JENNY RAO
Cultivating Curiosity, Building Community
A conversation with Brearley’s 16th Head of School. PAGE 12
mission
The Brearley School challenges girls of adventurous intellect and diverse backgrounds to think critically and creatively, and to act with courage and integrity.
The School fosters a love of learning, excellence in the liberal arts, and engagement in a lively and inclusive community. Guided by dedicated faculty and staff, students learn to uplift one another as they grapple with complex ideas and develop a strong sense of self. We value empathy, originality, and depth of thought and character.
The Brearley community cultivates the joy of lasting friendships, the confidence to pursue one’s ambitions, and a commitment to the greater good.
LEADERSHIP
2025–2026 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President Sue Meng ’99
Vice President
Thomas Farrell
Vice President
Ning Jin
Vice President
Lauren Wasson
Secretary Tara Abrahams
Treasurer Olivia Wassenaar ’97
Eloise Austin
Tanisha Bellur
John Botti
Alexander Brodsky
Jasmine Chu ‘90
Daphné Crespo-Helm
Michael Dees
Amina Elderfield ’94
Martha Haakmat
Megan Lui ’10
John McGinn
Emily McLellan ‘94
Margo Nederlander
Jenny Rao
Terri Seligman ’78
Sidaya Moore Sherwood ’90
Bill Shutzer
Nekesa Straker ’97
Trustees Emeriti
Modupe Akinola ’92
Christine Alfaro ’91
Priscilla M. Winn Barlow
Georges F. de Ménil
Jane Foley Fried
Evelyn Janover Halpert ’52
David T. Hamamoto
Stephanie J. Hull
Ellen Jewett ’77
Alan Jones
John F. Savarese
Faculty Representative
Runako Taylor
BREARLEY BULLETIN
editorial team
Head of School
Jenny Rao
Director of Communications
Jennifer Stewart
Director of Graphic Design
Jennifer Bartoli
Content Manager
Larissa Albright
Contributor
Haley Swanson
If you have any questions or comments about the bulletin, please contact Jennifer Stewart at jstewart@brearley.org or (212) 570-8621
special thanks
Jennifer Bartoli, Jennifer Stewart, Brooke Slezak, Samuel Stuart, Carla Torres, Andy Vernon-Jones, and members of the Brearley Community for sharing photos and artwork with us.
Brearley has offset the equivalent of 10,826,130 total standard pages of paper consumption by reforesting 1,299 standard trees since joining the PrintReleaf Exchange on August 7, 2018.
WELCOME TO OUR INCOMING TRUSTEES
JOHN BOTTI
Since 2016, John Botti has served as Head of the Browning School in New York. During his lifelong career in education, at both Landon School in Bethesda, MD, and Salisbury School in CT, he taught history, coached, and served as an associate headmaster. A graduate of Williams College, John also holds an MEd from the University of Virginia and a PhD from the University of Maryland. John lives in New York with his wife, Eliza, and their two sons.
JASMINE CHU
Jasmine Chu ‘90 was born and raised in New York City. After graduating from Brearley, she received her BA in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. She then received a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where she also met her husband, Felix Cheng. After a number of years in San Francisco designing schools and museums with Mark Cavagnero Associates, she returned to New York City to join a designbuild architecture firm. Jasmine reunited with the Brearley community when her daughter, Amalia ’27, joined in 2019.
MICHAEL DEES
Michael is the father of Juliana Dees ‘24 and Elsa Dees ‘26. He has served as a non-trustee member of the Investment Committee and cochaired the Class of 2024 Fund effort with his wife, Margaret Lee. Michael is a managing partner at Lindsay Goldberg, a private investment firm which he joined in 2004, and previously worked at Morgan Stanley. A native of Northeast Ohio, Michael earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his AB from Harvard College.
EMILY MCLELLAN
Emily McLellan ‘94 and her husband, Scott, are parents to Brearley students Alice ‘30 and Sylvie ‘34, as well as a son, Charlie (St. Andrew’s).
In recent years, Emily has co-chaired the Alumnae Leadership Gifts committee for the Brearley Annual Fund. Emily was co-founder/ partner at Henkel Search Partners. Before that, she worked in for-profit education, and she began her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Emily holds a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.
THANK YOU
We are deeply grateful to our departing trustees for their guidance, expertise, and unwavering dedication to Brearley.
Susan Berresford ’61
Ranika Cohen
Jane Foley Fried
Lindsay Higgins
Lita Tandon ’06
Alan Yan
DR. STEPHANIE WRIGHT
Brearley’s New Head of Upper School Student Life
This year, Brearley welcomes Stephanie Wright as our new Head of Upper School Student Life. With a career dedicated to education and a passion for supporting students during some of their most formative years, Dr. Wright brings both professional expertise and a deep belief in the power of girls’ education to the Upper School.
Before joining Brearley, Dr. Wright served as the inaugural Director of Programs at Rainier Scholars - Tacoma, a college-access program modeled on Prep for Prep. There, she helped launch the organization’s second location and developed programming that opened doors to higher education for the program’s students. Before her work at Rainier Scholars, she spent many years in Seattle-area independent schools as a teacher, department head, and middle school division head. Education has always been at the center of her life.
“Because I grew up with academics, I have spent most of my life in schools,” she explains, “and love supporting
faculty spotlight
As an alumna of a women’s college and parent of a girls’ school alumna, I believe deeply in the power of girls’ schools to better the lives of not only our students, but of our society.
students in all facets of their school lives: the successes, learning opportunities, and everything in between.”
For Dr. Wright, Brearley’s mission and strategic vision made the position particularly exciting. “As an alumna of a women’s college and parent of a girls’ school alumna, I believe deeply in the power of girls’ schools to better the lives of not only our students, but of our society,” she says. The chance to focus on students’ high school years felt especially meaningful. “I am excited to be at a school that is a leader in educating girls who will make a difference in the world.”
Her approach to
student life centers on encouraging exploration, growth, and resilience.
Dr. Wright sees high school as a period to take risks and discover new passions: “I always loved having seniors who would decide to try a new sport or try out for the musical when they had not done those things at earlier periods in their school career.” At Brearley, she hopes to emphasize three priorities: fostering lifelong learning, building a sense of “One Brearley” community, and helping students find academic and personal life balance.
“Sometimes we can get too hung up on wanting to get things ‘just right’ or ‘perfect,’” she notes.
“We’re on a learning journey as students, and that journey will
necessarily include some bumps along the way.”
Dr. Wright looks forward to immersing herself in the Brearley community. She plans on frequenting athletic events, every show on B-Deck, and of course her own classroom—because teaching history, she says, is her “first love. I am privileged to be able to continue to teach and develop my practice. It has also been a wonderful way to get to know students and how they show up, not just in my class, but in Brearley classes in general.”
This year, Dr. Wright is teaching the African American History course to students in Class XI and XII. The class
“draws from a range of scholars, leaders, and artists, from the formerly enslaved people who sought to speak for themselves, to twenty-first century writers who continue to call upon the United States to deliver on its promises of freedom and justice for all,” according to the Upper School course catalog.
For her, the most meaningful aspects of high school are “the relationships, the skills developed, and the opportunities to stretch oneself,” and she looks forward to watching those skills develop and grow with her Upper School students this year.
faculty and staff summer reads
Jennifer Bartoli
Luigi Cicala
Tabitha Core
Maria Jose Fitzgerald
Maria Jose Fitzgerald (2)
Gail Marcus
Regina Matthews ’85
Tamara Nikuradse
Mary Potter
Jenny Rao
Doriane Rencker
Doriane Rencker (2)
Jennifer Stewart
Susanna Terrell
Tom Wright
Tom Wright (2)
Lizzy Youngling
Cordelia Zukerman
2025–2026 BREARLEY DRAMA EVENT SCHEDULE
2025 2026
OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 1
Fall Drama: Eurydice
NOVEMBER 12
VI-D Drama: Iphigenia in Tauris
NOVEMBER 18
VI-B Drama: Peace
NOVEMBER 20
VI-C Drama: Helen
DECEMBER 3
VI-A Drama: Women at the Thesmophoria
DECEMBER 11
Class VIII Cabaret
JANUARY 29–31
Winter Musical: Seussical
FEBRUARY 27
Class X New Play Festival
APRIL 5–MAY 2
Spring Drama: Marie Antoinette
MAY 8
Class V Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MAY 15
Class IX Comedic Plays #1
MAY 22
Class IX Comedic Plays #2
JUNE 5
Class VII Musical: Empathy and Kindness
HOMECOMING Recap
Cultivating Curiosity, Building Community
A Conversation with Brearley’s 16th Head of School, Jenny Rao.
You spent eight years leading Emma Willard School before joining Brearley. What key experiences or values are you bringing from your time there to Brearley?
There are three core takeaways I carry with me. First: it’s all about the students. I became a more effective leader by centering students’ voices, especially their questions, hopes, and fears, more deliberately. As Head of School, every decision I make, no matter how small, touches their experience both inside and outside of the classroom. Maintaining a clear perspective, both mentally and emotionally, remains essential.
Also, at Emma, I found that alumnae, shaped by the school and extraordinary in their own right, were my fiercest truth-tellers and most generous partners. Their honesty grounded me. Their belief in the mission encouraged me to dream big. And their willingness to give time, talent, and resources propelled the school forward. I sense that same energy here at Brearley and look forward to building those relationships.
