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11 21 Since 1989, The Posse Foundation has enjoyed the support of individuals from different walks of life. Posse supporters are as diverse in their backgrounds and points of view as the students the program serves, but share a common conviction that there is much at stake in The Foundation’s work. They are individuals who care about diversity in higher education and leadership in the workforce; about redefining notions of merit in ways that honor our highest standards; about expanding access for traditionally underserved groups; about securing our democracy’s future.
Posse touches on these and many other 10 Gaston Caperton, President, The College Board; Former Governor, West Virginia related issues, which explains why so many have taken such a keen interest. As a result, 11 Derek Bok, President Emeritus, Harvard University Posse has grown from a barely visible ripple in the sea of higher education to one of the 20 Gary Orfield, Co-founder, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University; most well‑known and highly regarded youth Co-director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles , UCLA; leadership development and college access Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education programs in the country. The ripple is fast becoming a wave, as Posse Scholars continue 21 Patricia Gándara, Co-director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, to achieve great things in college and beyond in UCLA; Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education ever‑increasing numbers.
34 Richard Fuld, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. This report features renowned leaders in various fields—from philanthropy to politics—for 35 Arthur Blank, Co-Founder, The Home Depot; Owner and CEO, The Atlanta Falcons; whom the work of Posse resonates deeply. Chairman, President and CEO, AMB Group, LLC; We are indebted to them and the many Posse Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation supporters who lend their voice, talents and resources to help create better opportunities Stephanie Blank, Trustee, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation for others, and who see in Posse a good reason to care. 40 Barack Obama One of the primary posse has aims of mission three goals Posse started because of one student who the Posse said, “I never would have dropped out of To expand the pool from which top colleges and universities college if I had my posse with me.” The can recruit outstanding young leaders from diverse Program is Posse Foundation, founded in 1989, identifies 1backgrounds; public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may to train these be overlooked by traditional college selection To help these institutions build more interactive campus processes. The Foundation extends to these environments so that they can become more welcoming leaders of students the opportunity to pursue personal 2institutions for people from all backgrounds; concept and academic excellence by placing them in supportive, multicultural teams (“Posses”) of 10 The concept of a Posse works for both students tomorrow. students. The Foundation’s partner universities To ensure that Posse Scholars persist in their academic and college campuses, and is rooted in the award Posse Scholars four-year, full-tuition studies and graduate so they can take on leadership belief that a small, diverse group of talented leadership scholarships. positions in the workforce. students—a Posse—carefully selected and 3 trained, can serve as a catalyst for increased individual and community development. As the United States becomes an increasingly multicultural society, Posse believes that the leaders of this new century should reflect the country’s rich demographic mix, and that the key to a promising future for our nation rests on the ability of strong leaders from diverse backgrounds to develop consensus solutions to complex social problems. One of the primary aims of the Posse Program is to train these leaders of tomorrow. The Posse Program achieves its goals through four program components: 1) Recruitment, 2) Pre-Collegiate Training Program, 3) Campus Program and 4) Career Program.
Pre-Collegiate Recruitment Training Campus Program Career Program
From September to December each year, Posse From January to August of their senior year in The Campus Program works to ensure the The Career Program supports Posse Scholars as conducts the Dynamic Assessment Process high school, Posse Scholars meet weekly with retention of Posse Scholars and to increase they transition from being leaders on campus to (DAP), a unique evaluation method designed staff trainers and their Posse peers for two-hour the impact of the Scholars and the Program on becoming leaders in the workforce. Posse plays to identify young leaders who might be missed workshops. The Training Program consists of the college campus. Posse staff members visit an integral role in the professional development by traditional admissions criteria but who can workshops that address four areas: 1) team each university four times a year for meetings of these young people by providing them excel at selective colleges and universities. building and group support, 2) cross-cultural with Posse Scholars, campus liaisons and on- with the tools and opportunities necessary to Using non‑traditional forums to evaluate communication, 3) leadership and becoming campus mentors. Each mentor meets weekly secure highly competitive and career-enhancing potential, DAP offers students an opportunity to an active agent of change on campus and with the Posse as a team and with individual internships and jobs. One of the ways Posse demonstrate their intrinsic leadership abilities, 4) academic excellence. The goal of the training Scholars every two weeks during the first two achieves this is by partnering with exceptional their skill at working in a team setting, and program is to prepare Scholars for leadership years in college. In addition, Posse facilitates companies and organizations, both nationally FALL 2007 their motivation and desire to succeed. DAP roles on campus and for the high-level an annual weekend-long PossePlus Retreat and abroad. The Career Program has three core has proven to be an extremely effective tool academic expectations of their colleges. attended by members of the larger student components: 1) The Internship Program, 2) boston for identifying outstanding young leaders. In a body, faculty and administration with the goal of Career Services and 3) The Alumni Network. three-part process, including large group and discussing an important campus issue identified individual interviews, Posse staff and university by Posse Scholars. 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Through great many young people innovation and hard who could bring great work, Posse is creating benefit to their college tomorrow’s leaders and to society yet who who will reflect the somehow lack all the diversity of our great credentials required nation. Deborah Bial is to gain admission to a remarkable visionary a selective college. and leader.” In identifying such gaston caperton students and giving President, The College Board them the financial help Former Governor, West Virginia they need, the Posse Foundation makes a derek bok valuable contribution President Emeritus, Harvard University to the ideals of equal opportunity which we all share.” city report BRYN MAWR COLLEGE BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY city report CENTRE COLLEGE BOSTON UNIVERSITY DENISON UNIVERSITY THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER HAMILTON COLLEGE UNION COLLEGE year established: 2007. new college and university partners: Boston University and The College of Wooster signed on to become Posse Atlanta’s year established: 1999. nominations: Posse Boston received nominations first partner institutions.nominations: Posse Atlanta’s outreach efforts reaped from 75 community-based organizations and all 36 public high schools in the huge dividends, as close to 500 nominations poured in from every Atlanta region. scholarship dollars awarded by partner colleges and universities: public high school.scholarship dollars awarded by partner colleges and Six million dollars in Posse Scholarships were awarded to 62 students. Since universities: Boston University and The College of Wooster awarded $2.4 Posse Boston’s founding, 277 Scholars have won more than $27 million in million in scholarships to 24 public high school students. advisory board: scholarships. student highlight: Geoff Hicks of Hamilton Posse 5 was one of The generous contributions of the board, led insightfully and enthusiastically 10 students in his sophomore class (and one of three Posse Boston Scholars) by Phil Pead, were critical to Atlanta’s first-year success. press highlight: The awarded Hamilton College’s prestigious Charles A. Dana Prize for character, Atlanta Journal Constitution featured Posse Atlanta on December 24 in a leadership and academic achievement. advisory board: Boston’s dynamic front-page story that focused on the exciting opportunities made possible by advisory board, led by Trish Arnold, helped Boston increase its revenue by Posse Atlanta. event highlight: Posse Atlanta’s first Awards Ceremony was more than 30 percent over revenue raised in 2006 and by more than 105 a huge success. More than 150 gathered at the Georgia-Pacific Corporation percent of that raised in 2005. press highlight: In March, Posse Boston was Auditorium to celebrate the new Scholars. featured on the Common Wealth Journal, an award-winning weekly public affairs radio program produced by the University of Massachusetts and broadcast to more than 70,000 listeners. career program highlights: Goodwin Procter LLP, Pearson, Putnam Investments, and Reebok International, Ltd. became new Career partners. In addition, Boston launched its Career Program Mentor Series, during which senior executives and key community leaders discussed their career paths with Scholars. city report city report CARLETON COLLEGE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE DENISON UNIVERSITY DICKINSON COLLEGE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY GRINNELL COLLEGE OBERLIN COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON POMONA COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN year established: 2002. nominations: Aggressive outreach efforts resulted UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON in 841 nominations from 128 public high schools and 28 community- based organizations. scholarship dollars awarded by partner colleges year established: 2000. nominations: An impressive 1,500 public high and universities: A total of $3 million in Scholarships was awarded to 31 school students were nominated by 433 public high schools and community- Posse Scholars. To date, 192 students have won more than $19 million in based organizations. Ninety-five percent of all high schools in the region scholarships. student highlight: Grinnell Posse 1 Scholar Tamrah Collins were represented. scholarship dollars awarded by partner colleges and received the coveted Boston Red