Every Bard alum is a member of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association
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By attending Bard College in Annandale, or any institution in the Bard Network, you are automatically a member of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association. The Alumni/ae Association is here to strengthen the connection between alumni/ae and the College and help Bardians everywhere, of every graduating class, to stay in touch. There are now more than 19,000 Bard alumni/ae—and that number is growing, as close to half of all Bardians have graduated in the last 20 years.
The Bard College Alumni/ae Association, its Board of Governors, and its committees are committed to maintaining shared values of antiracism, justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and access in all aspects of programming and interactions with Bard College community members, including but not limited to students, faculty, administration, fellow alumni/ae, and guests.
Thank you everyone, we've met the match! Reunion Classes ending in 4s and 9s
Thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of your fellow alumni/ae below, all gifts made to the Bard College Fund by June 30, 2024, in honor of your reunion will be matched dollar for dollar up to $84,000!
Rob Ross ’09 • Isaac Liberman ’04 • KC Serota ’04 • Anonymous ’94 • Nicole de Jesus ’94 • Mark Feinsod ’94 • John Stevens ’94 • Jane Brien ’89 • Laurie ’74 and Stephen Berman ’74 • Ed Kimball ’74 • Ellen Louise Schwartz ’64 • Roger Isaacs ’49 • Arnold Davis ’44
Join your fellow alums by continuing the reunion tradition and making a difference in the lives of our students. Your support, at any level, is what makes Bard possible. Thank you!
Thank you to all alumni/ae from Reunion classes ending in 4s and 9s for your support of Bard so far this fiscal year!
Thank you to all alumni/ae from Reunion classes ending in 4s and 9s for your support of Bard so far this fiscal year!
List as of June 2024
Arnold J. Davis '44 Roger D. Isaacs '49 Ilse W. Ross '49 Lois F. Weitzner '49 Cynthia M. Dantzic '54 Nina Drooker '54 Barbara L. Sandler '54 and Robert Sandler Judy Donner '59 Robert A. Goldfarb '59 and Beth M. Uffner Stephen A. Wertheimer '59 Michael P. Winn '59 Ronni C. Brenner '64 Norman I. Cohen '64 and Sara Y. Cohen '63 Lynne E. Elliott Bannister '64 Helen S. Gross '64 Bob N. Lear '64 Michael M. Lipskin '64 Bonnie Markham '64 Ellen Louise Schwartz '64 Edith M. Wallis '64 and Peter J. Wallis Rufus Botzow '69 Alex O. Boulton '69 Charles B. Clancy '69 Marcelle Clements '69 Robert M. Eadie '69 Michael Elswit '69 and Sharon B. Elswit '68 Margaret Evans '69 Ward Feurt '69 Tobie T. Finzel '69 Bonnie L. Frankel '69 Jane K. Glover '69 Michael R. Goth '69 William P. Gottlieb '69 Mark A. Gross '69 and Hannah S. Gross '71 Elaine M. Hyams '69 Roseanne Kanter '69 Marilyn Lindenbaum '69 Philip Lyford '69 Ellen M. Orendorf-Carter '69 Regan Roos '69 Carla E. Tabourne '69 Toni-Michelle C. Travis '69 Marilyn Wiederwohl '69 Beth S. Adelman '74 Claire Angelozzi '74 Scott B. Baron '74 Laurie A. Berman '74 and Stephen H. Berman '74 Stephen H. Berman '74 and Laurie A. Berman '74 Ted W. Boylan '74 and Miranda M. Boylan '75 Mary C. Brittingham '74 David Ossian O. Cameron '74 Karen B. Cutler '74 Andrea D. Davis '74 and Warren D. Slafer David G. Ebersole '74 Richard