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Works
the newsletter of Isles, Inc. • Spring 2016
Reclaiming Green Spaces
More Than 65 Gardens & Growing! p. 4 for Play p. 6
Isles Builds Wealth p. 10 IYI’s 20th Graduation p. 9
Sam Hamill
In the 1980s, as director of the nonprofit Middlesex
Somerset Mercer Regional Council, Sam Hamill brought a
MESSAGE strong regional perspective to central New Jersey planning,
and a belief that Trenton was key to the region. This led
naturally to an early association with Isles, also a fledgling
from Isles’ President nonprofit in 1981.
Dear Friends, In 1998, Sam co-chaired Isles’ first capital campaign
of more than $3.5 million, raising the visibility of Isles’
As we head into Isles’ 35th year, I think a lot about work. Sam then served as an Isles Trustee from 2001 to
time, and the importance of persevering. 2003. Since that time, he has been a steadfast advisor,
donor, volunteer, and most importantly, friend. “Cities like
This newsletter offers a glimpse into work that could Trenton,” says Sam, “need strong regional connections
only have evolved over many years. You see, we’ve as well as the community-based development work Isles
been asking a basic question, “What are the most excels in.”
powerful ways to meet our mission of more self-reliant
families and healthy, sustainable communities?”
The answer to that, at least for us, is reflected in this
newsletter. But while “sticking around” is important,
it’s not enough. Good organizations learn over time,
think big, and take risks.
How do we maintain this entrepreneurial team, and
spirit? It starts with great people who commit to an
audacious mission, and engage as entrepreneurs. And
we persevere. But there’s more to it than that. Since I
started teaching Social Entrepreneurship at Princeton
University this year, we’ve begun writing a history of
Isles to answer that question.
A few benchmarks are worth noting. We now
understand the threat of lead poisoning and how to
affordably clean up homes, often the most dangerous
places for children. The debacle in Flint, Michigan In the spring of 2014, Sam was at Galilee Baptist
highlights what we’ve been saying for ten years: the Church for the funeral of a young man, gunned down
permanent damage to thousands of lead poisoned by a Trenton gang. Shots rang out during the service,
kids annually is preventable. We have made 170 homes shattering stained glass windows.
lead-safe and energy efficient over the past few years,
at a cost of less than $7,000 per home. It’s time to This was a stark reminder of the challenges facing today’s
scale that up, here and across the country. youth, the demoralizing effect of violence on residents,
and how public perception of a violent city undermines its
After a lengthy post-recession delay, and more future prospects.
fundraising, we are moving forward with the Social
Profit Center at Mill One. A challenge donation from At the same time, Isles was developing a pioneering
long time friends Paul and Anke Volcker, and the many effort to counter violence through Isles Youth Institute,
individuals that stepped up to match their challenge, community planning, and “safe havens,” such as gardens,
made it possible. parks, and reclaimed vacant lots.
To achieve this innovative work, we relied on 300 Isles and Sam joined forces to involve leaders across
diverse institutional and 1,000 individual donors this the region to reduce violence in Trenton. Sam notes,
year. You really matter! “Someday, tax policy and other governmental burdens
that cripple New Jersey cities may change for the better.
Join the good work, and let us know what you think. For now, Isles’ effective work in communities and its bridge
building beyond the city boundaries is leading the way.”
In community,
Marty We feel lucky to have Sam’s friendship and support.
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“The day I called
Isles...
changed our family’s life.” When
Baptista Little asked about our
home repair services, her call
was just one of many that Isles
fields every day. That is, until
Prince Moore, who supervises
our healthy home and energy
retrofit service, visited the Littles’
home for an inspection.
LIVE healthy Prince found a family with two
small children under age seven,
a baby on the way, a house full
of environmental toxins, and the
structure falling down around
them. The Littles’ roof was leaking
badly, asbestos was falling off the
A community garden in Trenton
heating pipes, and the windows
were lined with peeling lead paint.
Trenton Grows, the World Knows A 1910 vintage coal-fired heater,
since converted to oil, had stopped
working mid-winter of last year. And
With nearly 70 community and school In 2011, Isles raised funds and
a broken water pipe had weakened
gardens in the region and 35 years sponsored the first statewide
the floors so badly that the upstairs
under our belts, Isles has learned a lot conference on urban agriculture,
bathtub was threatening to fall
about urban gardening. Increasingly, “Ag in the City.” Over 100
through the ceiling, into the living
we’re sharing these lessons with municipal officials, community
room. The Littles, like so many
others. leaders, urban farmers and
others, just couldn’t afford to repair
gardeners, planners, academics,
their home.
entrepreneurs, public health
professionals, and others met to
To quote Baptista, “There was so
share knowledge, research, and
much work that needed to be done,
advocacy.
we couldn’t believe that [Isles]
would fix it all!” Isles specializes
Four years later, Isles funded and
worked alongside key leaders
around the state to organize the
The Little family
second Ag in the City conference.
The 2015 “Garden Cities” brought
over 200 participants and featured
keynote speakers from Detroit and
New York City.
Moving forward, Laura Lawson,
Dean of the newly created Office of
Agriculture and Urban Programs at
Rutgers, has agreed to organize a
biannual conference in partnership
with Isles and others. Thanks, Laura!
Grassroots work improves with a
birds-eye view!
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in fixing homes that threaten
children’s health and waste energy.
And by training and hiring local
contractors, we’re strengthening
the local economy at the same
time. Within two weeks, the
Littles had a new roof and heating
system, lead safe windows, and a
reinforced floor that will ensure the
bathtub remains safely upstairs.
Isles’ Elyse Pivnick at a State House press conference
A house that could have been
condemned became a safe,
energy-efficient, and healthy home Starting to Light the Way
for the Little children.
By starting community gardens back in 1981, Isles learned to test and
clean up lead in the soil. Later, Isles worked with local residents to clean
up contaminated “brownfield” sites. In 1999, Isles began researching the
impact of environmental toxins on communities, especially on young kids’
health. Gradually it became clear— the most dangerous place for kids was
often their own homes, because of the lead in the dust in those homes.
Since then, we tested over 2,000 homes and analyzed health data. But
we didn’t stop there. We developed low cost ways to make homes both
healthy and energy-efficient. Then we trained and hired contractors to
before retrofit homes, and we trained home health workers to be healthy home
assessors and “coaches.”
“There are very few public health interventions that offer that
great combination of short-term benefits, as well as long-term
gains. Lead abatement is one,” says Professor Matthew Davis,
Chief Medical Executive, State of Michigan.
On February 1, Isles joined the Housing and Community Development
Network of New Jersey, New Jersey Citizen Action, and other community
leaders at a State House press conference to urge Governor Christie to
after restore $10 million to the Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund (LHCAF).
Elyse Pivnick, Isles Director of Environmental Health, offered surprising
data to New Jersey leaders. “In NJ, the primary source of lead poisoning
Isles has provided this type of lead is chipping and peeling lead paint, not water. Among children tested in
safe, energy efficiency, and healthy 2014, a higher percentage have elevated blood lead levels (EBLL) in 13
homes rehab service for more than NJ communities than in Flint, Michigan. Over 3,000 NJ children were
170 Trenton homeowners over the identified with EBLLs for the first time in 2015.”
past four years, offering a model for
cost-effective solutions to lead-filled That headline, “13 communities have a higher percentage of children
homes that plague older cities. with lead poisoning than Flint,” was picked up around the country, even
sparking a companion report in Pennsylvania and other states. From
“Thankful is not the word,” wrote Mother Jones to the Washington Post, to NBC 10 and even a French news
Baptista, “this family will be forever outlet, the public wants to know why the problem is not yet solved.
grateful to Isles.”
