2017-2018 ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS 2017-2018 TOTAL FUNDS RAISED Unrestricted Annual Fund $987,952 Restricted Gifts $33,980 Capital/Endowment* $14,103,648 Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center $60,875 St. Mary’s Community Fund $53,000 Total $15,239,455 *This includes gifts and pledges Dear friends, When I arrived at St. Mary’s as Assistant Head of School in 2004, the For Girls. For Life. For Generations. Capital Campaign (FGFLFG) was underway, and I witnessed the first three phases unfold as Garrott Hall, the Windland Smith Rice Building, and the Marlene R. Shaw Early Childhood Center were built. Head of School Marlene Shaw appointed me liaison between the school and the projects’ architects to ensure that the new facilities would meet the needs of teachers and students and provide spaces that would enhance teaching and learning. It was one of the most fulfilling times of my Albert Throckmorton professional career as I was able to combine what I knew about education and my love for architecture, which I studied at Rice University. The fine art of fundraising was still a mystery. The economic woes of 2008 postponed the final phase of FGFLFG— the addition of an Athletic and Wellness Center to house a new gymnasium and dining hall. As we waited for the economy to rebound, I had the extraordinary opportunity to become St. Mary’s seventh Head of School in 2012. We continued to talk about that Athletic and Wellness Center, but as a goal that perpetually seemed to be five years on the horizon. Serious planning for the final phase of FGFLFG began in earnest in 2016. St. Mary’s partnered with the Church of the Holy Communion, with whom we will share the Athletic and Wellness Center, hired joint fundraising counsel, and conducted a feasibility study. All signs indicated that we were finally ready to start this long-awaited project. I now find fundraising to be one of the most rewarding activities I have undertaken as Head of School. What an honor it is to talk with wonderful people who love and appreciate St. Mary’s. Each opportunity to share this vision increases the School’s ability to meet our mission of providing a superior educational experience that encourages and enables each student to achieve her individual potential. That mission lies at the heart of this project, which is the reason it will be much more than a building. It will be a place where we keep our students in health of mind and soul and body, and that is a story I will eagerly tell. This Annual Report is all about giving, from the St. Mary’s Community Fund to FGFLFG. We cherish every gift and put each one to the very best use on behalf of our students. Thank you for allowing us the privilege of including you in this strengthening and sustaining work and the chance to honor philanthropy through these inspiring stories. Sincerely, Albert L. Throckmorton Head of School 1 A CAMPAIGN FOR GIRLS. FOR LIFE. FOR GENERATIONS. Our sights are set on the year 2020 and the opening of Center will also house a Strength and Fitness Center, our long anticipated and much-needed Athletic and Wellness Training Room, 94-foot varsity court that converts to two Center, which is arising from and will expand beyond the 84-foot practice courts, locker rooms, three additional footprint of the Barth Building, which housed our entire classroom spaces, concessions, and spirit store. Because of student body for a time and then for many years was home to the extraordinary generosity of many friends, construction the Middle School, and Barth Gymnasium. We are grateful began in May of 2018. We anticipate the day when our to have used that facility and the old gym for more than 50 entire community will use and enjoy the fitness, athletic, years, but Barth long ago outlived its usefulness. In addition and dining facilities. There is a place for everyone in the For to a gymnasium, the new building will include a dining hall Girls. For Life. For Generations. Capital Campaign, and that will replace Blaisdell Cafeteria—the small, windowless, every gift, large and small, is imperative in our reaching the basement-level room we had used since our first days on the $26 million goal, which includes $21,350,000 for the new campus of the Church of the Holy Communion in the 1950s. Athletic and Wellness Center, $2,500,000 for endowment, and The two-story, 61,790-square-foot Athletic and Wellness $2,150,000 for two years of Annual Fund. 2 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Robert & Mary Lacy Bell ’88 Edward & Rose Chin Tricia & Chip Dudley DONORS José & Ruth Bernabe Marshall & Sue Clark Jon & Kari Duncan AS OF 06/30/2018 Shannon Bettis John & Allison Brown Coates ’76 Robert & Rose Dunlap Julie Bielskis ’89 Edward & Gwen Collier Jonathan & Nicole Ellichman Ben & Kathy Bell Adams ’74 Tracey