher Williams, Wyatt Williams

Mr. and Ms. Thomas Pickron

Lindsay Pickron, Noah Pickron

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Potter

William Potter, Nicholas Potter

Mrs. Savita Puri

Alison Puri, Amber Puri

Mr. Frank Quirk

Davern Cigarran, Sebastian Cigarran

Mr. and Ms. Toby Rankin

Zoe Rankin, Eli Rankin

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Reagan

Brynn Copinga, Brooke Copinga,

Spencer Reagan

Ms. Marcia Richards

Greg Olszanskyj

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Royer

Maya Royer

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rust

Enzo Rust, Izzy Rust

Mr. and Ms. Max Savage

Olivia Savage

Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Shaw

Charlie Lowrance, Bo Lowrance,

Tom Lowrance

Mr. and Mrs. Allan Smart

Max Smart, Leo Smart

Mr. Jack D. Smith and Mrs. Abby

Dalton Smith, Jack Smith

Mr. Lee Shuster and Ms. Linda Smith

David Kogan

Mrs. Marilyn Snow

Olivia Prosper

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Squiers

Garrett Glasgow, Sommer Glasgow

Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Steinhart

Ben Amiel, Joey Amiel

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stoneburner

Ally Abdalla, Jordan Abdalla

Mr. Paul Stotts

Erin Stotts, Hayden Stotts

Mr. and Ms. Joe Sueoka

Alison Puri, Josef Sueoka, Amber Puri

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Takei

Arden Louchheim, Carter Louchheim

Ms. Barbara Telander

Calen Carron

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Turnbull

Emily Barron

Mr. Stuart Z. Uram and Mrs. Lilly Langotsky

Sasha Diamandis, Skylar Diamandis

Mrs. Huong Vu

Asher Bodeen, Finley Bodeen, Giselle Bodeen

Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wallin

Lucy Wallin

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Whitfield

Josie Fonarow, Tessa Fonarow

GIFTS TO THE RICHARD R. STEINER CAMPUS BUILDING FUND

PHASE 1

Glenda and Jim Bradley

Madeleine Dugan

Jim Eng and Faye Mitsunaga

Cary Jones and Kris Hopfenbeck

Ryan and Nora Peterson

Marc and Michelle Rasich

William and Nancy Shott

Anna and Reed Topham

The Stuart Uram and Lilly Langotsky Foundation

PHASE 2

Anonymous

Wayne and Kathy Adams

Brian and Karey Barker

John Bird and Rin Harris

Rick and Lynn Bleil

Buscher Foundation

DST Systems

Nick and Felicity Fouche

Dani Howe

Carol Clawson and Steve Hull

Kanter Family Foundation

Katie and Ben Lieberman

Judy Maack

Phil and Sandy McCarthey

Jeff Miller ’98

John ’96 and Andrea Miller

The Mark and Kathie Miller Foundation

Wood Moyle ’90

Nakasone Family Foundation

Darm and Bette Bennett Penney ’57

R. Harold Burton Foundation

Paula Swaner-Sargetakis and Joe Sargetakis

Sadie Weyher Schabdach ’98

Tim and Jane Sullivan

The John and Marcia Price Family Foundation

Anna and Reed Topham Family

Chris, ’97, and Alexandra Lee Von Maack, ’99

Saul and Ericka Weissman

ENDOWMENT

FUND DONORS

Ray Brim

Corporation of the Episcopal Church in Utah

Suzy Day

David Deisley

Valli Gibbons Durham ’69

Mike ’60 and Jennifer Gibbons

Bill ’63 and Barbara Gibbons

Vicky Gibbons Hoagland ’67 and John Hoagland

Judy Maack

William Marshall

Anjali Pai

The John and Marcia Price

Family Foundation

Jennifer Price-Wallin and Tony Wallin

Steve Price and Tiffanie Provost

ENTREPRENEUR’S CIRCLE

The following individuals have pledged a future gift of $50,000 to the school via the Entrepreneur’s Circle