Of course, the LHCAF should be funded, but we want to restructure it to
And Isles is forever grateful to the make the biggest impact. New Jersey can also learn from other states with
donors and funders who make this better building codes, testing for kids, and other prevention strategies.
work possible.
It’s about time.
Isles creates powerful, low-cost ways to make
homes safe for kids. Diverse donors and funders 5
make this possible!
Trenton Arts in Focus
Over the past few years, an influx of
artists and art-related activities has
brought energy to the Old Trenton
Neighborhood (OTN). At the same
time, the City of Trenton’s new master
plan, Trenton250, is defining a vision
for the city as a premier economic and
cultural center built on arts, industry,
and education.
Isles, in partnership with Passage
Theatre, secured support from the
National Endowment for the Arts and
NJ Neighborhood Revitalization Tax
Credit funding to develop OTN as
Trenton’s first arts and culture district.
What began as a neighborhood-
r evi t a li z e communities focused process is now Trenton Arts in
Focus, a city-wide planning effort to
link to the master plan and strengthen
Cleaning up a vacant lot existing arts and culture assets while
attracting new people, businesses,
Reclaiming Green Spaces and visitors.
Research shows that when we create response, Isles helps local residents Facilitated by Isles, a steering
safe places for kids to play outdoors, reclaim underused spaces for committee of 30 artists and arts-
crime goes down. Recreation is play, similar to our community related groups is overseeing the
especially important in early childhood, gardening efforts. process, generating input from nearly
when young minds develop the 500 stakeholders. The plan will be
capacity for decision making and Isles Clean & Green works with finalized in Spring 2016, and will
planning skills. Vigorous play also city government to identify vacant guide future development of OTN
boosts brain activity and contributes lots and deteriorating public parks while expanding arts and culture
to better academic achievement. and “clean & green” them. Isles across the city.
Unfortunately, kids have few places for crews remove litter and clean up
unstructured, safe play in Trenton. In dumping, trim grass, bushes and
tree limbs, and beautify spaces with
new plantings. The Clean & Green
crew raises standards for the entire
neighborhood, collaborating with
residents and civic associations to
better maintain properties in their
neighborhoods.
In addition, Isles’ new mobile
recreation unit, ‘T-Recs,’ recently
hit the streets. T-Recs energizes
the reclaimed spaces with games,
sports equipment, and fun activities
for all ages. As city government
shrinks, these low-cost services
rejuvenate existing city parks
and neighborhood greenways,
creating safe, inviting environments
for community fun and peace.
Together, these efforts help to
improve perceptions of Trenton
neighborhoods and reduce crime. Arts planning participants
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Historic Homes
Back to Life
The renovation of 11 vacant
buildings in the Old Trenton
Neighborhood (OTN) is bringing
back 24 beautiful homes and two
retail spaces. The Stockton Street
Apartments (SSA) offer modern
layouts and increased safety and
comfort, while still preserving the
historic character of the buildings.
The two retail units will add
vibrancy to the street and recreate
neighborhood-scale commercial
activity that once thrived in the OTN.
The SSA also models sustainable
design. It uses minimal and recycled
waste, durable, low toxicity materials
with high recycled content, and
energy efficiency features.
Restoring Trenton: What’s Next? Isles’ ability to create healthy,
sustainable places relies on
In 2014, Isles led Trenton’s first city-wide vacant property survey and
launched www.restoringtrenton.org to make the data publicly accessible. diverse funders. Join us!
Isles continues to manage the website, and it is now a valuable tool for
residents, developers, local government, and researchers to target strategies
to reduce vacant properties and redevelop the city.
• Since then, the City of Trenton has revamped and enforced its Vacant
Property Registration Ordinance, requiring owners of vacant properties
to pay an annual fee ranging from $250 to $1,000. With the help of the
survey and resulting data, the City has collected registration fees that
fund much needed investments by the City to solve the vacancy problem,
such as upgrading database technology, educating owners of obligations,
and enhancing capacity to locate missing owners.
• In 2015, New Jersey Community Capital, Isles, the Center for
Community Progress, and Rutgers University prepared and released
Laying the Foundations for Strong Neighborhoods, a city-wide housing
conditions market study. The study addressed homeownership rates,
violent crime, and tax delinquency to help analyze the conditions in
Stockton Street Apartments
Trenton’s neighborhoods and explore strategic options for the City
and other stakeholders. The results of this study can be viewed at
www.restoringtrenton.org.
In 2016 we will: Want an update on Isles’
small grants competition,
• Facilitate citizen reporting of vacancies in their neighborhood on behalf
launched in 2014?
of the City of Trenton.
• Help the City implement the Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act Visit www.isles.org
to more efficiently acquire abandoned properties, clear liens, and then to learn more!
rehab, demolish, and/or resell them to new owners.
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Isles Youth Institute:
Overcoming Obstacles
By the time Marie got to high
school, she had lost most of
her motivation. Getting into
verbal and physical fights with
other students, she disengaged.
Finally, Marie and her single
E D U C AT E and train parent mother decided that, like
her older brother, she would
apply to Isles Youth Institute.
Isles’ Andre Thomas trains community health workers.
Nearly half of Trenton public school
students drop out, like Marie.
Isles CEET: Training Others to See Many are involved with the juvenile
justice system. Some have children,
some lack a home, and others
Healthy homes make for healthy when entering each family’s home simply drop out because traditional
people. In Trenton and other older and think about how I can educate schools don’t work for them.
cities, the most dangerous place for and assist the families we serve.
children is in their home. More than When it was warm, we spoke about IYI offers an alternative path,
85% of Trenton homes were built the cats bringing fleas into the offering self-reliance through
before 1980, 51% were built before home. Recently, the same mother education. Our teachers and
1939, and 30% are substandard. shared with me that her pediatrician coaches help students work
Older homes foster dangers both contacted her and said her son’s through life challenges while
seen and unseen—like mold, lead level was high. I asked mom if helping them achieve their
moisture, trip/fall hazards, bed bugs, the home has ever been tested for educational and career goals.
lead paint, and more. lead. The mother replied “no.” I was Donors and grant funds make this
so excited to share with the mother approach possible.
