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Caryn G. Mathes
Fiscal Year 2013 was an exciting and challenging time for all
of us at WAMU 88.5. We saw WAMU 88.5 move to the top
radio position for both the Washington, D.C. metro area and
for public radio nationwide. Our core websites, wamu.org and
drshow.org, had their best year ever, and we continued to
attract a solid donor and underwriter base.
We faced the challenges of construction and equipment
purchases that came with acquiring our new Media Center at
4401 Connecticut Avenue, NW, and we are thrilled with the
results! Now home to all of our stations and services, the Media
Center will help us achieve success in the years that come.
In a challenging economic year, total support grew approximately 10 percent from
$20.6 million in FY2012 to $22.1 million in FY2013. Total expenses grew from $20.4
million in FY2012 to $23.3 million FY2013. The increase in spending was planned and
relates to our new Media Center.
A highlight for me last year was the time I spent with donors. You gave me inspiration
for WAMU 88.5’s future and reinforced just how special our public media organization is.
This is my last annual report for WAMU 88.5. As I look forward to new challenges at
KUOW in Seattle, I know that I am leaving WAMU 88.5 in strong and capable hands.
I am personally and professionally invested in WAMU 88.5 and I’m proud of each and
every one of you—our donors, grantors, underwriters, staff, volunteers, Community
Council and Development Advisory Council members, AU leadership, and especially
our listeners—together, we have created an incredible public media organization.
I look forward to continued reports of greatness from WAMU 88.5. I remain, always,
a champion for WAMU 88.5 and a friend to American University.
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Message
A message from the General Manager
Daily Talk
Daily talk shows
The Diane Rehm Show
Diane Rehm has captured attention for years
with her distinctive call-in format and her
uncanny ability to draw out guests so they
create colorful and intimate verbal landscapes
for listeners.
Highlights
John Irving Discusses In One Person: A Novel
(June 9, 2012)
Calling In One Person his most political novel to
date, Irving revealed how he crafts his work, waits at least 10 years before tackling significant
issues, and senses that Americans have great resistance to sexual tolerance.
Living with Migraine and the Search for New Treatments (August 18, 2012)
An expert panel discussed current understanding of migraines’ genetic roots, myriad ways
they’re diagnosed, often days before or after onset, and rapid advances in the science,
fielding questions about triggers and treatment from call-in guests.
A Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (January 30, 2013)
Justice Sotomayor described living with diabetes since age 7, how she improved her English
at Princeton using vocabulary books, how her difficult relationship with her mother changed
when she wrote a book, and how fear still affects her life.
Community Outreach
Parkinson’s Voice Project . .................. Dallas, TX
Special Reading, Surviving Grace..... Washington, D.C.
station visits
WBAA.......................................................... Purdue, IN
KERA............................................................ Dallas, TX
WRVO.......................................................... Oswego, NY
WXXI............................................................ Rochester, NY
WLRN........................................................... Miami, FL
WITF............................................................. Harrisburg, PA
WCBU.......................................................... Peoria, IL
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The Kojo Nnamdi Show
From technology to food to politics, Kojo Nnamdi’s relaxed interviewing style and nimble
production team enable listeners to gain new perspectives on breaking news and unusual
topics from nationally-known guests and experts.
Highlights
The Fallout: D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown Resigns (June 7, 2012)
The day after Kwame Brown became the second elected official charged with a felony that
year to resign, the team assembled a panel of political and legal experts to provide context
and set the tone for ongoing WAMU coverage of D.C. Council corruption.
DeafSpace: Architecture And the Deaf Community (September 9, 2012)
Via live streaming video, interpreters and transcription, the show enabled deaf students to
describe the newest dormitory at Gallaudet University, which has unique and subtle design
features to help the deaf to communicate visually.
Convention Coverage 2012: A Local Perspective on a National Election
A dynamic week of live broadcasts from the Republican and Democratic national conventions
included interviews with key politicians, discussions of party platforms, and even local cuisine.
Community Outreach
“Kojo in Your Community” events
included a live neighborhood
conversation in Washington, D.C.’s
Columbia Heights.
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Daily Talk
daily talk shows
weekly Shows
weekly shows
Metro Connection
Metro Connection is a deep, sound-rich dive into
people, places and stories from the heart of the city
to the beach.
Highlights
Virginia Trappist Monks Grapple with Uncertain
Future (July 20, 2012)
Rebecca Sheir’s two-part series focused on monks
at Virginia’s Holy Cross Abbey, who are increasingly
elderly, ill and looking for new ways to ensure the
abbey’s survival.
Coping with the Loss of a Newborn Child (February 1, 2013)
Emily Berman’s sensitive handling of how one family coped with losing their infant
son generated a great deal of positive listener feedback.
Playing to Win: The D.C. Sled Sharks (December 9, 2011)
Emily Berman’s piece explored a sled hockey team for kids in wheelchairs.
The Animal House
The Animal House is a national weekly journal about animal concerns across the
globe.
Highlights
Changing the World by Connecting with Wildlife (April 13, 2013)
Elizabeth Howard, founder and director of Journey North, tracked with a million
students and educators the seasonal migratory patterns of North American
wildlife. The website, Journey North, shares their results.
Giving Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay a Second Chance (February 2, 2013)
The Chesapeake Bay oyster population is now a fraction of what it once was, so
the Harris Creek Habitat Restoration Project is putting tens of millions of oysters
back into the bay. Stephan Abel, executive director of the Oyster Recovery
Partnership, discussed the East Coast’s largest oyster restoration effort.
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weekly shows
weekly shows
The Big Broadcast
The Big Broadcast has a special place in
WAMU’s history as the longest-running
program. Host Ed Walker shares his collection of vintage radio programs from
the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s each week.
Ed Walker, the show’s host, was one of
the founders of the original WAMU, the
AM campus radio station that preceded
WAMU 88.5. Ed was elected to the Radio
Hall of Fame’s “Local or Regional - Pioneer”
category in 2009.
