Donor Reports & Resources
Celebrating your impact
College of the Atlantic relies on the support of alumni, parents, friends, foundations, and organizations to provide a life-changing, world-changing education. Every contribution, regardless of size, fuels our mission. We are deeply grateful to the many supporters listed here for their generosity during the 2024–2025 fiscal year. Thank you for investing in COA’s students, faculty, and future.
The FY25 philanthropy report and donor roster include donors who contributed during the 2025 fiscal year (between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025).*
*If you have expressed a wish to remain anonymous, your name will not appear in the donor roster or in the Philanthropy Report. If you’d like to change this, please contact advancement@coa.edu.
2024–2025 donor roster
All FY25 supporters
Anonymous (120)
Carla & Robert Aaront
Nicole Abbott
Tracey Aberman
Barbara Dole Acosta (’77)
Bethany Adamec ’03
Ashley Adler ’09 & Justin Paice
Mirza Alas Portillo ’09
Kathryn Alayan ’06
Eben Albert ’03
Sharon Knopp & Enoch Albert
Heather Albert-Knopp ’99
Alyson Albitz ’01 & Jonathan Albitz
Jane Alexander
Irene S. Alie
Aleksandra Aljakna ’07
Judy Allen
Susan & Robert Allen
Hudson Alter ’28
Valerie Altmiller ’28
Janet & Craig Altobello
Debbie Ambro
Diane & Alan Amendt
Heather & Richard Ames
Lori Andersen
Karen & John Anderson
Lauren Anderson
Marlon Andrew ’24
Diane Andrews
Elly & Sandy Andrews III
Martha Andrews Donovan
Genevieve Soloway Angle ’00
Elizabeth Anne ’11
Susan George Lyons Applegate ’76
Sally & Bill Arata
Hedy Ardito
Stephanie Arevalo ’22
Allison & Jason Arey
Emily Argo ’10
Valerie Armstrong
Hallie Arno ’22
Edgar & Nancy* Aronson
Ryan Arsenault ’00
Jessica Arseneau ’18 & Roman Bina ’16
Meeghan & Daniel Athearn
Lucy Atkins ’12
Shlomit Auciello ’17
Maro Avakian
Rosemarie Avenia ’86
Dawn Averitt
Savannah Averitt ’25
Lelania Prior Avila ’92 & Family
Elizabeth Rousek Ayers ’95
Patty Bacon
Mary Dohna Bacon ’80 & Wells Bacon ’80
Emily & Peter Baillos
Marie McCarty ’82 & Steven Baird ’83
Jeffrey Baker ’77
Laurie Baker & Spencer Egan
Rebecca Baker & Ryan Plasky
Robert Baker
Cynthia Baker & Jonathan Zeitler
Ashley Bakken-Martin ’06
Marissa Altmann Balfour ’13
Azilee Ball ’25
Nicki & Christopher Ball
Julie Banzhaf-Stone & Steve Stone
Barbara Tennent & Steven Barkan
Natalie Barnett ’11
James Barrett
Meg Barry ’10
Lavon Bartel & David Struck
Julie Barth ’92
Cheryl Bartholomew ’80
Ted Bartles ’94
Becky Bartovics
Anne T. & Robert M. Bass
Kate Baxter
Molly & John Beard
Sandi Read & Ron Beard
Emily Beck & Geoff Young
Ursa Beckford ’17
Bruce Becque ’81
Alyson Bell ’10
Joe Bellavance
Felicia Bellows
Robin ’80 & Paul ’79 Beltramini
Bruce Bender ’76
Sara Bender & Evan Bender ’04
Fred Benson
Margaret Vettese & Edward Benz, Jr.
Jaime (Duval) Beranek ’00
Heather ’08 & Sean ’08 Berg
Nathaniel Berger
Glen Berkowitz ’82
Marie & Gerald Berlin
Jason Bernad MD ’94
Geena Berry ’10
Laura Berry ’17
Robert Hunt Berry
Stefanie & Alan Berry
Sara Faull ’98 & Eugenio Bertin ’97
Deodonne ’06 & Ranjan ’04 Bhattarai
Anne Oldach & William Bickley
Annick Bickson (’12)
John Biderman ’77
Janet Biondi ’81
Charles Bishop ’07
Linda Mejia Black ’09
Joanie & Jamie Blaine
Michael Blair ’95
Jasper Blake ’25
Sofia & Bob Blake
Sofia Blanchard
Arthur Kettle ’84 & Margaret Blanding ’83
Debi & Art Blank
Jerome Bley (’78)
Jarly Bobadilla
Sarah Bockian ’05
Julia Bogardus / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Deirdre Swords & Michael Boland ’94
Pamela Bolton (’79)
Joanna Bombadil
Paul Boothby ’88
Lynn Boulger & Tim Garrity
Charlotte Bourg
Allison & Avery Bourke III
Kathleen Bower
Jason Boyd
Marie Boyle
Kristin & Bryan Bradley
Jessica Bradshaw ’03
Alyce & John Brady
Ellen Brandt
Keagan Bray ’25
Milja & Tony Brecher-DeMuro
Amy Breen ’94 & Cody Johnson
Katherine & James Brennan
Alan Brewer
Christine Brewin
Antoinette & Benjamin Brewster
Jill K. Briggs
Rachel Briggs ’13
Kristen Britton
Miriam Broady
Brenda Brodie
Steven Brown
Deborah Bruns-Thomas
Jason Bryson-Alderman ’91
Michelle & Mike Brzezowski
Elizabeth Bullock
Amanda (Walker) Bunker ’98
Jean & Ordway Burden
Bobbie Burdick
Leon Archias & Sarah Burger
Charles & Jane* Burger
Cherie & Jason Burke
Shan Burson ’83
Charles Butt
Mariana Cadena Robles ’18
Bernice & Tom Cahill III
Helen Caivano ’80
Stefan Calabria ’09
Mariana Calderón ’13
Lindsay Calef
Trisha Cantwell-Keene
William Luther ’06 & Seth Carbonneau ’05
Amanda Carlson
Kiara Carman ’24
Linda K. Carman
Sarah Carney
Sheila Cusack & Gerard Caron
Donna Gold & Bill Carpenter
JoAnne Carpenter
Melissa ’00 & Matthew ’99 Carroll
Barbara Carter
Melinda ’00 & Ellen Casey-Magleby
Ann Caswell
Giuliana Centurion ’00
Erin Chalmers ’00
Lucy Hull & E. Barton Chapin III
Mary Ann & Harry Charlston
Kathy Chazen & Larry Miller
Grace Cherubino ’11
Taj Chibnik ’95
Cynthia Chisholm ’86
Gabriela Maldonado-Codina & Jim Chivers
Sophie Chivers ’24
Marge Connelly & Julie Christopher
Alyne & Joseph Cistone
Chip Clark
Katherine Clark ’91
Kelly Clark
Lane Taylor & Virginia Clark
Shannon Clark
Sheila W. Clark
Susanna Porter & Jamie Clark, Jr.
Gail & Ham Clark III
Lisa Clarke
Hannah Clatterbuck ’26
Ryan Claunch
W. Richard Clendaniel
Chris Clevenger
Jen Hughes & Ken Cline
Catherine Clinger
Lillian & Arthur Clinger, Jr.
Andrew Coate Wenkdith ’10
Janis Coates
Pamela Cobb Heuberger ’83
Elisabeth & John Cochran
Reinhard Coenen
Millard Coffin
Laura Cohn ’88
Diana Cohn ’85 & Craig Merrilees
Dru Colbert & Nancy Andrews
Jacquie Colburn
Timothy Cole ’88
Pancho Cole ’81
Ruth M. Colket
Sarah Colletti ’10 & Kyle McMillan
Karen & Darron Collins ’92
Kourtney Collum & Patrick Lyons
Michelle Andre & Shannon Collum
Leza & Jim Colquhoun
Amber Colvin
Tracy & Gifford Combs / Combs Family Fund
Sherry & Glenn Conklin
Mairi Connelly ’14 & Spenser Simis
Heidi Conner
Karen Conners
Alexandra Conover Bennett ’77
Abigail Conrad
Barbara Conroy
Iain Cooley ’21
Steven Corbato
Elizabeth Hodder Corbus & Clay Corbus
Sarah Corson & Dick Atlee
Matthew Corum ’03
Margaret & Jay Costan
Adam Cote
Edith Rodrigue & Mel Cote Jr.
Jill ’83 & Ben ’84 Cowie-Haskell
J. Gray Cox (’71)
Margaret Cox
Malinda Crain
Jennifer ’93 & Kevin ’93 Crandall
Tracy Crane
Michael & Susan Cranmer
Lynn & James Crawford
Nadia Kasparek ’15 & James Crawford ’15
Marily Crews
Tom Crikelair
Sally Crock
Gideon Bezalel Culman ’02
Benjamin Cumberland
Callie & Randy Curtis
R.H. Cushman Family
Hannah Cuvin ’25
Jean Morris & Steve Cuvin
John Czerkowicz
Mary D’Alessandro
Dede & Dan Daigle
Lisa Damtoft ’79
John Dandy (’84)
Larry Dark
Adam Dau ’01
Kara ’96 & Matt ’98 Daul & Family
Caleb Fuller Davis ’02
Hornor Davis & William Hague
Leticia Davis
Lucinda & Fred (’75) Davis
Nancy Davis
Norah Davis
Gale & Shelby Davis
Kate & Andrew Davis
Nicole d’Avis ’02 & Mark Anderson
John & Nisha Dawson
Hilary Rose Dawson ’18
DJ & George Deans
Carol & Gary DeBarba
Misti DeGroot & Todd DeGroot ’97
Rose (’88) & Steve ’80 Demers
Megan Smith ’90 & Daniel DenDanto ’91
Beth Rendeiro & Steven DePaul
David DePrez
Danyelle Desjardins
Lise Desrochers
Cerissa Desrosiers ’00 & Jessica Hannon
Phoebe Desrosiers
Adrianne Deupree ’02 & Michael Netzer ’01
Linda & Edouard DeVarennes
Holly Devaul ’84
Catherine Devlin ’93
Elana Diaz
George & Kelly Dickson MPhil ’97
Judith Dickson
Derek Dilaj
Sbonga Dlamini ’17
Stephanie Doherty
Ellen & Bill Dohmen
Pat & Bill Dommermuth
Molly Donlan ’20
Andrika Donovan
Mary Kay & David Donovan
Millard Dority
Mary & Frank Dorsey
Julia Doten
Markéta Doubnerová ’13
Yvonne Leicht & Cameron Douglas
Cameron Hale Douglass ’02
Richard Dow
Stephen Dowdy ’19
Peggy & Steve Downing
Lorri Downs
Sofia Dragoti ’25
Estate of Susan Dreier
Walt Drkula ’12
Reba Duckett
Asa Duffee
Peggy Dulany
Aimee Dunn
Colleen Dunn
Frederick Dupree
Sunny Dupree
Anna Durand ’86
Lily Dutton ’25
Mike Duvarney
Ellen Dux
Marcia L. Dworak
Donna & Bill Eacho III
Molly & Justin Earle
Kimberly Eason ’95
Meg & Larry Eaton
Malaika Eaton
Martha & Ned Edmonds
Samuel Edmonds ’05
Susan & David Edson
Mary K. Eliot
Devyn Elliott
Suzanne Elliott
Laura Ellis
Deborah Ellwood
Nathan Emley
Peter W. Emmet ’92
Karin Tilberg & Ben Emory
Peg Emple
Jeff Engel
Gary Engler
Rebecca English
Joel & Arline Epstein
Julie Erb ’83
Florence & Spencer Ervin
Miriam Ervin
Mary Ervin
Maria Escalante ’15
Nickilynn Estologa ’07
Robert Evan
David & Jean Evans
Heather Richards Evans
Chandler & Oliver Evans
Deb Evans ’82 & Ron Schaaf
Sarah & Preston Everdell
Rudi Eyerer
Sally Fairbank
Stefanie Fairchild
Mary Fairfield
Casey Jones & Bill Faller
Misha Mytar & Daniel Farrenkopf ’93
Joan Feely ’79
Jennifer & Mark Feldman
Julia Feller
Sugar & Nat Fenton
Adrian Fernandez ’15
Michael Fetters
Allison Fichter
Molly Finch ’19
Mary Ann Cunningham & Thomas Finkle
Robert Finn ’92
Alan Finnecy
Noelle Fischer ’94
Cynthia Jordan Fisher ’80
David Fisher
Helen Dickey Fitz & David G. Fitz / Helen Dickey & David G. Fitz Charitable Fund
Marie & John Fitzgerald
Anna Flanagan ’13
Elsie Flemings ’06 & Richard Cleary
Angie Flores Quispe ’24
Janine Flory
Mary Laurence Flynn
Joanna Fogg ’07
Judi & Howard Fogt
Joanne Rodgers Foster ’85
Wendy & Bill Foulke, Jr.
Barbara & Dick Fox
Sophie Jo Frandsen ’25
Adrienne Frank
Samuel Franklin ’25
Susan Freed ’80
Jim Frick ’78
Jay Friedlander & Ursula Hanson
Glenon ’86 & Gary Friedmann
Martha Frink
Joanne & Richard Fuerst
Bianka Fuksman ’95
Bernard Fuller
Scott Fuller
Rena Zurn & Spencer Fulweiler, Jr.
Allison Fundis ’03 & Stein Servick ’05
Ann & Garth Fundis
Dana Fuqua
Kara Gadeken
Penelope Gadreault ’26
Richard Galena ’98
Carla Ganiel
Oliver Gardiner
Beth & Will Gardiner
Marina Garland ’12
Missy Gaston
Mark Gauthier & Arthur Keller*
Amy & Phil Geier
Helen Geils
Charles Gemme ’79
Katie & Steve George
Nadine Gerdts (’76) & Steve Lacker
Rona & Nir Gertner
Susan Getze
Toni Geyelin
Sahra Gibson ’20
Willow & David Gibson
Izzy Gilhooley
Christina M. Gillis
Jackson Gillman ’78
Carley & Michael Gillott
June LaCombe (’75) & Bill Ginn ’74
Annika Maia Ginsberg ’99
Jim Givens
Angela Glasser
Maroulla Gleaton
Pamela Gleichman & Karl Norberg
Louise & Tom Glenn
Eleanor Gnam ’23
Emily & Evan Gnam
Megan Godfrey ’77
Lyman Goff
Gerda Paumgarten & Lawrence Goldfarb
Nina Goldman & Douglas Legg
Vicki Nichols Goldstein ’84
Judith Goldstein
Jill & Sheldon Goldthwait, Jr.