To counter this threat, Isles trains that not only can the home be
home visitors—building inspectors, tested for lead, but a healthy homes When asked how IYI made a
social workers, health workers and assessment can be completed.” difference for her, Marie answered,
weatherization professionals—as “Smaller classes! I feel like I learn
Community Health Workers. Isles Sometimes just a little knowledge better here because of that.”
has trained or certified more than and a new way of “seeing,” can
900 “Community Health Workers” make all the difference. Marie is now a sixteen-year-old
over the past 2 years. Trainees student at Isles Youth Institute with
now perform their primary jobs She continues, “Another family uses perfect attendance. She is eager to
and, at the same time, find home very fragrant cleansers to clean the learn, and she takes opportunities
health dangers like moisture, pests, home [even though] members of to volunteer and participate in
harsh cleaning products, or even the family have asthma. Sharing afterschool activities. As president
room fresheners that can send an information about green and thrifty of IYI’s student government, she
asthmatic child to the emergency cleaning products would be useful is an excellent role model for her
room. We help other home visiting for that family. Another family peers.
organizations provide more tools smokes around a toddler that has
to homeowners to keep their asthma, and I will be sharing asthma After renovating the City Hall
children safe and healthy. Natalie, a and allergies information with Atrium Garden with her classmates,
visiting health worker, describes her them.” Marie hosted its unveiling, giving
experience with one family: a warm welcome to the audience,
To learn more or sign up for training, including Mayor Jackson, and
“After receiving the initial training, visit www.isles.org/services/green- introducing Marty Johnson.
[I began to] look a different way jobs/training-schedule
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Later, Marie attended the Mayor’s State of the City
Address, where she learned about the workings of local
government, and she participated in Princeton’s Woodrow
Wilson School Service Auction to help raise money for Isles.
Marie recently began taking CNA classes. “I am grateful for
the opportunity to take CNA classes. They give me a lot of
information about a career field that I knew nothing about.
I can’t wait to be able to explore other careers so that I can
see which career choice is best for me.”
Want to get involved in this youth movement?
Call us at 609.341.4751.
Students at City Hall Atrium Unveiling
Isles Youth Institute Turns 20 High School of Trenton, where she increased attendance,
graduation rates, and other core outcomes. Prior to that
role, Ms. Gray worked as Principal of Newark Bridges High
Back in 1994, David Styner had a problem. As Isles
School, and School Leader of Capital Prep Charter High
Construction Manager, he was renovating vacant homes
School in Trenton. She graduated from Hampton University
across the city, and young adults kept coming to the
with a degree in Accounting and the University of
construction site, looking for work. From time to time,
Maryland, where she earned an MBA. She also completed
he would give them the chance to show their skills.
the Harvard University Urban School Leadership Institute
Unfortunately, too many of them, no matter how good
Program.
their carpentry skills, lacked a high school education. David
wondered, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could combine
David Styner passed away before the first YouthBuild class
construction training with a high school education—at the
graduated back in 1995. We think he watches over IYI
same time?”
today with deep pride in what he helped start.
That question led Isles to develop YouthBuild, now called
Isles Youth Institute (IYI). In June 2015, we celebrated 20
years of educating, training, and supporting disconnected
youth in the Trenton region. More than 80 kids who had
left school turned to IYI last year to help them gain high With Thanks
school diplomas, job skills, employment, and access to and Appreciation
higher education.
from the
Students also perform community development work. Class of 2015!
In 2015, they helped restore Cadwalader Park, the D&R
Greenway, Reading Senior Center, and the Trenton
City Hall Atrium. In addition, students also gained job
placements with Kohl’s, the Delaware River Joint Toll
Bridge Commission, Target, Macy’s, Bed Bath and Beyond,
Burlington Coat Factory, The College of New Jersey Bonner
Center, and more.
Over the years, more than 1,000 students have benefited
from this powerful education and training. This is only
possible when diverse donors believe every young person
deserves an education and a chance.
Recently, Shenette Gray joined Isles’ staff as Director of IYI.
Ms. Gray was the past Principal of the Daylight Twilight
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B uild wealth
One Family’s Story
After two years of budgeting, improving their credit, and
participating in matched savings, Trentonians Lawrence and
Sharon Foreman purchased their dream home. In August, they
moved in to a sturdy Dutch Colonial in the Wilbur section of
Trenton.
Homeownership is an important way to build wealth and strengthen
families, but not always. Too often, first time homebuyers lack a clear
and realistic plan for saving, spending, and earning. Many wind up
exhausting any accumulated assets in order to meet everyday expenses.
Debt builds up on credit cards; then equity is tapped or mortgages are
refinanced to cover the escalating and unmanageable costs. Housing Matters
It’s a story we hear all too often, but with Isles Financial Solutions (IFS), In 2008, the recession dried up $19
we are doing something about it. We help families like the Foremans trillion in total wealth. With home
succeed at homeownership and maintain independence. IFS works with prices tanking, reports estimated a
employers and their lower-wage employees to bring an integrated blend loss of $7 trillion in the real estate
of proven behavior change methods, loans, and financial services to build industry alone. Lower income
the financial capability of families. homeowners were hit hard. Many
were sold an “American Dream”
IFS helps workers create and manage budgets, set financial goals, save that was far beyond their reach, and
for the future, and develop positive financial habits. In 2015, we served offered through scam mortgages.
249 customers with financial workshops and 1:1 counseling services, and
made ten loans totaling $14,557. In addition, we helped four customers The impact of the recession—
purchase their first home. especially for lower income
homeowners—is still with us. With
Lawrence and Sharon took the IFS lessons to heart. For starters, they more than 300 pages of Sheriff
chose a well-maintained home that was affordable for them. Since (foreclosure) Sales scheduled for
moving in six months ago, Mercer County properties alone,
the couple has been careful families and neighborhoods face
to resist the kind of outsized continued, deep challenges.
spending that sets so many
new homeowners down a Over the past 7 years, our donors and
difficult path. funders have enabled Isles to work
with more than 700 families to avoid
“We’re doing the same foreclosure. Isles offers one-on-one
things we were doing before counseling, helping homeowners
the house”—saving in the assess their current financial/mortgage
bank, paying off any credit loan and credit status, evaluate the
card balances, and making best way to preserve assets, and
wise purchase decisions. negotiate with the servicing agent or
“The house is solid. lender on behalf of the homeowner.
Everything’s really working Isles counselors put people back on
out great.” The Foremans their feet. As one customer put it,
exemplify how Isles’ work,
with the support of investors “I would like to thank you for all
like you, fosters self reliance. the work you put in helping me
Lawrence Foreman outside his new home
get my modification. Isles is truly a
blessing to our community.”
10 Isles Works Spring 2016financial summary 2015
2015 Actual Revenue 2015 Actual Expenses
Rental Investment
Income Income Other Income
Fee for 1%
Service 5% 2%
Administration
2% Isles Youth Institute 16%
21%
Individuals
29% Resource
Development
Foundation and 5%
Corp. Grants
12%
Real Estate
Job Training and
10%
Home Energy
13%
Financial Services
5%
Government Grants
49% Community Planning & Urban Ag
31%
Total: $7,060,576 Total: $6,893,448
A complete audited financial statement will be available at our office or at isles.org/about/publications/financials
The Social Profit Center at Mill One Volcker Challenge
is converting a large, historic factory into a center for In 2015, Paul and Anke Volcker established
nonprofits and related for-profit businesses and artists. In a $1 million challenge grant to support the
the past year, we’ve focused on retrofitting the core and development of the Social Profit Center at Mill
shell of Mill One. We are restoring historic windows, and One. Thank you to the following donors who have
installing a new green and solar roof as this newsletter helped match these funds in 2015.
goes to print. The Social Profit Center is about 1/3 leased
and currently houses Isles Ben and Anna Bernanke
training and nonprofit tenants Madeline and Alan Blinder
involved in literacy, job John C. Bogle
training, recycling, and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
arts. Christopher A. Chambers
Essig Enright Family Foundation
It is exciting to see the Fidelity Foundation
final product unfolding, Dennis and Connie Keller in honor of Marty Johnson
creating dramatically Martin J. and Tristin Mannion Charitable Trust
beautiful spaces. Ron Meier in honor of the future home of
Isles@Mill One
Ober Family Fund of the Princeton Area
Interested in Community Foundation
Kimberly Ritrievi in honor of Paul and Anke Volcker
joining us?
