Looking Ahead
“Once again with this community’s partnership, students are known, supported, and taught to impact and bring about change by our extraordinary faculty and staff. Thank you for supporting the growth of our programs, which create dynamic student experiences and strong foundations for the future.”
Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Back-of-the-envelope math is not how we do things at UPrep. Our faculty and staff build budgets intentionally and thoughtfully. This year included lots of predicted opportunities, like our second student-run Model UN conference, field trips for intensives, and Global Link trips to Finland, Taiwan, and France. But we were also presented with some unexpected requests for financial assistance due to job losses, the chance to take students to the pit rehearsal for Wicked, admission off the waiting list for the robotics Last Chance High Stakes Tournament, and the need for a fifth Middle School girls volleyball team. Because of your support of the Puma Fund, UPrep said yes to these opportunities.
As I look ahead, it’s hard not to consider the role artificial intelligence (AI) will play in the daily lives of our students. Although this is still uncertain, I do know that the unique value of a UPrep education cannot be replicated by AI. Our students cultivate human skills like compassion, curiosity, and confidence throughout their time here. There are no shortcuts to developing key interpersonal skills, like holding meaningful conversations, asking thoughtful questions, comprehending what you read, and the ability to confidently meet new people out in the world.
Thank you for choosing UPrep for your family and thank you for supporting our school community. Your impact is wide, and our gratitude is deep. We can’t wait to see what our students go on to accomplish as alumni. In the words of former Science Department Chair Mikayla Patella-Buckley, “The impact of a UPrep education doesn’t stop when students graduate UPrep—it’s just the beginning.”
Looking ahead,
Liz Van Hoy DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
“We have so much to celebrate at UPrep. With the generous support from families and partners, the learning environment here continues shaping confident, authentic leaders who are ready to thrive in a complex world.”
Ninevah Lowery, 2024–2025
PRESIDENT OF THE UPREP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PARENT OF BRYANT ’24 AND NEVA-NATAIA ’26
ON THE COVER:
A new sun telescope honors the generosity and impact of alum Liese van Zee ’87, who had an illustrious career in astronomy and left a transformative bequest to UPrep in 2024. The Science Department awarded graduating students Rian F. and Sophia S. (pictured, left to right) an award in Liese’s name because of their demonstrated qualities modeled by Liese over their time at UPrep: collaborative, creative, hardworking, and joyful with a passion for science and mentoring others.
The Puma Fund Benefits Every Student
35% of households increased their giving
$146,153 raised from corporate matching
162 households gave to both the Puma Fund and UPrep Together
Every year, we invite the entire UPrep community to participate in the Puma Fund, our annual fundraising effort that supports all co-curricular activities for students. This fund also supplements financial aid packages, helping to make UPrep accessible. This year’s Puma Fund goal was $1.2 million, and our total raised was $1,408,465!
THE 2024–2025 PUMA FUND SUPPORTED:
STUDENTS WENT ON 279 FIELD TRIPS
130 AP EXAMS ADMINISTERED ON CAMPUS
71 MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL
STUDENTS TOOK FIVE GLOBAL LINK TRIPS
68 MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL ART CLASSES
74% OF STUDENTS COMPETED ON 59 ATHLETIC TEAMS
100 MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN MODEL UN
Your Support Powers Endowed Financial Aid
UPrep Together, our annual community celebration and fundraiser, brought parents, guardians, alumni, faculty, and staff out in ’70s style as a nod to our founding in 1976 and raised $804,003 for our Endowed Financial Aid Fund.
• Financial aid is one of the most powerful ways we ensure that our community stays rich in diversity, talent, and potential.
• Our Endowed Financial Aid Fund allows us to rely on steady, ongoing income to continue offering holistic financial aid to deserving families year after year.
• The more students we can offer a UPrep education to, the more our values go beyond the walls of UPrep.
“In five years, I see myself obtaining my master’s degree in machine learning and using that to explore how artificial intelligence can continue to improve day-to-day life.”
Yedidia A. ‘25, featured in the UPrep Together video
2,600+
UPrep Alumni.
One Strong Community.
The UPrep alumni network is strong. Regardless of where their studies or careers take them, alumni stay engaged in our community and remain connected to each other.
• Graduates from 1979–2024 support current students by coaching, offering career advice, sharing insights about life on college campuses, mentoring during LaunchPad, and more.
• Students interact with alumni throughout their time on campus and witness how their relationship with the school will evolve after they graduate.
• Alumni also serve on the UPrep Board of Trustees and the Alumni Board.
40 alumni were involved in student life this school year
124 alumni in college are available to students during their college search
145 alumni attended events in Seattle and across the country
JOIN THE PUMA MENTOR PROGRAM BY SCANNING BELOW
Financial Review 2024–2025 2024–2025 Donors
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025*
OPERATING BUDGET $35 MILLION
REVENUES
TUITION & FEES
PUMA FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
OTHER INCOME
ENDOWMENT DISTRIBUTION
EXPENSES
SALARIES & BENEFITS
FACILITIES & MAINTENANCE
FINANCIAL AID
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
*Unaudited
Endowment
The UPrep endowment allows UPrep to adapt to the ever-changing needs of our students while maintaining a reliable, ongoing stream of income. Our endowment is made up of 28 separate funds and, as of June 30, 2025, the combined balance was $23,939,958. Together, these endowed funds provided $565,690 last year, most of which directly supported financial aid. We raised $1,221,616 for our endowment during 2024–2025. UPrep’s endowment is invested for long-term growth and creates a legacy of support for teaching and learning at UPrep forever. Thank you to everyone in our community who plays a part in this sustaining effort. We invite you to learn more about our endowment and its funds by visiting www.universityprep.org/endowment.
