CONTRIBUTORS
We are deeply grateful for the community’s support of the Waverly Fund. Gifts listed below were received between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
FOUNDERS
($25,000 and above)
Anonymous
The Ahmanson Foundation
Noah Mayer and Tao Nyeu
Steve and Carol Rountree
Melanie Schiff and Sterling Ruby
John Storr
BENEFACTORS
($10,000 to $24,999)
Zach and Eli Clark-Whedon
Mark Grotjahn
Bianca Pulitzer and John Woodard
Deborah and Zach Snyder
Joanne Toll and Gloria Felix
SPONSORS
($5,000 to $9,999)
Anonymous
The Brotman Foundation of California
Shoshana and Mike DiMartino
Luanne Hernandez and Jeremy Stark
iam8bit, Inc.
Svan Karadottir and David Merriam
David Mendel and Alison Roven
Molly Purnell and Mike Roberts
Gina Taranto and Jan Leigner
Jennifer and Chris Thayer
Amanda White and Nick Hurwitch
William H Hurt Foundation
Andrew and Val Wright
Chen Zhou and Niannian Zhang
PARTNERS
($2,500 to $4,999)
Anonymous
Jennifer Cacicio
and Matt Shallenberger
Wesley and Celeste Coller
Brian and Kelly Dietzen
Daniel and Candice Floyd
John Gu and Eva Chen
Joan and Anselm McClain
Mark Monroe and Lisa Cole
Greg and Eli Park
ASSOCIATES ($1,000 to $2,499)
Anonymous
Jessica Alan
Tamara Barnett-Herrin and Jay Basu
Jason Bernard
Maggi Berwind-Dart
Chris and Penny Black
Ming Cai and Jimgmei Li
Greg and Amy Cohn
Jamie and Jon Cross
Nancy Deren Weingarten
and Mark Weingarten
Ben and Cathy Garant
Erika Gragg-Dobkin and Jason Dobkin
Lorne and Rachel Green
Lisa Hansen and Jim Dunn
Greg Harrison and Nichole Mihara
Megan and Chris Heiser
Carolyn Hom and Mike Valenti
Nanette Karapetian
Juli Khoe
Deborah and Lester Lennon
Carol Lim and Matt Killip
Fei Pang and Wenjiao Lin
Danielle Pisano and Jeff Perry
Kenya Reeves-Costa and Orlando Costa
Steve Riskin and Jessica Clements
Thomas Sands
Wilhem and Anna Sasnal
Suzanne and Matthew Sheppard
Serena Southam and Gary Millus
Zach and Katie Taylor
Emily and Rodney Vencatachellum
Carl Violano and Gil Klein
Clarke Weatherspoon
Heather White and Eric Mackie
Zanpei and Margaret Xu
Mingming Zheng and Qi (Maggie) Zhang
FRIENDS ($500 to $999)
Anonymous
Juliane and Herb Agner
Florence Angara and Anthony Ace
Brecken and Martin Armstrong
Lisa and David Boyd
Lori and Juan Campos
Alexandria Cary and Vincent Chang
Joe Chard and Emily Barbour
Cathleen Cox and William Bain
Kelly Daly and Kevin Rodriguez
Dara and Evo Gashparova
Steve and Dawn Gitlin
Judy and Jack Heng
Rob Hoegee and Kristen Monda Hoegee
Courtney Holt
Rinko and David Hutchins
Matt Jones
Tim Judge and Lorelei Montague
Rebeccah Keating
John Lehr and Jennifer Schlosberg
Susan Lofgren and Anton Floquet
Wendy Lopata and Bradley Zweig
Morgan Marzec and Iain Muirhead
Hal and Carrie Mertz
Anna Metcalfe
Ken Mowe
Noah Langholz Remembrance Fund
John and Jennie Newton
Grant Oldfield and Michelle Dakan
Joshua Randall
Diane and Jim Reynolds
Eugene and Marth Jo Ruane
Kerri and Reza Safavi
Liz Seitz and Joe DeRobertis
Lisa and Aaron Sternlicht
Lisa and David Sykes
Nadine Tanio
Natalie and Eitan Trabin
Kenneth and Monica Trujillo-Jamison
The United Way
Holly and David Van Dyke
Emilie Woodhead and David Costello
CONTRIBUTORS ($1 to $499)
Anonymous
Matt Ackley and Kirstin Henninger
Milca Adamczyk
Rebecca and Greg Adkins
Anthony Alvarado
Joe and Emily Arredondo
Joy Asbury and Andrew Koenig
Crystal Barlow and Peter Kilbury
Barbara Bloom and Frank Clem
Rebecca Blum
Maria Brown
Vicky Cabildo and Edgar Molina
Vella and Charles Cagle
Samantha Campbell
and Donald Petersen
Joao Canziani and Jordan Wagner
Melissa Chalsma and David Reynolds
Chequet Ching and Ken Tisuthiwongse
Jane Cho and William Monro Jr.
Emily Cook
Alexandra and Robert Cornell
Marina Dahlen
Harris Danow and Tova Goodman
Geoffrey Davey
and Michelle Youssefzadah
Ava Dellaira and Doug Hall
Charis Didear
Genevieve and Keith Dunton
Avalon Economou and Anthony Larry
Kelly Evans and Kevin Bayley
Neal and Leah Ferrazzani
Astral Finnie
Kevn Flynn and Ava Bise
Nicole and Steve Fortunato
Eva Frajko and Robert Arbogast
Lindsay Freund
Krasnodara Gashparova
Molly and Yaniv Geller
Michael and Amy Giardello
Kimberly Gomez Fraser
Isela Gracian
Lynda and Kevin Grigsby
Teresa Grimes and Charles Loveman
Lisa Groening
Adreanne Guerrero and Adam Lewis
Marsha Guo and Kevin Li
Jeffrey Hernandez and Anyssa Rubio
Julie and David Holcomb
John and Janine Huber
igive
Allegra Inganni and Allan Heifetz
Annabel Inganni and Brendan Sowersby
Michael and Jessica Isaak
Michael and Amy Jaffe
Jennifer Johnson
Heidi Johnson and Dan Bowen
Maggie Kang and James Sechrist
Kathy Kelley and Billy Brockway Jr.