One listener tells us, “I have particularly
fond and vivid memories of our whole
family listening to WAMU’s Big Broadcast. Sometimes, when driving home after a family weekend away, the children
would set aside their conversation or
bickering to listen.”
Hot Jazz Saturday Night
Since 1980, host Rob Bamberger has created a
cornucopia of jazz from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s
alerting listeners to where they can acquire most
of the music featured on Hot Jazz Saturday Night.
Rob was the lead author of a Congressionallymandated study on recorded sound preservation
through the National Recording Preservation
Board. This study was the foundation for the
National Plan for Recorded Sound Preservation,
which was released in 2013.
Rob has written the notes for more than two
dozen CDs on a wide range of themes and
performers. He also gives talks on an equally
varied selection of topics.
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News
news
On-Air and Online
WAMU 88.5 has been building its on-air and online news team over the past two years. The
results can be seen in the depth and breadth of our coverage in FY2013 and the quality with
which we create stories.
Highlights
Suspicious Money Orders Tied to DC Lawmakers (January 18, 2013)
Patrick Madden’s series about campaign finance violations focused on major restrictions on
money orders that were used to fund political campaigns in Washington, D.C. As a result
of this and other coverage, federal authorities continue to investigate the campaign finance
corruption involving District government lawmakers. This series had a major on-air presence
and was also available online.
2012 Voter Guide
During the national and local 2012 campaign season, the digital media team created a special
voter guide, giving visitors from Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia a robust tool to
compare candidates’ views on the major issues side-by-side. Visitors were able to see a list
of races and referendums on their ballot specific to an entered address, take notes, choose
the candidate of their liking, and take the information to the ballot. Approximately 400,000
people used the guide.
Yesterday’s Dropouts in D.C. (April 18, 2013)
Kavitha Cardoza’s series focused on the struggles adults face long after they leave school
without a diploma. She examined the national debate around education and what happens
when children grow up without a diploma and try to make their way into the world. The series
initially aired on WAMU 88.5, and a special section on wamu.org was created with more detailed
stories, interactive maps, video and slideshows.
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On-Air and Online
Federal Spending and the D.C. Area (March 2013)
Debate on government spending was key in the 2012 elections, but the federal government’s
scope has special significance in the D.C. area, where so many residents have some tie to Uncle
Sam. Informed by the Public Insight Network, Rebecca Blatt, Jonathan Wilson and Matt Laslo’s
series looked at the economic, political and emotional impact of fundamental questions, such
as what role should government play, and at what cost? The series was named Outstanding
News Series at the CAPBA awards.
State Integrity Investigation
Michael Pope, Patrick Madden and Matt Bush were local contributors to the State Integrity
Investigation in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. They provided local reporting in
conjunction with the larger national investigation seeking to gauge actual levels of transparency
in individual state governments.
Massive Flooding on Eastern Seaboard, Ocean City Pier Destroyed (October 29, 2012)
Bryan Russo’s Hurricane Sandy breaking news article updated readers on the situation from
Ocean City, Md., one of the hardest-hit areas in our region.
In D.C., Three Minimum Wage Jobs Needed to Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment
(March 19, 2013)
WAMU 88.5 expanded its news to include digital-first coverage, reporting beyond what
listeners heard. Chris Chester’s stories on local social and economic trends were among the
most popular on the site, including this one about the high cost of living in Washington, D.C.
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News
NEWS
Bluegrass country
Live at 45
Celebrating 45 Years of Bluegrass on WAMU
On November 2, 2012, WAMU 88.5 celebrated 45
years of bluegrass programming with a live concert
at George Washington University Lisner Auditorium,
featuring 2012 IBMA Entertainers of the Year The
Gibson Brothers, and IBMA Hall of Fame member Del
McCoury and the Del McCoury Band.
Listeners opened their wallets during our Fall
Membership Campaign to show their support, setting
a new record for WAMU’s Bluegrass Country with
604 donors pledging $74,928.
Then they topped themselves during the Winter
Membership Campaign, with 780 donors pledging
$89,000.
We’re attracting new listeners by featuring live guests
who are making waves in the industry. In January
2013, Della Mae and her band visited the station to
perform “Empire.” The band went on to be honored
as 2013 IBMA Emerging Artists of the Year.
Danny and Ryan Paisley dropped by to join host Katy
Daley in studio on February 28, 2013 to play selections
from the new Danny Paisley & Southern Grass album,
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Road Into Town. Ryan was
the third generation of the
Paisley family to perform on
WAMU.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country
was honored to receive two
nominations during the 39th
Annual SPBGMA (Society for
the Preservation of Bluegrass
Music of America). Bluegrass
Country was nominated as
Bluegrass Radio Station of the Year, and host Katy
Daley received her first nomination as Bluegrass DJ
of the Year.
Our New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day show are
annual traditions, featuring the top 50 songs of the
year from the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 charts,
which Lee Michael Demsey has compiled for more
than 30 years, as well as our favorite guests of the
year.
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Giving
Giving
Development
More than 50 percent of WAMU 88.5’s
revenue comes from private donors, with
an additional 10 percent from foundations.
We would not exist without their support.
Two of our donors shared their stories with
us last year.
Navroz Gandhi
Leadership Circle Donor, Development
Advisory Council Member
“Thoughtful, honest and unique, there isn’t a day when WAMU is not playing on my radio. In a
world of constant marketing and sensational headlines, from the time I wake up, to the time I
sleep, I trust the journalists at NPR and WAMU to provide an insightful perspective on what’s
going on around me, as well as the world in which I live.
“The station brings a level of civil discourse and exchange of ideas that not only educates me,
but draws me into stories and subjects I never would have thought interesting. Morning Edition,
All Things Considered, Kojo, Diane, This American Life, Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, Tell Me More,
the list goes on—you’re going to have to pry my hands off that dial before I change the station!”
Carolyn Eldred
WAMU Volunteer
“I became much more intentional in my planning so as to focus more narrowly on what I value,”
Carolyn said, so in 2012 in her will, to show her appreciation for favorite programming such as
The Diane Rehm Show, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, The Animal House, Car Talk and Science Friday,
she established an endowed fund to support the news department by providing training for
up-and-coming journalists.