UPrep gratefully acknowledges the support of families, trustees, alumni, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends who contributed to our school in 2024–2025.
PUMA FUND SUPPORTERS
VISIONARY CIRCLE
$30,000+
Chris and Cara Butcher
Marla Garvey in honor of Cole ‘15 and James ‘19 Garvey
Raja and Lipika Mukerji
Sujal and Meera Patel
INNOVATORS CIRCLE
$20,000–$29,999
Anonymous (1)
Chris Capossela and Leigh Toner
Thong Q. Le and Jeannie Liu
The Tudor Foundation, Erin and Mike Baranick
FOUNDERS CIRCLE
$10,000–$19,999
Anonymous (8)
Eric and Annika Andrews
Dewayne and Emily Bradley
Deborah Buccola
Jacob and Lara Connell
Traci Corazin and Coleen Glessner
Charlie Frischer and Abigail Francis
Shea Godin and Stacey Walker
Drew Hadley and Emily Jensen
Adrienne and Minard Hulse
Jeff and Karina Kunins
Brian Lonergan
Simon Moore and Jamie Morris
The Northcott Family
Aaron Perrine and Paige Pratter
Tony Rousmaniere in honor of Jesse Rousmaniere
David Tuniman and Zuleyha Duz
Jeremy and Lucy Wacksman
Thor and Bradaigh Wagner
AMBASSADORS CIRCLE
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous (4)
Miguel Almeida and Fabiane Kirst
David and Denise Angelone
Steve and Lissa Armato
Shankar Balakrishnan and Ramya Ramachandran
Ronny and Catherine Bell
Andrew and Lillian Bleiman
The Borland Family
The Bush Family
Petra Schindler-Carter and Dean Carter
Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau and Patrick Cazeau
Michele and Daryl Connell
Juli and Andy Cook
Nicholas and Caitlin Echelbarger
Amy and Matt Eyler
Lee and Jennifer Falck
Shawn ‘97 and Elizabeth Filer
Michael Freno and Thi Luu
Aaron and Jenny Freshwater
Jacquie Brown and Gavin Friedman
Grant Gardner and Elizabeth Dimalanta
Joel Gendelman and Melissa Heaton
Jarrad Harford and Katrina Strand
Brenda and Greg Hollon
Joel Jacobs and Reena Gulati
Lev Kaufman and Shani Delaney
Eric and Courtney Keppler
Jialin Le and Dingding Lu Leroy LeFlore
Benjamin and Sandy Margoles
Ray and Nicole McKinley
William and Nicole McNichols
Rishi and Nicole Mirchandani in memory of Sunder Mirchandani
Andy and Amy Oakley
Cooper and Lauren Offenbecher
Kenneth Pan and Hannah Zhou
Zachary and Nicole Putnam
Ravi and Shanthi Rajagopalan
Alex and Lauren Rolfe
Schmidt Family
Kevin and Kristin Silverman
Nancy Lee Smith
Robert Starin and Bernadette Bulacan Starin
Sheila and Craig Sternberg
Derek and Diana Streat
Jane Talbot ‘85
Ron Tanemura and Tina Yamagiwa
Haixiang Wang and Yuhui Shi
Shi Kai Wang and Laurel Garcia
Charles and Robin Waterman
Gary and Karla Waterman
Jason and Elizabeth Weinstein
Michael and Candice Weissinger
William Wilson and Haven Ley
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous (8)
Woosung Ahn and Eunice Rhee
Justin and Kimberly Allen
Paul and Leora Bloom
Aaron and Stina Brown
Steve and Bing Brunton
Andrea Mari-Crawford and Scott Crawford
Jeff and Barbara Curran
Lissa and Dan Dickenson
Steven and Julie Dombrowski
Aaron and Melissa Donsbach
Yi Du and Xinyue Fan
Juliana Su and John Duncan
Candace and Douglas Filer
Laurie Mason and Joshua Fine
Michael and Charlick Fitzpatrick
Jason ‘87 and Wendy Froggatt
Aneal and Zoe Gadgil
Prashant and Shelley Grover
Bruce and Julia Guthrie in honor of Griffin Guthrie ‘25
Nikhil Haldavnekar and Seema Degwekar
Zhen Zhang and Hao He
Raymond Heraty and Sinead O’Donovan
Tom and Jessica Hughes
Gene and Hyemin Hwang
Shayan Irani and Kainaz Byramjee
Erik Jonte and Lisa Jones
Daniel and Nina Mastrian
Sean and Laura McCann
Jonathan and Amy McCullough
H. Brendan McMahan and Amy Betz
Mette and David Naness
Kathy and Chris Nielsen
Anthony Oliver and Jessica Pearlman
Jonah Goldman and Jacqueline Payne
Venkata and Srujana Punyapu
Xuele Qi and Yi Liao in honor of Eddy Qi
Cam and Tori Ragen
Christopher Ramsborg and Laura Karassik
Mychal and Sunita Richardson
Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Sahar Rooholamini
Scott and Danielle Ruthfield
Eric Schmidt and Rebecca Campeau
Karen Foster-Schubert and Ken Schubert
Abhinav Sethy and Paola Virga
Vivek Sharma and Katherine Potter
Dean Shibata and Lisa Chew
Jun Shu and Kai Lan
Paula Simon ‘99 and Tyler Arnold
P.J. and Amy Smith
Ryan and Christina Smits
Janet and William Sternfeld
Nathan and Sandra Stewart
Rajesh and Jayalakshmi Subramanian
David and Becky Suess
Yi Sun and Jin Li
Jenna Sylvester
Elizabeth and Tomas Velan
Meg and Trevor Vernon
Patrick Wagner and Dorothy Tao
The Wang Family
Eric and Lei Warren
Allen and Betsy Webb