Eugenie Sibeud & Walter Gomolka
David Eric Gooch ’01
Jaki Erdoes ’80 & Terry Good ’80
Marie Malin ’01 & Wing Goodale MPhil ’01
John Goodman
Paul Goodof
Abigail Goodyear ’81 & John Allgood
Diane Gordon
Nina ’78 & Jonathan ’78 Gormley
Tree Goulet ’78
Marie Gower
Gerd Morris Grace
Carrie Graham
Sandra Graham
Terri & George Graham
John Grasso Jr.
Cynthia Gray
Susan Butler & Vernon Gray
Anne & Jim Green
Hilary Green
Estate of Eleanor Greenan
Regan Greer ’22
Gina Greer
Linda Gregory ’89
Nelle Gretzinger
Edward Grey
Kandi Grey ’25
Katherine E. Griffin ’00
Mary (Nelson) Griffin ’97
Richard Griffin ’80
Jane & Jeffrey Griffith
Marie Griffith & Leigh Schmidt
Susan Dowling & Andrew Griffiths
Judith & Philip Grimley
Nancy Griscom
Nicole Grohoski
Carolyn & Chris Groobey
Nancy & Bill Grove
Eileen & Paul Growald
Emma Rearick ’08 & Jay Guarneri ’06
Peggy & Mike Gumpert
Merna & Joe Guttentag
Carol & Dick Habermann
Susan Simons & John Hagerty
David Hahn (’83)
Vicki & Scott Hahn
Heather Hallett-Thurston
Irene Haisma & Jaap Ham
Claus Hamann
Molly & David Hamann
Janet Hamel
Sam Hamill, Jr.
Carla Seddio & Michael Hamilton
Chris Hamilton ’85 & Patti Munsey
Rebecca Hamilton ’13
William Hanley
Jamie Hanson ’21
Joshua Harkness ’25
Leslie Harlow
Heather Harrell
Jennifer ’94 & Christopher Harris
Kelly Harris ’12
Nicholas Harris ’12
Steffi & Bob Harris
Tyler Harshman ’10
Helene Harton
Louise Hartwell
Hana Harvey ’25
Victoria Harvey
Patricia & John* Hatton
Michelle Hawken
Julie MacLeod Hayes ’78
Loie Hayes ’79
Ed Haynsworth III ’98
Atsuko Watabe ’93 & Bruce Hazam ’92
Katherine Hazard ’76
Tyler Hebert ’27
Mary J. Heffernon
Beth Heidemann ’91
Anna Heiting ’25
Daniel Held
Tara Harper & Peter Heller ’85
Hillary Smith & Jonathan Henderson
Jim Henderson & Jan Tedder
Gail Henderson-King ’82
Evan Henerberry ’17
Julia Moore & John Herron
Brandi Hess
Katherine Hester ’98
Jennifer Niese & William Hetzel
Betsy & John Hewlett
Rayanna Higley
Archer Hill
Ingrid & Ken Hill
Barbara Hilli
Scott Hines ’14
Malek Hinnawi ’25
Sue & Bob Hipkens
Lissa Hodder
Anne Wright Hodge & Byron Hodge
Juliet Hodge ’95
Noah Hodgetts ’10
Katie Hodgkins ’16 & Corey Hodgkins
Juan Hoffmaister ’07
Margaret Hoffman ’97
Rose Voce & Andy Hoffman
Kass Hogan ’81
Emily Holdman
Lisa ’80 & Bob ’79 Holley
Clara Porter & Daniel Holliday
Betsey Holtzmann & Abe Noyes
Russ Holway
Lothar Holzke ’16
Beverly Homich
Nikki Hooper ’02
Amanda Hopkins Tirrell
Cookie & Bill Horner
Lynn & Jeff Horowitz
Jenna Horton & Steve Boucher
Ellie & Paul Horwitz
Wendy Waldron & Neil Houghton Jr.
Charles J. Houston III
Jon Howarth
Laura Howes Noonan ’09
Donna & David Hreniuk
Nora Gibson & William Hudson
Denise Hue
Emily Peterson Huggins ’15 & Connor Huggins ’16
Kate & Steve Hughes
Jane Hultberg
Lisa Humphreys
Kathryn Hunninen ’03 & Jose Luis Sagastegui
Peter Hunt & Family
Miranda Hunt Borden / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Leslie Hunt Palumbo / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Sarah Huntington (’86)
Lyn Hurwich ’80
Anna Hurwitz ’84
Dana Hussein
Travis Hussey ’00
Maria Hutchins
James Hyland
Katherine & Craig Hyland
Ruth & Keisuke Iida
Tomoko & Masanobu Ikemiya
Sue Inches ’79
Corrie Ingall ’16
Lauren & Alan Ingall
Bill & Keefer Irwin
Devina Viswanathan Iyer ’16
Joanna Izaguirre
Ellie Jackson ’25
Madeleine Jackson
Nancy Knowlton & Jeremy Jackson
Carol & Pat Jackson
Mary Jo Jakab
Abigail Jakub ’21
Shelley Latham & Kenton Jakub
Jane & David James
Nishad Jayasundara ’05
AJ Jaydeokar ’23
Peter ’84 & Margaret Jeffery
Christa Jehle
Jonathan Jehle
Danielle Jenei
Jasmine Smith ’09 & Nick Jenei ’09
Amanda Spector ’08 & Peter Jenkins ’09
Yardly & Scott Jenkins
Patricia A. Jennings (’71) & James Hatch
Sonja Johanson ’95 & Richard Gordet
Cathy Johnson ’74
Little Johnson ’25
Eliana Johnston ’06
Louise Johnston
Jody Johnstone
Ronan Johnston-McWilliams ’22
Bruce Jones ’81
Lindsey Jones MPhil ’18
Leslie Jones ’91 & Max Williamson
Peggy Schultz & Fred Jones
Brianne ’02 & Brian Jordan
Patricia D’Angelo Juachon ’92
Ann & Lee Judd
Jen Judd-McGee (’92) & Sam McGee
Laura & Michael Kaiser ’85
Cate & Paul Kalenian
Nancy & Bucky Kales
Tempest Kane-McCarthy ’25
Arshad Karumbamkandathil
Ali & Steve Kassels
Jennifer Kastelic ’98
Susan Lerner & Steven Katona
Gail Amalia Katz & Lee Katz
Nan & Peter Katzenbach
Puranjot Kaur ’05
Helen & Colin Keeler
Sarah ’05 & Shawn ’00 Keeley
James Keen
Deborah Keisch ’96
Joan & Jeff Kellam
Ivy ’05 & Nathaniel ’04 Keller
Michael Keller ’09
Maggie & Jack Kelley III
Sally Anne Kellogg
Selina Kelly ’13
Betsy & John Kelly
Nan & Stephen Kennedy
Kathleen & Patrick Kennedy
Craig Kesselheim ’76
Ashlesha Khadse ’08
Aneesa Khan ’17
Barbara & Steven Kiel
Jill ’99 & Joseph ’01 Kiernan
Alya Kiiashko ’25
Lynn Kilpatrick
Sang Kim
Lydia Kimball
Morgan Kimball
Brice King ’97 & Naomi Gross ’97
Kenyon King
Steve King ’80
Robert Kinkel
Debra Kleban
Roberta & Melvyn Klein
Susan & John Klein
Joan & Allan* Kleinman
Barbara Knowles
Greg Koehlert ’96
Aleda Koehn
Joan & Ted Koffman
Arlene & Bob Kogod
Claudia Kohl
Jonathan Kohrman ’84
Elisheva Korenstein ’07
Elena Garanina & Alexey Korneev
Tanvi Koushik ’23
Kaitlyn Kowaleski ’19
Anne Kozak
Paul Kozak ’86
Wayne Simmons ’94 & Catherine Kozaryn ’94
Andreigha Kraemer ’26
Rosalind Rolland & Scott Kraus ’77
Stephen Krause
Natasha Krell ’16
Noah Krell ’01
Sandy & Mark Kryder
Mary Kubiak
Robin Kuehn ’10
Robert Kumpa (’95) & Bianka Fuksman ’95
Margaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ’77
Philip Bradish Kunhardt IV ’11 & Maria Laura Torre Gomez
Carolyn Kurek
Maude Kusserow ’15
Maryellen Kyriazis
Linda & Philip Lader
Grietje Laga
Heather Lakey ’00, MPhil ’05
Joan Lamb
Jude Lamb ’00
Rebecca & Michael Lambert
Carrol Lange ’99
Laura Crawford & Mathew Langenberg
Sydie Lansing
Gardiner & Nicholas Lapham
Burks B. Lapham
Karen & Howard Lapsley
Marci & Robert Lash
Jennifer Lasher
Georgia Lattig ’24
Jolie Lau ’19
Marjorie Lau ’81
Tiffany Laufer
Virginie Lavallee-Picard ’07 & Alexander Fletcher ’07
Clark Lawrence ’92
David Lebwohl
Courtney Lederer & Mark Thierfelder
Melissa LeDonne
Catherine LeDuke
Kimberly Lemear
Jacquelyn & Dawn Lemoine
Debra Lentz
Caroline Leonard ’01
Lizzie Leone ’93
Andrea Lepcio ’79
Francesca Preston & Doug Lerch ’03
Brenda Les
Randy Lessard ’92 & Melissa Lessard-York ’90
Robin Lester & Jodi Nooyen
Trinket Lester ’27
Susan Letcher
Charles-Olivier Lévesque ’23
Donna Hanke & Rob Levin
Monty Lewis
Linda & Jonathan Lewis
Lois & Larry Libby
Jessie Greenbaum ’89 & Phil Lichtenstein ’92
Stephen Liebrock
Cynthia & Dan Lief
Daniel Lindner, Jr. ’11
Ms. Ingrid Lindstrom (’09)
Maryalice & Brian Little
Peggy Beaulac & Carl Little
Neith Little ’09
Abigail Littlefield ’83
Tanya Hanke & Jeffrey Logee
John Long ’86
Maria Vanegas Long ’84
Margaret Longley ’10
Danielle & Gordon Longsworth ’90
Roberta & Ralph Longsworth
Megan Loomer
Jill Lord & Stephen Byrd
Babette & Peter Loring
Jacob Love
Susan & K. Prescott Low
Barbara & Muhammad Lowe
Hélène Lowe Dupas
Haley Harwood Lowell ’11
Sara Löwgren ’20
Tanya Lubansky
Josh Luce
Devin Lueddeke
Rudy Lukasevics ’25
Adrian Lyne ’23
Andrea Lynn ’90
Meaghan Lyon ’16
Blaise Maccarrone ’01
Betsy MacDermid
Lisa MacDonald
Scott MacKenzie & Jerry Cruz
Kate & Ben Macko ’01
River Macrum ’28
Luke Madden ’12
Christina Maguire
Ariel Sydney Hansen Mahler ’10
David Mahoney ’86
Jonathan Mahoney ’25
Amy Young & David Malakoff ’86
Mayur Malde
Rachel & Pradip Malde
Casey Mallinckrodt
Leeds Mallinckrodt-Reese
Wanda & Jim Maloney
Porcia Manandhar ’17
Isabel Mancinelli & Sam Coplon
Jane Mandelbaum
Rachel & Tom Maniatis
Pamy Manice
Susan Flynn Maristany ’82
Tami Mark
Santiago Marquez
Chloe Marr-Fuller ’00
Jacomien Mars
Valeska & Erik Martin ’98
Jay Mason
Susan Mason
Bianca Massacci ’20
Maria Asoni & Guido Massacci
Kathleen Massimini ’82 & Steven Callahan
Adele Ursone & George Matteson
Michael Mattison
Haysie Maurer ’25
Hilary Maybaum
Anna Maynard
Anne Conlee Mazlish & Tony Mazlish
John C. McCann
Madeleine McCann
Angela Hondros-McCarthy & Dennis McCarthy
Whitney & Jeffrey McCarthy
Leslie McConnell ’81
Sarah McDaniel ’93
Bill McDowell ’80
Donna McFarland & Alan Richins
Judy McGeorge
Linda & Clem McGillicuddy
Alisson Mchale
Nina & Archie McIntyre
Suzanne Durrell & Scott McIsaac (’78)
Lauren McKean ’83
Sigrid McKelvey ’28
Linda Parker & Jamie McKown
Bill McLellan ’88
Eva McMillan ’24
Jay McNally ’84
Donald K. McNeil
Megan McOsker ’90
Clifton McPherson III ’84
Emily McQueen
Patricia Johnston-McWilliams & Patrick McWilliams
Betsy & Nelson Mead, Jr.
Jane & Bob Meade
Alison & Charles Meadows
Ian D. Medeiros ’16
Rebecca Melius ’01
James ’07 & Lara ’04 Meloan
Khristián Mendéz Aguirre ’15
Tree & Scott Mercer
Caitlin Meredith
Sandra & Hubert Merrick
Krystal Meservey
Chloe Meyer ’25
Mary Lynn & David Meyer
Barbara Meyers ’89
Sheri Millbury
Adrienne Miller
Eileen & Ethan Miller
Jeffrey Miller ’92
Josh Miller
Josselyn Miller ’19
Kendra ’01 & Jake Miller
Mary Miller
Rebecca & Steve Milliken
Linzee Weld & Peter Milliken (’76)
Margot & Roger Milliken, Jr.
Anne & John Milliken
Gail & Gerrish Milliken
David G. Milliken
Beth Ferry & David Mills
Irene Driscoll & Lincoln Millstein
Deb & Bob Milotte
Todd Miner
Elizabeth & John Minott
Chandreyee Mitra ’01 & Eric Shuman
Abby Moffat
Amanda & Alan Mogridge
Karen & John Moniz
Karla Tegzes & Peter Moon ’90
Mary Moreau
Phyllis Anina Moriarty
Amy Morley
Terry Morley
Hale Morrell ’12
Sarah ’02 & Chase ’00 Morrill
Abigail Morris ’21
Martha & Wistar Morris
Suzanne Morse & Noreen Hogan ’91
Celia Morton ’25
Elaine Mostoller
Brenda Beckett & Howie Motenko
Hanako Moulton ’25
Bridget Mullen ’91 & Chris Kenoyer
Linda Faville & Brook Muller
Brenda Mulrooney
Sean Murphy ’14
Bethany Murray ’03
Mark Murrill
George Mutrie
Gene Myers (’80)
Amy Naimi
Raymond Nance
Susan & Bob Nathane, Jr.
