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THANKS TO YOU . . . . . . . . . .Facing History and OurselvesAnnual Report 2011
Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational and profes-sional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.
A MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMARGOT STERN STROM
“After a week at Facing History I came home feeling profoundly en-couraged about the potential for a restitution of meaning and purpose in my own teaching, and consider-ably more hopeful for the possibili-ties of education at large.” -Facing History teacher
This annual report thanks you on behalf of the thou-
sands of teachers who, like the seminar participant
quoted above, have the opportunity to learn with us
and with their fellow educators. We are grateful for
our extraordinary board leadership, our loyal and
generous supporters, our staff and volunteers, and
the educators and students who participate in our
programs.
Today, Facing History’s work is more important than
ever. As Howard Gardner, professor at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, says, “Facing History
and Ourselves has become a standard for ambitious
and courageous programming . . . . At a time when
more and more of our population is ignorant about
history, and when the media challenge the distinc-
tion between truth and fiction–indeed, the very
existence of truth–it is clear you must continue to be
the standard.”
As we face the challenge of bringing effective civic
education to schools, with studies documenting
the decline of student engagement, tolerance, civic
skills, knowledge of history and of the Holocaust, we
must strengthen our efforts to preserve civil society.
Over the next five years, Facing History plans to
double the number of Facing History teachers imple-
menting in classrooms worldwide and the number
of students reached in those classrooms, enabling
transformative dialogue and action around the world.
We see the demand and are poised to meet it.
This year, Facing History received a transformational
investment from a visionary donor. Richard and Su-
san Smith, and the Richard and Susan Smith Family
Foundation, have committed $15.5 million to fund
a full revision of Facing History and Ourselves: Ho-
locaust and Human Behavior, and endow the Smith
Family Provost at Facing History. This extraordinary
gift will enable Facing History to fully review, update,
and infuse new scholarship into our core resource, all
within a digital framework that makes the lessons of
history accessible to students everywhere. The Smith
Family Provost will play a key role in preserving the
quality of our organization, advancing our mission
and strategic vision, and inspiring new generations of
supporters.
We brought our boards, friends, and staff to Wash-
ington and New York to do what Facing History does
best: teach and learn together and create our future.
We began the celebration of Seth Klarman’s 16 years
of leadership of the Board of Directors. Seth was
interviewed by Charlie Rose and toasted by all. He
will now co-chair the Board of Trustees with Dana
2 Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report 3
ing them the same favor that a board member did for
me and Beth 21 years ago. I have learned about the
complexity of organizations, and the challenges and
opportunities that come with growth and change.
My Facing History-centric lens allows me to see with
greater clarity the problems that face democratic
societies and the solutions that are within our grasp.
I have greatly enjoyed the deep friendships with
board members engaged in a shared mission with
common purpose. I have formed lifelong friendships
with many members of Facing History’s amazing,
tireless, and inspiring staff. I know of virtually no
other organization with as many talented and deeply
committed team members, moving mountains to turn
a vision into a reality. Millions upon millions of ado-
lescents have benefitted from this crucially important
work. I know that I have grown as a leader through
the support of our board members, donors, and staff.
The work of Facing History must continue if our
children and grandchildren are to inhabit the world
that we wish them to. In these tumultuous years of
economic difficulty, fading dreams, rising inequality,
disillusionment with our leaders, revolutions through-
out the Arab and Muslim world, and social unrest
here at home, we must not be passive observers as
if we were watching a depressing movie with no role
in the ending. Facing History reminds us that the
ending is not written and that we will determine the
ending. Our democracy depends on it. The next gen-
eration relies on it. Our conscience demands it. We
must be tireless, relentless, and focused in our work,
teaching the next generation the lessons of history,
instilling in them the ability to stand in the shoes of
others and become deep moral thinkers.
I extend my deepest thanks to the board members,
friends, and supporters whose generosity is high-
lighted in this annual report. It has been and will
continue to be an honor to work with you to achieve
our shared goals.
A MESSAGE FROM BOARD CHAIR SETH A. KLARMAN
Several years ago, my rabbi explained to the congre-
gation the vicissitudes of the ebb and flow of life. In
life we receive gifts and then we have to give them
back. Our loved ones, our careers, our health are
precious gifts. We have them and hold onto them for
a while, but then, something changes, and we lose
our hold on them and have to give them back. I have
had the gift for 16 years of serving as Chair of the
Board of Directors of Facing History and Ourselves.
It has been as special a gift as I have known. But
now, in the best interest of Facing History, it is time
for me to move on; it is time for me to give it back.
I will still be around to help, but I will no longer be
Chair of the Board of Directors. I will co-chair the
Board of Trustees with Dana Smith. Tracy Palandjian
was named as Chair of the Board of Directors at the
November 2 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trust-
ees and Directors. I could not be more confident
that Tracy will lead this organization to new heights
of excellence and organizational success.
Over these wonderful years, I got much more from
Facing History than I was able to give it. I have be-
come a better, more nuanced leader. I have become
a more confident fundraiser, secure that when I
introduce someone to Facing History, I am likely do-
Smith. A fund is being established in the Klarman
family name to endow the Executive Directorship of
Facing History.
On a personal note, Seth has been my partner,
trusted editor, and wise leader to all my colleagues
at Facing History. As we grew, the relationship with
Seth and his family deepened. Beth Klarman created
the first New England Advisory Board and served with
Seth as a leader in building this international organi-
zation. Both Beth and Seth’s philanthropy and part-
nership have been extraordinarily important to Facing
History. Their wisdom, intellect, and generosity have
supported and guided our organization and prepared
us for the future, poised to attract new families and
new leaders. Seth’s active partnership going forward
as we develop new content and forge Facing History’s
future will continue to strengthen us.
We welcome Tracy Palandjian to lead our organiza-
tion as Chair of the Board of Directors. Tracy is an
inspirational business, philanthropic, and community
leader who has assumed multiple leadership roles in
the 12 years she has been involved with Facing His-
tory and helped us extend our reach and impact.
Kwame Anthony Appiah is the new Chair of the
Board of Scholars, succeeding Martha Minow, dean
of Harvard Law School, who will remain on our
Board. Anthony is a leading scholar at Princeton Uni-
versity whose writing on political and moral theory,
the philosophy of language and mind, and African
intellectual history have informed our work for many
years.
These chairs are joining our strong and continuing
board leaders. All are a testimony to Facing History’s
excellence, the quality of our scholarship, and our
commitment to global education.
The health of our democratic society depends on
engaging and quality civic education. We share the
responsibility, the obligation, and the opportunity
to continue to enrich and preserve the excellence
of Facing History’s work. At a time when trends
demonstrate a lack of both empathy and students’
belief that they can make a difference, your support
and leadership gives teachers the skills to become
better teachers who engage students in deep learning
that influences the decisions they make for the rest
of their lives.
“We know that [Facing History has] made an impact when [students are] not thinking anymore just about their class and their life, but they’re thinking about how their voice can make a difference in this world.”-School principal, New York
One of Facing History’s most significant public initiatives is
a series of Community Conversations presented in partner-
ship with The Allstate Foundation. These events, hosted
across the country, bring prominent scholars, authors,
filmmakers, and policy leaders to participate in discussions
about civic engagement, individual, and collective respon-
sibility, and compassion. Since its inception in 2005, the
Community Conversations series has reached more than
40,000 teachers, students, parents, policy makers, and
members of the broader community who come together to
learn from some of the most influencial voices on the chal-
lenges facing our society.
Recent speakers included Roxana Saberi, author of Between
Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran; Daniel Goldhagen,
author of Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism and
the Ongoing Assault on Humanity; Wes Moore, author of The
Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates; human rights activ-
ist John Prendergast and Oscar-nominated actor Don Chea-
dle, authors of The Enough Moment (pictured bottom), and
Maya Lin, internationally-acclaimed artist, National Medal of
Arts winner, and designer of the Vietnam War Memorial and
the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
“That was an amazing experience!” one participant wrote
after hearing Roxana Saberi speak in Cleveland. “We faced
history last night—literally.”
To learn more, go to
facinghistory.org/communityconversations.
Pictured top: Thomas J. Wilson, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, The Allstate Corporation.
The Smith Family
The Allstate Foundation
Richard and Susan Smith and the Richard and
Susan Smith Family Foundation are making a trans-
formational gift to Facing History and Ourselves. The
Smiths have committed $15.5 million to fund a full
revision of Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust
and Human Behavior, and to endow the Smith Fam-
ily Provost at Facing History.
In making the gift, Mr. Smith said, “Warmest con-
gratulations to you, Margot, and all at Facing History
who have worked so hard to make the organization
what it is today. I am proud to have been a part of
Facing History’s past, but I am even prouder to make
this new gift aimed at helping Facing History carry
out its vital mission for decades to come.”
This visionary gift will enable Facing History to fully
review, update, and infuse new scholarship into our
Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report 54 Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report
core resource, all within a digital framework that
makes the lessons of history accessible to students
everywhere. The Smith Family Provost will play a key
role in extending the quality that has been created,
advancing our mission and strategic vision, and
inspiring new generations of supporters.
“The Smith family has been part of Facing History
since 1983, and they have led our organization with
distinction and vision. Dick and Susan have been ex-
emplary leaders and we are privileged that Dana and
Rob Smith lead us now. Their family has been at the
forefront of Facing History’s growth, encouraging our
program growth and technological transformation,”
said Margot Stern Strom, president and executive
director.
Pictured: Members of the Smith family at the New
England Benefit dinner, April 27, 2011.
Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report 7
99% of seminar participants say they would recommend a Facing History seminar to their colleagues.
94% of Facing History students are more likely to recognize the dangers of racial or religious stereotyping.
THANKS TO YOURSUPPORT . . . . Facing History and Ourselves has pro-
vided professional development for more
than 29,000 educators. Our network of
trained educators reaches more than 2,000,000 students each year. In fiscal
year 2011, more than 7,600 educators
participated in 314 professional develop-
ment offerings, which included in-depth
seminars and in-person and online work-
shops.
. In fiscal year 2011, our website,
facing history.org, had over 1,000,000 visits from people in 216 countries and
territories.
. Facing History created two new study guides for educators this
year: Democracy in Action accompanies the PBS American Ex-
perience film Freedom Riders, and Teaching “Reporter” accom-
panies the feature documentary about New York Times journalist
Nicholas Kristof on a reporting trip to central Africa.
. Facing History celebrates outstanding teachers. We chose 27 new teachers to receive Margot Stern Strom Teaching Awards
in 2011. They are among 178 teachers who have received this
recognition since its inception in 2006.
Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report 9
2011 GIFT REPORT
A MESSAGE FROM TRACY P. PALANDJIANELECTED CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORSNOVEMBER 2, 2011
I am honored and humbled to be succeeding Seth
Klarman as Chair of the Board of Directors of
Facing History and Ourselves, and deeply moved
by the trust placed in me by this extraordinary
organization.
When I first became involved with Facing History
a dozen years ago, I expected that I would be sup-
porting an important cause, learning something
new, and meeting engaging people. These expecta-
tions have been met and then some. What I never
anticipated–or even realized was possible–was
how much this mission, this organization, and the
“family” would come to mean to me. I believe I
have become a better student. A better parent. A
better citizen. I have been given new tools to
assess information and new lenses to see the world.
And I have been inspired to choose to participate.
8 Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report
A MESSAGE FROM USHA PASICHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
SUSTAINING GIFT PROGRAM
For more than three decades, Facing History has engaged students in the study of history and
ethical decision-making in order to teach civic responsibility, tolerance, courage, and compassion.
With increasing demand from schools and teachers, and impact data that demonstrates the
continued effectiveness of our work, Facing History depends on the increased investment of annual
support from leadership donors to reach more students each year.
Facing History and Ourselves’ Sustaining Gift Program has grown to include 86 families,
foundations, and corporations. These major commitments are the cornerstone of our work and
program planning.
Multiyear commitments and annual gifts of $100,000 or more are recognized in the Sustaining Gift
Program. This list reflects commitments or gifts received from July 1, 2010 to February 9, 2012.
Each of you stopped to think about the critical
relationship between education and civil society this
year; you gave of your time and resources; and you
brought new friends to Facing History and Ourselves.
You understand the importance of Facing History’s
work, and you are helping to build a global society
that links a deep and rigorous understanding of his-
tory to a future defined by thoughtful, compassionate
choices and civic participation.
Dear Friends,
Giving to Facing History reached a record level in
fiscal year 2011. In addition to receiving the largest
commitment in our history, the number of donors
reached an all-time high, and we were honored to
meet the Memphis Challenge through an extraordi-
nary response from donors. We continue to fund the
majority of our operating budget with gifts and grants
from individuals, foundations, and corporations, and
we are indebted to every donor for their belief in the
effectiveness and importance of Facing History.
The work of Facing History and Ourselves is essen-
tial, and more so every day. Challenging times create
economic and social pressures that can undermine
the most basic human values. Facing History teaches
students that they should never accept what they
see at face value, but to question what is presented,
examine it from different perspectives, and weigh it
morally. By encouraging self-reflection and stepping
into the shoes of others, Facing History provides stu-
dents with a framework to make moral choices and to
appreciate the impact of those choices. Through our
content and pedagogy, Facing History connects in an
explicit way what students learn in the classroom to
complexities in the world and life beyond.
I am committed to bringing Facing History to as
many students, teachers, schools, and communities
as can possibly be reached, and energized to embark
on this new leadership role to help make it happen.
The need today could not be more profound.
10 Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report Facing History and Ourselves 2011 Annual Report 11
ENDOWMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSHIP OF FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES: A TRIBUTE TO SETH KLARMAN
Anonymous (5)
Amy & David Abrams
Cliff Asness
Rhoda Baruch
The Blumenthal Family
Deenie & Frank P. Brosens
The Honorable Ann W. Brown &
Donald A. Brown
Mary & William Buckley
Gretchen H. & Stephen B. Burke
Lynda & Jeffrey J. Bussgang
Lee A. Daniels
Laura DeBonis & Scott A. Nathan
Jill & Alex Dimitrief
Judy & Jamie Dimon
Michael Durney &
Gracelaw Simmons
Nina & David P. Fialkow
Linda & Michael Frieze
Patricia S. & Paul C. Gannon
Sally & Michael Gordon
Josh & Sarah Greenhill
Ava & Bruce C. Greenwald
The Marc Haas Foundation
Pam Haas & Clarence Schwab
Nancy & Jeffrey Halis
Kristy & Rob Harteveldt
Ann & Mason Hawkins
Jacobson Family Foundation
Cynthia R. & Andrew S. Janower
Elizabeth E. & Daniel J. Jick
Robin Judson &
Gerald Stoughton
Susan & Jay Kaufman
Mary Keber & Marc Skvirsky
Mark & Anla Cheng Kingdon
Foundation
The Klarman Family Foundation
Julie & Paul Leff
Marsha & Alan Leifer
Carol & Michael B. Lowenstein
Steve & Sue Mandel
Allison & Roberto Mignone
Martha Minow &
Joseph W. Singer
Laura Aryeh Murawczyk &
Richard Murawczyk
Rivka & Peter Nelson
Alexandra & Michael C. Nolan
Jane & Daniel Och
Lisa & Richard Paige
Tracy & Leon Palandjian
The Palermo Ravich Foundation
Heidi & Lewis Pearlson
Lisa & Richard Perry
The Pershing Square Foundation
William & Lia Poorvu
Bonnie Rosenberg
Georgina T. & Thomas A. Russo
Luly & Maurice Samuels
Lisa Shamus &
Steven D. Greenfield
Wendy Shattuck &
Samuel Plimpton
Sydney & Stanley S. Shuman
Paul E. Singer
Judith & Martin Sleeper
Dana W. & Robert A. Smith
Katrin & Tony Sosnick
Brian & Stephanie Spector
Dorothy & John Sprague
Fredericka & Howard H.
