Annual Report 2019 REPORT FROM THE WE WRITE TO YOU TODAY at a time when Covid-19 is upending CO-CHAIRS XUE TAN the world. It is hard to tell what new realities we will have to adjust to, but in times of great change and upheaval, it is essential to come back to the basics. And what we know is this, art matters. Our mission is, and always has been, to

support artists. We will continue to Janice Y.K. Lee Peter Kayafas do this, as we have for a hundred years, in the face of daunting challenges backed by the strength of our community. While , like all other cultural institutions, will face unknowable obstacles in the coming year, we feel it’s important to note the progress we made in 2019. This is thanks in large part to our steadfast, generous supporters, our extraordinary board, and the continued inspired leadership of our President, Elaina Richardson. In 2019, thanks to the good work of Patricia Towers and James Siena (our Membership and Nominations Committee co-chairs), we continued to build our Board in much-needed ways. We welcomed Lisa Warren in May, Victor LaValle in September and Rufus Collins, Amitava Kumar, And what we know is this, art and Bing Wright in December. We had the highest board matters. Our mission is, and always and members’ participation has been, to support artists. rate in our annual fundraising MISSION STATEMENT appeal and we also exceeded our goals for the spring Yaddo Variations, our Summer Benefit in Saratoga, and our Yaddo’s mission is to further the creative process by providing unprecedentedly successful October Gala. We spread the word about the importance an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a of Yaddo and its mission to an increasingly broad constituency of supporters and future supportive environment. Chosen on a competitive basis by artists in residence. Our capacity is significantly increased as a result of the incredible work done in restoring and reopening the Yaddo Mansion last spring, and artists are panels of widely recognized artists, guests work in both responding as our applicant pool continues to expand. We are fulfilling our mission and traditional and nontraditional media. They include emerging and Yaddo’s artists continue to enrich our society. In short, 2019 was a good year for Yaddo. contents And so, we go forth, with some trepidation for these unprecedented circumstances, but established artists, reflecting a broad range of contemporary knowing we will be sustained and strengthened by our community and our artists, able styles and creative perspectives. They are welcomed to Yaddo Report from the Co-Chairs 3 to overcome trying times and emerge stronger from them than we could have expected. President’s Report 4 We certainly hope that is the case for 2020, and we commit to our roles in support of our without regard for their financial circumstances. Yaddo Guests 2019 6 Sponsored Residencies 9 board, staff, and artists. We hope that you will join us in our journey forward. Variations 11 Saratoga Summer Benefit 12 NYC Gala 13 Highlights 14 Financial Information 15 COVER: Mansion exterior photography by Yaddo Contributors 16 Elizabeth Haynes Special Gifts 22 The Trask Society 23 Peter Kayafas and Janice Y K Lee THIS PAGE: Lourdes Bernard, Forest, 2019 Directors and Members 24 (painted at Yaddo) Co-Chairs Staff 24

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Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still —T.S. Eliot, “Ash Wednesday”

nippets of poetry from times of global crisis have of scaffolding that had enveloped it for almost As we took on this larger role in the lives of artists been popping into my head these past months: 18 months and swinging back into full operation, from around the world and of the cultural scene we SThe Covid-19 pandemic, and the grief and welcoming more guest artists than we had ever help to create, I was buoyed time and again by the isolation it has caused, make thoughts of war, economic before been able to do. Yaddo revitalized was reason remarkable continuum of community that is its spine: chaos, blights, inevitable. And yet, to be human is to for great optimism. A flicker of that optimism still From the artists in residence to my hard-working absorb dissonance and somehow try to find “normal” glows, as does the knowledge that Yaddo has seen and incredible colleagues, to our donors, strategists in fragments of time. Artists have much to teach us more than its share of hard times, and has always and allies of many kinds. Together, we have achieved about this. How to collapse into imaginative work with come through with a renewed dedication to writers something remarkable—we have guaranteed the long- an urgency fueled by deprivation, say. Or how to conjure and artists and the value of the work they do. term viability of a national treasure even in turbulent entire worlds from your armchair, future societies parsed As our stellar Board co-chairs, Janice Lee and Peter times, and we have held true to the belief that art on a walk, the hard “now” contextualized at a small Kayafas, note in their Report, 2019 was filled with matters, and that individual artists are the torch desk. As Yaddo author Olivia Laing argues, elegantly highlights that deserve to be enjoyed and revisited. bearers of a future worth having. and persuasively, in her new book Funny Weather, We served 259 artists from 30 countries, filling the I thank all of you wholeheartedly for your energy “Emergencies require art.” And so, even as heart-tearing Mansion with the lively conversations, long dinners and and support for what Yaddo does. And nothing will decisions have had to be made at Yaddo, closing the parties it was meant for. We opened our doors to our please me more than to raise a celebratory glass as program for only the second time ever—the first was supporters, to share the work that had been completed we leave these trying days behind, remembering what during WWII when food shortages led Elizabeth Ames to through their generosity, celebrating the restoration at we learned and gained from sitting still, and what joy briefly shut the doors—my awareness that Yaddo is more our most successful Summer Benefit ever. is to be had in coming back together. than a place, it is a community and a strong one, has And we toasted all of you who helped make the been affirmed time and again. Campaign possible at a Gala in NYC that raised over Part of the dissonance of this moment is the $800,000. We were lively and stronger than ever, contrast with the moment right before: 2019, when thanks it should also be said, to our endowment which we found ourselves in a state of heady anticipation— saw healthy growth even with the need to cover some Elaina Richardson, unwrapping the mansion from under the carapace of the costs of all we were doing. President

4 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 5 Steven A. Friedman, a writer from Alex Halberstadt, a writer from Swan Huntley, a writer from Dave King, a writer from Philmont, NY , NY Brooklyn, NY Kailua Kona, HI 2019 was a record year for Yaddo as we welcomed 259 artist guests through our doors, Mark King, a visual artist from Bronx, NY Elizabeth Gaffney, a writer from J.C. Hallman, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Adam Hurwitz, a visual artist from representing an 18% increase from the year before. The reopening of the Mansion after Brooklyn, NY New York, NY Jerome Kitzke, a composer from YADDO Robin Hamilton, a film and video artist New York, NY crucial preservation and stabilization work meant Yaddo was able to increase yearly capacity Tyron Geter, a visual artist from Elgin, SC from Capital Heights, MD Seishi Irimjiri, a film and video artist from Kochi, Japan Kate Klingbeil, a visual artist from both in terms of total numbers of artists hosted and also guest days: In 2019, the number Laura Gibson, a composer from Alexander Hanson, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Portland, OR Fayetteville, AR Shaun Irons, a collaborative artist from GUESTS Elad Kopler, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY of guest days on which artists were provided uninterrupted time and space to work totaled David Gilbert, a visual artist Trish Haretiaux, a writer from Bat Yam, Israel 7,266. These 259 guests were chosen by our admissions committees from almost 1,600 from Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY Luke Jaeger, a film and video artist from Northampton, MA Michael Sam Korie, a composer from applications from all over the United States and 29 foreign nations. This diverse group Justin Go, a writer from Joshua Tree, CA Daesha Harris, a visual artist from New York, NY Saratoga Springs, NY John Jasperse, a performance artist Baris Gokturk, a visual artist from from New York, NY Anne Korkeakivi, a writer from included 4 collaborative artists working across disciplines, 25 composers, 29 film and video Brooklyn, NY Dean Haspiel, a writer from Geneva, artists, 18 performance artists, 65 visual artists, and 118 writers. Brooklyn, NY Jilaine Jones, a visual artist from Glenn Goldberg, a visual artist from New Haven, CT Matthew Kramer, a writer from New York, NY Clarity Haynes, a visual artist from Providence, RI Brooklyn, NY Kima Jones, a writer from Eli Golblatt, a visual artist from Los Angeles, CA Amitava Kumar, a writer from , PA Julie Hensley, a writer from Richmond, KY Poughkeepsie, NY Shaun Kadlec, a film and video artist Rory Golden, a visual artist Lily Herman, a writer from from Los Angeles, CA Akil Kumarasamy, a writer from New York, NY Halethorpe, MD from Edison, NJ Sauleha Kamal, a writer from Guido Golüke, a writer from Amsterdam, Will Hermes, a writer from New Paltz, NY Islamabad, Pakistan Salomé Lamas, a film and video artist Netherlands from Lisbon, Portugal Jonathan Herrera, a visual artist from Vincent Katz, a writer from New York, NY Tracey Goodman, a visual artist from Minneapolis, MN Natalie Lanese, a visual artist from New York, NY Laura Kaye, a writer from Toledo, OH Elana Herzog, a visual artist from Oxon, Great Britain Morgan Gould, a performance artist New York, NY Matthew Lansburgh, a writer from New York, NY Madhu Kaza, a writer from Brooklyn, NY New York, NY Huck Hodge, a composer Gail Gregg, a visual artist from from Seattle, WA Dara Kell, a film and video artist from James Lapine, a composer from New York, NY Brooklyn, NY New York, NY Flournoy Holland, a writer from Iva Gueorguieva, a visual artist from Heath, MA John Kelly, a performance artist Christine Lavin, a performance artist Los Angeles, CA from New York, NY from New York, NY Hong Hong, a visual artist from Noa Gusakov, film and video artist Potsdam, NY Sybil Kempson, a collaborative artist Janice Y.K. Lee, a writer from from Tel Aviv, Israel from Newburgh, NY New York NY Tristan Hughes, a writer from Llangoed, , a composer from United Kingdom Shon Kim, a film and video artist from Phoebe Legere, a performance artist Rhinebeck, NY Seoul, South Korea from New York, NY continues