Anonymous

Eric ’89 and Cynthia Baughman

Stead and Kendall Sumner Burwell ’96

Ben ’92 and Erica Dahl

Ken Jacquin

Blake Kirby

Michael Levinthal

Mary McIntyre

David and Nancy McNally

Dave Stockham ’91

Tom Stockham

Tim and Jane Sullivan

Geoff ‘94 and Adria ’95 Swindle

Dan Urmann ’94

2016-2017

ALUMNI EXECUTIVE BOARD

Alex Gardner ’07, Chair

Christopher Von Maack ’97, Past Chair

Christina Lau Billings ’98

Patrick Gibbons ’93

Molly McCarthey Spain ’03

Rachel Sweet-Martin ’88, Past Chair

ALUMNI

Thank

You to the 2016-2017 Alumni Executive Board

We would like to extend a special thank you to Alumni Association Chair Alex Gardner ’07. Highlights include a record-breaking number of alumni participating in the Alumni Scholarship Fund, establishing a network of class liaisons, and encouraging all alumni to return for the 150-year anniversary celebration events this fall.

We would also like to thank Rachel Sweet-Martin ’88 as she steps down from the Alumni Executive Board for her leadership and ten-plus years of service. We appreciate her insight, institutional knowledge, and determination to build a vivacious Alumni Association. Thank you, Rachel!

If you are interested in being on the Alumni Executive Board or being a class liaison, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Hilary Gibbons ’96 at hilarygibbons@rowlandhall.org.

Alumni Scholarship Fund/Endowment

The Alumni Scholarship Fund is making an impact at Rowland Hall. Consistent support from alumni is as important as ever. Rowland Hall strives to meet an ever-increasing need for financial aid so the school can continue to welcome all qualified students, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. We feel strongly that the education of all of our students is enriched by the diversity of our community. This year, the Alumni Scholarship Fund was supported by 11% of our alumni and has now reached a total value of $175,000. The scholarship is currently awarded to two students. Thank you for your support!

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND DONORS 2016-2017

Financial support from Rowland Hall’s alumni enriches our students’ experience.

We realize giving to your alma mater is a choice and we thank you for supporting Rowland Hall!

* = Winged Lion Society; three or more recent years of consecutive giving

Anonymous (12)