In addition to attending “stuffing parties” to prepare mailings, or answering phones during onair campaigns, Carolyn enjoys volunteering because everyone is “so nice and so smart.” She
hopes her actions will inspire others and encourage listeners to join her in making a bequest to
the station. She is pleased to make a difference to WAMU, both today and tomorrow.
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Corporate Underwriting
As a public radio station, WAMU 88.5 does not sell advertising; instead, we offer 15-second
recognition spots for businesses. Approximately 40 percent of WAMU’s operating revenue
comes from corporate underwriting. Our sponsors recognize the value of using our platforms
to share their message.
DelCor Technology Solutions
DelCor Technology Solutions is committed to helping trade associations, professional
societies, unions, educational organizations and not-for-profits advance their missions and
their contributions to society through the progressive, strategic application of technology.
Founded in Silver Spring, Md., in 1984, DelCor is also committed to improving the community in
which its employees and clients operate. DelCor supports WAMU for its long-standing role as
an impartial, community-based news source and catalyst for connecting with progress.
The Alden Theatre
The Alden is a 383-seat performing arts venue in McLean, Va., and a proud supporter of WAMU
88.5. The theatre presents international touring acts, many of which perform at the area’s bigname venues. Because of its location in a suburban community center, it wanted to increase
its presence.
Underwriting support for WAMU allows the theatre to reach its ideal audience: intellectually
curious, well-educated, international, high income and savvy. Through underwriting programs
on WAMU, the Alden not only becomes known to potential audience members, but also
communicates that it values the same things as WAMU listeners: diversity, balance and
excellence.
FY2013: Top 10 Underwriting Clients
n Bloomberg Government
n C & I Energy Savings Program
n City Eats
n Deloitte
n GDIT
n GEICO
n Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau
n Lincoln Motor Co.
n Pepco & Delmarva
n Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
n SAIC
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investment
investment
2013 performance
Dollar
Amount
(in millions)
Cume #s
NET RESERVE BALANCE
Net Reserve Balance
(in thousands)
Weekly
Average
Cume.
weekly
average
cume.
800
16
$14,972,764
781,500
total
audience
700
14
600
12
500
10
691,400
DC Metro
audience
400
8
300
6
$4,533,000*
200
4
100
2
0
0
‘09
‘10
‘11
‘12
‘13
Year
‘09
*Decrease represents down payment on
Media Center
at 4401
Connecticut
Ave, NW
*Decrease
represents
down payment
on
‘10
‘11
‘12
‘13*
Year
*numbers based on Winter/Spring of 2013
*numbers based on Winter/Spring of 2013
Media Center at 4401 Connecticut Ave, NW
online visitors
(in millions)
total donors
4,018,169
Number
of Donors
(as of 8/13)
4
WAMU
+DRS
website’s
unique
visitors
3.5
3
(in thousands)
60
53,935
50
2.5
2,199,1325
2
40
(as of 8/13)
Digital
Stream
cume.
1.5
30
1
20
.5
10
0
0
‘09
‘10
‘11
‘12
‘13
Year
‘09
12
‘10
‘11
‘12
‘13
Year
Net Reserve Balance
REVENUES
REVENUES
$9.97
$9.97
million
million
Contributions
Contributions
$8.87
$8.87
million
million
Corporate
Corporate
Underwriting
Underwriting
$1.4
$1.4
million
million
Grants
Grants
$1.17
$1.17
million
million
American
American
University
University
Donated
Donated
Services
Services
$597,000
$597,000
Other
Other
$123,000
$123,000
Business
Business
Income
Income
$22.13
$22.13
million
million
total
total
WAMU spent several years building
its reserve so that it could purchase
a new Media Center. Opened in
September 2013, WAMU invested
$10 million of its reserve into the new
center.
Weekly Average Cume
WAMU subscribes to Nielsen Audio,
which measures our cumulative onair listening audience. WAMU’s total
audience includes the Washington,
D.C., Baltimore and Ocean City/Salisbury metro areas.
Online Visitors
WAMU’s web traffic has seen significant growth over the last several years. WAMU measures unique
visitors to its websites as well as our
cumulative online listening audience.
Total Donors
$9.63 million
Salaries and Benefits
WAMU continues to attract more
donors each year. Even with the
challenges of our current economy,
community members continue to
consider WAMU a worthy cause.
$2.97 million
Production
Revenues
EXPENSES
$6.5 million
Facilities & Administrative
Individual donations, grants from
foundations, and corporate underwriting continue to fund WAMU. The
majority of our contributions come
from nongovernment sources.
$2.1 million
General Supplies & Expenses
Expenses
$1.8 million
NPR Dues
$324,000
Donated Services
$23.32 million total
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WAMU spends the majority of its revenues on its people, production and
technology. We anticipate this trend
will continue as we develop more
original programming.
Notable awards
Fiscal Year 2013 NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Kojo Nnamdi — Best Radio
Personality in Washington,
City Paper Best of D.C. Poll
Major construction on WAMU’s new Media Center at 4401 Connecticut Avenue,
N.W., was a major focus and included the build-out of studio space and a theater.
Kojo Nnamdi — Named to
Washington Life’s Power
100 List
WAMU listenership* grew from FY2012 to FY2013. For WAMU 88.5, average
quarter hour share (listeners to the station) grew by 28 percent. Average quarter
hour persons (total number of listeners during any 15-minute period) grew by
21 percent, and weekly cume (total number of listeners in an average week)
grew by 10 percent. For Bluegrass Country, weekly cume for its HD station grew
by 40 percent.
Metro Connection:
Outstanding Public
Affairs Program — 2012
Chesapeake Associated
Press Broadcasters
Association Award (CAPBA)
Metro Connection: “Playing
to Win: The D.C. Sled
Sharks” — Outstanding
Feature/Human Interest
Story, 2012 CAPBA
News: “Suspicious Money
Orders Tied To D.C.
