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Supporters

Support for the Fisher Center and Bard Music Festival is provided by the following individuals, corporations, and foundations, among many others. We thank you for joining the late Richard B. Fisher with your generosity and partnership.

Special thanks to those who are supporting our programs with their commitments to the Bard College Endowment Challenge. Thank you for ensuring Bard’s continuity as a beacon for higher education, bolstering the development of innovative programs that offer access to rigorous, high-quality education for new populations around the world.

Donors to the Bard College Endowment Challenge for the Fisher Center and Bard Music Festival

Jamie Albright and Stephen Hart
Roger Alcaly and Helen Bodian
Anonymous
Bettina Baruch Foundation
Michelle R. Clayman
Amy K. and David Dubin
Robert C. Edmonds ’68
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Neil Gaiman
Helena and Christopher Gibbs
Matthew M. Guerreiro and Christina Mohr
Susan and Roger Kennedy
Dr. Barbara Kenner
Edna and Gary Lachmund
Alfred and Glenda Law
Gideon Lester
Anthony Napoli
James and Mary Ottaway
David and Susan Rockefeller
Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha
Martin and Toni Sosnoff
Felicitas S. Thorne
Irene Zedlacher

Donors to the Fisher Center

Leadership Support
Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
Emily Blavatnik/Blavatnik Family Foundation
Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Gregory H. Quinn
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
The Milikowsky Family Foundation
Millbrook Tribute Garden
Nancy and Edwin Marks Family Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
Nina Matis and Alan Gosule
Anthony Napoli
National Endowment for the Arts
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The William and Lia G. Poorvu Family Foundation
Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha
Martin and Toni Sosnoff
The Ted & Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund
Felicitas S. Thorne
Van Cleef & Arpels

Golden Circle
Angela Bernstein
László Bitó ’60 and Olivia Carino Foundation Inc.
Mayree Clark and Jeff Williams, Silverleaf Foundation
The Educational Foundation of America
The Ettinger Foundation
Barbara and Sven Huseby
Lizbeth and George Krupp
T. S. Eliot Foundation

Director
Jamie Albright and Stephen Hart
Billing Geeks, Inc.
Annie and Jim Bodnar
Matthew and Mary Fleming Deady
Judith R. And Alan H. Fishman
Gary DiMauro, Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty
Catherine C. Fisher
Burton Kassell Family Foundation of the Jewish Communal Fund
Chris Kerr and Kirsti Gholson
Donald and Gay Kimelman
King’s Fountain
Lawrence and Geraldine Laybourne
Prof. Nancy S. Leonard and Dr. Lawrence Kramer
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Lynn and Nick Nicholas
Martha Patricof
Myrna B. Sameth
The Smokler/Herbert Family Fund
Thendara Foundation
Villa Albertine

Producer
Michael Berlin and Alessandra Zorgniotti
Harvey and Carol Berman
Kara Cross
Curtis DeVito and Dennis Wedlick
Dutchess Tourism, Inc.
Thomas and Bryanne Hamill
Beth Jones and Susan Simon/Third Eye Associates
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Alan Miles and Drew Glick
Eileen Guilfoyle and David Moody
George and Gail Hunt Reeke
Ted Ruthizer and Jane Denkensohn
Emily Sachar
Sarah Solomon
Sarah and David Stack
Meredith Tanowitz and Marc Warm
Howard Zar and Raymond Kurdziel

Patron
Anonymous
Mary I. Backlund and Virginia Corsi
Ronald Cohen and Donna Kramer
Patricia Ellis
Jeffrey Friedman
James Gillson
Arnold Iovinella Jr. and William Bozzetto
Dani Korwin and Anthony DiGuiseppe
Gideon Lester and Tom Sellar
Lenore Nemeth
Liza Parker and Frank Migliorelli
Judi Powers and Russell Jones
Samuel and Ellen Phelan
Michael Privitera
David Schulz and Marc Miller
Gail Shneyer and Abraham Nussbaum, MD
Stephen E. Simcock
Thomas and Diane Stanley
Adam Stettner and Rebecca Weller
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
George Wen and Sal Capolarello

Donors to the Bard Music Festival

Leadership Support
Bettina Baruch Foundation
Robert C. Edmonds ’68
Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust
Dr. Barbara Kenner
Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha
Felicitas S. Thorne
Millie and Robert Wise
 
Golden Circle

Helen and Roger Alcaly
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Eileen Naughton and Craig Chesley

Director

Kathleen Vuillet Augustine
Michelle R. Clayman
Amy K. and David Dubin
Dr. Sanford Friedman and Virginia Howsam
John Geller and Alan Skog
Matthew M. Guerreiro and Christina Mohr
Alan Hilliker and Vivien Liu
The J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.
Susan and Roger Kennedy
Edna and Gary Lachmund
Michael Privitera
John and Elizabeth Robertshaw
Anthony and Margo Viscusi
Richard and Dee Wilson
Vaughan Williams Foundation

Producer

Anonymous
Lydia Chapin and David Soeiro
Thomas Hesse and Gwendolyn Bellman
Alison L. Lankenau
Lazard Asset Management
Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman

Patron

Anonymous
Curtis DeVito and Dennis Wedlick
Helena and Christopher Gibbs
Elena and Fred Howard
George and Barbara Kafka
Susan Diana Karayannides
Evelyn and Don McLean
Martin L. and Lucy Miller Murray
Andrea and Kenneth L. Miron
Karl Moschner and Hannelore Wilfert
James and Mary Ottaway
Jacqueline Royce
René Schnetzler and Ruth Ketay
Tatiana Serafin and Mick Kalishman
Janet and Michael Sirotta
Edwin Steinberg and Judy Halpern
Irene Zedlacher
William C. Zifchak, Esq.

20th Anniversary Donors

Elise Alexander
Paul Anbinder
Mary Backlund and Virginia Corsi
Nancy Banks and Stephen Penman
Sol Bergelson
Laszlo Bito and Olivia Carino
Annie and Jim Bodnar
Irene Borger
Kristin Brouker-Botelho
Mayree Clark and Jeff Williams, Silverleaf Foundation
Jane R. Cottrell
Barbara Cutler and James Emden
Patricia Ellis
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
John Geller and Alan Skog
Maureen Hurd Hause
Ronald E. Hellman
Alison Lankenau
Lawrence and Geraldine Laybourne
Michael J. Leary
Charles S. Maier
Christopher Martinez
Amy and Phillip Mezey
Peter Mezey
Lenore Nemeth
James and Mary Ottaway
Liza Parker and Frank Migliorelli
Denise T. Pitcher
George and Gail Hunt Reeke
Arlene Romoff
Joseph and Barbara Schoenberg
Mary T. Sheerin
Peishan Shieh
Martin and Toni Sosnoff
David Steffen and Michael Kelly Boone
Raissa St. Pierre
Felicitas S. Thorne
Eric Trudel
George Wen and Sal Capolarello
Susan Wiesert

List current as of February 19, 2024

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