Sarah Neilson ’09
Meta & Benjie Neilson
Colleen Nelsen ’27
Angela Nelson
Erika Nelson
Steven Neuhauser
Jeffry Neuhouser
Jackson Newell
Alexandra & Jacques Newell Taylor
Sally & Tom Newhall
Louisa & Bill* Newlin
Nell Newman ’87
Duc Hien Nguyen
Jackie Nielson
Jennifer & Robert Niesel
Hakim Noah ’18
Elizabeth Nolan
Alice Shin & Mark Norris
Sigrid Coffin & Wesley Norton
Ellanor & Russell Notides
Gisela Nucciarone ’22
Carol ’93 & Jacob ’93 Null
Lauren Nutter ’10
Alisa Nye ’15
Jacob Oakes ’02 & Asha Maren ’02
Caroline Oatway
Chaz O’Brien ’93 & Harrison Bains
Bill O’Donnell
Eliza Oldach ’15
Elizabeth O’Leary ’03
Hope Olmstead
Ken Olson
Moira O’Neill
Sarah Gribbin ’12 & Phinn Onens ’13
John Ordway
Cathy Orme
Ned Ormsby ’91
Paul Ort
Lynn & William Osborn
Shirley Oskamp & Gary Lindorff
Yasmine Osseiran ’27
Pam Overmann
Keenan Ovrebo-Welker ’27
Suzanne & Jim Owen
Tammy Packie ’97
Andrea & Jon Pactor
Linda & Eliot Paine
Eleanor & Michael Pancoe
Asher Jay Panikian ’24
Laurie Pansa ’92
Haleigh J. Paquette ’17
Johnny Pauker ’19
Holly & Ken Paul
Susanne & Bear Paul
Peter Pavicevic ’07
Kayla Payne ’26
Cynthia Peach & James Chaput
Daniel Peach
Jeanne Peacock
Valerie Lambert Peacock (’98) & Tobin Peacock ’95
Eva Pearlingi ’25
Susan & Bob Peck
Valerie Peer-Court
Karla Peña
Tyra Penn-Gesek
Susan & Robert Pennington
Mary Pensiero
Lauren Pepperman ’16
Rain Perez ’12 & Benjamin Byrne (’13)
Judith S. Perkins
Margit & Nicolai Peters
Helen Hess & Chris Petersen
Sharyn Peterson
Susan Peverley
Alexa Pezzano ’00
Bruce Phillips ’78 & Susan Erickson
Carey Pickard III & Christopher Howard
Roger Pierce
Susan Pierce ’77
Daniel Pierce, Jr. Family
Barbara & Charles Pierce, Jr.
Sara W. Pierce
Laura & Vassar Pierce, Jr.
Meghan Piercy ’91
Lisa & Jay Pierrepont
Livi Pignataro ’25
Drake ’03 & Finn ’02 Pillsbury
Joanna Pittari ’25
Catherine Baker-Pitts & Will Pitts III
Marguerite Pitts
Ned Platner
Carole Plenty
Rebecca Plona
Charlotte Podolsky
Shiva Polefka ’01
Frances Pollitt ’77 & Frank E. Briber III
John Pollock
Anne & Bruce Pomeroy
Karl Porter ’82
Nico Porter Holliday ’25
William Powell
David Preston
Joyce & Robert Preston
Elisabeth Preston-Hsu
Catherine Preston-Schreck
Katie Pritchard ’00
Sheila Sonne Pulling
Esther & Christopher Pullman / The Pullman Charitable Fund
Kenneth Punnett ’84
Bambi Putnam
Kathy & George Putnam III
Celian Putnam
Karin & Scott Pynes
Richard Quandt
Dierdre & Peter Quesada
Strandy & Ric Quesada
Hillary & Kevin Quist
Galia Rabinkin & Donald Smith
Nishi Rajakaruna ’94
Lalage & Steve Rales
Emily & Mitch Rales
Ancil Ramey
Mauro Ramirez Azofeifa ’23
Cathy L. Ramsdell ’78
Hope Rankin ’25
Katherine Rasmussen
Sarah Rasmussen ’14
Pamlea & Mark Rath
Tina Rathborne
Mary Purdy-Read & Robert Read
Lisa & Keith Reed
Mona Reeder & Jim Stiff
Helene Reeves
Julie Reiff
Jason Reiser
Melissa Relyea ’91
Diana & Roland Reynolds
Michele Riccio ’88
Jason Rich ’96
Jean Richards
Joanne Scott & Wayne Rickert
Louis Ricou ’25
Louise Riemer & William Locke
Urs Riggenbach ’12
John Ring
Andrea Roberto ’92
Jared I. Roberts
Gerald Robinson ’89
Roxana & Tony Robinson, Jr.
Walter M. Robinson III
Ryan Robison ’18
Sydney Roberts Rockefeller
Susan & David Rockefeller, Jr.
Susie Rodriguez & Charles Lowrey
Olivia Rodriguez Bobadilla ’09
Natalie Rodriguez Dickens ’25
Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla ’18
Patricia & James Rogers
Patricia & Ronnie Rogers
Amy Falls & Hartley Rogers
Eric Roos ’87
Mary Ropp ’09
Derren Rosbach ’95
Karen Rose
Noah Rosenberg ’18
Mary Lee Stein & Mark Rosenman
Eileen & Richard Rosenthal
Lisa Kay Rosenthal ’09
Nadia Rosenthal & Alan Sawyer
Jess & Rich Ross
Sabrina Rossi
Beverly & Max Rothal
Trisha & John Roths
Gordon Rowe
Abby Rowe (’98) & Emma Brodeur
Pamela Rowland
Melinda & Tripp Royce ’79 / Harrison Royce Architecture Corp
Dana & Andrew Ruel
Eliza Ruel ’13 & Ian Yaffe
Karla Rusch
Ronald Russell
Sandy Wilcox & Jack Russell
Ann Ryan
Patty Ryan
CedarBough T. Saeji ’93
Linn Sage
Jessica Glynn ’06 & Santiago Salinas ’05
Martie & Ed Samek
Addams Samuel ’11
Pat & Roger Samuel
Eric Sándor Nagy
Kerri Sands ’02 & Edward Muennich ’01
Dan Sangeap ’90
Rosemary Santoro ’21
Sardo Sardinsky ’84
Jodi Sargent MPhil ’06 & Family
Rolanda Sarkis ’00
Barbara Sassaman ’78
Philip Sasse
Mitsuko & Steven Savage ’77
Mary & Dave Savidge
Noah Sawyer ’14
Katie Adams Schaeffer & Anthony Schaeffer
Anais Tomezsko ’04 & Noah Scher ’04
Cynthia E. Livingston & Hank L.P. Schmelzer*
Anna Schmidt
Marina Schnell ’25
Andrea Schober
Taj Schottland ’10
Daniel Kojo Schrade
Casey Schuller Jordan
Emily ’11 & Brandyn ’09 Schult
Eloise Schultz ’16
Janet Schuman
Kirsten Schwarz ’00
Amy & Ryder Scott ’97
Jayakiran Sebastian
Neeraj Sebastian
Ellen Seh (’75)
Jeri Presser & Charlie Seitz III
Julia Seixas ’20
Bryan Selee
Lucy Bell Sellers
Frances Stead Seller & Tim Sellers
Kevin Selter
Therese Servas Nolan
Rosemary Seton
Dorothy & Roland Seymour
Alsu Shagieva ’24
Sarah Sharpe
Sam Shaw
David Evans Shaw
Susan Sheehan & Andrew Flanagan
Catherine Sheehy
Kate Sheely ’07
Margie & John Grace Shethar
Helena Shilomboleni ’09
Sandra Shipley
Lynda Jo & Noah Shlaes
Ruth Shoemaker Wood
Jan Sieger-Fisher
Carol Dean Silverman & Family
Julie Simmons
Katy Homans & Patterson Sims
Patricia Maes & Karl Sims
Heather Sisk ’93
Albane Six
Freidric Slabach
Mary Schuler & Stephen Sligar
Mary Sloan
Laura McGiffert Slover & Bill Slover
Bradley Smith
Erickson Smith ’15
Molly Lanzarotta & Tim Smith
Roberta Smith
Zach ’00 and Autumn ’01 Soares
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler ’14 & Anna Curtis-Heald
Jamie S. Somes
Julie Spahr
Tim Spahr ’86
Jordan Speers ’27
Renee Speh
Diana Davis Spencer
Heather & Jason Sperling
Tracie & Joseph Spranger
Lynne & Mike Staggs ’96
Charles Stanhope
Jennifer Starr
Laura Starr ’84
Ute Stecker
Zachary ’05 & Paige ’06 Steele
Henry Steinberg ’06
Katherine Moloney & David Steinberg
Andrea Perry ’95 & Toby Stephenson ’98
Frankie FitzGerald & James Sterba
Edward W. P. Stern ’03
Hannah Stevens ’09
William N. Stevens ’84
Maureen & Bill Stewart
Eric & Lydia Stiles
Dorie Stolley ’88
Clare Stone
Pamela Stone ’87
Sandy Stone
Sarah Stovicek ’25
Kathryn Strand
Sarah Strauss
Sherry Streeter & Jon Wilson
Silvija Strikis
Noelle Stroud
Janice Strout
Anna Stunkel ’13
Caren Sturges
Peggy & David Sugerman
Linda & Dave Suitor
Allison & Steve Sullens
Nonie & John Sullivan, Jr.
Catherine Sulllivan
Stu Summer ’82
Ingrid Sunzenauer
Timothea Sutton-Antonucci ’94 & Neal Antonucci ’95
Anne Swann ’86
Betts Swanton ’88
Douglas Sward ’96
Sarah Swazey
Virginia Sweatt
Seann Sweeney
Cecily Swinburne ’09
Palak Taneja
Jasmine Tanguay ’98
Julie Tanner
Anne & Charles Target
Davis Taylor
Julianne Taylor ’06
Maura Tearno
Joss Tennille
Tracey Teuber ’98
Michael Thamann
Nina Therkildsen ’05
Mari Huang Li Thiersch ’17
Donna Thomas
Riley Thompson ’13
Lois & Ken Thomsen
Genie & Will Thorndike, Jr.
Joanie Thorndike
Deanie Thorsell
Krista Thorsell ’10
Ellen Thurman
Ann Tikkanen & Mark Sullivan
Nancy Tisdale Clark
Jo Todrank ’76 & Giora Heth
Maria Hagen Tohn ’17
Laura Stanton & Kim Tomlinson
Kevin Tompkins
Christopher Toomey
Magdalena Toran
Adrian Torti
Frances Torti
Sylvia Torti & Scott Woolsey
Winifred Hentschel & Philip Trackman
Kathy Tran ’26
Meg Trau-Serrano ’12
Christopher Tremblay ’03
J. Louise Tremblay ’91
Linda Beattie & Paul Tremblay
Daphne & Andrew Trotter
Ben Troutman ’24
Juliana Trujillo Mesa ’24
Kristen Tubman ’03
Helene Tuchman
Diane & Charles Tucker
Judith Tucker
Elena Tuhy-Walters ’90 & Carl Walters II
Claudia & Carey Turnbull
Susan Turner
Shea Turner-Matthews ’26
Katharine Turok
Abby Tusing (’01)
Georgia Tuttle
John Twiss
Frank Twohill ’79
Caitlin Unites ’03
Mary Kay Long & Dennis Unites
Kate Unkel ’14
Orr Uzan-Tidhar ’25
Bonnie & Jim Van Alen II
Matthe van Dam
Marlene & Andrew Van Dyke
Wendy Van Dyke (’80)
Christiaan van Heerden ’09 & Family
Richard Van Kampen (’13)
Colleen & Daniel van Pelt
Netta Van Vliet
Courtney Vashro ’99
Jackie Vatsend
Patti Vernon
Mindy Viechnicki & Tom Fernald, Jr. ’91
Kathy Vignos
Leo Vincent ’92
Jennifer Vinck ’93
Shamsher Virk ’07
Corie & Bruce Visscher
Liza & Tom Volkmann ’90
Luciana Pandolfi ’98 & Luke Wagner ’99
Suzanne & David Wakefield
Karen Waldron & Richard Hilliard
James W. Walker
Ben Walters ’81
Andrea & Jeremy Ward
HannahMathilde Waschezyn ’13
Linda Washburn
Holly Waterhouse
Paul Watkins
Catherine Thibedeau & Patrick Watson ’93
Allison Gladstone Watters ’00
Peter Wayne ’83
Helen & Paul Weaver
Katherine Weinstock ’81
Jacob Weisberg ’10
Sally Weiss
Ellen Pope & Patrick Welch ’78
Lisa & Paul Welch
Lindsay Hopkins-Weld & Minot Weld
Jeffrey Wells ’92
Karen Wennlund ’85
Kim & Finn Wentworth
Todd West ’00
Meg Westfox ’00
Scott & Kate Weymouth
Debby & Alexander Wheeler
Isabel Whiston
Kelly White
Cory Whitney ’03
Amos Tappan Wilder
Ramah P. Wilder ’02
Judy Williams
Madison Williams ’26
Peter Williams ’93
Rebecca Hubert Williams & Rhys Williams
J. Michael Williamson
Nellie Wilson ’04
Janey Winchell ’82 & Timothy Mangini
David Winship ’77
Margaret Winslow / Robin Gamble Grinnell Foundation, a Giving Fund
Caralee Wirges
Julia Criscitiello & Kenneth Wise
Sofie Wise ’25
Carol & Joe Wishcamper
Joplin Wistar ’84
Loretta & Tom Witt
Shaun Witten
Chelsea Nash-Wolfe & Alexander Wolfe
Emily Wood
Max Woodfin ’03
Sally Faulkner & Berry Woolley
Margaret Woolley & Gerard Vasisko
Carol Woolman
Janice & Rick Woychik
Cathleen Wyman
Margy & Jimmy Yanacos
JoAnne Yates
Alice Blum Yoakum
Owen Young
Christine & Norb Young, Jr.