Black Norman & Susan Roberts Colpitts ’75 Marlon & Carla Evans Brennan Adrian Jeffrey & Christina Block Kathleen Cousins John & Cathy Evans Greg & Jeanine Akers Jerry & Penny Bower Tom & Sarah Willmott Cowens ’82 Butch & Susan Faber Tony & Gwendolyn Alexander Neva Bowers Mark & Mathilde McLean Crosby ’96 Jason & Kate Fairless Glynn & Cathey Turner Alexander ’84 Aarti Goorha Bowman ’92 Matthew & Paula Proctor Daniel Cherry Falls Doug & Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz ’82 Jeff & Caryn Brannen Bob & Liz Davis Amy Farris Mark & Stephanie Anderson Bo & Allison Garrott Braswell ’88 Ted & Lyle Davis Mike & Linda Farrow Paul & Rosanne Anderson Jim & Beth Breazeale Dan Daniel & Mary Kavanagh Day ’82 Lester Ferdinand & Sonia Benn Ed & Wendy Pritchartt Ansbro ’79 John & Kathy Brewster Frank Smith & Charlotte Day ’72 Ken & Lisa Fields Santiago & Anita Arbelaez Brad & Clare Halle Brown ’84 Camille Deaderick Bob & Tina Fockler Lee & Annette Askew Judy Brundige Andra DeVincenzo Larry & Cyndie Fogarty The Assisi Foundation Stephen & Katherine McQuiston Chip & Katie Tully Dickinson ’78 Margo & Mark Fogelman Dick Vandenberg & Lee Avant Bush ’93 Erik Morrison & Amina Dilawari ’95 Edward & Nancy Johnson Foster ’71 Morrow & Lake Bailey Phil & Karen Campbell Bob & Liz Ann Dinkelspiel Brian & Ali Fowler James & Donna Barksdale Gretchen Carstens Dwight & Brooke Dishmon Jerry Francisco John Bartholomew Brian & Mary Chancellor Jason & Linda Dombroski Hugh & Margaret Jones Fraser ’83 Jim & Alison Barton David & Kelley Chancellor Robert & Heather Donato Jim Frazier Jim & Carol Barton Clarence & Genevieve Chapman Tim & Sharon Donovan Sally Fri ’74 Bill & Catherine Bateman Brett & Lisa Bratton Chiles ’93 Mia Drinan James L. Fri* * Deceased FORMER ST. MARY’S ATHLETE PAYS IT FORWARD hen Lisa Francis Turner ’78 was a senior at St. Mary’s, she and her friends saw Mr. Richard Tanner’s audio-visual cart, decided to pile on it W(one girl per shelf), and went careening down the hall as “seniors a la carte.” The story still makes Lisa laugh forty years later. Her fun times, academics, and athletics at St. Mary’s have shaped Lisa’s life. Lisa, the daughter, sister, and mother of St. Mary’s alumnae, still knows, as she always has, that St. Mary’s provides superior academics and so much more. Lisa remembers her time as a St. Mary’s athlete as “a highlight of my life.” At tryouts, practices, and games, she and her teammates pushed each other Molly Francis Roberts ’80, Ruth Kelly Francis ’51, to excel. They all wanted to win, of course, but Lisa learned also Lisa Francis Turner ’78, and Kelly Turner ’08 the hard lessons from losing. Being an athlete forced Lisa to learn time-management by juggling her course work and athletic obligations, all while remaining focused and organized. As a former St. Mary’s athlete, Lisa joyfully donated to the St. Mary’s For Girls. For Life. For Generations. Capital Campaign, knowing the impact the Athletic and Wellness Center will have on the athletic program. She also donated for the betterment of the school as a whole, for the impact the new facility will have on every student, on faculty and staff, on visitors, and the community. As the product of a top-ranked school in Memphis and in Tennessee, Lisa is vested in St. Mary’s reputation. She knows that excellence requires commitment from current families as well as from former families and alumnae. Lisa serves as the Director of Women’s Ministry at Independent Presbyterian Church, plays golf and tennis, and loves lake weekends, beach trips, and relaxing with friends and family. She was St. Mary’s Outstanding Alumna in 2015. 3 Duncan & Murff Oates Galbreath ’95 Pat Sheehan & Liza Johnston ’83 Nancy Miller David & Monica Skipper Elizabeth Garat Rose Johnston David & Laurie Osborn Moody ’83 Chapman Smith Mary Clayton Garavelli Will & Susan Jones Scott & Cindy Cates Moore ’87 Ginger Hicks Smith ’73 Thomas & Lucy Gardner Frank* & Mimsy Jones Alex & Ellen Clark Moore ’73 Fred & Diane Smith Tony Cherone & Angie Gardner Seth & Huikai Karol Michael & Anne-Morgan Brookfield John & Barbara Snyder Hall & Margaret Frazier Gardner ’85 Dorothy Kirsch Morgan ’99 St. Mary’s Parents Association Tom & Allison Garrott Ethan & Grace Jensen Knight ’05 Joe & Brandon Garrott Morrison ’83 Tim & Kate Stakem GE Foundation Marcy Kueffner Brooke Morrow ’74 Darryl & Carrie Steakley Brent & Kelly Gerhart Debbie Kuykendall Josh & Christine Mudalige Elmer & Mary Katherine Stout Patrick & Jodie Gilmore Justin & Hallie Dinkelspiel Label ’94 Thayne & Anne Muller Brian & Kate Metcalf Sullivan ’01 Sam & Laura Ginsburg John & Jessica Lancaster Gene & Marilou Mulrooney Henry & Abby Yandell Talbot ’03 Bobbie Goforth Bruce & Susanne Landau Seldon & Carolyn Murray Richard Tanner Salil & Malika Tuli Goorha Kim Lasko Frank & Mary Pritchartt Muscari ’89