Stevenson
Chris & Bill Stokes
Margot Stern Strom &
Terry Strom
Adam Strom &
Sandy Smith-Garcés
Rachel Strom &
Rinze van Brug
Dorothy & Andrew Tananbaum
Zoe Tananbaum &
G. Jonathan Bernstein
Nicki & Harold Tanner
Ilana & Skip Vichness
Charlotte & Herb Wagner
Poppy White & Steven R. Berger
John P. Williams
Sheryl A. & Larry J. Wyman
Facing History is celebrating Seth Klarman’s chairmanship of the Board of Directors by endowing
the Executive Directorship of Facing History and Ourselves. This list includes gifts made to honor Seth
through February 9, 2012.
Our online learning team created “Ostracism: A Case Study in Bullying,” to help students, teachers, administrators, and parents reflect on what they can do to make a difference and how their choices can help support safe schools.
CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETYCommitments of
$15,000,000 or more
Richard and Susan Smith
Family Foundation
Richard & Susan Smith
John, Amy, Jennifer,
James & Elizabeth Berylson
Robert & Dana Smith
Debra & Jessica Knez
HISTORY MAKERCommitments of
$5,000,000 or more
The Klarman Family Foundation
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLECommitments of
$2,500,000 or more
Sally & Michael Gordon
Lisa & Richard Perry
TRUSTEE’S CIRCLECommitments of
$1,000,000 or more
Anonymous (2)
Amy & David Abrams
Linda & Glenn H. Greenberg
The Karp Family Foundation
Stephen, Jill, Douglass &
Jana Karp
Jane & Daniel Och
The Picower Foundation
The Laszlo N. Tauber
Family Foundation
Judy Wise & Sheldon Baskin
Michael J. Zamkow and
Sue E. Berman Charitable
Foundation
SUSTAINING CIRCLECommitments of
$500,000 or more
The Rita Allen Foundation
The Blumenthal Family
Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
The Jim Joseph Foundation
Mark & Anla Cheng Kingdon
Foundation
Julie & Paul Leff
Estate of Caryl W. Zighera
BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLECommitments of
$250,000 or more
The Allstate Foundation
The Assisi Foundation of
Memphis
Bloomberg L.P.
Brown Rudnick LLP
Cecilia Chan
The Cohen Family Foundation
Nina & David P. Fialkow
Lori & Mark S. Fife
The Fischman Family
Steven & Nancy, Laura,
Ben & Wendy
Patricia S. & Paul C. Gannon
Rachel Goldstein & James Elkind
Google Ads
Inter-Action, Citizenship and
Immigration Canada
Jacobson Family Foundation
Lasky Charitable Lead Trust
Rachael & Marshall Levine
and Natasha & Harlan Levine
Lisa & James F. Mooney, III
Plough Foundation
Pritzker Traubert Family
Foundation
Jack and Harriet Rosenfeld
Foundation
Edmond J. Safra Foundation
Samberg Family Foundation
The Sandler Family
Leonard Stern
Charlotte & Herb Wagner
LEADERSHIP CIRCLECommitments of
$100,000 or more
Anonymous (3)
Vicki S. & William H. Abrams
Jennifer Aubrey
Holly & Bill Brooks
Katie & Paul Buttenwieser
John W. Carson Foundation
City Bridge Trust
Linda Burns Coleman
Eileen & Jack Connors
Debra Engel, Garret & Devin
Leslie & Cliff Gilbert-Lurie
Sandra & Philip Gordon
The Marc Haas Foundation
Nancy & Jeffrey Halis
Karen G. Harrison &
Walter G. Freedman
Floy B. & Amos Kaminski
Nancy & Daniel S. Katz
Ruth Lazarus &
Michael S. Feldberg
Karen S. & George D. Levy
Barbara Goodwin Manilow
Mindy & Reuben Munger
Jo Ann & Stuart C. Nathan
Loren Pack & Rob Beyer
Tracy & Leon Palandjian
Polk Bros. Foundation
Poss Family Foundation
Righteous Persons Foundation
Susan & Daniel E. Rothenberg
Georgina T. & Thomas A. Russo
The Sapers Family
Ellen Schapps &
Richard Richman
Elinor A. Seevak
Paul Singer
Skirball Foundation
Gwenn & Mark A. Snider
Susan G. & James M. Snider
Dorothy & Andrew Tananbaum
Karen Tucker & Jerry Avorn
George Washington Institute for
Religious Freedom
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INDIVIDUALS
$75,000–$99,999Phyllis & Paul Berz
Elizabeth E. & Daniel J. Jick
Carol & Michael B. Lowenstein
$50,000–$74,999Anonymous (2)
Nancy A. & Jon R. Bauer
Ronald & Ronni Casty
Roberta & Irwin Chafetz & Family
Ted Cutler and Family
Margot T. & Jonathan Davis
Sumner & Esther Feldberg
Shelly & Howard Kivell
Gigi Pritzker Pucker &
Michael Pucker
Shonni J. Silverberg &
John M. Shapiro
Dana W. & Robert A. Smith
Brian & Stephanie Spector
Lisa Tedeschini & Bruce Rigal
Sharon Weintraub
ShaRna Foundation
$25,000–$49,999Anonymous (2)
Estate of Gertrude Baumring
Lynda & Jeffrey J. Bussgang
Jill & Alex Dimitrief
Linda & Michael Frieze
Jill Garling & Tom Wilson
Sara & Harry Gorman
Rita S. Halbright &
Jonathan S. Och
Fred Hayman Charitable
Foundation
Fred Hayman
Betty Hayman
Robert Hayman
Paul R. Kanin
Vicki & Bruce Heyman
Lois U. Horvitz
Artemis Joukowsky
Rikki & Barry Kaplan
Rachel Kohler &
Mark S. Hoplamazian
Karina Litvack & Cliff Siegel
Lori & Hal Luft
Susan & B. Lee Mallory
Jill & Paul Meister
Stacey & Eric Mindich
Linda & Judd Miner
Laura Aryeh Murawczyk &
Richard Murawczyk
Erin Ostrow
Lisa & Richard Paige
Sally & Saul J. Pannell
Elizabeth & Daniel Peltz
William & Lia Poorvu
Maja & Craig Ramsey,
RockRose Institute
The Richardson Family
Cari & Michael J. Sacks
Luly & Maurice Samuels
Wendy Shattuck &
Samuel Plimpton
Dorothy & John Sprague
Susan W. Tofias
Kate & Shai Waisman
George & Lydia Weiss
Say Yes to Education
Foundation
Noelle & Dick Wolf
The Ziff Family Foundations
$10,000–$24,999Anonymous (3)
The Alpert Family Foundation
The Jeffrey A. Altman Foundation
Facing History gratefully acknowledges everyone who has made a gift to support our program. We
recognize our multiyear donors who have made commitments of up to $99,999 by italicizing their
names in the listing below. This list does not include gifts or pledges made after June 30, 2011 for the
fall Cleveland, Los Angeles, Memphis, and New York benefits.
We take great care to honor donors’ wishes as to how they should be listed, particularly in regard
to family foundations. A number of these foundations will be found under the Corporation and
Foundation listings on page 18.
The following individuals made gifts or pledges of $1,000 or more to Facing History and Ourselves
between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. Included in this list are gifts to the Annual Campaign,
which provides yearly operating support for Facing History and Ourselves, as well as contributions to
Facing History Limited, Facing History and Ourselves in Canada, and to our permanently restricted
fund. We are grateful for gifts at all levels which support our work with teachers and students. We
thank the many generous donors who enable us to continue to bring new ideas to educators and the
young people whom they teach.
Judy & John M. Angelo
Patti Bellinger & Richard Balzer
Pascale & Richard Berner
Blackie Foundation
The Bluhm Family Foundation
Neil Bluhm
Leslie Bluhm & David Helfand
Meredith Bluhm-Wolf &
Bill Wolf
Amy & Andy Bluhm
Barbara Bluhm-Kaul
Susan Cable & Benjamin Gomez
Lydia Callaghan & Adam Weiss
Kevin Carroll
Gloria & Jack Clumeck
Jamie & Chris Cooper-Hohn
Mary Corson &
Jonathan D. Sackler
Kent Dauten
Keystone Capital, Inc.
Laura DeBonis & Scott A. Nathan
Dean Devlin & Lisa Brenner
George Elbaum & Mimi Jensen
Roland Emmerich &
Centropolis Entertainment
Joan & William D. Feldman
The Feldman Family Foundation
Molly & Domenic Ferrante
Tracy & Mark Ferron
Marilyn & Larry Fields
Marian Freedman
Susan & Jeff Goldenberg
Andi & Jim Gordon
The Edgewater Funds
The Al Green Gallery
Josh & Sarah Greenhill
Judy & Bill Greffin
Sheila & Joseph Gutman Family
David Hiller
Barbara & Amos Hostetter
Charlene Wang Howe &
David S. Howe
Angela Japha
Amy & Marty Kaplan
Sawaka & Michael Katz
Leslie & Nathaniel Landau
Janet & Jeffrey Larson
Carolyn Lattin &
Venkat Venkatraman
John F. Levy & Gail Rothenberg
Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr.
Carl J. Martignetti
Jill & Michael Mazer
Kim & Evan Meyers
Constance & George Noble
The Novack Family
Katherine & Joseph O’Donnell
The Andrew S. Pauly Family
Heidi & Lewis Pearlson
Valerie & Jeff Peltier
Joan Platt
Suzanne & Bernard Pucker
Susan & James Ratner
Carrie & Ken Richman
Heidi G.C. & Richard O. Rieger
Laura & David Ross
Ronald & Helen Ross Family
Philanthropic Fund
Heather Ross-Lowenstein &
Irwin Lowenstein
Amanda & David Russekoff
Lydia & Pat Ryan,
Ryan Enterprises Group
The Samberg Family
The Schadt Foundation
Betty & Jack Schafer
Ellen Schapps &
Richard Richman
Gail & David Schechter
Carole & Gordon Segal
Florence & Harry Sloan
Robin & David Small
Katrin & Tony Sosnick
Sharman Spector-Angel &
Gary Angel
Adam & Kelly Stanislavsky
Karen Sulzberger &
Eric M. A. Lax
Tina & Byron D. Trott
Trish & Glen Tullman Family
Dora Z. & Arthur D. Ullian
Ilana & Skip Vichness
Poppy White & Steven R. Berger
The Winn Family
Lisa & Richard Witten
Sherwin Zuckerman
$5,000–$9,999Anonymous (3)
Colette Bablon Ament &
Gerald Ament
Carol & Howard Anderson
Family Fund
Nancy & Ian Ashken
Letitia & Eduardo Azar
Joan W. & Steven B. Belkin
Robin Loewenberg Berger
Elaine Gantz Berman &
Stephen Berman
Barbara & Martin Bienenstock
Gene & Richard Bindler
Amy & Benjamin R. Bloomstone
The Robert Thomas Bobins
Foundation
Alisoun D. & Stephen J. Brewster
The Honorable Ann W. Brown &
Donald A. Brown
Cafaro-Livingston Charitable
Trust
Kathleen Campbell & Peter Doyle
Jamie Carmell-Hyman &
Barry S. Hyman
Adele Centanni & Louis Singer
Jean Choi & Peter Zaldivar
Stephanie & John Connaughton
Leon and Toby Cooperman
Family Foundation
Jon S. Corzine Foundation
Camille De Frank &
Edward B. Chez
Mary & John Dicken, Jr.
Connie & Tom Duckworth
Helen W. Dunn &
Samuel M. Seltzer
Gail & Richard Elden
Suzanne Faber & Rick Fizdale
David H. Feinberg
Melissa & Seth Finkelstein
Atsuko & Larry Fish
Hope Flack
Regan & Philip Friedmann
Donna & David Frieze
Tamar & Kenneth Frieze
Barbara & Chuck Gately
Brian Gelber
Nina & Ronald Gilson
Judy Dorini Glassberg
Foundation
Sylvia Golbin & David Goodman
Vicki & Geoffrey Gold
Bunny & Jeff Goldstein
Steven M. Golub
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
Lisa Naparstek Green &
Howard Green
Ava & Bruce C. Greenwald
Lisa Gregg & Randy Mitchell
Miriam D. & Ronald K. Grossman
The Grousbeck Family
Foundation
Jill & James Haber
Phyllis Hammer
The Hammer Family
Debbie & Ward Harriman
Susan M. & Scott D. Hawkins
Alexandra & Paul Herzan
Judy Heyboer
Sue & Larry Hochberg
Ronald Hoffman
Roxanne Hori &
Robert Felsenthal
Hunt Alternatives Fund
Mary Ittelson
Anne & Joe Juster
Binna Kandola
Sally & Paul R. Kanin
Karen & Matthew Kaplan
Leona F. Karp
Dale & John Katzenberg
Susan & Jay Kaufman
Dale V. & Marty S. Kelman
Megan & Mariner Kemper
Tom Kier
The Klyce Family
Steven Koch
Margaret L. & Joseph L. Koerner
Melinda Kramer & Robert Ernst
Bud & Wendie Kroll
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Lynda & Dale Laurance
Joan L. & Charles P. Lazarus
Svetlana & Mark Lee
The Lerner Foundation
Sherry & Alan Leventhal
Fifi & Ron Levin
Rachel & Jimmy Levin
Karen, Tamara and Helen Levine
on behalf of the estate of
Gil Levine
Peggy & Larry Levy
Shelley S. & Donald M. Levy
Debra F. & William G. Lewin
Toby Devan Lewis
Ellen M. & Richard J. Lieb
Barrie & Stephen Lieberman
Rose Lizarraga & David Scherer
Kristen & Kent Lucken
Christopher D. Lueking
Carla E. Lynton
The Magdovitz Family
Foundation
Barbara & Earl Magdovitz
Ashley & Todd Tobias
The Malkin Family
Steve & Sue Mandel
Barbara Goodman Manilow
Karen J. & Robert G. May
Barbara & Richard Melcher
Wendy & David Meller
Allison & Roberto Mignone
Lisa & Keith Miller
Samuel H. & Maria Miller
Foundation
Cheryl & Philip Milstein
Mizel Family Foundations
Dale S. & Robert H. Mnookin
Bridget & Burke Montgomery
James Mossman
Joanne Nemerovski &
Marc Brown
Elisabeth R. & Joseph H. Nesler
Kathy Neustadt
Liz & Thomas Niedermeyer
Bonnie & Martin J. Oberman
Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Tami J. Paumier &
Glen C. Warren
Robert A. Philpott
J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family
Foundation
Diana & Bruce Rauner
Sonja L. Reed &
Daniel N. Epstein
Rose & Sam Reisman
Barbara Reiss-Snyder &
James Snyder
Linda & David Richter
Betsy & Randy Rochman
David & Marian Rocker
Nina & Ivan Ross
Jeanne M. & John W. Rowe
Jason D. Russell
Terry & Larry Schubach
Beverly W. & Ira J. Schulman
Claudia & Steven Schwartz
Jonathan Schwartz &
Marcella Fischer
Tommy & Scott Sheridan
Melanie and Michael Sherwood
Charitable Foundation
Millie Rosenbloom Simon &
John B. Simon
Michele Smith
Paula & Steve Smith
Jody & Andy Snider
Barbara & Douglas Spreng
Janice Stanton
Eileen & Rob Stein
Julene & John Stellato
Jesse Stern
Linda & Gerald Stern
Roger Strauch &
Julie Kulhanjian Strauch
Jeanette Sublett & Langdon Neal
Geraldine & Gabriel Sunshine
Taslitz Family Charitable Fund at
the Chicago Community Trust
Joan & Michael Terry
Rohini & Ram P. Thukkaram
Merna Wechsler
Lynne & David Weinberg
Jedd & Danielle Wider
Deanna & Sidney Wolk
Sheryl A. & Larry J. Wyman
Office of Supervisor Zev
Yaroslavsky
$2,500–$4,999Anonymous (4)
Ida & Myles Abbott
Renee Arst & Brian Lewis
Dorothy & Martin Bandier
Deborah E. & Craig Barber
Betty S. & Arthur Bardige
Robert L. Beal
Carolyn A. Beckedorff &
S. Anthony DiGangi
Judy & John Bedrosian
Marilyn & Jack A. Belz
Miriam & Sol Berg
Debra & Wayne Berger
Janice & Ira Berlin
Roz & Wally Bernheimer
Juli Betwee
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Karen & David Brush
Jackie & John Bucksbaum
Pat & Jim Bullock
Amy & Eric Carlson
Sandra D. & Charles B.