Cyrus Akrami ’07

John Amoss ’98

Ian Anderson ’03

Megan Andrews ’03

Rustin Armknecht ’16

Bill ’63 and Judith Atwood*

Don Mabey and Genevieve Atwood ’64*

Frank Atwood '67 and Maureen Supple

Liza Badenhausen ’15

Jessie Barker ’15

Nathaniel Barusch ’05

Hannah Bebbington ’10

Lawrence Benjamin ’07

Conor Bentley ‘01 and Mary Anne Wetzel ‘01

Ethan Bergvall ’98

Merry Jo Bertolucci '57

Libby Biittner ’03

Peter ’63 and Marney Billings

Chris Binger ’01

Brooks and Adrienne Martain Black ’02

Emily Blair ’02

Jonathan Bone ’94 and Clover Sanders ’97

Nancy Sandack Borgenicht ’60*

Chris Bossart ’05

Matt Bossart ’10

Skip ’60 and Matty Branch

Zachary Brodsky ’08

Libbie Brown ’03

Tori Searl Cassel ’06

Vanessa Clayton ’02

Randall Crail ’05

Ben ’92 and Erica Dahl

John ’01 and Alexandria Drake

Chase Dreyfous ’03

Faith Dryer ’68

David Dunn ’97*

Anne Edwards ’06

Ann Buchman Ellingson ’66

Michael Elliott ’01

Atle and Emily Barrett Erlingsson ’97*

Emily Everest ’02

Christopher Felt ’06

Bianca Filion ’07

Adrienne McConnell Finnell ’93

John and Joan Bennett Firmage ’51

Peter and Kitty Northrop Friedman ’91*

Kristin Gelegotis ’03

Andy Gilbert ’12*

Henry Gilbert ’16

Matthew Glasgow ’15

Nathaniel Goodman '64

Jennifer Bone Hannah ’89

Aleks and Brittney Roetzel Hansen ’02

Eric and Missy Hansen '85

Sydney Hartsell ’08*

Maddie Haslam ’10

Carter Haslam ’09

David Hausser ’01

Ed Heath ’00

Mervyn and Bonnie Fink Hecht ’57

John and Vicky Gibbons Hoagland ’67*

John and Joan Schwartz Hodge '59

Andrea Hoffman ’05

Sarah Wood Holland ’02

Taylor Hollen ’09

E.K. and Jodie Ray Hunt ’58

Ann Pearson Hutton ’53

Elliott and Sarah Hall Ilgenfritz ’04

Stephanie Deck Jackel ’56

Alexandra Jacobs ’07

Jerica Johnson ’07

Bo and Molly Jones-Schiers ’07*

Dru and Megan Jones Shiotani '05*

Alex and Morgan Sorensen Knight ’07

Nate ’00 and Anna Kogan*

Grace Kong ’91*

Bernard and Eve Dahnken Krayenbuhl ’47

L3 Communications

Doug Labov ’13

Mark Langheinrich ’97

Sarah Lappe ’02

Georgia Larsen ’15

Jed Lazar ’98

Whitt Lee ’89*

Gabriel and Tracy Gibbons Llanos ’96

Mary Lombardi ’00*

Thomas Lombardi '97*

Mark Long ’97*

Judy Maack*

Mikaela Martineau Larson ’04

Niki Larsen Martinet ’95

Parker ‘96 and Lauren McBrier

Mairin McCarthey ’06

Seth Spain and Molly Spain ’03

Sam ’95 and Kyle Hannafod McConnell

Miles and Calli Payne McGann ’99

Meredith McManus ’59*

Emily Wood Melton ’95

William Michalak ’02

Lowell and Nancy Tisdel Miles ’47

John ’96 and Andrea Miller*

Adam Goldstein ’95 and Marilee Miller ’97

Alessandra Miranda ’16

Ryan Hoglund and Libby Mitchell ’92

Katy Mohrman ’05

Connor Nelson ’14*

Melissa Nguyen ’07

Hannah Nichols ’15

Preston Nielson ’01*

A.J. Oliver ’07

Coley Oliver ’08

Jennifer Oppold '97

Teale Orme ’06

John and Elisabeth Page Pinsonneault ’01

Steve and Jenna Gelegotis Pagoaga ’98

Robin ’98 and Sierra Burton Pardey ’98

Jorgi Paul '08

Rainy Paul '12

Robyn Payne ‘02*

Darm and Bette Bennett Penney '57

Dana Pool ’06

Russell and Joni Friedman Pratt ’60

Gini Sweet Pringle ’56

Sally Adams Prinster ’60*

Kiersten Joesten Prucha ’05

Brian and Tacy Conard Quinn ’96

Brady ’94 and Valerie Floyd Rasmussen ’93

Rudi Riet ’91

John Roberson ’70*

Meghan Rolfs ’07

John and Jeanna Tachiki Ryan ’01

Patrick Schloesser ’16

Christopher Slager ’07

Hadley Smith ’05

Don Smith ’61*

Charles and Judith Smith

Sam and Jane '68 Snider*

Merrick Jackson Soss ’03

Tony Sweet '60

Ryan and Amy Hoeppner Taylor ’89*

James and Olga Sattarova Taylor ’00

Vanessa Therson ’05

Sam Thomas ’16

Joan Thompson*

Abby Thomsen ’16

Brooke Tilson ’16

Grant Tilson ’16

Izi Torres ’15

Julia Toscano ’06*

Amanda Towner ’06

Kacie Tachiki Turcuato ’99

David Gortner and Heather VanDeventer ’90*

Johanna Varner '02

Alonso and Alexandra Brown Velasco ’01

Andre and Penny Ray Vernet ’61

Ajay Virkar ’01

Chris ’97 and Alex Lee Von Maack ’99*

Fred and Becky Webster ’03

Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Program

David Wetzel ’04

Steve and Lindsay Alder Wojciechowski ’95

Bill Yaggy ’63 and Amy Leveen*

Nathan Zick-Smith ’11

Alumni Senior Breakfast

Each year, Rowland Hall’s Alumni Association celebrates graduating seniors by officially welcoming them to the organization at the annual Alumni Association Senior Breakfast in May. Dave Stockham ’91 was the honored speaker and welcomed the seniors to the Alumni Association by encouraging the graduates to define their futures: “Define what you want, and then ask for what you want. If you don’t find it where you are, create it.”