Yaddo artists, from left: Writer Winsome Pinnock, film and video artists Alisa Yang and Sam Feder. Photographs by Elizabeth Haynes

Yelena Akhtiorskaya, a writer from Sarah Browning, a writer from Melody Cooper, a film and video artist David Dominique, a composer from New York, NY Washington, DC from Hastings on Hudson, NY Richmond, VA Rosa Alcalá, a writer from El Paso, TX Antonius Bui, a visual artist from Leela Corman, a writer from Gainsville, FL Natalie Draper, a composer from Sugar Land, TX Syracuse, NY Fannie Allie, a visual artist from Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, writer from Brooklyn, NY Steven Burke, a composer from New York, NY Richard Dubugnon, a composer New York, NY from Paris, Joy Baglio, a writer from Florence, MA Leslie Cuyjet, a performance artist from Tom Burkhardt, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Ben Durham, a visual artist from Cris Beam, a writer from Brooklyn, NY New York, NY Richmond, VA Michael Daisey, a performance artist Kim Beck, a visual artist from Miguel Calderon, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Jay Eddy, a composer from Pittsburgh, PA from Mexico City, Mexico New Haven, CT Richard Danielpour, a composer from Tom Beller, a writer from New Orleans, LA Joseph Caldwell, a writer from New Los Angeles, CA Andrea Elliott, a writer from York, NY New York, NY Dan Bellm, a writer from Berkeley, CA T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, a visual artist from Helen Benedict, a writer from Sophie Cash, a composer from Cedar Rapids, IA Maya Erdelyi, a film and video artist Morgantown, WV from Boston, MA New York, NY Mairead Delaney, a performance artist Lourdes Bernard, a visual artist from Paul Castles, a collaborative artist from Hinesburg, VT Charles Fairbanks, a film and video from Brooklyn, NY artist from Yellow Springs, OH Brooklyn, NY Sarah DeLappe, a writer from Eugene Birman, a composer from Christopher Cerrone, a composer Brooklyn, NY Laurel Farrin, a visual artist from from Brooklyn, NY Iowa City, IA Oakland, CA Abigail DelBianco, a writer from Stephanie Bishop, a writer from Lan Samantha Chang, a writer from Newtown, PA John Fedchock, a composer from Iowa City, IA Astoria, NY Springwood, Australia Amanda DeMarco, a writer from Vivian Bittencourt, a film and video Marilyn Chin, a writer from La Mesa, CA Berlin, Sam Feder, a film and video artist from Los Angeles, CA artist from New York, NY Brian Christian, a writer from Jeremy Dennis, a photographer from Ryan Bloom, a writer from San Francisco, CA Southampton, NY William Feeney, a visual artist from Encinitas, CA Washington, DC Allana Clarke, a performance artist from Allan DeSouza, a visual artist from William Boast, a writer from Chicago, IL El Paso, TX Alameda, CA Carolyn Ferrell, a writer from Yonkers, NY Philip Boehm, a writer from St. Louis, MO Aaron Cobbett, a visual artist from Dan Devening, a visual artist from Madeline ffitch, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Chicago, IL Millfield, OH Marianne Boruch, a writer from West Lafayette, IN Jennifer Paige Cohen, a visual artist Elisa Díaz Castelo, a writer from Charles Finch, a writer from Chicago, IL from Brooklyn, NY Mexico City, Mexico Artists-in-residence gather in the Great Hall, May 2019. First row, from left: Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, Justin Go, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Peter Trachtenberg, Rhinna Brandt, a writer from Houston, TX Daniel Fishback, a performance artist Murat Colak, a composer from Christopher Dickens, a writer from from Brooklyn, NY Sophie Cash. Second row: Leslie Roberts, Alex Szerlip, Shay Youngblood, Alvaro Sarmiento, Ucheoma Onwutuebe, Manuel Sosa, Ricardo Nuila, Lourdes Bernard, Edgar Anna Brenner, a writer from Allston, MA Nashville, TN New York, NY Charles Fort, a writer from Wilmington, SC Oliver, James Lapine. Third row: Patrick Palermo, Jayne Anne Phillips, Eugene Birman, M. G. Lord, Noa Gusakov, Ani Simon-Kennedy, Madeline ffitch, Iva Gueorguieva, Charles Fort, Maya Erdelyi. Photograph by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe 6 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 7 YADDO GUESTS (continued) SPONSORED RESIDENCIES Carol Lipnik, a performance artist Lauren Petty, a collaborative artist from New York, NY from Brooklyn, NY M.G. Lord, a writer from Los Angeles, CA Ha Ninh Pham, a visual artist from Sponsored residencies support Yaddo’s fundamental mission by underwriting the cost of visits by creative

