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DONORS

NMS gratefully acknowledges the many generous donors, institutions, businesses, and foundations listed here, who thoughtfully supported our students and programs. To join our community of supporters, consider making a gift today.

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July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025

$50,000 + up

Anonymous
Amity & Michael Doolittle

Anonymous Foundation
Firebird Foundation

Open Road Foundation
State of CT - Dept. of Economic and Community Development

$25,000-$49,000

Beatrice Bartlett (Estate)

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Possum Fund

$15,000-$24,999

The Barnes Foundation, Inc.

Echlin Foundation

The JANA Foundation, Inc.

$10,000-$14,999

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Bernadette Huang & Geert Rouwenhorst

George Miller

Smart Family Foundation

$5,000-$9,999

Grace & Jay Bright
Julia Cusick
Janet Saleh Dickson Memorial Fund

Rachel Doft & John Wareck
Stephen Latham & Fiona Scott Morton
Martha & Terry Maguire

NewAlliance Foundation
Ken & Melissa Scheve
United Way of Greater New Haven, Inc.

$2,500-$4,999

American Parkinson Disease Assoc., Inc.
Donna Birchard
Deborah Davis & Michael Friedmann
Josh Davis and Alison Gilchrest
Leslie Donnelly

Dana Eisenstat
Sarah Gersick & James Seward
Karel Koenig
George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
Laura Manuelidis

The Charles A. Mastronardi Foundation
New Haven Chapter of Links Inc.
Frank L. Palmer Trust
Kenneth Rosenthal and Catherine Forman Philanthropic Fund
Abby Wells

$1,000-$2,499

Jean-Christophe Agnew & Rita Rack
Lucy Ambach
Anonymous
Joanne & Paul Bailey
Michael Bergman & Deborah Teason
Noah Bloom & Alice Rosenthal
Perry Brass & Hugh Young
Anne & Guido Calabresi
Pamela Carley & Lawrence Zukof
Jane Christie (Deceased)
Karen Clute
David & Kim Cohen

Connecticut Parkinson’s Working Group
D’Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts
Laura Davis & David Soper
Ania Drejer Teel & Randy Teel
Susan Ellis
Susan Forster & William Riley
The Guilford Foundation
Jane Hanselman
Sandy Jedziniak & Jeremy Mellitz
Alla & Vladimir Korobov
The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation
Litchfield Donor Advised Fund

Albert R. Lee
Liz & Dan Levy
Marshal Mandelkern & Wendy Haskell
Gregory Muccilli
David Newton
Oechsle Family Foundation
Judy & Ron Offutt
Patricia Pierce & Marc Rubenstein
Josephine Shepard
Kerala Snyder
Patricia Todd
Mary-Jo Warren

$500-$999

Anonymous
Danielle Antin-Ozerkis & Eric Baum
Diane Ariker
Dr. Leon Bailey, Jr.
Meg Bloom & Linda Drazen
Elon & Stephanie Boms
Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP
Ursula Brewster & Mark Gahm
Gene Burger & Alida Engel
Lisa & Paul Cusano
Neal DeLaurentis & Renee Perroncel
Tania Diaz Bazan & Stefano Giglio
Connie & Peter Dickinson
Marion Feldman
Brin & Joy Ford
Amy Gallo

Kathryn & Frederick Giampietro
Sukhminder Grewal & Paula Kavathas
Chelsea Groton Foundation, Inc.
The Hagani Foundation, Inc.
Aliina Hirschoff Hopkins
The Kathryn and Kyle Jensen Family Fund
Nidhi Kadakia & Raj Patel
Richard Killmer
Richard Lalli & Michael Rigsby
Sara Lambert Bloom
Catherine W. Liddell Gift Fund
Henry Lord
Peggy MacMullen
Paul McGuire
Anastasios Mirisis

Mary Naftzger
Nicholas D. Ohly and Sara Huntington Ohly Fund
Margaret & David Phelps
Jinky & Richard Rosselli
Bernard Rubenstein
Armand & Morgan Russo
Christina Schenker
Donald Share
Seunghee & Jiwoong Shin
Betsy & Lawrence Stern
Stephen Taylor
Anne & John Tubis
Richard Turlington
Anne Waehner
Virginia Wofford

$250-$499

Queenie Abad
Rebecca Abbott
Cecle Adler Music Fund
Anonymous
John & Melissa Augenstein
Christopher & Katherine Berman
Alan H. Bowie, Jr.
Linda Burt
Francine & Robert Caplan
Jeanette & Ricardo Chavira
Barbara Chesney Schmir
Constance Clement
Liz Cox & Dave Gibson
Angela Crema

