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Our Society of Friends

Our work would not be possible without your support

Support from the Society of Friends helps fund important research on women's health.

For over two decades, Women's Health Research at Yale has led national efforts to translate new scientific knowledge into medical and personal practice to benefit public health. We must continue to evolve and advance.

But we can’t do it alone. We are grateful to have such generous and loyal supporters who share our goals.

WHRY is pleased to acknowledge gifts in support of the endowment fund and annual operating fund. We hope you will consider joining our Society of Friends to ensure that this center continues to drive great science forward. And to help and improve the lives of everyone.

The 2024-2025 Society of Friends

Visionaries ($100,000 & above)

The Jaffe Family Foundation ^*

The Rice Family Foundation ^*

The Seedlings Foundation


Partners ($25,000 - $99,999)

ANONYMOUS (1)

Laurie and David Benjamin ^*

Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil ^*

Eve Hart Rice, M.D. *

The Werth Family Foundation *

Investors ($10,000 - $24,999)

ANONYMOUS (1)

Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert L. Bildner

Grace and Jay Bright *

Virginia Brody *

Linda and Vincent Calarco

Grace J. Fippinger Foundation *

Mildred L. Cannon Trust *

Carol L. Sirot Foundation

Advocates ($5,000 - $9,999)

Diane F. Ariker *

Katharine B. Arnstein*

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven *

Dr. Alice Welt Cunningham^*

The Jane and William Curran Foundation*

Jane P. Donaldson*

Mary W. Harriman Foundation*

Sponsors ($2,500 - $4,999)

Susan and Jonathan Katz*

Ellen Gibson McGinnis *

Barbara M. Riley^*

Friends ($1000 - $2,499)

ANONYMOUS (3)

Barbara and Chip Angle*

Joanne Bailey*

David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation*

Valerie Naratil Benfield*

Peggy Mann Berenblum*

Anne Boucher^*

Helen Y. Chang

Anne McBride Curtis*

The Eder Family Foundation

Dianne M. Edgar and Terry Platt*

Lois Fishman

Dr. Susan Forster and William Riley

Elizabeth R. Polsky and Samuel S. Glass*

Kim A. Healey*

Sharon and Doug Karp*

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Ketchum*

Susanna Krentz *

Ruth L. Lansner ^*

The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation *

Anne H. Magoun

Christine and Kevin McCann

Cynthia A. McCraven, M.D. ^*

Stephanie C. Naratil *

The Rona and Randolph M. Nelson Foundation

Fran R. Quittel

Carol F. Ross *†

Deborah J. Rothman *

Dovelet Shashou

Elizabeth Sledge

Julia and Sean Stephens

Diane Young Turner*

Patricia F. Vegnani *

Dinny Seton Wakerley*

Byron Walker

Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern*

Associates ($500 - $999)

Skippy Banker

Susan E. Bender*

Jo Brooks*

Anne and Judge Guido Calabresi*

Elizabeth A. Demir*

Susan Ehrenkranz *

Jody P. Ellant

Eugenie and Bradford Gentry

Mona and Glenn Gregg *

Marsha H. Levy-Warren

George and Carol Milne *

Sara Huntington Ohly *

Paula J. Olsiewski

Diane Daskal Ruben *

Pietrina Luciani Saxton

Ruth Simon and Thomas Polton *

Stephanie Spangler and Robert Shulman *

Cindy Underwood *

Esme Usdan

Barbara Wagner *

Beth Elfman Wallace *

Affiliates (Gifts up to $499)