Sox Fellowship to work on a brand universities: Seven million dollars in scholarships were awarded to 72 new development project researching various ways to attract diverse audiences Scholars in 2007. Chicago has awarded more than $45 million to 445 students to Boston’s historic Fenway Park. advisory board: The board, under Eric since it opened its doors. student highlight: Jeyson Florez of DePauw Posse 3 Beckman’s leadership, helped Posse Los Angeles raise 56 percent more in won a Fulbright Fellowship to study the economic effects of eco-tourism and individual board donations and increase its revenue by 31 percent. career other economic development policies in Costa Rica. advisory board: Under program highlights: The Career Program expanded its list of partners to Eric Macey’s skillful leadership, the board grew and fundraising revenues include Barlow Respiratory Hospital Foundation; Creative Artists Agency; increased by an incredible 55 percent. career program highlights: Banco The Capital Group Companies; Fox Networks Group; Gay & Lesbian Alliance Popular, Chicago Trading Company, Nordstrom, Pearson, and William Blair Against Defamation (GLAAD); Health Net, Inc.; Los Angeles Unified School & Company became new Career partners. Posse Chicago also hosted a hugely District Ethics Office; MTV Networks; and STAPLES Center Foundation. successful career fair at which 15 partner companies interviewed more than 70 Scholars and Alumni for summer internships and full-time job opportunities. press highlights: The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and The DePauw each ran feature-length stories about Chicago Scholars. Posse understands how The dream of truly critical it is to provide diverse education in opportunities for integrated colleges has success to students who been under relentless are often underserved attack by opponents by our current systems of affirmative action of education. Posse’s who have succeeded in ingenious cohort model enacting bans in several not only provides a states. Standardized built-in peer mentoring testing usually just mechanism, but reflects social and becomes a powerful educational advantages. vehicle for collective It is vitally important leadership both on to find and implement campus and in the other ways to assess workforce.” students of color with great potential and to support them into patricia gándara college. Posse is a Co-director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, UCLA national leader in Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education this effort.” gary orfield Co-founder, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University Co-director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, UCLA Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education Architects ($1,000,000+) Albert J. Speh, Jr. and Claire R. Speh Foundation The Lynch Foundation Robert O. Preyer Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation The Starr Foundation Abigail Jones and Jeffrey Mandell Kevin A. Quinn Sharon and Timothy H. Ubben & The Ubben Foundation F. Chapman Taylor and Grace Boey Taylor Margaret and Michael Meiners Sheila and Tom Rabaut W.K. Kellogg Foundation The Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Robert M. Raiff Partners ($15,000–$25,000) Moriah Fund Jan and Chip Raymond Agents of Change American Express Company Peggy and Walter Nelson Jami Gertz and Tony Ressler ($250,000–$1,000,000) AT&T Foundation and the United Way of Greater Northern Trust Charitable Trust David M. Riley The Posse Foundation grows with the generosity The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation los Angeles Northrop Grumman Corporation The Rogers Foundation of its donors. With your support, Posse is Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. William and Ann Bain and the William W. Bain, Jr. Charitable Prince Charitable Trusts Howard and Debbie Schiller Ahmed Alali and X CEDAR Foundation Trust Diana and Bruce Rauner Gail Harmon Sandra and Ronald Schutz cultivating the next generation of leaders and The Garrett and Mary Moran Family Foundation Alastair and Jeanine Borthwick Reuters Kathy Sanderson and Frank Sesno helping Posse Scholars and their families Laurie and Jeff Ubben Circle of Service Foundation Russell Reynolds Associates The Sexton Family Foundation Bonnie and Louis Cohen, H & I Rubenstein Charitable Ambac Assurance Corporation Schoenberg Family Foundation Edith Cooper and Robert Taylor The Spring Creek Foundation achieve their dreams. By 2020, Posse will be Innovators ($100,000–$250,000) Foundation Anonymous (3) Pamela Shriver Hester K. Diamond Penelope and Robert Steiner in 10 cities, work with 80 university partners, Suzanne and Michael L. Ainslie and The Ainslie Jane and Paul Shang Bank of America Alison Sternberg Arthur Dubow Foundation Eva and Marc Stern Foundation, Inc. Richard P. Kiphart with DePauw Posse 2 Dyson Foundation Jaynee Strickstein-Beckman and Eric Beckman Argie and Oscar Tang Margaret and Martin Frederic Evans The Hattie M. Strong Foundation Alumnus Vincent Greer (Chicago). recruit 1,000 students each year, and support The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Janet and John P. Bent Jr. and the John P. Bent, Jr. The Travelers Companies, Inc. Salvatore Ferragamo Synergetics 4,000 Posse Scholars on campuses across the Citi Foundation Charitable Lead Unitrust Kathy & Richard S. Fuld, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Taconic Capital Advisors, LP Anthony and Christie de Nicola Benefactors ($25,000-$50,000) Blum-Kovler Foundation Meg and Bennett Goodman Kate and Mitchell Watson country annually. Additionally, there will be an The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Loraine and William Graham Wells Family Foundation, Inc. estimated 7,000 Posse Alumni in the workforce. Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Ahmanson Foundation Mark Carlin Grinnell College Steven E. Wheeler Lehman Brothers Arie & Ida Crown Memorial Melissa and Marc Cohen Richard & Mica Hadar Foundation James Wilcox This new kind of national leadership network Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, Bank of America, Trustee Carole Parsons Bailey Deborah Ruosch Conrad and Will Conrad Pamela and George F. Hamel, Jr. Pete and Tammy Wissinger is unprecedented in American history and will Lone Pine Foundation Banco Popular Foundation The Cosette Charitable Fund Robert W. Harles Karin and Philip Pead Bloomberg Dorothy and James Currie The Harman Family Foundation truly represent the evolving demographics of Time Warner Inc. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation The Westport Fund the American population. Posse Scholars and Judy and Russell L. Carson Dolores Eyler Harris Bank Foundation Leaders ($50,000–$100,000) Chicago Trading Company Joan Fabry and Mike Klein Health Net, Inc. Alison Sternberg with daughter Sophia Alumni are becoming role models for future Altman Foundation Clark Charitable Foundation Patricia E. Lummus Ken Feinberg Carol Hathaway and Alan Hunken generations—diversifying the decision making The Angell Foundation Anthony Collerton & Galen Sherer Helen and Brian D. Fitzgerald and the Brian and Helen Roy A. Hunt Foundation The Boston Foundation D & R Fund Fitzgerald Fund Susan Hunter tables of our country and contributing to our The Brinson Foundation The Joseph Drown Foundation Michele Ganeless Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP The Trotter Family Foundation Darlene and Gerald Jordan communities in meaningful and innovative ways. The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation The Eisner Foundation David Herro and Jay Franke GE Corporate Financial Services Sukey N. Wagner Mary Ann Kenny Smith Carnegie Corporation of New York Friedman, Billings, and Ramsey Charitable Foundation Hillsdale Fund Sheila Gold Foundation The Weissberg Foundation Julia and Gary Killian On behalf of the more than 2,200 Scholars you Beverly and Wade Fetzer III The Glades Foundation Johnson Family Foundation James F. Halpin Kathy and John Kissick have enabled Posse to serve, thank you. Jean and John Hatfield Niki and Joe Gregory and The Niki and Joe Gregory Susan Lyne Johnson Family Foundation Anonymous in honor of Carol and Theresa Wilson Margaret Koster and Joseph Koerner HSBC-North America Charitable Foundation George H. and Jane A. Mifflin Memorial Fund The Judy Family Tim and Tanya Krochuk Infor Global Solutions Ellen and Andrew Hauptman The Moody’s Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser Ambassadors ($5,000–$10,000) Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation The James Irvine Foundation Barbara and Ted Janulis The O.P. & W.E. Edwards Foundation, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Lawson and Clint Allen Alec Macmillan JPMorgan Chase Foundation Susan and Richard Kiphart Marcia and Kevin Reilly Steven Lefkowitz - Caxton-Iseman Capital, Inc. Allstate Insurance Company The Harold & Dorothy Marbut Trust, administered by Denise and Eric Macey Trustees of Linde Family Foundation Fund The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. The Lifeboat Foundation AMB Property Corporation Wachovia Trust Bruce and Connie Macleod Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Susan and Gene Shanks Trish and Chris Arnold Barbara and Richard Metzler Joe and Kathy Pretlow with daughter Alexa Col. Stanley R. McNeil Foundation The MARPAT Foundation Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Bartlett and The Bartlett Mrs. Frances S. Moyer and the Sykes Moyer Fund Nestle Waters North America Inc. Paula and Thomas McInerney State Street Foundation, Inc. Family Fund Kenneth and Josie Natori New York State Priscilla and Donald K. Miller Lisa and Mark Walsh Beatrix Finston Padway Charitable Trust - Arts and Nellie Mae Education Foundation Darlene and Gerald Jordan in honor of Martha and Dana Robes MTV Networks Edwin S. Webster Foundation education New York Times Foundation Michael Ainslie’s Chair of Board retirement The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Osa Foundation Wellington Management Company, LLP Charitable Fund Anne K. Bingaman The Overbrook Foundation Sheila and Tom Rabaut in honor of Frank Sesno Select Equity Group Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Jim and Linda White Frank Brosens and Deenie Brosens Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Paresky Robert M. Raiff in honor of Michael Ainslie Anson & Debra Beard, Jr. and Family Christina and Jim Price The Xerox Foundation Mary Jo Otsea and Richard Brown Amy and John Phelan Sandra and Ronald Schutz in memory of Lottie Buck Sandra and Ray Wirta Paul J. Quiner Chicago Board of Trade Foundation Debbie and John Phillips Steven E. Wheeler in honor of Garrett B. Wheeler and Yearley Family Foundation Amy and Larry Robbins Mentors ($10,000–$15,000) Comer Science & Educational Foundation The Plymouth Rock Foundation Brooke D. Grandwetter Susie Scher and Allison Grover Ahmed Alali Mark Carlin and his wife Liza Mae. Con Edison Kathy and Joseph Pretlow Friends ($1,000–$5,000) The Cimarron Funds Shawn and Christopher Kerns Novack and Macey LLP The Spiritus Gladius Foundation Laura Stein and Sam Goldfeder in honor of Jaynee