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his year’s Parents’ Asso ciation co-presidents are Mary and Daniel Gregory CdeP 1969. Dan is the Home Editor for Sunset magazine. He serves on Thacher’s Architectural Committee. Dan earned his BA in English and History of Art from Yale, and later a PhD in Architecture from UC Berkeley. He taught Architectural History at CarnegieMellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, for a year before returning to San Francisco with Mary and starting work at Sunset. Dan serves on the Advisory Board for the Environmental Design Archives at UC Berkeley, and on the Planning Committee for the Pacific Coast Builders Conference. Mary received her bachelors degree in English from Princeton University (1975), and since then has served many roles (board, staff, consultant, volunteer) in non-profit organizations mainly in the Bay Area, but including ones in Princeton, New Jersey; London, England and Pittsburgh, PA. Since 1998, she has worked in the field of philanthropy at Pacific Foundation Services, providing management and grantmaking services to a number of family foundations. She currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Fort Mason Foundation and the Foundation Center’s Western Region. She is also the founder of Mary’s List, a web-based matching service for non-profit organizations seeking consultants, at www.maryslist.net. They live in San Francisco and have two daughters: Eliza CdeP 1999 (a Princeton graduate, who, last year taught English at Thacher and now is in Tanzania) and senior Martha. Dan and Mary will serve on Thacher’s Development, Program, and Buildings and Grounds Committees.
Joining the Board this fall is Kathryn “Katie” A. Hall, mother of junior Elizabeth Knutsen, Bill (13), John (10), and Joanna (9). Her husband, Tom Knutsen, is self-employed; they live in San Francisco. Katie serves as Co-Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer of Offit Hall Capital Management LLC, and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Prior to this position, she was President, Managing Member, and a Managing Director of Laurel Management Company and a member of the Laurel Investment Committee. She is also a Trustee for Princeton University, a member of the Board of Directors of Princeton University Investment Company (“PRINCO”), the Stanford Management Company, which oversees Stanford endowments, and a Director of the American Century Mountain View Funds. She also serves as Trustee and as Chair of the Investment Committees and on the Board of the UCSF Foundation; she recently completed her term on the Board of the San Francisco Day School. Katie graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1980 with a bachelor’s in economics. She earned her MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1984. For Thacher’s Board, Katie will serve on the Investment, Finance, and Program Committees.
by Jane D. McCarthy
New to Thacher’s Board this year is James P. Richardson CdeP 1969, the owner of White Richardson, LLP, a small, urban public accounting firm based in Richmond, CA, that emphasizes nonprofit auditing and consulting. Prior to White Richardson, James was the co-owner of another small accounting firm with a similar focus. He matriculated from Thacher to Stanford, where he attained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1976; he earned his MBA, with an emphasis in finance, from Cleveland State in 1985. He is a Certified Public Accountant for the states of California and Ohio; he is a member of various accounting associations including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc., and the California and Ohio Societies of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of the alumni associations of his alma maters and Past President of the Garden Valley Neighborhood House. James and his wife of 24 years, Karen, live in Richmond; they have two sons: Byron (15) and Alexander (12). He will serve on the Audit, Program, and Finance Committees. In his spare time, James enjoys playing golf, and, two years ago, he earned his Black Belt in karate. e
Michael Mulligan and the Board of Trustees at their autumn meeting Spring / Summer 2005 17