Yong Wei, Liujuan Tang, and Adina Wei
Daniel and Elizabeth Weiskopf
William and Stacy Whitham
Mathew and Kirsten Wiggers
Chad and Kim Yoshinobu
Lixin Zeng and Yang Zhang
SUPPORTERS CIRCLE
$1,250–$2,499
Anonymous (13)
Bryan Agnetta and Abbey Norris
Jacob Appelbaum ‘99 and Elizabeth Wahl
John and Alex Arnold
Ravikant Atreya and Chandrika Duggirala
Dawn and Richard Bangert
REB Bangert ‘01
Bart Bangert ‘05
Bonnie Bangert ‘08
Alice and John Bankson
Matthew and Jessica Barrett
Brent Beecher ‘93 and Ara Greer ‘97
Douglas Berger and Georgine Yorgey
Inez Noble Black in honor of Chancellor Avolio ‘26
Bennett Burke and Jessica Leung
Kyra Butzel
Steve Chavez in memory of Rose Chavez
Ted and Michelle Clark
Chris Cluett
Dylan and Kristen Cohon
Derek Crick
Catherine and John Crowley
Rob and Molly Cuningham in memory of Eric Shutt
Francis Delgado
Joshua and Lindsey Drake
Christopher Duncan and I-Hua Huang
Greta and John Dutton
Lou and Tember Fasulo
Matt Francis and Erin Hachlinski
Denver and Emily Gant
Andrew and Cassady Glass Hastings
Jeffrey Hallier and Erin McGee
Erica and Nason Hamlin
Shan Song and Ming Hao
Larry Hard
Robert and Katrina Hawking
Jason and Claudine Holliday
Judson and Tamara Holliday
Borah Hong and Adam Ruscher
William Hooe and Kelley Washington
David and Vivian Hsiao
Jun and Jinsook Huh
Scott Hulse and Mary Balmaceda
The Hyun Family
Julie Zirkle and Mark Jackson
Kameshwar Jayaraman and Bhaavna Kameshwar
Bjorn and Krysia Johnson
Brad and Erin Kahn
Rebecca ‘91 and Fred Kaplan
Erich Koerner and Rebecca Kavoussi
Christopher Kelly and Maria Driano in honor of Oona Kelly ‘09
Keiko Koizumi
Adam Lacy-Hulbert and Lynda Stuart
Nick and Joanne Lee
Haikun Liu and Ying Song
Andrew and Alison MacBeth
Jon and Mishele Maron
Tania Martinez-Lemke and Michael Glidden
Kaiwan and Amelia Moradian
Stuart Nagae and Sonya Schneider
Neha and Sanjay Parikh
Christopher Pepin and Kenneth Miller
Jon and Hannah Phillips
Tryg McInerny and Sara Raab McInerny
Carrie and Travis Rosenthal
Gregory and Mara Roth
Lauren and George Schuchart
Casey and Allison Schuchart
Jennifer Sill
David Sternfeld and Cyndee Blackmore
Karl and Tara Stillner
John and Kim Stone
Sarah and Michael Sung
Marc and Anne Szeto-Millstone
Nancy and James Thomson
Gayle Thorsen
Gail Ticeson
Blake Titcomb ‘09 and Brittany Duarte
Lindsay Watt and Wendy Franks
Michael Wolf and Stephanie DeLancey
Youjiang Wu and Li Qiao
Longqing Wu and Qian Zhang
Guojiong Xu and Yi Yang
Niraj Zaveri and Janice Gupta
FRIENDS CIRCLE
Up to $1,249
Anonymous (94)
Mawee Aguon
SeJin Ahn and Jintack Lim
Nancy Schatz Alton
Ric and Kaylene Anderson
Kelsey and Daniel Anderson
Michael Anderson in memory of Robert W. Anderson
Meg Anderson-Johnston
Alma and David Andrade
Patricia Andrews
Alexis Araiza
Justin and Jodi Arnold
Bobbie and John Arvold
Michael and Madeleine Arvold
Amy Aschenbach
Dave Avolio
Yuming Bai and Jun Ni
Bill and Kathy Bandy
Jack Basinski ’23
Roger J. Bass and Richard B. Nelson
Amir and Sarah Bastawrous
Thanh Beedle
Michael and Jiun-Fei Beeler
Robert and Lorin Belcher
Christine Bell
Alexander Belyaev
Alex Berezhnoy and Crystal Aspen
Andrew and Brook Berger
Sandra Bergman
Seth and Stephanie Berntsen
Farzana Bi
Stephen and Joanne Bickford
Edward and Danielle Billingslea
Annie Bingham
Lisa Black
Watson and Jane Blair
Helen Blair, Lucy ‘20 and Helen Day
Mariano and Vi Blanco
Tim Blok
Tewodros Bogale and Enat Begashaw
Laurent and Liat Bollag
Jonathan Bricker and Maika D’Ambrosi
Mary and Tom Bristow
Aaron and Katherine Brooks
Erika and Donald Brown
Orin and Ilona Brustad
Roger Buick and Betty Repacholi
Laurent and Tracy Burman
Paul Butkiewicz and Un Chong Kim
Dennis and Catherine Bye
Kelly Campbell
Brett Camper ’97
Katharine Durkee ‘04 and Mark Cappo
Phil and Jennie Carter
Toby ‘04 and Zoe Cattolico
Ross Cawthon ‘08
Sean Chandler and Shawn Blossey
Letisia Chavez
Rachit Chawla and Shilpa Verma
Jian Chen and Rong Zhao
Alexander Chen and Katrina Kerkering
Dan Chestnut
Mae Chin
Abigail Choice
Eric Chow and Siu Ngai
Kelly Chow-Sale and Tim Sale
Mikael Christensen and Jamie Fletcher
The Chyz Family
Bradley and Kathryn Clarke
Scott Collins
Laurie Conley
Don and Peggy Cook
Linda and Manning Cooke
Lyn Corazin in honor of Ben Corazin ‘29
David Crabb
Kathy Crow
Carlos Marin Burgos and Lauren Crowley
Rob Cunningham and Kate Kerschbaum
Curtis/McVay Family
Paul Cutting and Laurie Demeritt
Rusell Cuya
Thomas Daniels
John Davidson ‘99
Mrs. Chester R. Davis, Jr.
