Connecticut Supporters
panelLead Investors ($250,000+)
The Dalio Family Foundation, Inc.
Sue and Steve Mandel
Stakeholders ($100,000 - $249,999)
Anonymous
Laurel and Clifford Asness
The Steven A. and Alexandra M. Cohen Foundation
Edith Cooper and Robert Taylor
Karen Pritzker and Michael Vlock
The Shumway Foundation
Gillian and Robert K. Steel
Jean and Rick Witmer
Champions ($50,000 - $99,999)
Sonia and Paul Tudor Jones II
The Sternlicht Family Foundation
Giselle Wagner and Paul A. Myerson
Leaders ($25,000 - $49,999)
Anonymous
Anonymous
The Barakett Family Foundation
Carol and Andy Boas
Mark Broach
Cindy and Rob Citrone
Mary Corson and Jonathan Sackler
Roberta and Steven Denning
Laurie and Brian Doherty
Per and Astrid Heidenreich
Annie and Ned Lamont
Jill and Brian Olson
Dr. Aaron Stern
Kathleen and Ken Tropin
Kerry and Charles Tyler
Benefactors ($10,000 - $24,999)
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Celia and Richard Canning
Connie Chung and Maury Povich
Vicki and David Craver
Joyce and Michael Critelli
Sherry and B. Cort Delany
Leslie Fahrenkopf and Tom Foley
Marissa and Dick Ferguson
Stephen Freidheim
Robin and Darrell Harvey
Anita and Steven Heller
Andrea and Jeffrey Immelt
Amy and Carl Kuehner
Laurie and Peter Maglathlin
The Stephen F. and Ann S. Mandel Fund
Linda and Jack Mitchell
Jane and David Ott
Sheila and Charles Perrin
Richard and Ellen Richman
Deb and Chris Sawch
Jeff and Jeanie Shaw
Mary Shaw and Robert Marks
John Sommi
Lisa and Scott Stuart
Melissa and Steve Wiggins
Susan and George Wyper
Sponsors ($5,000 - $9,999)
Anonymous
1830 Family Foundation
Connan and Andrew Ashforth
Lucy and David Ball
Matt Barlow
David Barrett Partners
Judith Biggs
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brickman
Carol D. and William Browne
Harry and Jeanie Burn
Paula Cleary and Paul Farrell
Kelly Copeland and Scott L. Dorf
Leslie and Bob Dahl
The Dalton Family Foundation
Anne and Eric Ferguson
Marion and Daniel Finnegan
Edward Goodnow and The Goodnow Fund
Trudy and Bob Gottesman
Heidi Greene and Michael Kluger
Melinda and Jim Hamilton
Bill and Anne Harrison
William F. Heins
Dick and Lydia Kalt
Mary Lee and Jack Kiernan
Karen and Frank Knapp
Catherine P. Lego
Elizabeth Lehnerd-Reilly
Sally and Alexander Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. David B. MacFarlane
Meghan McMahon and David Swensen
Barbara and Peter McSpadden
Lizanne and John Megrue
Linda and Michael Mewshaw
Barb and Tim Morris
Kenneth F. Mountcastle
Rick and Lisa Northrop
Ted and Amy Orenstein
Natalie Grainger Pedersen and Peer Pedersen
Ms. Regina M. Pitaro
Wendy and Paul Raether
Margaret and Gary Reiner
Katherine and Peter Sachs
Angie and Steven Sall
Mary and Chris Swift
Rebecca and Nicholas Tiller
Patricia and Mark Vanacore
Meredith and Henry Von Kohorn
Carolyn and Malcolm Hewitt Wiener
Caroline and Tiger Williams
Lead Corporate Partner-Hartford ($1M grant over 5 years; 2007-2011)
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Lead Public Partner
AmeriCorps grant provided by Serve Connecticut: Connecticut Commission on Community Service
$250,000+
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Inc.
$100,000 - $249,999
The Grossman Family Foundation
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Lone Pine Foundation
The Louis Calder Foundation
Shumway Capital Foundation
Trafigura Foundation
Travelers Foundation
Yale University
$50,000 - $99,999
Bank of America
The Comcast Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999
The Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, Trustee
Forester Capital
General Atlantic Service Company, LLC
H.A. Vance Foundation
Lincoln Financial Foundation
Near & Far Aid Association, Inc.
People's United Community Foundation
Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund
The William H. Pitt Foundation, Inc.
The Prudential Foundation
Wells Fargo
$10,000 - $24,999
Brahman Capital Corporation
Crane Fund for Widows and Children
The Fund For Greater Hartford
GE Foundation
Kensico Capital Management Corp.
NewAlliance Foundation
$2,000 - $9,999
Balyasny Foundation
The Ruth Brown Foundation
The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation
George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
The United Illuminating Company
Advisory Board
Deb Sawch, Board Vice Chair, Director of Institutes and Programs, Student Press Initiative at Teachers College, Columbia University
Edith Cooper, Partner for Goldman Sachs
Giselle Wagner, Executive Coach
John Motley, Partner at MotleyBeup
Karen Pritzker, President at Seedlings Foundation
Lindsay Reimers, Community Advocate
Margaret Sweetland Patricelli, President at Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation
Mary-Jane Foster, Vice President of University Relations at University of Bridgeport
Max Medina, Partner at Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, P.C.
Mimi Klein Sternlicht, Creative Director, The Loading Dock
Patricia L. McDermott, Managing Director, Citibank
Phil Schonberger, Managing Member at Albemarle Equities, LLC
Rick Witmer, Partner at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Robert Dunbar, Vice President, Development, My Sisters Place, Inc.
Robin Golden, Board Chair, Selma M. Levine Clinical Lecturer at Yale University
Rodney Cohen, Assistant Dean and Director of the Afro-American Cultural Center, Yale College
Steve Mandel (Vice Chair) Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Lone Pine Capital LLC
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