Thanks to Our Donors

Thank you to all of our generous supporters, including those who choose to give anonymously! Your contributions are crucial to our mission. Don’t see your name here? Please email Rachel Carter at [email protected] to make corrections.

2024-2025 Academic Year Donors

Bard Early College Founder’s Circle  ($5,001+) 

  • Anonymous, Bard College ’05
  • Anonymous Parents of Manhattan Class of 2014, in memory of Fredda Jospa Richmond
  • Anonymous Parent of Queens
  • Anthony Barrett, Donna Landa, and the Barrett Family
  • Arthur I. Blaustein and the Tides Foundation
  • Michael R. Bloomberg and the Bloomberg Family Foundation
  • Caroline Curry, Quinton Davis, Rob Davis and the Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation
  • Anya Epstein and Daniel Futterman
  • Samuel Friedman, Manhattan ’03
  • David and Kate Fullerton
  • Michael J. Horvitz and the MJH Foundation 
  • Nancy E. Lemann and the Clein-Lemann Esperanza Foundation
  • Benjamin Marks and Rachel Schneider
  • Martha J. Olson and the MJO Foundation
  • Jerome and Patricia Pesenti
  • Schneider Charitable Trust, in memory of Rona and Martin Schneider 
  • Henry Shapiro, Manhattan ’07
  • Barbara and Lois Whitman and the Hilda Mullen Foundation
  • The Wu-Platt Family

Bard Early College Honor Society ($1,001 – $5,000)

  • Anonymous Parent of Brooklyn
  • Anonymous Parents of Manhattan (2)
  • Alan Appelbaum
  • Debbie and Ken Baron
  • Valerie Barr and Susan Yohn
  • Richard and Thomas Berner, Esq.
  • Michael Gaouette and Mariann Wang
  • Dana Gibbs, Queens ’12 
  • Sandra D. Hess
  • Lam Hui and Shuk Shan Lee
  • Benjamin and Cathy Iselin
  • Jaime Kahhat and Gigliana Melzi
  • Brendan and Jeniffer Mahaffey-Dowd
  • Vincent McGee
  • Michael N. Meola
  • John Meyerhoff and Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff
  • Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith
  • Ebenezer Ng, Queens ’15
  • Marc and Jodi Schneider
  • Ronnie Stern
  • Alan and Barbara Tepper
  • Erika van der Velden, Bard College ’04 and Dumaine Williams, Bard College ’03
  • Rubina Yeh

Bard Early College Champions  ($501 – $1,000)

  • Anonymous Friend of Manhattan
  • Matteo Bartalini, Queens ’17
  • Laura Becking
  • Courtney Bender and Jonathan Dworkin
  • Aaron Boockvar-Klein, Queens ’18
  • Ann Allston Boyce and the Boyce-Mansfield Charitable Gift Fund
  • Jane E. Carleton
  • Eunmee Chun
  • Barbara H. Ciccone 
  • Kayla Cort, Manhattan ’05
  • Elizabeth Crosta
  • Derian Kavita D’Andrade, Manhattan ’05
  • Deirdre Davis, in honor of Lindsay Davis Carr, Bard College ’06
  • Dena M. Davis
  • Maura Fitzgerald and John Jainschigg
  • Bruce and Marjorie Goldner
  • Wendell Green
  • Jessica Greenbaum and Jed Marcus
  • Frederic C. Hof
  • Patrice Krajka and Ann Richman, in honor of Hudson Krajka, Brooklyn ’28
  • Dorothy and Jerome Kretchmer
  • Lisa A. Levine
  • Jordan Lewis, Manhattan ’07
  • Loretta Lundberg and Robert Tillman
  • David Mabbott and Susie Reiss
  • Jeff and Kendra MacSven
  • Hilary Meltzer
  • Jeff Miller and Katie Rosenfeld
  • Kardon Stolzman, in honor of Phoenix Stolzman, Manhattan ’28
  • Mark and Sarah Whitener

Bard Early College 101 Club ($101 – $500)

  • Anonymous Friend of Bard Early College
  • Anonymous Friend of Brooklyn
  • Anonymous Friends of Queens (2)
  • Anonymous Friend of the HOPE Scholarship
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’07
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’13
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’14
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’19
  • Anonymous Parents of Manhattan (5)
  • Anonymous Parent of Queens