Kirk ’84 and Genevieve Davis
Steve de Beer
Jac de Haan & K.C. Potter de Haan
Steve and Gabriella Demeritt
Nikhil Deo ’17
David DiGiuseppe and Kathy Park
Don Doering and Miryam Frieder
Cynthia Donion
Chelsea and Michael Doran
Ada Duan and Monique Bradshaw
Nancy Dumouchel
Patrick and Susan Dunn
Tom and Virginia Dziekonski
Sandy Ekins in memory of Randy Ekins ‘80 and in honor of Roger Bass
Deborah A. Ellington
Lori Engdahl
Kay and Sherman English
William and Sandra Evenson
Claire Fallat
Jessica Feldman and Daniel Simon
Eric and Catherine Fleming
Justino Lopez Garcia and Nancy Flores
Angela and Jeremy Foster
David and Marlene Foster
Ellen and Robert Francis
Terry Nelson Froggatt
Todd and Kristin Frossmo
James and Valarie Gamez
Mike and Sandy Garz
Seth and Julie Garz
Judy and Kian Ghavamian
Eric Goldberg and Amy Posner
William Goldberg and Virginia Leen
Nathan and Kessia Goldbloom
John Goldmark and Anna Pepper
Brian Gonzales
Charles Goodman
Jonathan Granby and Mareth Cordell
Pat and Renate Grant
Jessica Graybill
Harlan Green
Amelia Gregorio
Karl Griep and Mary Constans
Rob Gruhl and Stephanie Stone
Lourdes and Paul Gutierrez
Dan and Wendy Guy
Martha Haffey
Samuel Haffey and Erin Abraham
Patchen Haggerty
Jim and Louisa Halfaker
Erica Hall
Ryan Hall and Mary Clare
The Hampden Family
Blair and Casey Hanewall
Ryan Hannon and Arturo Neil
Brent Hanower ’14
Knut Hansen and Ruri Yampolsky
Matthew Harris and Lynn Engel
Nicole Harris
Isabel Hartmann ’09
Bryan Balmadrid and Melissa Hayes Balmadrid
Peggy and Patrick Headstrom
Michael Heald
Marcie Hendricks
Kelly Herrington
Avalon Hester ’19
Matthew and Susan Hillman
Elaine and Jack Hillyer
Kenneth Hillyer and Erin O’Connell
Brad Hinkel and Sangita Gulati
Aaron and Jaime Hoard
Anthony Hodsdon ‘98
Haley Hoffman ’23
Cora Hofstetter
Chance Hohensee
David Horne
Daniel and Tami Horner
Nicolas Hostein and Laura Quinnan-Hostein
Trevor and Julie Houser
Alban Howe
Gary and Wendy Hsieh
Shiao Huang
Jim McConville and Sheryl Hudson
Katie Hultquist and Laura Cox
Juei-Chuan Hung
Amy and Gregg Hyde
Greg Impert ’98
Matthew Files and Elizabeth Jacob-Files
Pamela Jacobson
Aric and Jennifer Jarrett
Fred Jarrett
Lijun Ji and Qing Zhao
Brian Johnson
Carol Joneschild
David and Kristine Joneschild
Jennifer and Courtney Jones-Vanderleest
Alana Kaholokula
Arjun Kakkar and Kristen Copeland
Susan Kanemori
Taylor Kanemori ‘09
Kane Keaunui and Aija Christopher ‘85
Hugh Keegan and Lori Rutman
Anne Dalrymple and John Keenan
Kurt Kiefer and Mary Williamson
Namdeuk Kim and Jungyun Lee
Jonathan Kim
Mike Kim
Jess Klein
Roger Kohn
Jennifer Kolden and Paula Hood
Marilyn and Brian Kremen
Ravi and Laura Krishnan
Jason Kroll and Alexis Olsho
Ponni and Anand Kumar
Eddie Kung and Kristine Takamiya
Mary Beth Lambert and John Lederer
Susan Lamberth and Erik Szabados
Michael and Patricia Landy
Alexa Lansberry
Susan and Eric Lansverk
Nicholas Larson and Deepti Gupta
Tim and Bindi Lassige
Bill Lavely and Hong Zhou
Andrew ‘86 and Donna Lee
Thomas and Kathleen Lendvay
Eric Lent and Linnea Wright
Conrad Leon
Emily Schorr Lesnick
Thane Lewis
Nan Li and Tianrong Liu
Larry and Anne Lincoln
Priscilla Lindberg
Mark and Alicia Litton
Chris Lloyd ’05
Yijun Lu and Jianqin Wang
David and Jennifer Luke
Zequn Ma and Andrew Glass
Mirko and Ana Mandic
Katie Bunn-Marcuse and Andrew Marcuse
Linda and Ed Marcuse
Sitara Marin
Lauren Marshall and Michael Schell
Yuli Masinovsky ’95
Hugh Matsubayashi and Ivy Chen in honor of Ethan Matsubayashi ‘23
Aaron and Laurel Matthew
Amanda and Cal McAllister
Ciara McGrath
Fraser McKay and Jennifer Chow-McKay
Meghan McKeever
Tiemen Meerman and Mykel Ziolo
Edward and Olga Messerly
Lindsay Metcalfe
Dottie Meyer
Isaac Meyer
Stewart and Erin Meyer
Kai Milici ’16
Jesse and Kelly Miller
Arun and Rumei Mistry
Rebecca and David Moe
Cris and Ariana Monroy
Michael Montanari
Bruce and Joanne Montgomery
Douglas and Patrice Moon
Andrea Moore
Melissa Morrell and Dan Battagin
Susie Mortensen
Arjun Mukherjee and Soma Bhattacharya
Daniel Muzi ‘09
Pam Myers
David and Iva Naffziger
Brooke and Britten Nelson
Michael Nevarez
Ho-Duong Nguyen
Carrie Niebanck
Russell Normann ‘86 and Heather Smith
Tom and Sandy Norris
