Our Society of Friends
Our work would not be possible without your support
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 2022-2023 Society of Friends
Visionaries ($100,000 & above)
ANONYMOUS (2)
The Jaffe Family Foundation ^*
Roslyn Milstein Meyer & Jerome Meyer Foundation ^*
The Rice Family Foundation ^*
Partners ($25,000 - $99,999)
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven ^*
The Werth Family Foundation *
Investors ($10,000 - $24,999)
ANONYMOUS (1)
Laurie and David Benjamin *
Grace and Jay Bright *
Virginia Brody *
Grace J. Fippinger Foundation*
Mildred L. Cannon Trust *
Carol F. Ross *
Advocates ($5,000 - $9,999)
ANONYMOUS (1)
Diane F. Ariker *
Katharine B. Arnstein *
Elisa Spungen Bildner & Robert L. Bildner *
Dr. Alice Welt Cunningham ^*
Jane P. Donaldson *
Mary W. Harriman Foundation *
Kaaren Janssen and Robert Jaeger *
Linda K. Lorimer and Charles Ellis
Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil *
Eve Hart Rice, M.D. *
Sponsors ($2,500 - $4,999)
Susan and Jonathan Katz *
Ruth L. Lansner ^*
Ellen Gibson McGinnis *
Barbara M. Riley *
Friends ($1000 - $2,499)
ANONYMOUS (3)
Rick and Nancy Antle *
David and Sharon Bender Family Foundation *
Peggy Mann Berenblum *
Constance Clement *
Dianne M. Edgar and Terry Platt *
The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation *
Dr. Shelley Fishkin and Dr. James Fishkin *
Eugenie and Bradford Gentry *
Elizabeth R. Polsky and Samuel S. Glass
Kim A. Healey *
Sharon and Doug Karp *
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Ketchum *
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kneisel *
Susanna Krentz *
Nina Locker *
Robert and Marilyn Mazur *
Cynthia A. McCraven, M.D. *
Stephanie C. Naratil *
Valerie C. Naratil *
National Charitable Endowment Inc
Barbara Nordhaus
Sara Huntington Ohly
David F. Peters
Deborah J. Rothman
Diane K. Shrier *
Patricia Spencer
Diane Young Turner*
Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern *
Associates ($500 - $999)
ANONYMOUS (1)
Barbara and Chip Angle*
Joanne Bailey *
Susan E. Bender
Jo Brooks
Anne and Judge Guido Calabresi*
Shannon Clarkson
Cynthia D. Conrad, M.D., Ph.D. *
Elizabeth A. Demir
The Eder Family Foundation
Anne-Marie Foltz *
Judith D. Hackman *
Susan E. Holden *
Marsha H. Levy-Warren *
Delaney and Bruce Lundberg *
Mel McCombie and Harris Friedberg
Carol and George Milne *
Lupi and John Robinson *
Lynne and Mark Schpero *
Martha Virginia Sherman *
Ruth Simon and Thomas Polton *
Cindy Underwood*
Barbara Wagner *
Dinny Seton Wakerley *
Vera F. Wells *
Affiliates (Gifts up to $499)
ANONYMOUS (2)
Robert Alvine*
Aspasia Anos Bertsos
Elissa B. Arons*
Dr. Carey August*
Madge Baker *
Joan Beranbaum
Ethel Berger *
Katherine D. Berges*
Nan M. Birdwhistell and David A. Rothberg *
Judy Birke *
Carol W. Bloom*
Dr. Sally Bloom-Feshbach and Mr. Evans
Anne Boucher *
Jean S. Brenner *
Patricia F. Brett*
Dr. Patricia Church Brown *
Ruth and Stearns Bryant*
Alayne Burger
Jeannette Byers *
Polly Byers
Jing Cai
Honorable Susan L. Carney *
Kathleen Carney-Godley, M.D. *
Elsie B. Chapman *
Barbara Chesler and Dr. Karen Dahl
Jane and Lawrence S. Cohen
Jennifer and Peter Cowie
Catherine Cruz-Montes
Gay Daly *
Melissa Daniele
Connie Dickinson *
Melinda A. Divicino
William J. Donahoe
Rebecca Eddy and Paul Feuerstein
Susan Ehrenkranz *
Cornelia Emerson *
Robin Beckett and Thomas Emmons
Ellen G. Estes *
Clare Flannery
Daphne Foreman ^*
Shannon Foucault
Julia B. Frank, M.D
Geraldine Frankel *
Carol and Hod French
Linda and Gary Friedlaender *
Connie Frontis
Cheryl Funaro
Patricia and Nathan Garland*
Toddie and Chris Getman *
Dr. Richard and Patricia Gibbs *
Nancy Gladstone*
Zelly and Goldie Goldberg
Mitchell R. Goldblatt
Laurie and Bruce Goodman *
Meryl and David Gordon *
Mona and Glenn Gregg *
Betsy Gribble and Doug Baldwin *
Elizabeth Haas *
Judith S. Hahn
Dolores Hayden
Ruth Hendel
Elizabeth Hodapp *
Judith S. Holbrook
Holly Holter *
Bernadette Huang and Geert Rouwenhorst *
Ellen M. Iseman *
Caren Jacobson and Blair Roberts*
Marjorie G. Jones*
Thelma G. Joseph
Kristi and Frank Keil
Carolyn Kenady *
Katherine G. Kennedy*
Barbara A. Klatchko, M.D.