Lawmakers” — Outstanding
Enterprise Reporting, 2012
CAPBA Award
News: “The Silver Line
Project” — Outstanding
Coverage of a Continuing
Story, 2012 CAPBA Award
News: “Federal Spending
and the D.C. Area” —
Outstanding News Series,
2012 CAPBA Award
News: Local contributions
to the “State Integrity
Investigation” in
Washington, D.C., Virginia
and Maryland —
2012 National Edward R.
Murrow Award
Listeners
Original Content
The Diane Rehm Show aired on 191 stations, a 9 percent increase from FY2012.
The national audience increased 7 percent to nearly 2.5 million listeners.
WAMU 88.5 News produced “American Graduate,” a series from Kavitha Cardoza examining the dropout crisis in D.C. schools.
WAMU 88.5’s Homelessness Week content included the Community Minute,
news features, documentaries and specials on our talk shows.
Digital Media
Unique visitors to wamu.org grew by 38 percent and we launched a mobile site.
Firsts for our website included an interactive voter guide for the 2012 elections
and digital-first articles. The Diane Rehm Show Friday News Roundup was
WAMU’s first live video streaming effort.
Technology
WAMU researched, designed and began implementation of digital broadcast and
integrated data systems for the Media Center. This new digital facility will serve our
needs for the next 20 years.
Development
Membership has increased 20 percent over the past five years. For FY2013,
Leadership Circle contributions increased 12 percent, and sustaining donors
from the fall on-air campaign doubled from FY2012.
Underwriting
The Sanju K. Bansal Foundation reached a total investment of more than
$1 million. City Eats, a new national client, was one of our highest-grossing clients,
and The Knight Foundation’s annual investment increased by 44 percent.
Marketing and Communications
WAMU continued its advertising campaign, “The Mind Is Our Medium.” The station
produced 31 Community Minute spots highlighting worthy nonprofits, and 35
media sponsorships were awarded with an emphasis on arts and entertainment.
*Washington, DC Metro, AQH Persons, Share and Cume, P6+, Monday-Sunday 6am-Midnight, April 2012-April
2013, copyright Nielsen Audio PPM
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The new Media Center is WAMU’s most significant goal for FY14. We successfully moved in to
the new building in September 2013.
Listeners
WAMU will continue to develop programs and original content to retain current listeners and
attract new listeners.
Original Content
The Animal House, our national weekly show about nature and the environment and the bonds
we create, will increase its national carriage.
WAMU News will develop investigative and in-depth stories. Breaking Ground with Kavitha
Cardoza, a new national documentary series focused on specific issues that poor and
disenfranchised Americans face, launched its first documentary in the fall and is developing a
new documentary for the winter.
Digital Media
WAMU 88.5 will expand digital reporting and introduce endeavors to attract more online
users. This includes an interactive journalism project as part of WAMU News series “Deals for
Developers,” development of websites for new programs, a new music site, Bandwidth, and
important design revisions to wamu.org, drshow.org and kojoshow.org.
Technology
WAMU will create an efficient, reliable system to support the new generation of network
systems and equipment in the new Media Center, conduct staff training and implement effective
service-level agreements with contractors and vendors.
Development
WAMU will focus on principal gifts to repay its no interest loan for the Media Center, upgrading
donations from long-term members, estate/legacy gifts and the monthly sustained giving
program.
Underwriting
WAMU will focus on increasing both its local and national footprint, use the new Media Center
as a vehicle to solidify ties with the community and local businesses, and develop ongoing
partnerships to help advance strategic initiatives.
Marketing and Communications
WAMU will begin marketing programs and news reports to consumers and carrying stations,
develop donor material, and cultivate media sponsorships with arts and entertainment
organizations. The Community Minute project will be expanded to include sound-rich spots
recorded in the field.
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Acheivements & goals
GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014
volunteers
volunteers
We rely on listeners to serve as volunteers for four programs: Rising high school seniors who
participated in our new Summer of Service program, Ambassadors at community events,
Membership Campaign assistants, and Daytime Station Support. In FY2013, our 605 volunteers
donated 5,908 hours of their time to these programs, and we couldn’t be the strong organization
we are without their loyal support.
In recognition of their contribution, volunteers Jennifer Brady, Brian Greenberg and Karen
Schraer-Molitors were recognized as WAMU 88.5 Volunteers of the Year for their work on
the station’s volunteer newsletter, Air Waves. The Special Projects Award was presented to
Natalie Yuravlivker for her detailed work assisting education reporter Kavitha Cardoza with the
American Graduate series.
FY2013 Volunteers of the Month
May 2012
Daniel Magnolia
June 2012
H. Jasmine Malumian
July 2012
Alison Curtis
August 2012
Jack Lass
September 2012
Nancy Boselovic
October 2012
Jane Rifkin
November 2012
The Membership Campaign Volunteers
December 2012
Madison Fossen
January 2013
Richard & Martha Pine
February 2013
Laura Chambers
March 2013
The Membership Campaign Volunteers
April 2013
Marlene Hammond
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DONORS
Foundation and Institutional
Gifts and Grants
Adler Family Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
AMG Charitable Gift Foundation
The Austin Foundation, Inc.
Bernstein Family Foundation
Collins Riley Fund of the AMG
Charitable Gift Foundation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Efrein Foundation, Inc.
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Evergreen Fund
The Farvue Foundation, Inc.
The Roger and Katherine Feinthel Charitable Fund
The Heming Foundation
The Henry Foundation, Inc.
Holland Family Charitable Fund of the Greater
Kansas City Community Foundation
Island Press
The Jerome Jacobson Foundation
The Jake Foundation
Joanne Barker
The Eleanor Kohn Fund
The Marlot Foundation
The Meisel Group
Moriah Fund, Inc.
Open Society Institute Matching Gifts
James and Theodore Pedas Family Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation
Irving and Dorothy Rom Charitable
Foundation Inc.
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation
The Share Fund of the Community Foundation
for the National Capital Region
William J. and Sally R. Siegel Foundation, Ltd.
