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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 2023-2024 Society of Friends

Visionaries ($100,000 & above)

ANONYMOUS (1)

The Jaffe Family Foundation ^*

Roslyn Milstein Meyer & Jerome Meyer Foundation ^*

The Rice Family Foundation ^*

The Seedlings Foundation


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

ANONYMOUS (1)

Laurie and David Benjamin ^*

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven ^*

Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc.

Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil ^*

Eve Hart Rice, M.D. *

The Werth Family Foundation *

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

Diane F. Ariker *

Grace and Jay Bright *

Virginia Brody *

Mildred L. Cannon Trust *

Grace J. Fippinger Foundation *

Sharon and Doug Karp *

Susanna Krentz *

Ellen Gibson McGinnis *

Carol F. Ross *

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

Katharine B. Arnstein*

Dr. Alice Welt Cunningham^*

The Jane and William Curran Foundation*

Jane P. Donaldson*

Mary W. Harriman Foundation*

Robert Jaeger*

Dinny Seton Wakerley*

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

Dr. Eric Berger and Mrs. Ethel Berger*

Constance Clement*

Susan Ehrenkranz*

Susan and Jonathan Katz*

Ruth L. Lansner^*

Barbara M. Riley^*

Diane Young Turner*

Friends ($1000 - $2,499)

ANONYMOUS (2)

Joanne Bailey*

David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation*

Valerie Naratil Benfield*

Peggy Mann Berenblum*

Anne Boucher^*

Helen Y. Chang

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

Anne McBride Curtis*

The Eder Family Foundation

William T Emmet

Dr. Susan Forster and William Riley

Tony George

Elizabeth R. Polsky and Samuel S. Glass*

Kim A. Healey*

Bernadette Huang and Geert Rouwenhorst*

Paulette Kessler

Pauline and Thomas Ketchum*

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kneisel*

Julia Lanier

Susan E. Lennon and Robert N. Merritt*

Robert and Marilyn Mazur*

Cynthia A. McCraven, M.D. ^*

Meghan McMahon

Stephanie C. Naratil*

Barbara Nordhaus*

Sara Huntington Ohly*

David F. Peters

Marion Piro

Deborah J. Rothman*

Diane Daskal Ruben*

Sara Lee Schupf

Patricia Spencer

Pamela P. Suan

Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern*

Associates ($500 - $999)

Barbara and Chip Angle*

Skippy Banker

Susan E. Bender*

Jo Brooks*

Anne and Judge Guido Calabresi*

Elizabeth A. Demir*

Dianne M. Edgar and Terry Platt*

Dr. Carole T. Goldberg

Mona and Glenn Gregg*

Susan E. Holden*

Nancy Kops*

Jacqueline R. Koral*

Dr. Katherine McKenzie and Dr. Craig M. Crews

George and Carol Milne*

Robin M. Sauerteig

Ruth Simon and Thomas Polton*

Elizabeth Sledge

Stephanie Spangler and Robert Shulman*

Cindy Underwood*

Barbara Wagner*

Affiliates (Gifts up to $499)

ANONYMOUS (3)

Nina R. Adams and Moreson H. Kaplan

Susan S. Addiss

Jean and Robert Adnopoz

Bruce Alexander

Robert Alvine*

Aspasia Anos Bertsos

Elissa B. Arons*

Dr. Carey August*

Madge Baker*

Joan Beranbaum*

Katherine D. Berges*

Nan M. Birdwhistell and David A. Rothberg*

Judy Birke*

Carol W. Bloom*

Jean S. Brenner*

Patricia F. Brett*

Rabbi Herbert Brockman

Sally Brotton and Mark Barra

Edie Brown

Ruth and Stearns Bryant*

Linda Burt

Polly Byers*

Bonnie Byers*

Honorable Susan L. Carney*

Kathleen Carney-Godley*

Elsie B. Chapman

Barbara Chesler and Karen Dahl*

Mary Glen Chitty

Shannon Clarkson*

Lawrence and Jane Cohen *

Jennifer and Peter Cowie

Catherine Cruz-Montes*

Gay Daly*

Connie and Peter Dickinson*

Melinda A. Divicino*

William J. Donahoe*

Rebecca Eddy and Paul Feuerstein*

Barbara T. Ellinghaus

Thomas K. Emmons*

Susan Epstein

Ellen G. Estes*

Rebecca Eury

Therese Feng

Dr. Shelley Fishkin and Dr. James Fishkin*

Roberta A. Fitzgerald

Anne-Marie Foltz*

Daphne Foreman*

Shannon Foucault*

Julia B. Frank, M.D.*

Geraldine Frankel*

John Frelinghuysen

Carol and Hod French *

Linda and Gary Friedlaender*

Connie Frontis

Cheryl Funaro

Patricia and Nathan Garland *

Dr. Richard and Patricia Gibbs*

Doreen S. Gluckin

Laurie and Bruce Goodman

Meryl and David Gordon*

Barbara Goren

Cynthia Greenblatt

Betsy Gribble and Doug Baldwin*

Carolyn Grillo

Elizabeth Haas*

Judith D. Hackman*

Linda J. Hall, M.D.