New York, NY ANDERSON CAROLYN Maxim Loshkutoff, a writer from artists. Through this program, foundations, corporations, and individual donors enable artists to enjoy the Missoula, MT Jayne Anne Phillips, a writer from Jamaica Plain, NY Kelly Luce, a writer from Knoxville, TN opportunity to work without interruption in the supportive environment that Yaddo provides. Julia Phillips, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Natasha Maidoff, a film and video artist from Athens, OH Alison Pick, a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Caitlin Maling, a writer from Perth, Australia Winsome Pinnock, a writer from , United Kingdom Meredith Maran, a writer from ENDOWED RESIDENCIES Los Angeles, CA Julie Poole, a writer from Austin, TX Dona Ann McAdams, a visual artist Sharon Premoli, a writer from Elizabeth Ames Residency from Sandgate, VT East Dorset, VT Established in 2006 for an artist working Richard McCann, a writer from Katrina Prow, a writer from Washington, DC Long Beach, CA in any discipline. Offered every other year Film and video artist Kimi Takesue outside Alaide Foppa studio ELENA MUDD PHOTO Meryl Meisler, a visual artist Emily Raboteau, a writer in honor of Yaddo’s first Executive Director. from New York, NY from New York, NY Designee in 2019: Mark King. James Shrosbree, a visual artist Aynsley Vandenbrouke, a performance Harold Meltzer, a composer Kristen Radtke, a writer from from Fairfield, IA artist from Brooklyn, NY from New York, NY Brooklyn, NY Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, a visual artist Laura Vandenburgh, a visual artist from Milton and Sally Michel Avery Julie Metz, a writer from Hudson, NY Sasha Rainbow, a film and video artist from Albany, NY Eugene, OR Residency for a Visual Artist from London, United Kingdom Writer Vu Tran Melissa Meyer, a visual artist Taije Silverman, a writer from Patricia Volk, a writer from New York, NY Established in 1985 by Yaddo artist Sally from New York, NY Kathryn Ramey, a film and video artist Philadelphia, PA from Roslindale, MA Gustavo von Ha, a visual artist Michel Avery in honor of her late husband, Liz Moore, a writer from Philadelphia, PA Ani Simon-Kennedy, a film and video from São Paulo, Brazil Milton, who was also a Yaddo artist. Pola Rapaport, a film and video artist artist from Brooklyn, NY Azita Moradkhani, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Nat Ward, a visual artist from Designee in 2019: Ha Ninh Pham. from Roslindale, MA Margot Singer, a writer Ridgewood, NY Eleanor Ray, a visual artist from from Granville, OH Writer Elizabeth Mosier, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Lacy Warner, a writer from Brooklyn, NY Ryan Bloom St. Davids, PA Louise Smith, a writer from Louise Bourgeois Residency Boots Riley, a film and video artist Yellow Springs, OH Jaimie Warren, a performance artist for a Sculptor Sahra Motalebi, a performance artist from Oakland, CA from Brooklyn, NY from Arkville, NY Michael Snediker, a writer from Established in 1995 by Louise Bourgeois to Amy Ritter, a visual artist from Houston, TX Dalit Warshaw, a composer from Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, a visual Philadelphia, PA Forest Hills, NY support young sculptors. Designee in 2019: artist from South Kent, CT , a writer Tracy Goodman. Leslie Roberts, a visual artist from New York, NY Matthew Weiner, a writer Nicholas Muellner, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY from Los Angeles, CA Writer Alexis Okeowo from Spencer, NY Manuel Sosa, a composer from Jessica Rohrer, a visual artist from Brooklyn, NY Tim Weiner, a writer from New York, NY Abigail Angell Canfield and Cass Peter Murkatt, a writer from Bloomfield, NJ Southfield, MA Elizabeth Spackman, a writer Scott Wheeler, a composer from Canfield Jr. Residency for Writers Philip Guston and Julien Rosskam, a film and video artist from Naselle, WA North Reading, MA Established in 2004 by Mr. and Mrs. Cass Musa McKim Residency Hilary Nelson, a visual artist from from Baltimore, MD Iowa City, IA Diana Spechler, a writer from Dallas, TX Quinton Anna Wikswo, a visual artist Canfield Jr. to support one writer, preferably Established in 2004 by Musa Guston Lynne Sachs, a film and video artist from Norfolk, VA Richard Nelson, a composer from Eva Speer, a writer from New York, NY from Latin America, every other year. Mayer in honor of her parents, Yaddo artists from Brooklyn, NY Craig Wilkins, a writer from Detroit, MI Brunswick, ME Designee in 2019: Elisa Diaz Castelo. Philip Guston and Musa McKim, to support Clarisse Beleja Saidi, a writer from Jason Spiegel-Grote, a writer Ailis Ni Ríain, a composer from from Los Angeles, CA Crystal Wilkinson, a writer from Ann Arbor, MI a visual artist or a poet. Designee in 2019: ELIZABETH HAYNES Lancashire, Great Britain Lexington, KY Alexander Stevens, a visual artist Eli Cantor Residency for Writers Michael Snediker. Jonathan Santlofer, a writer Christopher Williams, a performance Delany Nolan, a writer from from New York, NY from Los Angeles, CA Etterbeek, Belgium artist from New York, NY Established in 1984 in honor of the The LeSage-Fullilove Residency Grey Stewart, a writer from , GA Alvaro Sarmiento, a film and video Daniele Wilmouth, a film and video Yaddo writer. Designee in 2019: Ucheoma Curtis Harnack Residency for Writers for a Writer Ricardo Nuila, a writer from artist from Lima, Peru Houston, TX Barbara Alexandra Szerlip, a writer artist from Chicago, IL Onwutuebe. Established in 1984 in honor of the Yaddo Established in 2004 in honor of Dr. Alain James Scott, a writer from Barrington, RI from San Francisco, CA Ivy Nyayieka, a writer from Nairobi, Kenya Josephine Wilson, a writer from writer and former Yaddo President. Designee LeSage and Dr. Roland (Jack) Fullilove Kimi Takasue, a film and video artist Perth, Australia Vijay R. Seshadri, a writer from Linda Collins Endowed Residency in 2019: Ben Taylor. to support a young or emerging writer of Seung-Won Oh, a composer from Brooklyn, NY from Brooklyn, NY Chicago, IL Emily Witt, a writer from Brooklyn, NY for Writers exceptional talent and promise. Designee in Masha Sha, a visual artist from Ben Taylor, a writer from New York, NY Alexis Okeowo, a writer from Doug Wright, a writer from New York, NY Established in 2016 by The Morris and Dorothy and Granville Hicks 2019: Swan Huntley. Boulder, CO Fiona Templeton, a performance artist Brooklyn, NY Snowden Wright, a writer from Weichun Shao, a film and video artist from New York, NY Alma Schapiro Fund in honor of the late Residency in Literature Edgar Oliver, a performance artist Atlanta, GA from Los Angeles, CA Jacqueline Tileston, a visual artist from writer and Yaddo Director Linda Collins, to Established in 1983 by Stephanie Craib in John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur from New York, NY Ashley Wurzbacher, a writer from Dee Shapiro, a visual artist Philadelphia, PA support a writer. Designee in 2019: Peter honor of her mother, Dorothy, and father, Foundation Residencies Alex O’Neal, a visual artist from Birmingham, AL from Great Neck, NY Taryn Tilton, a writer from Geneva, IL Granville Hicks, who served as Acting Established in 1990 by The MacArthur Cooperstown, NY Sichong Xie, a visual artist Trachtenberg. Fiona Shaw, a writer from Yorkshire, Ucheoma Chidinma Onwutuebe, a Michael Torke, a composer from Los Angeles, CA Executive Director of Yaddo in 1970, to Foundation. Designees in 2019: Edgar United Kingdom from Las Vegas, NV writer from Lagos, Nigeria Alisa Yang, a film and video artist from Residency support young and promising writers. Oliver & Michael Torke. J Faith Shearin, a writer from Peter Trachtenberg, a writer from Los Angeles, CA Ayse Gulsüm Özel, a film and video Amherst, MA for a Composer, funded by the Designee in 2019: Vu Tran. artist from Stuttgart, Germany Pittsburgh, PA Shay Youngblood, a writer from Fund for Music Meredith S. Moody Residency Omid Shekari, a visual artist from Ly Tran, a writer from Ridgewood, NY Washington, DC Ruth Padel, a writer from Amherst, MA Established in 2013 by the Aaron Copland Patricia Highsmith-Plangman Established in 1997 by the Moody family London, United Kingdom Vu Tran, a writer from Chicago, IL Deborah Zlotsky, a visual artist from Keyi Sheng, a writer from Beijing, China Fund for Music. Designee in 2019: Residency for a female photographer in honor of the Patrick Palermo, a visual artist Delmar, NY Guinevere Turner, a film and video artist Established in 1995 by Yaddo artist Patricia late Meredith S. Moody. Designee in 2019: from Brooklyn, NY Normandy Sherwood, a performance from Los Angeles, CA Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, a composer Sophie Cash. artist from Brooklyn, NY Laura Parnes, a visual artist from from Rochester, NY Highsmith. Designee in 2019: Kristen Radtke. Merle Meisler. Nicholas Van Zanten, a visual artist continues Brooklyn, NY from Brooklyn, NY Joyce Zonana, writer from Brooklyn, NY

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Carson McCullers Residency James Silberman and Established in 2014 in honor of Mary Selma Shapiro Residency Mercer for artists in any discipline. Established in 2004 by Selma Shapiro and Designee in 2019: Fiona Templeton. James Silberman to support a writer and awarded every other year. Designee to be Howard Moss Residency in Poetry named in 2020. Established in 1991 in honor of the late 3 poet and Yaddo Board member. Designee Janet Sloane Endowed Residency in 2019: Vijay Seshad. Established in 1996 by Alfred Z. Solomon in honor of his late sister, a Member of the The White Flowers Residency Ann Wadsworth Olberg Residency Corporation. Designee in 2019: for Composers for Creative Writers Daesha Harris. Established in 2001 by Chris Flowers Established in 2006 by Yaddo poet and and Mary White to support a composer. Member of the Corporation Gardner McFall Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Residency Designee in 2019: Chris Cerrone. and Peter Olberg in memory of his mother, Established by Ann Wadsworth Olberg, for a poet or fiction Foundation in honor of Iphigene Ochs Bernard V. Winebaum Residency 1 2 4 writer having a special relationship to the Sulzberger. Designee in 2019: Established in 1995 by the estate of poet State of Iowa through birth, residence, or Alexis Okeowo. and visual artist Bernard V. Winebaum to education. Designee to be named in 2020. support creative artists, with a preference for Michael and Nina Sundell Residency those from northern New . Designee Plumsock Endowed Residency Established in 2001 in honor of Michael in 2019: James Scott. Established in 1995 to support creative Sundell, former President of Yaddo, and his artists, preferably from Central America. wife, Nina, to support a creative artist in any SINGLE YEAR

Designees in 2019: Miguel Calderon & medium. Designee in 2019: Amitava Kumar. RESIDENCIES 5 6 7 Alvaro Sarmiento. The Sundell Residency Amazon Literary Partnership Yvonne Porter Endowed Residency for Special Assistants Residency Established in 2000 by the Louisa Stude Established by Nina Sundell in 2013, Established in 2013 in support of Yaddo’s Sarofim Charitable Trust to honor Yvonne in honor of Michael Sundell, to support Benefit. Designee in 2019: Porter, and awarded every other year to the visits of four creative artists, working Ryan Bloom. an artist working in any discipline and in any medium, who served as Special 8 residing in . Designee in 2019: Assistants to the President. Designees in The Ford Family Foundation Residency Ricardo Nulia. 2019: Jorge Cortinas, Manuel Sosa, Cris Established in 2016 by The Ford Family Beam, and Dean Haspiel. Foundation to support visual artists Donald and Genie Rice Residency residing in Oregon. Designees in 2019: Established in 2001 by Donald and Genie Harriet and Esteban Vicente Residency Laura Vandenburg. 10 Rice to support a filmmaker. Designee in Established by Harriet and Esteban Vicente 2019: Boots Riley. in 2001 to support a painter, preferably from National Endowment for the Arts 9 Spain. Designee to be filled in 2019. Residency for Composers George Rickey Endowed Residency Established in 2019 by the NEA to support Established by the artist in 2000 to support Jane Adams Wait Residency composers. Designees in 2019: Ailis Ni young visual artists. Designee in 2019: Established in 1996 by The Adirondack Riain and Ricardo Zohn-Muldon. Laura Parnes. Trust Company to honor the dedication and service of Jane A. Wait to the Martha Walsh Pulver Residency Nora Sayre Residency Corporation of Yaddo, to support a for a Poet for a Nonfiction Writer composer or choreographer. Designee in Established in 2001 by the family of 11 12 13 Established in 2006 in honor of the Yaddo 2019: James Lapine. Martha Walsh Pulver in her honor, to VARIATIONS 2019 UNFOLDED OVER SEVERAL EVENINGS sponsors, our gracious hosts, and all who attended. We’re especially writer Nora Sayre and awarded every third support a female poet. Designee in 2019: grateful for the acclaimed Yaddo artists who delivered such spectacular year. Designee to be named in 2021. Wallace Foundation Residency Marianne Boruch. in April and May, with events in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New for Distinguished Writers York. Our annual benefit series of intimate dinners with Yaddo guests programs: Amitava Kumar; Sigrid Nunez; Meg Wolitzer in conversation Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency Established in 1983 by The Dewitt Wallace The Sendak/Glynn Narrative of honor exceeded fundraising goals and raised more than $128,000 with Melissa Meyer; Patricia Volk, Neal Thompson and Jonathan Santlofer for a Woman Painter Fund/Reader’s Digest Foundation. Designee Illustration Residency to support the nearly 300 artists who come to Yaddo every year from in an evening of memoir; Richard Price in conversation with Walter Kirn; Established by the M.A. Schapiro Fund in 2019: Brian Christian. Established in 2018 by the Maurice Sendak around the world. Many thanks to our generous corporate and individual Andrew Sean Greer, and performers Joseph Keckler and John Kelly. in honor of the late painter Alma B. C. Foundation to support one artist whose Schapiro. Designee in 2019: Debra Zlotsky. primary media is work on paper through the 1. Neal Thompson, Jonathan Santlofer, Patty Volk, Lesley Dormen 2. David Falk, Andrew Sean Greer 3. Jonathan Santlofer, Neal Thompson, Quentin Spector, Lisa Dierbeck use of non-digital tools. Designee in 2019: 4. Kirsten Johnson, Laura Karetzky, Margo Alexander, Ron Weis 5. Melissa Meyer, Meg Wolitzer 6. Lisa Warren, Charles and Louise Marburg 7. Stewart Gross, Melissa Meyer, Meg Lourdes Bernard. Wolitzer, Lois Perelson-Gross 8. Bob and Cathy Brawer 9. Sigrid Nunez, Margo Viscusi 10. John Kelly, Stacie Arpey, Joseph Keckler 11. Kathryn Kellinger, Lesley Dormen, Lucy Sykes 12. Cara Kleinhaut, Iona Kleinhaut, Elizabeth Hazan, Steve Hicks 13. Genie Egerton-Warburton, Lawrence Anthony, Lira Lee, Janice Y.K. Lee