Stoddard Family Foundation
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Sunrise Charitable Foundation Trust
Antoine and Emily van Agtmael
The Troy Foundation
Wallace Genetic Foundation, Inc.
The Abraham and Virginia Weiss
Charitable Trust Amy and Marc Meadows
WJS Foundation, Inc.
The Williams Foundation
WNYC Radio
World Bank Community
Connections Fund
Individual Major Donors
Visionary Level ($25,000 or greater)
Anonymous (3)
Caryn G. Mathes
Virginia A. McArthur
Victoria P. and Roger W. Sant
Director Level ($10,000-24,999.99)
Anonymous (1)
Charles D. Jacobson and Tanjam Jacobson
Richard and Barbara Kaufmann
Lee G. Kirstein
Alfred Lewis III
Kathleen A. Maloy and Heather L. Burns
William J. Moore III
Robert P. Moroney
Joan Murray
The Pringle Family in memory of Sandy MacGregor Pringle
Chandler M. Tagliabue and Paul J. Tagliabue
Grace and Chapman Taylor
L. David Taylor
DONORS
Broadcaster Level ($5,000.00-9,999.99)
Producer Level ($2,500.00-4,999.99)
Anonymous (3)
William L. Anderson and Catherine L. Anderson
Mary and Alexander Barth
Will Cramer
Elizabeth R. Derleth
Howard I. Fox
Donetta George
Julie and John Hamre
Sally and Steve Herman
Elizabeth L. Hughes
Thomas S. Kahn and Susanna Schwartz-Sanchez
James V. Kimsey
Susan J. Koch
Linda Lipsett and Jules Bernstein
Herbert and Patrice Miller
Mike R. Moldover
Jeffry H. and Eileen Nelson
Wendy Nilsen
Stacy E. Palmer
Estate of Luke Harvey Poe Jr.
James S. and Marcia B. Rosenheim
James Shutzer
Estate of Ruth St. John
Catherine Wakelyn
Matthew S. Watson and Ellen Cabot
Kenneth and Dottie Woodcock
Ellen and Bernard Young
Anonymous (10)
Peter Ainsworth
George M. Alvarez-Correa and Wati Alvarez-Correa
Rev. Stephen M. Anderson and Mrs. Jane W. Anderson
Michelle Baldacci
James M. Barse
Michael Berger
Nancy A. Bliss and Don Bliss
Nathan Brenneman
Craig S. Brooks
Christine P. Brown
Jay C. Brown and Kathryn K. Brown
Annie L. Burns and John T. Monahan
Mary M. Cabriele and David S. Hudson
Carol A. Campbell
Gwendolyn Cardno
Joan R. Challinor
Lee Clarke and Kristin M. Neun Esq.
Sylvia Collins and Jerome F. Collins
Jason DeFotnes
Gertrude Delfino
Dorothy L. DuBois and Mark T. Germann
John D. Dulle
Wendy L. Farrow
Vic and Judy Fazio
Brendan P. Feeley
Karen W. and John H. Ferguson
Nina M. Fite
Julia B. Frank and Mark A. Graber
Lydia M. Fraser and Thomas G. Arcuri
Scott Fuchser
JoAnne Glisson
Peter E. Gordon
Gene Guerrero
Norman Harrison Jr.
Joshua J. Hertzberg
Elizabeth R. Hilder and William R. Smith
Victoria C. Hill and Elizabeth Carl
Catherine Hill-Herndon
Judy and Steve Hopkins
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Elaine U. Sloan and John Hudson
Paul B. Smyth and Denise E. Freeland
Jason M. Snyder
Barry Spodak
Sally Sterling
Kathleen Strouse and Brian McMaster
Roberta K. Van Haeften
Hardee Mahoney and Juan S. Vegega
Edward Winstead
Irene and Alan Wurtzel
Hsiu-Hua Yeh
Jessica R. and Stephen P. Zdravecky
Abraham Zimmerman
Mark Kanter
Janet Katowitz
Mary Kennedy and Gerald Fisher
Jay L. Kloosterboer and Barbara Zicari
Matthew J. Knauer
William R. Leahy, M.D., and Christine M. Leahy
Alison B. Lenz
Sandra L. Mabry
Linda I. Marks and Rafael V. Lopez
Lorelie Masters and Jack W. Rose
Ian A. McCurdy
Jim and Karen McManus
Christine Merenda
Terry L. Michel and William Dodge
Barbara J. Millar and William W. Millar
Wannett Miller and Ralph Miller
David Morowitz
Robert C. Musser and Barbara L. Francis
Arun Nagaraj
Dennis Ogburn
Mark Outhier
Steven O. Palmer and Laurel B. Palmer
Kirstin E. Parsons and Eric Olsen
Delphine and Charles E. “Ted” Peck
Louis Pecora and Judith D. Miller-Pecora
Geraldine Fogel Pilzer
Lin M. Pinskey
Dawn Rattner
Jack Reidhill
Dennis and Mary Jo Reimer
Deborah Carliner and Robert A. Remes
Ben J. Rich
Rose Rosetree
Roberta Rudnick and Bill F. McDonough
Ronald R. Rudolph and Deborah Rudolph
Amy R. Sabrin and G. Evans Witt
David P. Saidel and Joan Saidel
Terry Schachter and Bruce J. Schachter
Deborah J. Schumann
Deanne H. Sharlin
Maxine and Daniel Singer
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Rob Abbot and Claire Cifaloglio
Janice and Kim Abraham
James O. Adamson
Deanna S. and Charles T. Akre Jr.
Terry L. Albertson and Kathleen Blackburn
Seth Alcorn
Beth Allaben and Matt Chambers
Michael Allen and Janice L. Kaplan
Trevor T. Allman
Carolyn S. Alper
Sandra Ames and Philip F. Chimento
Gerald C. Anderson and Eve Anderson
Patricia C. Anderson
Stephen N. Armah
James C. Arnold and Susan M. Arnold
Ahmet E. Arslan and Jan L. Arslan
Karin Assmann
Eric J. Astor and Kim Stryker
David Atkins and Laura Stone
Robert F. Atlas and Gloria Paul
Matthew Avery
Anne and Don Ayer
Gail Bailey
John M. Bailey
Ann C. Baker
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Charles Boult
Liam Bowen
Mary P. Brandenburg and John G. Brandenburg
Franklin E. Brandon Jr. and Elizabeth Brandon
Paul A. Branum
Andrew Bratcher
Ellen R. Brazier and Thomas S. Williamson Jr.