Vivian and Harold T. Shapiro
George Soros
Contact David at
Bonnie L. Higgins and Thomas J. Sullivan
dschrayer@isles.org
Wendell Family Foundation
Caroline and Helmut Weymar
Wolfensohn Family Foundation in honor of
Paul Volcker
11giving 2015
Isles Bridge Builders The David & Catherine Loevner Family Donors George and Halina Bustin Tracey A. and John F. DiFalco
Fund Samantha Adelberg Patricia S. Butcher Kendra DiPaola
Major Donors $1,000+ Annually
AnneMarie Macari and Gerald Stern Sarah C. Brett-Smith and Stephen L. Adler Martha Buttenheim Joanne Antonivich Dix and
The Albin Family Foundation
Thomas Macirowski Carolyn and Timothy Ainslie Linda Konrad-Byers and David Byers William S. Dix, Jr.
Lamar Allen
Nancy and Duncan MacMillan Bea and Heywood Alexander Barbara Moakler Byrne and Tom Byrne Dobson Family Fund of the Princeton
Alice Anderson Bishop
Julie and Tim Manahan Kathryn Alexander Lisa Cabral Area Community Foundation
Ed Arlin in memory of E.S. Arlin
Martin J. and Tristin Mannion Charitable Shirley and Jonathan Allen Megan Campbell Shekeima Dockery
The David R. and Patricia D. Atkinson
Trust Carole Allison George J. and Anne Carcagno John Andrew Domingue
Foundation
Shirley and Art Martin Fund of the Cooper Allton Brian Carlin Elisabeth and Stephen Donahue
Baldwin-Sieck Family Fund of the
Princeton Area Community Foundation Rafael Almeida Michael Carlson in honor of the Woodrow Olivia Dowling
Princeton Area Community Foundation
David Mathey Foundation Susan P. Schwartz and James R. Alt Wilson School Service Auction Julie Drawbridge
Katherine Hatton and Richard Bilotti
Helena L. May and Michael Zammit Donna E. Ward and Gregory C. Amato Emily and Randall Carone Anonymous
Fund of the Princeton Area Community
Steven and Laura Mayer Family Nancy Scott and James A. Amick Peter Carril in honor of Richard Simkus Cathy Drozda in memory of my parents
Foundation
Foundation Anonymous Emily Ann Carter Fund for Charitable Melanie Dugan
Madeline and Alan Blinder
McAlpin Fund of the Princeton Area Ellis and Jermain Anderson Giving Robert K. Durkee
Michael and Barbara Blumenthal
Community Foundation Stephen Anderson and Clara F. Richardson Judith and Perry Cartwright Sally and George Easter
Christopher Boudreau
Jennifer Bryson-McGahren and Samuel Andrew Christopher Cascia Martha and Robert Ebert
Nora E. Brennan and Stephen E. Miller
John McGahren Maria Alejandra Arango Noreen Casey and Tally Ferguson Linda Kinsey and Donald R. Ehman
Ann Lee Saunders Brown
The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation The Aresty Foundation Mary C. Caterson Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Douglas Butler
Susan G. Mcllwain Thomas J. Arkinson Lisa and Philip Caton Michelle Eilers
Valerie A. Cheh
Anonymous Hope V. Armenti Christopher A. Chambers P. Eisenberg
Helen and Martin Chooljian
Hella and Scott McVay Fund of the Richard and Susan Armington Iris Chan in honor of the Woodrow Wilson Katherine Elgin
Melanie and John Clarke
Princeton Area Community Foundation Andrew Armstrong School Service Auction Barbara M. Elkins and Timothy Brown
Nancy F. Cole and Matthew Rhodes
Mark S. Mester in honor of Mary and Charles Ascher Theodore Chase, Jr. and Shan and Bertram Ellentuck
Kelly and Robert G. Collier
Richard D. Gorelick Albert Edward Atkinson Victory Van Dyck Chase Joanne Elliott
Isabella L. de la Houssaye and
Karen and David Miller in honor of Anonymous Mathew Cherackal in honor of Blanche Ellis—The DeRosa Group
David Crane
Marty Johnson Haseeb bin Aziz Professor Laura Landweber Sara Elsayed
Jenny and Jonathan Crumiller
Minter-Yuan Family Fund of the Princeton Nancy S. Gibson and James P. Bailinson Steve Chiavarone Billie Emmerich
Paul J. DiMaggio and Carol Ann Mason
Area Community Foundation Dorothy and Robert Baldwin Bryan Chu Elric J. Endersby
and Daniel and William DiMaggio
Moglia Family Foundation Carol Barash and Jed Kwartler Lucinda and Charles G. Clark Richard F. Engel
Christina and Robert Dow Foundation
Edward G. Nardi George Bassett and Nancy Wilson Julie Denny Clark John and Kristin Epstein
Mr. K. Philip Dresdner, Albert Penick Fund
Martha L A Norris Foundation Patty and Chris Bauer Elizabeth Cliff Janet and Arthur C. Eschenlauer
Elizabeth Duffy and John Gutman
Ober Family Fund of the Princeton Area Nancy Beck Barbara W. Coe The Barbara and Gerald Essig Charitable
Diane N. and John D. Eckstein
Community Foundation Nancy and William Becker Terri Moore and Jeffrey Coe in honor of Fund
Mary and Peter Egbert
Judith and Adeoye Y. Olukotun, MD in Nancy Becker Barbara Coe Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen
Christopher Eisgruber
honor of Isles’ Board Members Benjamin Beede Maureen and Matthew Coe in memory of Debra and Michael J. Faigen
Erickson Family Fund of the Princeton Area
Jeanne M. Oswald and Art Russomano Debra A. Beer Bruce Coe David A. Fankhauser
Community Foundation
Heidi Wilenius and Scot Pannepacker Barbara Behrens Rachel Cogsville-Lattimer Shaness and Peter Farrell
Essig Enright Family Foundation
Daniel Patrick and Charlotte S. O’Connell Sara Bencic Anthony R. Colavita, Jr. Dan Fatton in honor of Julia Taylor,
Jennifer R. and Robert B. Eyre in honor of
Joan and Edward Petrillo, Jr. B. Richard and Mary R. Benioff Lee E. Cole Iana Dikidjieva, and Elijah Dixon
Reverend Bud Dreyden
The Petrucci Family Foundation Jaime Benrey Bejar Henry Alfred Coleman, Ph.D Joseph Fay in honor of Stuart Essig’s
Thomas J. Faith
Pheasant Hill Foundation Harriet and Wayne Berens Philip Colicchio and Kathleen Robinson Board Membership
Henry Farber
Alexandra and Howard F. Powers, Jr. Gerald and Sheila Berkelhammer Colicchio in honor of Richard Simkus Dorothy and Joseph G. Feinberg
Richard A. & Ellen Miller Ferreira
Amy and James S. Regan Barbara Berko and Joel Deitz Akiko and Martin Collcutt Pearl A. Feldmesser
Charitable Fund
Linda and Robert M. Revelle Marty and Joan Bierbaum in memory of Gilbert Collins Colin Felsman
Robert Fisher
Ann and Paul L. Rhoads Charles M. Kuperus Matthew Collins Jane and Theodore J. Fetter
Kathleen and James Fitzpatrick
Lois Riskin Katherine Hatton and Richard Bilotti Nicholas Collins Betty and Robert Fleming
Gail J. Franck
Lisa and Mike Roe in honor of Fund of the Princeton Area Community George and Marita Colnaghi Gerald and Mary Ford
Dell and Oscar F. Gerster in memory of
Joseph M. Rimmer Foundation in memory of Ai Constance James E. and Renee Conlon Margaret Forrestel
Martin Gerster
Diane Genco and Eugene J. Schaefer Handa Moore Conor Carroll Lisa Forrester
Laurel and Steve Goodell
Sherrerd Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Katherine and Richard Binetsky Geoffrey Cooper Susan P. Fox
Sandra and Richard D. Gorelick
Abigail and Richard Simkus Alastair Binnie and Zoe Brookes Therese and Paul Cooper Marlaine E. Lockheed and Steven B. Frakt
The Griffin-Cole Fund
Judith and Robert Smith in honor of Charlotta M. Bishop Eugenie Copp Sasha Frankel
Kathryn Hall
Marty and Liz Johnson Emily Black Ann and William Corwin Caren and John J. Franzini
Halpern Family Foundation
Anonymous Gregory Blair Chris Coucill and Elizabeth A. Fillo Beth and Mark Freda
Jane Hamill
Karie and John S. Staudt Bill Blair and Kirsten Hund Blair Susan L. Coursen Marc Freeman
Natalie Hamill and Josh Perlsweig
Julia and Jeffrey N. Stoller John Blankstein Marian N. Crandall Jack Freker
Sam Hamill, Jr.