Camille O’Donnell ‘98
Mari and Peter Offenbecher
David and Millicent Ollee in memory of Dr. Henry and Mildred Ollee
The Orrs
Morena Orué
Ivy Owens
Randy and Kathleen Pagulayan
Matt Palubinskas
Neal Paragas ’95 and Alexa McNae
Dhan Parekh
Darrah and Jason Parker
Amy Pasterczyk
John Pauk and Karen McDonough
Michael and Rebecca Pelletier
Robert Pennell and Adelaide Brooks
Madeline ‘01 and Ryan Pennington
Ryan and Michelle Perham
Janet Perles
Kurt and Suzanne Peterson
Eric and Van Petroff
Noam Pianko and Rachel Nussbaum
Sashil Pillay
Debbie and Jeff Playter
Rachel Pesando ‘96 and Michael Popchuk
Scott Poponyak
Adam Porsch and Abha Khanna
Linda and Bill Potter in honor of
The de Haan Family
Elia Powers ‘99
Eva Puri
Prathap Ramachandra and Sree Vidhya Lakshmi Krishnakumar
Douglas Ramsay and Michelle Brot
Ashwin and Jennifer Rao
Bob Raphael and Jennifer Naimy
Lisa Ray
Andy Richardson
Moses Rifkin
Bretta Ballou Ringo
Isabelle Rio
Wendy and Mark Robbins
Kayla Robertson
Anne Romeo
Brent Roraback and Lisa Stiffler
Dan and Lin Rosenthal
Kyan Rosenthal ’24
Sage and Faith Ross
Jonathan and Erin Sainsbury
Pat and Virginia Sainsbury
Veronica Salas
Ben and Elke Sanborn
Kartik Santhanakrishnan and Jessica Vornbrock
Nicole Schmitz
Darren and Marisa Schoen
Norman and Patricia Scott
Cy and Kerri Scott
Farshid and Neda Sedghi
Dev SenGupta and Alpana Waghmare
Abhi ‘96 and Elisha Sheth
David and Marnie Silver
Barb and Ron Sim
Pamela Simpson
Josh and Aimee Slobin
Brian and Diane Smith
Julie Smith
Keven and Kendra Smith
Aaron Sokoll and Aviva Kana
Ben Souquet and Shawn Ferguson
Mark Spagnola and Erica Vanaja
Amy and Julianne Spivey
Rajesh Srinivasan and Mythri Achar
Ron Stenkamp in memory of Larilyn Stenkamp
Ian and Christina Stewart
Sheryl and Mark Stiefel
Kurt Streeter and Vanashree Jhaveri
Tom Strouse in memory of Brent Slattengren
Henry Sulzbacher ’05
Rick and Lea Sund
Bindu and Shreeraj Sutaria
Benjamin Eric and Lindsay Swanson
Tom and Ranmalie Taggart
Oliver Tai and Courtney Greene
Robert and Robynn Takamiya
Ty Talbot and Julie Sponsler
Melaine Taylor
Elena Tello-Portoles
Kala Terselic
John Teutsch
Robert Thom
Jess and Jim Thomson
Leroy and Tess Timblin
Atul Vaidyanathan ’10 and Anne Delmar
Liz and Jesse Van Hoy
Beth Van Moppes ’85 in honor of The Amazing Heart of Jeanette C. Williams
Drs. James and Emily van Zee
Vanderleest Family Donor
Advised Fund in honor of Keegan Jones-Vanderleest ‘28
Binh Vong
Judy Loehr ‘90 and Ian Walsh in honor of Janet and Lincoln Loehr
Peng Wang and Yuanyuan Chen
William Wang and Cordelia Crockett
Weixun Wang and Yan Hong
Arthur Watson
Eugene Webb and Marilyn Domoto Webb
William and Larissa Weber
Ryan Werffeli ‘12
Joel and Kate Wesch
Samantha West
Gary and Kelley Western
Steven Weyer and Ching Cheung
Charles and Lindsay White
Ross Thomas and Nicole White Thomas
Nate Whitney
Erik and Annika Wicklund
Heidi-Marie and Ben Wiggins
Crispin Wilhelm and Sundee Morris
Katherine Williams
Jason Wong and Joyce Wu
David Wright
Zhi Wu and Yezhi Yang
Susie Wu and Anthony Floyd
Jingjing Xie
Zan Xu and Yunxia Gao
Joanne Wang and Terry Ye
Quentin Yerxa and Karen Freisem
Eli and Jeannette Yim
Max Zaslove ’12 and Tejal Angolkar ’12
Jen and Mike Zell
Christina Zembruski
Wei Zhang and Ge Wang
Zhang Family
Changan Zhu and Liping Su
Brian and Mariya Zorotovich
UPREP TOGETHER SUPPORTERS
Anonymous (8)
Bryan Agnetta and Abbey Norris
Justin and Kimberly Allen
Nancy Schatz Alton
Alma and David Andrade
Eric and Annika Andrews
Drew and Caitlin Angeloff
David and Denise Angelone
Steve and Lissa Armato
Michael and Madeleine Arvold
Neal Barber ’10
Brent Beecher ’93 and Ara Greer ’97
Ronny and Catherine Bell
Alex Berezhnoy and Crystal Aspen
Seth and Stephanie Berntsen
Christopher Bettin ‘98 and Gena Kerr ‘99
Edward and Danielle Billingslea
Inez Noble Black
Andrew and Lillian Bleiman
Laurent and Liat Bollag
The Borland Family
Kyra Butzel
Bennett Burke and Jessica Leung
Laurent and Tracy Burman
Dennis and Catherine Bye
The Capossela Family
Petra Schindler-Carter and Dean Carter
Toby ‘04 and Zoe Cattolico
Rachit Chawla and Shilpa Verma
Abigail Choice
Mikael Christensen and Jamie Fletcher
Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau and Patrick Cazeau