  • Alec Appelbaum and Emily Blank
  • Kimberly Bayer
  • Benjamin Bischoff
  • Kameron P. Block, Manhattan ’13
  • Kazandra Bonner
  • Elizabeth Canty
  • Brian Carter
  • Matthew Castle and Eliza Frecon
  • Guillermo Cruz and Amy Metroka
  • Isabel Cruz, Manhattan ’13
  • Rita Curti, Queens ’14
  • Barbara D’Amato
  • John Delaney and Elizabeth Wang
  • Laurie Dien
  • Elisabeth Dyssegaard
  • Evan and Freda Eisenberg
  • Barat Ellman and Jay Golan
  • Susan H. Feiner and Marc Goloff
  • Annie Fine
  • Craig Fuller
  • Lizzy Furth, Manhattan ’07
  • Margot Gasperetti, Queens ’11
  • Makella-Ann Geffrard, Queens ’15
  • Serena Granger
  • Natalie Green Giles
  • Gregory Gresham and Francoise Vieux
  • Pierre-Yves Guillo
  • Rebecca Hall and Walter Swett, Bard College ’96
  • Margaret Hempel
  • Charles S. Johnson III ’70
  • Corrina Kirby O’Brien, Manhattan ’07
  • Richard Krisburg and Family
  • Irina Lebedeva
  • Samuel Levine, Manhattan ’10
  • Suzanna Lewis, in memory of Stephen Lewis
  • Beth Lief
  • Karen Liu, Manhattan ’11, in honor of Dr. Renee Marion
  • Julia Mayer, Manhattan ’07
  • Sylvia Mendez, Manhattan ’06
  • Brian Mikesell and John B. Weinstein, in honor of Lori Ween
  • Kay Moffett and Neil Parker
  • Alexander Moseley and Polina Shchukina
  • Joy Nolan
  • Ademola and SaSaDi Odunsi
  • Joey O’Loughlin
  • Angenise Rosario, Queens ’18
  • Jennifer Rosenberg
  • Joerg Schaefer and Gisela Winckler
  • Anita Schembri and Family
  • Fekade Sergew
  • Laurent Serog
  • LouAnn Smith
  • Colin Strohm
  • Chelsea Sue, Manhattan ’10
  • Sandor Weiner
  • Marilyn and Monroe Weiss
  • Dawid Wiacek, Manhattan ’03
  • Hannah Young, Queens ’16
  • Irene Zedlacher

Friends of Bard Early College ($1 – $100)

  • Anonymous Friend of Baltimore
  • Anonymous Friend of Bard Early College
  • Anonymous Friend of Manhattan
  • Anonymous Friend of Queens
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’04
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’06
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’07 
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’09
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’10 (3) 
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’13
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’14 (2)
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’14, in honor of Michael Noyes
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’17
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’18
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’19 (3)
  • Anonymous, Manhattan ’20
  • Anonymous, Queens ’15
  • Anonymous Parent of Baltimore
  • Anonymous Parent of Baltimore, in honor of Zara Allen
  • Anonymous Parent of Brooklyn (2)
  • Anonymous Parent of Hudson Valley
  • Anonymous Parents of Manhattan (9)
  • Anonymous Parents of Queens (3)
  • Ryan Ali-Shaw, Manhattan ’15
  • Camille Anderson
  • Shurelle Archer, Manhattan ’09
  • Anya Bailey, Manhattan ’07
  • Moira Bailey and Thom Duffy, in honor of Liam Duffy, Manhattan ’13 and Maggie Duffy, Manhattan ’15
  • Isabel Schaetzel Barber, Manhattan ’08
  • Helen Bedua 
  • Orly F. Berkowitz-Henkin, Queens ’21
  • Stephen K. Bonnett, Manhattan ’07
  • Eliot Borenstein
  • Alyssa Brasse, Queens ’18
  • Lily Burnes Heath, Manhattan ’17
  • Richard Butensky
  • John Carr and Lindsay Davis Carr, Bard College ’06
  • Noah M. Chasek-Macfoy, Manhattan ’07
  • Ines Chen
  • Laurelle Chesney Lawrence