Karin A. Trainer and William W. Stowe Margaret Ann Bledsoe Kathleen Crotty Anna Friedman
Stephanie and Robert Harris
Bonnie L. Higgins and Thomas J. Sullivan Arthur M. Blick, CLU, ChFC Elizabeth R. Cutler and Tom Kreutz Jessica Friedman and Bob Wander
Paige Carlson-Heim and Mark C. Heim
Jean and Kenneth Telljohann Sarah and Joseph L. Bolster, Jr. Yusuf Dahl Janet and Merwyn M. Friedman
Rachel P. and Mark S. Herr
The Penny and Ted Thomas Fund of the Kiesha Booker Malcolm and Bridget Dalrymple Anne Rodier and Paul Fritzsche
Alan M. Hershey and Phyllis Frakt
Princeton Area Community Foundation John Borden Susan and Robert Darnton Ricarda and Karlfried Froehlich
High Meadows Foundation
Susan J. Thomas Mary Ellen and William Bowen Martha Cook Davidson Kathleen and James T. Gaffney
Deborah Toppmeyer and Robert Hilkert
Allan J. Tulp Stephen M. Boyd David S. Davies Patricia S. Gallivan
The Horner Foundation
Anke and Paul A. Volcker Conner Brannen Jeanne M. Fox and Stephan De Micco Beth Ann Gardiner and Kevin F. Kirwan
Jeremy Johnson
Gaines E. and Annie Wehrle Mary Ann and Patrick R. Brannigan Laura De Olden in honor of the Woodrow Julie Fox and Steve Gates
Anonymous
Caroline and Helmut Weymar Robert Brennan Wilson School Service Auction Ann Lee Morgan and Charles W. Gear
Elizabeth and Martin P. Johnson
Lief Sannen and Lawrence E. Wieman Susan and Hank Bristol Gene A. Deemer Evelyn and Robert Geddes
Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Fund of the
in memory of Robert A. Wieman and in J. Putnam Brodsky, MD Chris DeGiulio in memory of Buddy Keith Getter
Princeton Area Community Foundation
honor of Vergene C. Wieman Elizabeth Bromley and Dougin Walker The Deitchman Family Fund in honor of Jacquelin Giacobbe
Nancy and Stephen F. Jusick
Sarah Ryan and Robert Wieman in Charles Brown Richard Simkus Patricia F. Gibney
K2TOG Fund of the Princeton Area
memory of Robert A. Wieman Carol and David B. Brown Micaela Delignerolles Wallace-Gibson Grandchildren’s Fund of
Community Foundation
Virginia Mason and Robert D. Willig Harriet and Kirk Bryan Catherine M. Knight and the Princeton Area Community
Nevin J. Kelly
Anonymous Karli Bryant Donald F. Denny Jr., M.D. Foundation
Georgia Koenig
Kathleen and John G. Winant, Jr. Mary Ann and Joseph S. Buga Claire Denton-Spalding Elizabeth Leigh Gibson Fund of the
Ann and Leighton Laughlin
Nadine and Richard Woldenberg Jenifer and John Burghardt Chris DeSimone Princeton Area Community Foundation
Elizabeth Lempert and Kenneth Norman
Richard H. Wong and Jaime K. An-Wong Thomas Burka Ted Deutsch William Gibson
Nancy and William Lifland Fund of the
Ginger August and Brian Zack Kathleen Burke Jan Devereux Rick Giles
Princeton Area Community Foundation
Sean Zielenbach, Jr. and Meghan Henning Robert and Susan Busch Darla DeVitis Sandra Gillette
Mark F. Lockenmeyer
12Amanda and William Gillum Dr. Richard M. Hofacker Noah Kutzy Lucille E. Mayton Dustin Palmer
Mary and Joseph Giordmaine Kimberly Vasko Hofer Anne LaBate Jane D. Mc Carty Maxine Palms
Bill Glover Nina J. Wortzel Hoffman Gordon LaForge Loren McAlister Dorothea and Edward R. Palsho
Crystal Godina Sarah and Lincoln Hollister Roseanne Lais Maureen W. McCarthy Tari Pantaleo
Ilene and Paul Goldberg Rhoads Hollowell in honor of Martha Lamar Elizabeth McCutcheon Alexandra Parma
Elaine Golden Marty Johnson Mrs. Kathryn W. Lamb Louis McFadden III Dee and John K. Patberg
Cara Goldenberg Arthur H. Hopkirk Karen and Samuel W. Lambert, III Melissa J. McGinnis Hetal Patel
David Goldfarb Lori Hoppmann Lance Liu Ann and John L. McGoldrick The Perelandra Fund at the Community
Laura Goldfeld Carol S. Horowitz and Herbert J. Horowitz Brenda and Peter S. Landweber Bruce and Jean McGraw Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Michael and Naomi Goldin Edward Horton Sally Kuser Lane in memory of Karen L. McGuinness The Mark Perkiss and Ellen S. Chajson
Evan Goldstein Meredith Houck Arthur S. Lane Latie and Roger McLean in memory of Charitable Fund of the Jewish
Ian Goldstein Feather and Larry Houstoun Jeff Lanigan in honor of the Partners of Bruce Coe Communal Fund
Carol and Alan Goodheart John C. and Jaqui Hover, II MBI GluckShaw, Inc. Bernard McMullan Mary Margaret Pernot
Ellen and Gil E. Gordon Jenna Hsiang in honor of Pei Hsiang Robert A. Lantzy, D.M.D., LLC Peggy and T. J. McNeill Nicholas Perold
Jim F. Gordon Peggy Hughes-Fulmer John Laughton in memory of Pat Donohue Bernard and Elizabeth McNeilly Carla Peterman
Margaret and Thomas M. Gorrie Richard R. Huth Yuki Moore Laurenti and Jeffrey Laurenti H.T. Mead Foundation David Peterson
Carrie and Lennard Grabowski in memory Zehra Ijaz in memory of Mimi Mead-Hagen and Lee Hagen Murray S. Peyton
of George and Susan Grabowski Kelly and Ray Ingram Ai Constance Handa Moore Kathleen Reidy and Robert W. Meek Tod and Betsy Peyton
Kathleen and Douglas L. Green Dr. Lillian A. Rankel and Mark J. Lavan Jennifer and Scott Megaffin Charles Phillips in memory of Sally Ross
Barbara and Fred I. Greenstein Dr. Andrew Jackson Steve Le Menager Jacqueline Meisel Susan and William Pigula
Christine Grele Dorothy M. Jackson Steve Leder Anonymous Edith R. Pike
Michael Grele Laura Smelas and Timothy Sean Jackson Louis H. LeFevre John Melas-Kyriazi Anonymous
Susan and Michael J. Griffin Dr. David P. Jacobus and Claire R. Jacobus Andrea Lehman and Andrew Rowan Mildred Mendez Katharine and Everard K. Pinneo
Lilian Grosz Laura Jacobus Reverend Richard Lehman Sophie Meunier Nicole and Jay Plett
Faruk and Simin Gul Thomas and Trudy Jacoby Vanessa Lehner Grayson Barber and Peter D. Meyers Dorothy and Charles Plohn, Jr.