and David Atkins Neal Abraham Mr. Eli Cohen and Dr. Virginia Grace Cohen Kerns, Frost & Pearlman LLP Nuveen Investments Steans Family Foundation Eric Beckman for their tireless efforts AXA Foundation The Ada Harris Maley Memorial Fund Sue and John Cole Karen Kerr Joe and Kathy O’Donnell Janet L. Steinmayer Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross in honor of Lynn and Doug Ayer Rebecca and David Ainslie The College Board Angela Ortiz and Anik Khambhla Sharon and William Oglesby Fredericka and Howard Stevenson Michael Ainslie Carolyn L. Bailey Colin and Melody Anderson Mr. and Mrs. William F. Conger Helen and Ray Killian Sarah Ondaatjie Barbara and David Stone Carole & James Hunt Family Fund in honor of Robert S. Baizer Maren Anderson and Earl Collier Stephania and Donald Conrad Melissa and Scott Klein Stacy and Keith Palagye Sabin and Beverley Streeter Michael Ainslie for all is devotion to Posse Shalanda H. Baker Jamie and Daniel Andriano Rosemary and John Croghan Bill and Harper Knowles Jane and Larry Price Tobey and John Taylor Denise and Al Hurley in honor of Nancy Vickers Lenz C. Balan, Bowdoin Posse 1 (Boston) Alumnus Anonymous (5) Betty Neal Crutcher and Ronald Crutcher Hiroko Kono Lynne and Tim Palmer Lynn and Mark Taylor Karen Kerr in honor of Nancy Vickers Michael and Margie Baldwin Ares Management, LP Robert F. Cummings, Jr. Rosemary Kotkowski Gail and Howard Paster Jennifer and Erich Tengelsen Helen and Ray Killian in honor of Trish Arnold Elizabeth Ballantine and Paul Leavitt Jennifer and Joseph Armetta Brownlee Currey Foundation Eli Cohen with his wife Virginia and son Henry Laura and Richard Kracum Peak 6 Investments, LP Mr. and Mrs. W. Nicholas Thorndike LongVue Advisors in honor of Joseph Paresky’s work for Bradley D. Barbera Doris and Laurence Ashkin Dammann Fund, Inc. Dana and Steven Krumholz Penguin Group (USA) Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Tomenson, Jr. this Foundation Sarah and Larry Barden Lissa and Bill August Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel Kurzman Family Fund Perls Foundation Elaine and Jaap Tonckens Stacy and Keith Palagye in honor of Michael Ainslie Doug Barker Norma Jean Autry-Cook, Rice Posse 1 (New York) Robert and Marletta Darnall Family Charitable Fund Jim George Connie and Peter Lacaillade Roger and Pam Phillips Weston Glen E. Tullman Lynne and Tim Palmer in honor of Jon Biotti Sue and Kit Barrow alumna Wendy and James Daverman & The Robert J. Daverman Arlene and Charles Gibson LaSalle Bank Michael & Margaret Picotte Foundation U S Bank Gail and Howard Paster in honor of Bonnie Cohen Karen Batchelder Amin and Julie Khoury Foundation Errol and Margaret Glasser Susan H. Lawrence Barbara Pollard and Mitchell Stein Dagmar and George Unhoch Roger and Pam Phillips Weston in honor of Eric Macey Gale and Thomas Beaton Susan and James Bartlett Margot and Jonathan Davis Dale A. Glick Amanda Leiter Lynn Povich and Stephen Shepard Union Bank of California for his work with Posse Sarah Beatty-Buller and Mark Buller Melissa Davis and Dror Bar-Ziv Justine Fasciano and Joseph Delgado The Glickenhaus Foundation Gabrielle and Richard Lesser Judi Powers Mary and Rajneesh Vig Lynn Povich and Stephen Shepard in honor of Tony Beetano Charles E. and Christina M. Bascom and The Bascom Philip J. Dempsey Laura Stein and Sam Goldfeder Irving & Roberta Lewis Charitable Foundation Jimmy L. Price III Mary and Robert Vihon Susan Lyne Lisa and Jordan Bender Charitable Foundation Marcia and Richard DeWolfe and the DeWolfe Family Karen and Jay Goodgold Diane and James Light PricewaterhouseCoopers Elissa and Arnold Wadler Barbara Paul Robinson in honor of Nancy Vickers CEJ and Marijane Benner Browne Doña Adler and Giles Bateman Fund Melissa Gordon and James McEleney Bari Lipp Foundation The PrivateBank Elizabeth Cecil and David Wagner Janet L. Steinmayer in honor of Nancy Vickers Harriet Trop and Robert Bennett The Dorothy G. Bender Foundation, Inc. Jill DiLosa and Robert Merritt David and Kirsten Gould Caroline H. Little and Dan Burton Adam and Amanda Quinton Kristie Wallace and Michael Irwin Glen E. Tullman in honor of Phil Pead Joel T. Berelson Robbie Oxnard Bent and David Bent Honorable David N. Dinkins and Mrs. Joyce Dinkins Jennifer and David Graf LongVue Advisors Zaheeda and Nav Rahemtulla Lou and Dwight Walton Vicky L. Weber in honor of Nancy Vickers Marjorie and Barry Berg Lucy A. Commoner and Richard S. Berry George Dionisopoulos Bryan Greene Chris Lorenzen William D. Rahm The Washington Post Company Anne and Marcus Wedner in honor of Eric Macey Michael J. Berger Deborah Bial and Bob Herbert James D. Dixon Joan F. Greene Louis R. Lurie Foundation Mary and John Raitt Lis and Richard Waterman Evan Winkler in honor of Craig Wadler and the Posse Laurie and Paul Berlinguet Kathy and Jerry Biederman Robin and Richard Donnelley Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross Anne and Edward Lyman Karen and Irwin Redlener Mary and William Watt Los Angeles Advisory Board Erin and Ethan Bernau The John N. Blackman Sr. Foundation Barbara Eliades and Scott Dunham Grubman Indursky & Shire, P.C. Annie and Douglas Mabie Reebok International, Ltd. The Paul Bechtner Foundation Emma L. Berndt Gail and Irwin Bliss The Edmond N. & Virginia H. Moriarty Foundation, Inc. Anne and Ridgeway Hall Liz Mahaffey Phyllis Reed Vicky L. Weber Fans ($100–$1,000) Mitchell Bernstein Susan and James Blomberg Mr. and Mrs. Edmond I. Eger III Molly and Lee Hamilton Beth and Richard Marcus Genie and Donald Rice Anne and Marcus Wedner 36 Foundation, Inc. Mary Herlihy and Gregory Bialecki Christine Boeke and Bill Jenks Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Carol and James Hansen & The Hansen-Furnas Marks Paneth & Shron LLP Laura Ricketts and Heidi Grathouse Kathy and Gordon Weil Ina and Stephen Abrams Rico Blancaflor, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Sarah Greenwood and Joe Bondi Gary M. Elden Foundation, Inc. Nick Markwardt Candace and Ethan Riegelhaupt Roberta Weintraub Jacqueline Jones and Jeffrey Abramson Laura and Lloyd Blankfein Dorothy and Thomas Borders Gail and Al Engelberg Dawn and Leon Harris Jennifer Marre Carol and Paul Rigby Ralph and Gizelda Willard Kwaku Acheampong, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Mr. and Mrs. R. William Blasdale Susan and Ted Bosler Jim and Jennifer Esposito Harvard University/Office of the Assistant to the Maryann and Robert Marston Peter Risafi Jane and Jerry Williams alumnus Marla Bleavins Gretchen and Julian Brigden Evergreen Investments president Roxanne and Rocco Martino Barbara Paul Robinson Patricia Wilson Fridley and Gary Fridley Maggie Rock and Roderick Adams Paul and Marcia Bleeker Lowell L. Bryan Fairview Capital Partners, Inc. Hearst Magazines on behalf of Susan Lyne Michael S. Maurer Susan and Bruce Rodgers Evan Winkler Ellen Ainslie Fred Blesi Fred W. Brzozowski Jr. Patricia and Nicholas Fasciano Doug Herzog Mayer Brown LLP Rachel and John Rodin The Winokur Family Foundation Katherine and Michael Ainslie Shaun and Andy Block Wayne and Jacqueline Budd Laura and John Fisher Akemi and Robert Hong Kathleen L. McGirr Pamela and William Ross Pamela and Guy Wisinski Lawson and Lars Albright Alicia and William Blodgett Steve and Gretchen Burke Patricia White and Daniel Flatley Carole & James Hunt Family Fund Melcher & Tucker Consultants, LLC David and Karen Richards Sachs Ann B. Woolner Martina Albright and Jon Bernstein Steven B. Bloomfield Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc. Lynne and Mark Florian T. Kendall Hunt Mercer The Sallie Mae Fund Nancy Friedman and Michael Zinn Lee and Nile Albright Jeffrey Blount Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Butler Brian Foist Denise and Al Hurley Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Connie and John Sargent Michael Zugay Dr. David and Anne Altchek Beth and Charles Boehrer Bellevue Fund Forsythe Family Fund International and Corporate Bankers of Chicago Mesa Development, LLC Katherine M. Scardino Sara Amin Catherine and Charles Boone John Byrne Richard A. Forsythe Iris and Angelo Ioffreda Leslie and Michael Meyers Nancy and Nelson Schaenen Anonymous in honor of Jeffrey Ubben Ginger Geoffrey and John Andelin Mr. and Mrs. William N. Booth Nora and Jack Capers Colleen Foster Chris and Andi Jenny Microsoft Corporation Nancy and Norman Scher Kathy and Jerry Biederman in honor of Rudy and Erika Andersen and Scott Cronin Susan S. Boren Gaston and Idit Caperton Franklin & Marshall College Sheree and Andrew Johnson Edward Mitchell Schiff Hardin LLP Nicole Ash’s wedding Eliza and Michael Anderson Lynn Borton and David Kolker Capital Guardian Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Freedman Peter Kamin Lawrence Mondry Barbara and Robert Schmid Christine Boeke and Bill Jenks in honor of Rob Mitchell Richard A. Anderson Gregory Boverman Marion Dawson Carr Carol and Bernard Freibaum Carol and Arnie Kanter Anne and Mead Montgomery Jolie Schwab and David Hodes for being a dedicated NY City Public School teacher Martha and Stephen Anderson Linda Bowen and Dennis Keefe Jane and David Casper Lucy N. Friedman Meredith and David Kaplan J. D. Moriarty The Shelby Family Foundation Lee Chong in memory of Peter Ainslie Anonymous (17) Penny Bragonier and Frank Mead Ronald G. Casty Family Foundation Paul Frio Amy and Marty Kaplan Laura and Lee Munder Jackie and William Shiner Robert and Marletta Darnall Family Charitable Fund in Judith and Alan Appelbaum Marjorie M. Bride Celeste Center Lori and Simon Furie Kaplan Foundation Fund Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Mitchell and Louis Shulman Charitable Foundation honor of Tim Ubben Alec Appelbaum Arthur and Kay Brief Betsy and James Chaffin Steven Ganeless Barbara Kates-Garnick, PhD and Marc Garnick, MD Jonathan and Dorothy Nelson Janet Singer Patricia White and Daniel Flatley in honor of James S. Ardrey Jr. Linda and Gary Briskman G. Michael Kenny Linda and Wilbur Gantz Henry and Elaine Kaufman and the Henry & Elaine Monique L. Nelson-Butts, Vanderbilt Posse 3 (New York) Susan and Michael Smith Garrett Moran Chase and Nicole Arnold Jane Brock-Wilson Lee Chong Gardner, Underwood & Bacon, LLC kaufman Foundation Alumna Mary and David M. Solomon Lucy N. Friedman in honor of Nancy Vickers Chris and Connie Arnold Carylee & Steven Bronstein Family Foundation John M. Christian Donald Gellert Keckley L. Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols Sony Pictures Entertainment Arlene and Charles Gibson in honor of Nancy Vickers Milton H. Arnold Shauna Brown Robby Browne Isaac Colon, DePauw Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Michael Esposito and Cynthia Redel Sam and Gerry Gray Lee Hutter Dayle and Raymond Kolak Deirdre and Brad Lucas Faith and Dick Morningstar Jessica L. Bruce Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Stacey Facter Michelle and Danny Greenberg Barbara Lyne and Mel Immergut Robert E. Kolek Susan and Roger Lumpp J. Timothy and Barbara M. Morris Adam Brumer, Grinnell Posse 1 (Los Angeles) Alumnus on behalf of Marcy Mistrett Barbara E. Fargo Amy and Michael Grenier The Innovative Companies, LLC Holly and Ken Korngiebel Scott Lundius Pamela and Laurence Morse Jennifer Shea and Peter Bruns Lucy and Brian Conboy Jo Champa Farrell and Joseph Farrell Patricia Dunn Grey Nancy Isaacs Elizabeth and Michael Kraft Marshall G. Lutz Foundation Marnie Bodek and Ed Moss Doris J. Bryant Cherie Conrad Cora de Leon and Matthew Fasciano Robin and Robert Grosser Cathy and Ben Iselin Apryl and Michael Krakovsky Suzanne Bryson MacArthur Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Donna and George Converse Rosemary Feit and Matt Moren Ethan Grossman David E. Isenberg Dorothy Davies and Jeremy Kramer Cindy MacFarland Leslie and Arthur Muir Robert Bullard Loretta and Jonathan Cook Naomi and Daniel Feldman Robert M. Grossman Elaine and Robert Jachino Shermin and J. Stuart Kruse Annesley and David MacFarlane Joanne and David Mullen Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation Tom Cook Colleen and Kirk Ferguson Michela Gunn Gardner and Pamela Jackson Tracie and Larry Kugler Diana and David Mack Nancy and Mickey Munley Kaitlin Burek Cooper Fabrics Matthew Ferraguto and Sallie Permar Allison Gurnitz Kyla S. Jacobs, Colby Posse 6 Scholar Guy M. Kulman Erminia and Edward Mack Ramya Murali Kennett F. Burnes Kahane Corn and Jeff Cooperman Sueanne and C.E. Field Sheila and Joseph Gutman Ann and Jerry Jaeger Michele Kunitz Victoria and James Macmillan Susan and Quentin Murphy Mrs. Carleton Burr Lauren Corrao Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Finkelman Jane Hale and William Bicknell The John R. Jakobson Foundation, Inc. Laura and Steven Kurzrok David Maher Mary and Gerald Murray Cathy and Herb Buscher Boris Coto, Rice Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Joseph M. Finley Joshua Hale James Kaplan Companies, Inc. Carla Labat The Malkin Fund, Inc. Linda and David Muscato Robert Bush and Margaret O’Hara Karen and John Cowden Karen and Andy Fisher Denis Halliwell Michael D. Jeans George Labovitz Laurie Malkoff Alan F. Myers Kara and Daniel Busiel Melissa Cox Takeuchi Louise and J. Richard Fisher Nina Halper Charles H. Jesser Linda S. Lacy Jennifer Mann Sherif and Mary Nada Anne T. Buttrick Melissa Cramer Gabrielle and David Fitzgerald Dorothy Hamilton James M. Johnson Sharon Ladin and William Drummond Barbara A. Manzolillo Anne J. Neilson Mary Cadagin Don Cronson David Fleishman Harry M. Hardwick III Rob Johnson Meg and Seth Landefeld Joyce and Fred Marcus Marcy and Stuart Newberger Cynthia and Jonathan Calder Heidi Cruise Bess and Michael Foley Andrea Hargrave and Jason White Randee and Vance Johnson Jill W. Landsberg Nancy Young and Mitchell Marinello Nancy Newman Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Callen Joan P. and Ronald C. Curhan Family Fund Angela Ford Cyndy and Greg Harrington Julie Johnston-Ahlen Lane Tech College Prep High School, Sulzer Peter Marino Elizabeth Nichols Dana Wood and Andrew Campbell Diana Daniels Burch and Brian Ford Clinton and Margaret Harris Laurence Jollon principal Fund Jinu Mathew, Vanderbilt Posse 10 (New York) Alumnus John R. Nixon Gillie Campbell Mark D. Davies David B. Ford Johanna A. Harris Larry Jones Elizabeth Langel Matrix Consulting The Walter & Monica Noel Family Foundation L. Corbin Campbell Melchor Demetria Leroy Foster, Vanderbilt Posse 7 (New York) Alumnus Judith B. Stephenson and Scott Harshbarger JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Deborah and David Lara Jeanie and William Matthews Mark Noonan Bridget and Matthew Campbell Barbara and Charles Denison Christy and W. Craig Fowler Peter and Florence Hart Marge and Robert Julian Emily Larson Kathryn S. and Kevin McCarty Norehad Charitable Trust Capital Resource Management, Inc. Ralph Destino Edy and Sol Freedman Mary Hartnett Susan Julian Michael LaSalle Peg and Tom McCausland Ilene and Stephen Novack Carlos E. Carela, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Marc Diamond Simon Friedman John H. Hauser Margo and Daniel Kadjan Betsy and Stewart Lawrence Lisa Hanes and Jim McCloskey Clare and Geoffrey Nunes Eva Marie Carney Peter C. Diamond Michelle and David Fries Shirley Hays Alan Kadrofske Eloise P. Lawrence Conor Thomas M. McCoy, DePauw Posse 6 (New York) O’Brien Charitable Gift Fund Holly and Christopher Carollo David Dickinson Margo Calvetti and Timothy Frost Nicole and Larry Heath Cara and Andrew Kagan Sheryl and Jonathan Layne Alumnus Jeanne and Richard Oelerich Rita and Stephan Carrier Carol and Jim Dildine Margo and Richard Funke Patricia and Richard Heffern Michelle L. Kane Nancy and Paul Lederer Mary McGinn and Bernard Shapiro Cara O’Flynn Erika R. Carter Justin Dillon Lynn and Mark Gallagher Annie Geraghty and Paul Helms Carol and Edward Kaplan Denise and Patrick Leonard Louise McGinnes O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC Karen and Jay Case Shelley and Timothy Dolan Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC Kip Helverson and Neal Steiner Janet and Steven Kaplan Leslie Family Foundation Patrick McGinnis Amy Okurowski Susan G. Case Sarah and Patric Donahue Pamela Gannon Gordon D. Henderson Lindsey Edelman and Matthew Karatz The Lesnik Charitable Foundation Rose Donna and Matthew McGovern Patrick B. O’Leary John Cembrook Lisa and Oliver Dow Danielle V. Garcia Kathryn and William Henderson Adriana and Marvin Karno Judy and Gordon Levering Anne McGrail Colin O’Malley, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Frankie Cevallos, Rice Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Eleanor and David Driscoll Deborah and Ralph Gardner Roland A. Hernandez Rochelle and Adam Karr Caryn and Jon Levey Carla C. McGuire Sarah and San Orr Eleanor and Nicholas Chabraja Deann Dubey Ricki Gardner Caroline L. Herter Esther Kartiganer Leslee and Lewis Levey Marcia McHam Susan and Bruce Osborne Jane B. Chandler Lynn and Robert Ducommun Eric Gates Richard E. and Vicki Mech Hester Leslie Robinson and Kenneth Kates Gloria and John Levin Diane McKim Brian O’Toole Elizabeth and Jay Chandler Elaine and Stuart Duhl Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Matching Gifts Program Milton P. Higgins, III Alvin and Elizabeth Katz Family Fund Sarah Levin Taubman and Christian Taubman John and Jeanine Semrad McShea Liza Oxnard Aratow and Jesse Aratow Ellen and David Chapman Kelleigh Dulany Donna and Bill Gela P & P Higgins Fund Eileen Katz Nicole and David Levine Daniel P. Mead Marvin G. Padilla Robert A. Chapman Jan H. Dunn Mark R. Genender Richard Hill Susan and Howard Katz Valerie and Michael Lewis Bill and Ellen Meagher Deborah and Thomas Page Nancy and Keith Charles Patrick Durkin Angus and Mary Stuart Gephart Diane and Steve Hirschhorn Leslie and Martin Katz Robert Lewis, Jr. Eric Metzman Christie Weiner and Richard Paisner Jane and Roger Cheever Jeanne and J. Breckenridge Eagle George Gephart, Jr. Stephen Ho Sandy Kazinski Ilona Lewyckyj, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumna Lorin and Edward Michaels Susan and Al Paladino Camille DeFrank and Edward Chez Pamela and Martin Edel Patti and Ronald Gern Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc. Jane and Robert Keiter Jessica and Ronald Liebowitz Cicely and Robert Michalak Julie Paller Wendy Chivian Carla and Jay Edelston Charlene and Thomas Giannetti Chris Hollinger John J. Kelley Caroline Linares Nancy and Philip Miller Joe Palumbo Purnell and Joan Choppin Lois and Charles Edwards Anthony Gittens Cynthia and Ron Holmberg Martha and George Kellner Terri and Barry Lind Kimberly and Timothy Miller Payden & Rygel Elizabeth Chow Jamal M. Edwards Jennifer and Jon Glaudemans Elizabeth and Walter Holt Linda Kellough and Gabriel Reisner Kenneth Lingo Kim Mills, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New York) Alumna Leslie Payson Emma and George Christopher Sue and Paul Efron Michelle Cardella and Stuart Gold Michael Hooks Kathryn and Michael Kennedy Joanne and Ethan Lipsig Judith S. Miner John Payton and Gay McDougall Mary Churchman Mollie Eisenberg Sharon and Mark Goldman Merritt Hooper Tae Youn J. Kim, Brandeis Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Michael Charles Litt Christina and James Minnis Karen Pearse Jim Clark, DePauw Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus Stephanie Elliman Carol Goldsmith Lynne and Joseph Horning Crystal G. King Claudia and George Little Martha and Arthur Mintzer Tom Pearson Leslie and Ray Clevenger Jane and Robert Elliott Jason Gong, Dickinson Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus Rebecca Hornstein Jill and Gary Kirshenbaum Lara Livgard Susan and Joseph Mistrett Elizabeth and Jeffrey Peek Marc A. Cohen Jessica Ellsworth John and Anne Gorczyca Mr. James S. Hoyte and Ms. Norma Dinnall Alyce and Raymond Klein Judith and G. Richard Locke, M.D. Julia and Richard Moe Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management Inc Susan Cohen Landscape Architect Jason E. Engel Merrill and Charles Gottesman Quincy Huggins, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Tina Li and Julian Kleindorfer Stephanie Lofgren and Craig Stinebaugh Maureen and Paul Mohling Mario Pelaez and Einah Pelaez, Lehigh Posse 2 (New Evelyn and Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Family Fund Joan & Leonard Engle Family Foundation Karen Graham Francis O. and Elizabeth M. Hunnewell Foundation Joshua Klevens Eric Lord John C. Montalbano york) Alumna of Coastal Community Foundation Episcopal Diocese of Long Island Natalee Graham, Brandeis Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Lori Hunt Anne C. Knipper Roger Lowenstein Sandra and Cromwell Montgomery Craig and Denise Pernick Natalie F. Colmore Suzanne and Joseph Ercole Regina Romero and Quentin Graham Sandra Hurse Robert Kohl Linda Lipton and Steven Lubet Thomas Moore Ethan Peskowitz Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Petrini The Sage Group, LLC Mrs. Walter T. St. Goar Jay Veevers Steven B. Bloomfield for Kerry Flaherty to honor the Lynne and Joseph Horning in honor of Joany Fabry Carol Stein in honor of Gary Kirshenbaum Marta Campos Anthony and Dorothy Petsoulakis Jane M. Saks Elizabeth Starr Leslie and Scott Vender exercise of her ideals Barbara Lyne and Mel Immergut in honor of “her Sara Mairs and Dan Steinhacker in honor of Amy and Brian Carollo Sara and Christopher Pfaff Carlos Salcedo, Brandeis Posse 4 (New York) Alumnus Jane Stauffer Lewis Nancy and Michael Vespoli Linda Bowen and Dennis Keefe in honor of wondrous sister,” Susan Lyne Angus’ wedding Christine Caruso, Brandeis Posse 6 (New York) Alumna Anne and Kevin Phelan Saltarelli Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Stebbins Nancy Vickers Marcy Mistrett Nancy Isaacs for Jaynee and Eric Beckman Rebecca Sternthal and Andrew Schiffrin in honor of Carla and Matthew Cash Robert Pike Barbara and Malcolm Salter Carol Stein Liselotte and Robin Vince Carylee & Steven Bronstein Family Foundation in honor Cathy and Ben Iselin in honor of Marcia Reilly’s 50th Susie Scher and Allison Grover’s wedding Rebecca Cetta, DePauw Posse 3 (New York) Alumna Barbara and Cyril Pinder Karen and Alan Salzbank Joel A. Stein Christopher T. Vincent of Susan and Joseph Paresky birthday Gwen and Gerry Swanson in memory of Mr. Schutz, Sienna Chambers, Middlebury Posse 5 (New York) Saree and Harvey Pitt Peter Saravis Michele and Greg Steiner Dawn Vincent