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Supporters

Support for the Fisher Center and Bard Music Festival is provided by the following individuals, corporations, and foundations, among 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
Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Gregory H. Quinn
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
The Milikowsky Family Foundation
Millbrook Tribute Garden
Nancy and Edwin Marks Family Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The William and Lia G. Poorvu Family Foundation
Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha
Mardi Solomon
Rowan Solomon
Martin and Toni Sosnoff
Felicitas S. Thorne
Van Cleef & Arpels
Andrew E. Zobler

Golden Circle
Angela Bernstein, CBE
The Educational Foundation of America
The Ettinger Foundation
Barbara and Sven Huseby
Nina Matis and Alan Gosule
Anthony Napoli
Amanda Joy Rubin
Stephen E. Simcock
The Smokler/Hebert Family Fund

Director
Jamie Albright and Stephen Hart
Dr. Penny Axelrod ’63
Annie and Jim Bodnar
Olivia B. Carino
Gary DiMauro and Kathryn Windley
Catherine C. Fisher
Melina Fisher
Judith R. And Alan H. Fishman
Chris Kerr and Kirsti Gholson
Donald and Gay Kimelman
Lizbeth and George Krupp
Prof. Nancy S. Leonard and Dr. Lawrence Kramer
Adam Levitt and Francine Hermelin
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Lynn and Nick Nicholas
Martha Patricof
Michael Privitera
Myrna B. Sameth
Daniel and Bonnie Shapiro
Thendara Foundation
Illiana van Meeteren and Terence C. Boylan ’70

Producer
Michael Berlin and Alessandra Zorgniotti
Harvey and Carol Berman
Jason P. Drucker ’93 and Joseph Ortiz
Dutchess Tourism, Inc.
Thomas and Bryanne Hamill
Eileen Guilfoyle and David Moody
Ted Ruthizer and Jane Denkensohn
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
Kara Cross
Patricia Ellis
Beverly Fanger and Dr. Herbert S. Chase Jr.
Jeffrey and Helen Friedman
Arnold Iovinella Jr. and William Bozzetto
Beth Jones/Third Eye Associates
George and Barbara Kafka
Burton Kassell Family Foundation of the Jewish Communal Fund
Dani Korwin and Anthony DiGuiseppe
Gideon Lester and Tom Sellar
Alan Miles and Drew Glick
Lenore Nemeth
Liza Parker and Frank Migliorelli
Samuel and Ellen Phelan
Judi Powers and Russell Jones
David Schulz and Marc Miller
Gail Shneyer and Abraham Nussbaum, MD
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
Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha
Millie and Robert Wise

Golden Circle
Roger Alcaly and Helen Bodian
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Eileen Naughton and Craig Chesley
Felicitas S. Thorne
Kathleen Vuillet Augustine

Director
Jamie Albright and Stephen Hart
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
Dr. Shalom and Rachel Kalnicki
Susan and Roger Kennedy
Edna and Gary Lachmund
Karl Moschner and Hannelore Wilfert
James and Mary Ottaway
Marstrand Foundation
Michael Privitera
John and Elizabeth Robertshaw
Joseph Stopper
Anthony and Margo Viscusi
Richard and Dee Wilson
Vaughan Williams Foundation

Producer
Anonymous
Lydia Chapin and David Soeiro
Thomas Hesse and Gwendolyn Bellman
H&L Family Foundation
Elena and Fred Howard
Robert and Linda Kahn
Alison L. Lankenau
Lazard Asset Management
Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman

Patron
Anonymous
Johan de Meij and Dyan Machan
Angela de Mello Keesee and Thomas W. Keesee, III
Curtis DeVito and Dennis Wedlick
Charles Doran and Carissa Escober-Doran
Helena and Christopher Gibbs
James Gillson
Burton Kassell Family Foundation of the Jewish Communal Fund
Evelyn and Don McLean
Andrea and Kenneth L. Miron
Jacqueline Royce
René Schnetzler and Ruth Ketay
Janet and Michael Sirotta
Thomas and Diane Stanley
Irene Zedlacher
William C. Zifchak, Esq.

List current as of 12/31/2024

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