Carpenter, M.D.
The Allen and Franka Charlupski
Foundation
Helen Charlupski &
Joseph Biederman
Natalie & Lewis Chester
Allison & Peter Coviello
Christine & Frank Currie
Meredith & Walter Dabberdt
Darsha Davidoff &
Donald Drumright
Julia & John DeVoy
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Alexandra Fuchs & Gideon Argov
Georgia & Walter Garnsey
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Constance Gilson
Joyce & Ab Glickman
Bei Lee & William Gold II
Elizabeth Goldberg &
David Gould
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Judith & Joshua Goldman
Marina Gorbis & Chris Fleischut
Gordon Family Foundation
Jennifer Gosselin &
Reed Maltzman
Jahnene & Jonathan Green
Lindy Green
Beth & Lawrence Greenberg
Myrna & Stephen Greenberg
Brenda Hampton
Allison & Jed Hart
Jonathan Harries
Shîla Hazan
Ricki Tigert Helfer &
Michael Helfer
Jane & Eric Herzog
Jill M. & Robert P. Inches
Joseph Jackson
Martha W. & Ira A. Jackson
Anne Jacobs & Charles Reed
Cynthia R. & Andrew S. Janower
Randi & Nathan Johnson
Jane Kahn & Michael Bien
Ellen & James Kaplan
Elaine & Robert Kaufman
Barbara Kenner
Robyn & Shawn Kessler
Donna & Stewart Kohl
Janet & John Kornreich
Karen Springer Kronick &
Mel Kronick
Philip Kurjan
Ann Lederer & Robert Hickler
Marcia & Alan Leifer
Donna R. & Mark S. Leventhal
Emily Leventhal
Noella & Ricardo Levy
Harriet & Alan Lewis
Nancy & Richard Lubin
Carolyn Mahboubi
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mann
Katie Marchini
Cynthia & William M. Marcus
Kimberly Marteau &
John Emerson
Michael Mazer
Leslie & David McGranahan
Miriam & Robert Mills
Abby & Howard Milstein
Janice Min
Rafi Musher
Alexandra K. & Michael C. Nolan
Myra & Charles Novogrodsky
Michael Och
Michael Offner &
Lonna Steinberg
Chris Paci & Sally Rocker
Sarah Pearson & Evan E. Seevak
Joan & Mitch Polinsky
Adam Pollock
Carol & Alan Pomerantz
Amy & Jonathan H. Poorvu
Charlene & Glenn Repko
Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones
Family Fund
Joshua Reynolds
Amy G. & Kenneth L. Rogat
Adrienne B. & Bernard M. Rosof
Nancy Rothman
Jocelyn & William B. Rudner
Suzanne E. Salamon &
Alan H. Einhorn
Shelly & Mark Saltzman
Carol Sands & Leif Langensand
Nadine Schiff & Fred Rosen
Sue Ann & Robert Schiff
Madrian & Stanley B. Schneider
Toni & John Schulman
Joyce & Stephen Schultz
Schwarz Family Foundation
Wendy & Jeffrey Schwarz
Karen & Chris Segal
Seigle Family Foundation
Linda & Glenn Sessoms
Beth & Uri Shabto
Connie & James Shapiro
Lorraine & Sid Sheinberg
Andrea & Michael Shindler
Joyce Reynolds Sinclair, Ph.D. &
Gerald Sinclair, MD
Christine & Rob Small
Becky Kidder Smith &
Thomas Smith
Mary Ann & Stanley W. Snider
Gerri & Andrew Sommers
Vicki & Harry Sterling
Harriet W. (Mrs. Tom) Stern
Fredericka &
Howard H. Stevenson
Rachel Strom & Rinze van Brug
The Sunshine Fund
Andrea Sussman &
Andrew Troop
Jill & John Svoboda
Gerri & Kenneth A. Sweder
Kate & Ben Taylor
Nancy & Steven Tumen
Jeane Umbreit &
Laurence M. Bloch
David Wales
Jennifer Weber &
Laurence Bailen
Melody Howe Weintraub &
Jerald M. Weintraub
Margaret Wells & Bob Pritchard
Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (Ret.)
Diane J. Wexler &
Bruce L. Beron
Alison Whalen &
Steve Marenberg
Nancy R. & Roy A. Wilsker
Carol Wolf
Gillian Zackham & Roy Korins
Geena & Dennis Zaslavsky
$1,000–$2,499Anonymous (7)
Lisa & Trevor Abrahmsohn
Ina & Stephen M. Abrams
Alison Adams & Peter Collery
Joanie & Tom Adler
Kenneth Ageloff
Nancy & John Alderman
Linda & Philip Alexander
Sue & Harvey B. Allon
Jane & Peter Anagnostos
Susan Leopold Ansin
Liliane & Leo Apotheker
Evelyn & David Auerbach
Gerard & Minsun Baglieri
Jackie & Howard Banchik
Winifred Barnes
Tammy & Steve Barry
Rhoda & Jordan Baruch
Dodi J. Bashan
Suzanne & Scott L. Baum
Joey & Neal Beckford
Meredeth Beers & Frank Fuller
Erin & Dean Bellissimo
Kathleen Bennett & Tom Malloy
Mark Bergman
Karen & Steve Berkowitz
Emil & Natalie Bernstein
G. Jonathan Bernstein
Heiji & Brian Black
Joni-Sue Blinderman &
Michael Levine
Gay Block & Malka Drucker
Philanthropic Fund of the
Houston Jewish Community
Foundation
Susan & Steven Bloom
Susan & Michael Blum
George Blumenthal
Helen & Arthur Bobrove
Joan & Nick Boodrookas
Diana Bowes
Robert Bralower
Jonathan L. Brandt
Barbara & Jim R. Bronner
Deenie & Frank P. Brosens
Maribeth & Mark Brostowski
Janet & Sheldon Brown
Kathleen & James R. Brown
Mark Brown
Linda Campbell
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli
Yasmin & Anand Chandrasekher
Katherine Chapman &
Tom Stemberg
George Chimento
Gabrielle & Richard Coffman
Ellen R. Cohen & Daniel Haber
Stacie & Aaron Cohen
Liz Cohernour
Ann & Ken Cohn
Barb & Roe Conn
Annabel Conrad & Iddo Patt
Micki & Bob Cooper
Ellie Cornish & Brian Chu
Dana Corvin & Harris Weinberg
Patricia Cox
Sharon & Gary Curhan
Gila & Paul B. Daitz
Beth Danaher
Lee A. Daniels
Sara Darehshori & Ronald Rolfe
Nettie & Mike Dart
Bettina & Brian Decker
DEF Fund
The Deupree Family Foundation
Molly & Brett Dick
Sheri & Roy P. Disney
Tim & Neda Disney
Alisa & Dan Doctoroff
Paula & Michael Downey
Walter L. Downing
Julie & Ronald Druker
Patricia Green Dunn &
Stephen Dunn
Susan & James Edelman
Gary & Joan Eichhorn
Julie & George B. Ellis
Rasha Mansouri Elmasry &
Hassan Elmasry
Carol & Peter England
Esta & Robert Epstein
Stefan & Kamilla Ericsson
Andrea & Mark Esper
Judy & Anthony Evnin
Trudy & Lester Fagen
“In the exhibit, I saw just a few of the many people who stood up for what is right. Truthfully, it is inspiring that a stranger would help another, and that’s what I plan to do.” -Student touring our Choosing to Participate exhibition in Memphis
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Margaret & Robert Fagenson
Garrett Fail
Barri S. Falk &
Ronenn Roubenoff
Lynn Feintech & Tony Bernhardt
Susan & Robert Feitler, Jr.
Diane & Daniel Feldman
Carol & Steven Felsenthal
Linda & Eric Felton
Winnie & Michael Feng
Maryann Fenster
Suzanne & Stephen H. Fields
Andrea S. Finard
The Finkler-Friedland Family
Foundation
Ruth L. & Gerald D. Fischbach
Claudia & Stuart Flack
Anne & Scott Flamm
Lauren Reiss Frank
Myrna H. &
Eugene M. Freedman
Barbara & Ivor Freeman
Jill & John Freidenrich
Karen & Charles P. Friedberg
Marilyn Friedman &
Thomas Block
Susan F. & Alan V. Friedman
Ellen & George Galland
Evanne & Edward Garguilo
Laure & Hal Garnick
Kate Gellert
Kathy & J.W. Gibson
Beth & Larry Gies
Lucy & Richard Gillham
Albert & Judy Glickman
Laurie & Richard Gliklich
Lillian & Norman Glowinsky
Alexander Goldberg
Carol R. & Avram J. Goldberg
Cathy & Larry Goldberg
Anna & Albert Goldstein
Jerome and Sondra Goldstein
Family Fund
Linda & Alan Goldstein
Lynda M. Goldstein
Ellen Feldberg Gordon &
Michael Gordon
Bernard Gotfryd
Sue & Melvin Gray
Linda & William Green
Ilene R. Greenberg &
J. Michael Maynard
Joan & Jeffrey Greendorfer
Sloan & David Greenspan
Mindy & Drew Greenwald
Susan & Howard Gulker
Antonella Guzzi &
Marshall Sikowitz
Natalie Haar
Elaine & Eric Hahn
Elena M. Hahn & Victor K. Kiam
Linda & Jeff Hammes
Ms. Eugenia Hanoune
Nancy & Spencer Hart
Beverly & Warren Hayford
Megan & Dan Haynes
Ana Hays & Ed McCracken
Sheila & Harvey Hecker
Rebecca & David Heller
Uri & Myna Herscher
Carol & James Herscot
Mary Dee & George Hicks
Francine & Benjamin Hiller
Gail & Matthew Hoffman
Karen & Donald Holmberg
Ellen T. & David Horing
The Horner Family Foundation
Nancy Horner
Jill & John Levi
Linda & Ira Hanan
David Hornik
Caryn Huberman &
Michael Morganstern
Carla D. Hunter &
Andre-Michel Schub
Caroline & Ed Hyman
Valerie & Allen Hyman
Karen & Paul J. Isaac
Pamela Brandt Jackson &
Thomas Campbell Jackson
Pamela M. & Robert D. Jacobs
Karen & Peter Jakes
Alice Jarcho & Thomas Gallagher
Ellen & Robert Jasper
Jeanne & Frank Jemison
Jockers Family Foundation
Rose Johnston
Abigail A. Jones &
Jeffrey M. Mandell
Mimsy & Frank A. Jones, Jr.
Robin Josephs &
Patrick J. McGarvey
Robin Judson &
Gerald Stoughton
Linda & Alan R. Kahn
Ali & David Kamin
Carol N. & Arnold Kanter
Amy & Ira Kaplan
Carol & Edward L. Kaplan/Kaplan
Foundation
Nancy & Stephen Karotkin
Nancy R. Karp
Jane & Robert Katz Foundation
Lita & Joseph Katz
Carol & Jerry Katzman
Leslie Kautz & Jack Weiss
Mary Keber & Marc Skvirsky
Kelly & Michael Kennedy
Ellen Kern
Kevin Kish
Barbara Kivowitz
Peggy Koenig & David Graves
Joan & Andrew Kohn
Mary Kong & Sol Reischer
Florence Koplow
Jill Kowal & Bill Benjamin
Lisa Krakow
Geri & Daniel Krauss
Barbara N. Kravitz
Judy & Morris J. Kriger
Judith & Douglas Krupp
Ellie Kulman & Marshall Jaffe
Teresa Lai & Christian Bruun
Linda & Benjamin Lambert
Helene & Mark Lapman
Laura & Gary Lauder
Roselle Lazarov
Suzanne & Paul G. Lazarov
Elaine Leboff-Ries &
Michael H. Ries
Jane & Scott Lederman
Bernice & Nate Leipciger
Clare & Richard G. Lesser
Bob Lessin*
The Margot Levin Family Fund
Steven P. Levine
Kathy Levinson
Susan Levitan
Susan & Steven Levkoff
Carol & Lawrence F. Levy
Felicia & Sander M. Levy
Shirley Feldberg Levy
Susan Lewis & Peggy J. West
Hedi Lieberman & Victor Teicher
Judi & Jay Linden
Joseph S. Littenberg
Connie & Louis Loeb
Susan Disney Lord & Scott Lord
Anne R. Lovett &
Stephen G. Woodsum
Kate Lubin & Glen Sutton
Susan & Jeff Lucier
Cathy & Curtis Maas
Molly & William Mahoney
Ruth Mandel
Henry & Jaime Manion
May Lynn & Charles Mansbach
Joyce & Fred Marcus
Sylvia G. Marks
Dina & Brad Martin
Roxanne M. & Rocco J. Martino
Claire & Cornelius Marx
Joanne & Douglas Mason
Fiorella & Stephen Massey
Marsha S. & Edward M. Mattison
Gail & John McBride
J. Peter McCubbin
Bridget McGrath & Jon Najarian
Bruce McLucas
Diana Meehan & Gary Goldberg
Suzy Mendik
Ronay & Richard Menschel
Michelle Mercer & Bruce Golden
Daryl Messinger &
James J. Heeger
Margaret Metz & Bill Stegall
Brad Meyers
Sylvia & Charles Meyers
Ina M. & Louis J. Micheels
Tom Mihalik
Barbara & Fred Miller
Barbara & Henry S. Miller
Catherine & Robert Miller
Russell Miller
Ruth & Harvey R. Miller
Martha Minow &
Joseph W. Singer
Hannah Lowy Mitchell &
Parry Mitchell
Wendy & James Mnookin
Debbie & Steve Modzelewski
Leigh Morgan
Claire W. & Richard P. Morse
Beverly & Chase Morsey
Deborah Mueller & David Barber
Mindy & James C. Munson
Paige & Art Nagle
Jodi & Herb Nass
Pam Neides
Casey & Giselle Nelson
Sharon & Lee Oberlander
Dan & Gloria O’Connell
Elinor & Harold Oertell
Alexandra & Paul H. O’Leary
Liz & Gus Oliver
Donna & Chris Paisley
Debby & Zack Paris
Mia Park & Paul A. Levy
Hilary B. & Charles H. Parkhurst
Susan Passoni &
Malcolm McDonald
Yadira & Todd Patkin
Alan & Marla Patzik
Lisa & Richard Pell
Sudha Pennathur
Alice Peterson & Paul Munk
Penny & Claudio Pincus
David Piscuskas &
Betty Gonzalez
Corinne & Patrick Planche
Linda & Seth Plattus
Deborah Plummer &
Michael Bussey
Susan & Tom Pluss
Julia & Larry Pollock
Jane & David Preiser
Regan Pritzker &
Christopher Olin
Susan Purcell & Yair Landau
Leslie & David Puth
Frances & Donald Putnoi
Deborah & Stephen Quazzo
Lori Quinn & Jeff Lowenthal
Susan & Robert Quinn
Joseph Quintilian
Irving & Charlotte Rabb
Charitable Foundation
Audrey & Albert B. Ratner
Andy Rayburn
Mark Reed
Dede & Tom Reedy
Bonnie & Richard Reiss
Audrey & Steven Reny
Paula & Ira Resnick
Sharon L. & Howard Rich
Betty B. Robbins &
Moses Silverman
Sheila Johnson Robbins
Jill & Mitch Roberts
Richard L. Robinson
Jeanne Rogers & Perry Sainati
Lois Rosen
Patricia & Michael Rosenblatt
Fran & Eric Rosenfeld
Beth & Peter Rosenthal
Joan & Ashley Ross
Rothberg Family Foundation
Alice & Hugh Rovit
Roberta L. Rubin &
Donald-Bruce Abrams
Kim & George Ruhana
Catherine Saar &
Michael Kranzley
Debra & Alex Saharovich
Lucy L. Salenger & Marvin Zonis
Boaz Salik
Ann G. Salky
Bettylu & Paul Saltzman
Judith & Carl Sapers
Suzanne & Alan Saposnik
Gloria & Leslie Schaffer
Susan Schaps & Robert Shelton
Suzanne & Jonathan Scharff
Brigitte & Michel Scheinmann
David H. Schwartz
Wendy & Ethan Schwartz
Rebecca & Jordon Scott
Ted Seides
Judith G. Seinfeld
Claire & Stephen G. Seliger
James & Rosalie Shane
Rachel F. &
Stephen B. Shankman
Joan & James Shapiro
Doug & Nanci Sharon
Chantal & James Sheridan
Mimi & Steve Sherman
Lesley Shore
Judith C. & Jeffrey N. Siegel
Wendy & Doug Sinton
Eve & Henry Skier
Linda Ellen & Ron Sklar
Toby & Carl S. Sloane
Andrea & Alan Solow
Barbara Sonneborn &
Ron Greenberg
Leah Spiro
Joseph Sprung
Pat & David Squire
Amy & Rob Stavis
Joelle Steefel
April & Geoff Stein
Madeline & Isaac Stein
David Steinhardt
Robin & Ben Steinman
Erica & Donald K. Stern
Paula Stern & Paul A. London
Christine & William T. Stokes
Lori & Peter Stokes
Sarah & Steven Stratton
Sherry & Michael Strom
Susan & Paul Sugarman
Sharon Sullivan & Jeff Kindler
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.