Ultimately, change in a school as rich in history as this one will come slowly, and for good reason. Lasting impact requires a shared vision, and building that vision means building trust. It takes time, conversation, and relationships. But once you have those, you can engage in the kind of deep, joyful dialogue that leads to change, which resonates throughout our community and aligns with our mission and institutional values.
What attracted you to Brearley?
The mission, first and foremost. Brearley has been advancing girls and women for over 140 years, and you can feel that legacy in every corner of
this place. It was founded with revolutionary optimism—on a bold belief in the power and potential of girls—and has continued to build on that idea for over a century.
And of course, I was also drawn to Brearley’s pursuit of excellence. Everyone, including students, faculty, and staff, comes here with a desire to become their best selves. That doesn’t mean we’re all pursuing perfection, but instead fostering a genuine curiosity about what’s possible. Not because we’re after perfection, but because we’re after discovering all that is possible within us. It’s inspiring to be in an institution and among a group where everyone wants to see how far a skill can take them, how deep a question can be explored. That shared commitment to growth and learning is incredibly inspiring.
Girls’ education, at its core, is about equipping students not just to understand the world, but to shape it. It’s about cultivating thinkers, makers, and doers—students who want to leave the world better than they found it.
As we all know, Brearley’s historic motto is “By Truth and Toil.” What does that legacy mean to you?
Over the summer, I dove into Brearley’s history and came across a 1915 article in The Atlantic about our second Head of School, James Greenleaf Croswell. It said:
“He taught everybody who knew him one great lesson—that pain, heroically borne, is the greatest of teachers, and that without its lessons, the education of a soul remains incomplete.”
To be honest, that quote struck me, as it speaks directly to “Truth and Toil.” It’s not just a motto; it’s embedded in the School’s DNA. It’s knowing that deep understanding comes only through the courage to face truth and the persistence to work through difficulty. Especially today, when knowledge can be generated instantly, we need to remember that real insight, what truly lives in our bones, requires a different sort of effort. That’s the kind of lifelong learning we cultivate at Brearley: a path of honest inquiry, sustained attention, and adventurous intellect.
You officially began your tenure on July 1. What are the immediate priorities you plan to focus on during your first year?
Two priorities immediately come to mind: building relationships and learning more about Brearley.
Relationships are the foundation of any meaningful work. They make great learning possible. I’m devoting time and energy to connecting with every part of the community: students, families, faculty, staff, alumnae, and trustees. Understanding one another deeply matters and is essential to our continued shared growth.
At the same time, I’m just as focused on learning more about Brearley, not just through reading, but also by listening. Through dialogue. By checking my understanding with others. Before setting a vision, I want to appreciate where we’ve been and who we are entirely.
Our founder, Samuel Brearley, believed women deserved an education on par with men—a radical idea for his time. How do you see those same forward-thinking instincts playing out in the Brearley School of today? What does a “girls’ education” mean to you?
I was fascinated to learn that a woman, more specifically, Mary Atwater Choate of the independent boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall, approached Columbia to ask whether they’d admit girls. When they refused, she persuaded Samuel Brearley, who had planned to open a boys’ school, to invest instead in a girls’ school. That was a radical act of idealism in 1884.
Girls’ education, at its core, is about equipping students not just to understand the world, but to
shape it. It’s about cultivating thinkers, makers, and doers—students who want to leave the world better than they found it. And it’s about surrounding them with mentors and role models, including one another, who share this goal. Our students and educators aren’t content with the world as it is, and are instead committed to making the world better for those that inhabit it.
Your family just moved to New York City! How has living here been different from visiting thus far? What do your boys think of the transition to city life?
We’re in love with this city. We took a short trip to Chicago recently and had a great time, but the whole family kept saying, “It’s not New York!”
I’ve been running in Central Park in the mornings, and just watching the city wake up fills me with hope. New York is a masterclass in how people coexist, how we share space, solve problems, and keep moving forward together. It’s inspiring.
We’ve also been enjoying all the classic NYC things: great food, museums, and ferry rides. I love hearing different languages on every block. And my sons are thriving. My oldest is 15 and has a level of independence here he’s never had before. That’s huge. We feel fortunate to be here and excited for everything ahead.
Brearley’s academic tradition is rooted firmly in a liberal arts curriculum. How do you envision balancing this classical academic program alongside evolving student interests and emerging disciplines in STEM and elsewhere?
I’m a passionate advocate for the liberal arts. Exposure to a broad range of disciplines helps students understand the world from multiple
perspectives, and that’s essential for deep thinking.
However, this question also raises a broader issue, namely, the relationship between tradition and innovation. I see them not as opposites, but as complementary forces. Tradition offers timeless wisdom, anchoring us in a shared meaning. Innovation keeps us responsive,
creative, and forward-looking. The strength of a school like Brearley lies in its ability to hold both ideas at once.
I’m eager to learn how our educators weave innovation into the fabric of our classical foundation, not just in summer programs or isolated projects, but also in our everyday lives.
Jenny Rao and family enjoying a Yankees’ game and fully embracing their status as New Yorkers.
Crafting an inclusive community is central to your leadership. What traditions or new forms of programming would you like to see evolve to deepen connections among students, faculty, families, and alumnae?
Community is essential to learning, and while Brearley already has a strong sense of connection, there’s always room to grow. For example, operating across two buildings means we have to be more intentional about staff and faculty connections. In fact, I’ve been thinking about ways to foster new relationships in that sector—maybe rethinking meetings or social events to help colleagues who don’t typically cross paths get to know one another.
For students, intergenerational relationships are a key aspect of what makes Brearley so special. We’ll always need to stay on the lookout for new ways for those to flourish, because they also won’t
necessarily happen spontaneously across two buildings. When a kindergartener sees a twelfth grader and imagines her future, or when an older student steps into a leadership role, those are transformative moments that I want to both protect and expand.
Over its more than 140-year history, Brearley has always emphasized adventurous intellect and diverse backgrounds. As Head of School, how do you define those ideals today, and how will you help the students live them out?
To me, adventurous intellect is about lifelong learning and boundless curiosity. It’s not about acing every test or performing perfectly. It’s about stepping into challenges, reaching for the question that’s just beyond your grasp. That’s the kind of learning I hope we continue to cultivate here: a brave, effortful, and forward-facing pursuit of the greater good.
Tradition offers timeless wisdom, anchoring us in a shared meaning. Innovation keeps us responsive, creative, and forward-looking. The strength of a school like Brearley lies in its ability to hold both ideas at once.
Jenny Rao greets Lower School students on opening day.
As for diversity, it’s both a personal and professional priority. I grew up in Mexico with parents from different continents. My husband is from another country. Diverse communities are where I feel most at home and they’re also where the richest learning happens as a multiplicity of perspectives fosters deeper dialogues. When we engage across differences, we sharpen our thinking, expand our empathy, and build a fuller understanding of the world around us.
You’ve been at the helm now for only a few months. What were you most looking forward to as the school year began? Which of our opening day Brearley traditions were you most excited to join?
I had the privilege to welcome our students, from Kindergarten to Class XII, back to school, and what a momentous occasion that was! As I stood outside
of 590 and 610, seeing our students’ conviction and excitement for learning so vividly in their eyes, it seemed to be the same bold hope that Samuel Brearley had in 1884, when he, like our students, began the school year inspired not by the world that was but by the world that could be.
As for traditions, I’ve heard about so many already. I loved seeing photos of the holiday singing and handbells in the lobby of 590—what a joyful way to begin the day. I’m excited about Mountain Day and its counterpart, Mount Brearley, where younger students climb the stairs of 610. There’s a spoons game I’ve heard whispers about. A doughnut assembly that’s apparently legendary. And mascot handoffs that everyone seems to adore. I can’t wait to experience all of it firsthand and discover for myself why these traditions are so beloved.
JENNY RAO
WELCOME PARTY
The Brearley community officially welcomed 16th Head of School Jenny Rao at a celebratory gathering at Sotheby’s in September. Excitement was in the air as this special occasion brought together Brearley parents, alumnae, current and former trustees, and current and former faculty and staff to celebrate the beginning of Brearley’s next chapter. President of the Board of Trustees Sue Meng ’99 shared her personal reflections on what made Ms. Rao the clear choice to lead Brearley. Ms. Rao’s remarks about Brearley’s historic founding, its enduring mission, and its bright future inspired the joyful crowd of over 700 community members.
During the event, guests also enjoyed an exclusive preview of Sotheby’s Chinese Art exhibition, as well as a striking display of artworks for private sale. We are sincerely grateful to Caterina and Charles Stewart, Class XII parents, for hosting the community at Sotheby’s.
Thank You!2024-2025
GIVING REVIEW
Dear Alumnae, Parents,
Grandparents, Faculty, Staff, and Friends,
Brearley is widely recognized for its commitment to academic excellence and the advancement of girls’ education. A Brearley education begins in the classroom, but flourishes in our art studios, performance halls, and sports fields. The long-lasting relationships that form between students, teachers, alumnae, and families are what truly make our community shine. Whether your time at Brearley spans decades or you are just joining us, we are grateful for your support and belief in our mission.
Giving back is a cornerstone of Brearley’s powerful story. Year after year, alumnae return to East 83rd Street to reconnect with one another, mentor and inspire today’s students, and express gratitude to the beloved teachers who changed their lives. Parents dive into family gatherings and tirelessly volunteer, spreading joy and a sense of camaraderie. In addition to the time and care that each of you devotes to Brearley, many also choose to give back through charitable contributions to our school, resulting in an immediate and powerful impact on the Brearley programming.