Dylan and Kristen Cohon
Greg and Anne Conklin
Jacob and Lara Connell
Juli and Andy Cook
David Crabb
Andrea Mari-Crawford and Scott Crawford
Derek Crick
Kathy Crow
Rob and Molly Cuningham
Rob Cunningham and Kate Kerschbaum
Brian and Julie Curkendall
Jeff and Barbara Curran
Dan and Lissa Dickenson
David DiGiuseppe and Kathy Park
Steven and Julie Dombrowski
Aaron and Melissa Donsbach
Joshua and Lindsey Drake
Alex and Holly Dunlap
Katherine Dunn ‘08
Nicholas and Caitlin Echelbarger
Scott Ecker and Lindy Klaff
Lee and Jennifer Falck
Claire Fallat
Jessica Feldman and Daniel Simon
Greg and Mary Fitzgerald
Cindy and Sean Flannigan
Matt Francis and Erin Hachlinski
Matthew Frank and Delphine Yung
Jacquie Brown and Gavin Friedman
Charlie Frischer and Abigail Francis
Todd and Kristin Frossmo
Denver and Emily Gant
Grant Gardner and Elizabeth Dimalanta
Andrew and Cassady Glass Hastings
Shea Godin and Stacey Walker
Harlan Green
Prashant and Shelley Grover
Drew Hadley and Emily Jensen
Samuel Haffey and Erin Abraham
Nikhil Haldavnekar and Seema Degwekar
Ryan Hall and Mary Clare
Blair and Casey Hanewall
Ryan Hannon and Arturo Neil
Jarrad Harford and Katrina Strand
Kelly Herrington and Brad Shutzberg
Frank Hidalgo and Unique Quiambao
Cora Hofstetter
Jason and Claudine Holliday
Simone Hossack ’98
Scott Hulse and Mary Balmaceda
Joel Jacobs and Reena Gulati
Aric and Jennifer Jarrett
Brian Johnson
Stephen Van Dyck and Kristen Johnson
David and Kristine Joneschild
Jennifer and Courtney Jones-Vanderleest
Brad and Erin Kahn
Brandon Kanemori ‘00
Taylor Kanemori ’09
Rebecca ’91 and Fred Kaplan
Eric and Courtney Keppler
Laura Kerr ’02 and Scott Schoenfeld
Brian Kilgore and Mariel Young
Scott and Amy Knobbs
Ravi and Laura Krishnan
Mary Beth Lambert and John Lederer
Susan and Eric Lansverk
Nicholas Larson and Deepti Gupta
Tim and Bindi Lassige
Matthew and Lindsay Lincoln
Mark and Alicia Litton
Brian Lonergan
Andrew and Alison MacBeth
Katie Bunn-Marcuse and Andrew Marcuse
Benjamin and Sandy Margoles
Sitara Marin
Christopher and Cindy McCall
Rishi and Nicole Mirchandani
Rebecca and David Moe
Douglas and Patrice Moon
Simon Moore and Jamie Morris
David and Iva Naffziger
Ho-Duong Nguyen
Russell Normann ‘86 and Heather Smith
The Northcott Family
Andy and Amy Oakley
Cooper and Lauren Offenbecher
Sanjay and Neha Parikh
Sujal and Meera Patel
Michael and Rebecca Pelletier
Aaron Perrine and Paige Pratter
Rachel Pesando ‘96 and Michael Popchuk
Xuele Qi and Yi Liao
Ravi and Shanthi Rajagopalan
Kayla and Roger Robertson
Alex and Lauren Rolfe
Brent Roraback and Lisa Stiffler
Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Sahar Rooholamini
Sarah (Camp) ‘94 and Shahram Salemy
Eric Schmidt and Rebecca Campeau
Karen Foster-Schubert and Ken Schubert
Casey and Allison Schuchart
Cy and Kerri Scott
Robert and Christina Scott
Abhinav Sethy and Paola Virga
Abhi ‘96 and Elisha Sheth
Jennifer Sill
David and Marnie Silver
Andrew ’92 and Lara Sim
Ryan and Christina Smits
Ben Souquet and Shawn Ferguson
Bernadette and Robert Starin
Ian and Christina Stewart
Benjamin Eric and Lindsay Swanson
Jenna Sylvester
Marc and Anne Szeto-Millstone
Ty Talbot and Julie Sponsler
Melaine Taylor
John Teal ’04 and Alani Intintolo
Elena Tello
Gail Ticeson
Leroy and Tess Timblin
Peter True
Liz and Jesse Van Hoy
Elizabeth and Tomas Velan
Jeremy and Lucy Wacksman
Charles and Robin Waterman
Gary and Karla Waterman
Arthur Watson
Jason and Elizabeth Weinstein
Michael and Candice Weissinger
Patrick and Jessica Williams
David Wright
Susie Wu and Anthony Floyd
Niraj Zaveri and Janice Gupta
Jen and Mike Zell
Christina Zembruski
Brian and Mariya Zorotovich
J. BRANDON SUEHIRO ENDOWMENT FOR VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, AND DESIGN
The following supporters made gifts to the J. Brandon Suehiro Endowment for Visual Arts, Music, and Design at UPrep, which was established through Brandon’s parents and through his estate. This endowment honors his lifelong love of creative experiences in visual art and music and the time he spent at UPrep expressing this creativity. Brandon graduated in 2011 and unexpectedly lost his life in a tragic incident at age 30.