The Swett Family
Ed Swiss
Sheila & Stanley Sydney
Suzie Tapson & Gordon Burnes
Alex & Will Taylor
Jean & Kenneth Telljohann
Audri & Stanley Tendler
Mark Thompson
Jacqueline & Glenn Tilton
Joshua Trump
Grace Tsao-Wu &
Craig Freedman
Kristen Tsukushi
Jeane Ungerleider &
William Stone
Claire & Mike Van Konynenburg
Erna & Andrew Viterbi
Carol & Irwin Wagner
Mary-Ellen & Tom Wanty
Joan Melber Warburg
K. C. & Jeff Warren
Edith Weinberger
Betsy Lynn Weiser & Eric D. Karp
Maureen & Joseph Wekselblatt
Laura & Michael Werner
Thomas White
Barbara & Richard Williams
Valerie & Jeff Wilpon
Elizabeth Wolfe
Suzanne Worden &
Stephen Farley
Genevieve & Justin Wyner
Cynthia & Bud Yorkin
Isaac Ziering Foundation
Ed Zimmerman
*Deceased
Our evaluation team undertook 15 new studies to document the impacts of the Facing History program on students, teachers, and schools.
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CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS
$50,000–$99,999Anonymous
Baupost Group, LLC
The Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against
Germany
Crown Family Philanthropies
FedEx Corporation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Jacob L. & Lillian Holtzman
Foundation
Hyde Family Foundations
The John D. &
Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation
Amy Mandel & Katina Rodis
Fund
Harold McAlister Charitable
Foundation
The New York Community Trust
New Youth City Learning Network
Fund
The Overbrook Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
The Solelim Fund of
UJA-Federation of New York
WGBH
$25,000–$49,999Ahmanson Foundation
Ames Fund of Ten-Ten
Foundation
Aon
DLA Piper
Grosvenor Capital
Management, L.P.
Karisma Foundation
The Libra Foundation
The Lynch Foundation
McCormick Foundation
Howard & Geraldine Polinger
Family Foundation
The Edward & Betty Sloat
Foundation
The Treu-Mart Fund
United Airlines
$10,000–$24,999Anonymous
The Abington Foundation
Accenture
ACE Group
Allstate Insurance Company
Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
Bank of America
The Bill Bass Foundation
Herb Block Foundation
Blum-Kovler Foundation
Botwinick-Wolfensohn
Foundation
Brown Rudnick Charitable
Foundation
Leo Burnett USA
CBS Television Network
The Chear Foundation
Chopper Trading
Contrarian Capital Management,
L.L.C.
Donnell-Kay Foundation
Electric Entertainment
Frankel Family Foundation
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
General Catalyst Partners, LLC
Joel & Randi Cutler
David & Nina Fialkow
General Electric Matching Gift
Foundation
Jackson & Irene Golden 1989
Charitable Trust
Joyce & Irving Goldman
Foundation
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Chicago
Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York
Hahn & Hessen LLP
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Hyatt Legal Plans
Martha Holden Jennings
Foundation
R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. Trust &
Foundation
KeyBank
The Esther A. & Joseph
Klingenstein Fund, Inc.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Latham & Watkins LLP
Longleaf Partners Funds,
Managed by Southeastern
Asset Management
Lund Investments, LLC
Macquarie Group Foundation
Nancy Lurie Marks Family
Foundation
Morgan Stanley Community
Affairs
The New York State Council on
the Arts
New Vernon Capital LLC
The Nielsen Company
Novack Family Foundation
The Carl & Lily Pforzheimer
Foundation, Inc.
Lawrence J. & Anne Rubenstein
Charitable Foundation
Sarlo Foundation
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Seward & Kissel LLP
Charles & M. R. Shapiro
Foundation
The Sidley Austin Foundation
The following corporations, foundations, and organizations made gifts to Facing History and
Ourselves between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. These generous gifts funded teacher workshops
and seminars, resource materials and speakers in classrooms, and special projects. Included in this
list are a number of organizations that provided gifts-in-kind and pro bono services.
Commitments of $100,000 or more will be found under the Sustaining Gift Program listings on
page 9. We recognize our multiyear donors who have made commitments of up to $99,999 by
italicizing their names in the listing below.
Troob Capital Advisors LLC
UBS
United Airlines
Thomas H. White Foundation
Wolf Family Foundation, a
supporting foundation of the
Jewish Community Federation
of Cleveland $5,000–$9,999AAR CORP.
Baxter International
Bernstein Global Wealth
Management
Charter One
Citadel LLC
City National Bank
Colliers International
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
The Covenant Foundation
Creative Artist Agency
Credit Suisse Private Banking
Exelon Corporation
First Tennessee Bank
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching
Gift Program
Nehemias Gorin Charitable
Foundation
Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
Greenwald, Pauly, Foster &
Miller
Guardsmark, Inc.
Hansen, Jacobson, Teller,
Hoberman, Newman, Warren
& Richman, LLP
The Harris Family Foundation
The Irving Harris Foundation
The Barbara Hope
Foundation, Inc.
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
IBM Corporation
InterCall Inc.
ITW
Jenner & Block LLP
Jewish Community Endowment
Holocaust Memorial/
Education Fund of the Jewish
Community Federation of San
Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin & Sonoma Counties
Johansen-Larsen Foundation
J.P. Morgan
Kelman-Lazarov, Inc.
Malter Holdings Limited
Mayer Brown LLP
Mid-America Apartment
Communities
NBC Universal
Northern Trust
Paramount Pictures
The Parthenon Group
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &
Walker, LLP
Pershing Square Advisors
The PrivateBank--Chicago
PwC
Reyes Holdings, LLC
The Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels
Charitable Foundation
Sapers & Wallack, Inc.
Shamrock Holdings, Inc.
Sheffield Asset
Management, LLC
Sidney Garber
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
Spencer Stuart
Swartz Foundation
Ulmer & Berne LLP
UMB
United Talent Agency
The Wal-Dot Foundation
Warner Brothers
Willis of Illinois
WME
Ziffren Brittenham, LLP
$1,000–$4,999Anonymous
ABC 7 Chicago/Disney Worldwide
Services
The Atlantic Philanthropies
AutoZone Inc.
Avon Products Foundation, Inc.
Bahr Che
Baptist Memorial Health Care
Beaver Creek Vineyards
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Massachusetts
The Lois & Irving Blum
Foundation
Buckeye Technologies Inc.
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens, &
Cannada, PLLC
Catholic Diocese of Memphis
Catholic Healthcare West
Chicago Board of Trade
Foundation
China Institute
Combined Jewish
Philanthropies
Computer Sciences Corporation
Covidien
Developers Diversified Realty
Dewey & LeBouef
Drew University
The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
The Episcopal Diocese of West
Tennessee
Evermedia Biometrics
The Harry K. Fox & Emma R. Fox
Charitable Foundation
Gillham Charitable Trust
Grant’s Financial Publishing, Inc.
The Hirsch Foundation
Huey’s Restaurant
Humanities Council of
Washington, D.C.
Independent Bank
Intrepid Capital Management
Intuit Foundation
Iowa Foundation for Education,
Environment & the Arts
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
Jewish Community Youth
Foundation
Kovitz Securities, LLC
KPMG LLP
Lichterman Loewenberg
Foundation
Lick-Wilmerding High School
Linde Family Foundation
The Milton & Tamar Maltz
Family Foundation
Morton & Barbara Mandel
Foundation
The McLean Foundation
Memphis Convention &
Visitors Bureau
Memphis Jewish Federation
Memphis University School
Menke Foundation
Methodist Le Bonheur
Healthcare
Metropolitan Limousine
Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.
Munger Tolles & Olson
Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz, PLC
New York Mercantile Exchange
Charitable Foundation
Oak Tree Foundation
Overton High School
Oxford Bank & Trust
OZ Management, L.L.C.
Paragon National Bank
PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.
Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. Northwest
Airlink
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pushkin Public Relations
Red Sox Foundation
Regional Medical Center at
Memphis
Rose Community Foundation
Schwarz Supply Source
Self Foundation
Senkfor Family Foundation
Shelby County Schools
James & Mary Shipp
Charitable Fund
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
SLATERPAULL Architects, Inc
Stax, Inc.
Steyer, Lowenthal, Boodrookas,
Alvarez & Smith LLP
The Summa Group
The Summit Family Foundation
TD Waterhouse
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“I was in seventh grade [and] just starting the Facing History program when I started to realize how much I had not been told. Reading the stories of Holocaust survivors, hearing them speak, made me feel for the first time what my grandmother and six million others like her had suffered.” -Chicago student
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The Alvin & Fanny B.
Thalheimer Foundation, Inc.
Thompson Hine LLP
Tides Foundation
Town of Sharon
Harold & Anna S. Ullian
Charitable Foundation
University School
University of Memphis
Foundation School of
Education
Valero Benicia Refinery
Walmart Foundation
Watkins Uiberall, PLLC
Emanuel & Anna Weinstein
Foundation
Frederick R. Weisman
Philanthropic Foundation
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
The Wharton Charitable Fund
Wilderness Point Foundation
UP TO $1,000Allied Jewish Federation of
Colorado
Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity
Boston Chapter
Anthony Logistics for Men
Ariel Investments, LLC
Auerbach Grayson &
Company, Inc.
Bank of America Foundation
Matt Bernson
Boston 3G, Inc.
Brentwood School
Brimmer & May School
Buttercup Bakeshop
The Carnegie Corporation of
New York
Center for Jewish History
Christie’s
Church Of The Holy Spirit
CME Group
CNA Foundation
CNBC
College of Holy Cross
Combined Federal Campaign of
Eastern Massachusetts
Coney Island History Project
Corey Michelle Designs
Cosmetic Executive Women
Courtney Lee Collection
Diageo
Dop Dop Salon
Equinox
Euro Optika
Fabrangen Cheder Tzedakah
Committee
The Field Foundation of
Illinois, Inc.
David & Hilda Fins Family
Foundation
FM Global Foundation
Franklin Township School District
Friday Night Shoebox Fund
Funding Exchange National
Community Funds
Galvin Middle School
Gannett Foundation
GBC, Inc.
Goddard College
The William & Flora Hewlett
Foundation
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance
Center of Nassau County
Institute for the Future
Jewish Education Project
Kanter Family Foundation
Kean University
Kirkeby Foundation
KT Collection
Landau Public Relations
Lausanne Collegiate School
LexisNexis
Linden Ponds Jewish Community
The Lubrizol Foundation
Makowsky Ringel Greenberg, LLC
Melrose PTO, Inc.
Mission San Jose High School
Montclair State University
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts
High School
MSNBC.COM
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Neiman Marcus Group Matching
Gift Program
New England Professional
Systems
New York Public Library
Newton Community Development
Foundation
Packer Collegiate Institute
Pearn Kandola LLP
Lisa Perry
Perry Capital
Piedmont Middle School
PopBar
Presentation High School
The Prudential Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Refresh Body
Regions Financial Corporation
Foundation
Frederick Ross Company
Roxbury Community College
Salesforce.com Foundation
Page Sargisson Jewelry
Charles Schwab Foundation
Shaker Heights City Schools
Skype
Teachers College, Columbia
University
Temple Beth Abraham
Temple Beth Elohim
Temple Beth Torah
Time Warner Inc.
Twinkle-Toes et al
United Way of the Bay Area
United Way of New York
Urban Assembly School for Law
& Justice
Ursuline Academy
Wellesley Middle School
Wells Fargo Community Support
Campaign
Westminster Synagogue
WNYC & The Green Space
YWCA Women’s Center
IN-KIND AND PRO BONO GIFTS
Bonnie Abaunza
Karina Arutyunyan
Susan & Richard Block
Holly & Bill Brooks
Jeryl Brunner
Caretha & Ken Coleman
Jill & Alex Dimitrief
Debra Engel
Sandra & Dan Feldman
Donna & Yale Fergang
Lori & Mark Fife
Sally Frishberg
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
Alex Ginsburg
Judy Goldman
Bernard Gotfryd
Elly Gross
Bec Hamilton
Judy Heyboer
Flora Hogman
Frances Irwin
Paul Kanin
Dori Katz
Helena Kubicka de Braganca
Julie Leff
Jonathan Lenthem
Mark Levy
Carolyn Mahboubi
Lily Margules
Rick Nahmias
Lisa & Rick Paige
Andrew Pauly
Richard Perry
Jon Pushkin
Julie & Steven Rosefsky
Heather Ross-Lowenstein &
Irwin Lowenstein
Gina & Tom Russo
Margrit Wreschner Rustow
Gihan Salem
Jody Snider
Luong Ung
Kate & Shai Waisman
Dina Zuckerberg
Facing History is able to use every available dollar to bring programs to teachers and students in
part because of the generous in-kind gifts and pro bono professional services donated by our friends
and supporters. Corporate donors of in-kind gifts and services are listed on page 18, and we are
grateful for their generous support. Board and committee members and other volunteers in Chicago,
Cleveland, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Memphis, New England, New York, the San Francisco Bay
Area, Toronto, and the international community contribute countless volunteer hours, and we are most
grateful to them. Here we thank individuals who have donated their professional time, home or office
space, or gifts of artwork, equipment, or supplies.
“The sheer brilliance of the way Facing History designed this online course has inspired me to use similar technology with my own students next year.” -La Jolla, California educator who participated in our Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior online seminar
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Rev. Robert W. Bullock International Fellowship
This fellowship program brings scholars to Facing History to
lend their expertise to Facing History staff, teachers, and the
community at large.
The David & Lillian Casty Fellowship Program
This program promotes a scholarly exchange and cultivates
global ambassadors for Facing History by bringing a journalist,
scholar, or resource speaker to Facing History annually for a
year of residency.