William Brehm
Mimi Bres
David W. Briggs
Jere Broh Kahn and Bonnie Broh Kahn
Durond A. Brown
Stephen Brown
Sylvia Brown
Julie S. and Dennis Bruns
Matthew Bryan
Wilson W. Bryan
Michael C. Bryant
The Honorable A. Franklin Burgess
Alexandra P. Burns and Ken Berard
John R. Butters
Julia Butters
Margaret Cain
Pamela Calhoun
Donna M. Callejon
Tara Campbell
Lisa M. Carle
Charles and Kathleen Carlson
David Carlson
Micheline Casey
Susan B. Cavanaugh and James M. Cavanaugh
Laura Cederberg
Laura M. Chambers and Todd W. Baldwin
Katherine F. Chase and Wilbur P. Chase
Nancy H. Chasen and Donald M. Spero
Maureen Chelius
John Chisholm
Munsok Chong
Catherine Christiaanse
Lynne H. Church and James H. Skiles
Joseph Cicero
Rob and Chris Bamberger
Lisa J. Banks
Julie Banzhaf Stone and Steven Stone
Alan J. Barak
Holly C. Barker
Roberta Barnes
Richard Barney
Claire Barrett
Peter A. Barrett
Lisa A. Baugh and James R. Baugh
Ellen Bean
David P. Beatty
Jennifer A. Beckman
Maddy Beckwith
Michael Bennett
Daniel A. Berger
Adiam Berhane
Charles Berk
Adam S. Berman and Emily B. Friedman
Carol and Gary Berman
Richard M. Bernstein
Rosemary J. Bilder
Jonathan D. Bisesi
Edwin Blacka
June Blalock and Robert Jambou
Nancy Bland
Linda J. Bleadingheiser
Charlotte Block
Hugh Blodget
David Blumenstein and Jane H. Pollner
Martin B. Bondy
Joanne Bost
Luis Botero
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Daniel and Judith Deutsch
Renee DeVigne
Kamlesh Dhallan
Erin S. Dickinson and Nathaniel Dickinson
William Dietel and Linda Dietel
Barbara Doherty and Ron Carver
Monica P. Dolin and Mitchell Dolin
Kristen Donahue
Joseph Donovan
Robert and Linda J. Dove
James Downing
Martha S. Doyle and Judge John D. Doyle
David Drazen
Beth Driver
Claudia Dumas
Jean H. Durfee
Shelly Edwards
Barbara Bares and Marc Efron
Donna Elliot
Richard A. Elliott
Charles H. Emich and Patricia H. Emich
Kashiyo Enokido and Thomas C. Crouse Jr.
Kevin Esser
Susan R. Etherton
Clare E. A. Evans
Lisa Famolare
Craig Faris and Barbara Faris
Wayne M. Farmer
Aaron Farr
Alice Faulkner
Vibha Fauver
Judith and Stanley Feder
James Feldesman and Susan B. Garland
Olivia Ferriter
Ari S. Fingeroth
Christina Fink
Patrick M. Fitzgerald
Deirdre Flanagan
Gail A. Fleming
Carrie F. Fletcher
Michele A. Flournoy and W. Scott Gould
Maria D. Clark
Megan Clark
Baptista A. Coca
Frank S. Coe and Wilma Coe
Arthur A. Cohen and Elizabeth Karcher
Mr. John Y. Cole, Jr. and Ms. Nancy Gwinn
Elizabeth Colice
Brian Collins and Margie Collins
Matthew Collins
Sheridan and Richard Collins
Charles V. Collyns
Douglas Conomy
Jean Consolla
David N. Cook and Ann Thompson
Jeffrey A. Cooper, M.D. and Glenna B. Winnie, M.D.
Charles L. Cope
Sarah T. Corley
Leon Cosby
Brian W. Cotter
Lucinda Crabtree and Stu McMichael
David C. Crane
Michael Crane
Lauren Crooke
Nancy A. Crouch
Michael Crow and Kathryn Medland
Stephen M. Cumbie and Druscilla French
L. Currier and Lavinia Currier
Thomas J. Danieli
Susan Lasker Dankoff
Martha S. Dantzic and David Dantzic
Jeri S. Darling and Lloyd Raimes
Linda G. Davenport
Elizabeth A. Davis
Monica D. Davis
Margaret de Lisser and Jonathan Ellen
Hillary Dean
Carolyn R. Deibel
Gerzan Delgado
Ben Dellavedova
Dr. Martha Bridge Denckla, M.D.
Regina W. Derzon and Jim Derzon
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Jason P. Gresh and Elizabeth Horst
Jane Guiliano
Kathleen V. Gunning
Carolyn N. Guthrie
Dr. Helene N. Guttman
Paul G. Haaga and Heather S. Haaga
Mahshad Haeri
Mary Hallerman
Gregg Hammond
Marlene S. Hammond
Mary Margaret Hammond and Benton R. Hammond
Mark A. Hardy
Richard Harkins
Ellen J. Harman
Rebecca Harper
Curtis W. Harpold
Ruth A. and John C. Harris
Andrea C. Haslinger and Gary D. Solis
Elizabeth A. Haugh
Coleen Hawrysko
D.J. Hemsley
Fritz A. Henn and Suella W. Henn
Lothar Hennighausen
Deborah Hensley and Kevin Dopart
Susan B. Herbel
Holly Elizabeth Herman
Sinsi Hernandez-Cancio
Robert D. Hershey Jr.