Elizabeth Hodapp*

Holly Holter*

Carla and Robert Horwitz

Caren Jacobson and Blair Roberts*

The Reverand Dr. Carole Johannsen

Marjorie G. Jones*

Thelma G. Joseph *

Kristi Lockhart

Carolyn Kenady*

Barbara Klatchko, M.D.*

Wendy Evans Kravitz*

Nancy Kuziemski

Molly LeVan*

Becca Levy and Andrew Bedford

Janet Madigan*

Kaye Maggart*

Marc and Margaret Mann*

Vincent Marchesi*

Peggy Ann Marks*

Marilyn and Charles Marsden*

Shirley McCarthy

Senator Edward and Patty Ann Meyer*

Jodie Meyer*

Timothy Naratil*

Margaret Sweetland Patricelli

Lise A. Pearlman

Ann Baker Pepe and Greg Pepe *

Mary L. Pepe

Fay A. Peterson*

Lauren Pinzka *

Dr. Jane Porcelan *

Alexander Purves*

Fran R. Quittel

Mark Rosekind and Debra Babcock

Dr. Jan L. Roth*

Jonathan and Marci Rubin*

Janet and Mark Russell

Pietrina Luciani Saxton

Ellen and Bob Scalettar

Lynne and Mark Schpero *

Betsey and Arthur Selkowitz

Samit Shah

Marjorie Shapiro

Sarah T. Shapiro*

Dovelet Shashou

Nandita Shenoy*

Martha Virginia Sherman*

Diane K. Shrier*

D. Ellen Shuman

Judith and Mark Sklarz

Jamie Stern*

Drs. Sandra and Harold Stern

Susan S. Stevens*

Elizabeth Stewart*

Elsa Stone and Steven Wolfson*

Carol E. Tessman

Karen H. Toker, M.D.*

Patricia F. Vegnani*

Tamesha Walker

Beth Elfman Wallace*

May Yung-Fun Woo Wang*

Katharine and Nicholas Weber*

Marjorie J. Webster

Dr. Marjorie E. Weishaar

Vera F. Wells*

Katherine Wiltshire

Jessica Wolf*

Patricia Doukas Zandy*

Edward and Doris Zelinsky

Stephanie Zito

Gifts Were Made in Honor of

Mary B. Arnstein

Taliser Avery

Claudette Beamon

Robin Beckett

Elizabeth M. Benjamin

Mindy Berard

Teasie Blassingame

Lauren Karp Bonnesen

Manuela Bonnesen

Sylvia Ardyn Boone

Jane Boucher

Emmy Bright

Grace Bright

Taliser A. Bright

Elin Brockman

Laura Burban

Julie Capetta

Sam Chauncey

Simona Clark

Jayna Cobbs

Jane Cohen

Juliette Cohen

Katy Congelosi

Mary Conway

Daniel P. Cunningham

Elva S. Dozier

Marcia Edgar

Shirley Edwards

Ethel Elfman

Phyllis Elfman

Hilda G. Foreman

Jenna Francis

Linda Frelinghuysen

Lily George

Andrea Giordano-Johannsen

Catherine Glasser

Mona Gregg

Jackie Guerriero

Melissa Gunter

Susan Helm

Ellen Iseman

Patricia W. Jaeger

Christine Johannsen

Danielle Karp

Dr. Sharon Karp

Lisa Karp

Margo Karp

Helen Jean Klatchko

Eileen Kraus

Marion Krentz

Susanna Krentz

Nancy Noto Labanara

Ruth Lansner

Autumn Leonard

Emily Leubner

Joanna Lydgate

Sally Marchesi

Carolyn Mazure, PhD

Roslyn Meyer

Chloe Swanson Michaelis

Jackie Morrison

Dr. Nancy Mulrow

Deborah Munoz-Maniscalco

Wendy Naratil

Sarah Nathan

Aldonna Noto

Trina Paige

Uma Penmetsa

Tammela Platt

Mary Reinhalter

Judith T. Ressler

Colette Richelle

Nancy Richie

Barbara Riley

Gerun Riley

Jenna Riley

Carol F. Ross

Julie Rothman

Marci Rubin

Letty M. Russell

Ruth Schmidt

Phyllis Seton

Marit Sheffield

Martha R. Sherman

Carroll Edgar Short

Adam Louis Shrier

Katie Sherman Simon

Iris Smith

Florence Sabin Stern

Anne Stewart

Kyra Turner-Zogbekor

Cindy Underwood

Lenoria Walker

Barbara Wareck

Chloe Williams

Deloris Williams

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 2024.