Ana Zabala ’20
John Zanca
Anne Zara
Judy & Lou Zawislak
Michael Zboray ’95
Kristen Zerbato
Logen Zimmerman
Elie Zimring ’26
Disty Pearson & Phil Zuckerman
Caroline Andrews & David Zuk
Trudi Zundel ’13
Kristin Zunino ’25
Erin ’04 & Mike ’01 Zwirko
Amanda Zych ’06
Anonymous (3)
Acadia Goldendoodles
American Book Producers Association
Artemis Gallery
Asti-Kim Corporation
Bains Family Foundation
Baird Foundation
Bar Harbor Savings & Loan
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.
Beal’s Lobster Pier
Beard Family Charitable Trust
The Blossom Fund
Boston Family Office
Stewart Brecher Architects
Builders Initiative Foundation
Florence V. Burden Foundation
Campus Compact
The Casco Foundation at Spinnaker Trust
The Kathy Chazen Family Charitable Trust
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Community Foundation of New Jersey
Community Foundation of South GA., Inc.
Cromwell Harbor Supporting Foundation, Inc.
The Crosby Company
James Deering Danielson Foundation
The Darling – Spahr Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
The Shelby and Gale Davis Charitable Fund
Davis Family Foundation
Davis Projects for Peace
Davis United World College Scholars Program
The Dayton Foundation
Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon Society
Downeast Windjammer Cruises
The Eacho Family Foundation
Elevance Health
The Endeavor Foundation
ERQ Educational Foundation at Spinnaker Trust
The Chandler B. and Oliver A. Evans Foundation
Exelon Foundation
Amy Falls and Hartley Rogers Foundation
First National Bank
The FJC Fdn of Philanthropic Funds
Fore River Foundation
Friends of Acadia
Friends of Sears Island
Galyn’s Galley
Garden Club of Mount Desert
Good Hope Family Foundation
Harborside Hotel & Marina
Harris Family Fund of Princeton Area Community Foundation
John W. and Clara C. Higgins Foundation
Hillman Charitable Foundation
IBM
Intel Foundation Matching Gifts to Education Program
Ironbound Restaurant & Inn
The Howard Johnson Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation
Lunaform, LLC
Maine Beer Co LLC
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables
Maine Community Foundation
Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund
Maine Space Grant Consortium
Mass Mutual
McGraw-Hill Foundation
MDI Biological Laboratory
The Minneapolis Foundation
The Mooring Barkeep, LLC
Nate Holyoke Builders
Susan and Roberth Nathane, Jr Charitable Fund of the East Bay Community Foundation
National Center for Research Resources, NIH
National Philanthropic Trust (NPT-UK)
Nautilus Foundation Incorporated
The Nelson Mead Fund
New England Board of Higher Education
The New York Community Trust
Newman’s Own Foundation
Northern Trust
Ocean Properties, Ltd.
Park Loop Charitable Foundation
Post-Landfill Action Network
Raymond James Charitable
Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation
Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation
Sanofi
Sawyer’s Specialties
Second Century Stewardship
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc.
The Sims/Maes Foundation, Inc
State Street Bank and Trust
Sterling College
Lisa Stewart Family Fund
Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Foundation
Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Tonamora Foundation
Trinity University
Turnbull Family Foundation Inc.
UBS Wealth Management USA
University of Maine – Office of Research Administration
Uplands Family Foundation
UPS Foundation
WaterStone
Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation
The WELWE Foundation
Whales and Nails
Yaverland Foundation
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Members of The Champlain Society give $2,500 or more annually. Member support is critical to strengthening our academic program and providing students with opportunities to innovate, learn, discover, and apply their education in real-world settings.
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Sally & Bill Arata
Edgar & Nancy* Aronson
Mary Dohna Bacon ’80 & Wells Bacon ’80
Cynthia Baker & Jonathan Zeitler
Becky Bartovics
Anne T. & Robert M. Bass
Kate Baxter
Sandi Read & Ron Beard
Emily Beck & Geoff Young
Fred Benson
Joanie & Jamie Blaine
Sofia Blanchard
Julia Bogardus
Antoinette & Benjamin Brewster
Brenda Brodie
Amanda (Walker) Bunker ’98
Jean & Ordway Burden
Charles & Jane* Burger
Bernice & Tom Cahill III
Linda K. Carman
Mary Ann & Harry Charlston
Susanna Porter & Jamie Clark, Jr.
Gail & Ham Clark III
Elisabeth & John Cochran
Ruth M. Colket
Elizabeth Hodder Corbus & Clay Corbus
Sally Crock
R.H. Cushman Family
Adam Dau ’01
Gale & Shelby Davis
Kate & Andrew Davis
Beth Rendeiro & Steven DePaul
Ellen & Bill Dohmen
Estate of Susan Dreier
Peggy Dulany
Sunny Dupree
Donna & Bill Eacho III
Mary K. Eliot
Laura Ellis
Deborah Ellwood
Peg Emple
Miriam Ervin
Heather Richards Evans
Chandler & Oliver Evans
Deb Evans ’82 & Ron Schaaf
Helen Dickey Fitz & David G. Fitz
Wendy & Bill Foulke, Jr.
Rena Zurn & Spencer Fulweiler, Jr.
Beth & Will Gardiner
Mark Gauthier & Arthur Keller*
Amy & Phil Geier
Christina M. Gillis
Pamela Gleichman & Karl Norberg
Louise & Tom Glenn
Judith Goldstein
John Goodman
Anne & Jim Green
Hilary Green
Estate of Eleanor Greenan
Gina Greer
Susan Dowling & Andrew Griffiths
Carolyn & Chris Groobey
Nancy & Bill Grove
Eileen & Paul Growald
Carol & Dick Habermann
Susan Simons & John Hagerty
Sam Hamill, Jr.
Steffi & Bob Harris
Louise Hartwell
Lissa Hodder
Betsey Holtzmann & Abe Noyes
Cookie & Bill Horner
Peter Hunt & Family
Miranda Hunt Borden
Leslie Hunt Palumbo
Tomoko & Masanobu Ikemiya
Bill & Keefer Irwin
Carol & Pat Jackson
Yardly & Scott Jenkins
Sonja Johanson ’95 & Richard Gordet
Leslie Jones ’91 & Max Williamson
Brianne ’02 & Brian Jordan
Susan Lerner & Steven Katona
Maggie & Jack Kelley III
Sally Anne Kellogg
Arlene & Bob Kogod
Margaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ’77
Linda & Philip Lader
Sydie Lansing
Gardiner & Nicholas Lapham
Karen & Howard Lapsley
Courtney Lederer & Mark Thierfelder
Francesca Preston & Doug Lerch ’03
Scott MacKenzie & Jerry Cruz
Casey Mallinckrodt
Rachel & Tom Maniatis
Pamy Manice
Jacomien Mars
Anna Maynard
Judy McGeorge
Linda & Clem McGillicuddy
Jay McNally ’84
Betsy & Nelson Mead, Jr.
Mary Miller
David G. Milliken
Rebecca & Steve Milliken
Linzee Weld & Peter Milliken (’76)
Margot & Roger Milliken, Jr.
Anne & John Milliken
Deb & Bob Milotte
Abby Moffat
Phyllis Anina Moriarty
Meta & Benjie Neilson
Louisa & Bill* Newlin
Nell Newman ’87
Ellanor & Russell Notides
Carol ’93 & Jacob ’93 Null
Chaz O’Brien ’93 & Harrison Bains
Bill O’Donnell
Cathy Orme
Linda & Eliot Paine
Susan & Bob Peck
Judith S. Perkins
Bruce Phillips ’78 & Susan Erickson
Carey Pickard III & Christopher Howard
Daniel Pierce, Jr. Family
Barbara & Charles Pierce, Jr.
Lisa & Jay Pierrepont
Catherine Baker-Pitts & Will Pitts III
Frances Pollitt ’77 & Frank E. Briber III
John Pollock
Anne & Bruce Pomeroy
Bambi Putnam
Kathy & George Putnam III
Celian Putnam
Dierdre & Peter Quesada
Strandy & Ric Quesada
Emily & Mitch Rales
Lalage & Steve Rales
Tina Rathborne
Diana & Roland Reynolds
Walter M. Robinson III
Susan & David Rockefeller, Jr.
Amy Falls & Hartley Rogers
Nadia Rosenthal & Alan Sawyer
Jess & Rich Ross
Linn Sage
Martie & Ed Samek
Katie Adams Schaeffer & Anthony Schaeffer
Cynthia E. Livingston & Hank L.P. Schmelzer*
Ellen Seh (’75)
Jeri Presser & Charlie Seitz III
Lucy Bell Sellers
Frances Stead Seller & Tim Sellers
Allison Fundis ’03 & Stein Servick ’05
David Evans Shaw
Margie & John Grace Shethar
Carol Dean Silverman & Family
Jamie S. Somes
Diana Davis Spencer
Jennifer Starr
Maureen & Bill Stewart
Sandy Stone
Caren Sturges
Allison & Steve Sullens
Nonie & John Sullivan, Jr.
Joss Tennille
Genie & Will Thorndike, Jr.
Joanie Thorndike
Laura Stanton & Kim Tomlinson
Christopher Toomey
Sylvia Torti & Scott Woolsey
Daphne & Andrew Trotter
Claudia & Carey Turnbull
Mary Kay Long & Dennis Unites
Christiaan van Heerden ’09 & Family
Kathy Vignos
Suzanne & David Wakefield
Katherine Weinstock ’81
Lisa & Paul Welch
Kim & Finn Wentworth
J. Michael Williamson
Carol & Joe Wishcamper
Margaret Woolley & Gerard Vasisko
Alice Blum Yoakum
Christine & Norb Young, Jr.
Disty Pearson & Phil Zuckerman
Erin ’04 & Mike ’01 Zwirko
Year After Year
We offer special gratitude to donors who give consistently over time. This enduring support fuels everything we do.
First National Bank
Nina ’78 & Jonathan ’78 Gormley
Cathy Johnson ’74
Margaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ’77
Meta & Benjie Neilson
Linda & Eliot Paine
Cathy L. Ramsdell ’78
Lucy Bell Sellers
John Biderman ’77
Helen Caivano ’80
Sarah Corson & Dick Atlee
Sally Crock
R.H. Cushman Family
Norah Davis
Cynthia Jordan Fisher ’80
Julie MacLeod Hayes ’78
Katherine Hazard ’76
Lissa Hodder
Kass Hogan ’81
Betsey Holtzmann & Abe Noyes
Laura & Michael Kaiser ’85
Susan Lerner & Steven Katona
Sally Anne Kellogg
Betsy & John Kelly
Arlene & Bob Kogod
Anne Kozak
Phyllis Anina Moriarty
Bruce Phillips ’78 & Susan Erickson
Susan & David Rockefeller, Jr.
Ellen Seh (’75)
Dorie Stolley ’88
Elena Tuhy-Walters ’90 & Carl Walters II
Ben Walters ’81
Katherine Weinstock ’81
Alice Blum Yoakum
Anonymous (2)
Anne T. & Robert M. Bass
Bruce Bender ’76
Sofia Blanchard
Jerome Bley ’78
Donna Gold & Bill Carpenter
Ruth M. Colket
Lisa Damtoft ’79
Marcia L. Dworak
Wendy & Bill Foulke, Jr.
Barbara & Dick Fox
Susan Freed ’80
Jackson Gillman ’78
Eileen & Paul Growald
Sam Hamill, Jr.
Loie Hayes ’79
Lyn Hurwich ’80
Sue Inches ’79
Craig Kesselheim ’76
Rosalind Rolland & Scott Kraus ’77
John Long ’86
Roberta & Ralph Longsworth
Kathleen Massimini ’82 & Steven Callahan
Bill McDowell ’80
Linda & Clem McGillicuddy
Suzanne Durrell & Scott McIsaac (’78)
Jay McNally ’84
Clifton McPherson III ’84
Jane & Bob Meade
Linzee Weld & Peter Milliken (’76)
Karla Tegzes & Peter Moon ’90
Susan & Robert Pennington
Judith S. Perkins
Daniel Pierce, Jr. Family
Patricia & Ronnie Rogers
Beverly & Max Rothal
Dan Sangeap ’90
Barbara Sassaman ’78
Jennifer Starr
Clare Stone
Janey Winchell ’82 & Timothy Mangini
Anonymous (5)
Irene S. Alie
Judy Allen
Elizabeth Rousek Ayers ’95
Mary Dohna Bacon ’80 & Wells Bacon ’80
Barbara Tennent & Steven Barkan
Sandi Read & Ron Beard
Bruce Becque ’81
John Dandy (’84)
George & Kelly Dickson MPhil ’97
Donna & Bill Eacho III
Karin Tilberg & Ben Emory
Julie Erb ’83
Glenon ’86 & Gary Friedmann
Galyn’s Galley
Garden Club of Mount Desert
Katie & Steve George
June LaCombe (’75) & Bill Ginn ’74
Abigail Goodyear ’81 & John Allgood
Marie Gower
Linda Gregory ’89
Peggy & Mike Gumpert
Mary J. Heffernon
Barbara Hilli
Lisa ’80 & Bob ’79 Holley
Cookie & Bill Horner
Peter Hunt & Family
Anna Hurwitz ’84
Leslie Jones ’91 & Max Williamson
Maggie & Jack Kelley III
Steve King ’80
Aleda Koehn
Joan & Ted Koffman
Burks B. Lapham
Andrea Lepcio ’79
Peggy Beaulac & Carl Little
Abigail Littlefield ’83
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables
Amy Young & David Malakoff ’86
Casey Mallinckrodt
Sarah McDaniel ’93
Donna McFarland & Alan Richins
Jeffrey Miller ’92
Hope Olmstead
Lynn & William Osborn
Holly & Ken Paul
Frances Pollitt ’77 & Frank E. Briber III
Roxana & Tony Robinson, Jr.