Nina R. Adams and Moreson H. Kaplan

Marissa Ain

Bruce Alexander

Robert Alvine*

Elissa B. Arons*

Dr. Carey August*

Taliser Avery

Madge Baker*

Brenda Baldwin-Marshall

Joan Beranbaum*

Dr. Berger and Mrs. Ethel Berger

Katherine D. Berges*

Nan M. Birdwhistell and David A. Rothberg*

Judy Birke*

Dr. Sally Bloom-Feshbach and Mr. Evans

Lucy Bosch

Jean S. Brenner*

Patricia F. Brett*

Janet Brunwin

Deborah Bullock

Linda Burt

Jeannette O. Byers

Polly Byers*

Ying Cai

Honorable Susan L. Carney*

Kathleen Carney-Godley*

Elsie B. Chapman

Mary Glen Chitty

Shannon Clarkson*

Lawrence and Jane Cohen *

James P. Comer

Jennifer and Peter Cowie

Gay Daly*

John N. Deming

Connie and Peter Dickinson*

William J. Donahoe*

Thomas K. Emmons*

Ellen G. Estes*

Rebecca Eury

Daphne Foreman*

Shannon Foucault*

Julia B. Frank, M.D.*

Geraldine Frankel*

Carol and Hod French *

Linda and Gary Friedlaender*

Cheryl Funaro

Patricia and Nathan Garland *

Tony George

Dr. Richard and Patricia Gibbs*

Nancy W. Gladstone

Barbara Goren

Betsy Gribble and Doug Baldwin*

Carolyn Grillo

Jacqueline Guerriero

Elizabeth Haas*

Judith D. Hackman*

Kristin Hale

Elizabeth Hodapp*

Holly Holter*

Carla and Robert Horwitz

Ellen M. Iseman

Caren Jacobson and Blair Roberts *

Marjorie G. Jones*

Carolyn Kenady*

Nina Kimball

Barbara Klatchko, M.D.*

Sarah L. Knutson

Jacqueline R. Koral *

Wendy Evans Kravitz*

Nancy Kuziemski

Diane J. Kyker

Susan E. Lennon and Robert N. Merritt *

Molly LeVan*

Kaye Maggart*

Barbara B. Mann

Marc and Margaret Mann*

Peggy Ann Marks*

Marilyn and Charles Marsden*

Lynne Melcher

Hillary Michaels

Shirley McCarthy

Lise A. Pearlman

Carol Petschek

Lauren Pinzka *

Dr. Jane Porcelan *

Alexander Purves*

Lupi Phillips Robinson

Dr. Jan L. Roth*

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Scalettar

Elissa J. Schpero

Lynne and Mark Schpero *

Betsey and Arthur Selkowitz

Sarah T. Shapiro*

Nandita Shenoy*

Martha Virginia Sherman*

D. Ellen Shuman

Ilene Singh

Jamie Stern*

Drs. Sandra and Harold Stern

Susan S. Stevens*

Elizabeth Stewart*

Elsa Stone and Steven Wolfson*

Wendy Walden

Tamesha Walker

Christine Walsh

May Yung-Fun Woo Wang*

Katharine and Nicholas Weber*

Vera F. Wells*

Diane L. Wishnafski

Jessica Wolf*

Susie Zimmerman

Gifts Were Made in Honor of

Natalie Ain

Joy Alexander

Diane Ariker

Mary B. Arnstein

Stuart Elizabeth Baldwin

Claudette Beamon

Robin Beckett

Valerie Naratil Benfield

Laurie M. Benjamin

Whitney Bernard

Teasie Blassingame

Sylvia Ardyn Boone

Maureen Bouris

Grace Bright

Emmy Bright

Taliser A. Bright

Ines Carrasquillo

Simona Clark

Jayna Cobbs

Stephanie Naratil Colonna

Mary Conway

Lauren Cosulich

Daniel P. Cunningham

Sharon Digioia-Daskal

Marcia Edgar

Johana Edgar

Shirley Edwards

Sylvia Sher Fishman

Hilda G. Foreman

Jenna Francis

Maggie C. Free

Norma Freeman

Paula George

Lily George

Gerry Gomperts

Mary Mitchell Guler

Susan Helm

Rebecca Helman

Carolyn Holleran

Marianne Jacobbi

Genevieve Jensen

Beth Lawson Kalt

Sharon Karp

Mary Kelly

Sandra Kent

Susan Kintner

Helen Jean Klatchko

Ann Kneisel

Gail Korman

Susanna Krentz

Marion Krentz

Ruth Lansner

Skye W. Lee

Autumn Leonard

Roselyn Leonhart

Joanne Lowney

Joanna Lydgate

Janice Maffei

Judy Markes

Carolyn Mazure, Ph.D.