  • Amy Chow and the Salidu Family
  • Ohi Chowdhury
  • Gabriella Chu, Queens ’14
  • Alison Craiglow
  • Juliette Crellin, Manhattan ’12, in memory of Dr. Jesse James Scott
  • Jan N. Crewe (Clarke), Manhattan ’06
  • Helen Cunningham 
  • Desiree Del Toro
  • Patrick DeVivo, Manhattan ’12
  • Ippolita di Paola, Manhattan ’04
  • Elsa Dixler
  • Emily Edahl, Manhattan ’08
  • Emma Ellman-Golan, Manhattan ’08
  • Joel Falcon
  • Eliza Fawcett, Manhattan ’15 
  • George Feldman
  • Alexis Frigura, Manhattan ’19
  • Ioana Frigura, Manhattan ’08
  • Tulah Fuchs, Queens ’15
  • John Gardenhire
  • Aleba Gartner
  • Ann E. and Peter Geismar
  • Ella Geismar
  • Kate Gibbel, Manhattan ’11, in honor of Dr. David Clark, Dr. Lori Ween, and Ms. Carol Turitz
  • Alexandra Giles, Manhattan ’18
  • Matthew Kateb Goldman, Manhattan ’11
  • Robert Greenberg
  • Marina Grosfeld-Frater
  • Caroline Haoud, Queens ’15, in memory of Driss El Haoud
  • Alyssa Henderson, Hudson ’23
  • Emerson Henry, Manhattan ’11, in memory of Aaron Henry, Manhattan ’16
  • Derek Hernandez, Manhattan ’17
  • Gil Hochberg and Keri Kanetsky
  • Ethan Hsu, Queens ’25
  • Niketa Hyder, Queens ’12
  • Erikka Electra James, Manhattan ’07
  • An Jaquez
  • Annika Johnson, Queens ’15
  • Melissa Johnson
  • Stephanie Kadison
  • Jessica Post Kemm, Bard College ’74
  • Jake Kent, Manhattan ’13
  • Katelyn Kim, Queens ’22, in honor of Renae Plummer, Bard College ’92
  • Kutorkor Kotey, Newark ’20
  • Jonathan Laraque Ho, Manhattan ’18
  • Sara Lesch and Gabriel Mesa
  • Joel Levy
  • Stanley Ligon, Manhattan ’20
  • Peter Macapia
  • Kendra Mahabir, Manhattan ’16
  • Marcella Mandracchia-Brasco, Manhattan ’07
  • James Marlow, Manhattan ’12
  • Tracey McKay
  • Thembisa S. Mshaka, in memory of James R. Bell
  • Joshua Miller, Queens ’18
  • Carl and Rosalyn Mok
  • Michelle Moyer
  • Miri and David Navasky Mizner
  • Zoe E. Noyes, Manhattan ’08
  • Aya Ogawa
  • Maria Padilla, Manhattan ’05
  • Ellen Pearlstein and Steven Vecchio
  • Allison Mayne Peters
  • Melanie Pflaum 
  • Jennifer Plassman, in honor of Sophia Polin, Manhattan ’10 and Rosa Polin, Manhattan ’13
  • Matthew Postal
  • Ben Ramcharitar, Queens ’13, in honor of Dr. Laura Hymson, Stephanie Kadison, and Sean Mills
  • Lea Rivieccio
  • Camila Rodríguez, Manhattan ’07
  • Wendy Rodríguez
  • Lorena Schaeffer
  • Aishah Scott, Manhattan ’15
  • Marshalynne Seavers
  • Ori Shaham, Manhattan ’19
  • Ido Shargal, Manhattan ’06
  • Teresa Sharpe
  • Nick Shatan, Manhattan ’10
  • Elizabeth Stemmer, Manhattan ’03
  • Conrad Taylor, Manhattan ’14
  • Regina Thompson
  • Alice Tillman, Manhattan ’17
  • Gabriela Torres-Lorenzotti, Manhattan ’15
  • Laura Tran, Manhattan ’08
  • David Wah Tsang, Manhattan ’03
  • Benjamin Ubiera, Queens ’15
  • Moie Uesugi, Queens ’15
  • Karen Unger, in honor of Olga Ramos, Manhattan ’03, Bard College ’05
  • Crystal Velez, Queens ’15
  • Jamie Vera, Queens ’15
  • Devin Williams, Manhattan ’20
  • Lesle Williams
  • Michael Woodsworth
  • Nafis Yasar, Queens ’18
  • Camilla Yohn-Barr, Manhattan ’11
  • Nora Youngelson, Queens ’21
  • Isadora Zanon, Manhattan ’08

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