G. Frank '74 Thomas W. Graham '74 Jessica P. Kemm '74 Edward J. Kimball '74 Elliott M. Kroll '74 Dex N. Lane '74 Eugene L. Lebwohl '74 Paul W. McCarthy '74 Susan Mernit '74 Jeannie Motherwell '74 and James D. Banks '73 Caroline Muir '74 Roberta Powell Esposito '74 John A. Reiner '74 Gordon Roberts '74 Nancy J. Ruddy '74 and John Cetra Olympia Saint-Auguste '74 Dafna Soltes Stein '74 William S. Stone '74 Lynn Tepper '74 Arthur Carlson '79 Michael R. Fesen '79 Catherine S. Fischer '79 Grace L. Judson '79 Cary Kittner '79 Robin K. Nolte '79 Daniel F. O'Neill '79 Marcy Porter '79 and Scott L. Porter '79 Sara E E. Smith '79 Jennifer Bennett '84 Daniel J. Brassard '84 Reggie Bullock '84 Matthew Canzonetti '84 and Anne J. Canzonetti '84 Anne J. Canzonetti '84 and Matthew Canzonetti '84 Diane Flynn '84 Grace C. Gibson '84 William D. Hamel '84 and Juliet D. Wolff Lynn Hatashita-Jung '84 Elizabeth J. Kandall '84 and Jonathan Slone '84 Tia J. Landau '84 Karen Lehmann '84 Rebecca Miller '84 Kenneth Milman '84 and Bridget Elder-Milman '83 Heather L. Murray '84 Thomas A. Nolan '84 Nicole M. Rosenbluth '84 Jonathan Slone '84 and Elizabeth J. Kandall '84 Elizabeth L. Spinzia '84 Claire K. Surovell '84 Lisa A. Vasey '84 Samantha Adams '89 Sally T. Bickerton '89 Kim Bistrong '89 Ray Brahmi '89 Jane A. Brien '89 and Stewart Verrilli Peter J. Criswell '89 Lauran P. Epstein Ballinger '89 Tabetha L. Ewing '89 Land C. Hay '89 Jonathan Korzen '89 David B. Montebello '89 and Lisa J. Montebello '89 Lisa J. Montebello '89 and David B. Montebello '89 Kimberly A. O'Flaherty '89 Scarlett O'Leary '89 and David L. Newhoff '88 Elizabeth A. Rejonis '89 Noah B. Rubinstein '89 and Jill Blakeway Timothy J. Siftar '89 Adam Snyder '89 Claudia E. Sobral '89 and Julio R. Sobral Beth U. Ulman '89 Grace C. Beggins '94 Ina Calver '94 Kerstin Costa '94 Renee A. Cramer '94 Nicole M. de Jesus '94 Sara M. Dilg '94 Mark L. Feinsod '94 Cynthia W. Gannon '94 and Frederic L. Gannon '92 Lara Ganz '94 Josie P. Gray '94 Julie E. Hart '94 Amber J. Heinze '94 Eric A. Hoffman '94 Mary Ann Hult '94 Rajive I. Jayawardhane '94 Dickson Jean '94 Rebekah A. Klein-Pejsova '94 Daniel S. Kurnit '94 Blossom B. Lefcourt '94 Dawn R. Mattoon '94 Sarah J. Neilson '94 Andrew J. Nicholson '94 Molly M. Northrup Bloom '94 and Joshua D. Bloom '95 Sharon B. Oldham '94 Tatiana M. Prowell '94 Robert F. Reynolds '94 Kira Sloop '94 John A. Stevens '94 Jonathan E. Stiles '94 Kate Trimble '94 Mandy Tumulty '94 Myra A. Waterbury '94 Andrew J. Yoon '94 Lukas I. Alpert '99 Eva Bodula '99 Charlene Christie '99 Joanne E. Cuttler '99 and Bruce Cuttler Karen T. Dugan '99 Allison A. Eggers '99 Gwenaelle Gobe '99 Chelsea Guerdat '99 Laura Hawkinson '99 Davis Z. Hilton '99 Leigh K. Jenco '99 Lee B. Krist '99 Josette M. Lee '99 Adam Lobel '99 and Alexandra Lee '01 Abigail R. Loyd '99 and Owen M. Moldow '00 Lucia S. Minervini '99 Sevil Miyhandar '99 Liza J. Palmer '99 Christa Parravani '99 Robyn L. Provost '99 and Samuel K. Provost '97 Kara M. Rudnick '99 Courtney E. Scott '99 Gwynedd A. Smith Benders '99 Joe A. Stanco '99 Kate (Grim-Feinberg) Robins '04 Marian Acquistapace '04 Laura Bermudez '04 Alexander Y. Bero '04 Matthew D. Cameron '04 and Meredith Danowski Jordan Caress-Wheelwright '04 Jessica Case '04 Adam O. Conover '04 Erin Daly '04 Michelle Devereux '04 Rafael L. Freitas '04 Rachel Juris '04 Meredith S. Kadet