Marguerite McCraven

Diana Mitchell

Alice Mitchell

Wendy Naratil

Melanie Naratil

Priya Nori

Trina Paige

Carrie Perez

Etta Pisano

Tammela Platt

Dina Pruzansky

Colette Richelle

Nancy Richie

Barbara Riley

Carol F. Ross

Kate Roth

Poly Rounds

Nan Ruben

Lorraine Saulino

Phyllis Z. Seton

Roseann Shaiman

Jina Shashou

Gwyneth Shaw

Carroll Short

Carroll Short

Iris Smith

Sarah Steinhause

Florence Sabin Stern

Kelly Brett Stutzer

Ann Luciani Tomici

Lisa Totman

Emily Trambert

Kyra Turner-Zogbekor

Erica G. Walden

Sarah Walker

Lenoria Walker

Trudie Webster

Deloris Williams

Rosalie J. Woof

Jane Case Wollstein

Helen Lansner Wool

Legacy Society

Women’s Health Research at Yale is tremendously grateful to the members of our Legacy Society, who have included WHRY in their estate plans or have made planned gifts through a will or trust.

Sally Brotton and Mark L. Barra

Daphne Foreman

Rosemary Hudson

Gretchen Kingsley

Phyllis Z. Seton†

WHRY would also like to acknowledge our Founding Members

ANONYMOUS (8)

Melinda Agsten

Walter & Diane Ariker

Mary B. Arnstein †

Sherry Banks-Cohn

Edna Beaudette

Ruthann Beckerman

Ethel Berger

Rita D. Berkson

Grace G. Bright

Mary Jane Burt

Priscilla F. Canny

Helen Y. Chang, M.D., M.P.H.

Roxanne Coady

Jane A. Cohen, LCSW

Kate Collins

Cynthia Conrad, M.D., Ph.D.

Susan W. Crosby †

Carolyn D’Ambrosio, M.D.

Mary Graham Davis

Valerie G. Dugan

Pamela Ehrenkranz, J.D.

Barbara E. Feldman

Anne-Marie Foltz

Marjorie Northrop Friedman, J.D.

Priscilla Gaines

Donna Galluzzo, Ph.D.

Shelley Geballe

Edith P. Gengras

Evelyn Q. Getman

Melanie A. Ginter, Ph.D.

Elaine Glass

Susan Glasspiegel

Mrs. Harry J. Gray

Jane W. Griffith

Betsy Henley-Cohn

Etha Henry

Rosemary Hudson

Megan Ifill-Haney

Carolyn R. Kahn, Ph.D.

Susan Lustman Katz, J.D.

Paulette Kessler, J.D.

Charlotte M. Kinlock

Eileen S. Kraus †

Ruth Lyon Lasell, M.D.

Hadassah Lieberman

Katharine Lustman-Findling †

Janet Madigan, M.D.

Cynthia F. Mann, M.D.

Roslyn Milstein Meyer, Ph.D.

Sharon Milikowsky

Lesley Mills

Alice S. Miskimin, Esq.

Barbara F. Nordhaus

Barbara L. Pearce

Alice Poole

Katherine S. Prokop

Ellen Rabina

Carol F. Ross

Sheilah B. Rostow

Patricia E. Sabosik

Lynne Jacobson Schpero

Rochelle Schreibman, M.D.

Sara Lee Schupf

Martha Shattuck †

Susan Fromm Shimelman

Claire B. Simon

Carol Sirot

Anne Stanback

Barbara C. Wareck

Mrs. William H. White

Julia Whiteside-de Vos, M.D.

Mary Lou Winnick

Claire Wiseman, Ph.D.

Muriel D. Wolf, M.D.

Susan Wong, M.D.

^ indicates multi-year pledge

* indicates consecutive donations over past three years

† deceased

Women’s Health Research at Yale makes every effort to report gift information to the community accurately. Even so, omissions and errors may occur. In such cases, we will promptly update information. Please contact us at whresearch@yale.edu. This listing was last updated in September 2025.