In the 2024–2025 academic year, your donations helped us surpass our increased Annual Fund goals for the second consecutive year. Our community returned to the Central Park Zoo for the Parents’ Association Benefit, where we raised money in support of faculty and staff and recognized the achievements of retiring Head of School Jane Foley Fried. We also achieved our fundraising goal for the latest phase of our 610 renovation. Subsequently, we completed construction over the summer of offices, classrooms, and a spectacular visual arts center on the 11th and 12th floors. Thanks to the gifts of generous supporters, our entire Middle School can now experience this school year arrayed on sequential floors, and our talented art teachers have beautiful new spaces where they can encourage students to express their creativity and discover new talents.
We are deeply grateful for your ongoing support of Brearley, which makes the extraordinary Brearley experience possible for our students year after year. Thank you again.
SUE MENG ‘99 PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
JENNIFER C. RAO HEAD OF SCHOOL
July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
GIFTS BY CONSTITUENCY
Alumnae
Alumnae Parents
Parents
Parents of Alumnae
$3,900,000
$1,010,000
$7,850,000
$1,500,000
Grandparents, Friends, and Faculty $370,000
TOTAL
GIFTS BY PURPOSE
Annual Fund
$14,630,000
$4,010,000
TOTAL $14,630,000
giving at brearley
Brearley is pleased to acknowledge the impact of your generous gifts. We are proud to celebrate the participation of our many donors and are grateful for your contributions at all levels. Please contact Development & Alumnae Relations with questions or preferences for future listings.
If you would like more information about participating in philanthropy at the School, please contact:
Phoebe Geer ‘97 Director of Advancement pgeer@brearley.org (212) 570-8609
Amina Holman
Annual Fund Director aholman@brearley.org (212) 570-8610
Patricia (P.J.) Kolman Major Gifts Officer pkolman@brearley.org (212) 570-8626
Thank You!
annual fund 2024–2025 school year
To our extraordinary community of alumnae, parents, parents of alumnae, faculty, staff, and friends, we thank you. Your support of the Annual Fund does more than just sustain our academic program. It fuels education that lasts a lifetime. Every gift, regardless of size, has an immediate impact on our educational program.
Brearley Fund
Unrestricted
Unrestricted gifts allow the School to maintain and enhance the caliber of the academic program by supporting the general operating budget, faculty and staff salaries and benefits, library books, healthy lunches, athletic equipment, art supplies, and all aspects of life at Brearley. Together, we are stewards for Brearley’s future.
United Fund Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Antibias/Antiracism Initiatives
By creating programming that engages our community to make equitable and conscious choices, we pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions so everyone feels welcomed, respected, supported, and valued to participate fully. The United Fund powers Brearley’s commitment to create an antibiased and antiracist institution.
Adventurous Intellect Fund Faculty Support
Providing for the dedicated architects of the School’s educational program, your gifts benefit curricular development, departmental review, professional growth, and faculty salaries.
Opening Doors Fund Scholarships
In keeping with Brearley’s mission to educate girls of diverse and adventurous intellect, your gifts make possible a Brearley education for families of low-, middle-, and upper-middle incomes.
ANNUAL FUND
online giving:
www.brearley.org/make-a-gift
Venmo: Brearley_af
via mail:
The Brearley School 610 East 83rd Street New York, NY 10028
Attention: Development & Alumnae Relations
contact : Amina Holman
Annual Fund Director aholman@brearley.org (212) 570-8610
P.A. Benefit
On April 24, 2025, over 1,300 members of the Brearley community—students and adults alike—gathered at the Central Park Zoo for the 2025 Brearley Parents’ Association Benefit, Beyond the Beaver Den, honoring retiring Head of School Jane Foley Fried. We are sincerely grateful to the Benefit Committee for making this special occasion possible, which raised $530,000 for Brearley’s faculty and staff. During the event, Sue Meng ’99, president of the Board of Trustees, also announced the establishment of the Jane Foley Fried Scholarship Fund. Thanks to the generosity of the Brearley community, this fund will bolster tuition assistance for future generations of Brearley girls.
benefit volunteers
Co-Chairs
Laura and Geoffrey Hsu
Yesim and Dusty Philip
Underwriting Co-Chairs
Ja-Ling Or and Krishna Agrawal
Ellen and Bill Turchyn
Committee
Lesley and Greggory Adamo
Anika Agarwal and Vijay Brihmadesam
Julien and Liz Albertini ‘98
Erica and Christopher Barlow
Alexandra Bowie and Kyle Judge
Venus and Gerald Demas
Sheri and Marc Feigen
Emily and Andrey Golovicher
Angeline Huang and Mark Higgins
Kamila and Munib Islam
Jeff and Sayuri Kaczynski ‘96
Li and Bachir Karam
Annie Kim and Jeffrey Lin
Kristen and David La Valle
Lorin Latarro and Brian Kopell
Kate and Geoffrey Lauprete
Courtney Leimkuhler and Charles de Segundo
Caroline and Winston Meade
Brenda Pai and Nii-Amar Amamoo
Purva Patel-Tsai and Andrew Tsai
Fernanda and Edgar Piedra
Reena and Anjan Sahni
Teena Shetty and Mihir Desai
Katie Song and Michael Joo
Begum and Will Taft
Michelle Tsang and Jeffrey Markowitz
Sheemul Valecha and Pranav Sawjiany
Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi ‘96
Naomi Waletzky and Rowan Hajaj
Robert Watson and Patrick Gallagher
Shannon and Jonathan Winer
Catherine and Chris Workman
Haya and Adnan Zuberi
Annual Fund Volunteers
Nearly 200 parent and alumnae volunteers lend their expertise, time, and considerable efforts to advance projects across the School each year. We are proud to recognize them for their unflagging loyalty and commitment to sustaining Brearley’s educational mission and values.
alumnae volunteers
Co-Chairs
Perla Delson ‘84
Emily Marzulli Rummel ‘06
1953
Ann Leventhal
1956
Myra Lipman
1958
Wendy Ecker
Sally Stopford
1959
Joan Hartwell
1960
Annie-May de Bresson
Martha Mendelsohn
1961
Louise Bozorth
Ginny Keim
Wendy Kleinbaum
Carey Millard
Marcella Wainwright
1962
Peregrine Whittlesey
1963
Martha Ryan Severens
1964
Wilhelmina Martin Eaken
1966
Anne Mittendorf
Laura Page
1968
Elena Droutzkoy Corso
1969
Barbara Hauge
Helen Thurston
Lindsey Folsom
Ann Koppen
Helen Pennoyer
Barbara Whitney
Jill Hamilton
Meyung Joh-Carnella
Jaqueline Worth
Emily Kirsch
Victoria Rowan
Karen Young
Darleen Jobson-Larkin
Amanda Kahn-Kirby
Jocelyn Strauber
Katie Brennan
Lisa Falkson
Mika Bouvard
Margaret Warden
Caroline Adams Caputo
Jasmine Davila 1995
Emily Rover Grace
1996
Annabel Noth
Elizabeth Oelsner
1997
Phoebe Geer
1998
Kimberly Kleinbaum Tsesarsky
1999
Courtney Andrialis
Rebecca Bloom
Amy Sharpe-Matthew
2000
Julia Foster
Melissa Miness
Dena Twain Sims
2001
Kimberly Stolz
2002
Elizabeth van Buren
2004
Natalie Moutoussis
2005
Hazel Balaban
Vana Koutsomitis
2006
Emily Barnet
Molly Battles
Lizzie Ellis
Emily Marzulli Rummel
Lita Tandon
2007
Thea Hogarth
Margaret White
2008
Nell Ethridge
Stephanie Sharp
2009
Hannah McGovern Gross
2010
Maité Cubilette-Muth
2011
Nikki Lam
2012
Rebecca McSween
Annalise Perricone
2013
Colette Macari
2014
Rachel Goldstein
Katharine Jessiman-Ketcham
Victoria Kingham
2015
Suzhen Jiang
Katherine Mann
Dani Seda
2016
Allegra DeLandri
Lauren Goldstein
Elizabeth Mann
2017
Allegra Colman
2018
Calista Washburn
2019
Mia Colman
Sarah Mann
Lauren Scheller
2020
Fiona Galvis
Diana Frelinghuysen
2021
Elizabeth Polubinski
2023
India Jayanti
parent volunteers
Co-Chairs
Matthew Hemberger
Brian Shaw
Kindergarten
Antonia Abraham
Julia Foster ‘00
Brian Kang
Jesse LeCavalier
Huiwei Pan
Wencan Tang
Class I
Kathryn Auw
Kate Lee
Lina Lu
Katerina Sokolova
Alonia White
Class II
Rebecca Bloom ‘99
David Coles
Martha Driscoll
Patricia Raciti
Mike Yin
Class III
Shantanu Agrawal
Jessie Ding
Mandë Holford
Ted Kang
Fay Sardjono
Class IV
Edwine Joseph
Katie Lentz
Jennifer Manguino
Brian Shaw
Class V
Jenny Gillette
Emily Rover Grace ‘95
Priya Misra
Natalie Sheppard
Class VI
Matt Hemberger
Jennifer Rogers
Class VII
Caroline Adams Caputo ‘94
Ashima Garg
Whitney Mogavero
Margo Nederlander
Caroline Swiatek
Class VIII
Mika Bouvard ‘93
Tina Bristol
Olivia Wassenaar ‘97
Class IX
Scott Clemons
Whitney Mogavero
Lila Preston ‘94
Rachel Russell
Class X
Jennifer Bab
Haynee Johnson
Karen Lefcourt-Taylor
Class XI
Ozzie Allen
Helen Cantwell
Tao Cheng
Richard Do
class xii gift
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Co-Chairs
Audrey Hoh
Amelia LeBlanc
Ananya Mirchandani
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Co-Chairs
Nikola and David Hennes
Lizzy Kuhlenkamp and Roy Yan
Namita Luthra and Anil Shrivastava
Committee
Jennifer and Anton Anikst
Lucrece Francois and Boris Dubrovsky
Anne and Nicholas Hayes
Sabrina and Matthew LeBlanc
Caren Pasquale Seckler and Michael Seckler
Purva Patel-Tsai and Andrew Tsai
Joanne Ramos and David Thomas
Jennifer Rogers and Robert Carlock
Class of 2025 Scholarship Fund
Each year, the Brearley XIIs and their families select a fund purpose that is especially meaningful to the class and supports the core mission of the school. The Class of 2025 Scholarship Fund will be an endowed fund supporting tuition assistance at Brearley. Inspired by the 2024 launch of the Brearley Free Tuition Program, which provides full need-based scholarships to New York City families making $100,000/year or less, and without significant assets, the Class of 2025 Scholarship Fund’s annual recipient should be a student who receives a full needbased scholarship. In selecting this fund, the Class of 2025 hopes to expand access to a Brearley education.