Sydney Roberts Rockefeller
CedarBough T. Saeji ’93
Cynthia E. Livingston & Hank L.P. Schmelzer*
Dorothy & Roland Seymour
Sam Shaw
Lynne & Mike Staggs ’96
Stu Summer ’82
Davis Taylor
Joanie Thorndike
Jo Todrank ’76 & Giora Heth
Frank Twohill ’79
Christiaan van Heerden ’09 & Family
Karen Waldron & Richard Hilliard
Joplin Wistar ’84
Loretta & Tom Witt
Anonymous (2)
Heather Albert-Knopp ’99
Karen & John Anderson
Genevieve Soloway Angle ’00
Susan George Lyons Applegate ’76
Lelania Prior Avila ’92 & Family
Jeffrey Baker ’77
Bar Harbor Savings & Loan
Robin ’80 & Paul ’79 Beltramini
Glen Berkowitz ’82
Deirdre Swords & Michael Boland ’94
Pamela Bolton (’79)
Paul Boothby ’88
Shan Burson ’83
Barbara Carter
Melinda ’00 & Ellen Casey-Magleby
Erin Chalmers ’00
Cynthia Chisholm ’86
Katherine Clark ’91
Jen Hughes & Ken Cline
Janis Coates
Pamela Cobb Heuberger ’83
Diana Cohn ’85 & Craig Merrilees
Pancho Cole ’81
Karen & Darron Collins ’92
Lucinda & Fred (’75) Davis
Gale & Shelby Davis
Rose (’88) & Steve ’80 Demers
Holly Devaul ’84
Catherine Devlin ’93
Ellen & Bill Dohmen
Millard Dority
Mary K. Eliot
Deb Evans ’82 & Ron Schaaf
Joan Feely ’79
Jim Frick ’78
Carla Ganiel
Beth & Will Gardiner
Mark Gauthier & Arthur Keller*
Amy & Phil Geier
Nadine Gerdts (’76) & Steve Lacker
Megan Godfrey ’77
Jill & Sheldon Goldthwait, Jr.
Tree Goulet ’78
Mary (Nelson) Griffin ’97
Susan Dowling & Andrew Griffiths
Atsuko Watabe ’93 & Bruce Hazam ’92
Tara Harper & Peter Heller ’85
Ingrid & Ken Hill
Margaret Hoffman ’97
Jane Hultberg
Peter ’84 & Margaret Jeffery
Ann & Lee Judd
Sarah ’05 & Shawn ’00 Keeley
Barbara & Steven Kiel
Jude Lamb ’00
Marjorie Lau ’81
David Lebwohl
Jessie Greenbaum ’89 & Phil Lichtenstein ’92
Maria Vanegas Long ’84
Danielle & Gordon Longsworth ’90
Babette & Peter Loring
Pamy Manice
Donald K. McNeil
Kendra ’01 & Jake Miller
Rebecca & Steve Milliken
Sean Murphy ’14
Gene Myers (’80)
Susan & Bob Nathane, Jr.
Carol ’93 & Jacob ’93 Null
Suzanne & Jim Owen
Helen Hess & Chris Petersen
Susan Pierce ’77
Carole Plenty
Shiva Polefka ’01
Sheila Sonne Pulling
Nishi Rajakaruna ’94
Tina Rathborne
Walter M. Robinson III
Mitsuko & Steven Savage ’77
Margie & John Grace Shethar
Roberta Smith
Diana Davis Spencer
Laura Starr ’84
Andrea Perry ’95 & Toby Stephenson ’98
Maureen & Bill Stewart
Caren Sturges
Genie & Will Thorndike, Jr.
Ellen Thurman
J. Louise Tremblay ’91
Wendy Van Dyke (’80)
Peter Wayne ’83
Karen Wennlund ’85
Nellie Wilson ’04
David Winship ’77
Judy & Lou Zawislak
Anonymous (6)
Ashley Adler ’09 & Justin Paice
Heather & Richard Ames
Elly & Sandy Andrews III
Edgar & Nancy* Aronson
Ryan Arsenault ’00
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.
Kate Baxter
Emily Beck & Geoff Young
Sara Bender & Evan Bender ’04
Fred Benson
Jaime (Duval) Beranek ’00
Heather ’08 & Sean ’08 Berg
Deodonne ’06 & Ranjan ’04 Bhattarai
Janet Biondi ’81
Linda Mejia Black ’09
Julia Bogardus / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Lynn Boulger & Tim Garrity
Amanda (Walker) Bunker ’98
Jean & Ordway Burden
Charles Butt
Linda K. Carman
Lucy Hull & E. Barton Chapin III
Taj Chibnik ’95
Susanna Porter & Jamie Clark, Jr.
Laura Cohn ’88
Dru Colbert & Nancy Andrews
Sarah Colletti ’10 & Kyle McMillan
J. Gray Cox (’71)
Jennifer ’93 & Kevin ’93 Crandall
Adam Dau ’01
Nicole d’Avis ’02 & Mark Anderson
Megan Smith ’90 & Daniel DenDanto ’91
Beth Rendeiro & Steven DePaul
Cerissa Desrosiers ’00 & Jessica Hannon
Cameron Hale Douglass ’02
Samuel Edmonds ’05
Peter W. Emmet ’92
Sugar & Nat Fenton
Marie & John Fitzgerald
Joanne Rodgers Foster ’85
Bernard Fuller
Susan Getze
Lyman Goff
Nina Goldman & Douglas Legg
Jaki Erdoes ’80 & Terry Good ’80
Marie Malin ’01 & Wing Goodale MPhil ’01
Diane Gordon
Emma Rearick ’08 & Jay Guarneri ’06
Carol & Dick Habermann
Jennifer ’94 & Christopher Harris
Ed Haynsworth III ’98
Gail Henderson-King ’82
Juliet Hodge ’95
Noah Hodgetts ’10
Lynn & Jeff Horowitz
Kathryn Hunninen ’03 & Jose Luis Sagastegui
Miranda Hunt Borden / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Leslie Hunt Palumbo / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Sonja Johanson ’95 & Richard Gordet
Brianne ’02 & Brian Jordan
Nancy & Bucky Kales
Ali & Steve Kassels
Heather Lakey ’00, MPhil ’05
Virginie Lavallee-Picard ’07 & Alexander Fletcher ’07
Randy Lessard ’92 & Melissa Lessard-York ’90
Lois & Larry Libby
Daniel Lindner, Jr. ’11
Neith Little ’09
Blaise Maccarrone ’01
Kate & Ben Macko ’01
David Mahoney ’86
Maine Beer Co LLC
Isabel Mancinelli & Sam Coplon
Susan Flynn Maristany ’82
Valeska & Erik Martin ’98
Leslie McConnell ’81
Lauren McKean ’83
Megan McOsker ’90
Tree & Scott Mercer
Deb & Bob Milotte
Chandreyee Mitra ’01 & Eric Shuman
Suzanne Morse & Noreen Hogan ’91
Bethany Murray ’03
Sarah Neilson ’09
Ken Olson
Andrea & Jon Pactor
Valerie Lambert Peacock (’98) & Tobin Peacock ’95
Susan & Bob Peck
Barbara & Charles Pierce, Jr.
Lisa & Jay Pierrepont
Kenneth Punnett ’84
Melissa Relyea ’91
Jason Rich ’96
Amy Falls & Hartley Rogers
Melinda & Tripp Royce ’79 / Harrison Royce Architecture Corp
Jessica Glynn ’06 & Santiago Salinas ’05
Martie & Ed Samek
Kerri Sands ’02 & Edward Muennich ’01
Jodi Sargent MPhil ’06 & Family
Rolanda Sarkis ’00
Mary & Dave Savidge
Taj Schottland ’10
Kirsten Schwarz ’00
Amy & Ryder Scott ’97
Frances Stead Seller & Tim Sellers
Kate Sheely ’07
Carol Dean Silverman & Family
William N. Stevens ’84
Timothea Sutton-Antonucci ’94 & Neal Antonucci ’95
Anne Swann ’86
Douglas Sward ’96
Jasmine Tanguay ’98
Tracey Teuber ’98
Nina Therkildsen ’05
Laura Stanton & Kim Tomlinson
Kristen Tubman ’03
Diane & Charles Tucker
Kathy Vignos
Shamsher Virk ’07
Liza & Tom Volkmann ’90
Catherine Thibedeau & Patrick Watson ’93
Peter Williams ’93
Carol & Joe Wishcamper
Carol Woolman
Erin ’04 & Mike ’01 Zwirko
Anonymous (21)
Barbara Dole Acosta (’77)
Mirza Alas Portillo ’09
Eben Albert ’03
Sharon Knopp & Enoch Albert
Jane Alexander
Janet & Craig Altobello
Elizabeth Anne ’11
Emily Argo ’10
Jessica Arseneau ’18 & Roman Bina ’16
Lucy Atkins ’12
Shlomit Auciello ’17
Rosemarie Avenia ’86
Marie McCarty ’82 & Steven Baird ’83
Cynthia Baker & Jonathan Zeitler
Marissa Altmann Balfour ’13
Natalie Barnett ’11
Meg Barry ’10
Julie Barth ’92
Ted Bartles ’94
Park Loop Charitable Foundation
Ursa Beckford ’17
Alyson Bell ’10
Marie & Gerald Berlin
Geena Berry ’10
Robert Hunt Berry
Sara Faull ’98 & Eugenio Bertin ’97
Debi & Art Blank
Sarah Bockian ’05
Jessica Bradshaw ’03
Amy Breen ’94 & Cody Johnson
Antoinette & Benjamin Brewster
Jill K. Briggs
Brenda Brodie
Deborah Bruns-Thomas
Bernice & Tom Cahill III
Trisha Cantwell-Keene
William Luther ’06 & Seth Carbonneau ’05
JoAnne Carpenter
Mary Ann & Harry Charlston
Alyne & Joseph Cistone
Catherine Clinger
Andrew Coate Wenkdith ’10
Tracy & Gifford Combs / Combs Family Fund
Heidi Conner
Alexandra Conover Bennett ’77
Elizabeth Hodder Corbus & Clay Corbus
Matthew Corum ’03
Jill ’83 & Ben ’84 Cowie-Haskell
Nadia Kasparek ’15 & James Crawford ’15
Tom Crikelair
Gideon Bezalel Culman ’02
Kara ’96 & Matt ’98 Daul & Family
Davis Family Foundation
John & Nisha Dawson
Hilary Rose Dawson ’18
Peggy & Steve Downing
Peggy Dulany
Sunny Dupree
Nickilynn Estologa ’07
Casey Jones & Bill Faller
Robert Finn ’92
Helen Dickey Fitz & David G. Fitz / Helen Dickey and David G. Fitz Charitable Fund
Elsie Flemings ’06 & Richard Cleary
Jay Friedlander & Ursula Hanson
Joanne & Richard Fuerst
Allison Fundis ’03 & Stein Servick ’05
Marina Garland ’12
Helen Geils
Annika Maia Ginsberg ’99
Gerda Paumgarten & Lawrence Goldfarb
Judith Goldstein
Carrie Graham
Sandra Graham
Katherine E. Griffin ’00
Richard Griffin ’80
Merna & Joe Guttentag
David Hahn (’83)
Heather Hallett-Thurston
Chris Hamilton ’85 & Patti Munsey
Nicholas Harris ’12
Steffi & Bob Harris
Louise Hartwell
Patricia & John* Hatton
Beth Heidemann ’91
Katherine Hester ’98
Rayanna Higley
Juan Hoffmaister ’07
Russ Holway
Laura Howes Noonan ’09
Emily Peterson Huggins ’15 & Connor Huggins ’16
Lauren & Alan Ingall
Jane & David James
Nishad Jayasundara ’05
Jasmine Smith ’09 & Nick Jenei ’09
Amanda Spector ’08 & Peter Jenkins ’09
Patricia A. Jennings (’71) & James Hatch
Eliana Johnston ’06
Bruce Jones ’81
Patricia D’Angelo Juachon ’92
Jen Judd-McGee (’92) & Sam McGee
Puranjot Kaur ’05
Deborah Keisch ’96
Michael Keller ’09
Ivy ’05 & Nathaniel ’04 Keller
Nan & Stephen Kennedy
Ashlesha Khadse ’08
Jill ’99 & Joseph ’01 Kiernan
Joan & Allan* Kleinman
Barbara Knowles
Greg Koehlert ’96
Jonathan Kohrman ’84
Paul Kozak ’86
Natasha Krell ’16
Noah Krell ’01
Robin Kuehn ’10
Philip Bradish Kunhardt IV ’11 & Maria Laura Torre Gomez
Carrol Lange ’99
Gardiner & Nicholas Lapham
Caroline Leonard ’01
Lizzie Leone ’93
Linda & Jonathan Lewis
Haley Harwood Lowell ’11
Andrea Lynn ’90
Scott MacKenzie & Jerry Cruz
Luke Madden ’12
Chloe Marr-Fuller ’00
Anne Conlee Mazlish & Tony Mazlish
Linda Parker & Jamie McKown
Bill McLellan ’88
Rebecca Melius ’01
Gail & Gerrish Milliken
Amanda & Alan Mogridge
Karen & John Moniz
Sarah ’02 & Chase ’00 Morrill
Bridget Mullen ’91 & Chris Kenoyer
Lauren Nutter ’10
Alisa Nye ’15
Eliza Oldach ’15
Elizabeth O’Leary ’03
Sarah Gribbin ’12 & Phinn Onens ’13
Ned Ormsby ’91
Laurie Pansa ’92
Rain Perez ’12 & Benjamin Byrne (’13)
Alexa Pezzano ’00
Laura & Vassar Pierce, Jr.
Roger Pierce
Sara W. Pierce
Drake ’03 & Finn ’02 Pillsbury
Lisa & Keith Reed
Michele Riccio ’88
Andrea Roberto ’92
Jared I. Roberts
Eric Roos ’87
Mary Ropp ’09
Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation
Karen Rose
Lisa Kay Rosenthal ’09
Nadia Rosenthal & Alan Sawyer
Abby Rowe (’98) & Emma Brodeur
Eliza Ruel ’13 & Ian Yaffe
Dana & Andrew Ruel
Sandy Wilcox & Jack Russell
Pat & Roger Samuel
Addams Samuel ’11
Noah Sawyer ’14
Anais Tomezsko ’04 & Noah Scher ’04
Eloise Schultz ’16
Rosemary Seton
Helena Shilomboleni ’09
Katy Homans & Patterson Sims
Molly Lanzarotta & Tim Smith
Erickson Smith ’15
Jamie S. Somes
Tim Spahr ’86
Zachary ’05 & Paige ’06 Steele
Henry Steinberg ’06
Frankie FitzGerald & James Sterba
Silvija Strikis
Allison & Steve Sullens
Nonie & John Sullivan, Jr.