Sanderson '04 Gabrielle L. Kammerer '04 Sarah E. Kasten '04 Jared Killeen '04 Jean P. Klasovsky '04 Milton Kondilis '04 Kate S. Lawrence-Shetty '04 Warren Leijssius '04 Alexa S. Lennard '04 Isaac Liberman '04 Adam MacLean '04 Brian M. Maloney '04 Sarah M. Mosbacher '04 Kerri-Ann Norton '04 Rebecca L. Parnes '04 Saul Petersen '04 Lauren E. Peterson '04 Reazur Rahman '04 K.C. Serota '04 and Luis Campos Katie Smith '04 Pierpaolo Vidali '04 Lisa S. Dratch '09 Christine Gehringer '09 Alice Gregory '09 Gregory Greifeld '09 Nick Hippensteel '09 and Lindsey Feinberg '10 Morgon J. Kanter '09 Sonya Landau '09 Sarah Paden '09 and Lucas N. Pipes '08 Anna Shevel-Vreeland '09 and Reed Vreeland '08 Lydia M. Spielberg '09 Amanda B. Warman '09 Miles H. Berson '14 Sophie M. Davis '14 Kalena M. Fujii '14 Olivia Goldberg '14 Emily F. Harris '14 Elliot B. Korte '14 Yi Liu '14 AJ J. Mills '14 Ian D. Pelse '14 Sydney A. Pindling '14 Page A. Redding '14 and Andras J. Ferencz '15 Sean D. Rucewicz '14 Kimberly Sargeant '14 Kay B. Schaffer '14 Jeremiah W. Tillman '14 Elise B. Alexander '19 Chris R. Blake '19 Bella T. Feinstein '19 Amalie Gassmann '19 Clarissa P. Messer '19 Tyler R. Williams '19 Asyl Almaz '24 Lucy A. Broberg '24 Lee-Eta Damon '24 Paul P. de Tournemire '24 William T. Fink '24 Kylie L. Gent '24 Jessie Hook '24 Nick J. Hubbe '24 Michael A. Kurlan '24 Fuadur R. Omi '24 Emmanuel L. Rojas '24 Daniiar A. Sadykov '24 Matthew A. Weishaupt '24 and Karen E. Hagstrom-Weishaupt
Photo by Queenie Si ’25
The Board of Governors
The work of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association relies on the active participation of alumni/ae on the committees of the Board of Governors. Alumni/ae from all eras of Bard’s history serve on this volunteer board and act as ambassadors of the College. We welcome all alumni/ae to attend Board of Governors meetings, which are held in May and December each year.
Interested in volunteering? There are multiple ways to help and engage. We encourage alumni/ae to get involved with the Board of Governors, volunteer as mentors for current students, host events, and serve on reunion committees. Getting involved is more important than ever. Email us at [email protected] to connect.
Photo by Tyler R. Williams '19 MAT '21
Stay in Touch
Keep your records up to date in the alumni/ae directory.* The Alumni/ae Association sends out a monthly e-newsletter, The Triangle which is filled with alumni/ae news, news of the College, and upcoming events. We also send important messages from the College and news on networking events and alumni/ae achievements. The Bardian magazine, published twice yearly, is another way to stay informed on alumni/ae and College news. Follow us on social media to make sure you are getting the most out of your Alumni/ae Association.
Connect with Us *The alumni/ae directory will return in fall 2024. In the interim, please email us your updated information at [email protected].
Luke Haaksma ’21 Receives a BMI Composer Award for Young Composers
The BMI Foundation has named Luke Haaksma ’21 as a recipient of a BMI Composer Award. BMI awarded Haaksma at its 72nd annual competition, which is open to young composers engaged in the creation of classical music. Haaksma, a composer, filmmaker, and hammered dulcimerist, studied composition at Bard College Conservatory of Music with Joan Tower and George Tsontakis.