Memorial and Honorary Gifts
Donors to Brearley have a long tradition of thoughtfully recognizing others in the community through their gifts. We thank those who made memorial and honorary gifts this year and are pleased to recognize those they wish to honor through their philanthropy.
in memory of
Laurie Schneider Adams ‘59
John Adams
Caroline Adams Caputo ‘94 and Giorgio Caputo
Janet Alison
Louisa Lawrence ‘55
Edith R. Arndt
Richard Arndt
Skyler Arndt-Briggs ‘72
Yeou-Cheng Ma ‘69
Margaret Arnold ‘82
Thomas and Deborah Davis Ascheim ‘82
Daphne Warburg Astor ‘67
Lavinia Currier ‘75
Robin White Owen ‘67
Sonia Grace Austrian ‘50
Sarah Austrian ‘77
Jane Northrop Bancroft ‘31
Elizabeth Bancroft ‘84
Beatrice S. Bartlett
Taffy Dahl and Donald Kaufman
Evelyn Janover Halpert ‘52
Linda Sonnenschein Kaufman ‘52
Scarlet Kim ‘01
Lucy McDiarmid ‘64
Carol Millard and David Kaufman
Andra Oakes ‘64
Anne Lloyd Basinger
Katherine Stern Brennan ‘70
Cathleen Cohen Cavell ‘62
Andra Oakes ‘64
Jane Weiler ‘74
Nicole Wilson Beebe ‘70
Margot Bradley ‘70
Beryl Benacerraf-Libby ‘67
Peter Libby
Paula Biran
Alisa Biran Ben-Ami ‘89
Elizabeth Moss Bradley ‘69
Catherine Moss Warner ‘68
Joy Brooks ‘81
Catherine Foster-Anderson ‘81
Sara Linnie Slocum Brownell ‘63
David Brownell
Antonia Bryan ‘63
Slavka K. Button
Emily Button ‘93
Edith Iselin Byron ‘55
Frederick Byron
Ariel Hamill Herrmann ‘55
Ruth C. Carpenter
Cindy Spiegel ‘78
Dorothy Carr
Amanda Stiff ‘75
Christine Giusio Chadwick ‘88
Melinda Carley ‘90
Jeffrey and Alice Keimweiss ‘88
Joan and Henry Cobb
Sara Cobb ‘72
Ruben Cohen
Ranika Cohen
Kenneth Cronin
Jennifer Bartoli
Kitty Cunningham
Sasha Cunningham Anawalt ‘74
Beverly and Hyman Dolinsky
Rebecca Dolinsky ‘80
Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ‘85
Cindy Spiegel ‘78
Frances C. Taliaferro
Mary de Kay
Isabel Elliman ‘08
Rose Schwartz ‘73
Samantha del Campo ‘88
Jeffrey and Alice Keimweiss ‘88
Byron and Elizabeth Rodgers Dobell
Elizabeth Dobell ‘79
Mildred Donnelly
Louisa Lawrence ‘55
Margot Tweedy Egan ‘73
Howard McMorris and Clare Tweedy McMorris ‘63
Mary Elliott
Lee Grimes Evans ‘63
Eileen F. Evans
Rhona Carlton-Foss ‘62
Sandra Ferry ‘53
Sheila Muldowny Stone ‘53
Amy Mazzola Flynn ‘81
Jennifer Bicks ‘81
Faith and Peter Coolidge
Joanna Delson ‘81
Catherine Foster-Anderson ‘81
Karen Sonet-Rosenthal ‘81
Phoebe Harvey Frackman ‘50
Alexandra Bell Witten ‘74
Gigi Fuchs ‘82
Thomas and Deborah Davis Ascheim ‘82
Alexandra Fuchs ‘87
Cordelia Hodges Tilghman ‘82
Helen Garrison
Melinda Carley ‘90
Glenda Garvey ‘60
Susan and Richard Ratzan
Gail Gillam Gerhart ‘61
Jo David ‘61
Elsa D. Giachine
Andra Oakes ‘64
Sibyl Golden ‘71
Priscilla Ryan ‘71
Rachel Hall ‘87
Jessica Levenstein ‘87
Mary Hall Howland ‘80
Amy Jedlicka ‘80
Mary Hambleton ‘71
Priscilla Ryan ‘71
Ann Hamilton
Jane Hamilton Dorwart ‘68
Donna Landau Hardiman ‘77
Elizabeth and James Auran
Vanessa Park ‘77
Margaret Riker Harding
Melinda Carley ‘90
Linda Sonnenschein Kaufman ‘52
Elizabeth Tomlinson ‘87
Marjorie Bywater Hargrave ‘28
Audrey Adams Massa ‘63
Arline Grimes Heimert ‘54
Lee Grimes Evans ‘63
Ruth Kissin Helman ‘69
Matthew Cohn and Rebecca Blank ‘94
Bryan Gunderson and Sabrina Geer ‘99
Victoria Kingham ‘14
Rebecca McSween ‘12
Jack Hembree
Kathryn and Nadav Night
Susan Sanders Henck ‘70
Jan Liss ‘70
Elaine Garofallou Rollins ‘70
Megan Tallmer ‘70
Edward M. W. Hines
Caroline Hines
Gregory and Laura Laufer ‘97
Janet Howard
Louisa Lawrence ‘55
Winifred Stearns Hussey ‘78
Krysia Bereday Burnham ‘78
Caroline Jones ‘90
Melinda Carley ‘90
Jean Haas Jones ‘55
Walter Jones
Florence Mack Kelly ‘53
Alice Mack Sawyer ‘64
Jean Goldschmidt Kempton ‘63
Olwyn Maw Morinski ‘63
Ahmad Hussain Khan
Farah Khan and Taimur Jabran
Naved Ahmad Khan
Farah Khan and Taimur Jabran
Julie V. Klein
Allegra Klein ‘79
Bona Kostka
Jessica Levenstein ‘87
Sophie Deprez Kry ‘84
Jocelyn and Andre Deprez
Alexandra Piper ‘84
Sarah Piper
Patricia and George Labalme
Linda Sonnenschein Kaufman ‘52
Helen Beaman Lakin ‘95
Helen Hoffman Davies ‘62
Valerie Hoffman Takai ‘58
Inge M. Lederer
Katya Gibel Mevorach ‘70
Showching Lee
Connie and Rolf Classon
Judith Leonard
Edwin Deane Leonard
Susan Lodge ‘53
Sheila Muldowny Stone ‘53
Elizabeth Loeb ‘55
John Loeb
Marion Smith Lowndes 1923
Susan Lowndes Blagden ‘58
L. Edward Lucaire, Sr.
Lewise Lucaire
Laura Lyon ‘65
Anne Wightman Dubbs ‘65
Catherine MacRae ‘96
Caryn Bell ‘96
Caroline Hines
Ann MacRae ‘00
Trevor and Meghan Magyar ‘97
Linda and Scott Rafferty
Sharon Gates Stearns ‘63
Timothy and Dena Twain Sims ‘00
Laura Welikson ‘96
Sandra Lea Marshall ‘73 and Pat Taussig Marshall ‘49
Elizabeth Marshall Davis ‘79
Jan and Steven Golann
Jill Klein Grant ‘73
Emily Heilbrun ‘73
Michele Huff ‘76
Katharine Marshall ‘76
Rose Schwartz ‘73
Joan Neuberger Woodhouse ‘49
Judith Caton Mendelsund ‘58
Betsy Bacon Newell ‘58
Ellen Scott Walsh ‘58
Amy Miller ‘70
Abigail Free ‘70
Katharine Ross ‘70
Meredith Nieves Millington ‘82
Thomas and Deborah Davis Ascheim ‘82
Julia Minard ‘03
Alexandra Bowie and Daniel Richman
Jean F. Mitchell
Merriol Baring-Gould Almond ‘55
Laura Matlaw Murphy ‘70
Jan Liss ‘70
Megan Tallmer ‘70
Anne Zabriskie Noble ‘44
Alisande Citron ‘72
Virginia Lyon Paige ‘47
Matthew Paige
Clarisse Perrette ‘87
Natalia Bulgari ‘87
Oliver and Rémie Christ ‘87
Leslie Cohan ‘87
Alexandra Fuchs ‘87
Victoria Holstein ‘87
Sarah Gorham Hunter ‘87
Jessica Levenstein ‘87
Danielle Lewis ‘87
Daisy Pommer ‘87
Victoria Rowan ‘87
Elizabeth Tomlinson ‘87
Kathryn Schaefler Pershan ‘49
Pamela Pershan Hochman ‘82
Jonathan Cohen and Julia Pershan ‘88
Richard Pershan
Polly Rouillion Pitman ‘57
Winifred Rouillion Seibert ‘59
Nina Friedman Ramsey ‘76
Sarah Chace ‘76
Aileen Robbins ‘65
Jane Robbins ‘61
Andrea Rosenthal ‘84
Alexandra Piper ‘84
Samuel H. Rush
Catharine Dawson Rush ‘52
Cynthia Myrick Saltzman ‘39
Penelope Saltzman ‘76
Tiesha Sargeant ‘98
Jean-Claude Michel and Ibijoke Akinola-Michel ‘99
Eliza Schnitzer Gairard ‘98
Catherine Gowl ‘98
Amanda Mariner ‘98
Kimberly Kleinbaum Tsesarsky ‘98
Ann Tweedy Savage ‘65
Howard McMorris and Clare Tweedy McMorris ‘63
Michael Savage
Judith Middlebrook Schack ‘53
Christina and Jonathan Middlebrook
Julia Schieffelin ‘61
Karen Wetter Nathan ‘75
Betsy Tanner ‘75 and Alice Truax ‘77
Lawrence Shaderowfsky Anonymous
Mamak Shahbazi Nix LoPinto ‘14
Anne Sheffield ‘48
Linda Gross Kahn ‘85
Hannah L. Shi
Yan Sun and Rong Shi
Alexandra Sichel ‘81
Catherine Foster-Anderson ‘81
Franceska Blake Smith ‘63
Elisa Kessler Caporale ‘63
Hope Ewing ‘63