Betts Swanton ’88
Virginia Sweatt
Cecily Swinburne ’09
Julianne Taylor ’06
Mari Huang Li Thiersch ’17
Krista Thorsell ’10
Maria Hagen Tohn ’17
Meg Trau-Serrano ’12
Claudia & Carey Turnbull
Caitlin Unites ’03
Mary Kay Long & Dennis Unites
Kate Unkel ’14
Bonnie & Jim Van Alen II
Mindy Viechnicki & Tom Fernald, Jr. ’91
Leo Vincent ’92
Jennifer Vinck ’93
Luciana Pandolfi ’98 & Luke Wagner ’99
James W. Walker
HannahMathilde Waschezyn ’13
Allison Gladstone Watters ’00
Scott & Kate Weymouth
Cathleen Wyman
Michael Zboray ’95
Trudi Zundel ’13
Alumni Leadership Circle
We are proud to recognize COA alumni who give $500 or more annually, demonstrating philanthropic leadership and commitment to the next generation of changemakers.
Anonymous (4)
Heather Albert-Knopp ’99
Elizabeth Rousek Ayers ’95
Mary Dohna Bacon ’80 & Wells Bacon ’80
Cheryl Bartholomew ’80
Sara Bender & Evan Bender ’04
Jason Bernad MD ’94
John Biderman ’77
Deirdre Swords & Michael Boland ’94
Paul Boothby ’88
Amanda (Walker) Bunker ’98
Shan Burson ’83
Helen Caivano ’80
Diana Cohn ’85 & Craig Merrilees
Pancho Cole ’81
Karen & Darron Collins ’92
Mairi Connelly ’14 & Spenser Simis
Adam Dau ’01
Kara ’96 & Matt ’98 Daul & Family
Megan Smith ’90 & Daniel DenDanto ’91
George & Kelly Dickson MPhil ’97
Deb Evans ’82 & Ron Schaaf
Joanne Rodgers Foster ’85
Allison Fundis ’03 & Stein Servick ’05
June LaCombe (’75) & Bill Ginn ’74
Katherine Hazard ’76
Tara Harper & Peter Heller ’85
Lisa ’80 & Bob ’79 Holley
Sue Inches ’79
Sonja Johanson ’95 & Richard Gordet
Leslie Jones ’91 & Max Williamson
Brianne ’02 & Brian Jordan
Jen Judd-McGee (’92) & Sam McGee
Sarah ’05 & Shawn ’00 Keeley
Rosalind Rolland & Scott Kraus ’77
Margaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ’77
Philip Bradish Kunhardt IV ’11 & Maria Laura Torre Gomez
Francesca Preston & Doug Lerch ’03
Suzanne Durrell & Scott McIsaac (’78)
Jay McNally ’84
Clifton McPherson III ’84
Linzee Weld & Peter Milliken (’76)
Karla Tegzes & Peter Moon ’90
Sarah ’02 & Chase ’00 Morrill
Nell Newman ’87
Carol ’93 & Jacob ’93 Null
Chaz O’Brien ’93 & Harrison Bains
Valerie Lambert Peacock (’98) & Tobin Peacock ’95
Bruce Phillips ’78 & Susan Erickson
Frances Pollitt ’77 & Frank E. Briber III
Andrea Roberto ’92
Abby Rowe (’98) & Emma Brodeur
Melinda & Tripp Royce ’79
Ellen Seh (’75)
Zach ’00 and Autumn ’01 Soares
Cecily Swinburne ’09
Elena Tuhy-Walters ’90 & Carl Walters II
Christiaan van Heerden ’09 & Family
Luciana Pandolfi ’98 & Luke Wagner ’99
Katherine Weinstock ’81
Ellen Pope & Patrick Welch ’78
David Winship ’77
Erin ’04 & Mike ’01 Zwirko
Northern lights Society
The Northern Lights Society honors individuals who have made planned gifts to benefit COA. These gifts include bequests, charitable gift annuities, and gifts of life insurance, to name a few.
Anonymous (4)
Edgar & Nancy* Aronson
Elizabeth Rousek Ayers ’95
Sandi Read & Ron Beard
Emily Beck & Geoff Young
Fred Benson
John Biderman ’77
Lynn Boulger & Tim Garrity
Norah Davis
Fran Day
George & Kelly Dickson MPhil ’97
Mary K. Eliot
Donna & Gordon Erikson, Jr.
Heather Richards Evans
David Hackett Fischer
Wendy & Bill Foulke, Jr.
Mary & Phil Galperin
Barbara McLeod & David Hales
Diana & George* Hambleton
Sam Hamill, Jr.
Jan & George* Hartman
Tomoko & Masanobu Ikemiya
Sue Inches ’79
Carol & Pat Jackson
Betsy & John Kelly
Margaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ’77
Kathleen Massimini ’82 & Steven Callahan
Sarah McDaniel ’93
Meredith & Phil Moriarty
Rick Moss ’79
Susan Tieger & Ralph Nurnberger
Linda & Eliot Paine
Debra & John Piot
Roxana & Tony Robinson, Jr.
Karen Rose
Steve Ross
Cynthia E. Livingston & Hank L.P. Schmelzer*
Ellen Seh (’75)
Stu Summer ’82
Ingrid Sunzenauer
Black Fly Society
Inspired by COA’s resilient mascot, these donors make monthly recurring gifts, providing a sustainable source of support for our students and programs. Thank you for helping COA thrive—month after month.
Anonymous (5)
Eben Albert ’03
Heather Albert-Knopp ’99
Elizabeth Anne ’11
Emily Argo ’10
Jessica Arseneau ’18 & Roman Bina ’16
Shlomit Auciello ’17
Cheryl Bartholomew ’80
Sandi Read & Ron Beard
Ellen Brandt
Melinda ’00 & Ellen Casey-Magleby
Erin Chalmers ’00
Cynthia Chisholm ’86
Jen Hughes & Ken Cline
Pancho Cole ’81
Sarah Colletti ’10 & Kyle McMillan
Heidi Conner
Matthew Corum ’03
Jill ’83 & Ben ’84 Cowie-Haskell
Lynn & James Crawford
Marily Crews
Kara ’96 & Matt ’98 Daul & Family
Cerissa Desrosiers ’00 & Jessica Hannon
Holly Devaul ’84
Jennifer Dussault ’02
Samuel Edmonds ’05
Robert Finn ’92
Helen Geils
June LaCombe (’75) & Bill Ginn ’74
Nina ’78 & Jonathan ’78 Gormley
Tree Goulet ’78
Carla Seddio & Michael Hamilton
Rebecca Hamilton ’13
Kelly Harris ’12
Juliet Hodge ’95
Noah Hodgetts ’10
Margaret Hoffman ’97
Russ Holway
Kathryn Hunninen ’03 & Jose Luis Sagastegui
Anna Hurwitz ’84
Jane & David James
Amanda Spector ’08 & Peter Jenkins ’09
Brianne ’02 & Brian Jordan
Jen Judd-McGee (’92) & Sam McGee
Sarah ’05 & Shawn ’00 Keeley
Greg Koehlert ’96
Natasha Krell ’16
Jude Lamb ’00
Virginie Lavallee-Picard ’07 & Alexander Fletcher ’07
Monty Lewis
Jessie Greenbaum ’89 & Phil Lichtenstein ’92
Benjamin Liff
Blaise Maccarrone ’01
Rachel & Pradip Malde
Chloe Marr-Fuller ’00
Angela Hondros-McCarthy & Dennis McCarthy
Lauren McKean ’83
Bridget Mullen ’91 & Chris Kenoyer
Sarah Neilson ’09
Jackie Nielson
Shirley Oskamp & Gary Lindorff
Johnny Pauker ’19
Rain Perez ’12 & Benjamin Byrne (’13)
Drake ’03 & Finn ’02 Pillsbury
Shiva Polefka ’01
Michele Riccio ’88
Jason Rich ’96
Andrea Roberto ’92
Gerald Robinson ’89
Patricia & Ronnie Rogers
Mary Ropp ’09
Derren Rosbach ’95
Eliza Ruel ’13 & Ian Yaffe
CedarBough T. Saeji ’93
Jodi Sargent MPhil ’06 & Family
Eloise Schultz ’16
Janet Schuman
Kirsten Schwarz ’00
Amy & Ryder Scott ’97
Kate Sheely ’07
Zachary ’05 & Paige ’06 Steele
Henry Steinberg ’06
Andrea Perry ’95 & Toby Stephenson ’98
William N. Stevens ’84
Timothea Sutton-Antonucci ’94 & Neal Antonucci ’95
Julianne Taylor ’06
Davis Taylor
Mari Huang Li Thiersch ’17
Ellen Thurman
Meg Trau-Serrano ’12
J. Louise Tremblay ’91
Elena Tuhy-Walters ’90 & Carl Walters II
John Twiss
Caitlin Unites ’03
Karen Waldron & Richard Hilliard
Ben Walters ’81
HannahMathilde Waschezyn ’13
Sally Weiss
Peter Williams ’93
David Winship ’77
Cathleen Wyman
Christine & Norb Young, Jr.
Anne Zara
Amanda Zych ’06
Gifts of Time & Talent
Beyond financial support, many of you have given your expertise, mentorship, and presence. Guest lectures, student project support, advising, and more—your time is invaluable and deeply appreciated.
Kate Aitchison
Becky Anderson
Susan Bennett-Armistead
Ben Bobowski
Brad Borst
Carleton Bowekaty
Jacob Bretz
Greta Brown
Alberta Comer
Katie Coppens
Brian Cote
Meggie Curtis ’19
Frank Davis
Maggie Denison ’23
Cristina Devora
Patrick Donnelly
Heather Dority ’96
Ana Dunn
Amanda Dyer
Nabil Elhady
Olivia Ellenbecker
Lindsay Eyesnogle
Eileen McGlinchey Fahey
Mark Fincher
Caroline Fournier
Lyn Gatz
Tyler Gilbert
Melanie Greene
Billie Jean Guerrero
Karina Guzman
Albert & Pat Harmer
Gunnar Hubbard
Eric Keeling
Katja Knoll
Dayana Krawchuk
Elissa Kretsch
Lori Krupke
Cindy Lambert
Danielle Levesque
Alan Mainwaring
Michael Marino
Liz Marnik
Kaitlin Martin & Kevin Berend
Ana Mattson
Jay McNally ’84
Emily Michaud ’18
Mary Miller
Marisa Monroe
Kate Morren
Jordan Motzkin ’11
Laura Muller
Carol Null ’93
Alexa Parkinson ’22
Steve Parmenter
Susanne Paul
Jamison & Karen Pauly
Vivian Phillips
Claire Picard
Sarah Pottle
Destiny Powell ’20
Tonya Prentice
Renee Quebbeman
Liz Rabasca
Chandra Raymond
Karen Ricketts
Megan Rilkoff
Dani Robbins
Jaylene Roths
Julia Ambagis Rowe MPhil ’02
Kate Shlepr ’13
Rachel Singh
Jasmine Smith ’09
PJ Solomon
Ashley Stanley
Jon Stein
Leeann Sullivan
Meryl Sweeney ’96
Teresa Tierney
Wallace Events
Kaity Walsh
Peter Wayne ’83
Bik Wheeler ’09
Ted Widmer
Kenny Wintch
Rebecca Woods
Ron Wrobel
Gifts In Kind
These non-cash gifts—from books and artwork to boats—enrich our programs, learning spaces, and community life in tangible ways. Thank you for thinking creatively and generously.
Cynthia Baker & Jonathan Zeitler
Whitney Buckley
Mary Kay & David Donovan
Coventry Edwards-Pitt
Maine Beer Company, LLC
Bruce McCullom
Jess & Rich Ross
Sweet Monkey Business LLC
Additional donor resources
Endowing a Chair
The Endowed Chair Policy will serve as the general terms of reference for creating endowed Chairs at College of the Atlantic. Approval of this policy and any subsequent changes to it are the responsibility of the Board of Trustees.
COA’s gift acceptance guidelines
College of the Atlantic is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Because we rely on donations large and small to carry out our mission, we want our supporters to know how we manage such gifts of all kinds with our Gift Acceptance Policy guidelines.
Funding opportunities
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Donor Profiles
Caitlyn Harvey ’02
To me it’s one of the biggest advantages of the school: the swath of students that get accepted and go to COA and the incredible diversity of students in a small area. That kind of diversity is so important and I want to see that continue.
Caitlyn Harvey ’02 knows a thing or two about trailblazing. Since leaving COA, Harvey has distinguished herself as a leader in the highly interdisciplinary fields of biotech and biopharma. Over the past 19+ years, she has worked with some half-a-dozen start ups and research teams to bring cutting-edge therapeutic technologies from experimental modality to FDA-approved reality.
Harvey found her niche by pushing boundaries to create solutions: “I’m always looking for the new and innovative, the path that hasn’t been blazed through the FDA yet.” Today, she is vice president of manufacturing and process development at Stealth Co Biotech. “I’m the keystone between the clinical and non-clinical stakeholders,” she says. Her task is to ensure pivotal therapies reach patients in a timely and cost-effective manner by bridging the academic, clinical, and commercial spheres.
The connection between her professional success and her time at COA is clear, if non-linear. “At COA, my focus was on island biogeography and entomology, so it’s not exactly applicable to what I’m doing now,” Harvey reflects, with a laugh. “I worked with Chris [Petersen] and Helen [Hess], John Anderson, Scott Swann. I did lots of independent studies and was a TA for Anne Kozak for technical writing. You’re working with all of these very pragmatic people, so even though you’re looking back and studying the ways these fields have progressed, there’s still an emphasis on What does that mean? Can you condense this?” This solutions-based approach is fundamental to the work she does today:“That pragmatism completely permeated my professional career and contributed to much of my success.”