Robert Bullard in honor of Amy and Angus Mairs’ Michael D. Jeans in honor of Alec Macmillan father of Ron Schutz alumna Robert J. Plumb Kevin Sargis Sara Mairs and Dan Steinhacker Dani and Ted Virtue Family Charitable Trust wedding Esther Kartiganer in honor of Debbie Bial receiving the Leslie and Scott Vender in honor of T. Kendall Hunt Ivy Chang and Jeremiah Garza Darcy and Jeff Pollack Mark Sawyer Peter Stelian John Vitt Mrs. Carleton Burr in honor of Patricia Arnold and her MacArthur “Genius” Award Susan Wald in honor of friends and family for the Jing Chen, Trinity Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Jeanie Pollack Janet Scardino Rebecca Sternthal and Andrew Schiffrin Donna and Curtis Voges dedication to Posse Alvin and Elizabeth Katz Family Fund in honor of Eric Christmas holidays Caroline Chirinos, Dickinson Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Jonathan and Amy Poorvu Judith and Peter Scardino Scott J. Stevens Susan Wald Cathy and Herb Buscher in honor of Amy and Angus’s Macey, for his great work on behalf of The Posse Marilyn and Hal Weiner in honor of Bonnie Cohen’s Robert Cichocki and John Schussler Christine and Michael Pope Scott L. Scher Lee Ann Stevenson Clinton Walker recent marriage Foundation Birthday Dayna Cobarrubias Barbara Powell Anthony D. Schlesinger Barbara Stine Sarah and John Wallace Cynthia and Jonathan Calder in honor of Marcia Reilly Laura and Steven Kurzrok in honor of the following Alice and Bruce Williamson in support of Dave Casper Carol and John Converse Jeanne and Richard Press Catherine and Kort Schnabel Michael Stogner Mary and Gary Walther to her 50th birthday teachers at Marblehead High School: Patrice Clough, & Eric Macey’s involvement in Posse Chicago Daniella Crawley, Brandeis Posse 2 (New York) Alumna D’Wayne Prieto, Vanderbilt Posse 8 (New York) Alumnus Mike and Jane Schoenfeld Catherine M. Stone Kelly and Alan Ware Karen and Jay Case in honor of Celeste Center in honor Marilyn Day, Lionel Anthony, Mark Greenman, Vivien and Guy Wyser-Pratte in honor of Suzanne and Daynan Crull Hilary J. Prouty Michael Sculnick Susan and Errol Stone Marilyn and Hal Weiner of friendship! Melissa Humphrey, Steve Venezia, Henry Christensen Michael Ainslie Catherine Crum Francine and Gregory Purcell Peir and Jeffrey Serota Matt Stouffer Susan and Jay Weintraub Donna and George Converse in honor of Amy Converse and Alan Gauthier Milton Yanofsky in honor of Joe Paresky Lauren Allison Curatolo, Middlebury Posse 4 (New York) Todd Purdy Palak Shah Alice Stowell President and Mrs. Daniel H. Weiss and Angus Mairs George Labovitz in honor of Bill and Ann Bain Alumna Puritan Finance Corporation Anthony Shaker Colleen and Michael Strening Weiss & Block Chartered Karen and John Cowden in honor of their grandchildren Deborah and David Lara in honor of Marcia Reilly’s Supporters ($1–$100) Michele Davis Jeanne Quagliano Gerald Shapiro Elaine and Herbert Strickstein Seth Werner Lucy, Phoebe, and Amelia Cowden 50th birthday Scott Patrick Abell Issa Deas, Vanderbilt Posse 10 (New York) Alumnus Daniel L. Rabinowitz and Ann F. Thomas Carol Borden and Joel Shapiro Peggi L. Sturm Amy and Kevin Wernick Heidi Cruise in honor of Marcy Mistrett Lara Livgard in honor of Angus and Amy’s Wedding Alison and Charles Abrams Jared Degnan Alfredo and Shirley Ramirez, Vanderbilt Posse 1 (New Valerie and Lee Shapiro Ann and George E. Summers Allyson Weseley and Sara Jones Pamela and Martin Edel in honor of Gene Shanks 60th Joyce and Fred Marcus this donation is in honor of the Olubunmi Adeosun, Trinity Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Phyllis Ziccardi and Michael Dimitroff york) Alumna Leslie and Michael Shechtman James M. Sumner Marc R. Wilkow Birthday efforts of Joe Paresky Carla Aiello Wendy and Stewart Dolin Benjamin J. Randall Rosemary Sheehan Gwen and Gerry Swanson Sally and Thomas Wille Lois and Charles Edwards in honor of Robert M. Steiner Patrick McGinnis in honor of his daughter Alexandra Alderman Angela and Lance Donenberg Bradley Ray Mary and Charles Shepherd Erik Swart Constance and Hugh Williams Jane and Robert Elliott in honor of Centre College Posse Carol McGinnis Lester Alemán, Grinnell Posse 1 (Los Angeles) Alumnus Chelsea Downs, Colby Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Luke Raymond Kathleen and Ross Sherbrooke James C. Sweeney Katherine Williams Classes Marcia McHam in honor of Marcia Reilly’s 50th Omaira J. Alicea, Bryn Mawr Posse 3 (Boston) Alumna Mike Drago Jeffery Rector Lawrence A. Sherman Jeff Swetow Temple Williams Suzanne and Joseph Ercole in honor of Susan Lyne birthday Jasmin Ampaw, Lafayette Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Aleksander Duni Joan Reilly Benj. E. Sherman & Sons, Inc. Talon Advisors, L.P. Alice and Bruce Williamson Barbara E. Fargo in honor of Trish Arnold’s leadership Lorin and Edward Michaels in honor of the Beckmans Andrea J. Anderson Charles Edel Lisa and Christopher Reilly Jennifer Shimp Tannenbaum Capital Partners, LLC Barbara and Tom Wisniewski Christy and W. Craig Fowler in honor of Ronald M. Thomas Moore in honor of Shirley Ramirez Jhenelle Andrade, Lafayette Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Andrew L. Edwards, Lehigh Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus James Reiss Lynn and Eric Siegel Joy and Robert Taylor Jeffrey Wolfe Schutz’s work on behalf of Posse Sherif and Mary Nada in honor of Kathleen McGirr Anonymous (7) Kareem Edwards, DePauw Posse 7 (New York) Alumnus Staci and Eric Reiter Marjorie and David Silverman Emily and Courtney Tedrowe Lucy Wild and Jason Wolff Angus and Mary Stuart Gephart in honor of Amy and Mark Noonan in memory of Laurie Macmillan Rita Ash Stefany Feliciano, Lafayette Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Sheryl and Alan Renne Joyce and Barry Silverstein Kabral Tesfamicael, Bowdoin Posse 2 (Boston) Alumnus Lauren and Michael Wong Angus’ wedding Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management Inc in honor of Robin Askins David and Judith Fischer Alison and Richard Ressler Amy R. Singer Melano Theork, Hamilton Posse 1 (Boston) Alumnus Leslie and Gary Wood George Gephart, Jr. in honor of Angus and Amy’s Eric Macey Rahel Ayalew, Bryn Mawr Posse 3 (Boston) Alumna Sandra and James Fitzpatrick Jennifer Rhee Richard Singer Jonathan A. Thompson Nancy and James Wood Wedding Puritan Finance Corporation in honor of Karlantoine Balan Ellen Fleming Midge Richardson Donna L. Singletary Andrew and Shelby Thompson Vivien and Guy Wyser-Pratte Sharon and Mark Goldman in honor of Eric for hosting Gary Kirshenbaum Andrea Lee Banks Richard W. Foley Jenny Rickard Katherine and Jerome Slater Emily Threlkeld Becky Yang, Vanderbilt Posse 9 (New York) Alumna the holiday cocktail reception Joan Reilly in honor of Marcia Reilly’s birthday Marco Barreto, Brandeis Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus Thelma E. Foster Jim Righter Mary Lou Hartman and Clifford Sloan Anne G. Tinker Milton Yanofsky Carol Goldsmith in honor of Susan Scher and Lisa and Christopher Reilly in honor of Marcia Reilly’s Debra Bass Thomas and Elizabeth Fox Barbara and David Roberts Joan and Lynn Small Karen and Michael Toback Lori Yelvington Allison Grover birthday Lynn and Stephen Baum Rachel François, Bryn Mawr Posse 3 (Boston) Alumna Joyce D. Rodenberg Alden and Barbara Smith Louise Todd Ambler Guy G. Zaczepinski Michela Gunn in honor of Merilee Sperber’s 65th Nancy Rosen Blackwood in memory of Albert P. Rosen Janelle C. Belgrave Catherine Frankenbach Annette and Jorge Rodriguez Alia Smith Tofias PC Charitable Foundation Abbie and Raymond Zanarini birthday Jane M. Saks in honor of Chastity Lord Caroline Berger Susan Frankenbach and family Jessica Roff Clarke Smith Salvador Torres, Jr. Jeanne Zaykowski Denis Halliwell in memory of Jeanne Parris-Halliwell’s Karen and Alan Salzbank in honor of Bruce Rogoff’s Allyson and Matthew Bergman Arthur and Julie Friedman John Rohrs Erika J. Smith, Lehigh Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Kent Trachte ZogSports birthday birthday Audrey S. Blackwell Joyce and Jay Friedrichs Mark and Etta Rosen Salwa and Robert Smith Nathan Troutman Elizabeth F. Zucker Judith B. Stephenson and Scott Harshbarger in honor of Mark Sawyer in honor of David White’s mother Timothy Block Jerome Frierson, Brandeis Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Nancy Rosen Blackwood Sharon Smith Nicole Tsesmelis, Trinity Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Jeanette Zwart Cameron Stephenson and her similar work Judith and Peter Scardino in honor of Katherine M. Katherine and Piers Bocock Kirsten Fuller, Dickinson Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Sheli and Burton Rosenberg W. Mason Smith III Teryal Turner Peter and Florence Hart in honor of Bonnie Cohen Scardino and in honor of Michael Ainslie Angela Boulart, Middlebury Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Laura R. Garcia, Denison Posse 1 (Chicago) Alumna David and Carla Rosenbloom Jody Snider Margaret Evans Tuten Foundation Martina Albright and Jon Bernstein in honor of Lawson Nicole and Larry Heath in honor of Jane Shang Carol Borden and Joel Shapiro in honor of Lara Dedee Bowers Patrick Gaughen Joan F. Ross Steven Solys Richard C. Tuttle Allen Richard E. and Vicki Mech Hester in honor of their Kislinger’s birthday David Breakstone and Sharon Bauer Yusuf George Sam Rubenstein Steven Hirsch and Micki Sonnenblick Hirsch UBS Lee and Nile Albright in honor of Lawson Allen friend, Paul Quiner Leslie and Michael Shechtman in honor of Jon Levey Terese Brown, Lafayette Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Kathleen M. Gillespie The Jack and Jamie Rubin Charitable Fund Dr. Erica Spatz, Vanderbilt Posse 4 (New York) Alumna Robert Unger Anonymous in honor of Marcia Reilly’s birthday Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc. in honor Rosemary Sheehan in honor of Henry Sullivan and Marnell and Edward Bruce Jessica Glidden, Hamilton Posse 2 (Boston) Alumna David J. Rudis The Speak Up! Program Joe Valenti Alec Appelbaum in honor of Coby R. Pilpel of The Posse Foundation’s new chairman, Paul Davis Barbara and Robert Budnitz Margaret and Marc Gold Janna and Stanley M. Rumbough Jr. Leslie P. Spinner Jasmine R. Vallejo, Brandeis Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Marjorie and Barry Berg in honor of Michael Ainslie Mr. Jeffrey Ubben Amy R. Singer in honor of Jane and Doug Smith Victor Buonocore Sara L. Goldhawk Shelby and John Saer Jon W. Spoerry Todd Van Paris Paul and Marcia Bleeker in honor of Marcy Mistrett Merritt Hooper in honor of Randy and Kelly Hooper Clarke Smith in honor of Patricia Wilson Fridley Christon Cabey, Hamilton Posse 2 (Boston) Alumnus Michael P. Goldsmith Xiomara Gonzalez, Brandeis Posse 4 (New York) Alumna Engy Lamour, Brandeis Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Frank Peralta, Dickinson Posse 3 (New York) Alumnus Rebecca Travis, Colby Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Desiree Ivey in honor of Gwendolyn Cooke’s Cousins Properties Incorporated Ainslie Fund (Est. 2007) Mariluz Gonzalez-Guerrero, University of Wisconsin‑ Qi Le, Trinity Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus Lollie Perez, Middlebury Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Sarah Trillin and Alex Ruttenberg mentorship Creative Office Pavilion madison (Chicago) Alumna Rebekka Lee Dale Petrulis Rebecca Tunstall Marilyn and Jerry Jacobson in honor of Erika and Fred Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel Agents of Change Eric Gorenstein, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Evan LeFlore James Petsoulakis, Middlebury Posse 4 (New York) Kyle A. Turner, Brandeis Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Little’s 50th wedding anniversary Ernst & Young LLP ($250,000–$1,000,000) Making the Posse Kevin Gottesman Emin Lelic, Carleton Posse 3 (Chicago) Alumnus alumnus Dimy Valcin, Wheaton Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus Desiree James in honor of Kim and Jeff Rohwer Georgia-Pacific Corporation The Garrett and Mary Moran Family Foundation Promise Permanent Jason Goulbourne, Vanderbilt Posse 12 (New York) Elaine R. Lev Sarah Pilzer Jocelyn Vargas, Lafayette Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Evelyn and Mike Kalish in honor of Blanche and Al Goldman, Sachs & Co. alumnus Danielle Levin Gregory Pinto, Wheaton Posse 4 (New York) Alumnus Valerie Vieira, Lafayette Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Smith’s 60th anniversary and in honor of GolfTEC Innovators ($100,000–$250,000) Kristina Gould Joan and Murray Levin Eliza T. Platts-Mills Wilson Villafana, DePauw Posse 4 (New York) Alumnus Ann Asch’s birthday on December 21 GreenToTee Golf Academy Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. In 2003, The Sallie Mae Fund offered Clarence Grant Jr. Mauricio Leyva, Lafayette Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus Beverly M. Poyerd Katherine Volin Kelli and Charles Kreter in memory of James F. Halpin Anthony and Christie de Nicola The Posse Foundation a matching dollar- Carmen Green, Trinity Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Ling Li Gabrielle C. Prisco, Vanderbilt Posse 4 (New York) Janna Wagner Laurie Macmillan Dorothy Hamilton Laurie and Jeff Ubben Adam Greenwald Cheng Liang, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Alumna alumna O’Brien Walker, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Julie Kuhn in honor of her brother-in-law Harpoon Brewery for-dollar endowment challenge of $5 Sheila Griffin Harriet H. Liss Eileen Pyne Charae Warner, Trinity Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Ken Edwards and in honor of the marriage of Amy Human Rights Campaign Benefactors ($25,000–$50,000) million. On May 24, 2006, Posse met Nicole M. Griffith Shirley S. Litt Quad/Graphics Damian Washington, Middlebury Posse 1 (New York) Converse and Angus Mairs T. Kendall Hunt Suzanne and Michael L. Ainslie and The Ainslie Jason Haas, Hamilton Posse 1 (Boston) Alumnus John LoPresto, Middlebury Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Margaret Rarig alumnus Danielle Levin in honor of Jody Schostak Jones Lang LaSalle Foundation, Inc. this challenge, and a $10 million endow‑ Mirela Hadzic, University of Wisconsin-Madison Maureen A. Lubeley Rick Raymond, Dickinson Posse 3 (New York) Alumnus Michael Weinberg and Mary Rauen Shirley S. Litt in honor of Stuart Kruse KeySpan The Glades Foundation ment was created. (Chicago) Alumna Laura Lucas Cecely Reardon Sandra Weiswasser Ann Mairs in celebration of Amy Converse and Lehman Brothers Priscilla and Donald K. Miller Shela Halper Alison Macmillan Ace Relingado, DePauw Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Rachael Wendler Angus Mairs’ wedding. The McGraw-Hill Companies Steven F. Hanft Ann Mairs Melissa Reyes, DePauw Posse 3 (New York) Alumna Jonathan White Heide Mairs in honor of Angus and Amy’s wedding Mercury Luggage Mfg. Co. Partners ($15,000–$25,000) Only two months later, The Posse Tiffany Hannah Heide Mairs Ralphette G. Rhodes Bryan Whitehead Brian Martel in honor of Angus and Amy’s wedding Microsoft Corporation Bruce and Connie Macleod Foundation received a $10 million Barbara B. Hannigan Carl V. Manalo, Vanderbilt Posse 8 (New York) Alumnus Angela D. Ridley Mary and Paul Wilcox Amy McGill is in honor of Jimmy Xu MTV Networks Susie Scher and Allison Grover Cathy Hartman Claudia Marquez Susan Picus and Barry Rigal Patricia Williamson Andy Nguyen, Denison Posse 2 (Chicago) Alumnus in New York Jets pledge from Tim and Sharon Ubben, Kathleen and Robert Heffern Brian Martel Angela Rivera, Vanderbilt Posse 13 (New York) Alumna Laura Wilson honor of Denison Chicago Posse 2 Nickelodeon Ambassadors ($5,000–$10,000) doubling the size of the endowment to Margaret Lee Herbert and John C. Hendrickson Mark Maurer Kerry E. Rodgers Mark Wilson, Lehigh Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus Beverly M. Poyerd in memory of Emily Shivers Northeastern University Salvatore Ferragamo Michael A. Henry, Dickinson Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus Kate McAdams Kathlyn and Mark Rohrbaugh William Wong, Vanderbilt Posse 13 (New York) Alumnus Margaret Rarig in honor of Angus & Amy’s Wedding, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chicago $20 million. This remarkable gift and Melyna Hernandez, DePauw Posse 7 (New York) Alumna Amy McGill Sarah Roque Alfreda Woods wishing them Health & Happiness PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York Friends ($1,000–$5,000) their philanthropic spirit set the stage for Nolan Highbaugh Jan McMahon and Bob Rabatsky Alicia Ross Ronna and Dana Woodward Susan Picus and Barry Rigal in honor of Bruce Rogoff’s Putnam Investments Rebecca and David Ainslie Hirsch/Kelly Group at Smith Barney Antonio Mendez, Colby Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus Jeffrey C. Rubenstein Monique Wright, Wheaton Posse 4 (New York) Alumna semi-centennial Deenise Rebeiro Robbie Oxnard Bent and David Bent continued giving guaranteeing the future Joan Hoblitzell Roxana Mesias, Wheaton Posse 3 (New York) Alumna Nalleli Sagardia, Dickinson Posse 3 (New York) Alumna Puong Fei Yeh Harold W. Schwartz in honor of Governor & Mrs. RedBones Barbecue Pamela Shriver of The Posse Foundation. Jonathan Holloway Patricia Meyers Sharron and William Sailor Paula Yepes, Middlebury Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Deval Patrick Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston Nikki Hoshing Antonino Miceli Lynne J. Salkin The Zurich U.S. Foundation Diane Siegel in honor of Beverly Poyerd Ropes & Gray LLP, New York Fans ($100–$1,000) Mia Howard, Vanderbilt Posse 12 (New York) Alumna Leaps and Bounds C. Sanabria Sucherman Consulting Group Inc. in honor of Sandra and Ronald Schutz Katherine and Michael Ainslie Endowment funds provide the neces‑ Kelly Hughes AJ Moore Hillary and John Schaeffler Scott Patrick Abell in honor of Mr. Eli Cohen Susan Lyne Susan and Gene Shanks Laurie Malkoff sary resources to help ensure Posse’s Durant A. Hunter Joselyn Morales, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Alumna Harold W. Schwartz Carla Aiello in honor of Matt Miller Sharon I. Taylor in honor of Kenneth Taylor, Jr’s Shaws Supermarkets, Inc. Liza Oxnard Aratow and Jesse Aratow Laura and Jonathan Ikeda Amatullah Morgan, Brandeis Posse 5 (New York) Amy Shapiro Katherine and Piers Bocock in memory of Peter Bocock birthday Simmons College longevity and continued growth. With the Josephine Ilarraza, DePauw Posse 2 (New York) Alumna alumnus Andrew Shen, Carleton Posse 1 (Chicago) Alumnus Barbara and Robert Budnitz in honor of Susan and Joan L. Thomas in memory of Jean Ainslie Southwestern Law School Supporters ($1–$100) guidance of the Posse board of directors Desiree Ivey Kira Moriah David and Debbie Shiffman Joseph Paresky’s anniversary Jonathan White in memory of Doug White STAPLES Center Foundation Patricia Meyers Marilyn and Jerry Jacobson Edgar Ndjatou, Brandeis Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Liz Siddle Ivy Chang and Jeremiah Garza in honor of Jeff Rohwer State Street Corporation and the dedication and commitment of Margaret and John Jacoby Deidre-Ann Y. Nelson, Brandeis Posse 4 (New York) Diane Siegel & Kim James’ July ’07 wedding In-Kind Suffolk University Law School its donors, Posse continues to grow its Desiree James alumna Ann Silverman Carol and John Converse in honor of Amy and Angus’ The Alotian Club Lynn and Mark Taylor John L. James II Fred Newton Angela Singleton wedding Alphagraphics To A Tee, Bermuda Ltd. endowment, and make its promise of Tim Johnson Bik Y. Ng Justin Smith Phyllis Ziccardi and Michael Dimitroff in honor of Trish and Chris Arnold Trader Joe’s Company, Inc. educational opportunity permanent for George and Ann Joseph Andy Nguyen, Denison Posse 2 (Chicago) Alumnus T. Reginald Solomon Manley Career Academy Bingham McCutchen LLP WashingtonPostNewsweekInteractive Evelyn and Mike Kalish Francisco Nival, Hamilton Posse 2 (Boston) Alumnus Elizabeth Specter Wendy and Stewart Dolin in honor of Eric Macey The Boston Foundation John Werner thousands of young people. Today the Catherine Frankenbach Patricia Kilduff Watchen Nyanue, DePauw Posse 1 (Chicago) Alumna Jairus Steed, Colby Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus in honor of Amy and Angus Celeste Center Year Up NYC endowment is worth $X. Karen and Peter Kilmartin Terry O’Hora Daniel C. Stein, Wheaton Posse 3 (New York) Alumnus Mairs’ wedding Chandler’s Notebooks Chong Kim Laura Openshaw and Christopher Mihelich Joel Stephen Susan Frankenbach and family Susan Frankenbachand Charlie Trotter’s Kelli and Charles Kreter Azalia and Kevin Otero Alice Stewart her family Tom, Scott and Louisa in honor of the CitationShares Dana Kuan Matt Pacewicz Sucherman Consulting Group Inc. marriage of Angus Mairs and Amy Converse Citi Foundation Julie Kuhn Marques Page, DePauw Posse 4 (New York) Alumnus Sharon I. Taylor Mariluz Gonzalez-Guerrero, University of Wisconsin‑ Citi Foundation Karen and Lawrence Kurtzon Elizabeth Libby and Carey W. Parker Isabelle Thabault madison (Chicago) Alumna in honor of UW-Madison Citizen Schools Inc. Jorge LaCourt, Vanderbilt Posse 7 (New York) Alumnus Ronna and Barry Paul Joan L. Thomas Chicago Posse 1 POW The Coca Cola Company Paul Lamb, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Lai Lai Peng, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumna Pablo Torres, Lafayette Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus Joan Hoblitzell in honor of Marjorie Bride Comedy Central Gala 2007