Nancy Kolker Staggs ‘58
Phyllis Friedman Mack ‘58
Barbara Hadley Stanton ‘53
Laura Stanton ‘77
Richard B. Stearns, Jr.
Mallory Rome ‘92
Sharon Gates Stearns ‘63
Otto L. Stein
Suzanne Stein
Elizabeth Stevenson ‘64
Maria Vitagliano ‘64
Emily Stillman
Melissa Gordon ‘71
Adele Hall Sweet ‘43
Caroline Leopold ‘15
Rachel Swett ‘07
Elizabeth and James Auran
Jennifer Collins ‘77
Ruth Sylvester ‘70
Sophie Glazer ‘70
Marianne Szanto
Ivan Szanto
Frances C. Thomson
Rebecca Thomson ‘71
Beatrice Thompson
Victoria Davidson ‘84
Beverly and Hyman Dolinsky
George Z. Tokieda
Thomas and Deborah Davis Ascheim ‘82
Margaret Caldwell-Ott
Emily Auran Clarke ‘10
Elizabeth Tomlinson ‘87
Delight Tolles
Ciannait Sweeney Tait ‘62
Gordon B. and Mary J. Tweedy
Howard McMorris and Clare Tweedy McMorris ‘63
Nicolle Ward ‘84
Sarah Gould Kagan ‘77
Helen Twombly Watkins ‘56
Eric Watkins
Letitia Webster
Hazel Balaban ‘05
Peter and Nichola Gray ‘04
Evelyn Janover Halpert ‘52
Julia Lee ‘11
Alexis Taylor ‘00
Louis White
Catherine Kohler Riessman ‘56
Suzannah Ryan Wilkie ‘53
Serena Wilkie Gifford ‘82
Tuba Winkler
Marilda Winkler Averbug ‘64
Gretchen Wolfe
Janice Condit and Edward Benett
Frances Hyde Zabriskie ‘14
Alisande Citron ‘72
Christiane Citron ‘67
Barbara Lewis Zinsser ‘31
Leslie Armstrong ‘58
in honor of
Amelia Abemayor
Katarzyna Dratewska and Pablo Rios
Jillian Seltzer and Paul Goldenberg
Madeline Abrams ‘12
Wendy and Danal Abrams
Camille Adams Anonymous
Modupe Akinola ’92
Andrea Matos ‘88
Julián Altschul
Tao Cheng and Yiben Lin
Mary Moss Appleton ‘65
Catherine Moss Warner ‘68
Hazel Balaban ‘05
Lynn Grossman and Robert Balaban
Anne Baldwin ‘09
Emily Baldwin ‘12
Emily Baldwin ‘12
Anne Baldwin ‘09
Julia Bernstein ‘12
Jo Ellen Finkel and Donald Bernstein
Simone Blaser ‘04
Martin Blaser
Alyssa Puccinelli Browne ’08
Sabrina and Steven Puccinelli
Tim Brownell
Ranika Cohen
Kate and Geoffrey Lauprete
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Ayesha and Billal Sikander
Anonymous (2)
Toni Bryan ‘63
Lee Grimes Evans ‘63
Sophie Palitz Buinewicz ‘09
Miriam London
Sarai Chico
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Anonymous
Aruna Chung-A-Hing
Anonymous
Katharine Frommer Cik ‘03
Lucy Whidden Hampton ‘03
Carolyn Clark
Tao Cheng and Yiben Lin
Class of 1973
Ardena Noble Landsman ‘73
Class of 1994
Jasmine Davila ‘94
Doris Coleman
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Judy Conant
Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ‘85
Tabitha Core
Tzo Ai Ang and Ken Lee
Sheila and Brendan Sheldon
Jacqueline Louise Crary ‘24
Alice Crary and Nathaniel Hupert
Gail Davis
Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ‘85
Jenelle Deodath
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Bob Doremus
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Keith Driscoll
Mili Seoni and Advait Kotecha
Robert Duke
Sanja Greenawalt ‘24
Elizabeth van Buren ‘02
Ayana Fletcher-Tyson
Jennifer and Connors Manguino
Jane Foley Fried
Modupe Akinola ‘92
Christine Frankenhoff Alfaro ‘91
Deborah Davis Ascheim ‘82
Eloise Austin and Justin Muzinich
Tanisha and Ravi Bellur
Susan Berresford ‘61
Katherine and Alexander Brodsky
Elisabeth and Michael Cannell
Lisa and Dick Cashin
Kristen Chae and Boris Arabadjiev
Elizabeth and James Chandler
Daphné Crespo-Helm and William Helm
Jo David ‘61
Joseph DiMenna
Ning Jin and Jessie Ding
Isabel Dische
Amina Elderfield ‘94
Patricia Barlerin Farman-Farmaian ‘85
Julie and Joaquin Gamboa
Ashley Garrett and Alan Jones
Shelly Guyer ‘78
Martha Haakmat
Lindsay and Charles Higgins
Richard Kauffman and Ellen Jewett ‘77
Alexa Jordan ‘13
Satadru Pramanik and Kimerberly Kahn ‘94
Georgia Levenson Keohane ‘90
Lizzy Kuhlenkamp and Roy Yan
Kevin Schwartz and Samantha Lipton ‘02
Susan and Martin Lipton
Peter Na and Megan Lui ‘10
Katrina McCall and John Cofresi
John McGinn and Cary Davis
Aracelis Medina
Antonius Kufferath and Sue Meng ‘99
Jonathan Moses and Abigail Young Moses ‘88
Jim Mulkin and Michael Robertson
Cory and Edward Nangle
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Fran Biondi and Jamie Nicholls ‘84
Grace Offut and Edmund Polubinski
Jonathan Cohen and Julia Pershan ‘88
Richard Pershan
Dusty and Yesim Philip
Naomi and Steven Press
Fay Sardjono and Shujaat Islam
Lynn and John Savarese
Terri Seligman ‘78
Pamela and Douglas Selin
Sidaya Moore Sherwood ‘90
Talbott and Carter Brooks Simonds ‘95
Kim Staller and Joseph Macari
Kathryn Sukey and Thomas Farrell
Daryl Gurian Stern and Russell Stern
Nekesa Straker ‘97
Dr. Jerome Swartz
Begum and William Taft
Athena Tapales and Giri Devulapally
Jean Loeb Troubh ‘56
Julian and Olivia Wassenaar ‘97
Lauren and Baxter Wasson
Karen and Morris Zukerman
Anonymous (4)
Darcy Fryer
Julie Wong and Johnson Lee
Anonymous
Yusi Gao
Flavia Golden ‘83
Anonymous
Joan Gardiner
Rebecca Q. Leonard McCauley ‘85
Phoebe Geer ‘97
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Tara Glick
Mili Seoni and Advait Kotecha
Annabel Gordon
Linda and William Musser
Mary Jane Peightal Haight ‘49
Nina Haight Frost ‘75
Evelyn Janover Halpert ‘52
Lucy McDiarmid ‘64
Helen Bearn Pennoyer ‘72
Cynthia Saltzman ‘67
Ken Hall
Margaret Grise and Adam Silver
Barbara Hauge ‘69
Rosemary Blackmon Grove ‘69
Analisa Heinz
Tao Cheng and Yiben Lin
Elianora Palitz Herbstman ‘06
Miriam London
Jake Hertz
Anonymous
Alexander Hwang
Tao Cheng and Yiben Lin
Anonymous
Lloyd Kaufman
Lisbeth Kaufman ‘04
Ju Yeon Kim
Peter and Nichola Gray ‘04
Jessica Subler and Daniel Bardes
Daryl Kleiman ‘04
Laurin and Norman Kleiman
Jee Leong Koh
Tao Cheng and Yiben Lin
Julie Wong and Johnson Lee
P.J. Kolman
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Sheila Kramer Anonymous
Noel Lamberty
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Sarah Lannom
Kate and Geoffrey Lauprete
Anonymous
Douglas Levine
Kate and Geoffrey Lauprete
Lower School Faculty and Staff
Anonymous
Winifred M. Mabley
Jayne and PJ Kim
Aysha Maisonet
Lisa Schwartz and Benjamin Zeskind
Emmy Maluf ‘14
Katherine Rovine
Julia Maluf ‘17
Katherine Rovine
Maggie Maluf
Katherine Rovine
Olivia Mao
Lana Bailey-Tamaro and Richard Tamaro
Gail Marcus
Ella Marx ‘20
Anonymous
Jim McDonald
Ayesha and Billal Sikander
Ari Medina
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Sue Meng ‘99
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Kelly Micca
Amanda Gluibizzi and Christian Kleinbub
The Miller Society
Michelle Webb ‘85
Jillian Minello
Jennifer and Connors Manguino
Amy Moss ‘70
Catherine Moss Warner ‘68
Barbara Moss ‘81
Catherine Moss Warner ‘68