Sarah L. Knutson*
Jacqueline R. Koral *
Wendy Evans Kravitz *
Susan E. Lennon and Robert N. Merritt *
Molly LeVan *
Anita Licata, M.D. *
Priscilla Lundin
Catherine A. Lutter and Todd McCreight
Janet A. Madigan, M.D. *
Kaye W. Maggart *
Marc and Margaret Mann *
Vincent Marchesi *
Peggy Ann Marks
Marilyn and Charles Marsden *
Patty Ann and Ed Meyer *
Jodie Meyer *
Diana Michaels
Ruth Mitchell
Timothy Naratil *
Ann Baker Pepe and Greg Pepe
Fay A. Peterson
Lauren Pinzka
Dr. Jane Porcelan
Alexander Purves *
Jessica Quistorff
Amy Belt Raimundo *
Dr. Jan L. Roth *
Diane Daskal Ruben *
Michele D. Saczynski
Betsy Schulman
Sarah T. Shapiro
Nandita Shenoy
Alison Sherman
Claire B. Simon
Stephanie Spangler and Robert Shulman *
Jamie Stern *
Drs. Sandra and Harold Stern
Susan S. Stevens *
Elizabeth Stewart
Elsa L. Stone, M.D. *
Paul G. Strom
Karen H. Toker, M.D. *
Evangeline Wyche Tross *
Patricia Frost Vegnani*
Anthony and Anne Vegnani
Beth Elfman Wallace
May Yung-Fun Woo Wang*
Sheila and Theodore Wang
Merle Waxman
Maureen Weaver and Mr. Robert Leighton
Katharine and Nicholas Weber*
Kathleen P. White, M.D. *
Jessica Wolf
Patricia Doukas Zandy
Stephen Zimmermann
Gifts Were Made in Honor of
Dr. Walter Ariker
Mary B. Arnstein
Karena Bailey
Stuart Elizabeth Baldwin
Robin Beckett
Elizabeth M. Benjamin
Whitney Bernard
Lauren Karp Bonnesen
Sylvia Ardyn Boone
Grace Bright
Margaret Brown
Jane Cohen
Audrey Lindner Conrad
Lauren Cosulich
Daniel P. Cunningham
Lynn Doukas
Hilda G. Foreman
Maggie C. Free
Meredith Gantcher
Cecilia L. Gentry
Paige Gentry
Paula George
Catherine Glasser
Gerri Gomperts
Florence Goodman
Melanie Greenberg
Mona Gregg
Rebecca Gutierrez
Kim Healey
Betty Ruth Hollander
Anne Hopwood
P.W Jaeger
Clifford Joseph
Dr. Sharon Karp
Margo Karp
Arlene Karp
Helen Q. Kivnick
Dr. William Klatchko
Mrs. Jean Klatchko
Ann Kneisel
Jeanette Sperry Koncz
Marion Krentz
Susanna Krentz
Ruth Lansner
Dr. Jessica Lawson
Catherine Lopez
Janice Maffei
Carolee Maniscalo
Deborah Munoz Maniscalco
Sally Marchesi
Judy Markes
Carolyn Mazure, PhD
Patty Ann Meyer
Roslyn Meyer
Diana Mitchell
Sheona Muschett
Jennie Bailey Nally
Wendy Naratil
Emma Negra
Carrie Perez
Julie Quistorff
Mary Jean Quistorff
Margaret Ramos
Barbara Riley
Frances Rosenbluth
Elizabeth Rose-White
Steve Ross
Carol F. Ross
Marci Rubin
Poly Rounds
Phyllis F. Seton
Roseann Shaiman
John G. Simon
Sarah Steinhaus
Anne Stewart
Trudie Webster
Susan White
Dr. Petra Wildgoose
The Class of 1971
Mothers and Mother Figures
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 August 2023.