10 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 11 A RECORD NUMBER OF GUESTS celebrated the arts and the reopening of the Yaddo Mansion at the annual Summer Benefit on Thursday, June 20th. President Elaina Richardson welcomed the community back to the 1 2 Mansion with a rousing “We did it!”, thanking 1 everyone in the room whose support made possible the preservation of Yaddo’s historic jewel for generations to come. An evening highlight was an acoustic performance by singer-songwriter Mike Doughty, founder of the 90s band Soul Coughing, who 3 4 5 performed a number of old favorites and 2 new classics for the appreciative crowd, along with a few funny anecdotes about his own creative time at Yaddo. Thanks to the generosity of the Saratoga and Capital Region communities, the sold-out event raised more than $200,000 6 in support of the artist residency program. 3 4 5 As always, we owe a large measure of the evening’s success to our dedicated volunteer committee members: We extend our gratitude for your tireless advocacy and support of Yaddo and the arts.

7 8 6 7 8 Benefit Planning Sponsorship Committee Committee Brendan Flanigan, Stacie Arpey, Chair Co-Chair Sue Allerdice Michael Phinney, Co-Chair Barbara Bennett Wallace Allerdice Susan Bokan 9 10 11 M. Bruce Cohen Lisa Clark 9 10 11 12 Patricia Friesen Susan DePaula Elizabeth Giblin Patricia Highsmith and Dorothy Parker. Tamie Ehinger Sold-out weeks in advance and Shteyngart and Colm Tóibín for generously Elizabeth Haynes Roberta Feiden attended by over 220 people, Finally, Yaddo playwright Jorge Ignacio donating their talent and time. Thanks, Jennifer Leidig Patricia Friesen the October 2019 Gala raised over Cortiñas and Yaddo Boomer too, to event donors Gabriele Corcos, Peter Nemer Christine Fox $850,000, becoming the most successful Pinches described the dramatic impact Glenfiddich, Lincoln Center, the Frederick Partyka Patty HasBrouck fundraiser in Yaddo’s history. Hosted by their residencies made on their work, and Theater Club, Beluga Noble Russian Candace Weir 12 13 14 Kelly Healy President Elaina Richardson and Co-chairs on their lives. Vodka and Patrick Allen Selections, who Robb Moore Janice Lee and Peter Kayafas, the evening We’re so grateful to our spectacular Gala helped to make the evening unforgettable. Noel McLaren was highlighted by “Letters to Yaddo,” a Co-Chairs Janice Y.K. Lee and Joseph Bae, Our supporters’ remarkable generosity Larissa Rosecrans performance directed by Yaddo filmmaker Marilynn and Willis Goldsmith, Peter Kayafas, makes it possible for us to expand, Christianne Smith Tamara Jenkins featuring acclaimed artists Lisa Warren and Konrad Kruger and to providing more programming than ever and Judy Soukup Rufus Collins, Willem Dafoe, Kathryn Hahn all our incredible donors and sponsors. a state-of-the-art working environment for Elizabeth Straton and Lucy Liu. The script showcased letters We extend a special thanks to leading almost 300 diverse artists from around the 15 16 17 Tamara Tepper by such luminaries as , artists Jay McInerney, Lynn Nottage, Gary world. We thank you!

1. Michael Snediker, Candace Wait, Mike Doughty 2. Sue Commanda, Laura Mann, Sandy Fox 3. Elizabeth and Jonathan Haynes, Bob and Miles West 4. Ucheoma Onwutuebe, Alisa Wang, Jacqueline Tileson 5. Hot Club of Saratoga 6. Jami, Ariana, Alex and Adam Rogowski 7. Ivy Nyayieka, Ucheoma Onwutuebe, Caitlin Maling 8. Mike Doughty 9. Ly Tran, Omid 1. April Dinwoodie, Andrew Solomon, Janice Y.K. Lee 2. Rufus Collins, Lucy Liu 3. Willem Dafoe, Tamara Jenkins, Kathryn Hahn 4. Dodie Blackmun, Peter Kayafas, Patricia Towers Shekari 10. Willis and Marilynn Goldsmith; Larry Ricciardi, Steve Reilly, Lucy Ricciardi 11. Charles Fort 12. Tara and Larry Restieri 13. Guests listen to Mike Doughty’s performance 5. Isam Salah, Elaina Richardson, Boomer Pinches 6. Jamaica Kincaid, Susan Unterberg 7. Stacie and Michael Arpey 8. Konrad Kruger, Lisa Warren 9. Mary Locke, Jorge Donoso 14. Elisa Sheehan, Virginia Fretto 15. Benefit guest, Christel and Colin MacLean, Patricia Friesen16. Yaddo artists 17. Tent under the stars 10. Marilynn and Willis Goldsmith 11. Gary Shteyngart, Janice Y.K. Lee 12. Lynn Nottage, April Dinwoodie

12 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 13 HIGHLIGHTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2019 SELECTED ENDING DECEMBER 31, PETER BELLAMY On November 20th, the Yaddo Artist Reunion brought FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2019 & 2018 alumni and supporters to the Brooklyn Historical Society UNAUDITED for the presentation of the 2019 Yaddo Artist Medal

to iconic American painter and filmmaker Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Other Changes in Net Assets Alfred Leslie. Alexi Worth and (Unrestricted & Temporarily Restricted Fund Classes) |introduced the 92-year old “enfant terrible” honoree. 2019 2018 REVENUES AND GAINS TOTAL TOTAL In January, Yaddo was pleased Contributions

to partner with ORIANA KOREN Individuals $1,096,625 1,274,491 MLK Saratoga to Estates & Bequests $102,115 51,560 host Yaddo artist Foundations & Corporations $132,136 85,730 Kima Jones for Government Grants $10,000 80,000 a discussion on Events $1,300,724 459,866 Empowering Artists of Color Royalties $191,406 264,344 at community Application Fees $42,248 34,597 cultural hub Income on Investments $626,798 835,308 Members of the Saratoga Caffè Lena. Springs High School Yaddo Other $149,826 117,317 Club, underwritten by a grant from Stewart’s Shops and Subtotal $3,651,877 3,203,214 the Dake Family, gathered Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments $3,905,427 (2,205,574) in June to present the year- long research projects they Total Revenues, Gains, and Other Support 7,557,303 997,640 undertook with Yaddo’s support. From left, Amalia Culpepper- Wehr, Grace Alberti, Bailey Kerr, and Esmee Johns. EXPENSES Artistic Program Services 1,949,833 1,971,417 Administration and Development Services 1,380,728 1,287,355 Garden Expenditures 83,722 119,907

Total Expenses 3,414,283 3,378,679

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets $4,143,020 ($2,381,039)

NYC Events On June 6th, Yaddo joined National Queer Theater, Out of the Box Theatrics, and Stonewall 50 Consortium to host Yaddo Inspirations: A Queer ENDOWMENT FUNDS at 12/31/19 at 12/31/18 Look Through Generations, with Leigh Fondakowski, Yaddo Presents! Our series @Northshire Bookstore hosted Yaddo Unrestricted Funds $20,764,324 $18,152,798 Doron Langberg, Glendalys Medina and RK Pérez. In authors Amy Hempel, Joseph Caldwell, Adam Platt and Meghan Daum in October, Yaddo and Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction presented evenings of reading and conversation. In September, Yaddo partnered with Temporarily & Permanently Restricted Funds 7,679,955 6,714,048 Gender, Bodies and Machines, a cross-disciplinary the New York State Writers Institute to bring Yaddo authors Nick Flynn conversation between Yaddo author Susan Steinberg and and John Searles to the Albany Book Festival for Adapting Books to Total Endowment Funds $28,444,279 $24,866,846 visual artist Heidi Kumao. Film: From Literature to the Silver Screen.