Sadie Murray
Charlotte Howard ‘00 and Daniel Osnoss
Ahmed Najm
Kate and Geoffrey Lauprete
Karen Nedbal
Linda and Alan Kahn
Margo Nederlander
Anna Chapman ‘87
Tamara Nikuradse
Olga Slavgorodska and Oleksiy Podkhyneychenko
Betty Noel-Pierre
Anonymous
Gabrielle London Palitz ‘76
Miriam London
Zachary Papas
Margaret Lynaugh and Brian Shaw
Paul Phelps
Anonymous
Joy Piedmont
Sunmi Lee and Junghwan Moon
Lisa Pollack
Ella Romero ‘06
Meghan Taira ‘95
Mary Potter
Jennifer and Connors Manguino
Lisa Schwartz and Benjamin Zeskind
Christina Puccinelli ‘15
Sabrina and Steven Puccinelli
Gina Puccinelli ‘11
Sabrina and Steven Puccinelli
Emma Ramadan
Kate and Geoffrey Lauprete
Anonymous
Charlotte Relyea ‘92
Susan and George Relyea
Marina Rodriguez ‘23
Shawn Fields-Rodriguez and Jorge Rodriguez
Heyden Rostow ‘67
Constance and Corson Ellis
Ariel Sanabria
Lana Bailey-Tamaro and Richard Tamaro
Evelyn Segal
Elizabeth Tunick Cedar ‘01
Laurie Seminara
Satadru Pramanik and Kimberly Kahn ‘94
Allison Patrick ‘02
Calista Washburn ‘18
Martha Ryan Severens ‘63
Deborah Bancroft ‘63
Anne Sher
Anonymous
Lorre Snyder
Sirkka and James McMenamin
Jennifer Solomon ‘01
Robert Solomon
Rachel Spradley
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Frances C. Taliaferro
Alison Anthoine ‘70
Lucy McDiarmid ‘64
Deborah Roberts ‘67
Frances Thorndike
Jessica and James Benjamin
Hannah McGovern Gross ‘09
Randi Timan
Jayne and PJ Kim
Mili Seoni and Advait Kotecha
Alfrida Tozieva
Peter and Nichola Gray ‘04
Madeleine Tramm ‘63
Ingrid Lorch Bacci ‘63
Jean Loeb Troubh ‘56
Margery Baker Riker ‘66
Anne Uy
Daniel Osnoss and Charlotte Howard ‘00
Sarah Wacker
Julie Wong and Johnson Lee
Grace Warner-Haakmat
Amanda Gluibizzi and Christian Kleinbub
Lauren Wasson
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Brittany Weinstein
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Peregrine Whittlesey ‘62
Adrienne Gray Burrus ‘62
Ella Wickham ‘20
Leslie Stroth and Landon Wickham
Jessica Green Wilson ‘93
Karen and Joseph Green
Sherri Wolf
Anonymous
Tammy Zazuri
Sirkka and James McMenamin
Maria-Anna Zimmermann
Jennifer and Connors Manguino
Margo and Jimmy Nederlander
Samuel Brearley Society
Legacy gifts to the Brearley School leave a lasting impact and are an opportunity to magnify a lifetime of generosity. The Samuel Brearley Society recognizes supporters of Brearley who have included the School in their estate plans. Thank you for your dedication to Brearley and its future.
Reed Abelson and Jaqueline Worth ‘82
Helen Mills Allen ‘49*
Catherine Huber Anderson ‘40*
Dorothy and Albert Appleton
Leslie Armstrong ‘58
Peter Aron*
Nina Kivelson Auerbach ‘52*
Hope Sinauer Babcock ‘59
Leyla Morrissey Bader ‘88
Sara Baerwald ‘65
Eleanora Gordon Baird ‘42*
Emily Lind Baker ‘61
Ann Woolley Banks ‘49
Irene Nelson Bareau ‘63*
Priscilla M. Winn Barlow
Mary Ellin Berlin Barrett ‘44*
Beatrice S. Bartlett*
Louise and Hugo* Beit
Robert Belknap*
Elaine Bennett ‘77
George Bilon*
Lois Baldwin Bishop ‘52*
Laura Maioglio Blobel ‘50
Linda Boldt ‘64*
Louise Mathews Bozorth ‘61
Julia Brandi ‘62
Katherine Stern Brennan ‘70
Amanda Brown Brown ‘74
Gillette Brown*
Sally Brown ’57
Merrill Buice ‘84
Edith Wise Burpee ‘44
Cassandra Cavanaugh and Natan Shklyar
Joan Ridder Challinor ‘45*
Angela and Virgis Colbert
Elizabeth Conklin Collins ‘54*
Henry S.F. Cooper*
Mary Blum Cossette ‘59
Tandy Cronyn ‘63
Anne Chambers Crudge ‘53*
Marguerite Cullman ‘54
Norma and George* Dallal and Melissa Dallal ‘89
Nina Montgomery Dana ‘41*
Keith David
Maude Davis*
Diane de Coppet ‘62
Laura de Coppet ‘64
Lois and Georges de Ménil
Diana de Vegh ‘55
Barbara Granbery Dehlinger ‘60
Gioia del Campo*
Nancy and Arnold Diethelm*
Nancy Nauts Dobbs ‘47*
Mary Ann Donovan ‘44*
Wilhelmina Martin Eaken ‘64
Malcom Edgerton, Jr. and Jane Edgerton ‘43*
Cecile Miller Eistrup ‘58
Margaret Condon Elting ‘45
Rita S. Englund ‘70
Eileen Epperson ‘67
Sylvia Montgomery Erhart ‘45*
Flora Feigenspan ‘52*
Joan Ferrante ‘54
Susan Forsyth*
Beatrice Mathews Francais ‘55
Barbara Schwarz French ‘30*
Jane Fulton*
Philomene Gates*
Linda Genereux and Timur Galen
Gail Gillam Gerhart ‘61*
Jane Gladstone ‘86
Ann Godoff and Annik La Farge ‘78
Toni Krissel Goodale ‘59
Joan Bamberger Goodheart ‘52*
Margot Brady Gordon 52
Robin Hinsdale Gould ‘47*
Sarah Sillcocks Graham ‘31*
Penelope Hunter Grant ‘33*
Elizabeth Greenman ‘87*
Ann Richards Gridley ‘58
Rosemary Blackmon Grove ‘69
Mary Rodgers Guettel ‘48*
Mary Jane Peightal Haight ‘49
Elinor Lamont Hallowell ‘53*
Evelyn Janover Halpert ‘52
Dorrance Hill Hamilton ‘46*
Mary Jopling Harper ‘33*
Jane Andrews Harris ‘50
Barbara Hauge ‘69
Elizabeth Haynes ‘40*
Perrin Heard
Stephen Heard
Ruth Kissin Helman ‘69*
Natascha Hildebrandt ‘85
Dorothy Schwarz Hines ‘44*
Susan Carr Hirschman ‘49
Margaret Hitchcock ‘50*
Kathrine Hamilton Hobbs ‘42*
Diane Deschamps Hockstader ‘53
Winifred Stearns Hussey ‘78*
Barbara Ridder Irwin ‘40*
Susan Miller Jackson ‘36*
Elizabeth Shackford Jordan ‘39*
Emma Kalonzo ‘97
Amanda Kane*
Barbara Adler Katzander ‘46*
Hollis Kegg ‘75
Elizabeth Harpel Kehler ‘79
Virginia Chambers Keim ‘61
Marjorie Kellogg ‘63
Louisa Livingston Kennedy ‘52*
Romia Bull Kimball ‘53*
Alice MacRae Kissel ‘29*
George Labalme Jr. and Patricia H. Labalme ‘44*
Paul and Mary Lee Lambert ‘53
Louisa Lawrence ‘55
Elizabeth Maxwell Lee ‘61
Garrick Leonard and Leslie Feder ‘77
Alan* and Gail Levenstein
Victoria Schwartz Levy ‘90
Linda Markwett Liebes ‘56
Nancy Moffat Lifland ‘45*
Susan Worcester Light ‘46*
Elizabeth Loeb ‘55*
John Loeb
Ian and Monique Sullivan Lowitt ‘79
Tamera Stanton Luzzatto ‘75
Lelia Wardwell Mander ‘81
Claire and Christopher Mann
Katharine Marshall ‘76
Lucy Welch Mazzeo ‘31*
Lucy McDiarmid ‘64
Nancy McDonald ‘49*
Pamela McGovern and Richard Gross
Julia Farrelly McVaugh ‘53
Ginny Meding ‘38*
Marjorie Meacham Meek ‘44*
David Milberg*
Carey French Millard ‘61
Gwenn Miller ‘88
Nancy Goldsmith Mistretta ‘72
Janet Backus Morgan ‘54*
Iris Frampton Muggenthaler ‘47*
Frances Dell Murray ‘38*
Ilse Nelson*
Christine Vanderwarker Ness ‘59*
Mary Ann Nordeman ‘53*
Carol Rothschild Noyes ‘35*
Barbara Baker O’Brien ’42*
Anne Pell Osborn ‘36*
Elinor Scott Oswald ‘38*
Juliet Boyd Patterson ‘48*
Clarissa Wardwell Pell ‘26*
Joan McGeoch Perry ‘48*
Kathryn Schaefler Pershan ‘49*
Priscilla Kennaday Pick ‘29*
Angela Hill Plowden-Wardlaw ‘62
Ann Hochschild Poole ‘43*
Carol Prins ‘58
Nansi Pugh*
Julie Zwaska Quinn ‘92
Mary Stalter Radsch ‘63*
Mary Louise Backus Rankin ‘52*
Signa Lynch Read ‘48*