Dave appealed to the soon-to-be graduates with a mix of humor, anecdotes, and hope, and emphasized that they all have the power to shape their own futures. He encouraged the graduates to define what they want and write it down, whether it is a list of things to accomplish in one day—with a nod to Ferris Bueller’s infamous day off in Chicago—or the outline of a five-year plan. He championed self-fulfillment through adventure and hard work. Dave told the seniors that while ideas aren’t rare, people who put in the effort to develop their ideas are extremely rare, and he believed everyone in the room was capable of being one of those people. He advocated collaboration and networking—especially within the Rowland Hall community—and stressed that perfectionism can be defeating.

The young entrepreneurs, engineers, artists, and scientists in the room, along with those who don’t yet know what they want to do, could all glean something from Dave’s speech. He acknowledged that while defining what you want can be difficult, life is also meant to be fun. “Life is better than you can plan,” Dave said in closing. So as the class of 2017 heads out into the world and makes lists of things they want to accomplish—and Dave said he hopes those lists include tackling global warming and gender disparity in the workplace—these young graduates can expect a few surprises and detours along the way.

Dave is currently the vice president of sales at Cotopaxi, an outdoor retail company focused on creating sustainable products while helping to alleviate poverty worldwide. He is a member of Rowland Hall’s Entrepreneur's Circle and a proud father of three.

Dave Stockham ’91

Director of Alumni Relations, Hilary Amoss Gibbons ’96 Hilary is proud to assume the position of director of alumni relations at Rowland Hall. A Salt Lake City native and Rowland Hall graduate, she started volunteering on Rowland Hall’s Alumni Committee in 2009 and joined the Advancement Department in 2012. Her knowledge of the school’s culture, traditions, and community bring experience and enthusiasm to the position.

Hilary is excited to increase alumni involvement, strengthen the alumni community, and celebrate the ways Rowland Hall has influenced and enriched alumni lives.

Hilary and her brother, John ’98, are second-generation Rowland Hall alumni. Their father, Steve Amoss ’65, attended along with Hilary’s uncles, Lindsay ’67, Dee ’73, and John ’74. Hilary married Patrick Gibbons ’93, whose family also has a long tradition at the school. Between their families, there are 16 graduates and a total of 25 who attended the school. Hilary and Patrick have two children at the school: Sarah (fourth grade) and Jack (second grade).

Whether it’s a leadership role on the Alumni Executive Board, serving as a class liaison, chairing your reunion, attending an alumni event, visiting campus, sharing your story, or supporting the school, we would love to hear from you!

ANNOUNCING AN ALL-CLASS REUNION!

In conjunction with the school's sesquicentennial celebration, we are celebrating all graduates at an all-class reunion 6 pm Friday, September 8. Reconnect with old friends and current and former faculty, tour the Lincoln Street Campus, and get down with music from the years gone by. Whether you’re celebrating 25 years, 50 years, or even seven years, we would love to see you there!

RSVP at rowlandhall.org/150

If you have any questions about the reunion celebration, contact Hilary Gibbons ’96, hilarygibbons@rowlandhall.org.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION – YEAR IN REVIEW

This year, the Alumni Association has lots to be proud of. Here is our year by the numbers!

11% of alumni made a gift to the school. As an alumni community, we reached our highest participation EVER! Way to go, alums!

230 alumni gave back to Rowland Hall with a gift to the school. Thanks to all those who contributed—your gifts truly make a difference.

The classes of 2006, 2010, 2011 hosted and celebrated reunions this year. The classes of ’10 and ’11 combined to celebrate five(ish) years, and the class of ’06 celebrated ten years. At both reunions, classmates gave out hugs, laughed about old times, and caught up on life since Rowland Hall.