14 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 15 Yaddo Capital Campaign Donors: 2014 - 2019

Anonymous (7) Blair England and Ms. Amy Grace Loyd* Richard and Peter Carlin Leslie Schmidt André Aciman* Robert and Laurel Farrin* Doris Fischer Malesardi James Siena*+ and Pat Adams* Katia Santibañez* Bridget Fawcett John Mannino American Express Julia Simet Foundation David and Victoria Foley Jeffrey Marchand Mona Simpson* Jo Andres* and John and Terry Forester Cathy and Elliott Masie Steven Buscemi Christian R. Sonne Helen Frankenthaler* Hilary Masters* Stacie+ and Foundation Dena M. Steele Jacob Matthews Michael Arpey Laura Furman*+ Steeltoes Dance Richard McCann*+ Balsamo Byrne Studio, Inc. Elizabeth Gaffney* Cipriani & Ellsworth Joseph and Stacey Steers* Danielle Ganek Anne McCann Abigail and Hume R. Steyer Joseph Baratta Catherine Gellert Gardner McFall*+ and Peter Olberg Robert V. Storr* John*+ and Penny Barr Gerry Charitable Trust Barbara & Steven Bau Heather McGowan* * GIFTS OF Martin Bax* Andrew Ginzel* $100,000 OR James L. Brooks* Stuart McGregor Nancy Sullivan* MORE Kathryn Beal, MD Gina Gionfriddo* Melinda and Beverly McIver*+ Natasha Sweeten* Estate of Patricia Deborah Berke+ Paul Gluck Brian Carrol Vital Projects Fund Judith Taylor* Highsmith* Barbara Berntsen Amy Godine* / Bernice Ann+ and Paul Chen B. Godine Family Melissa Meyer*+ Marion Taylor Janice Y.K. Lee*+ and Lisa and Jeff Blau Foundation Joseph Bae Mr. Pancks’ Fund Anne Cooke Mitchell Jean Marie Hitchen and Mona and Simon Brown Kathy Goldman Robert Thompson EHA Foundation, Inc. Rick Moody*+ Mona Wakim Brown Willis J. Goldsmith+ The Tocci Group FIS Holdings Limited Geoffrey Movius+ $50,000 - $99,999 Susan Brynteson+ Peter C. Gould+ Barbara Toll+ Catherine Gellert Kathryn Murdoch Anonymous*+ Steven Burke*+ Christopher Gow The Evelyn Toll Family Peter C. Gould+ Joan Murray* Stacie+ and Janet Lee Burnet Foundation Gail Gregg*+ Michael Arpey Scott and Amie Nuttall Gail Gregg*+ James and Patricia Towers+ Mary Jo Ann Guinchard Jennifer Cacioppo NYS Office of Parks, Estate of Daniel Allan Gurganus*+ The Tube Museum Allan Gurganus*+ Recreation and Brewbaker* Joseph Caldwell*+ New York Mary Stewart Historic Preservation The Philip Guston Fund Hearst Corporation Hammond* and Arthur Laura Callanan in cooperation with July 2016 Tuxedo Park Yorke Allen/The Ann Tenenbaum* and Daron Hagen*+ and Governor Andrew Walbridge Fund, LTD. Peter Cameron*+ Josette Urso* Thomas H. Lee Gilda Lyons Cuomo and State Gary Holloway David and Jamie Caro Senator Kathy Marchione Helen Vendler* Candace King Weir+/ Elizabeth Hazan* Marianne Carroll Colleen Olson Margo+ and C.L. King & Associates Richard+ and Jane Hirshfield* Anthony Viscusi Elizabeth Howe Melinda and James Opinsky* A. M. Homes*+ Brian Carroll Patricia Volk* Colette Inez* Tarik O’Regan*+ Richard+ and $25,000 - $49,999 John L. Cassis Mary Stewart Elizabeth Howe David Packer* Visual artist Deborah Zlotsky in Greenhouse studio. William Janetschek Hammond* and Arthur Anonymous Susan Cheever* Photograph by Elizabeth Haynes Madelyn Pulver Hudson River Bank Anne Palamountain Yorke Allen/The Anonymous*+ (2) Ann+ and Paul Chen & Trust Company Walbridge Fund, LTD. Jennings+ Perri Peltz Foundation Arthur F. and Marilyn Chin* Amanda and Peter Kayafas+* and Sheila Pompan Alice E. Adams Mary-Beth Hughes* and John Waldron Dorothy Blackmun Thomas Cipullo* Foundation Duke Beeson Jill Posnick Nancy Walker Joan Lacagnina Marcelle Clements*+ 2019 YADDO CONTRIBUTORS Bank of America The Hyde and Prime Buchholz Stewart Wallace*+ Merrill Lynch Jay and Tammy Levine Maureen Coen Watson Foundation Lawrence Raab* Candace King Weir+/ Susan Brynteson+ Teresa Lindsay Bruce+ and Ellen Cohen Meredith and many individuals provided crucial support David Rakowski* and C.L. King & Associates, WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL Washington, D.C.), the Summer Benefit in Benjamin Jenkins Deloitte Services LP Musa and Tom Mayer Tony Cokes Beth Wiemann* Inc. and Paradigm to Yaddo’s leadership, our Board of Directors to Yaddo’s Capital Campaign, making Saratoga Springs, and the October Gala Tamara Jenkins*+ Capital Management Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. Morgan Stanley & Co. Henri Cole* Genie and Donald+ and Members of the Corporation, whose possible the restoration of our historic in New York City—enjoyed great success. Barry Johnson+ Rice/The Genie and Paula Whyman* Michael and Willis J. Goldsmith+ Mrs. Giles Whiting Donald Rice total gifts to our 2019 Annual Fund drive Mansion—the architectural jewel and the These gatherings are vital in generating Foundation Mary Louise Coleman Dana Wallach Jones Joan Wickersham* KKR Charitable Trust Consulting For Beena Kamlani* Jaime Wolf exceeded goal. Artists and former residents soul of Yaddo. Among the many generous support for our residency program, and NYSCA Nathaniel Rich* KPMG LLP Architects, Inc. Peter Kayafas+* and Charles R. Wood Brenda R. Potter Julie Richardson also expressed their appreciation for the Campaign gifts and pledges received together raised nearly $1.2 million. Jason and Vivien Lee Donald Crawshaw/ Dorothy Blackmun Foundation Lawrence and Tara The Donald Crawshaw * time they spent at Yaddo by generously are two galvanizing $250,000 challenge As always, we wish to thank the National Endowment Joseph Keckler*+ Alexi Worth*+ and Restieri and Matthew Hoffman for the Arts Amy and Erika Belsey Worth Charitable Fund John Kelly*+ supporting the Annual Fund. We thank the grants from a private artist-endowed many volunteers of the Yaddo Garden Alexander Rotter Genie and Donald+ Douglas Wright*+ and Scott and Amie Nuttall Susan Crile*+ Elizabeth Kojima numerous artists who rallied around our foundation. Contributions made against Association for their unwavering support Rice/The Genie and Steven Sacco* David Clement The Pollock-Krasner Donald Rice Pamela Bock Cromey Nancy Lampton+ 2019 Giving Tuesday campaign. Together, the challenge grants will be matched, and upkeep of our beautiful rose gardens. Foundation, Inc. Charitable Trust Theresa Salierno Chen Yi* and Sebastian Currier*+ Starling R. Lawrence* Zhou Long* the generosity of all our patrons—individuals, dollar-for-dollar, once each threshold is All of us at Yaddo are pleased to Tony Yoseloff Isam Salah Matthew Santirocco*+ Lisa Corinne Davis* Anne LeBaron* Shay Youngblood*+ Savills Jonathan Santlofer*+ foundations, corporations and government met—up to a total match of $500,000. salute those who joined us through their Aubrey DeBordenave Katherine Lederer* John and Mary Yrizarry $10,000 - $24,999 Oscar Schafer Alicia Zarou Scanlon agencies—helped us continue Yaddo’s With dedicated and committed event generous donations to the Annual Fund Whitney deBordenave Janice Y.K. Lee*+ and Sara and Nat Zilkha The Morris and Anonymous Simpson Thacher & Joseph Bae Alma Schapiro Fund Tom Zoellner* mission to encourage and underwrite the leadership and organizing committees, our and Capital Campaign in recognizing the Bartlett LLP David Del Tredici*+ Ronald and Eunei Lee Amazon Literary Rackstraw Downes* Susan Scher creative process. annual benefit events—Variations 2019 power and importance of investing in the Andrew Solomon*+ and Partnership Young Jean Lee*+ John Habich Solomon Stephen Dunn* Karen Schiff* *Yaddo artist In addition to Annual Fund contributions, (in New York City, San Francisco, and creative process. John*+ and Penny Barr Jan Heller Levi* and continues Richard Ellsworth +Yaddo Board Member/ Christoph Keller Director

16 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 17 YADDO CONTRIBUTORS (continued) Amy Godine* / Bernice Michelle and B. Godine Family Ronald Slone Foundation David and Amy Sorkin Kimberlin/Spencer Barbara Toll+ Jolene Clarke Lacey Thaler Reilly Anne Young Elizabeth Sobol and Trask & Co. Wilson Architecture & Eric Gordon Jorge Gomez Barbara Alexandra James and Susan Towne Jonathan and Glenn and Preservation, LLP Szerlip* Louis C. Allegrone, Inc. Susan Colby Suzanne Youngkin Kathryn Hahn Sheila Sperling Margo+ and