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Amy Avnet
Steve Butler and Kathleen Conner
Madison Butler ’11
Bruce and Sherry Carbary
Andrew Gustav ’09
Arnold and Karen Hirotsu
Rick and Joyce Israel
Jon and Patty Mastrude
Tom Miller and Terri Olson Miller
Brooke and Britten Nelson
Douglas Ramsay and Michelle Brot
Bob Raphael and Jennifer Naimy
David Robbins and Donna Haggarty-Robbins
Jonathan Solovy and Stacey Fisher
Norm and Susan Strong
James and Gerin Suehiro
Barry Ziker and Margaret Chillingworth
ENDOWED FINANCIAL AID IN MEMORY OF ARLENE PRINCE
The following supporters made gifts to UPrep’s Endowed Financial Aid Fund in honor of Arlene Prince. She had a 28-year career here as the director of college counseling and an unwavering passion for learning and access to college preparatory education. Arlene passed away in January 2025.
Roger J. Bass and Richard B. Nelson
Alan and Kris Bushley
Cathy Faulkner ‘84 and F. Nels Moulton
Suzanne C Giuntoli
Ken Jaffe and Wendy Taylor
Michelle Leinbach
Norman McCormick
Deborah Vitulli
GENERAL ENDOWMENT
The following donors supported the unrestricted general endowment at UPrep, which provides the school flexibility to sustain its academic programs and respond to the needs of students and faculty as they change over time.
Chuck and Karen Lytle
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAMS FOR 2024–2025
Adobe Apple
BECU
Boeing Company
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Costco
Disney
Envestnet
Expedia
Gates Foundation
Gates Ventures
Goulston & Storrs
Grousemont Foundation
Indeed.com
Joshua Green Foundation
London Stock Exchange Group
Merck
Microsoft Nordstrom
Oracle Corporation
PACCAR Foundation
Pivotal Ventures
The Pokemon Company International
Salesforce
SAP Concur
Swanson Gardner Meyers Cohon
T-Mobile
United Health Group
Every effort has been made to include all donors to UPrep between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. If you notice an omission or error, please contact the Development Office at development@universityprep.org. Thank you.
UPrep Team Members 2024–2025
Board of Trustees
Ninevah Lowery, PRESIDENT
Robin Waterman, VICE PRESIDENT/DEVELOPMENT CHAIR
Kathy Park, DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY CHAIR
Ric Anderson, FACILITIES CHAIR
Thong Q. Le, INVESTMENT CHAIR
Jen Zell, SECRETARY
Jarrad Harford, TREASURER/FINANCE AND AUDIT CHAIR
Juli Cook, TRUSTEESHIP AND GOVERNANCE CHAIR
Thong Q. Le, INVESTMENT CHAIR
Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau, HEAD OF SCHOOL, EX-OFFICIO
Mary Balmaceda, PGA PRESIDENT, EX-OFFICIO
Kimberly Gonzales, FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE, EX-OFFICIO
Steve de Beer
Charlie Frischer
Terry Nelson Froggatt
Krysia Johnson
Elise Kelley
Patricia Landy
Benjamin Margoles
Russell Normann ’86
Sujal Patel
Danielle Ruthfield
Casey Schuchart
Andrew Selby
Blake Titcomb ’09
Jeremy Wacksman
Executive Committee
Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau
Juli Cook
Jarrad Harford
Ninevah Lowery
Jeremy Wacksman
Robin Waterman
Jen Zell
Founders
Roger J. Bass
Terry Nelson Froggatt
Patricia Landy
John Makinen*
Christine McGarry*
Jane Seymour
Aileen Welgan*
*Deceased
Alumni Board
Rachel Pesando ’96, PRESIDENT
Toby Cattolico ’04
Caracol Haley ’14
Steve Hooper Jr. ’98
Al Merati ’82
Daniel Muzi ’09
Madeline (Dow) Pennington ’01
Sarah (Camp) Salemy ’94
Jack Basinski ’23, YOUNG ALUMNI REP
Haley Hoffman ’23, YOUNG ALUMNI REP
Chris McCarty ’22, YOUNG ALUMNI REP
Kyan Rosenthal ’24, YOUNG ALUMNI REP
Roxanne Smith ’24, YOUNG ALUMNI REP
Parent Guardian Association
Mary Balmaceda, PRESIDENT
Denise Angelone, UPPER SCHOOL VICE PRESIDENT
Alison Scott, MIDDLE SCHOOL VICE PRESIDENT
Cassady Glass Hastings, ADMISSIONS LIAISON
Nicole Mirchandani, DEVELOPMENT LIAISON
Fran Lo, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING COMMITTEE LIAISON
Amy Oakley, GOVERNANCE CHAIR
Ronnie Stern, JEWISH FAMILY AFFINITY CHAIR
Myndee Ronning, PAST EXECUTIVE
Sandy Margoles, SECRETARY
Lissa Armato, SPIRIT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Gail Ticeson, TREASURER
Jenna Sylvester, VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