Michael Dimenstein & Hedda Rubenstein
Caitlin Doonan
Peter Ellis & Ditas Villanueva
Gillian Eversman
Susan & Harvey Feinberg
Grace A. Feldman
Bob Frank & Raffaella Zanuttini
Prerna Gupta
Alice Hallaran
Carla & Robert Horwitz
Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff
Linda Klein
Danielle Larsen & Zach Polson
Mary & Richard Lee

Pauline LeVen
Marc & Tanya Michaelson
Yair Minsky
Katherine Orr
David Peaper & Kate Perry
Susanne Roberts & Stephen Victor
Robert Shulman & Stephanie Spangler
Martha A. Terrell
Avery Turlington
Tzedakah House, LLC
Peggy & Peter Vermilya
John & Virginia Wilkinson

up to $249

Fariha Ahsan
Andrew & Tracey Albert
Rebecca Albert
Ryan Albert
Anonymous
Holly Antolini
Paula Armbruster
Sara Armstrong & Peter Crumlish
Kuntarat Arunrungvichian
Julie Asuma Levene & Bruce Levene
Louis Audette
Andrew Auerbach
Avidxchange
Istvan B’Racz
Zara Baden-Eversman
Ann Baker Pepe & Gregory Pepe
Earl & Kranie Baker
Steven Balaban
The Balbarin/Lui Family
James Ballentine
Karen & Stephen Baranski
Peter Baranski
Michael Barnes
Aaron Bartz & Maria Giarrizzo-Bartz
Ellen Bates-Jefferys
Bill & Donna Batsford
Andrew Bedford & Rebecca Levy
Ling Bello
Michael Ben-Avie
Amir Ben Zaquen & Sarah Davidowitz
The Berkman - Hill Family Charitable Fund
Edith Bers & Paul Sutton
Claire Bien
Elana Bildner
Sundari Birdsall
Bernadette Blaze
David & Mary Bloom
Paul Bloom & Mildred Grenough
Julie Bocciolatt
Patty Boczer
La’Quita Boles
Abraham & Gail Boms
Michele Bonanno
Lois Bordner
Julie Bossenberry
Kathleen Bower-Phipps
Lisa Brandes
Maria Brandriff
Frances & Jonathan Brent
Holly Bricken
Derek & Jennifer Briggs
Allan Brison & Betsy Goldberg
Anton Bures & Jenya Weinreb
Carly Burriesci
Brenda Burt
Danielle Butsch
Jon Butler
Eliza Caldwell
Dana Campbell
Jeffrey & Joan Campbell
Tonya Cardoza
Cay Carter-Solomon
Nicole Casbarro
Rodrigo Castro & Magdalena Rego
Susan Cayer & Robert Stout
Diane & James Charney
Daniel & Ginnie Chase
Rena Cheskis-Gold
Debbie Chirnomas
Jenny Chou & Nicholas Parrillo
Cecillia Chu
Frances “Bitsie” Clark (Deceased)
Anne Coates
Frank Cochran & Stephanie FitzGerald
Ellen Cohen & Steven Fraade
Shelby Cohen
Sue L. Cohen
Barbara Cole
Bob Congdon
Sally Connolly & Semeon Tsalbins
Elizabeth Cook
Joseph & Phyllis Crowley
Roseline Crowley
Michael Davidowitz & Elisabeth Fairman
Nicole Davis
Susan Davison
Alexandre & Mira Debs
Kathy Decelles
Peggy Deschermeier
Alexandra Diaz
James Dickerson
Rebecca Dikow
Marguerite & Walden Dillaway
Colleen Doolittle
Kathleen Doonan
Ann Drinan
Gary & Marjorie Drucker
Justin Earley
Thomas Eisen & Elizabeth Jonas
Deborah Elkin
Pamela Elliott
Peter Ellis & Merceditas Villanueva
Diana Empsall
Sean Eno
Dalila Eshe
Sandra Esposito & Hyman Glick
Aaron Eversman
Darrell Eversman
Marilyn Fagelson & Anthony Kaplan
Hussein Fancy & Jane Lynch
Kathleen Farinaccio
Timothy Feil