It wasn’t just the sciences that shaped her approach to tackling new problems head-on. She recalls performing with John Cooper: “Composer Henry Mollicone wrote a cantata for COA based on the writings of Rachel Carson. I had to sing that in front of the whole community—it was a little stressful!” Moments like these defined her time at COA. When confronted with a challenge, Harvey says, she was encouraged to lean in and give it her best shot. “The professors at COA made failing okay. They taught me that failure isn’t a negative, but instead is the point at which you pivot and iterate. Think harder, think better. Think differently. That’s still the way I operate.”
The emphasis on independent thinking and “forging your own path,” Harvey contends, is the value of a COA education. “COA is unlike any other college or university that I have worked with professionally, which says something for it being such a small, unique school. We’re able to go out into the world and hold our own against people from Stanford, Harvard, MIT.”
As a donor, she hopes her gifts to the college will ensure that COA can remain one of a kind. A key part of this mission, she believes, is the diversity of the student body. “To me it’s one of the biggest advantages of the school: the swath of students that get accepted and go to COA and the incredible diversity of students in a small area,” Harvey says. “That kind of diversity is so important. I want to see that continue.”
Cayla Moore ’14 & Stephen Wagner ’11
We give because making a financial contribution is an easy way to show our gratitude for the education we both received at COA.
Stephen and I give for many reasons. On the one hand, we give because we know the level of alumni contributions is a critical indicator that foundations and donors consider when evaluating a college, and COA’s stature now is just as important to our current professional lives as it was when we were students. On the other hand, we give because making a financial contribution is an easy way to show our gratitude education we both received at COA. And, being members of the Black Fly Society makes giving just as easy paying for our Netflix account!
In short, we give because we know that our degree, like any relationship, is grounded in history, but requires continued time and energy to thrive.
Cookie & Bill Horner
We have found the faculty, staff, and board of trustees to be deeply engaged and invested in the student experience, in the COA mission, and in the future of the college. And as the college continues to grow and evolve, it’s an exciting and sound investment.
We first came to know of the college as something of a 1970s idealistic experiment. Our perception evolved gradually over the years as we met and began interacting with members of the community teaching there—architect Roc Caivano, ecologist Bill Drury, writer Bill Carpenter, and lawyer Dan Kane. There was a reason these thoughtful, committed people were drawn to this place. The emphasis on human ecology and the environment. The work with whales. The seriousness of purpose. The spirit of inquiry. Still, we weren’t initially deeply invested.
That changed when Cookie’s daughter Jen [Jennifer Judd-McGee (’92)] enrolled. Watching what she gained from her education transformed our understanding. She found her voice. She discovered and deepened her passion for art and for civil rights, and the college nurtured both. It gave her confidence and clarity. It helped her become who she is today. We believe that experience is not unique to her; it happens to many students who pass through this remarkable institution.
Over time, we have also come to see how so many COA graduates have stayed here on Mount Desert Island after graduation and how they have enriched our island community and the state—intellectually, culturally, and economically. They are teachers in local schools, faculty and staff at COA, Acadia National Park employees, leaders of local nonprofits, restaurant and shop owners, artists, musicians, and more. It is hard to imagine the area without them.
From Bill’s perspective, having grown up here, he thought the idea of the college was a long shot. But, he says, “the value the college adds to the MDI community is immeasurable. The COA Summer Institute, for example, is a fantastic addition to all the college has to offer. We love the intellectual vitality it offers and the meaningful conversations it fosters.”
Cookie’s time as a trustee has been deeply meaningful and has only strengthened our commitment to COA. She says, “We have found the faculty, staff, and board of trustees to be deeply engaged and invested in the student experience, in the COA mission, and in the future of the college. And as the college continues to grow and evolve, it’s an exciting and sound investment.”
Elizabeth Anne ’11
I joined the Black Fly Society because I need a monthly reminder that Take-A-Break is not a figment of my imagination, but I also donate so that I can aid COA in bringing the experiences I had to future students.
On the 25th of every month I receive a text-message notification from my bank that reminds me that I used to live by the ocean. I pause in the memory of snow and the taste of it with maple syrup. I recall the first time I saw contra dancing, joined picnics on mountainsides, and smelled freshly exposed seaweed. I relish the few short years I lived in a place where my professors cared about my theories, my peers were dynamic innovators, and I didn’t have to worry about venomous snakes. I am a member of the Black Fly Society which allows me to seamlessly give a monthly paperless donation to COA. Although my donation is small in the grand scheme of things, it impacts the alumni donor percentage just the same.
I joined the Black Fly Society because I need a monthly reminder that Take-A-Break is not a figment of my imagination, but I also donate so that I can aid COA in bringing the experiences I had to future students.
Plus, I got a really cool sticker.
Elizabeth Rousek Ayers ’95
It makes you think, what can I do now and what can I potentially leave behind? It doesn’t have to be a grand amount—whether it’s $1,000 or $10,000, it shows you believe in COA.
A self-professed army brat, Elizabeth Rousek Ayers ’95 moved around a lot as a child, in both the United States and Germany. As a result, she craved stability.
“I wanted to be a part of something, and I found that sense of community at College of the Atlantic,” she says. “I loved my OOPS trip—a sea kayaking trip led by Ander Thebaud and Dianne Clendaniel. I loved the food at Take-A-Break and Bar Harbor in the winter—the walks back and forth to campus, walking my dog in the park, and feeling safe and comfortable all the time.”
Elizabeth recently named COA in her will. “COA is such a piece of my heart and soul, and I believe in the mission wholeheartedly,” she says. She and her husband Matt Ayers asked a friend of theirs who practices law to draft their will. “I feel like creating a will is a good opportunity to reflect on your priorities. My dad died unexpectedly when he was 50. Life can be so short. It makes you think, what can I do now and what can I potentially leave behind? It doesn’t have to be a grand amount—whether it’s $1,000 or $10,000, it shows you believe in COA.”
Elizabeth says she takes the interconnectedness of human ecology with her in everything she does now. “It can be an inconvenient world when everything isn’t black and white—but this is the completely messy, interesting world that I discovered at COA.”
Elizabeth studied alternative agriculture and botany at COA, which prepared her to work with the Royal Horticultural Society in England and for private estates in Maine, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. She earned a master’s degree at the Conway School of Landscape Design in 2001, but didn’t want to spend her life “drawing circles and figuring out parking for people,” so she continued her career as an estate gardener with the additional skill set of design. This allows her to keep her hands dirty and offers the flexibility of working part time so she can spend more time with her family.
Good news for COA: both of her daughters, Ava (16) and Lucy (13), are considering attending the college. “I appreciated the opportunity I had at COA, so I want to get them there,” she says.
Elizabeth visits campus every other year and appreciates the new dorms and classroom space. She stays in touch with former classmates, enjoys receiving COA’s alumni newsletter, The Peregrine, and follows COA on social media. “It’s hard to be competitive in education, but I feel that COA has risen to the challenge of staying relevant.”
Greg Kohlert ’96
I am a member of the Black Fly Society because I feel indebted to COA. COA is a special place, and it is important that COA remains an option for students.
I applied to College of the Atlantic as a transfer student after an experience at a big university failed to engage me and I found myself struggling in school. At that point in my life I needed someone to give me a chance, and COA took an interest in me and gave me that chance. Once I was on campus I found an intellectual and academic culture that was tremendously inspiring. The work was hard and it gave me a deep sense of satisfaction. I found great joy in both the work and in my friendships. It was a wonderful time to learn and grow, and I can never thank COA enough for that.
My career has been in education, first as a teacher and most recently as a headmaster, always serving kids with learning differences. Our culture at the school, our attitude toward teaching, is that we don’t give up on kids. While I can’t draw an absolute line from my time at COA to this culture of work, I can’t ignore the similarity either. I have always appreciated the opportunities COA gave me, and I believed it was my job to do the same as a teacher and school head. COA was also the first place in my young life where the arts and sciences were studied together. Their interconnectedness impressed me, and that helped me further my skills in each. In my work in education, we fuse the clinical and diagnostic science of understanding cognition and learning with the art of great teaching. The roots of that work run directly back to what I learned at COA.
I am a member of the Black Fly Society because I feel indebted to COA. COA is a special place, and it is important that COA remains an option for students. I am also a member because alumni support makes a positive impression on outside donors and prospective students, and regular donation allows the administration greater freedom in planning. I encourage every frequent donor who continues to care about the COA mission to join the Black Fly Society.
Henry L.P. “Hank” Schmelzer
There is a simple reason we have included COA in our wills: COA is an incredible college! COA students, faculty, and staff are dedicated to making human ecology the
key to a better world.
There is a simple reason we have included COA in our wills: COA is an incredible
college! COA students, faculty, and staff are dedicated to making human ecology the
key to a better world. It strives to be the best and the most innovative in creating
academic programs which are responsive to the world’s needs. That’s how it has
repeatedly earned the ranking of the Number One Green College in The Princeton
Review. That’s why its whale research is recognized around the world. That’s why it has
such a diverse international student enrollment. We believe in COA’s vision and
values. We have lived on Mount Desert Island for over 25 years, and COA has been a source
intellectual inspiration and community enrichment. We count among our best friends
those we’ve met through COA, including the international students for whom we’ve
been a host family. By making a testimonial gift to the College, we can support COA’s
long-time goal to be “life changing, world changing”.
Jay McNally ’84
As a college that has very deep intellectual roots, it’s important to make sure that the education at COA never becomes superficial, that we continue to question everything, that we continue to examine the world in deep detail, and that we continue to look for connections in disparate areas….The McNally Family Chair is one of the things that will allow us to do that in perpetuity.
A College of the Atlantic alum who was one of the driving forces behind the technology that helped expose the biggest corporate securities fraud of the 21st century is behind the creation of a new academic chair in philosophy at College of the Atlantic.
Jay McNally ’84, whose data analytics software played a key role in uncovering important details of the notorious Enron scandal, said that endowing The McNally Family Chair in Human Ecology and Philosophy is one way of making sure that current and future COA students are exposed to many of the same ideas that influenced the early years of the college.
“Important elements of the COA curriculum, like trans-disciplinarity, self-directedness, or experientiality, there are philosophical issues that are tied to that, and those issues have greatly influenced my life and career. I have felt unconstrained,” McNally said. “I was encouraged at COA to question and analyze and be responsible with my activities, but to explore the territory and make the connections that were important to me.”
Philosophy and ethics, McNally said, underpin science, business, and culture. This vital, interdisciplinary role makes this area of study especially important to COA students as they navigate their self-designed academic paths, he said.
“Philosophy is one of the mirrors that helps let us know who we are. In a way it’s also a compass that tells us where we are going. It tells us what the nature of the world is, and in a certain way keeps us honest,” McNally said. “Understanding ethics and morality is a key way that we, as individuals or as cultures, can make determinations on why we do the things we do.”
Heather Lakey ’00, MPhil ’05 is the inaugural holder of the McNally Family Chair. As an undergraduate and graduate student at COA, through a second master’s degree at University of Oregon and the doctoral program at University of Maine, Lakey deeply understands the importance of philosophy to an interdisciplinary education.
“Because human ecology studies the relationships between human beings and their natural, cultural, and constructed environments, it is imperative that we think carefully about these concepts and their complex interrelationships. What do we mean by human? What distinguishes a natural environment from a cultural or constructed one? Philosophy provides intellectual resources to productively engage these questions and to imagine new ways to theorize these relationships,” Lakey said. “It is an honor to be appointed to this position and I am grateful to the McNally family for enshrining philosophy as a core part of COA’s curriculum.”
Studies in philosophy and ethics drove McNally’s success with Ibis Consulting, his pioneering electronic discovery firm that worked on the Enron case, he said, and his self-directed COA education continues to influence his interactions with the professional world.
“There are always ways to push the direction of an investigation rather than follow the evidence, but the idea of morality and ethics and the ability to look at yourself in the mirror and know that you were an honest and truthful broker is one of the reasons I became popular among influential people to handle these things,” he said. “Conducting complex legal investigations required the ability to talk to a lot of people from very different perspectives, including law, technology, and business. At COA I learned how to learn, and I learned how to work with other people.”
The McNally Family Chair is established in honor of the graduation of McNally’s daughters, Rose Besen-McNally ’19 and Lily Besen-McNally ’20, from COA. Rose is currently a graduate student at University of Maine, and Lily is enrolled in a graduate program at Maine College of Art.
Jay McNally served the college as a trustee from 2002 to 2025. He previously helped create, endow, and instruct in COA’s sustainable business program, helped fund a chair position in the humanities, and founded the Russo Scholarship, in honor of his grandparents, Rose and Michael Russo.
“As a college that has very deep intellectual roots, it’s important to make sure that the education at COA never becomes superficial, that we continue to question everything, that we continue to examine the world in deep detail, and that we continue to look for connections in disparate areas,” he said. “The McNally Family Chair is one of the things that will allow us to do that in perpetuity.”
Kelly Dickson MPhil ’97
I feel it is important to give during your lifetime and to leave something behind for later as well to ensure this institution is here for the next generation.
I loved my time at COA. I came here for the MPhil program and studied Resource Sensitive Tourism in cooperation with Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park. I was challenged mentally and loved the spirit of the place. One of the things that really stood out for me was how students are encouraged to perceive all sides of an issue — choices are not black or white but many shades of gray — and various outcomes might be had from each. Which choices are the best for the people of this community vs the economy vs the environment? I feel like a good liberal arts education will broaden your perspective. COA achieves this in spades through its holistic, human-ecological lens.
Like many students, I received financial aid while attending COA. After graduation, I decided that I wanted to pay it all back if I could manage it. I have served in volunteer leadership roles at the college and I joined the Alumni Leadership Circle and the Northern Lights Society. I feel it is important to give during your lifetime and to leave something behind for later as well to ensure this institution is here for the next generation.
Leslie Jones ’91
I give to stay connected. I give to express my appreciation. I give to signal my belief that COA is on the right course. I give to lead in hope that others will follow. I give because COA is part of my family and part of my life experience and these days community—of all kinds—is more important than ever.
When did you start giving back to COA? Why?
I used to think that giving financially was something you only started thinking about later in life. I’m so glad that mentors — younger and older — taught me that giving at all stages of your life is meaningful. The amounts you can give may change over time, but the power of giving, and the benefits, are there always.
What field were you interested in when you attended COA?
What was I not interested in?! Well, I could never get super excited about math, but I blame that on an ill-suited high school geometry teacher. I dabbled in architecture and landscape design, land use planning, lots of policy and pre-law with Ken Cline, economics with John Buell. I even spent a semester doing Whales-on-Wheels presentations at island schools.