Kathryn Skyler Walley Redford ‘08
Esther Ridder ‘43*
Margery Baker Riker ‘66
Aileen Robbins ‘65*
Felicia Warburg Rogan ‘45
Jill Renaud Roosevelt ‘79
Patricia Ross ‘63
Mary Anne Goldsmith Schwalbe ’51*
Shelah Kane Scott ‘50*
Andrea Selch ‘82
Martha Ryan Severens ‘63
Elizabeth Munves Sherman ‘73
Cynthia Fuguet Shurtleff ‘48*
Cornelia and Jonathan* Small
Dorothea Wilder Smith ‘33*
Frederick Smith*
Susan Bassett Southall ‘58*
Helen Grace Spencer ‘53*
Emily Spitzer ‘72
Kathleen Steed
Anne Rosen Stern ‘34*
Diane Stevens ‘58
Ellen Weiler Stiefler ‘76
Amanda Stiff ‘75
Andrea Gray Stillman ‘62
Linda Stillman ‘66
Sheila Muldowny Stone ‘53
Betsy Sylvester*
Ruth Sylvester ‘70*
Frances C. Taliaferro
Jean Ballard Terepka ‘70
Rebecca Thomson ‘71
Harriet Backus Todd ‘60*
Juli Shea Towell ‘51*
Joan Foster Twigg ‘67*
Sidney Howard Urquhart ‘50*
Carol Jaffin Veit ‘61*
Lisa and Andre-Francois* Villeneuve
Lois Kahn Wallace ‘57*
Sally Tilghman Wardwell ‘54
Gwendolyn Steele Fortson Waring ‘73
Sarah Hyman Washkowitz ‘00
Faye Wattleton
Frederick Wonham*
Margaret Underwood Wright ‘40*
Karen Young ‘88
Ying Zhu
Isabel Wademan Zisk ‘88 Anonymous (25)
Estate Gifts
Gioia del Campo*
Gail Gillam Gerhart ‘61*
Joan Bamberger Goodheart ‘52*
Shelah Kane Scott ‘50*
Lisa and Andre-Francois* Villeneuve
Margaret Underwood Wright ‘40* Anonymous*
The Brearley Legacy Challenge
Thanks to an anonymous group of alumnae sponsors, when you inform us of your planned gift to Brearley, whether through a bequest, charitable trust, or retirement plan, a one-time $1,000 outright gift to Brearley will be donated this year.
Generations of alumnae, parents, and friends have strengthened Brearley’s legacy with endowment gifts. Endowed funds are invested for the long term and provide income that supports core needs as well as specific educational programs. Gifts through bequests, trusts, or retirement plans are often directed to the endowment.
The Samuel Brearley Society recognizes members of our community who have included Brearley in their estate plans.
To learn more about how to make a planned gift or bequest to Brearley, or to inform us of a legacy plan, please contact PlannedGiving@brearley.org or (212) 570-8625.
Memorial and Honorary Funds
Over the years, members of the Brearley community have honored family members, classmates, and faculty members by establishing a fund in their memory or honor. The following funds support scholarships, professional development, specific departments, and other initiatives. We thank those who have chosen to honor their loved ones by establishing a fund at Brearley.
Alessandra Cheny Appleby ‘44 Scholarship Fund
Nina Kivelson Auerbach Scholarship Fund
Tony Barlow Dance Fund
Priscilla M. Winn Barlow Faculty Salary Fund
Anne Lloyd Basinger Fund
Ursula Loengard Berens ‘47 Memorial Art Fund
Jacqueline de Coppet Berthet ‘52 Memorial Fund
Blutt Family Enrichment Opportunity Fund
Louise Clarke Bodman 1911 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Barbara Schneider Bruckner ‘68 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Edna H. Carling Physical Education Chair Fund
Sarah C. Carslake Scholarship Fund
Helene Champrigrand Chair of Modern Languages
Class of 2022 Kenneth M. Cronin, Jr. Memorial Fund
Croswell Memorial Pension Fund
Frances Riker Davis 1915 Memorial Fund
Mary de Kay Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Dodge H. Clarke 1903 and Julia Dodge Rea 1904
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mildred M. Donnelly Memorial Fund
Anne Dunn Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Wheeler Ellison ‘38 Scholarship Fund
Berta and Leonard Elsmith Music Fund
Amy Mazzola Flynn ‘81 Memorial Fund
Elinor Freston ‘51 Memorial Fund
Jane Foley Fried Scholarship Fund
Sally W. Ganz Visiting Artists Fund
Alice F. Goodwin ‘50 Library Fund
Phyllis Goodhart Gordon ‘31 Chair of Classics
Caroline Zelaznik Gruss Scholarship Fund
Elinor Lamont Hallowell ‘53 Music Fund
Evelyn J. Halpert ‘52 History Chair Fund
Margaret Riker Harding Lower School Fellowship Fund
Ruth Kissin Helman ‘69 Endowed Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth French Hitchcock Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marian L. Hogue ‘41 Scholarship Fund
Jane Fennell Hoops ‘37 Scholarship Fund
Clara B. Kellner Scholarship Fund
Margaret R. Lawrence Fund
Hedwig Ridder Leach ‘35 Scholarship Fund
Louise Littauer Scholarship Fund
Sandra Lea Marshall ‘73 Fund
Millicent Carey McIntosh English Chair Fund
Millicent Carey McIntosh Scholarship Fund
Jean Fair Mitchell Scholarship Fund
Elisabeth Moser Memorial Fund
Andrea V. Rosenthal ‘84 Scholarship for Overseas Study and Travel
Tiesha Sargeant ‘98 Scholarship Fund
Dorothy Schiff 1920 Science Chair
Sydney Joelson Segal Memorial Scholarship Fund
Louise G. and Jacob Sklaroff Memorial Fund
Richard B. Stearns, Jr. Memorial Fund
Sheila Muldowny Stone ‘53 Scholarship Fund
Rachel Barrett Swett ‘07 Photography Fund
Alice Bemis Thompson Fund
George Z. Tokieda Fund for Environmental Education
Delight Tolles Fund
Emily Townsend Vermule ‘46 Classics Fund
Emily V.M. Walker ‘06 Faculty Fund
Lois Kahn Wallace ‘57 Brearley Writers Award Fund
Serena Marshall Weld ‘01 Fund
Nina Zinsser ‘76 Memorial Fund
The Visual Arts Center
With picture windows that allow natural light to flood into the large, airy classrooms, the new home for the visual arts on the 11th and 12th floors of the 610 building is a testament to the importance of imagination and artistic expression here at Brearley. Since Brearley’s founding in 1884, art has played an essential role in the curricular program, and today is no exception. The graciously appointed classrooms designed for painting, sculpture, and printmaking, along with dark- and lightrooms, create a sanctuary at the top of our building for our students’ creative endeavors.
Following in the footsteps of the successful library renovation on the 10th floor, this project is the next step in the modernization of our historic schoolhouse. Each phase is an investment in Brearley’s future. While some of the work had to occur during the end of the last school year, there was minimal disruption to the school programming thanks to the meticulous planning of our facilities staff. As in past projects, the sustainable infrastructure and facilities, along with innovative designs of the spaces, will allow us to advance our co-curricular program, ensuring that generations of Brearley girls will continue to flourish as painters, sculptors, and artists.