Leo Dunn Endowed Fund
This fund supports the purchase of books and resource
materials for the Facing History Library and Resource Center.
William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for
Summer Seminars
This fund for summer seminars partially supports Facing
History’s summer seminars in New York.
The Klarman Family Endowed Fund
This fund has been established to establish and endow the
Executive Directorship of Facing History and Ourselves.
The Bea Kovich Fund
This fund in honor of Bea Kovich’s memory supports Facing
History School graduates in their pursuit of their post-
secondary school goals and dreams.
The Memphis Fund
This fund supports resources for additional Facing History
initiatives and/or staff benefiting Memphis, Tennessee.
The Milt Morris Facing History Educator Scholarship Fund
In honor of Milt Morris, this endowed fund supports
scholarships for summer seminars and follow-up services for
teachers in greater Colorado.
The Charlotte & Irving Rabb Fund for Teaching Fellowships
This endowed fund supports teacher scholarships for summer
seminars as well as follow-up meetings throughout the year
with Facing History staff.
The Rhoda Sapers Library Endowment Fund
The fund supports the purchase of new videos and books for
the Facing History Library and Resource Center.
The Richard A. Smith Endowment Fund for Excellence
This fund is designated to support the most engaged,
committed, and excellent teachers and support scholarships
for them to attend advanced summer seminars.
The Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation Fund
This fund established the Margot Stern Strom endowed
fellowship fund to support a fellowship, the purpose of
which is to cultivate new talent for Facing History to support
organizational needs. The fellowship will fund a staff position
to be located at Facing History and Ourselves’ headquarters,
or in one of the regional offices. The position will support the
goals of the Executive Director.
PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED (ENDOWED) AND SPECIAL FUNDS
Many friends of Facing History have helped to establish the following endowed and special funds
that support particular aspects of the work of Facing History.
GIFTS IN TRIBUTE
IN HONOR OFDavid Abrams
Beverly & Charles Achki
Charlene Achki-Repko
Jane & Norm Alpert
Gary Angel
Janet Applefield
Jennifer Aubrey &
Jonathan Harries
Deborah Barber
Nancy & Jon Bauer
Richard Berner
Phyllis & Paul Berz
Juli Betwee
Frank Bialystok
Susan & Rick Block
Dexter Blumenthal
Wight Boggs
Judi & Larry Bohn
Lynda & Jeffrey Bussgang
Ellen B. Carmell
Gloria & Jack Clumeck
Tim Cuneo
Joan Cutler
Jan Darsa
Jill & Alex Dimitrief
Emily Dreifus &
Mark D. Maremont
Joseph Patrick Drinkwine
Harriet & Richard Ebers
Esther & Sumner Feldberg
Sumner L. Feldberg
Joan & William D. Feldman
William D. Feldman
Marilynn & Larry Fields
Lori & Mark Fife
Rena Finder
Julia Franks
Gary Furst
Tracy Garrison-Feinberg &
Kevin Feinberg
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
Robert Goldberg
Rachel Goldstein & Jim Elkind
Sally & Michael Gordon
Sandy & Philip Gordon
Ashlyn Gorlin
Danae Gray & Milton Reynolds
Medlyn & Jeffrey Greenberger
Jeff Greendorfer
Barbara Grier
Pamela Haas
Rita S. Halbright
Herve Hanoune
Holly Hershfield
Judy Heyboer
Vicki & Bruce Heyman
Judith & Charles Huizeuga
Pamela Burlingham Hurd
Mary Ittelson
Herbert Itzkowitz
Ly Japha
Lucy & Terry Johnson
Floy B. Kaminski
Paul R. Kanin
Rikki Kaplan
Douglass Karp
Jill & Stephen Karp
Hannah Kass
Elaine & Robert Kaufman
Susie & Jay Kaufman
Marty Kelman
Megan & Mariner Kemper
Shelly & Howard Kivell
Beth S. & Seth A. Klarman
Karen Springer Kronick &
Mel Kronick
Ruth Lazarus & Michael Feldberg
Julie Abrams Leff
Scott Leff
Nate Leipciger
Marya Levenson
Max Levi
Karen S. Levy
Lori & Hal Luft
Carolyn Mahboubi
Barbara Manilow
Jill & Paul Meister
Barbara & Richard Melcher
Gerald Merfish
Kim & Evan Meyers
Rita Montlack &
Howard J. Freedman
Carolann & George Najarian
Jo Ann & Stuart Nathan
Kathy Neustadt
Jane & Dan Och
Lisa & Rick Paige
Sally & Saul Pannell
Samantha Perry
Plummer Family
Robyn Pralgever
Barbara Reiss-Snyder &
Jim Snyder
Joshua Reynolds
Susie Richardson
Carrie & Ken Richman
Betty Robbins
Julie Rosefsky
Heather Ross-Lowenstein &
Irwin Lowenstein
Jesse Ruskin & Tobin Belzer
Gina & Tom Russo
Shelly Saltzman
Carol M. Sands
Sapers Family
Marci & Michael Sapers
Rhoda & Bill Sapers
Audrey & Harvey Scher
Emma Seevak
Gabriel Seevak
Carole & Gordon Segal
Rachel F. Shankman
Connie & James Shapiro
Lesley Shore
Judith C. Siegel
Risa & Neil Silverston
Martin Sleeper
Dana & Robert Smith
James M. Snider
Arnie Soloway
Sharman Spector-Angel
Walter Steinweg
Erica Stern
Margot Stern Strom &
Terry Strom
Rachel Strom
Karen Sulzberger
Daniel Swartz
Debbie & Jeff Swartz
Judy & Sidney Swartz
Noah Swartz
Sam Swartz
Judith Sydney & Aviva Sapers
Facing History and Ourselves is grateful to those donors who made gifts in tribute totaling more than
$297,000 to support our work. Listed below are those individuals for whom tribute gifts were made
totaling $100 or more. We are grateful for gifts at all levels which support our work with teachers and
students.
More than 6,400 people attended Community Conversations, a national series of free, community-wide events featuring high-profile speakers, held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation. Since 2005, more than 46,000 people have participated in these dialogues.
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Lisa Tedeschini
Ashley & Todd Tobias
Susan W. Tofias
Ries Jacob van Brug
Netty & Maurice Vanderpol
Ilana & Skip E. Vichness
Bella & Noa Waisman
John Warneke
Merna Wechsler
Lois Weenberg
Jack Weinstein
Diane Jordan Wexler
Stacey Winter
Judy Wise
Sheryl & Larry Wyman
James Anthony Zoccoli
IN MEMORY OFRichard Ageloff
Alyson Spira Arenberg
Millia Bakan
Rebeka Bialystok
Robert W. Bullock
Goldma Caplow
Elsie Chazanoff
Miriam Grosberg Dane
Michael Doctoroff
Jack Eshaghian
Celia Feintech
Lilly Flake
Doris Forman
Jesse Friedman
Ada Gail
Louis Garfield
Esther Gens
Ab Glickman
Irene L. Golden
Jackson Golden
James A. Golden
Linda Goodman
M. Peter Heilbrun
Richard Kloian
Zezette C. Larsen
Carole Caplan Lonner
Richard Lowenstein
Peter Masci
Ellen Meadows
Michael Michael
Henry Nausbaum
Abe Novogrodsky
Julian Pearlman
Jerome Pickman
Dan Raiskin
Daniel Raitt
Reiner Riegel
Rose Rockmaker
Ruth Ross
Maxwell Salter
Andre Scheinmann
Sheldon Seevak
Frank Shurman
Margaret Lou Wasson Smith
Ruth Soforenko
Howard Wechsler
Jack M. Weinstein
Sonia Weitz
Esther Wolinsky
REMEMBRANCE SOCIETY
In 1994, two wonderful friends and board members of Facing History, Sandra and Philip Gordon,
started the Remembrance Society, a group of supporters who have chosen to make planned gifts
to Facing History and Ourselves. To date, more than 100 individuals and families—including board
members, staff, new friends of the organization, and even a student from the very first Facing History
classroom—have joined the Gordons by including Facing History in their estate plans. We are
extraordinarily grateful to these individuals for their kindness to Facing History.
Members of the Remembrance Society are recognized in the Remembrance Society Honor Roll
in the Annual Report. Those who wish to have their estate plans remain confidential are listed
anonymously. We appreciate knowing an individual’s intentions so we can provide Remembrance
Society updates and reports and can extend our appreciation privately.
For more than 35 years, Facing History has been an invaluable resource for educators nationally
and internationally. It is clear that the need for our programs—and the interest in them—is expanding.
With careful planning, your estate can provide for loved ones and continue to benefit Facing History
and Ourselves. Members of the Remembrance Society may include Facing History and Ourselves in
their estate plans through the following vehicles: bequests, charitable remainder trusts, life insurance
gifts, and retirement plan assets.
If you would like more information about planned giving opportunities and how to become a
member of the Remembrance Society, please contact the Development Office at 617-735-1603 or
011-617-735-1603.
Anonymous (4)
Vicki & William Abrams
Jennifer Aubrey
Richard E. Barbieri
Samuel J. Baskin Charitable
Trust (Hadassah Baskin)
Robin & Nathan S. Birnbaum
Mary & William J. Buckley
Patricia Caesar
Sandra & Bernie Carpenter
Ina Clayman
Lauren Curry
Laura DeBonis & Scott A. Nathan
Helen W. Dunn
Esther & Sumner L. Feldberg
Lori Friedman & Howard Leicht
Linda & Michael Frieze
Lawrence H. Fuchs
Judy & David Ganz
Susan & Bryan Ganz
Ilse & Peter H. Garfunkel
Bernice Godine
Sandra & Philip Gordon
Barbara & Steven Grossman
Priscilla & Richard M. Hunt
Mary Keber & Marc Skvirsky
Kay M. Kilpatrick
Beth & Seth Klarman
Lisa Krakow
Zezette C. Larsen*
Larry M. Levy
Ilene Mack
Marjorie McDermott
Paula & Allen Mitchell
Carolann S. & K. George Najarian
Marcia & Edward Nalebuff
Myra & Charles Novogrodsky
Lisa & Richard Perry
Rita Pollak
Suzanne & Bernard Pucker
Irving W. Rabb
Edward L. Reynolds, Jr. Trust
Sharon L. & Howard Rich
Bonnie Rosenberg
Eugene B. Rosenberg
Alex Saharovich
Rhoda B. Sapers
Denise Schorr
Enid & Melvin Shapiro
Carolyn Irvin Shears
Margery Shurman
Judy & Martin Sleeper
Susan & Richard A. Smith
Ann R. Soloway
Nancy Sommers & Patrick Hays
Georgette Grosz Spertus
Patricia & David Squire
Erica & Donald Stern
Paula Stern & Paul London
Christine & Bill Stokes
Margot & Terry Strom
Karen Sulzberger
Gerri & Kenneth Sweder
Dora Z. Ullian
Netty & Maurice Vanderpol
Susan E. Werbe & John E. Bates
Ronald Werner
Joseph P. Wiellette
Trudy & Steven Wiesenberger
Debra & David Woog McGinty
2010-2011 BEQUESTS RECEIVEDGertrude Baumring
Karen Levine
Caryl W. Zighera
*Deceased
“Facing History and Ourselves has shown me a way to personalize my teaching-to make my students learn history through a more human approach as opposed to merely learning dates and facts.” - Framingham, Massachusetts educator who participated in our “Choices in Little Rock” online seminar
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1 2010 New York benefit Co-Chair Lisa Paige, Facing History Executive Director Margot Stern
Strom, Co-Chair Richard Paige 2 2010 New York benefit Co-Chairs Georgina T. & Thomas A.
Russo with Seth A. Klarman, chair of Facing History’s Board of Directors 3 2011 San Fran-
cisco Bay Area benefit Co-Chairs Jim Snyder & Barbara Reiss-Snyder and Sharman Spector-Angel
& Gary Angel 4 2010 Cleveland benefit Co-Chair Peter Anagnostos, speaker Dr. Leon Bass,
Co-Chair Amy Carlson, and speaker Rev. Calvin Morris 5 2011 New England benefit Co-Chairs
Raquel & David Sapers, Rhoda Sapers, Michael & Marci Sapers, Aviva Sapers & Judith Sydney,
Bill Sapers holding Ilan Sapers
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1 2011 Chicago benefit Chairs Vicki & Bruce Heyman
2 Michael Zamkow and student in London 3 Ontario
Advisory Board members Lesley Shore, Margaret Wells,
Sharon Weintraub, and Chair Myra Novogrodsky 4 2010
Memphis benefit Co-Chairs Wight Boggs, Monica & Andre
Wharton, Tina & Robert Fockler 5 2011 Denver/Rocky
Mountain States benefit Chairs Megan & Mariner Kemper
6 2010 Los Angeles benefit Co-Chairs Ken & Carrie Rich-
man and Drew & Susan Pauly
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THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT . . . . Nearly 10,000 people, including students and teachers,
visited Choosing to Participate at the Historical Society
of Washington, DC, in the spring of 2011. The exhibit
opened in Memphis for fall 2011 and will travel next to
Chicago in fall 2012. Thank you to The Walmart Founda-
tion, national sponsor, and all of our funders and
volunteers.
Since 1998, Choosing to Participate has traveled to eight
American cities, reaching more than 400,000 people.
. Survivor testimonies—firsthand accounts from individu-
als who lived through the Holocaust and other atrocities—
help students more deeply appreciate and empathize with
the human dimensions of important moments in history.
In fiscal year 2011, these powerful stories were shared
with 26,000 students and 2,000 teachers.
. We introduced five new self-paced online workshops
this year to enable educators to learn with us anytime,
anywhere. Topics included community responses to hate
crimes, the role of news media, the formation of the Inter-
national Criminal Court, and civic participation.
. We distributed more than 13,000 published resources,
and our library loaned more than 13,000 books, DVDs, and
other resources to educators this year through our online
circulation system. More than 29,000 copies of Facing
History resources were downloaded from our website.
“In Facing History we learned that indifference is the enemy . . . each story is important, each survivor a miracle, each perpetrator worth trying to understand for the sake of all of us. ”Facing History student
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: TREASURER’S REPORTThe fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011 saw a return to
the growth that characterized most of the last decade. A
healthier revenue pipeline and stronger market conditions
led to an increased annual budget, from $16.5M in FY10
to $17.85M in FY11. This increased budget enabled the
organization to reinvest in the excellence and reach of
its programs and the services it provides to teachers and
students. Thanks to the generous support of our loyal donor
base, Facing History was able to conclude the year with a
modest operating surplus.
LED BY SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT AND MANY NEW GIFTS
FACING HISTORY RAISED A RECORD $30.8M IN SUPPORT
AND REVENUE
Consistent with generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP), Facing History books the entire value of multi-
year pledges and grants as Temporarily Restricted Revenue
in the year the pledge or gift is made. Twice in the last
decade, renewal and new multiyear gifts have resulted in
peaks of revenue in the year the initial pledge is received.
In the subsequent middle years of these pledge payments,
Facing History often broke even on a cash basis showing a
deficit in our audit, a result of having booked the value of
cash payments in the year the original pledge was made.
Since 1998—despite these annual variances—Facing
History has averaged a 1.3% annual contribution to Net
Assets, while growing the operating budget from $6M to
$21.5M in FY12.
In FY11, Facing History secured $30.8M in Total Support
and Revenue, an increase of 126% from the prior year. The
value of new Temporarily Restricted contributions increased
to $14.6M from $4.9M. Unrestricted contributions for the
current fiscal year, which comprise an important part of the
organization’s operating budget, increased by 10% from
$6.5M to $7.2M. Two revenue line items declined from
FY10 to FY11. Fees for services rendered declined 5%
from $940K to $897K and Sales of Books and Materials
declined 29% from $229K to $178K.