George Feisthamel & Ann Trinkhaus
Deborah & Julian Ferholt
David & Pamela Field
Claudia Flores Juarez
Corinna Franklin
Jason Friedes & Rachel Osborn
Harriet Friedman
Mischa Frusztajer & Edina Torgyekes
Cleve Fuessenich
Jeff Fuller
Rosalind Furlow
Brandon Gallego
Betty Gallo
Tim Gara
Mariana Garcia & John Russo
Garden Club of New Haven, Inc
Kimberly Garley-Erb
Marcia & John Gell
Rebecca Gerber
Rebecca Gilbert
Melissa Gionfriddo
Elizabeth & Joshua Gleason
Carole Goldberg
Barbara Goren & David Rosen
Jade & Malcolm Greene
Alyssa Greenwald
Ronnie Grinel
Frances & Stephen Grodzinsky
Erica Gross
Erin Guerrera
David Gutnik & Lindsay Whelan
Richard Hagemann
Bret Halpern & Kimiko Ishiguro
Elizabeth Hammond & Andrew Schwartzell
Tracy Hammond
Vivian Handis
Jay & Pamela Harnden
Paul & Serena Hatch
Mary Healy
Renata Hearn
Chris Heitmann & Cyra Levenson
Carol Henry
Mitchell Herskowitz
Kyle Higgins
Brian Hillman
Mary-Michelle Hirschoff
Margaret & Robert Hodge
Cathryn Holinger
Bess & Jeffrey Horn
Hansdale Hsu & Maggie Yolen
Hughes Family
Talitha Ilacqua
Kit Ingui & Geoff Molloy
Allie Jacobs
Reginald Jackson
Yoora Jeong
Faith Jordan
Rachael & Steve Jungkeit
Kristal Kallenberg
Amy Kapczynski & Alice Miller
Paula Kavathas
Nancy Keeler
James Kenny
Megan & Yusuf Khan
Dr. Robert A King
Susan Klein & Henry Lowendorf
Shannon Knudsen
Mina Kojima
Patty & Ron Koniuta
John & Patricia Koskinen
Andrew Lachman
Brad Lachman
Cliff & Margot Lachman
Ethan Lachman
Mary Lachman & Dom Scaramuzzino
Melanie Lahti
Jean Larson
Maria LaSala
Arline Lathrop
Amy & Anthony Law
Michael Lawlor & David Zakur
Katharine Learned
Elisabeth & Minjae Lee
Sasha Lehrer
Christy Lennington-Asch
Molly LeVan
Marc Levenson
Judith Lhamon & Gwenith Severance
Xiuling Li
Kevin Liftig
Karla Lindquist & Alex Sulpasso
Rachel Liu
Quinn Lofthouse
Kellie Ann Lynch
Priscilla Machado-Daniels
Mark G. Macksoud
Michelle Maitland
Marc & Margaret Mann
Paige Manning
Suzanne Matheson
Ginger & Stephen May
Sarah McCollum
Steven Mednick
Deborah Meredith
Allison Messina
Mark Messina
Paula Messina
James Meyer
Lauren Miller & Jonah Warren
Christine Missakian & Carlos Pinela
Jessica Missios
Anna Moldawa-Shetty & Roshan Shetty
Ruth Montgomery & John Platoff
Monique Moore
Jorge Moreno & Cynthia Tanon-Santos
Rosamund Morley & Robert Storr

Kathleen Mulligan
Katie Murphy
Robert Narracci
Theresa Nast
Samantha & Taimur Naziri
Jenny Nelson
Marshall Nichols
Mikkel Noble
Kris Nolte
John Noonan
Karalyn OBrien
Aoife O’Connell
Eileen O’Donnell
William Orzo
Diana Pacetta-Ullmann
Jonna Palluotto
Namita Parikh & Vipul Patel
Fiona Park
Elizabeth & Robert Parker
Adam & Terri Patkin
Cassandra Pavain
Andrea & Michael Peed
Bonnie Pepper
Tracy Peters
Lauren Pinzka & Steven Berry
Joan & John Pirtel
Kaari Pitkin
Pledgeling Foundation (SmartPayables)
Matthew & Vivian Plocharczyk
Helen & Jason Poliner
Carol Pollard
John Polson
Alexander Purves
David Quiroz
Myron & Chris Radawiec
Thomas Radice & Jennifer Ricker
Peggy & Peter Rae
Rebecca Raffaelli
Dorian & Shari Rahamim
Chitra Ramalingam
Michael Ranfone & Elizabeth Seltzer
Leslie & Jon Redmond
Daryl Retzke
Adriana Reyes
Mark Rike
Natasha Rivas
Helen Riviere
Randall Rode
Dina Roginsky
Cadence & Evan Roosevelt
Danny & Shelea Roosevelt
Marni Roosevelt
Shayna Roosevelt & Curt Scharfe
The Rosenthal & Purvin Family
David Roth
Robie Roy
Nancy Ruddle
Nancy L. Ruther
Katharine B. Sacks & Joseph C. Huether
Jill Savitt
Matthew Scatena
Barbara & Michael Schaffer
Jeanne Schneider
Ruth Schuler
The Schwartz/Babbin Family
Lisa & Rich Scrofani
Diane Seltzer
Suzanne Sepe
Carol Sepowitz
Suzanne Serviss
Laurel Shader
Silas Shannon
Mona Sharifi & Reza Yaesoubi
Alexander Sharp
Jason Shure
Kimberly Silcox
Julia Simon-Kerr
Diane Simpson
Michael Sloan & Leslie Stone
Alexis & Ken Smith
Kristin Smith
Steven & Susan Smith
Christine & Sydney Spiesel
Ann St John
Sandra Stern
Louisa H. Stone
Richard & Nina Sussman
Terry Tammaro
Maria Tangredi
Tishema Tarver
Elaine Thoma
Joseph & Pauline Tinari
Abigail Tubis
Jackson Tubis
Jessica Tubis
Alida & Chris van Almelo
Marion & Peter Van Ness
Divya Vasudevan
Martha Venter
Alfred R. Vigorito
Daniel & Susannah Vining
Rebecca Joy Vitkus
Alex Vlassenkov
Naji Wajid
The Walt Disney Company Foundation
Suzanne & Timothy Waters
Jamie & Matthew Watson
Alison Weir
Carla Wheeler & Jack Wolfenden
Marian Wittink
Carol Wright
Yumei Wu
Elisabeth Yang
Teresa Zammataro
Marsha Zimmermann
Kim Zolvik
Dominica Zurlo