Luke Haaksma ’21 Receives a BMI Composer Award for Young Composers
The BMI Foundation has named Luke Haaksma ’21 as a recipient of the 72nd BMI Composer Awards, an annual competition open to young composers engaged in the creation of classical music. Haaksma, a composer, filmmaker, and hammered dulcimerist, studied composition at Bard College Conservatory of Music with Joan Tower and George Tsontakis, and is now completing graduate study at Yale School of Music studying with Katherine Balch. His work often focuses on non-human states of consciousness, finding influences in themes of anthropomorphization, murder ballads, and folk-horror, and he has received awards and recognition from organizations such as the Young Concert Artists and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The BMI Foundation is a nonprofit supporting the creation, performance, and study of music through awards, scholarships, grants, and commissions, and its Composer Awards competition has a prestigious history of discovering and encouraging many of today’s most prominent and talented young composers.
Solo Exhibition by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio ’12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Reviewed in the LA Times
Born in Los Angeles, where he still works, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio ’12 “finds beauty amid the ruin. His art engages serious social and political experience, but it succeeds by its refusal to be monolithic,” writes the Los Angeles Times. Aparicio’s current solo exhibition of recent works focuses on the various connections between Central America and Los Angeles—and posits multiple sites as a part of the same community and history as a crucial decolonizing strategy and one that problematizes the term “native.”
Solo Exhibition by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio ’12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Reviewed in the LA Times
Born in Los Angeles, where he still works, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio ’12 “finds beauty amid the ruin. His art engages serious social and political experience, but it succeeds by its refusal to be monolithic,” writes the Los Angeles Times. Aparicio’s current solo exhibition of recent works focuses on the various connections between Central America and Los Angeles—and posits multiple sites as a part of the same community and history as a crucial decolonizing strategy and one that problematizes the term “native.” In his cast rubber piece, “Who Do You Believe More, the Subversive or the Embassy? (W. Washington Blvd. and Hoover St., Los Angeles, CA),” specific use of materials that have a strong tie to pre-Hispanic cultures in Central America are key. The living ficus tree from which the work was cast is located at a major street intersection in the heart of the city’s El Salvadoran community. “Nature is scrutinized as an index of American culture. The landscape view subtly shifts. After seeing Aparicio’s show, you’re unlikely to look at our omnipresent ficus trees quite the same way again.” His show is on view at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA through June 16.
Bard College Names Dariel Vasquez ’17 Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Initiatives
Bard College is pleased to announce that Dariel Vasquez ’17 has been appointed Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Initiatives, a newly created position at Bard. In this role at the College, Vasquez will help to usher in a new wave of transformational change and collaboration with other collegiate institutions across the country. While his main focus will remain on leading Brothers@, he will also expand the College’s reach through partnerships and initiatives, including facilitating a center between Bard College and Howard University.
Bard College Names Dariel Vasquez ’17 Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Initiatives
Bard College is pleased to announce that Dariel Vasquez ’17 has been appointed Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Initiatives, a newly created position at Bard. In this role at the College, Vasquez will help to usher in a new wave of transformational change and collaboration with other collegiate institutions across the country. While his main focus will remain on leading Brothers@, which facilitates the persistence and graduation of collegiate men of color, he will also expand the College’s reach through partnerships and initiatives to support students with identities historically underrepresented in higher education attain a rigorous liberal arts education. In addition to the work being done at Brothers@, Vasquez will be facilitating a center between Bard College and Howard University. This center will be a collaboration between Bard and Howard working for the advancement and persistence for young men of color, with the focus of supporting and graduating the most marginalized populations in higher education within and beyond Bard College.
From Harlem, New York, Dariel Vasquez was raised by immigrant parents in public housing and became a first-generation college graduate fromBard College’s class of 2017, where he achieved a joint bachelor’s degree in history and sociology with a concentration in Africana-Studies. Vasquez’s passion for his community has led him into program design and facilitation of youth engagement workshops since he was 16 years old. He eventually expanded his programming to Bard where he cofounded Brothers at Bard during his first year. Within the last three years of Brothers@, Vasquez has raised more than six million dollars, expanding the organization to 133 college students, 98 of which participate in the Ambassador program reaching Oakland, California; Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC; and New York State. Alongside this the high school academic persistence programs across New York state have aa roster of 150 students. Through the high school and college initiatives,Brothers@ currently serves nearly 300 students. At Bard College, Dariel Vasquez will become one of the youngest vice presidents in the College’s history.