OUR SUCCESS AT RAISING MULTIYEAR GRANTS AND PLEDGES
ENABLED FACING HISTORY TO ENTER FY11 WITH 39% OF THE
ORGANIZATION’S EXPENSE BUDGET COVERED.
During FY11, previously secured multiyear pledges and
grants made a significant contribution to our ability to
deliver programs and serve teachers and students. As a
result of Facing History’s success at securing signature
multiyear funding, the percentage of total expenses covered
by funds secured in prior years has steadily increased.
These accomplishments suggest that Facing History can
achieve greater impact and scale while simultaneously
increasing our financial stability and resilience to market
risk. Securing multiyear commitments plays a vital role in
both strategies, which were critically important for Facing
History in 2011. Having an increasing share of operating
expenses funded by longer term commitments provides
additional confidence that we can successfully achieve
Facing History’s long-term programming and sustainability
goals.
FACING HISTORY INCREASED NET ASSETS TO $40M AT THE
END OF FY11
In FY11, Total Assets increased 52% from $27.1M to
$41.2M. This increase was largely driven by new significant
pledge commitments, as well as by strong investment
returns. Pledges and Grants Receivable, increased 106%
from $10.5M in FY10 to $21.6M in FY11. Cash and
equivalents increased to $2.9M from $2.5M. Investments
increased 24% from $11.2M to $13.8M. In total, Cash and
liquid Investments at the end of FY11 represented 6.45
months of Operating Expenses, compared to 5.7 months
of Operating Expenses at the end of FY10. In addition
to Facing History’s liquid Investments, the organization’s
Permanently Restricted Endowment increased 30% from
$5.4M at the end of FY10 to $7.7M at the end of FY11.
Total investment returns on Facing History’s liquid
Investments and Endowment totaled 12.2% of our
portfolio value at the start of the fiscal year. Total liabilities
increased during FY11 by 11% from $1.4M to $1.55M.
Other than assorted payables outstanding at year end, the
bulk of Facing History’s debt obligations consisted of the
$944K balance outstanding on a loan secured for building
renovations. This loan has a fixed rate of 4.95% and is
amortized through FY15.
Total Net Assets increased 54% from $25.8M in FY10 to
$39.6M in FY11 [see chart 1]. This increase resulted from
gains across all three Net Asset classes. Unrestricted Net
Assets increased over the course of the year by 17% from
$7.67M to $8.93M.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and Board of
Trustees, I want to especially thank the members of the
Finance Committee, the Audit Committee, and both the
management and staff of Facing History for all their hard
work, unwavering support, and continued commitment to
the organization’s success.
Elizabeth Jick
Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee
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$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
$30,000,000
$35,000,000
$40,000,000
$45,000,000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
CHART 1Total Net Assets at fiscal year-end
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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
June 30, 2011 June 30, 2010
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,870,616 $ 2,522,330
Investments 13,829,546 11,190,982
Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses 1,348,695 1,106,777
Pledges and grants receivable, net 21,623,281 10,516,235
Office equipment, leasehold improvements
and traveling exhibits - net 1,510,642 1,810,673
Total Assets 41,182,780 27,146,997
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable and other liabilities 605,108 368,529
Note payable 944,076 1,027,235
Total Liabilities 1,549,184 1,395,764
Net Assets
Unrestricted net assets 8,931,471 7,665,718
Temporarily restricted net assets 19,012,135 13,099,401
Permanently restricted net assets 11,689,990 4,986,114
Total Net Assets 39,633,596 25,751,233
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 41,182,780 $ 27,146,997
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES
Years ended June 30 2011 June 30 2010
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Contributions and special event revenue
Unrestricted $ 7,154,562 $ 6,495,770
Temporarily restricted 14,646,640 4,904,824
Permanently restricted 6,703,876 37,276
Total contributions and special event revenue 28,505,078 11,437,870
Contributions in-kind 793,585 729,132
Fees for program presentations 897,423 939,722
Sales of books and materials 177,639 229,239
Investment income & endowment distributions 392,778 272,078
Total support and revenue 30,766,503 13,608,041
EXPENSES
Program services 14,431,150 13,778,730
General administration 1,175,694 1,165,207
Fundraising 2,358,093 2,476,781
Total expenses 17,964,937 17,420,718
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS BEFORE UNREALIZED GAINS ON INVESTMENTS
Change related to unrestricted fund 707,871 780,732
Change related to temporarily restricted fund 5,389,819 -4,630,685
Change related to permanently restricted fund 6,703,876 37,276
Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1,080,797 1,088,044
Change in net assets 13,882,363 -2,724,633
NET ASSETS - BEGINNING OF YEAR 25,751,233 27,465,823
NET ASSETS - END OF YEAR $ 39,633,596 $ 24,741,190
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“The strategies modeled are excellent, the materials introduced are invaluable, and the individuals—both staff and participants—are people to whom I will turn again and again.”Seminar participant
BOARD & STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair
Seth A. Klarman
President,
The Baupost Group, LLC
Chairman of the Board,
The David Project
Director, Broad Institute
Director, The Israel Project
Vice-Chair, Board of Managers,
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Board of Dean’s Advisors,
Harvard Business School
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations
Boston, Massachusetts
Vice-Chairs
Jeffrey J. Bussgang
General Partner,
Flybridge Capital Partners
Newton, Massachusetts
Ronald G. Casty
Chairman and President,
Chelsea Industries, Inc.
Trustee Emeritus,
Boston Ballet
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Kathy Fuld
Trustee, Museum of
Modern Art
Greenwich, Connecticut
Tracy Palandjian
Chief Executive Officer,
Social Finance, Inc.
Vice Chair, Robert F.
Kennedy Center for Justice
and Human Rights
Fellow, British American
Project
Board, YK Pao School
Alumni Board, Harvard
Business School
Belmont, Massachusetts
Treasurer
Elizabeth Jick
Managing Director, Zions
Bank Public Finance
Executive Committee,
Anti-Defamation League
Trustee Emeritus, Beaver
Country Day School
Board President,
Gann Academy: The
New Jewish High School of
Greater Boston
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Secretary
Sandra P. Gordon
Chair, Council of Advocates,
Boston Arts Academy
Director, Massachusetts
College of Art and Design
Boston, Massachusetts
President
Margot Stern Strom
Executive Director, Facing
History and Ourselves
Brookline, Massachusetts
Members
Paul H. Berz
Board of Directors, Memphis
Symphony Orchestra
Board of Overseers, Boston
Symphony Orchestra
Board, Metropolitan Inter-Faith
Association
Memphis, Tennessee
Ellen B. Carmell
National Coordinator,
Bridging America Project,
American Jewish Committee
Chicago, Illinois
David P. Fialkow
Managing Director, General
Catalyst Partners
Director, Boys and Girls Clubs
of Boston
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis
Foundation of America
Board, Greenlight Fund
Director, Pan-Mass
Challenge
Newton, Massachusetts
Jill Garling
Director, Chicago Public
Education Fund
Chicago Committee,
Human Rights Watch
Chicago, Illinois
Philip H. Gordon
Retired, Gordon Brothers
Retail Partners, LLC
Co-Founder and Chair
Emeritus, EdVestors
Boston, Massachusetts
Rita S. Halbright
London, England
Karen G. Harrison
Director and Co-Chair of the
Capital Campaign, Chicago
Children’s Museum
Chicago, Illinois
Jill Karp
Owner, Nantucket Island
Resorts
Board Member and Past
President, Children’s
Hospital League, Children’s
Hospital Boston
Board of Overseers, Children’s
Hospital Boston
Member, Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum
Director, Nantucket Comedy
Festival
Director, Nantucket Film
Festival
Board, Theatre Workshop of
Nantucket
Founding Member, The
Nantucket Project
Weston, Massachusetts
Facing History is most grateful to members of our boards, who contribute countless volunteer hours
on our behalf. Here we list members during the period of July 1, 2010—June 30, 2011. New members
are welcomed in November during the Annual Board Meeting.
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John Katzenberg
Member, Coordinating Council,
Allied Jewish Federation of
Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Marty S. Kelman, CFP
Chairman,
Kelman-Lazarov, Inc.
Memphis, Tennessee
Eugene I. Krieger
Vice Chairman & COO,
Shamrock Holdings, Inc.
Vice Chairman, Colburn School
Board, Colburn Foundation
Board, Colburn Music Fund
Board, JTN Productions, Inc.
Former Board, Beverly Hills
Education Foundation
Former Board, Temple
Emanuel of Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, California
Julie Abrams Leff
Committee Member, Food
Allergy Initiative
Board, Ramapo for Children
New York, New York
Lawrence M. Levy
Retired Partner, Brown
Rudnick, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
Martha Minow
Dean, Harvard Law School
Fellow, American Academy
of Arts & Sciences
Vice-Chair, Legal Services
Corporation
Trustee, Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law
Chair, Board of Directors,
Revson Foundation
Director, The Covenant
Foundation
Cambridge, Massachusetts
James F. Mooney III
Managing Director, The
Baupost Group, LLC
Trustee, Buckingham Browne
& Nichols School
Trustee, The Catholic Schools
Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
Myra Novogrodsky
Former Course Director,
Faculty of Education, York
University
Toronto, Ontario
Jane Och
Co-Chair, Westchester, JCC
Maccabi Games
Board, Harmel Village
Academies Charter School
Member, Robin Hood
Foundation
Treasurer, PTA, Scarsdale High
School
President’s Advisory Board,
University of Michigan
Scarsdale, New York
Richard Perry
President, Perry Capital, LLC
Advisory Council, The
Hamilton Project, Brookings
Institute
Board, The Israel Project
Trustee, University of
Pennsylvania
New York, New York
Susie Richardson
Chair, Advisory Board,
Foundation for a College
Education
Board of Advisors, Adolescent
Counseling Services
Former School Board
President, Palo Alto Unified
School District
Palo Alto, California
Heather Ross-Lowenstein
President and Psychotherapist,
H. Ross-Lowenstein, Inc.
Co-Chair, Jewish Film Fest,
Mandel Jewish Community
Center of Cleveland
Member, National Association
of Social Workers
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Dana W. Smith
Committee Member, Boston
Women’s Anti-Poverty
Initiative
Board, Boys and Girls Clubs
of Boston
Dean’s Leadership Council,
Harvard Graduate School of
Education
Friends Board, My Sister’s
Keeper
Chair, Wellesley-Weston Kids
Ride, Pan-Mass Challenge
Board, Park School
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Richard A. Smith
Co-Chair, Richard and Susan
Smith Family Foundation
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Robert A. Smith
Managing Partner, Castanea
Partners
Trustee, Children’s Hospital
Boston
Member, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute
Committee on University
Resources, Harvard
University
Trustee, Jumpstart
Trustee, Pam-Mass Challenge
Trustee, Richard and Susan
Smith Family Foundation
Newton, Massachusetts
Dorothy P. Tananbaum
Founding Member, Center
for Public Interest Careers,
Harvard University
President, Jewish Education
Project
Chair, Jewish Funders Network
Founding Board Member,
Project People Foundation
Board, UJA Federation of
New York
Board, Taglit-Birthright Israel
Foundation
New York, New York
Dora Z. Ullian
Vice President, The Eliot Hotel
Senior Advisory Board, Boys
and Girls Clubs of Boston
Newton, Massachusetts
Maurice Vanderpol
Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst
Trustee-Emeritus, Citi
Performing Arts Center
Needham, Massachusetts
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair
Dana W. Smith
Vice-Chair
Beth S. Klarman
President, Klarman Family
Foundation
Executive Committee, Boston
Jewish Community
Women’s Fund
Board of Directors, Jewish
Funders Network
Director, From the Top
National Council, McLean
Hospital
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Members
Amy L. Abrams
Director, Abrams
Foundation, Inc.
Board of Directors, Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum
Board of Overseers, WGBH
Member, Women’s Leadership
Council, Brown University
Brookline, Massachusetts
Colette Ament
Director, Jewish Family Service
of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Professor, Department of
Philosophy & University
Center for Human Values,
Princeton University
Board Chair, American Council
of Learned Societies
Board, ARTstor
Pennington, New Jersey and
New York, New York
Alan Arkatov
CEO, Teaching Channel
Los Angeles, California
Jennifer Aubrey
Trustee, Museum of
Contemporary Art
Chicago, Illinois
Sanda Balaban
Board, Citizen Schools
New York
Brooklyn, New York
Betty S. Bardige
Vice President, A.L. Mailman
Family Foundation
Chair, Brazelton Touchpoints
Foundation
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Patricia S. Bellinger
Executive Director, Executive
Education, Harvard
Business School
Director, Sodexo S.A.
Member, North America
Advisory Board,
Sodexo, Inc.
Advisory Board, Program in
Education, After-School and
Resiliency (PEAR)
Vice-Chair, YMCA of Greater
Boston
Brookline, Massachusetts
Pascale Berner
President, Strategic Planning
and Action for Non-Profit
Kickoffs (S.P.A.N.K.)
Director, Ikamva Labantu
New York, New York
Phyllis Berz
Memphis, Tennessee
Susan G. Block
Vice-Chair of the Community
Relations Committee,
Jewish Community
Federation of Cleveland
Volunteer, Interfaith Hospitality
Network of Greater
Cleveland
Board, Bellefaire Jewish
Children’s Bureau (JCB)
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Thomas W. Blumenthal
Managing Director, The
Baupost Group, LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Holly Brooks
Chair, Annual Friends’
Committee, Hathaway
Brown School
Board, Planned Parenthood of
Northeast Ohio
Russell, Ohio
Lynda Bussgang
Multigenerational Program
Coordinator, Hebrew
SeniorLife, Newbridge on
the Charles
Trustee, The Rashi School
Member, Commission
on Jewish Learning and
Engagement, Combined
Jewish Philanthropies
Newton, Massachusetts
Cecilia Chan
Managing Director,
Gold Avenue Ltd.
Member, Dean’s Council,
Harvard Kennedy School of
Government
Member, President’s Council,
New York Academy of
Sciences
New York, New York
Matt Damon
Santa Monica, California
Samantha Perry David
Boston, Massachusetts
Laura DeBonis
Boston, Massachusetts
Debra Engel
Senior Fellow, American
Leadership Forum
Co-Chair, Entrepreneurs
Foundation
Advisory Council,
Healthiest You
Director, Institute for the
Future
Director, National Academy of
Human Resources
Foundation
Board, Upmo
Advisory Board, Qrew
San Francisco, California
Michael S. Feldberg
Partner, Allen & Overy, LLP
Board, 92nd Street Y
New York, New York
William D. Feldman
President, William D. Feldman
Associates
Encino, California
Mark S. Fife
Managing Partner, EnTrust
Capital, Inc.
New York, New York
Walter G. Freedman
Chicago, Illinois
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
Former President, Los Angeles
County Office of Education
Hidden Hills, California
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Daniel J. Givelber
Professor, Northeastern
University School of Law
Brookline, Massachusetts
Michael L. Gordon
Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Investment Officer,
Angelo, Gordon, & Co.
New York, New York
Sally Gordon
New York, New York
Judith Greffin
Chief Investment Officer and
Executive Vice President,
Allstate Insurance Company
Northbrook, Illinois
Abraham Gutman
President and CEO, AG
Mednet, Inc.
Community Advisory Board,
WGBH
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Ann B. Hawkins
Trustee, BRIDGES
Memphis, Tennessee
Floy B. Kaminski
Chair, Board of Advisors,
William Davidson Graduate
School of Jewish Education,
Jewish Theological
Seminary
Trustee, Park Avenue
Synagogue
New York, New York
Paul B. Kanin
President, Paul R. Kanin, Inc.