Srikar Gullapalli Maryam Janani Jacquelyn Leon Andrea Michelsen Anita and Oren Pollock
Lee Gunther-Mohr Erika Jannotta Leslie E. Gerwin and Bruce Leslie David and Sally Mikkelsen Connie and H. Vincent Poor
Jeanette M. Colby and Dave A. Gutzke Myrna and Edward B. Jenkins Ellen and Harry Levine Christine and Peter T. Milano Rhona and Allen D. Porter
Carol and Carl H. Haag David Jennings in honor of Richard Simkus Judy and Todd Levine Andrew Miller and Lynne Ruff Nicholas H. Pott, MD
Betsie H. Haar and Matthew D. Haar Andres Jerez in memory of Jane Szathmary Geoffrey Levitt and Karen Collias D.P. Miller Fund of the Princeton Area Roland Pott
Ann and George C.S. Hackl Dorothy M. Aicher and Alan R. Johnson Sarah Levit-Shore Community Foundation David Prescott
Melissa E. Hager and Curtis A. Johnson Barbara L. Johnson Nancy Feldman and Ross A. Lewin David S. Miller and N. Wilson Myra and Gregg Pressman
Dan and Janice Haggerty Colin Johnson Brandon Lewis Lance R. Miller Joe Primo in honor of Liz Johnson
Sandra K. and Harold F. Hall in memory of Greg Johnson Thomas B. and Ann Margaret Lewis in Mary E. Miller Nancy E. Prince
Louise Rolling Jennifer Johnson honor of Richard Simkus Nancy B. Miller Vivian Pring
Jeffrey Hall Barbara and John Johnson Thomas Leyden in honor of Connie Leyden Stephanie Lin Miller Province Line Fund of the Princeton Area
Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss Mark Johnson Linda and Josh Lichtblau Alison E. Mitchell Community Foundation
Susanne Hand and David Kinsey Nicholas Johnson Sally U. Liddie Cathy Mitchell in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prutzman
Phillip Hannam in honor of the Woodrow Richard F. X. Johnson Derek and Diana Lidow Dr. Marlene Mitchell Beverly D. Railsback
Wilson School Service Auction Sandra Johnson Diane and Jefferson Linck Kelsey Montgomery Ann and Arthur A. Ramsey
Barbara and William Happer Gareth Jones Mae Lindsey Ai Constance Handa Moore Ruth Randall
Olaino and Sonia Hardaway Sarah and Landon Jones Caroline S. Lippincott Mary and David F. Moore Ewan Rankin
William M. Hardt—Princeton University Ann Judson Carol A. Lipson Edward W. Moore Edward John Raser
Annual Giving Office Andrea D. Goodrich and James D. Kaff Cathleen and James M. Litvack Anonymous Denise Rath Higgins
Laurie B. Harmon and Andrew Koontz Anne Brener Kahn Nancy Rucker Livingston and Elisabeth and A. Perry Morgan, Jr. Julia Reed
John and Margaret Harper Haig and Carol Kasabach Michael Livingston Jean Campbell and Patrick Morrissy Ingrid and Marvin R. Reed
Jane L. Buttars and Daniel A. Harris Katherine Henneman and Janine G. Bauer and Edward Lloyd David Morrow Anne Reeves
Stephanie R. and John J. Hart Jonathan Kastellec Christine Lokhammer Elizabeth Moynahan Leslie Reid-Green
Nancy and Hendrik Hartog Stanley and Adria Katz Linda and Paul Longville Mary and William F. Murdoch Steve and Julia H. Reynolds
Thomas B. Harvey Thomas H. Kean Sally Longville Elise Wendel Murray Serena Rice
Arlen Hastings Catherine and Thomas P. Keevey James E. and Anna Looney, PhD Mary and John M. Murrin Constance W. Hassett and
Lou Haszu and Jacqui Dileo Kathleen Kelley Timothy Loretangeli and Robert J. Myslik James Richardson
Daniel Hauben Katherine and Matt Kelsey Marguerite Mount Jean and Ray Najjar Katharine Richardson
Nancy Hilary Hays Michael Kelvington Gail J. and Robert B. Loveman Kabira Namit Margot C. Rick
Nan Sutter Hayworth and Scott Hayworth Dr. Alli Kemi Roger Low Betty Napolitano Jason Ridings
in honor of Marty Johnson Aja Kennedy Ronnie Ragen and Andrew Ira Lowenstein Ralph Napolitano in honor of my family Judith Rivkin
Brendon Healy Robert O. Keohane Hank Lubin for Christmas Mary Patricia and Michael Robertson
Trudy and John Healy Catherine and Christopher Kerr Rita Ludlum Suzanne Nash Robins Family Fund of the Princeton
Sylvia Taylor Healy Fund of the Princeton Bert G. Kerstetter Pavel Lvov Beverly S. Nester Area Community Foundation
Area Community Foundation Christopher Kess Margaret Lyford in honor of the Woodrow Sydney and Lee Neuwirth Lisa M. Roche
Frederick Heath and Merrily Orsini Sarah J. Kessler and David J. Heberlein Wilson School Service Auction Luna Nguyen Sue H. Rodgers
Matthew Hedges Julian and Darryl Kestler Keli and Lawrence Lynch Beth and Horatio B. Nichols Merilyn Rovira and Carlos Rodrigues
Elizabeth Heiss Kieling Family Fund of the Princeton Area Peter Macholdt and Kathy Fedorko Eve Niedergang and Andrew Weiss Maeryn and William Roebling
Joann L. and Isaac M. Held Community Foundation Chad Maddox Elaine and Raj Nigam Joachim Roehr
Steven and Paula Heller in honor of Leigh Ann Killian Ann Cary Hevener and Kabir Mahadeva in Ann Taber Nugent Mark Rogozinski in honor of
Richard Simkus Hanna Kim honor of Marty Johnson Richard and Carol Ober in honor of Richard Simkus
Margaret and Dennis Helms Jane and John Kistler Kevin Mailey in honor of Richard Simkus Rich Simkus’ Hundred Hole Hike Vicie A. Rolling
Margaret and Cullan Herald-Evans Michael Klatskin and Judith Feldman Robin Gould and Alan Mallach Frances M. O’Brien Alysa C.and David Rollock
Wendy Herbert Priscilla Knight Dr. Alan Mann Ann Sheree Oluwafemi Bonelys Rosado
Oscar Hernandez John Korp Julia Mann Anne C. and Peter M. O’Neill Charles H. Rose
Lee W. Herrick Dick Kraeuter Doris and Charles Mapes, Jr. Katherine and Thomas O’Neill in memory Peter Rose
