2026-27 Annual Giving Challenge

2026-27 Annual Giving Challenge

The 2026-27 Annual Giving Challenge Launches Soon—and You Can Be an EARLY BIRD now!

Join the RCDS community on October 20-21 to support the 2026-27 Annual Fund. If we receive $3 million, generous donors will contribute an additional $300,000. Help us reach our goal—Let's do this, Wildcats!

All gifts made on or before October 21 count towards your 2026-27 annual contribution and the challenge!
If you have any questions, please contact advancement@ryecountryday.org or (914) 925-4524.


 

2026-27 Annual Giving Committee

Committee Chairs
Rebecca Brown P’27, P’29, P’32
Jean Joseph P'34, P'36
Elizabeth Shah-Hosseini P’26, P’32

Committee Members
Sarah Ardire P'29, P'31, P'33
Giulia Bertucci Arencibia '96 P'26, P'28, P'33
Andrea Behrman P'35, P'37
Katelin Berkowitz P'34, P'36
Tanja Biegler P'33
Christine Blehle P'34
Lynelle Chang P'30, P'34, P'37
Venkat Chary P'38
Erin Chin P'29, P'31
Joselynn Chua P'26, P'30
Virginia Cocke P'35, P'37
Emily Comerford P'37, P'40
Loren Smith Dinger '96 P'26, P'28
Trisha Estill P'26, P'28, P'29
Gregory Formato P'31
Renee Goldman P'36, P'39
Kisha Harris P'26, P'28
Brian Hayes P'36, P'38
Nanki Holm P'36, P'38
Isa Jakowsky P'32
David Javitch '94 P'28, P'31
Xin Jiang P'34, P'36
Cory Belnick Kercher '97 P'28, P'28, P'32, P'33
Jennifer Kherani P'30, P'32
David Kurd P'29, P'36, P'39
Sarah Lusman P'29, P'34
Ashley Lee McGrail '98 P'30, P'35
Jennifer Ely Mellet '94 P'33, P'33
Blair Endresen Metrailler '96 P'26, P'30
Leigh Endresen Morrison '02 P'31, P'34
Julia Morrow P'26, P'28, P'31
Alex Nivelle '98 P'34, P'36
Hiromi Okubo P'26, P'32
Katherine Pearle P'21, P'23, P'26, P'30
Antonella Pomara P'32, P'34, P'37, P'38
Leah Pope P'32, P'35
Mo Sakurai P'33, P'33
Jaclyn Shanahan P'34, P'36, P'39
Lindsay Thompson P'33, P'34, P'36
Kimberly Williams Wilkes '02 P'36, P'39
Eva Zhou P'26, P'28

2027 Senior Gift Committee

Committee Chairs
Rebecca Bruno P'27, P'27
Hillary Hoffenberg Comora '91, P'21, P'27
Dina Wallach P'24, P'27

Committee Members
Jessica Anderson P'27
Carrie Berg P'27, P'29, P'32
Rebecca Brown P'27, P'29, P'32
Angela Burgess P'27, P'28
Dominique de Bourgknecht P'27, P'29, P'32
Jane DeFlorio P'27
Amy Fisch P'27, P'28
Uma & Sanjeev Khemlani P'23, P'27
Robin Kietlinski P'27, P'29
Trini Leonard P'24, P'27
Susan Leslie P'20, P'23, P'27
Bridget & Brandon Lower P'20, P'23, P'27
Kelly Lynch P'25, P'27
Yiqiao Mao P'27, P'30
Meghan Millowitz P'23, P'27
Kimberly Motola P'26, P'27, P'31
Claudine Revere P'27, P'29
Stephanie Stern P'27, P'31
Deborah Steyn P'25, P'27
Sohita Torgalkar P'26, P'27, P'29
Becket Wolf P'25, P'27, P'30
Milan Yokuty P'27, P'29, P'32
David Zeiden P'27

2026-27 Grandparent Annual Giving Chairs

Laura & Duncan Hennes '74 P'02, P'05, P'06, GP'34, GP'37, GP'40, GP'40

2026-27 Faculty/Staff Annual Giving Committee

Janis Battista
Ginny Black H'26
Jonathan Carter
Sandy Castagna
Karen Cosgrove
Charlotte Fleischman '16
Genevieve Gaubron
Sarah Istwany
Donald W. Kyle Jr. '81
Jason Leath
Kyle Mitschele
Jenny Smith

2026-27 Alumni Executive Board

Andrew S. Nathanson ’09, President
Melanie Baevsky Bevinick '07
Ellen Sluder Cohen '95 
Ryan Davidson '11
Jeffery Grasso, Jr. '12
CJ Gray '09
Kody Gurfein '01
Kenji Hashimoto '99
Grant S. Johnson '10
Jeffrey Lallemand '97
Cynthia Luo '14
Malcolm Nash '15
Charlotte Price '20
Andres Soto '13
Sue Ann Stanton '80
Daniel Wallance '00 

Gil Castanga, Ex Officio: Honorary Faculty
Donald W. Kyle Jr. '81, Ex Officio: Honorary Faculty