Two tailgates for University of Utah football. We had our largest tailgate gathering on record and even had alumni from out of town join us before the game.

13 alumni played in the annual alumni men’s basketball game. As usual, it was a close and hard-fought game between the green team and the white team, but in the end the “young guys” bested their older counterparts. Don’t worry guys, there’s always next year!

25 alumnae participated in our second-annual alumni women’s volleyball game. Along with beloved coaches Kendra Tomsic and Kathy Howa, these women had a great time catching up and playing together and impressed everyone with their serving and spiking skills.

32 alumni attended our annual Alumni Fall Social. This year, we mixed things up and hosted the event at alumniowned Proper Burger and Brewery in Salt Lake City. Good food, great friends, and lots of fun.

43 alumni and their guests celebrated the holidays at our Alumni New Year Celebration. Hosted in the McCarthey Campus Parlor, alumni had the opportunity to raise a glass to 2017 and enjoy time together while surrounded by some of Rowland Hall’s historic art that adorns the walls of this special space.

90 graduates from the class of 2017 make up our biggest group ever to join the Alumni Association! We welcomed them to alumni life with a breakfast honoring their class at the Little America Hotel. Dave Stockham ’91, vice president of sales at the innovative outdoor-product company Cotopaxi, shared advice and wisdom with our graduating seniors.

150 starting September 2017, we’re celebrating Rowland Hall’s 150-year anniversary, or sesquicentennial anniversary. We want you to be there to help commemorate this milestone. Visit rowlandhall.org/150 for information about our All-Class Reunion, Kickoff Celebration and more!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Important Alumni Dates for 2017-2018

September 8 | 6-8 pm All-Class Reunion, Lincoln Street Campus

September 9 | 10-11:30 am Avenues Campus Tours

12-3 pm Rowmark 35 Year Celebration, BBQ and Game Day

4-5 pm McCarthey Campus Tours

5-9pm All-School Sesquicentennial Kickoff Celebration

October 21 | University of Utah Football Tailgate for Alumni

November 11 | University of Utah Football Tailgate for Alumni

December 14 | Alumni Holiday Party

April 25 | Alumni Day of Giving

May 19 | Sesquicentennial Jubilee

Alumni men's basketball game

Alumni came to Rowland Hall to tailgate before cheering on the Utes!

Alumni women's volleyball game

Holiday PartyGita Varner ’05, Andrea Hoffman ’05, Chris Felt ’06, Annika Torkelson, Ben Smith ’89, Lindsay Smith ’92

Holiday PartyJames Tran ’07, Alisha Moss ’06, Bianca Fillion ’07, Jim Trauba ’07, Dave King ’09, Leigh Hunt ’13, Joe Illingworth ’11, Olivia Fillion ’12

Jon Bone ’94 and Libby Mitchell ’92 having fun at the Fall Social at Proper Brewing Company

Leigh Hunt ’13, Christina Billings ’98 and Sarah Patrick ’94 met for brunch in January. They are all graduates of both Rowland Hall and Wellesley College.

Alex Brown Velasco ’01 and her husband Alonso, welcomed baby Alonso III to their family.

In November 2016 Molly McCarthey Spain ’03 married Seth Spain. Merrick Jackson (’03) and Mairin McCarthey (’06) were bridesmaids, along with former student Cressida Cooke.

Susan Sparrow ’04 and husband Nick Zosel-Johnson welcomed their first child, a daughter named Olivia.

Mike Elliott ‘01 married Jaquelynn Petro at a beautiful summer wedding at Solitude Resort. Over 20 Rowland Hall alumni were there to help celebrate! From left to right: Willy Weyher, Mark Langheinrich '97, Alex Gardner '07, Chris Hill '00, Ajay Virkar '01, Keith Elliott '99, Liz Elliott '07, Koshlan Mayer-Blackwell '01, Tommy Sharp '99, the groom Mike Elliott '01 and his bride Jaqueline Petro, Dave Sandberg '00, Preston Nielson '01, Libbie Brown '03, Chris Bossart '05, Conor Bentley '01, Jesse Goldsmith '01, Mary Anne Wetzel '01, David Hausser '01, Ian Anderson '03, JZ Davis '00.