David L. Higgins and Lisa Higgins
Charmwell Ho
Ann Hoang
William B. Hoffman and Marie Hoffman
Thomas C. Holden
Francis Holmes
Myra L. Holsinger
Leslie Holt
Franz Holzer
Roland and Cynthia Hoover
Horwitz Family Fund
Deborah House
David R. Howell
Susan J. Fox
Bryan Fratkin
Friends of the Barrie School
Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi
Daniel C. Garver
Christy Gavitt
Phyllis Gerstell
Elsa Gibson
Pamela Gilbert and Charles Lewis
Walter R. Gillette III and Carol-Lynn Clatterbuck
John I. Glass and Jennifer Glass
Robert L. Glass
Thomas K. Glennan and Kathryn P. Glennan
Edward Q. Goddard
Helen M. Golde
John and Alice Goodman
Margaret Goodman
Sharon S. Gordon and William T. Gordon III
Jamie S. Gorelick and Richard E. Waldhorn
Jonathan Gould
Bradford H. Gray and Helen Darling
Todd D. Gray and Sherry Gray
Mitch B. Green and Ellen H. Green
Siobhan Green
Michael D. Greenwood and Son Hui Greenwood
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Alisan G. Kula
Beca Kulinovich and Richard Pytel
Peter J. Kuznick
William L. Kyburz
Jefferey Lackman
Kathleen M. Lanfear and Kenneth Lanfear
Sheila A. Langston
David D. Laufer and Ellen J. Gleberman
Claude B. Lawrence and Lauren W. Lawrence
Yannick Le Teigner
John A. LeDuc and Laura Littem
Christopher B. Lentz
Matthew A. Levy and Amy Levy
Stuart E. Levy
Irene E. Lewandowski and Gary M. Lewandowski
Roberta Lilly
Nancy E. Lindsay
Geoffrey Lipsey
Mireille F. Lisimaque and Gilles Lisimaque
Warren Lockette
Sam P. Longstreet and Eileen H. Longstreet
Leah Lorber
Richard M. Lorr and Katherine Lorr
Mona Lutnes
Princeton N. Lyman
Molly and Bill Lynch
Kent W. Lynn and Gregory S. Thomas
Cathy MacNeil Hollinger and Mark Hollinger
Jenifer Joy Madden and Mark Madden
Mr. Barry D. Maglaughlin and Ms. Catherine C. Powell
C. Peter Magrath and Susan Thon
Sanjiv B. Mahan
Mary Ann Mahoney
Ann G. Mahony
Justine Maki
Suresh Mallikaarjun and Fursh Mallikaarjun
Fariz Mambu
Forbes E. and Sara E. Maner
B. Thomas Mansbach
April Marchese
Aron Marchler-Bauer
Kenneth Hoyle and Steve Danielson
Shirley Huang and Annee Barrett
Trevor Hughes
Clifford Hunte
Sue Immerman
Ann L. Ingram
Perrin Ireland and Thomas C. Ramey
Michele E. Jacobs
Pamela J. Jackson
Rajiv Jain
Thomas W. Jamieson
Ann A. Jerkins
Nick Johnson
Timothy Jones
Edgar A. Jordan
Nina Joyce
Donna Julian
Janet B. Jump
Florence A. Kaltovich
Gary Kaplan
Surya Kapur
Lisa Karth
Austin Kathol
Candace Katz and Hadrian R. Katz
Patricia E. Kauffman
Allen L. Keiswetter and Gerta Pfeifer Keiswetter
Judith A. Kellogg and Robert L. Kellogg
Behn M. Kelly
Mary Kennedy and Gerald Fisher
Ann and Neil Kerwin
Lisa C. King
James Kingdon
Kurt Klingenberger and J. Karen Klingenberger
Michelle M. Knight and Ivor M. Knight
Robert Kogan
Ann F. Kolker and Peter R. Kolker
Steven Koonin
Beth M. Kramer
Lesley Krauland
Eliza V. Krigman
Anita Krishnamurthi
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DONORS
Andrew M. Nitz
Laura Nollen
Michael A. Norato
Katherine Nordal
Susan Nordeen
Gail G. Nordheimer
LTC Craig and Dr. Stephanie Normand
Yvonne D. Norton
Paul D. O’Brien and Susanne Owens
Rich O’Bryant and Pam O’Bryant
Donal O’Connell and Kathy Sierra
Karen P. O’Connor
Elizabeth B. O’Donoghue and Coleman H. O’Donoghue
Warren S. Oliveri Jr. and McGennis Williams
Michael O’Neill
David G. Orloff
Rory O’Sullivan
Kathryn O’Toole
Gloria M. Pagano
Susan L. Page and Carl P. Leubsdorf
Jim Patton and Gabrille Patton
Larry T. Patton
Patricia S. Martin
Thomas and Anne Mascolino
Kathryn M. Mastragostino
Julia Anne Matheson and Tim Slagle
Shelley Matsuba
Cathy M. Mattax
Karen L. McCormack
Deborah McCrary
Harriet McGuire
Bill and Beverly McKee
Katherine McLeod
Michael D. McNamee and Karla Taylor
Helen A. McNiell
Archana Mehta and Manu Raju
Gabriel Mejias and Sarah Mejias
Dinau Mengestu
Donna M. Mertens
Marianne G. Metz and Seymour Metz
Ben H. Miller
Peter V. Miller
Thomas J. Miller
Susan M. Milligan and Philip V. McGuire
Mic and Bill Minneman
Reza Mirali
Robert N. Mirelson and Pamela M. Mirelson
Kirtida Mistry
Helen T. Mohrmann
Estate of Ernestine M. Moore
Scott Moran
Joel Morris
Dale Clayton-Morrison and Kent Morrison
Adele Mouzon
William “Casey” Murphy and Desi Avila
Dabney H. and Alfonso A. Narvaez
Judith L. Neason
Harish Neelakandan
Adam M. Nemzer
Rohit Nepal
Arnold Newman
Tram Nguyen
Stephen M. Niman
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Kenneth and
Katharine Rogers
Christine E. Rolon and
Terry Rolon
Ed and Pam Rosenthal
Eric Rosenthal
Martin Rosol
Molly N. Ross and Peter Ross
Richard E. Rubin
Bruce Anthony Ruscio
Daniel Russell
Inta Rutins
Matthew A. Ryan
Liz Sachs
Peter O. Safir and Ellen Safir
William Salazar
Elizabeth M. and Stanley J. Salett
Maj. Gen. Alan B. Salisbury, USA Ret., and
Mrs. Florence C. Salisbury
Tony Sarmiento and Janet Silva
Christopher W. Savage
Rebecca Sawran
William A. Sawyer and Eleanor S. Sawyer
Cara Schenkel
Elouise Schoettler
Jeremy J. Schreifels and Constance Downs
Christina M. Schreiner
T. Michael Scott and Hope T. Scott
Sabrina M. Segal
Thomas Selby
Patricia and Dennis Shea
Margaret E. Sheer
Charles A. Shelton Jr.