Kristina Hickey Robert R. Krebs Cheryl Whitney and Yves Marcuard of Bruce Coe Ronald Rose
Susan Higgins Bonnie Krenz Berenice Mariscal Vsevolod A. Onyshkevych Ezra Rosenberg
Kit Hildick-Smith Lynda Kresge in memory of Alan Rosenthal Lori Martin David Orban and Mary Yess Barbara Ross
Barbara and Richard Hill in honor of Rebecca Kreutter Robert J. Mason Ellen Maughan and Mark Oshinskie Brenda Ross-Dulan
Marty and Liz Johnson Vearian and Don Kroeck Susan Fiske and Douglas Massey Marv and Pat Ostberg Judy Venonsky and Michael Rothwell
Charles Hill Susan and Melvin Y. Kubota Anonymous Martha G. Otis Louise and H. L. Boyer Royal
J. Robert and Barbara Hillier Janet B. Kuenne Cecilia and Michael Mathews Lyman Page, Jr. Nancy and Daniel I. Rubenstein
Mellody L. Hobson Helene and Russell Kulsrud Tania Mathurin Willis F. Paine Barbara and Richard Ruf
13giving 2015 continued
Emily Ruskin Mary and Steve Stover Elissa Weinstein The Merancas Foundation Systems Check, Inc.
Ned E. Saaz Julie Strohmeyer Alexa Weiss New Jersey Conservation Foundation Teich Groh, P.C.
M. Jacqueline Saba Chris and Jim Sturm Francis Weller Nordson Foundation Kirsten Thoft, Architect
Elizabeth and Gregory Samios Andie Styner in memory of David Styner Julianne Whittaker Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Trentypo Inc.
Carolyn P. Sanderson and Phyllis and Michael Suber Eunice Wilkinson Program* Trilogy Partners in honor of
George B. Sanderson Laurie and Timothy Sullivan Alan M. Willemsen PNC Foundation Richard Simkus
Barbara and Michael Sandler Melissa J. Bohl and Ronald Sverdlove Jennifer Williams in honor of the Prudential Foundation Tyco Matching Gifts Program*
Suzanne M. and James M. Santos Thomas Swift Woodrow Wilson School Service PSEG Foundation Urban Word, LLC
Harold H. and Carol Saunders Amanda Tan Auction RBC Foundation Verizon/NJ Shares
Ilene Dube and Mark Schlawin Jimmy Tarlau John E. Williams Family Fund Rita Allen Foundation Vinokur-Pace Engineering Services, Inc.
John Schmidt Margaret C. and Stowe H. Tattersall Lance Williams Robert Wood Johnson Foundation* Whole Earth Center
Marshall and Kinne Schmidt Tracey Syphax Elinor and Robert H. Williams The Rolander Family Foundation Williams Benator & Libby, LLP
David Schrayer Bernard F. Taylor Myra N. and Van Zandt Williams, Jr. Roma Bank Community Foundation
Howard and Susan Schrayer Calvin B. Thomas, Jr. Lucius and Adela Wilmerding Santander Foundation Nonprofits and Other
Richard Schulte Hervé Thomas Jean J. Wilson TD Charitable Foundation
Organizations
Jeanette Raymond and Mark Schultz Julie D. Thomas Louise Wilson Wells Fargo Housing Foundation
Capital Health System
Robert Schuster and Ellen Heath Holly Welles, PH.D. and Rob Thomas Ruth and Donald M. Wilson
Center for Community Progress
Eva Marie and Helmut Schwab Polly J. Hoppin-Thomas and Roy Winnick and Catherine Harper Corporations and The College of New Jersey
Steven C. Schwartz Robert M. Thomas, Jr. Rachel Winny
Companies Contemporary Garden Club
Robert A. Schwinger Ann Thompson Gretel LaVieri and Mike Winton
Abalene Termite & Pest Control Dogwood Garden Club Of Princeton
Sa Mut A. Scott Jessie and Edward Thompson Betty and Bill Wolfe
AdminaSource EarthShare New Jersey
Andrew Seligsohn Marilee Thompson Barbara and Robert J. Wolfe
AmazonSmile Educational Testing Service
Semrod Family Private Foundation Melissa Thompson Carol A. and Leonard A. Wood
AmeriHealth NJ FoodCorps
H. Jay Sexton in memory of Katy Sexton Nancy and Raymond E. Thompson Marcia and Warren Wood
Aspen Partners, Ltd. In honor of Garden Club of Princeton
Jean L. Shaddow Samantha Thompson in honor of the Linda M. Woodman
Richard Simkus Garden Club of Trenton
Bobbi Shah Infantis Lola Woodson
Berlin Seeds Howell Living History Farm
Hemant and Sampatti Shah Ruth C. Thornton Janet Robbins and Gary Woodward
The Bank of Princeton Jones Farm—NJ Department of
Sunita and Manish Shah John Thurber and Connie Cloonan Newell B. Woodworth
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Corrections
Sandra and Daniel W. Shapiro Ruth Rainford Timins and Martin Timins Ms. Judith Wooldridge
Bloomberg LP Master Gardeners of Mercer County
Barbara M. Hoffman and in memory of Liston and Joyce Abbott Ellen and Brann J. Wry
Borden Perlman Salisbury & Kelly Morven Museum and Garden
Paul G. Shapiro Wylie Timmerman Geoffrey Wyckoff
Capitol Fire Protection Co. Inc. Outpost Club in honor of
Deven Sharma Nancy L. Tindall Mark Wymer
Central Jersey Spine in honor of Richard Simkus
Travis and Rebecca Sharp in honor of Janis and Alan Todd Jane and David L. Yarian
Richard Simkus Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville
the Woodrow Wilson School Service Richard Todd Mitsuru Yasuhara
Church & Dwight Employee Giving Princeton Area Alumni Association
Auction Susan Leigh and John Toggweiler Carol Phethean and Peter Yawitz
Fund Princeton University, Princeton Interns
Judith and R. Bruce Shaw in honor of Marc Tolo Chenxi Yu
Cramer Real Estate Associates in Civic Service
Marty and Liz Johnson Louise Tompkins Debra and Stephen Yuhas
D&N Electrical Contractors Stony Brook Garden Club
Linda J. Sheets Rolando Torres, Jr. Heidi Lydia Zaininger
D&S Castings, Inc. The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Alexander Sheff Daphne Townsend Anne M. Zamonski
Fox Rothschild LLP in honor of Trenton Health Team Inc.