Beverly Hills, California
Daniel S. Katz
Senior Portfolio Manager,
Apex Capital, LLC
Orinda, California
Jay H. Kaufman
Ophthalmologist, Newton
Wellesley Eye Associates
Asst. Clinical Professor,
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Infirmary
Overseer for Life, Newton-
Wellesley Hospital
Newton, Massachusetts
Anla Cheng Kingdon
Partner, Sino-Century China
Private Equity Partners, LLC
Trustee, China Institute
Member and Past Co-Chair,
Annual Gala, Committee
of 100
Trustee, Museum of Chinese
in America
Trustee, Riverdale Country
School
New York, New York
Alyce Lee
Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees,
Boston Medical Center
Chair, Friends of the Sick
and Poor
Milton, Massachusetts
Karen S. Levy
Member, Education
Committee, Handel &
Haydn Society
Board, Jewish Women’s
Archive
Member, Ralph Lowell Society
Committee, WGBH
Boston Leadership Gift
Committee, Wellesley
College
Program Committee,
Young Audiences of
Massachusetts
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Michael B. Lowenstein
President, Kensico Capital
Management
Armonk, New York
Jonathan Lykes
Chicago, Illinois
Susan Hastings Mallory
Cordova, Tennessee
Michael Mazer
President, Mazer Telecom
Advisors
Denver, Colorado
Richard Melcher
Principal, Melcher+Tucker
Consultants
Director, Foundation for
National Progress
Chicago, Illinois
Evan Meyers
President, ECM Commodity
Investment Partners
Social Studies Teacher,
High School for Language
and Diplomacy
President, Scarsdale
Baseball Club
Scarsdale, New York
Jo Ann Nathan
Co-Chair, Chicago-Area Major
Gifts Committee, University
of Michigan
Director, Parkways Foundation
Director, The Cultural
Landscape Foundation
Chicago, Illinois
Kathy Richland Pick
Board, Erikson Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Bernard Pucker
Director, Pucker Gallery
Director, Boston Center for
Jewish Heritage
Board of Overseers, Boston
Children’s Museum
Director, Congregation
Kehillath Israel
Director, Friends of Copley
Square
Director, Fuller Craft Museum
Director, Japan Society of
Boston
Trustee, Jewish Publication
Society
Director and Past President,
Newbury Street League
Advisory Board, Terezin
Chamber Music Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
Michaela Raikes
Stanford, California
Alison Richardson
New York, New York
Bruce Rigal
Managing Director (currently
on sabbatical), Deutsche
Bank
Distinguished Executive in
Residence, London,
University of Chicago Booth
School of Business
Co-Chair, Europe, Middle
East, Africa Advisory Board,
University of Chicago Booth
School of Business
Advisory Board, Ruppin Centre
Business School in Israel
London, England
Terrence Roberts
Retired Clinical Psychologist
Advisory Committee, California
Community Foundation
Board, Economic Resources
Corporation
Board, Little Rock Nine
Foundation
Board, Western Justice Center
Foundation
Pasadena, California
Daniel E. Rothenberg
President, C&R Management
Corporation
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Michael K. Sapers
Co-Chief Executive Officer,
CATZ Sports Performance
Centers
Class Officer, Dartmouth
College
Coach, Rugby Team, Newton
South High School
Coach, Ski Team, Newton
South High School
Training Coordinator, Newton
Youth Soccer
Newton, Massachusetts
Ricky Shechtel
Executive Director, Sierra
Foundation, Inc.
International Board of
Governors, Beit Hatfutsot:
The Museum of the Jewish
People
President Emeritus, Board,
Children’s Galleries for
Jewish Culture
Founder, Jewish Community
Youth Foundation
Founding Partner, Jewish Teen
Funders Network
Board, Keren Karev
Educational Programs
Founding Partner, Partnership
for Effective Learning and
Innovative Education
Princeton, New Jersey
Gwenn Masterman Snider
Co-Owner, Winnetu Oceanside
Resort, Martha’s Vineyard
Board, Pembroke Center,
Brown University
Board, Generation Citizen
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Donald K. Stern
Partner, Cooley LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
Gerald M. Stern
Washington, District of
Columbia
Kenneth A. Sweder
Partner, Sweder & Ross, LLP
Former President, Jewish
Community Relations
Council of Metropolitan
Boston
Co-Founder and Former Co-
Chair, Massachusetts
Coalition to Save Darfur
Boston, Massachusetts
Susan W. Tofias, MSW
Co-Founder, The Freshman
Fifteen Boston
Tutor, Jewish Community
Relations Council
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Shirley Wang
CEO, Plastpro, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Sharon Weintraub
Toronto, Ontario
Nancy R. Wilsker
Partner, Hinckley, Allen &
Snyder LLP
Board, Educators for Social
Responsibility
Needham, Massachusetts
Judy Wise
Senior Director for
Organizational
Advancement, Facing
History and Ourselves
Director, UK, Facing History
and Ourselves
Commissioner, President
Obama’s Commission on
White House Fellowships
Board, Business and
Professional People for the
Public Interest
Chicago Executive Committee,
Human Rights Watch
Chicago, Illinois and London,
England
Sue Berman Zamkow
London, England
General Counsel (Pro Bono)Brown Rudnick LLP
BOARD OF SCHOLARS Chair
Martha Minow
Members
Marjorie Agosin
Professor of Spanish, Wellesley
College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Peter Balakian
Donald M. and Constance
H. Rebar Professor of the
Humanities, Dept. of
English, Colgate University
Advisory Board, International
Association of Genocide
Scholars
Hamilton, New York
Dr. Benjamin R. Barber
President, CivWorld @ Demos
Distinguished Senior Fellow,
Demos
Walt Whitman Professor
Emeritus, Rutgers University
New York, New York
Yehuda Bauer
Professor Emeritus, Holocaust
Studies, Avraham Harman
Institute of Contemporary
Jewry, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Michael Berenbaum
Professor of Jewish Studies,
Director of Sigi Ziering
Institute: Exploring
the Ethical and Religious
Implicaitons of the
Holocaust, American Jewish
University
Los Angeles, California
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Irwin Blumer
Educational Administration,
Boston College
Framingham, Massachusetts
Paul Bookbinder
Associate Professor of History,
University of Massachusetts
Sharon, Massachusetts
Leon Botstein
President, Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson,
New York
Mary C. Boys
Skinner & McAlpin Professor
of Practical Theology, Union
Theological Seminary
New York, New York
Mary C. Brabeck, Ph.D., D.H.L.
Gale and Ira Drukier Dean
and Professor of
Applied Psychology, New
York University Steinhardt
School of Culture,
Education, and Human
Development
New York, New York
James Carroll
Distinguished Scholar-in-
Residence, Suffolk
University
Trustee, Boston Library
Advisory Board, Brandeis
University International
Center for Ethics, Justice
and Public Life
Dean’s Council, Harvard
Divinity School
New York, New York
Debórah Dwork
Rose Professor of Holocaust
History, Clark University
Director, Strassler Family
Center for Holocaust and
Genocide Studies
Worcester, Massachusetts
Melinda Fine
Director of Education, Public
Interest Projects
Senior Fellow, NYU Wagner
School of Public Service
Research Center for
Leadership and Action
New York, New York
Howard E. Gardner
Hobbs Professor of Cognition
and Education, Harvard
Graduate School of
Education
Senior Director, Project Zero
– Harvard Graduate School
of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University
Professor, Harvard
University
Director, W. E. B. Du Bois
Institute for African and
African American Research
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sir Martin Gilbert
London, England
Carol Gilligan
University Professor,
New York University
Professor of Humanities and
Applied Psychology,
Steinhardt School of
Culture, Education, and
Human Development
New York, New York
James F. Gilligan
Clinical Professor, School of
Medicine
Adjunct Professor, School of
Law
Collegiate Professor, College of
Arts and Sciences, New
York University
New York, New York
Sol Gittleman
The Alice and
Nathan Gantcher
Distinguished University
Professor, Tufts University
Winchester, Massachusetts
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela,
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of
Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Peter Hayes
Professor of History and Chair
of the History Department,
Northwestern University
Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust
Educational Foundation
Professor, Northwestern
University
Evanston, Illinois
Richard Hovannisian
Professor of Armenian and
Near Eastern History, A.E.F.
Chair in Modern Armenian
History, University of
California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Ellen Hume
Annenberg Fellow in Civic
Media, Center for Media
and Communication
Studies, Central European
University
Budapest, Hungary
The Hon. Michael Ignatieff,
P.C., M.P.
Senior Resident, University of
Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Jonathan Judaken
Memphis, Tennessee
Michael J. Klarman
Kirkland & Ellis Professor,
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Claudia Koonz
Professor of History,
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Lawrence L. Langer
Professor of English Emeritus,
Simmons College
West Newton, Massachusetts
Hillel Levine
Professor of Sociology and
Religion, Boston University
President, International
Institute for Mediation and
Historical Conciliation
Boston, Massachusetts
Robert H. Mnookin
Williston Professor of Law and
Chair, Program on
Negotiation, Harvard Law
School
Overseer, Boston Symphony
Orchestra
Trustee, Harvard Hillel
Trustee, CPR Institute of
Dispute Resolution
Member, International Advisory
Committee, Israel
Democracy Institute
Collections Committee,
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Azar Nafisi
Executive Director, Cultural
Conversations at the Foreign
Policy Institute, Johns
Hopkins University, School
of Advanced International
Studies
Washington, District of
Columbia
Sonia M. Nieto
Professor Emerita, School
of Education, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Pedro Antonio Noguera
Executive Director,
Metropolitan Center for
Urban Education
Peter L. Agnew Professor
of Education, New York
University Steinhardt School
of Culture, Education, and
Human Development
New York, New York
Padraic O’Hare
Professor of Religious
and Theological Studies,
Merrimack College
Advisory Board, The Holocaust
Center Boston, North Inc.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
David A. Patterson
Hillel A. Feinberg Chair in
Holocaust Studies,
Ackerman Center for
Holocaust Studies,
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas
John T. Pawlikowski
Professor of Social Ethics and
Director of Catholic-Jewish
Studies, Catholic
Theological Union
President Emeritus and
Executive Board,
International Council of
Christians and Jews
Academic Committee &
Committee on Conscience,
Memorial Council, U.S.
Holocaust Memorial
Museum
Chair, Committee on Church
Relations and the
Holocaust, United States
Holocaust Memorial
Museum
Chicago, Illinois
Arn Chorn Pond
Founder and Spokesperson,
Cambodian Living Arts
Boston, Massachusetts
Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and
Faculty Associate Dean
for Student Affairs, Harvard
Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Fernando Reimers
Ford Foundation Professor of
International Education
Director, International
Education Policy Program,
Harvard Graduate School of
Education
Co-Chair, Advanced
Leadership Institute,
Harvard University
Member, Global Learning
Leadership Council,
American Association of
Colleges and Universities
Advisory Board, Comunidade
Educativa CEDAC
Member, Council on Foreign
Relations
Member, International
Academy of Education
Board of Overseers,
Museum of Science, Boston
Advisory Board, Primary
Source
Director, Room to Read
Member, United States
National Commission,
United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
Advisory Board, World
Computer Exchange
Chair, Global Agenda
Council on Education, World
Economic Forum Member,
Middle East and North
Africa Advisory Group,
World Economic Forum
Cambridge, Massachusetts
John K. Roth
Edward J. Sexton Professor
Emeritus of Philosophy
Founding Director, The Center
for Human Rights
Leadership, Claremont
McKenna College
Board of Directors, Federation
of State Humanities
Councils
Winthrop, Washington
Allan A. Ryan
Adjunct Professor of Law,
Boston College Law School
Director of Intellectual
Property, Harvard Business
School Publishing
Faculty, Harvard Extension
School
Boston, Massachusetts
Robert L. Selman, Ph.D.
Professor, Harvard Graduate
School of Education
Watertown, Massachusetts
John Shattuck
President and Rector, Central
European University
Budapest, Hungary
Rev. Kevin P. Spicer, CSC
James J. Kenneally
Distinguished Professor of
History, Stonehill College
Easton, Massachusetts
Ervin Staub
Professor of Psychology
Emeritus, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst
Founding Director of the
Doctoral Program in
the Psychology of Peace
and Violence, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst
Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Claude M. Steele, Ph.D.
Provost, Columbia University
New York, New York
Dorothy M. Steele, Ed.D.
Stanford, California
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
Courtney Sale Ross University
Professor of Globalization
and Education, New York
University Steinhardt School
of Culture, Education, and
Human Development
New York, New York
HONORARY TRUSTEESLeon Bass
Retired Principal, The
Benjamin Franklin High
School
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Sandra D. Carpenter
Exeter, New Hampshire
Sumner Feldberg
Brookline, Massachusetts
Lawrence Fuchs
Meyer & Walter Jaffe Emeritus
Professor of American
Civilization and Politics,
Brandeis University
Canton, Massachusetts
Ruthanne Fuller
City of Newton, Alderman
(City Council)
Director and Trustee,
Belmont Hill
Director, Boys and Girls Clubs
of Boston
Treasurer, Brown University
Class of 1979
Member, Overseers Advisory
Board, WGBH
Newton, Massachusetts
Esther Gens*
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
William Gold II
Board, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Board, Colorado Common
Cause
Board, Colorado Succeeds
Emeritus, National Jewish
Health
Denver, Colorado
Steven Grossman
Treasurer, State of
Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Jill Iscol
President, IF Hummingbird
Foundation, Inc.
Advisory Council, Acumen
Fund
Board of Advisors, Center
for a New American
Security (CNAS)
Advisory Board, City Year
New York
Trustee, Horizons National
President’s Advisory
Council, Teachers College,
Columbia University
Member, New York State
Commission on National
and Community Service
Board of Advisors, Iscol Family
Program for Leadership
Development at Cornell
University
Advisory Council, College of
Human Ecology at Cornell
University
New York, New York
Ira A. Jackson
Dean and Professor of
Management,
Peter F. Drucker and
Masatoshi Ito Graduate
School of Management
Board, Alliance for the
Commercialization of
Technology, San Bernardino
Board, Center for Public
Leadership
Board, City Year Los Angeles
Board, Community Wealth
Ventures, Inc.