Lissa Armato, SPIRIT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Fran Lo, ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER FAMILY AFFINITY CHAIR
Juandalynn Burke, BLACK/AFRICAN/AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY AFFINITY CHAIR
Lindsay Lincoln, BUDDY FAMILY COORDINATOR
Aija Christopher ’85, COLLEGE COUNSELING LIAISON
Michele Miyoshi, COLLEGE COUNSELING LIAISON
Courtney Jones-Vanderleest, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING BOARD OF TRUSTEES REP
FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICE CO-CHAIRS: Fabiane Kirst, Amy Knobbs
FINE ARTS COMMITTEE: Nicki Brandt, Moani Russell, Qian Zhang,Tracy Zheng
INNOVATION AND EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION LIAISONS: Sid Sriram, Kelly Tansing
Chrystell Flota, LATINE FAMILY AFFINITY CHAIR
Katie Hultquist, LGBTQIA FAMILY AFFINITY CHAIR
Tulika Kumar, MULTIRACIAL FAMILY AFFINITY CHAIR
PARENT GUARDIAN EDUCATION: Juandalynn Burke, Lucy Wacksman, Lauren Woodman
Rumeena Bhalla, UPPER SCHOOL ROUNDTABLE FACILITATOR
Tira Schwartz, MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUNDTABLE FACILITATOR
SPIRIT COMMITTEE: Becky Aronchick, Irene Gibson, Wendy Guy, Kristine Takamiya
UPPER SCHOOL SPORTS BOOSTERS: Julia Guthrie, Amy Hyde, Jennifer Rao, Meg Vernon
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS BOOSTERS: Robin Lien, David Luke
6TH GRADE REPS: Caitlin Echelbarger, Laura Karassik, Joyce Wu
7TH GRADE REPS: Meredith Baty, Jennifer Falck, Kristine Joneschild
8TH GRADE REPS: Catherine Bell, Kathryn FitzGerald, Lindsay Swanson
9TH GRADE REPS: Zuleyha Duz, Joel Jacobs, Rebecca Kaplan ‘91
10TH GRADE REPS: Kathleen Lendvay, Neha Parikh, Yuhui Shi, Christina Stewart
11TH GRADE REPS: Holly Dunlap, Jing Tong, Delphine Yung
12TH GRADE REPS: Alice Bankson, Mary Fitzgerald, Matthew Frank
Puma Fund Class Agents
CO-CHAIRS: Abigail Francis, Charlie Frischer, Adam Jossem, Moani Russell
6TH GRADE: Andrew Bleiman, Emily Jensen, Abbey Norris, Amy Smith
7TH GRADE: Kristen Cohon, Lara Connell, Shanthi Rajagopalan, Robin Waterman
8TH GRADE: Crystal Aspen, Sandy Margoles, Amy Oakley
9TH GRADE: Linda Chou, Holly Dunlap, Rebecca Kaplan ’91, Allison Schuchart
10TH GRADE: Rebecca Pelletier, Rachel Pesando ’96, Kate Riley
11TH GRADE: Cara Butcher, Chris Butcher, Krysia Johnson, Jenna Sylvester
12TH GRADE: Anne Dalrymple, Christina Scott, Betsy Webb
Senior Leadership Team
Ed Billingslea, ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ACADEMICS
Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Brian Gonzales, DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AND EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION
Ryan Hannon, DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Kelly Herrington, DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING AND STUDENT SERVICES
Brian Johnson, DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
Taylor Kanemori ’09, DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING
Mary Beth Lambert, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Susan Lansverk, ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR FINANCE AND OPERATIONS
Debbie Playter, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Liz Van Hoy, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Susie Wu, DIRECTOR OF UPPER SCHOOL
Mission
UPrep is committed to developing each student’s potential to become an intellectually courageous, socially responsible citizen of the world.
Vision
UPrep will be the school that redefines educational excellence, in a community where all learners develop the skills, knowledge, and character to thrive in any context.
Values
UPrep believes that integrity, respect, and responsibility are essential to accomplish its mission and to sustain its vision.
CONTACT US
8000 25th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: 206.525.2714
Fax: 206.525.9659 www.universityprep.org
8000 25th Ave NE | Seattle, WA 98115
Join us throughout the 2025–2026 school year as we mark 50 years of learning, leadership, and community. Stay tuned for information about these special events as we celebrate our past and look ahead to the next 50 years.
• Founders Day Birthday Bash on February 28, 2026
• UPrep Together on March 14, 2026
• Alumni Reunion on June 6, 2026