James Lapine* ELIZABETH HAYNES The Ayco Company, L.P. John D. and Catherine T. Anthony Viscusi Rufus Collins Zanetti Hampton Inn and Suites Christopher J. Spratt MacArthur Foundation Starling R. Lawrence* Architectural Millwork Saratoga Springs The Maurice Sendak Douglas Wright*+ and Dan and Mary Conboy Judith Taylor* Foundation Nion McEvoy David Clement Mackenzie Lee John A. Zanetti, Sr. James Hannaham*+ Christopher Corkery* The LA Group, PC The Swyer Family Gardner McFall*+ and Richard Levin and Susan Haswell Susan Crile*+ Patricia Towers+ Foundation Peter Olberg Ronna Levin Hendricks Churchill $1,000 - $2,999 Kendra Decious $500 - $999 Nathan and George H. Walker IV Vital Projects Fund Little Brown and Anonymous 1st National Bank Milton Higgins III Nancy Towne Ken Dornstein* Company/ Hachette Russell and MinchMacGregor of Scotia Marilyn Abildskov* Book Group, Inc. Kathy and Dale Hurd Christine Ture Laurie Warren Management Laurel Farrin* Jeff Livingston 3H Agent Services, Inc. Robyn and John Vinci Ellen Morton+ India Waitt and Bridget Fawcett Christopher Waterston Benjamin Adams Robert and Suzanne Aisenberg Ms. Kate Walbert* and $3,000 - $9,999 Nemer Motor Group Paul Ferraro Albany Valve & Fitting Doris Fischer Malesardi Alfred W. Hollis, Laura Karetzky*+ Mr. Rafael Pelli Elizabeth Owens Evan Flatow Anonymous Co., Inc. Cathy and Elliott Masie DDS, PLLC Richard Kreider Jeffrey Wallace* Penguin Random Christine and Robert Fox Allerdice Building Wallace and Maxwell Mensching Bart and Jeff Altamari Corina Larkin Stewart Wallace*+ Supply, Inc. House, LLC Sue Allerdice Christopher Freeze William Mensching Applied Materials Lira Lee Leisa Waterhouse Milton and Sally Avery Phinney Design Group Heather Althoff and Foundation Robert Gaffey Arts Foundation Donald Bailey Jeanne Miyoung Lee Charlotte Weber Karla and Scott Radke Aztech Environmental Tony Gerber* Moutoussamy-Ashe* Tamara Bazar Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Technologies, Inc. Lillian Leong Mrs. and Mr. Betsy Weis Lawrence and Agnes Gund Elizabeth Lucy Ricciardi Sandra Leong Christie Weiss Barbara K. Bristol Associates of Negrotto-Sapnar Matthew and Glens Falls, Inc. Patty Hasbrouck/ Eileen Battle Mona Wakim Brown Larissa and Alexander Maksik* Caroline Welch Madison Healthcare Nemer Motor Group Peter Rosecrans Nadim Barakat Mark Behan Advisors Charles Marburg Renee Dake Wilson/Red Abigail Angell Canfield W.W. Norton & Co., Inc. Matthew Santirocco*+ Adam Bartos and Bonadio & Co., LLP Green Blue Fund of the Jamie Caro Elizabeth Hazan* Lauren and Mahnaz Ispahani- Edward Oberwager Liberty Hill Foundation Saratoga Casino Hotel Blair Brown+ Michael Marrus Bartos/Pannonia Hoffman Car Wash Bruce+ and Ellen Cohen Olde Bryan Inn/ Witt Construction Jim Silverman / Opaleye Foundation & Jiffy Lube Christina and Longfellows Inn John Burke Christopher Cook Management, Inc. Anthony Mason Workman Publishing Noah Baumbach* International Creative Sandra R. Butler DePaula Chevrolet Thomas Paese Company, Inc. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Management, Inc. Elizabeth Mastro Leslie C. Berlowitz*+ The John Palfrey and Susan Calhoun Moss Alexi Worth*+ and Kathy Mattes and Catherine Carter Erika Belsey Worth Capital District Andy Marsh Family Fund Physicians Health Bona Yang Richard McCann*+ Sandra Perlow* Plan, Inc. Kenneth McGivney Richard Prince Studio Cardiac RMS Pat Meaney and $250 - $499 David Rakowski* and Henry and Joseph Zarzynski Anonymous Beth Wiemann* Pamela Christiansen ELIZABETH HAYNES John and Joanne Meyer Anonymous* George and Colonie Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Karen Rathman Melissa Meyer*+ Denny Abrams Jane and John Corrou Tal and Ariel Recanati David and Allison Meyers Gregory Aidala Cudney’s Launderers Christopher Ritzert Karen Miller Ayad Akhtar*+ & Dry Cleaners Frank A. Rogers Carmen Milligi Jonathan Albert Writer Sebastian Currier*+ Bruce Rosenblum and Rick Moody*+ Phyllis and Ivy Nyayieka Colette Dafoe Lori Laitman AlexanderAldrich James Morrissey David Darrin Joseph Ehrlich and Margo Alexander Geoffrey Movius+ Henry Brown* Blair England and Donald and Patricia and Katherine Rosman*+ Meghan Daum* Writer Steve Alexis Almeida* Peter Carlin Cheryl Haswell Joseph LaRosa Frances Khirallah Noble* Christina Brueggemann Friedman Saratoga Arms, Ltd. Gena Delbridge Lisa Andersson Richard Etkin Richard Hayes* Joann Long Northshire Saratoga, LLC John and Jean Buhac Barbara Scheide* Susan and Sarah Etkin Kelly Healy Honorable Ben Arno Robert Bullock Stephen Dorsey Old Saratoga Guido A. Loyola Jay Shinn* Victoria Fast Elektra Hetman Restorations, Inc. Patricia Arpey Steven Burke*+ Ellen and Todd Downing Kathryn Ma* Kevin and Judy Soukup Diane Fowler Caren Hoffman William and Mary Perez * Amber Burnette Jean Dugan and Michael Manning Patricia Brown Specter Patricia McBride Friesen A. M. Homes*+ Ben Ford Courtney Pettit Abby Barrett Anaik Carne Wendy Mark* Cristina Spencer Kathleen Fyfe Kay Hotaling Jami Durante Rogowski Diane and Ned Powell Elizabeth and Circular Formation Lydia Martin* Stewart’s Shops and Adam Rogowski Tab Beauregard Elizabeth Gaffney* Erin Isikoff Deborah Reynolds and Scott Clark Bridget Mason Elizabeth Strout* Tamie and Carol J. Kautzman Aimee Bender* Terence Gallagher Betsy Joyce Marcelle Clements*+ George Ehinger Beverley Mastrianni Sanjay and Sheila Johnson Robbins Barbara and Barbara Garlock Anne Kaiser Carly Connors Shweta Taneja Geoffrey Etnire William Bennett R. Paul and Tyler Dickson Jay Rogoff* and Adam Smith Jaeger & Flynn Gina Gionfriddo* Beena Kamlani* Diane and John J. Thomas John Flavin Penny Howell Jolly Margaret Kristen Corcoran Kathleen A. McCarty Zita Ezpeleta Associates, Inc. Dr. Jon Globerson and John Kelly*+ Snowy Owl Clyde Brownstone Berringer-Schuran Patricia Daly Martha Meader Pauls Toutonghi Lynn Freed* Elizabeth Rosenman Tina Audrey Facteau Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Inc. Doug Kaden and The Honorable Meg Kelly Peter Cameron*+ Katie Bliss Marsha Dammerman Maggie Moss-Tucker Foundation Merritt Tilney Joe and Barbara Tyler Avram and Saratoga National Lynn Goldberg Margaret Sundell James K. Kettlewell Michael and Rhoda Freedberg Bank & Trust Co. Susan Bokan James DeMasi Sheila and Holland & Knight LLP Scott Karnas Charles and Guido Golüke* The Adirondack Trust Kathy Charness Iona Kleinhaut Donald Nelson Candace Wait Chris Freeze Saratoga Paint and Marianne Boruch* Jennifer DeTeso Linda Hoyt Company Susanna Kaysen* Sip Studio Dorothy and Margaret Jan Chi and Jane Adams Wait Julie Fuller and Lucy Bowditch Margaret Kohn Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. The New York Racing Rebecca Donner* Stephen Harran Keeler Motor Car Alex Chi Matthew Kelly Marcus Dean Fuller David and Jean Scheible Newlin III/ Company Association, Inc. Sheri Katie Brandi* Richard Kuehl Marilyn Chin*+ Dan Kern* Jim Eliopulos Judy Harrigan Original Works Warshauer-Riskind* Laura Furman*+ Lorraine Shemesh* Jeremy Lansford and Joni and Kevin+ The Swyer Companies/ Terry Braunstein* Patricia Nugent and Chul Chung Amy Knoeller Laura Faulk Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc. Madeline Weinrib Paula D. Silver Richard Hasenauer continues