Ali Shehzad Phyllis and Stephen Townsend Bob Zdenek and Anne Hoskins
Richard Simkus Trenton Meeting of Friends
Michele Alperin and Steven Sheriff Duc Tran Douglas J. Zeltt in honor of
Fulton Bank of New Jersey Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Joyce and Steve Shueh Edimar Trancozo Richard Simkus
The Gazelle Group, Inc. of Princeton
Margaret Griffin and Scott Sillars Barbara Trelstad Richard A. Zimmer and
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gift YouthBuild USA
Debbie and Jeffrey Silver Piper and Brian Trelstad Marfy Goodspeed
Program*
Jane A. Silverman Linda L. Tyler Jon Zoll
Hamilton Family-Owned Jewelers in
Albert Siuta Eileen Tyson Donna Zucchetti
honor of Richard Simkus
Government
Chris P. Slajchert Letitia and Charles W. Ufford, Jr. Zvilin Fund of the Princeton Area City of Trenton
Herbert, Van Ness, Cayci & Goodell
AnneMarie Slaughter Michelle Upstein Community Foundation Mercer County Youth Services
Homasote Company
Stephen A. Slusher Dan Van Abs New Jersey Department of Children
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Delaney Ruston and Peter M. Small in Dawn and Richard A. van den Heuvel Foundations and Families
Johnson and Johnson Consumer
honor of Delaney Ruston Peg and Morgan Van Hise The Bank of America Charitable New Jersey Department of Community
Companies
Norma and Stewart Smith Roslyn and David Vanderbilt Foundation Affairs
Lantium Inc.
David E. Smith Anne VanLent Fund of the Princeton Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation* New Jersey Department of Health
Legal Shield
DeWitt M. and Lisa A. Smith Area Community Foundation Capital One Foundation New Jersey Department of Human
Linkedin Matching Gifts Program*
Hanna Snider Francisco Varela Sandoval The Corella and Betram F. Bonner Services
Martin-Bontempo-Matacera-Bartlett,
Barbara E. Snow Ruth H. Varney Foundation New Jersey Department of Labor and
Inc.
Robert Socolow and Emily Matthews— Fred Vereen, Jr. The Darwin Foundation Workforce Development
McAuliffe and Carroll Architects, LLC
Jewish Communal Fund Lisa and Matthew L. Visco E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter New Jersey Housing and Mortgage
Microsoft Corporation
Ken Sofer Joseph Voigtsberger Foundation Finance Agency
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
Paul and Mary E. Sohler Meredith and Henry Von Kohorn Exxon Mobil Foundation* United States Department of Energy
Company
David Spergel in honor of Julius Spergel Sunghae Anna Lim and Fidelity Foundation United States Department of Housing
Nichols Pool Service LLC
Eleanor and Hans B.C. Spiegel Michael Wachtel The Foundation for the Promotion of and Urban Development
Novartis*
Teresa Spurrier Mark Walker Individual Opportunity United States Department of
NRG Energy Inc.
Scott Stanford Marjorie and John D. Wallace Fund for New Jersey Labor, Employment and Training
Perennial Favorites Garden Center
Julia Rubin and Gregory Stankiewicz Georgia Wallar GE Foundation* Administration
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Ronald Stark Priscilla Walsen Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Princeton Allergy and Asthma
Austin and Ann Starkey Suzan and Matthew Wasserman Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Associates, P.A
Jan and James T. Starnes in honor of Ronald and Beth Watson Integra Foundation
* Matching Gifts
Prudential Matching Gifts Program*
Marty Johnson Beverly and John A. Weatherly Investors Foundation Isles seeks to recognize all donors who
PSE&G
Elly and Eli Stein Marguerite E. Sheehan and IV Fund so generously support us. We apologize
Public Strategies Impact, LLC
Marjorie Steinberg John W. Weber The Karma Foundation for any errors or omissions. Please
Reilly, Janiczek, McDevitt P.C.
Janet L. Stern and George Theodoridis Mike Weber in honor of Woodrow The Little Star Foundation contact us to request any corrections.
Saul Ewing LLP
Virginia, Bill and Ethan Stewart Wilson School Service Auction Lowes Charitable and Educational The Savino Financial Group
Sarah and Carl Stillwell Simone Webster Foundation Security Dynamics Inc.
Hazel S. Stix Theodora and Fong Wei Fund of the Margit and Eli Marie Arvesen Fund Sobel & Co., LLC Certified Public
Kathleen and Gerald R. Stockman Princeton Area Community of the Communiy Foundation of New Accountants
Ryan Stoffers Foundation Jersey Stark & Stark, Attorneys At Law
Sybil L. Stokes Weingart Family Fund of the Mary G. Roebling Foundation Sun 101 LLC
Phyllis and Irwin Stoolmacher Community Foundation
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Tribute to Pat Donohue
B o a r d of Trustees You can tell a lot about a guy by playing basketball with him. It was
many years ago, but I really met Pat Donohue on a hoops court. He
Michele Minter was fearless. With his small, 5’7” frame, he would take it right at the
Chair big guys underneath. And he was talented. From the first game, I
Linda Revelle wanted him on my team!
Vice Chair
Pat brought those attributes to life. He jumped in the mix, took
Kathleen Fitzpatrick risks, and didn’t back down, even when he lacked the “size” of his
Treasurer competitors. Lucky for us, his teammates, Pat took good care of us. He was always there
for the team, always positive.
Barbara Coe
Pat was a former trustee and board chair at Isles, before he became assistant provost
Rachel Cogsville-Lattimer
at The College of New Jersey. There, he developed the Bonner Institute for Civic and
Stuart Essig Community Engagement, the Sustainability Institute, and the Institute for Prison
Ian Goldstein Teaching and Outreach. He also oversaw the Bonner VISTA Fellows program, the
Steven Goodell National and State AmeriCorps programs, the TrentonWorks Initiative, and the Trenton
Robert Harris Prevention Policy Board initiative.
Sean Jackson The day Pat died, he and I discussed the positive gains of his 9 years at the college. For
Martin Johnson, ex officio a few months, we’d been exploring, with others, ways to bring his campus-community
Jacquelyn León lessons to a larger regional scale. This time, we’d do it from a more community-grounded
perspective.
Oye Olukotun
Ronald Stark But we also discussed hard stuff—why institutions resist change and how painful and
Thomas Sullivan lonely it can be when you put yourself out there, trying to make change happen. His
Tracey Syphax work fundamentally altered the way we think about how colleges and communities can
mutually benefit from each other.
Calvin Thomas
Rolando Torres We miss him.
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