David Klotz
Jack Knight
Andrew Koenig and Joy Asbury
Gideon Kracov and Misty Sanford
The Kroger Company
Christine and Eric Kuecherer
Christopher and Julia Lake
Elizabeth and Stefan Lawrence
Raquel and Mark Leddy
Robert and Melinda Lemoine
Robin Levine
Dan and Pam Lewis
Danny Lim
Eunice Lim and Freddie Chow
Ann Lopata
Margaret Lopez
Andrew and Claire Lower
Joshua and Andrea Lucan
Jacqui Malouf and Jim McCauley
Elizabeth and Jess Mangubat
Ayelet and Ilan Marom
Kirsten Marshall
James McCauley and Jacqui Malouf
Toby McDonald Chou
Sally Jeanne McKenna
Jessie and Rhett McLaughlin
Liz Craig and Joseph McNulty
David Merrian and Svan Karadottir
Maureen Meyer and Nat Pastor
Tamara Mnoian and Timothy Bartlett
Kate Morris
Toshi and Taeko Nagura
Vijay Natraj and Sowmya Chandrasekar
David and Ashley Neglia
Anto Nerses
Oaktree Capital Management
Monti and Joyce Olson
Ann Parish
Johann and Michaele Pauwenn
Dharinne Perera-Myers and Walt Myers
Amanda Phillips
Cathlene Pineda and Jeff Van Ness
Michael Pinto and Juliette Bellocq
Jennifer Pitt and Andrew Mueller
Ana Reyes
Azusa and Jason Richards
Dionne Riddle
Austin Ripley and Oliver Eslinger
Brian Robbins and Stephanie McLarn
Dawn Roberson and Elliott Williams
Cristina Rodas
Caitrin Rogers and Thomas Hill
Sonia Romero and Daniel Gutierrez
Brigid and Craig Rosebraugh
Deena Rosen and Joseph McGowan
Jonathan Ruane and Rasheed Newson
Andrew Sachs and Hagar Harpak
Carlo and Nicole Sanchez
Jacob Sanchez and Daisy Perez Flores
Dan and Leah Santat
Priya and Michael Santoro
Elizabeth and Nick Sasso
Alyssa Sherwood
Helga Sigurbjornsdottir
Johanna and Brion Sutherland
Maria Tapia and Jaime Oropeza
Jeffrey Trachtman
and Andrea Zuckerman
Justin Trask
Yamileth and Rafael Varas
Monica and Juan Vazquez
Eva Vives and Peter Sollett
Sydney Walsh
Yong Wang and Pengyan Gong
Brent and Wendy Watson
Christopher and Sera Wilcox
Allison and Jim Wilt
Nicole and Marc Wolenik
Lisa Wong-Lopez
and Christopher Lopez
Kai Wu and Ryan Trowbridge
Hongying Xu and Xuelin Hu
Bryan Younce and Danielle Hinde
Serita and Brian Young
Johnny Zhou and Amanda Zhang
FOUNDATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, & CORPORATIONS
The Ahmanson Foundation
The Brotman Foundation of California
iam8bit, Inc.
igive
Kroger
Noah Langholz Remembrance Fund
Oaktree Capital Management
The United Way
William H Hurt Foundation
IN-KIND
Rigo and Rosie Saenz
Thank you,
Waverly Fund Class Agents!
The Waverly Fund is backed by a dedicated team of volunteer class agents, whose skillful persuasion, commitment to the Waverly cause, and generous contribution of time and talent are deeply appreciated!
2023-2024
Jessica Alan
Jason Bernard
Brian Dietzen
Eli Clark
Jamie Cross
Kelly Daly
Shoshana DiMartino
Erika Gragg-Dobkin
Leah and Neal Ferrazzani
Lorne Green
Rob Hoegee
Vijay Natraj
Dave Neglia
Melanie Schiff
Serena Southam
Katie Taylor
Jeff Van Ness
Lisa Wong-Lopez
Andy Wright
2022-2023
Jessica Alan
Barbara Bloom
Shoshana DiMartino
Leah and Neal Ferrazzani
Lorne Green
Lisa Hansen and Jim Dunn
Rob Hoegee
Svanhildur M. Karadottir
Susan Lofgren
Ayelet Marom
Vijay Natraj
Diane Reynolds
Serena Southam
Katie Taylor
Dave Neglia
Carl Violano and Gil Klein
Lisa Wong-Lopez
Andy Wright
REFLECTIONS…
Amy Sedivy joined Waverly in 2000 as the high school director and was a high school English teacher from 2005 until retiring in 2023.
“I have so many great memories of working at Waverly, and they mostly revolve around interactions with students. I had a student, Evan, who on his own did a deep dive into the history of several African countries. As we were reading and discussing Heart of Darkness, he explained the geopolitical implications and historical events. One day, a student raised her hand and said, ‘Can I ask Evan a question?’ Not me, but Evan. The expert. Of course, I said yes!
This exemplifies Waverly. I love how a student was appreciated for his knowledge and that teachers don’t know everything and are willing to learn. It shows the respect students have for each other and their teachers and also the respect teachers have for the students.
. . . I miss the students; I miss the camaraderie. I trust that Waverly will continue to be student-centered and honor the respect faculty and students have for each other.”