Proper Brewers Liam ‘00 and Rio ‘04 Connelly’s Proper Brewing Company brought home two gold medals from the North American Brewers Awards.

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Times Square shout out to Matthew Prince ’92 Cofounder, CEO of Cloudflare recognized as the NASDAQ entrepreneurial company of the year!

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David Marquardt ’04 and Sasha Panasiuk welcomed their first son, Johann Marquardt. Pictured here in his bees onesie at a Salt Lake Bees game!

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Georgia Larsen ’15 enjoyed studying abroad in Italy.

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RH sweethearts Chris Bossart ’05 and Jerica Johnson ’07 are engaged!

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Utah Business Magazine's 30 Women to Watch included two alumnae Sarah West ’93 and Vanessa Clayton ’02

Nick and Deborah Hobden Holbein ’03 welcomed first child Arthur Sutton Holbein on December 20, 2016.

Congratulation to Molly Jones ’07 who was awarded as one of Coldwell Banker's 30 Under 30!

Katy Mohrman ’05 finished her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and is now moving to Charlottesville, VA for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mormon Studies at the University of Virginia!

Sarah Lappe ‘02 married Tejas Sonavane last January - Congratulations!

Anne Edwards- Class of 2006- Finished her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Utah and is now moving to Memphis, TN for a Postdoctoral fellowship at the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Morgan (Sorensen) Knight ’07 and her hubby, Alex Knight, announced in Ireland via Instagram/Facebook that they’re having a baby.

Chris Everest ’07 moved to Atlanta, GA and just completed his first year of an MBA at Georgia Tech

Peter Carroll ’05 - In April of this year, he completed a Master's Degree in Political Science at the University of Michigan. Peter and his wife, Kate Hoffmire, now live in New York City where she works as a research analyst at a software company, and he works as a social scientist at Innovations for Poverty Action, splitting his time between New York and Tanzania to research how mobile phones affect the well-being of rural women.

IN MEMORIAM

Our condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni and friends of the school who have passed away this year. If you know of a Rowland Hall community member who should be acknowledged in this way, please share the news with Director of Alumni Relations Hilary Gibbons at hilarygibbons@rowalndahll.org.

Sarah Anne (Sally) McKinnon ’56 passed away at her home in Castle Rock, Colorado, on March 22, 2017.

Marilyn Behle Graham ’55 died July 19, 2016, in Washington state.

Margo Silvester, mother of current parent Dusty Silvester ’93, and step-grandmother to Alyssa Cole ’15 and current student Connor McIntosh, died March 15, 2017, after a battle with a rare cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Ron Rainger ’67 died May 26, 2016, of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Michele Thayer Hackett Gibson ’64 died at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, on January 14, 2017, after a long battle with cancer.

Janet Moe Lund, mother of Anna Lund ’07, passed away June 9, 2017, after a long illness. Beloved daughter Anna was by her side.

Diane Kay Rolfs, mother of Colin Rolfs ’04 and Meghan Rolfs ’07, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on June 12, 2017, after a battle with ALS.

Francis “Pete” Winder, or “Father Pete” as he was known to many in the Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s community during his time as school chaplain, passed away February 4, 2017.

Rhoda Cornish Sparrow, mother of Head of School Alan Sparrow, and grandmother to Andy Sparrow ’01 and Susan Sparrow ’04, passed away February 5, 2017, at her home in Bellport, New York, at the age of 101.

Nancy Palmer ’53 passed away January 4, 2017, in Portland, Oregon.

Kathryn Romney, former Middle School English teacher, passed away in June 2017 after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

***Correction from last year’s Annual Report In Memoriam section: In the listing for Shelly Andrews, her son Chris’ graduation year was incorrectly printed as 2002. Chris graduated in 2000. We apologize for this error.