Innovator ($100,000–$250,000) Russell Reynolds Associates Lynne and Mark Florian Omaira J. Alicea, Bryn Mawr Posse 3 (Boston) Alumna Ricki Gardner alumna Goldman, Sachs & Co. Susie Scher and Allison Grover Colleen Foster Dr. David and Anne Altchek Jason Gong, Dickinson Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus Bradley Ray Sharon and Timothy H. Ubben & The Ubben Foundation Pamela Shriver Franklin & Marshall College Sara Amin Natalee Graham, Brandeis Posse 1 (New York) Alumna Luke Raymond Steven Ganeless Erika Andersen and Scott Cronin Robin and Robert Grosser Sheryl and Alan Renne Leaders ($50,000–$100,000) Ambassadors ($5,000–$10,000) GE Corporate Financial Services Anonymous (3) Sheila and Joseph Gutman Jennifer Rhee Lehman Brothers Trish and Chris Arnold Jim George Rahel Ayalew, Bryn Mawr Posse 3 (Boston) Alumna Dorothy Hamilton Midge Richardson Laurie and Jeff Ubben Frank Brosens and Deenie Brosens Foundation The Posse Foundation welcomed 550 leaders Errol and Margaret Glasser Lenz C. Balan, Bowdoin Posse 1 (Boston) Alumnus Kathryn and William Henderson Jenny Rickard Mary Jo Otsea and Richard Brown David and Kirsten Gould Karen Batchelder Margaret Lee Herbert and John C. Hendrickson John Rohrs from the foundation, corporate, education, Benefactors ($25,000–$50,000) Edith Cooper and Robert Taylor Jennifer and David Graf Tony Beetano Stephen Ho The Jack and Jamie Rubin Charitable Fund Suzanne and Michael L. Ainslie Helen and Brian D. Fitzgerald and the Brian and and entertainment communities in celebration Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross Allyson and Matthew Bergman Rebecca Hornstein Carlos Salcedo, Brandeis Posse 4 (New York) Alumnus Carole Parsons Bailey helen Fitzgerald Fund Molly and Lee Hamilton Rico Blancaflor, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Mia Howard, Vanderbilt Posse 12 (New York) Alumna Janet Scardino of its 18th anniversary on May 23, 2007, at Bloomberg Grinnell College Harvard University/Office of the Assistant to the President Laura and Lloyd Blankfein Quincy Huggins, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Nancy and Nelson Schaenen Christie and Anthony de Nicola Pamela and George F. Hamel, Jr. Sandra Hurse Scott L. Scher Posse’s Annual Gala: An Evening of Stars. The Doug Herzog Marjorie M. Bride Michele Ganeless Julia and Gary Killian Susan Hunter Arthur and Kay Brief Elaine and Robert Jachino Anthony D. Schlesinger evening honored the remarkable achievements The Niki and Joe Gregory Charitable Foundation Nellie Mae Education Foundation Barbara Kates-Garnick, Ph.D. and Marc Garnick, M.D. Robby Browne James M. Johnson Mike and Jane Schoenfeld Barbara and Ted Janulis Monique L. Nelson-Butts, Vanderbilt Posse 3 (New York) Bari Lipp Foundation Jessica L. Bruce Larry Jones David and Debbie Shiffman of The Posse Foundation and four Posse super Garrett and Mary Moran alumna Alec Macmillan Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Cara and Andrew Kagan Marjorie and David Silverman stars: Rico Blancaflor, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New MTV Networks Amy and John Phelan Marks Paneth & Shron LLP Christon Cabey, Hamilton Posse 2 (Boston) Alumnus Michelle L. Kane Steven Solys Amy and Larry Robbins Robert M. Raiff Jennifer Marre Mary Cadagin Eileen Katz Dr. Erica Spatz, Vanderbilt Posse 4 (New York) Alumna York) Alumnus and national director of Training Howard and Debbie Schiller J. D. Moriarty Carlos E. Carela, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Jane and Robert Keiter Lee Ann Stevenson and Site Development, The Posse Foundation; Partners ($15,000–$25,000) Synergetics Jonathan and Dorothy Nelson John Cembrook John J. Kelley James M. Sumner American Express Company Taconic Capital Advisors, LP Nuveen Investments Frankie Cevallos, Rice Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Tae Youn J. Kim, Brandeis Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Erik Swart Goldman, Sachs & Co.; First Lady Diane and Trustees of Bryn Mawr College Kate and Mitchell Watson Joe and Kathy O’Donnell Elizabeth and Jay Chandler Guy M. Kulman James C. Sweeney Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts; and Ernst & Young LLP Jane and Larry Price Wendy Chivian Paul Lamb, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Talon Advisors, L.P. Susan Lyne & Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Friends ($1,000–$5,000) Penguin Group (USA) Lee Chong Elizabeth Langel Emily Threlkeld Bryn Mawr College President Nancy J. Vickers. In Bruce and Connie Macleod Lawson and Clint Allen Judi Powers Elizabeth Chow Betsy and Stewart Lawrence Karen and Michael Toback addition, Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s Marcia and Kevin Reilly Jamie and Daniel Andriano PricewaterhouseCoopers Jim Clark, DePauw Posse 1 (New York) Alumnus Gabrielle and Richard Lesser Kent Trachte Jane and Paul Shang Anonymous (2) Adam and Amanda Quinton Evelyn and Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Family Fund of Robert Lewis, Jr. Nathan Troutman Emmy-nominated The Colbert Report made a Lisa and Mark Walsh Janet and John Bent Jan and Chip Raymond Coastal Community Foundation Ilona Lewyckyj, Vanderbilt Posse 6 (New York) Alumna Dimy Valcin, Wheaton Posse 2 (New York) Alumnus special appearance. The most exciting moment Robbie Oxnard Bent and David Bent Reebok International, Ltd. Isaac Colon, DePauw Posse 6 (New York) Alumnus Eric Lord Jasmine R. Vallejo, Brandeis Posse 2 (New York) Alumna Trustees of Bryn Mawr College in honor of Nancy Vickers Lucy A. Commoner and Richard S. Berry Genie and Donald Rice Cherie Conrad Scott Lundius Nancy Vickers of the evening occurred when Executive Vice Sarah Greenwood and Joe Bondi Candace and Ethan Riegelhaupt Tom Cook Annesley and David MacFarlane Liselotte and Robin Vince President C. Hugh Hildesley of Sotheby’s led Mentors ($10,000–$15,000) Steve and Gretchen Burke Peter Risafi Kahane Corn and Jeff Cooperman Laurie Malkoff Dani and Ted Virtue Family Charitable Trust Ahmed Alali Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Butler Connie and John Sargent Lauren Corrao Carl V. Manalo, Vanderbilt Posse 8 (New York) Alumnus Seth Werner Posse’s first live auction. The Posse Gala raised Anonymous Gaston and Idit Caperton Katherine M. Scardino Melissa Cramer Conor Thomas M. McCoy, DePauw Posse 6 (New York) Temple Williams $1.1 million in donations, making it the highest Atlanta Advisory Board Marion Dawson Carr Nancy and Norman Scher Lauren Allison Curatolo, Middlebury Posse 4 (New York) alumnus Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. The College Board Sandra and Ronald Schutz alumna Kim Mills, Vanderbilt Posse 5 (New York) Alumna In-Kind grossing event in Posse’s history. Alastair and Jeanine Borthwick Mr. and Mrs. William F. Conger Mary and David M. Solomon Mark D. Davies Christina and James Minnis The Alotian Club Melissa and Marc Cohen Stephania and Donald Conrad Sony Pictures Entertainment Issa Deas, Vanderbilt Posse 10 (New York) Alumnus Martha and Arthur Mintzer Citation Shares Anthony Collerton & Galen Sherer Betty Neal Crutcher and Ronald Crutcher Elaine and Jaap Tonckens Ralph Destino J. Timothy and Barbara M. Morris Comedy Central Dorothy and James Currie Robert F. Cummings, Jr. Elizabeth Cecil and David Wagner Marc Diamond Susan and Quentin Murphy Dorothy Hamilton Rick and Margaret Evans & Gene and Susan Shanks Brownlee Currey Foundation Kristie Wallace and Michael Irwin Lisa and Oliver Dow Linda and David Muscato C. Hugh Hildesley, EVP, Sotheby’s Beverly and Wade Fetzer III Justine Fasciano and Joseph Delgado Jane and Jerry Williams Deann Dubey Joe Palumbo KeySpan Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Philip J. Dempsey Nancy Friedman and Michael Zinn Kelleigh Dulany Leslie Payson Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia The Glades Foundation Jill DiLosa and Robert Merritt Jamal M. Edwards Karen Pearse MTV Networks Johnson Family Foundation James D. Dixon Anonymous in honor of Jeffrey Ubben Sue and Paul Efron Mario Pelaez and Einah Pelaez, Lehigh Posse 2 (New York) New York Jets Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser Mr. and Mrs. Edmond I. Eger III Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross in honor of Episcopal Diocese of Long Island alumna Nickelodeon Kirkland & Ellis LLP Gail and Al Engelberg Michael Ainslie Stacey Facter Ethan Peskowitz Deenise Rebeiro Steven Lefkowitz - Caxton-Iseman Capital, Inc. Jim and Jennifer Esposito Cora de Leon and Matthew Fasciano Anthony and Dorothy Petsoulakis Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Peggy and Walter Nelson Evergreen Investments Contributors ($1–$1,000) David B. Ford Gabrielle C. Prisco, Vanderbilt Posse 4 (New York) Alumna Nestle Waters North America Inc. Fairview Capital Partners, Inc. Kwaku Acheampong, DePauw Posse 5 (New York) Alumnus Rachel François, Bryn Mawr Posse 3 (Boston) Alumna Jeanne Quagliano Reuters Patricia and Nicholas Fasciano Ellen Ainslie Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC Alfredo and Shirley Ramirez, Vanderbilt Posse 1 (New York) We are proud to What’s exciting about Posse is that it partner with The Posse actually works. It proves that with the right Foundation toward support and nurturing, kids who don’t fit realizing a key element the traditional definition of educational of their mission. Over success can do well academically, become the past eight years, we leaders on campus and graduate from first- have hired more than rate colleges into careers and positions of 200 Posse Scholars for community leadership. That’s an incredible internships or full-time return on investment—both for the students positions around the and for our society.” world. Our partnership not only helps us develop a terrific source of talent for the Firm but also supports our firm-wide commitment to diversity and arthur blank inclusiveness.” Co-Founder, The Home Depot Owner and CEO, The Atlanta Falcons richard fuld, jr. Chairman, President and CEO, AMB Group, LLC Chairman and CEO, Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation stephanie blank Trustee, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Candidates for this program are selected using a process based on qualities such as leadership, motivation, teamwork, and Diversity enriches education. As America ability to effectively communicate. The grows more diverse, it is essential that students that are selected form a “posse,” students be exposed to diversity in all and are provided with extra supports, and barack obama its forms and learn how to effectively end up graduating form selective colleges communicate, collaborate, and compete with a very high success rate. with people of all backgrounds. This shows the validity of using less- Some measures traditionally used to recognized skills as indicators of likely determine college admissions—such as educational success. And this would college entrance exam scores—might not probably be considered affirmative action, necessarily be the best predictors of college by specifically choosing students from less- success, placing some very talented students advantaged backgrounds. But maybe it at a disadvantage. just shows that the playing ground, using traditional metrics for college admission, is One of this year’s MacArthur awardees— unacceptably uneven.” the “genius” awards—is an innovator named Deborah Bial. She proposed a model to identify promising students from disadvantaged urban backgrounds, using an alternative set of qualities as predictors of This excerpt was taken from an interview in the November 12, 2007, success in college. issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. national board of directors atlanta advisory board Mark Taylor Senior Vice President & Investment Counselor, The Capital Group Companies Kim Wallace Managing Director, Equity Research US Political Analysis Group; Chief Political Timothy H. Ubben Founding Chairman, Posse Chicago; Retired Founder and Chairman, Lincoln Capital Strategist, Lehman Brothers Chairman Chair Management; Trustee, DePauw University Jeffrey Ubben Founder and Managing Partner, ValueAct Capital Philip M. Pead managing Partner - Beacon Point Partners Patricia Wilson Fridley Senior Managing Director, Global Strategy Alternatives, Allstate Investments, LLC