Ryan Shepard
Catherine M. Sherwood and Peter Van Niekerk
Nicholas Siegel
Henry Sienkiewicz
Paul Silber and Debby Silber
David M. Silberman and Claire J. Engers
Rebecca Silliker and Andrew Silliker
Anne L. Simmons
Miriam R. Pemberton and Alan Pemberton
Elizabeth A. Pennell and Ty Barth
Robert H. Perry and Judy Perry
Joseph M. Perta
Jane Petit-Moore
Kathryn L. Pettit
Jeffrey Phillips
Andrew D. Pike and Barbara Sarshik
Gabriel Pinkney
Andrew and Melissa Polott
Wendy Ponvert
Joshua and Agnes Powers
John Prescott
Calman Prussin
Robert H. Purcell and Suzanne U. Emerson
Sandi Quinn and Andrew Adamian
Virginia L. Quinn and Pat M. Quinn
William T. Quinn
Xavier Racine
Waverly Rainey
Maureen A. Raley
Hugh and Betty Randall
Miki Rankin
Michael W. Reed and Crystal D. Reed
Jonathan R. Reel
Leanne Rees
Roger H. Reeves and Ruth H. Lammert-Reeves
Diane and John Rehm
N.L. Reinsch Jr. and Janet W. Reinsch
Robert E. Reiver
Karin Remington
Maggie M. Rettig
Pat and Lexa Reuter
Kent S. Reynolds
Doug Ridenhour
Staci Rijal
Marda J. Robillard and Patrick Tribe
Amanda C. Robinson
Emily Roderer
Amira Roess
Maggie and Larry Roffee
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Grant P. Thompson and Sharon R. Thompson
Helen M. Thompson
Gregory Toppo
Helen R. Toth
Mark Traphagen
Gregory Trimble
Samuel D. Turner
Kurt Tuthill
David and Adrienne Umansky
Joe Urbano
Robert A. Van Kirk and Christine Van Kirk
Scott C. Vicary and Caitline Simpson
Deborah Victor
Mr. William W. Vodra and Dr. Drusilla Burnham Vodra
Ernst Volgenau and Sara L. Volgenau
Laurie L. Volk
Melissa VonHinken
Ira Wagner and Marcia Wagner
Astra Wallace
John A. Wallace
Szu-Chien Wang
Edward P. Ward and Maureen O. Ward
Deborah L. Warden and Neal D. Epstein
Oran Warder
Emily J. Warheit
Dan Watkiss and Carol Clayton
Andrew Watson
Warren R. Watts and Jane Halpern
Michael J. Webb
Linden H. Welch and Judith A. Welch
Erica Werner
Jodi L. Weseman
Lois A. Wessel and Robert S. Patten
Carmen Westbrook
Gordon B. Wheeler
Heijia and Willis Wheeler
Leslie Wheelock
Sarah White
David R. Willcox
Sally Williamson
Kevin and Diane Wilshere
Delores Simmons
Annette F. Simon
Jerald G. Singer and Barbara M. Nies
Udayan Sinha
Heidi K. Sinick and Marshall S. Sinick
Caroline Slidell
Carla Diggs Smith
Diana L. Smith
Diane M. Smith and Bradford L. Smith, Jr.
Elizabeth M. Smith
M.C.R. Smith
Margaret L. Smith and Gregory M. Smith
Michael B. Smith
Sara E. Smith
Sydney M. Smith
Andy Sneegas
Stefan J. Sobol
Sheldon R. Soltis
Patrick Sommerville and Dilara Sommerville
Marjolaine Souquet
Jeffrey V. Spencer
Seth Speyer and Linda B. Popejoy
John C. Springer and Dana L. Kelly
Margaret D. Stack
Mark Stencel
Elizabeth Stetson
Jessica Stewart
David Sturgeon and Alyssa Denzer
Julia H. Sturm and Robert A. Sturm
Sanjath Sulkunte
Peter Super
Robert J. Surovell
Michael G. Svoboda
Jeffrey E. Swedberg
Helen I. Swinburne
Suzanne Sykes
Agnes Tabah
Dorna B. Taintor
David and Charlotte Taylor
R. Davis Taylor III
Reginald Taylor
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Aleta Wilson and Clay S. Wilson III
Elisabeth Withycombe
Elizabeth J. Worsham and Brad Worsham
Punch and Linton Wray
Jenel Wyatt
Behnaz Yalda
Anthony C. Young
Mary H. Young and Michael P. Young
Bain Zietlow
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The John S. Britten Trust
Neil Beskin and Trudie Cushing
Alida DeCoster
Charles P. Degges Jr.
David Eccleston
Carolyn A. Eldred
Debbie Eliason
Patricia Esslinger
Edward Gerber
Kay Gilley
Susan Gordon in memory of her daughter,
Elizabeth Ker Gordon
Leslie J. Graham
Christopher J. Hinkle
John E. and Isabelle C. Hopkinson
Arthur M. Katz and Sima Rae Osdoby
Jerry Knoll
Seth A. Koch, D.V.M., and Ms. Barbara Bellman
Jack Lass
William R. Leahy, M.D.
David LeSage
Caryn G. Mathes
Carol A. Reich
Carmela Vetri
Dennis and Alma Wickenden
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