18 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 19 YADDO CONTRIBUTORS (continued) Stephen O’Connor* Mark Rudman* Kristin Tetlack Margaux Ogden* Mary Ellen Ryall Rebecca Thomas Tim and Colleen O’Hara Mike Albo* Teri Blasko and Peter Child* David Derish* Holly K. Grande Julia Older* Robert Saba and Jane and Gordon and Jeff Durstewitz Darbe Older Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laura Chodos Allan deSouza* Marion T. Greenup Mark Hogan Jane Thompson Nancy and Alexander George Blecher* Alex O’Neal* Rachel Christiansen Timothy J. DeWerff Linda Gross Edward O’Leary Steven Sacco* Jill Tirrell Howard Altmann* Laurel Blossom* ELIZABETH HAYNES Will and Gloria Ciejka William Dick* Michael Grossman Dr. Christopher Olsen Amelia Saul* Lucy Tower Tabitha Orthwein Julia Alvarez* Bookstein Projects Inc. Catherine A. Clarke John Dilg* Nan Guslander Tarik O’Regan*+ Barnet Schecter* Peter Trachtenberg* Maureen Parker Amazon Smiles Fund Janet Borden Rachel Cline* Danielle Dimston* Katharine Hackett* Faith Palma David Scheinert Harvey Tulcensky* Vincent L. Passaro* Judith Amdur* Valerie Bornstein Victoria and Robert Turner Aaron Cobbett* Gary and Daron Hagen*+ and Philip and Donna Palmer Frank Schepps Jodi Polsinelli Jonathan Ames*+ Samantha Bosshart Mary DiSanto-Rose Gilda Lyons Josey Twombly Gerald Cohen* Richard Parker Cindy and Laura Y. Rappaport T. J. Anderson* Nancy Bowen* Radana Dooley David and Bill Van Alstyne Thomas Colbert* Laura Parnes* Timothy Schmehl Carolyn Hampton Reveal Art Fair, Inc. Jana L Argersinger Eleanor Boyle Matthew J. Dorsey Timothy Van Laar* Susan Coll* Barbara Parrish Elizabeth Wix Schmid* Evan Handler* Alexander Robinson Jeffrey and Teresa Armon Margaret Bradley Nancy Downing Martha and Vivien* and Keija Parssinen* Gail Schorre Trish Harnetiaux* Grant Van Patten Brandi Rodriguez Christopher J. Arpey Jennifer Brandolino David Collens David Driskell* Jessica Passero John Schuetz* Steve Harper* Aynsley Vandenbrouke* Catherine Rush* Charles and Anna Brenner* Susan Commanda Mary Dudley Kathryn Paulsen* Christine Schutt* Michael Ballew-Paque Dean Haspiel* Sugar Vendil* Lynne Sachs* Molly Brindle Anne Connell* Ms. Jordana Dym Bari Pearlman* Susan Schwalb* Judith Banks George Hauenstein Helen Vendler* Freshteh Salehi Ellen Brown Janice Conners* Charlotte Eaton Rachel Perry* Paul and Kathy Schwartz Ferenc Barnas* Mellicent and Debra Verni Jonathan Santlofer*+ Suzanne and Diane Cook* Alan Effron William Hawke Rachel Person and Stephanie Sellars* Rhonda Barnat Daniel Brunelle Beth and Saratoga Smilecare Melody Cooper* Michael and Steve Sheinkin Elizabeth and Tanya Selvaratnam* George Vodapivc Ron Baron* Irene Buszko* Joanne Esposito Dee Sarno Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas* Jonathan Haynes Thomas Petcosky Courtney Sender* Patricia Volk* Petra Bartosiewicz* Renee Butler* Renee Euripidou Michael Schreiber Jean-Marie Crocker Barbara Hefter Lisa Phillips* and Sarah Sentilles* Mary Joan Waid* Richard and Donna Stephen Cabell* David Falk William Mead Laurie Scott Betsy Crowell* Kylie Heidenheimer* Warren Seubel G.C. Waldrep* Camilla Regina Fallon Roger Phillips* Priscilla Searles Will Hermes* Deirdre Shaw* Candace Crocker Lynn M. Farenell Pat Picard Warren Mark Shalonis Elana Herzog* Elisa Sheehan Negin Farsad* Diane Pieri* Kathryn Waters* Dee Shapiro* Amy Hickey James Shrosbree* Rochelle Feinstein* Jason Pirozzolo Eva Weber* J. Stephen Sheppard Kathy High* Mary Taylor Simeti* Writer Warren Wechsler Carolyn Ferrell* Russell Platt* Skidmore College - Arts James Siena*+ and Leslie Hirst* Elizabeth Katia Santibañez* Lucy Ferriss* Denise Polit and Administration Program Jason Weiss* Jay Hodges* Gaffney Alan Janosy Teianha Smith Charles Finch* Carla H. Skodinski Vera and Marvin Weiss The Home of the Francesca Giuliana Polo Warren Slesinger Maureen Weitzel Michael Snediker* Sheri Fink* Good Shepherd Kate Klingbeil* Laura Lomas* Jay, Jane, and Liz Elena Porter Jenny Snider* Dan Welcher* Manuel Sosa* Ms. Sandra Fox Patricia and Robert Hoyt McAdam Kim Klopstock Frank Lombardo Helen Porter Soroptimist International Mac Wellman* Michael Stanton Robert Franca* Lissa Hunter* Michelle McCabe* Karla Knight Ruth Lomon* of Saratoga County Bonnie Printz* Scott Wheeler* Katherine Steremberg Veronica Frazier Adam Hurwitz* Dr. and Mrs. Barbara J. Kolapakka M.G. Lord* Jane South* Brian McCandless Caroline Putman Emily White Wendy Stern Barbara Freedman Kiyomi Iwata* Zane Kotker* Jennifer Lunden* Spa City Dance Brian McCorkle* Jane Quinn Paula Whyman* Martha Strohl Ru Freeman* Jilaine Jones* and the Arts Margo Kren* Kathryn Lynch Sarah McEneaney* Lawrence Raab* Daniel Wiener Kerry Sulkowicz Adam Frezza* Bruce Jordan Elizabeth Spackman* Starry Krueger Natasha Maidoff* Tabitha McGill Kora Radella* Daniele Wilmouth* Tamara and Steve Friedman* Katherine Kadish* Maren Stange Amitava Kumar*+ Tim Main* Jason Tepper Wit McKay* Pola Rapaport* Josephine Wilson* Donald Furst* Laurie Kahn* Michael Stanko Paul LaFarge* Patricia Mangini The Golub Foundation Bates Sharon L. Cumberland* Cathleen Medwick* Phyllis Raphael* Richard Wilson* Joseph Caldwell*+ Patricia Gallagher Jennifer Karady* Jeff Stark* Ellen Beal Diane Lachtrupp Alison Manheim* Mark Winegardner* George Tsontakis*+ Ellen-Deane Cummins Meryl Meisler* Nancy Ravena Amanda Stern* Laura Calfee Marcia G. Galloway Joseph Keckler*+ Jessica Lally Vanessa Manko* Charlotte Wojcik Shirley and Kim Beck* Mary Curtis Harold* and Eleanor Ray* Nancy Stevens Jean Campbell Gay Gamage Seiki Keene Robert Voelker Eric Lane* Laura Mann Hilary Meltzer Amanda Wojick* Laurie Beckelman Heather and Kevin Ray Jo Stockham* Florence Campion Linda Garramone Darra Keeton* Kathy Wang Michael Cushing Michael Lane Stephen Mansell Shari Mendelson* Jaime Wolf Susan Nisenbaum Brenda Raymond Connie Stone Eve LaSalle Caram* GE Fund Dorothy Kelliher Julie Wash Becker* Devorah Cutler Patricia Lavin Meredith Maran* Julie Metz* Ruth Wolf* Robert W. Reinhardt David Storey* Henry and Lauriann Gail Gerber Lt. Col. Edward Kelly and Amelia and Terry Weir Theresa Behrendt Leslie Cuyjet* Wayne Lawson James Marcus* Joan Millman* Melissa Wolff Cardinali Phyllis Kelly Beth Reisman* Arthur Strimling Dan Bellm*and Yoel Annette Cyr* Gail Gilliland* Londa Weisman* Robert Carioscia* Young Jean Lee*+ Madalyn Marcus* Roger Mitchell* Melora Wolff* Kahn Nancy Kelly* Charles and Mahala Stripling* Sandy Daly Andrew Ginzel* Margaret Wolitzer* and Thomas Whitman* Claudia Carman Deirdre Leland Grace Markman* Honor Molloy* Katie Richman Carolyn Sun* Judith Belzer* and Barbara Kendric* Richard Panek* Alice Dark* Glenville Hills Joan Wickersham* Michael Pollan Kasey Casey Alan Lelchuk* Regina Marler* Jonathan Monaghan* Elizabeth Riggle* Rita Jean Sutcliffe* Garden Club Jane Kent* Woodlawn Nancy and David Wilder Beth Dary* Tania Leon* Steve Marston Elizabeth B. Moore* Katherine Riley Helen Benedict* Sophie Thomas M. Gloss Frances* and Barbara Sutherland Apartments, Inc. Cash-Goldwasser* Domenique and Jasmin Darznik* Howard Kiernan Sigrun Leonhard* Cheryl and Patrick Martin Azita Moradkhani* Amy Ritter* Terese Svoboda* Chin Chih Yang* Suzanne Bennett* Gerard J. Glowniak Dmitriy Yermolayev Nancy Cassell* Daniel Thomas Davis* Dave King* Murray and Tina Levith Sara Martin* Nancy Pierce Morgan Leslie Roberts M. Beverly Swan Shay Youngblood*+ Ted Bent* Michael and Donna Gnip Anaik Carne and Samantha Castellitto Nicholas Dawidoff* Eleanor King* Sydney Licht* and Gabriel Martinez Mary N. Morrow Leslie Roberts* Kathleen Sweet Joseph and Richard Zalucki Christine Bentley Glenn Goldberg* Tom Summer Joyce Zanchelli Janice Caswell* Kyle deCamp*+ Mara King Susan Mastrangelo* Peter Murkett* Mary Robison* Natasha Sweeten* Judith Zassenhaus Zeke Berman* Neil Goldberg* Deena Linett* Deborah Zlotsky* Patty Cateura* Jim Dechert Marcelle O. King Mary Mattes Peter E. Murphy* Rita McCarthy Rogers* Kim and Robert Swidler Ian and Monica Berry Eli Goldblatt* Mark Lipman* and Emily Zuch* Ward A. Cavanaugh Ellen M. deLalla Sally and Larry King Alice Mattison* Richard Nelson* Marcy Rosewater* Verena and UP TO $249 Anne Bertram* Janet Goldner* Helen Cohen Lan Samantha Chang* Marilyn and Tohru Takekoshi Barbara Zucker* Brian Bevelander* Jerome Kitzke* Nyla Matuk* Itty S. Neuhaus* Gail Rothschild* Anonymous (9) Dominick DeLorio William Goldstein* Carol Lipnik* Susan Cheever*+ Kimi Takesue* Hayes Biggs* Perri Klass* Susan May Tell* Mark Newport* A.M. Rousseau* Anonymous*(3) Jerome DelSordo Regan Good* Dr. Robert Klitzman* and Robert and Diane Taylor *Yaddo artist Herb and Linda Kleinbub Mr. Charles Melissa Mazzoli* Kathleen Nolte Lance Rowe Christine Black Linda Gottesfeld* +Yaddo Board Member/ Yelena Akhtiorskaya* Kathy Chesbrough Amy DeLuca Lloyd Bieber Fiona Templeton* Miles Kletter Elizabeth Nunez* Suzanne Rucinski Director