In addition to providing more classroom and office space, this renovation also allowed us to co-locate all four Middle School grades on three contiguous floors. This provides a more cohesive and community-oriented environment for students in Classes V-VIII. Finally, our art and English departments have new offices, which encourage greater collaboration and collegiality.
These upgrades are the result of generous donations from our community and in-depth conversations with faculty, staff, and the Board of Trustees about the programmatic needs for our school. Next up in our renovation of 610, we are turning our attention to the space where we welcome our community members and start each day with our Middle and Upper School students. Preserving the historic integrity of the lobby, while modernizing the space to make it more accessible and in line with our programming, will be a challenging task, but one that our community will meet with our usual thoughtfulness and attention to detail.
2025–2026
Brearley
Alumnae Board
Megan Lui ’10
President
Christina Morales ’09
Vice President
Nichole Davis ’06
Secretary
Lucie Aidinoff ’76
Alison Anthoine ’70
Leslie Armstrong ’58
Penelope August ’00
Antonia Bryan ’63
Eleana Cheng ’92
Vasavi Devireddy ’04
Chelsea Douglas ’13
Cherise Fisher ’90
Felicia Lugo Grant ’94
Laura Habian ’16
Yeou-Cheng Ma ’69
Mina Mahmood ’15
Sophie Waskow Rifkin ’03
Victoria Rowan ’87
Julie Satow ’92
Sarvi Shahbazi ’12
Hannah Waxman ’15
Ella Wickham ’20
Jaqueline Worth ’82
Christine Yang ’17
Brearley regional events
1. Los Angeles Alumnae Gathering - April 29: Hosted by Westridge Head of School Andrea Kassar ’95, alumnae from across the decades gathered to enjoy the California sunshine, tour the beautiful campus, and engage in lively conversation. 2 San Francisco Alumnae Gathering - April 30: Hosted by San Francisco Friends Head of School Pankti Sevak and Josie Rodberg ’99, both former Brearley faculty members, the event brought alumnae together to reconnect and celebrate their shared community. The gathering closed on a high note as attendees proudly joined in singing “By Truth and Toil.” 3. Washington, D.C. Alumnae Gathering - May 8: Joined by Director of Advancement Phoebe Geer ’97, Washington, D.C.-based alumnae gathered for a reception at the home of Kathe Gates Williamson ’65.
Alumnae Books
Below are published books by alumnae. If you’ve recently published a book and would like us to promote it, please send covers of your new books to classnotes@brearley.org.
Clockwise from top left: Claire Tomlinson ’58, 39 Claremont; Anne Damrosch ’65, Post & Line; Lydia Davis ’65, Into the Weeds; Michèle Gerber Klein ’68, Surreal: The Extraordinary Life of Gala Dalí; Sarah Goodyear ’81, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, and Maria Silver ‘78, At Last.
Generation to Generation: Sharing Stories and Planning Futures as We Age
Presented by the Elder Committee and moderated by Alison Anthoine ’70, the event featured longtime teacher Frances Taliaferro, her daughter Cassandra Hiland ’86, Kristen McConnell ’02, and Toni Bryan ’63. Together, they discussed important topics such as deciding when to combine households, addressing difficult health matters well before a hospital stay, and sharing personal memories and practical methods to make these conversations easier.
Alumnae Association Committee Fair
The night before Last Day, representatives from each committee of the Alumnae Association welcomed the graduating seniors as official alumnae. The fair featured information about ways to become involved and mementos from each of the committees.
QUEERLY BREARLEY
NEW YORK LIBERTY WNBA GAME
On June 17, Brearley alumnae gathered at the Barclays Center to cheer on the New York Liberty as they faced off against the Atlanta Dream. The night was filled with school spirit, camaraderie, and the excitement of watching a fast-paced WNBA game.
Artist Talk with Amanda Guest
Presented by the Arts Committee, Perla Delson ’84 welcomed alumnae to Studio Delson Architecture PC for an engaging artist talk and tour with Amanda Guest, featuring her latest installation, Give the Wall.
ALUMNAE AWARDS
Truth and Toil Award 2025 Recipient
Susan Berresford ’61
We are proud to announce Susan Berresford as the 2025 recipient of the Truth and Toil Award, honoring her extraordinary service to Brearley. The award annually recognizes a living alumna who has built a sense of connection across class years, embodies the values of Brearley, and has had a significant influence on the community. Serving as a trustee from 2018 to 2025, Susan’s tenure is defined by steady leadership, deep institutional knowledge, and profound care for the School. During pivotal moments, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the School’s ongoing work around race and equity, Susan provided clarity, compassion, and reassurance. As a member of the COVID-19 Task Force, her voice was a source of calm and conviction during unprecedented times.
Susan has also been a vital link between generations of Brearley alumnae mentoring younger graduates while remaining a steadfast presence for longtime community members. Behind the scenes, she has offered wise counsel to former Head of School Jane Foley Fried, guiding with humility, perspective, and unwavering dedication. Susan’s impact on Brearley is lasting and immeasurable. We are thrilled to celebrate her with this well-deserved honor.
TRUTH AND TOIL AWARD
Established in 2022, the annual award honors a living alumna who has built a sense of connection across class years and who will inspire future generations of Brearley students.
FRANCES RIKER DAVIS AWARD
Established in 1967, the annual award honors a Brearley alumna who has devoted herself to community and public service, responds/responded wholeheartedly to human needs, and makes/made a significant impact on the lives of others. Candidates may be alums who have displayed a selfless approach to public service in a wide range of activities.
Lois Kahn Wallace Writer’s Award 2025 Recipient
Abby Seiff ’02
Troubling the Water: A Dying Lake and a Vanishing World in Cambodia
Congratulations to Abby Seiff , this year’s Lois Kahn Wallace Writer’s Award recipient for her acclaimed book Troubling the Water: A Dying Lake and a Vanishing World in Cambodia
A New York-based journalist and writer, Abby’s work has appeared in publications including The Bellevue Literary Review, The Missouri Review , and The New York Review of Book s. She has received fellowships from Yaddo and the Logan Nonfiction Program, holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, and most recently served as an investigative editor for Radio Free Asia.
LOIS
KAHN WALLACE ’57 WRITERS AWARD
Established in 1999 by the late Lois Kahn Wallace ’57, the award honors and encourages a Brearley alumna at the beginning of her career as a published writer or at the beginning of writing in a new genre. Fiction and nonfiction works for adults as well as for children and young adults are eligible. The award is conferred approximately every two years and carries an honorarium.
TO NOMINATE SOMEONE
Visit www.brearley.org/alumnae-awards, or contact Lizzy Youngling, Director of Alum Relations at eyoungling@brearley.org. All nominations are requested by December 4, 2025.
ALUMNAE AWARDS (CONT.)
Frances Riker Davis Award
2025 Recipient
Sofia
McDonald ’09
Sofia McDonald is a staff attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to individuals who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in prison. Since joining EJI as a law fellow in 2019, she has worked on complex capital and juvenile sentencing cases, successfully arguing before appellate courts and helping secure relief for clients facing extreme sentences. In addition to her litigation work, she leads public education initiatives at EJI,
including presenting at the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice and teaching courses on racial injustice in Title I public high schools. Her work integrates legal advocacy with public education to advance criminal justice reform and promote a deeper understanding of systemic inequality.
McDonald earned her JD from NYU School of Law, where she participated in the Equal Justice and Defender Clinic and interned at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She previously worked at Ropes & Gray LLP and served in Teach for America in Chicago. She holds a BA in History and Science from Harvard and is a 2009 graduate of the Brearley School.
SAVE DATE
Frances Riker Davis Award Award 2025 Recipient
Sarah Rosen Wartell ’79
Sarah Rosen Wartell has served as president of the Urban Institute since 2012, leading the nonprofit research organization in its mission to equip changemakers with evidence and solutions to advance equity and economic opportunity. Under her leadership, the Institute continues to serve as a trusted source for data and insight that strengthens decision-making and improves outcomes for families and communities. Previously, she was the founding chief operating officer and executive vice president of the Center for American Progress, and held senior economic policy roles in the Clinton White House and at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Wartell’s career has focused on housing finance, community development, consumer protection, and economic mobility. She serves on the board of Enterprise Community Partners and is active in numerous advisory councils and national fellowships. A graduate of Princeton and Yale Law School, she also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Many of you eagle-eyed readers will surely have noticed a new character amongst the punctuation marks used throughout this magazine. No, it is not a rogue apostrophe or stray quotation mark. It is the Oxford Comma, vilified by some, beloved by others.
Recently, it came to our attention that while Brearley did not use the Oxford Comma in its official communications, it was a device used and taught by the Brearley English Department. And who were we to be inconsistent with the likes of Drs. Zukerman, March, and Wolf, among others. Additionally, while we purport to use the Chicago Manual of Style as a guide for all questions, both grammatical and syntactical, we purposefully ignored the poor serial comma, whose sole purpose was to help us make sense of our lists and keep our ideas in order.
Well, we are eschewing the Oxford Comma no more. So please forward any questions, comments, or concerns (you see what we did there) to communications@brearley.org.
Incubator, proving ground, home. Brearley is a singular place that is all about the girls—who they are, what they are capable of, and who they can become.
When you include Brearley in your estate plans, you join a generous group of supporters who safeguard the Brearley experience for the girls of future generations.
For sample language to use in your will or trust, and further information, please contact: Phoebe T. Geer ’97, Director of Advancement, (212) 570-8609 or pgeer@brearley.org.