Claremont, California
Ellen M. Poss, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Trustee, Institute of
Contemporary Art
Brookline, Massachusetts
Irving Rabb*
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Eddie Reynolds
Board Emeritus, TheatreWorks
Member, San Francisco Gay
Men’s Chorus
Project Manager, SFGMC’s
“Dear Harvey” Project
Palo Alto, California
Rhoda B. Sapers
Trustee, Berklee College
of Music
Boston, Massachusetts
Elinor A. Seevak
New York, New York
Manoog Young
Chairman, Emeritus, National
Association for Armenian
Studies and Research
Belmont, Massachusetts
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARDEx-officio on all board
committees:
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSSeth A. Klarman
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESDana W. Smith
PRESIDENTMargot Stern Strom
AUDIT COMMITTEE Chair
Alan Goldstein
Members
John Mokas
Michael Sapers
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE Chair
Lawrence M. Levy
Members
Sandra M. Carpenter
Philip H. Gordon
Ellen M. Poss
FACILITIES COMMITTEEDaniel E. Rothenberg
FINANCE COMMITTEE Chair
Elizabeth E. Jick
Members
Daniel Allen
Carl Blanchard
Jeffrey J. Bussgang
Ronald G. Casty
AJ Janower
Emily Leventhal
John Mokas
Heidi Pearlson
David Schechter
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE Chair
Karen G. Harrison
Members
Patricia S. Bellinger
Holly Brooks
Ellen B. Carmell
Eddie Reynolds
Alison Richardson
Dana W. Smith
CHICAGO ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Jill Garling
Members
Jennifer Aubrey
Christopher Benson
Gene Bindler
Ellen Carmell
Kevin Carroll
Steve Cohen
Linda B. Coleman
Theresa Cothern
Jeffrey Greenberger
Judy Greffin
Karen G. Harrison
Bruce Heyman (ex-officio)
Vicki Heyman (ex-officio)
Mark S. Hoplamazian
Roxanne Hori
Steve Koch
Stephen Lieberman
Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein
Christopher Lueking
Jill Meister
Paul Meister
Richard Melcher
Peter J. Miller
Linda Miner
Jo Ann Nathan
Stuart Nathan
Kathy Richland Pick
James Rondeau
Michael J. Sacks
Suzanne Saposnik
Carole Segal
Gordon Segal
Michele Smith
Monica Swope
Trish Tullman
Jaye Williams
Judy Wise
CLEVELAND ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Heather Ross-Lowenstein
Members
Peter Anagnostos (ex-officio)
Susan G. Block
Holly Brooks
Amy Carlson
Thomas F. Clarkson
Howard J. Freedman
Ab Glickman*
Joyce S. Glickman
Daniel J. Haynes
Emily Ingalls
Anne Juster
Amy R. Kaplan
Todd Lloyd
Jonida Preka Morelli
Amy Rogat
Sara Stashower
Loung Ung
Mary Ann Vogel
Valerie Weaver
Sally H. Wertheim
Trudy Wiesenberger
DENVER ADVISORY BOARD Chair
John A. Katzenberg
Members
Elaine Gantz Berman
Linda Campbell
Meredith Dabberdt
Bill Fulton
Ann Geldzahler
William Gold II
Helayne Jones
Megan Kemper
Tony Lewis
Michael Mazer
Kathy Neustadt
Karen Paul
Jon Pushkin
Stephanie Rossi
Angelika Schroeder
Harry Sterling
Irwin Wagner
Carol Wolf
LONDON ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Rita S. Halbright
Members
Sindy Caplan
Jonas Frantz
Terence Johnson
Binna Kandola
Lawrence M. Levy
Peggy Levy
Hannah Lewis
David Meller
Daniel Peltz
Bruce Rigal
Cliff Siegel
Lisa Tedeschini
Susan Whiddington
Judy Wise
Sue Zamkow
LOS ANGELES ADVISORY BOARD Co-Chairs
Eugene I. Krieger
Andrew S. Pauly
Members
Charlene Achki-Repko
Colette Bablon Ament
Mitra Best
Aaron Cohen
Pamela Rubin Cohen
Dean Devlin
William D. Feldman
Jane S. Herzog
Paul R. Kanin
Andrew T. Kugler
Leon Leyson
Carolyn Mahboubi
Carolyn G. Richman
Terrence Roberts
Jason D. Russell
Florence Sloan
Gerald M. Stern
Karen Sulzberger
Shirley Wang
Claudia Weill
Janice White
MEMPHIS ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Marty Kelman
Members
John Aitken
Joey Beckford
Neal Beckford
Janice Berlin
Paul Berz
Phyllis Berz
Frank Buscher
Jim Edelman
Susan Edelman
Jerry E. Ehrlich
Julie Ellis
Tina Fockler
Miriam D. Grossman
Iris Harkavy
Ann B. Hawkins
Mason Hawkins
Stephen R. Haynes
Nina Katz
Elaine Kaufman
Daniel Kiel
Meggan Wurzburg Kiel
Joanna Lipman
Sheri Lipman
Susan Mallory
Joyce Margulies
Mary McDonald
Sherri McDonald
Erin Ostrow
Iddo Patt
Glenn Sessoms
Linda Ellen N. Sklar
Michael Terry
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Patricia Toarmina
Van Turner
Dr. Jane Walters
Monica Wharton
Barbara J. Williams
NEW ENGLAND ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Tracy Palandjian
Members
Patti Bellinger
Jennifer Berylson Block
Jeffrey Bloomberg
Lisa Blumenthal
Lynda Bussgang
Tom Cavanagh
Lisa Cloitre
James Andrew Watson David
Laura DeBonis
Marsha Feinberg
Rena Finder
Wendy Fischman
Abraham Gutman
Jill Karp
Susan Kaufman
Beth Klarman
Emily Leventhal
John F. Levy
Karen S. Levy
Kristen Lucken
Dale S. Mnookin
Lisa Mooney
Heidi Pearlson
Deborah Plummer
Frances S. Putnoi
Jeffrey F. Rayport
Marci Sapers
David Schechter
Terry Schubach
Dana W. Smith
Gwenn Snider
Jody Snider
Kate Taylor
Susan W. Tofias
Karen Tucker
Maurice Vanderpol
Beverly Woo
NEW YORK ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Julie Abrams Leff
Members
Jon R. Bauer
Pascale E. Berner
Rob Beyer
Cecilia Chan
Lee A. Daniels
Jill Dimitrief
Michael S. Feldberg
Lori Fife
Mark S. Fife
Kathy Fuld
Sally Gordon
Joe Jackson
Evelyn B. Kalibala
Floy B. Kaminski
Anla Cheng Kingdon
Shelly Kivell
Michael B. Lowenstein
Evan C. Meyers
Eric M. Mindich
Jane C. Och
Lisa Paige
Richard Perry
Thomas Russo
Judith C. Siegel
Anthony Sosnick
Katrin Sosnick
Rachel Strom
Dorothy Tananbaum
Zoe Tananbaum
David R. Trower
Skip E. Vichness
Jedd Wider
Todd Wider
ONTARIO ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Myra Novogrodsky
Members
Zanana Akande
Frank Bialystok
Pat Case
Leslie Dan
Ursula Franklin
Ronald Hoffman
John Honderich
Michele Landsberg
Nate Leipciger
Carole Ann Reed
Lesley Shore
Betty Ann Taylor
Sharon Weintraub
Margaret Wells
Margie Wolfe
SAN FRANCISCO ADVISORY BOARD Chair
Susie Richardson
Members
Ida Abbott
Deborah E. Barber
Juli Betwee
James R. Brown
Gloria Clumeck
Caretha Coleman
Mahindar K. Dhaliwal
Barbara Elsberg
Debra Engel
Sandra Feldman
Judith M. Goldman
Marina Gorbis
Jeffrey R. Greendorfer
Judy Heyboer
Edward Jones
Daniel S. Katz
Karen Springer Kronick
Hal Luft
Lori Luft
Karan A. Merry
Michaela Raikes
Barbara Reiss-Snyder
Eddie Reynolds
Andrew Richardson
Carol M. Sands
Betty Schafer
Sue Ann Schiff
Connie Shapiro
Joyce Reynolds Sinclair
Barbara Sonneborn
Sharman Spector-Angel
Barbara Spreng
Merna Wechsler
Hon. Rebecca Westerfield
(ret.)
Diane Jordan Wexler
Jane Zinner
* Deceased
Facing History and Ourselves welcomes the following incoming Advisory Board Chairs:
Jill Karp, New England
Erin Ostrow, Memphis
STAFF(includes staff employed
between July 1, 2010 and
June 30, 2011)
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORPresident/Executive Director
Margot Stern Strom
Associate Executive Director
Marty Sleeper
Chief Operating Officer
Michael Durney
Chief Strategy Officer
Terry Tollefson
Liaison, Office of the Executive
Director
Kim Baskin
Coordinator, Office of the
Executive Director
Bing Bing Wang
PROGRAMVice President &
Chief Program Officer
Marc Skvirsky
Program Director,
Regional Operations
Ted Scott
Program Director,
Staff Development
Dimitry Anselme
International Director
Karen Murphy
Director, Program Growth &
Development
Molly Schen
Program Director, Technology
Deborah Chad
Director, Program Operations
Karen Barss
Associate Program Director,
Staff Development
Phredd MatthewsWall
Associate Director,
Online Learning
John Englander
Senior Associate, Staff
Development
William Miller
Senior Project Manager,
Program Operations
Ronnie Millar
Senior Fellow
Richard Barbieri
Program Associate, Technology
K.C. Kourtz
Project Manager,
Program Operations
Lara Therrien
Program Data Specialist
Nancy Griffin
Special Projects Coordinator
Judi Bohn
National/International Program
Coordinators
Fuzieh Jallow
Ilana Offenberger
Coordinator, Online Learning &
Program Technology
Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka
Program Technology Coordinator
Kit Stanton
NORTH AMERICA PROJECTSenior Historian
Mary Johnson
National & North America
Program Coordinator
Nathan Phipps
JEWISH EDUCATIONDirector, Center for Jewish
Education
Janice Darsa
Jewish Education Project Lead,
Los Angeles
Beth Cohen
Senior Program Associate,
Jewish Education Program
Shira Deener
Program Associate, Jewish
Education Program
Tzipora Weinberg
Jewish Education Program
Coordinators
Gabrielle Thal-Pruzan
Amanda Hadad
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTDirector of Content, Research
and Development
Adam Strom
Senior Associate for Curriculum
Resource Development
Phyllis Goldstein
Curriculum Writer & Historian,
Research & Development
Dan Eshet
Manager for Curriculum &
Program Development
Elisabeth Kanner
Coordinator, R&D
Stephanie Gerard
EVALUATIONDirector of Evaluation
Dennis Barr
Associate Director of Evaluation
Anna Romer
Research Assistants for
Evaluation
Abigail Mann
Meaghan Mingo
GLOBAL FUNDRAISINGChief Development Officer
Usha Pasi
Senior Director, Development &
External Affairs
Christine Stokes
Senior Director Organizational
Advancement
Judy Wise
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Pamela Burlingham Hurd
Director, Development
Operations
Deborah Fagone
Senior Individual Giving Officer
Steven Presser
Director, Grant Programs
Jill Martyn
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Associate Director,
Grant Programs
Victoria Frothingham
Associate Director, Development
Information & Support Services
Jill Dannay
Assistant Directors, Grant
Programs
Erin Lee
Larisa Pazmiño
Assistant Director, Grant
Programs & Special Projects
Eve Crevoshay
Grant Writers
Emily Oswald
Julia Franks
Lydia Dana
Project Specialist, Development
Priscilla McCarthy
Coordinator, Office of the Chief
Development Officer
Jennifer Tan
Development Assistant,
Major Gifts
Jolene Crosby-Jones
Development Information &
Support Services Assistants
Meaghan Giangregorio
Elizabeth Sweet
Development Assistant
Cara Wagner
EXTERNAL AFFAIRSDirector, Choosing to Participate
Sarah Haacke
Office of the Executive Director
Choosing to Participate Manager
Erica Stern
Associate Director,
Communications
Andrea Zuniga
Associate Director, Design
Jenifer Snow
Assistant Director,
External Affairs
Emma Samler
External Affairs Coordinator
Emily Blackie
Choosing to Participate
Coordinator, Washington, DC
Lindsay Bowles
PUBLISHING
Library ServicesDirector, Library Services
Tracy O’Brien
Librarian
Eva Radding
Library Assistants
Erin Griffin
Katherine Boylan
Publishing & New MediaManager, Publishing and New
Media
Catherine O’Keefe
Print Publishing Assistant
April Lambert
Video ProductionAssociate Director,
Video Production
Mark Chapin
Video Production Assistants
(Northeastern Co-op)
Robert Tokanel
Patrick Crowley
MANAGEMENT SERVICES
OperationsDirector of Operations &
Strategic Communications
Brooke Harvey
Manager, Project Operations
Amy Clatworthy
Project Managers, Operations
Emma Smizik
Nina Robinson
Anika Bachhuber
Ellen Lampereur Greaves
FinanceChief Financial Officer
Benjamin Mahnke
Controller
Stephen Ford
Manager, Project Financial
Analysis
Nancy Englander
Manager, Organizational Budget
Analysis
John Williams
Accounts Receivable Manager
Tim Toeum
Accounts Payable Manager
Titina Johnson
Financial Analyst
Hanna Teklit
Human ResourcesAssociate Director, Human
Resources
Jon Cramer
Assistant Director,
Human Resources
Ashlyn Gorlin
Senior Benefits & HR Associate
Barbara DeVries
Human Resources Manager
Carol Griffin
Information TechnologyDirector of Information
Technology
Elijah Lapson
Network Systems Manager
Jared Boesse
Web Application
Developer/Production Manager
Adam Bernstein
Senior Technical Support
Associate
Arthur Guercilena
Web Production Coordinator
Ilana Klarman
FacilitiesOffice Services & Facilities
Manager
Margaret Gouthro
Custodial Services Coordinator
Carole Danforth
Custodial Services Assistant
Tammy Edinger
Receptionists
Ernestine Gianelly
Jane Mackenzie
Dorothy O’Connell
CHICAGODirector
Bonnie Oberman
Associate Program Director
Dunreith Kelly Lowenstein
Associate Director, Development
Roxanne DeGraff
Senior Program Associate
Chuck Meyers
Program Associates
Denise Gelb
Sonjanita Moore
Development Associate
Eleanor Perrone
Program & Administrative
Assistant
Rebecca Waldman
CLEVELANDDirector
Mark Swaim-Fox
Senior Program Associate
Pamela Donaldson
Program Associate
Susan Herrick
Development Associate
Tracey Frierson
Administrative Assistants
Jill Penate
Kristin Duns
DENVER & ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATESDirector
Fran Sterling
Associate Director, Development
Kristina Drinkwine
Program Associate
Heather Frazier
Administrative Assistant
Karen Mortimer
Administrative & Development
Assistant
Dorothy Abdullah
Program & Development
Assistant
Katie Terrazas Hoover
LONDONUK Programme Coordinator
Michael McIntyre
Office Manager
Jackie Brennan
LOS ANGELESDirector
Marti Tippens Murphy
Associate Director,
Organizational Advancement
(West Coast)
Elizabeth Vogel
Associate Program Director
Mary Hendra
Senior Program Associate
Daniel Alba
Development Associate
Jennifer Lenardson
Office Manager & Events
Coordinator
Sarah Pluth
MEMPHISSenior Director
Rachel Shankman
Senior Associate, Urban
Education and Organizational
Initiatives
Steven Becton
Associate Program Director
Michele Phillips
Associate Director, Development
Sonji Branch
Program Associates
Susan Snodgrass
Sarah Kron Stuart
Development Associate
Lauren Grossman
Office Manager/Program
Coordinator
Laura Marchini
Choosing to Participate
Coordinators
Nancy Knight
Michael Parnell
Development Assistants
Janice Berlin
Leslie Vanelli
NEW ENGLANDProgram Director
Francesca Colletti
Associate Program Director
Jennifer Jones-Clark
Assistant Director, Development
Farrell Boucher
Senior Program Associates
Jimmie Jones
Laura Tavares
Jocelyn Stanton
Program Associates
Adrianne Billingham Bock
Jeremy Nesoff
Program Coordinator
Princess Johnson
NEW YORKDirector
Peter Nelson
Director, NY Operations &
Strategic Partnerships
Stacy Abramson
Associate Director,
Organizational Advancement
Pamela Haas Schwab
Associate Program Director
Kevin Feinberg
Associate Program Director,
Special Projects
Catina Bacote
Associate Director, Development
Stephanie Ramos
Senior Program Associates
Tracy Garrison-Feinberg
David Levy
Program Associates
Juan Castellanos
Tanya Huelett
David Schwartz
Eleanor Zupancic
Development Associate
Emily Barrett
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Program Coordinators
Andrea Elganzoury
Justine Ambrose
Administrative Coordinator
Shoshanna Bailey
Development Assistant
Alexandra Hawkins
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREADirector
Jack Weinstein
Senior Program Associate
Milton Reynolds
Program Associate
Mark Davis
Office Manager/Program
Coordinator
Karen Weinstein
Development & Administrative
Coordinator
Karen Foster
TORONTODirector
Leora Schaefer
Program Associate
Jasmine Wong
Office Coordinator
Jeannette Slater
“Facing History and Ourselves elicits from young people serious moral responses to difficult moral questions, and I think we need as much of that as we can get.”
Kwame Anthony AppiahProfessor, Princeton University Department of Philosophy & University Center for Human Values
Appiah was recently awarded the 2011 National Humanities Medal. He succeeds Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow as Chair of the Facing History and Ourselves Board of Scholars.
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