What field did you end up working in?
I followed the path of pre-law and went to Vermont Law School, which has the #1 environmental law program in the country. I practiced for several years, then merged into a General Counsel role at The Wilderness Society. I recently left the Obama Administration as Deputy Under Secretary for the Forest Service at USDA where I focused on forestry and agriculture policy including leading the teams on five new National Monument designations.
How did your experiences at COA affect the work you did after COA?
COA is full of people who are committed to influencing their world. If you are part of COA you are not content to just ride through life; you want to shape, influence, and encourage. COA helps direct and refine that passion and desire by exposure to critical thinking and by challenging you to be practical on the one hand and visionary on the other hand. Sure, there is a lot of idealism at COA, but with the focus on internships, senior projects, and opportunities to get out into “the real world,” that idealism manifests not as naiveté but as grounded, ambitious experience.
Why do you continue to give to COA every year?
I give to stay connected. I give to express my appreciation. I give to signal my belief that COA is on the right course. I give to lead in hope that others will follow. I give because COA is part of my family and part of my life experience and these days community—of all kinds—is more important than ever.
Mari Thiersch ’17
Helping others gain the opportunity to experience what I have is the ultimate goal, and since education is my passion, giving back to the educational institutions that have shaped me feels the most natural.
At COA, I had ownership of my education. I was able to tailor my learning to my needs and interests while also earning my teaching credentials. I gave my first gift during one of the 24-Hour Challenge giving campaigns when I was still a student. I wanted to improve the college and help it spread the philosophy of human ecology to more people. Helping others gain the opportunity to experience what I have is the ultimate goal, and since education is my passion, giving back to the educational institutions that have shaped me feels the most natural. Joining the Black Fly Society was so easy, and, after working with another nonprofit, I know that the predictability of recurring payments is incredibly important for organizations like COA.
Masanobu Ikemiya
Everything COA stands for and everything COA is doing is what we believe in. That’s why I have chosen to leave a planned gift to COA. COA is putting what we believe into practice by teaching the students to create a better future for the world.
I have been intrinsically involved with College of the Atlantic since the early 1970s. I met COA co-founder Father Jim Gower soon after I moved here and he invited me to various peace movement gatherings on the Village Green, especially the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack. Shortly thereafter, I started the Arcady Music Festival and COA staff and faculty members Susan Lerner, John Cooper, and Gray Cox served on the board.
Arcady played at COA many times over many years. My wife Tomoko and I got to know the students and the people who work there. We share the same values the college espouses. Really, our community has been indistinguishable from the COA community—like family really. We have become close to COA students, especially acting as mentors for the Japanese students, meeting their families when they come to visit.
Everything COA stands for and everything COA is doing is what we believe in. That’s why I have chosen to leave a planned gift to COA. COA is putting what we believe into practice by teaching the students to create a better future for the world.
Masanobu Ikemiya is an award-winning pianist, artistic director, and peace activist who lives in Bar Harbor. In 1980, he founded the Arcady Music Festival, for which he was artistic director for 24 years.
Matt Shaw ’11
I give to COA because it’s the place that taught me that art is as important as politics and environmental stewardship—that art opens us to a way of being in the world few other things can.
I give to COA because it’s the place that taught me that art is as important as politics and environmental stewardship—that art opens us to a way of being in the world few other things can. Simultaneously, I learned the importance of dialogue between fields of research. COA is unique in its ability to offer this model of education because of its small size and remote location. The human ecology of my degree came in utilizing my peers and the mentors I found on faculty and staff. They were beacons in navigating my own work and continue to be. I give back what I can to make sure these experiences are possible for students for many years to come.
Ron Beard
Including COA in my will aligns with the values I try to live day to day. I intend my small contribution to flow with the contribution of others, helping these experiments continue.
In the early 1970’s Ron Beard invited founding COA President Ed Kaelber to speak at UMaine, and invited Ed and his wife to dinner with President Win Libby and his wife. Ron served spaghetti!
Over the decades, Ron has been an integral part of the COA community, leading Outdoor Orientation Program (OOPs) trips on the Allagash river with Ted Kauffman for 30 years, teaching a wide range of community development courses, and serving as a COA trustee for the past 20 years, much of that as the secretary of the board. And it has been a family affair as Ron’s daughter Alana, whose mom is former registrar Judy Allen, graduated from COA in 2003.
“It is rare and satisfying to be able to engage with the good people of a good institution over most of a lifetime. So many different ways to be involved, so many meaningful relationships, supporting so many experiments in how humans engage meaningfully with the world around them. I have also watched the vision of the founders—Les Brewer, Father Jim Gower, and Ed Kaelber—become reality, with COA contributing in significant ways to the community life and the economy of Mount Desert Island and the surrounding area.”
“Including COA in my will aligns with the values I try to live day to day. I intend my small contribution to flow with the contribution of others, helping these experiments continue.”
Rosanne Mason
“COA changes lives, and I want to help make sure it can keep doing that.”
“COA changes lives,” current parent Rosanne Mason says simply. “I see it in my daughter.”
Rosanne lives in Colorado, and when her daughter Ruth (class of ’29) began looking at colleges, neighbors who often spend time in Northeast Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, encouraged her to consider College of the Atlantic. They described it as a special place for unique students. After visiting, Rosanne understood exactly what they meant.
That visit coincided with the creation of Road Line, an installation by renowned environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy’s sinuous wave of granite—constructed from traditional curbstones—winds 1,500 feet across the COA campus, bending away from the traditional straight curb and echoing the unique, non-linear paths that students chart at COA. Road Line is Goldsworthy’s first permanent installation in the State of Maine.
Rosanne and Ruth had long admired Goldsworthy’s work through the documentary Rivers and Tides. Seeing his lyrical art on campus felt serendipitous. “Mom, it’s Andy from Rivers and Tides,” Ruth said. For Rosanne, it felt like confirmation: This was a place where art, science, landscape, and learning were inseparable.
Rosanne has been particularly struck by the physical and intellectual environment COA provides. Touring the Davis Center for Human Ecology—flooded with light and framed by an expansive, ocean-facing window—she contrasted it with her own chemistry lab “in a dark basement.” The message, she felt, was clear: COA is investing in how students learn. “They’re doing something right,” she says.
Since enrolling, Ruth has immersed herself in COA’s hands-on, place-based approach to learning. She is drawn to human ecology, environmental field studies, and social justice. She also loves theater and the opportunities at COA to perform and collaborate. She kayaked the Maine coast during her Outdoor Orientation Program trip and quickly found a close circle of friends who share her energy and intellectual curiosity. At home in Colorado, Rosanne read the Human Ecology Core Course book, The Avian Hourglass, alongside her daughter, staying connected to the questions shaping Ruth’s education.
That confidence extends to COA’s leadership. She speaks of her trust in the College’s direction and in President Sylvia Torti’s leadership—transparent, thoughtful, and values-driven. During a recent conversation with our advancement team, Rosanne asked a straightforward question: “What type of gift does COA most need?” When she learned that unrestricted support provides essential flexibility, she did not hesitate.
Her philanthropy reflects both trust and intentionality. In January, Rosanne committed to join the Champlain Society in support of the Annual Fund. She also gives monthly through the Black Fly Society, directing her recurring gifts to the Field Stations Improvement Fund. In addition, she has made restricted gifts aligned with key institutional priorities, including the Campaign for Student Success—strengthening the information technology infrastructure that supports students from admission through graduation and beyond.
Looking ahead, Rosanne intends to include COA in her estate plans, a commitment recognized through membership in the Northern Light Society. For her, giving is about continuity—ensuring that the transformative experience she sees unfolding in her daughter remains accessible to future students. “COA changes lives,” she says again. “I want to help make sure it can keep doing that.”
Scott MacKenzie
It’s good to give back.
Growing up in East Millinocket, Maine, Scott MacKenzie was captivated by the wonders of nature. A voracious reader with a deep curiosity about the world, he eagerly awaited each new issue of Scientific American, always thirsting for more knowledge. But Scott’s passion for discovery wasn’t confined to the pages of books—he actively sought out adventure. Whether spotting a beluga whale in the Penobscot River or identifying a rare tree species that saved his family’s Christmas, his childhood was filled with awe and wonder.
That curiosity stayed with him throughout his life and has shaped his approach to philanthropy. Today, Scott is a dedicated philanthropist, channeling his lifelong love of science and the natural world into supporting cutting-edge research and conservation efforts, particularly at College of the Atlantic Allied Whale.
Scott’s journey from East Millinocket to becoming a major donor to Allied Whale is deeply intertwined with his childhood friendship with retired Allied Whale Research Associate Tom Fernald ’91. Their bond, forged at age four on the slopes of Feeney Hill behind Tom’s grandmother’s house, has been a constant throughout their lives. Racing down the hill on cardboard sleds and spending countless hours together at the local library exploring books on astronomy and the natural world, Scott and Tom shared a deep love of science and exploration that fueled countless adventures.
Though their geographic paths eventually diverged—Tom studying marine biology and working with whales at College of the Atlantic while Scott moved south for new opportunities—their friendship remained unwavering. Despite the distance, they stayed connected, and it was Tom’s work at Allied Whale that sparked a new chapter in Scott’s philanthropy.
Inspired by Tom’s commitment to whale conservation, Scott began supporting Allied Whale in 2014. COA’s pioneering work in the study of North Atlantic humpback whales, especially the development of photographic identification techniques, resonated deeply with Scott. In 1977, Allied Whale published the first catalog of North Atlantic humpback whales, which initially contained just 120 individual whales. Since then, Scott’s generosity has been a driving force in the expansion of the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog, which now includes more than 12,000 whales. This critical work in tracking migratory patterns, studying whale populations, and monitoring their health is essential for the conservation of these magnificent creatures.
Over the past decade, Scott’s contributions to Allied Whale have totaled more than $1 million, playing a pivotal role in supporting the ongoing research and conservation efforts that continue to shape the future of marine biology.
Scott’s giving isn’t limited to whale conservation. His commitment to preserving the beauty of our planet—as wide-ranging and boundless as his childhood curiosity—spans many organizations.
When asked what drives his philanthropic efforts, Scott simply says, “It’s good to give back.” For him, this philosophy is rooted in a belief that each of us has a responsibility to make a meaningful impact on the world. Whether it’s supporting groundbreaking scientific research, protecting marine life, or contributing to the greater good of the planet, Scott’s generosity is a reflection of his values and his commitment to the world around him.
Scott and Tom’s 65-year friendship remains a powerful force in both their personal lives and their shared efforts to protect the natural world. Even in retirement, the two continue to explore the wonders of nature together—most recently traveling to Wyoming in search of dinosaur bones.
From their beginnings in a small Maine town to their ongoing adventures, Scott’s support of Allied Whale reflects the enduring power of curiosity and friendship. Together, Scott and Tom are helping to shape a future where the next generation of explorers, scientists, and conservationists can continue the work of protecting our planet.
Susan Inches ’79
I’ve always supported the mission of the college—what could be more important than to educate the next generation of environmental leaders?
The value of my investment in a COA education has appreciated every year. When I first arrived at COA in 1975 people would ask me, “College of the what?” Now people see it on my resume and they say, “Wow, you’re a COA grad, tell me about that!” Over the years, COA has grown so much in stature and in its contribution to the world, and I’m very proud of that.
I’ve always supported the mission of the college—what could be more important than to educate the next generation of environmental leaders? And I totally support the funding strategy to establish endowed faculty chairs. Excellence in teaching has been, and always should be a core element of the school. The combination of a compelling mission and strong funding strategy has motivated me to contribute over the years. I also know that gifts from alumni are meaningful, and that the college is going to make very good use of every dollar I give.
Sue Inches ’79 is an author, educator, and environmental advocate. She has worked in public policy for over 25 years with senior roles in the Maine State Planning Office and the Department of Marine Resources. She is author of the recently published book, Advocating for the Environment, How to Gather Your Power and Take Action. She has given back to COA for over 40 years as a donor, a guest speaker, and a mentor.
Susan Woehrlin ’80
I give because the world needs COA educated graduates now even more than ever—and I want to help make a COA education accessible to those who might not otherwise afford it.
When did you start giving back to COA? Why?
As soon as I got my first appeal letter! I grew up with stories of great grandparents who were philanthropists, in a family that modeled contributing both money and time to non-profits that reflect one’s beliefs and priorities. It was also a family that highly valued higher education: I watched my parents writing out checks to their respective alumni associations every year as they reflected on how lasting an impact their college years had had on their lives. So it just seemed natural to consider my beloved college community an important one to stay connected with and contribute to over the years.
In what field were you interested when you attended COA?
I was focused on learning—not vocation! What I loved about COA was the interdisciplinary, integrative nature of the curriculum that did not require I declare a focus area. I also thrived on the applied, experiential nature of the learning. I arrived fresh off a semester with NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School), which combined the study of field ecology with leadership in the Alaska wilderness. At COA I took courses in literature, women’s studies, philosophy, and psychology, and co-led a peer writing group. I took a carpentry class (which built a new green house) and then did an internship with a lesbian-feminist carpentry collective in Minneapolis where I ostensibly examined cooperative principles, but as much enjoyed learning to properly swing a hammer.
In what field did you end up working?
Higher Education. I’ve been on the faculty at Antioch University Seattle for 36 years, where I currently chair undergraduate studies programs. We serve adult learners returning to complete a liberal arts degree that integrates career development with academic studies, with a heavy emphasis on social justice and discovering and enacting one’s passions and calling.
How did your experiences at COA affect the work you did after COA?
My educational philosophy and pedagogy was formed at COA: in discovering what enabled me to thrive as a learner—small discussion-based seminars, problem/issue-centered inquiry, application projects, internships, field-studies, senior projects—I gained a template for designing dynamic and relevant courses and educational programs. From my term facilitating ACM, I gained confidence in my group leadership skills. I also gained an embodied understanding of what true learning community feels and acts like that has served as a constant guide.
Why do you continue to give to COA every year?
I give because the world needs COA educated graduates now even more than ever—and I want to help make a COA education accessible to those who might not otherwise afford it. The urgency for innovative and systemic thinkers, passionate and idealistic souls, grounded in science but with a capacity for creative expression, increases daily. COA offers an education for all of these capacities.