20 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 21 Stacie Arpey GIFTS Barbara Garlock MADE IN Susan Brynteson Sharon L. Cumberland THE TRASK HONOR Susan DePaula Kathleen OF Chesbrough SOCIETY Laura Furman Planned Giving Laura Calfee to Sustain Yaddo Willis Goldsmith Lawrence R. Ricciardi he Trask Society, named after visionary founders Katrina and Lois and , helps sustain Stewart Gross Linda Gross Composer Yaddo into its second century Tal Recanati Jerome Kitzke Tthrough thoughtful legacy contributions. and visual Many have followed the example of the artist Azita Janice Y. K. Lee Moradkhani Trask’s extraordinary philanthropic spirit by Daniel Brewbaker, at a performance of his work in Graz, , 2013 John Palfrey becoming a member of The Trask Society, Melissa Meyer Yaddo’s planned giving program. taken Yaddo into consideration in their estate. There is no minimum bequest Bookstein Project Soren Phillips Jonathan Santlofer Daniel Brewbaker, the late, esteemed financial planning, through a bequest, a required. Restricted gifts can memorialize Corina Larkin Jayne Anne Phillips Rhonda Barnat American composer, had numerous charitable remainder trust, a gift of tangible relatives or friends, or perpetuate donors’ or real property, or by naming Yaddo as names by endowing artists’ residencies and Don and Sheila Nelson Ned Rorem Myra Sklarew residencies at Yaddo throughout his prolific Richard Kuehl Daron Hagen Mahala Stripling career. Today, his tremendous legacy gift a beneficiary in their retirement plan or restoration of the historic estate. Finally, has helped Yaddo build the endowment, insurance policy. many former guests have designated works supporting future residencies for many Yaddo works with donors and their of art as a gift, with specific arrangements talented composers. representatives to structure individual made for their care and eventual disposition. Naomi Baron Florence B. Hinckley Doris Moss Ron Baron Nancy H. Stevens Maggie Moss-Tucker We are pleased to recognize here the planned gifts that can offer substantial tax For additional information, contact Cheryl GIFTS individuals, many of them artists like Daniel, and estate benefits, particularly if funded Martin, Development Manager, at 518-584- Vicki Behm Tony Hoagland Howard Moss who have thoughtfully and generously through gifts of appreciated stock or real 0746 or [email protected]. MADE IN Risa Mickenberg Anne Connell Anonymous

MEMORY Carol C. Carney Catie Hoch Barbara Pogoda OF Jane McAdam Caroline Putnam Pat Picard TRASK SOCIETY MEMBERS William Corbett Malcolm Jones Nora Sayre Maureen N. McLane Bill Van Alstyne Marion T. Greenup Anonymous (7) Garry DuFour Patricia Highsmith+ Lenore Malen Harold Reed+ Jancey Stockly+ Helene Aylon Stephen Dunn A.M. Homes Susan R. Malloy+ Louise Reisman+ Nancy Sullivan+ Theodore D’Aloia Melisande Kopp Nancy Sullivan John Barrow Janice Eidus Cyrus Jabarzadeh Alison Manheim Donald S. Rice Karen A. Sulzberger Brenda Raymond Frank A. Rogers M. Beverly Swan David Loren Bass Laurel Farrin Madelyn Pulver Jennings Adrianne Marcus+ Katherine Russell Rich+ Michael+ and Nina+ Sundell Leslee Becker Alice Fellows Buffie Johnson+ Cleopatra Mathis Donald Richards+ Amy R. Tan “Dude” Dehn Jose Leon Anne Truitt Chana Bloch+ Lynn Freed Beena Kamlani Richard McCann Harvena Richter+ Donna M. Palmer Tania J. Leon Charles Finch Elizabeth Thompson Susan Bokan Robert Garis+ Leslie Katz+ and Jane Susannah McCorkle+ Leonard Roberts+ Katz+ Martha Tinker+ Mrs. Edward Milan Boor Gail Gilliland Gardner McFall Thomas Rogers+ Caroline and J. Duncan Benita Mindenbergs Beth Kissileff Patricia Towers Suzanne Rucinski Pauls Toutonghi Daniel Brewbaker+ Amy Godine Mark Meltzer Jay Rogoff Mary Alice Kremp+ Anne Truitt+ Jamie Brisick Jane Goldberg Mary Mercer+ Taney Roniger Rosette Lamont+ Esteban Vicente+ Susan Brynteson Morris Golde+ Melissa Meyer Andrew Rudin Ingeborg Lauterstein+ Aileen Ward+ J. Byrne+ Julius Goldstein+ Rick Moody Jonathan Santlofer Sharon Lerch Gerald Weales+ Eli Cantor+ Peter Davison+ John and Lee Nelson+ Sapphire Maurice Alain LeSage+ George W.S. Wen 2019 GIFTS FOR THE YADDO MEDAL FUND Marilyn Chin Peter C. Gould Acosta Nichols+ Rudy Shackelford Jan Heller Levi Anita Weschler+ William Claire Julie Gross Anne Palamountain+ Rachel Shteir Marshall and Debra Holly Woodward Christopher J. Arpey Mary Mattes Michelle and Ronald Slone Renee Dake Wilson/Red Green Jane M. Cooper+ Daron Hagen Andras Petocz Eileen Simpson+ Levin Blue Fund of the Liberty Hill Nancy Wilson-Ross Matthew J. Dorsey Nancy Pierce Morgan Christopher Wilson Allen Davis Priscilla Haley Sidney Phillips+ Alfred Z. Solomon+ Foundation Estate of Romulus Young+ Louis DeMattei Curtis Harnack+ Linney+ Denise Polit Saul Stadtmauer+ Lt. Col. Edward J. Kelly James Morrissey Candace Crocker Warren John A. Zanetti, Sr. Katharina Denzinger Nanette Heiman+ + Nancy Potter J. Jason Stewart +Indicates deceased

22 YADDO ANNUAL REPORT 2019 23 DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION OF YADDO As of December 31, 2019

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVE MEMBERS

Janice Y. K. Lee, Co-Chair Ayad Akhtar Pat Adams Peter C. Gould Melissa Meyer Stacie H. Arpey Jonathan Ames Gail Gregg Rick Moody Peter Kayafas, Co-Chair Alberta Arthurs Allan Gurganus Geoffrey Movius Ann Chen Alexi Worth, Vice Chair John W. Barr Daron Hagen Odili Donald Odita Bruce Cohen Deborah Berke James Hannaham Tarik O’Regan Candace K. Weir, Treasurer Lisa Cortès Leslie C. Berlowitz A.M. Homes Donald S. Rice Susan Brynteson, Willis Goldsmith Blair Brown Richard Howe Ned Rorem Recording Secretary Madelyn P. Jennings Susan Brynteson Tamara Jenkins Matthew Santiroco Steven Burke Barry E.A. Johnson Jonathan Santlofer Peter Cameron, Corporate Secretary Ellen W. Morton Katherine Rosman Joseph Caldwell Laura Karetzky James Siena Elaina H. Richardson, President Alex Castro Joseph Keckler James H. Silberman Andrew Solomon Susan Cheever John Kelly Robert Storr Christine A. Holle, Susan Unterberg Vice President/Assistant Treasurer Marilyn Chin Kevin Kimberlin Barbara Toll Jill Viney Marcelle Clements Amitava Kumar Patricia Towers Stewart Wallace Rufus Collins Nancy Lampton George Tsontakis Doug Wright Susan Crile Victor LaValle Margo Viscusi Sebastian Currier Young Jean Lee Lisa Warren Kyle deCamp Richard McCann Bing Wright David Del Tredici Gardner McFall J. Stanley Yake STAFF Laura Furman Beverly J. McIver Shay Youngblood As of December 31, 2019

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