President + Founder Jack Capers Partner, King & Spalding LLP los angeles advisory board Deborah Bial the Posse Foundation John L. Hatfield private Sector Robert L. Nibbs, Jr. president, The Yuriel Group Co-Chairs Vice Chair Santa J. Ono Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Deputy to the Provost, Professor of Medicine Eric Beckman ares Management LLC Anthony J. de Nicola General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Ophthalmology, Emory University; Chief Scientific Officer, iCo Therapeutics Inc. Pamela Shriver private Sector Jim Price President and CEO, TurboChef Secretary Paul Quiner Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Anthony Choe partner, Brentwood Associates Philip M. Pead Chair, Posse Atlanta Advisory Board Managing Partner - Beacon Point Partners McKesson Corporation Marc Cohen Senior Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Deborah Ruosch Conrad partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Treasurer boston advisory board Kenneth Moelis CEO, Moelis & Company Holding LLC Susie Scher Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co. Eric Schiffer CEO, 99¢ Only Stores Chair Lisa Smith Principal, Gardner, Underwood & Bacon LLC Michael Ainslie posse Chair Emeritus; Trustee, Vanderbilt University Patricia Arnold trustee Emerita, Wheaton College Salvador Torres, Jr. Vice President, Morgan Stanley Fixed Income Patricia Arnold trustee Emerita, Wheaton College; Chair, Posse Boston Advisory Board Richard S. Trutanic Chairman and CEO, Somerset & Company Anson M. Beard, Jr. advisory Director, Morgan Stanley Lawson Prince Allen licensed Clinical Social Worker; Certified AAMFT Therapist Craig Wadler Managing Director, Credit Suisse Eric Beckman ares Management LLC; Co-Chair, Posse Los Angeles Advisory Board Ann Bain Trustee, Naples Children and Education Foundation; Chair, Naples Children and Kevin M. Wernick Senior Managing Director, VerityPoint Robbie Oxnard Bent private Sector Education Foundation Grant Committee James Wilcox Vice President, Private Wealth Management, Goldman, Sachs & Co. Robert G. Bottoms president, DePauw University Bill Bain Bain, Willard Companies; Trustee, Vanderbilt University; Trustee, Boston Children’s Anthony J. Collerton managing Director, Lehman Brothers Hospital Trust; Trustee, Naples Children and Education Foundation new york advisory board Ronald Crutcher president, Wheaton College Joseph A. Ciffolillo president, River Edge Partners, Inc.; Retired Chief Operating Officer & Director, Boston Hon. David N. Dinkins professor, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University; 106th Mayor, Scientific Corporation; Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Bucknell University Chair City of New York Jacqueline Dasilva policy Analyst, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Health Care Quality and Michele Ganeless president, Comedy Central Martin Frederic Evans presiding Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Cost; Bryn Mawr Posse 1 Alumna Wade Fetzer Retired Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Past Chairman and Current Member, Bruce Freedman Senior Advisor, AMB Property Corporation Jane Dawson Shang private Sector University of Wisconsin Foundation Board of Directors David L. Gould Gould College Planning; Former Dean of Admissions, Brandeis University Charles Edel PhD Candidate, Department of History, Yale University Michele Ganeless president, Comedy Central; Chair, Posse New York Advisory Board James F. Halpin Founder, Riverbend, Inc.; Director, Life Time Fitness, Inc.; Kelly Granat Managing Director, Lone Pine Capital James S. Hoyte associate Vice President and Lecturer on Environmental Science and Public Policy, Director, Marvel Enterprises, Inc. Bill Henderson partner, Russell Reynolds Harvard University Alec Macmillan managing Director, Senior Vice President, Moody, Lynn & Co. Felabi Phillips private Sector; Vanderbilt Posse 3 Alumna Barbara Janulis private Sector Joseph Paresky retired Senior Vice President, Thomas Cook Travel Kevin Reilly Partner, Transaction Support, Ernst & Young LLP Caroline H. Little private Sector; Trustee, Grinnell College; Chair, Posse D.C. Advisory Board Robert O. Preyer professor Emeritus, Brandeis University; Senior Director, NAACP Legal Defense and Ethan Riegelhaupt Vice President, Speechwriting and Internal Communications, The New York Times Susan Lyne Private Sector Educational Fund; Director, Richardson Properties Company Eric N. Macey Founder and Partner, Novack and Macey LLP; Chair, Posse Chicago Advisory Board Paul T. Quistberg managing Director, Head of Cash Investments, Columbia Management Bruce Macleod CEO, Antares Real Estate Brad Singer Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, American Tower Corporation washington, d.c. advisory board Garrett Moran Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group Diane B. Patrick, Esq. partner, Ropes & Gray LLP; First Lady of Massachusetts chicago advisory board Chair Eugene B. Shanks, Jr. Corporate Director, Private Sector; Trustee, Vanderbilt University Caroline H. Little private Sector; Trustee, Grinnell College Pamela Shriver private Sector; Co-Chair, Posse Los Angeles Advisory Board Chair David A. Thomas professor, Harvard Business School Eric N. Macey Founder and Partner, Novack and Macey LLP Bonnie Cohen president, Bonnie Cohen and Associates; Former Undersecretary for Timothy H. Ubben Founding Chairman, Posse Chicago; Retired Founder and Chairman, Lincoln Capital Madeleine Albright Management; Trustee, DePauw University Rod Adams US Experienced Recruiter Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Joan I. Fabry Architect Celeste Center Senior Vice President and Division Manager, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Zina Garrison professional Tennis Player; Tennis Coach, 2004 Summer Olympics national board of advisors Wealth Management Bryan Greene policy Director Derek Bok 300th Anniversary University Professor, University President Emeritus, and Faculty Gregory Hano Vice President, Market Research & Database Management, Banco Popular Brandy Hays International Consultant, IBM; Rice Posse 1 Alumna Chair of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University Robert Harles Vice President, SHC Community, Sears Holdings Corporation Iris Ioffreda Principal, Organizational Learning Associates Hon. Gaston Caperton president, College Board and former Governor of West Virginia T. Kendall Hunt Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AV SCO Tom J. Joyce Vice President, Corporate Communications, Sallie Mae, Inc. Joe Gregory Lehman Brothers Gary Kirshenbaum Vice President, Business Development, Puritan Finance Corporation Michael S. Maurer lawyer, Washington, D.C. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères J. Stuart Kruse president, Kruse Asset Management Camille Riggs Mosley Vice President, Business Development, Lee, Hecht & Harrison Consulting; Co-Chair, Gary Orfield Professor of Education, Law, Political Science, and Urban Planning, University of Jon A. Levey Principal, Lakeshore Investment Group LLC Diversity Committee, US Tennis Association California, Los Angeles; Co-Director The Civil Rights Project Richard Metzler managing Partner, Trove Partners, LLC Dennis W. Pullin COO, MedStar, Washington Hospital Center Patricia Gándara professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles; Co-Director The Civil Alan Myers Vice President, Private Banking USA, Credit Suisse David M. Riley Vice President, Capital Research Group Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles Ronald Schutz partner, The Cimarron Funds Frank Sesno Professor of Media and Public Affairs and Director of Public Policy and Media Institute, Harry Smith Anchor, The Early Show, CBS Peggi L. Sturm Vice President, Human Resources, Lehman Brothers Asset Management LLC George Washington University; Special Correspondent, CNN posse staff NATIONAL STAFF POSSE LOS ANGELES Deborah Bial, Ed.D., President + Founder Tamara Y. Craver, Director Rosanna Aybar, Vice President of Finance + Administration Lester Alemán, Trainer Regina Bain, Director of Training + Evaluation Jena Brown, Program Coordinator Rico Blancaflor, National Director of Training + Site Development Halbe Dougherty-Wood, Development Officer Jasmine A. Burems, Accounting Associate Cynthia M. González, Trainer Lauren Coakley, Development Officer Maya Ramos, Program Director Kourtney Cockrell, Director of Career + Alumni Programs Silvestre Vallejo, Trainer Luis A. Cruz, Grants Accountant Fred Joseph Sanchez, Trainer Matthew Fasciano, Executive Vice President Joanna Zimring Towne, Career Program Manager Leroy Foster, Senior Training Specialist Melanie Gisin, Development Assistant + Database Manager POSSE NEW YORK Tsihai Hanson, Public Relations Associate Russell Langsam, Director Hal Hilliard, Design + Publications Manager Priscilla Araya, Program Director Helen Katz, National Director of Development Jonathan Berhanu, Trainer Katherine Kinsman, Associate Director of Development Abby Burleson, Program Coordinator Richard Porter, Senior Training Specialist Lance Dronkers, Trainer Randall J. Raymond, Accounting Manager Alyse Erman, Trainer Nicole Robinson, Receptionist Elisa Espiritu, Program Director Alba Rodgriguez, Senior Research Associate Misa Fujimura-Fanselow, Trainer Rassan Salandy, National Director of University Recruitment + Public Relations Patrick Garrity, Trainer Damian Washington, Assistant to the President Antonio Mendez, Trainer Sara Nolfo, Career Program Manager POSSE ATLANTA Sandra X. Pradas Martin, Program Director Charisse Williams, Director Devon Pryor, Career Program Manager Jacquie Forbes, Program Director Sookram Ramsaroop, Program Coordinator Shireen Millicans, Trainer Samantha Sculnick, Trainer May M. Takahashi, Trainer POSSE BOSTON Norma Villanueva, Trainer Susan E. Dalelio, Director Ben Bradley, Senior Trainer POSSE D.C. Kerry Anne Flaherty, Assistant to the Director Marcy Mistrett, Director Suzanne Lyons, Senior Trainer Abdul-Qawiy Abdul-Karim, Trainer Larry Mahl, Trainer Donelle R. Boose, Trainer Maggie McCormick, Program Coordinator Josh Christianson, Career Program Manager credits Alethea Raybeck, Program Director Erin Gore, Development Officer Yinnette Sano, Senior Trainer Adele Hixon, Assistant to the Director Barrie Tysko, Development Officer Alexis Krivian, Trainer Susie Zavala, Career Program Manager Troy D. Lewis II, Trainer Robyn Lingo, Program Director POSSE CHICAGO Latrice N. Willis, Program Coordinator Chastity Lord, Director Rudy Ash, Development Officer Jamilyn Bailey, Program Director Tangela Y. Blakely, Career Program Manager Nora Geary, Trainer Jessica Harless, Trainer Kelley James Johnston, Trainer Jennifer Leet, Trainer Mareko Prior, Trainer Maya Shastri, Trainer Jody M. Schostak, Assistant to the Director Thomas Witherspoon, Program Director