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In Memory of Micki Balaban
‍Steven Balaban
Susan Davison
Kathleen Mulligan
Kris Nolte
Rebecca Raffaelli
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In Memory of Paula “PB” Baraket
‍Nancy L. Ruther
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In Memory of James Church
‍Brenda Burt
Barbara Cole
Elizabeth Cook
Peggy Deschermeier
Justin Earley
Kathleen Farinaccio
Brian Hillman
Bess & Jeffrey Horn
Reginald Jackson
Arline Lathrop
Suzanne Matheson
Steven Mednick
Leslie & Jon Redmond
Jeanne Schneider
Diane Simpson

In Memory of Baba David Coleman
‍Michael Ben-Avie
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In Memory of Anne Curtis
Holly Bricken
Derek & Jennifer Briggs
Linda Burt
Brin & Joy Ford
Garden Club of New Haven, Inc
Prerna Gupta
Molly LeVan
Paige Manning
Donald Share
Alexander Sharp
Richard & Nina Sussman
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In Memory of Charles Born Davenport, Jr.
Faith Jordan
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In Memory of Gail Fowler
Albert R. Lee
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In Memory of Pat Gara
Tim Gara
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In Memory of Jane Crosbie Hylas
Kathleen Doonan
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In Memory of Mary Johnson
Rebecca Raffaelli
Christina Schenker
Carol Wright
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In Memory of Carol Ross
George Feisthamel & Ann Trinkaus
Grace A. Feldman
Mary-Michelle Hirschoff
Mary-Jo Warren
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In Memory of Dante A. Rosselli
Amy Gallo
Catherine & Christopher Murphy
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In Memory of Katherine E. Taffel
Margaret & Robert Hodge
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In Memory of Caterina Arena Visconti
The Charles A. Mastronardi Foundation

HONORARY GIFTS

In Honor of Tracey Albert
‍Diane & James Charney
Sandy Jedziniak & Jeremy Mellitz
Lily Mellitz
Joan & John Pirtel
Terry Tammaro
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In Honor of The Armstrong-Koski family
Kimberly Silcox
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In Honor of Rachel Balaban
Carol Sepowitz
Marsha Zimmermann
Ruth Schuler
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In Honor of Jonathan H. Bello
Ling Bello
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In Honor of Mary Bloom
Edith Bers & Paul Sutton
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In Honor of Noah Bloom
Susan Davison
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In Honor of Slater & Arden Boms
Abraham & Gail Boms
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In Honor of Berclee Cameron
Cleve Fuessenich
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In Honor of Gillian Eversman
Brandon Gallego

In Honor of Grace Feldman
Perry Brass & Hugh Young
Connie & Peter Dickinson
Allan Brison & Betsy Goldberg
Peggy & Peter Vermilya
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In Honor of Tim Gara
Richard Hagemann
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In Honor of Kathy and Fred Giampietro
‍Marshall Nichols
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In Honor of Ashley Hale
Erica Gross
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In Honor of Amy Kapczynski
Kimberly Garley-Erb
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In Honor of Rachel Kiel
Kristin Smith
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In Honor of Lauren Messina
Diane & James Charney
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In Honor of The NMS faculty & staff Francine & Robert Caplan
Michelle Maitland
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In Honor of Robert Oakes
David Peaper & Kate Perry
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In Honor of Our budding violinist and her patient teacher
Diana Empsall

In Honor of Leslie Prodis
Helen Riviere
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In Honor of Myron Radawiec
Linda Burt
Michael Dimenstein & Hedda Rubenstein
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In Honor of Julia Raspe
Earl & Kranie Baker
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In Honor of Laura Richling
‍Eileen O’Donnell
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In Honor of Shayna Roosevelt
Marni & Ford Roosevelt
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In Honor of Debby Teason
Martha Venter
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In Honor of Anne Tubis
Abigail Tubis
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In Honor of Amy Valente
Maria LaSala
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In Honor of Larry Zukof
Earl & Kranie Baker