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COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTICAnnual Report Fiscal Year 2017

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Timothy BassRonald E. BeardMichael Boland ’94Leslie C. BrewerAlyne CistoneBarclay CorbusLindsay DaviesBeth GardinerAmy Yeager GeierWinston Holt IVJason W. IngleDiana Kombe ’06Nicholas LaphamCasey MallinckrodtAnthony MazlishJay McNally ’84Philip S.J. MoriartyLili PewHamilton Robinson, Jr.Nadia RosenthalAbby Rowe ’98Marthann SamekHenry L.P. SchmelzerLaura Z. StoneSteve SullensWilliam N. Thorndike

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COA FY17 ANNUAL REPORT

The social implications of gifts are powerful. Gifts are a cornerstone of human society and have been the focus of some of the most important anthropological works of the last century, as in Marcel Mauss’s classic exposé on exchange, The Gift. Mauss’s study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure reveals the widespread practice of exchanging gifts in societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia.

Gifts are important indicators about what societies value. Donations to COA are investments in the future. They support leaders who will make a difference to our planet. Higher education for all students, regardless of socioeconomic class. The importance of progressive models of higher education. Research on MDI and our surrounding communities. Fresh ideas. Youth. Innovation. We thank you for your belief in this institution and for your gift.

Yet, considering College of the Atlantic and all of you who find yourselves reading this Annual Report, I much prefer we use the word “investment.” Yes, you have all given the college resources you could have decided to give elsewhere, and for that we are deeply grateful. But I also expect—and hope—that there’s a smidgen of reciprocal altruism in these exchanges, and that you look for a return on your investment in us.

There is nothing coldhearted about this.

I prefer the word investment because, in fact, it conjures two very important and very warm, generous ideas. First, your investment in us manifests partnership. It symbolizes and activates a sense of wanting to work collaboratively. It symbolizes and activates a shared purpose. Second and, again, collectively, we seek and work to grow your investment: yes, in the numeric sense through sound financial management, but also in the sense that, through partnership, we grow a new idea and that growth makes tangible improvements to the world around us.

As we approach our 50th year as an institution, we will be spending more time demonstrating how our partnership through investment touches down in three areas: the economic, intellectual, and cultural life here on Mount Desert Island; the wicked challenges that shape our global ecological future; and the world of higher education. As an institution and as individuals, we seek to help shape the revitalization on MDI; to seed the world with the most effective leaders who will use their COA experience to help navigate our difficult and complex ecological future; and to innovate and evolve our system of higher education against a tide of homogenization, narrow-mindedness, and rote information acquisition.

These are audacious goals, but COA has a history of creating outsized impacts for our small size and has done so in large part because of the investors outlined in this report. We thank each of you.

Sincerely,Darron

Dr. Darron Collins, ‘92COA President

(July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017)

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COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC FY17 SUPPORTERS

$25,000+

Anonymous (1) Anne T. & Robert M. Bass Leslie C. Brewer / ABL Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Mr. T.A. Cox Mr. & Mrs. Shelby M.C. Davis / The Shelby and Gale Davis Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. Philip Geier / Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Mr. Samuel M. Hamill Jr. Henry David Thoreau Foundation Stephen & Tabitha King / Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kogod / Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation Mr. Scott MacKenzie & Mr. Jerry Cruz Maine Space Grant ConsortiumJay ‘84 & Jennifer (‘07) McNally Steve & Rebecca Milliken Mr. David Milliken The Partridge Foundation Mrs. Daniel Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Robinson Jr. Henry and Peggy Sharpe / Sharpe Family Foundation Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc.Mrs. Allan Stone The Endeavor Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William N. Thorndike Jr. National Science FoundationUS Department of Commerce

$10,000–$24,999

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Aronson Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bass Rebecca Buyers ‘81 Mr. & Mrs. Harry Charlston Davis Projects for PeaceDavis United World College Scholars ProgramElwood R. Quesada Educational FoundationBeth & Will Gardiner

COA relies on the support of individuals, foundations, corporations, and the local community to fulfill our mission of providing students from all over the world with a life changing, world changing education. We are deeply grateful to the following for their contributions.

Susan Dowling & Andrew Griffiths Burks B. Lapham Family / Evergreen II Fund Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas P. Lapham Mrs. Marcia MacKinnon Maine Beer Co LLCMr. & Mrs. Clement McGillicuddy / The Fiddlehead Fund Mrs. Gerrish Milliken / The Gerrish H. Milliken Foundation New England Foundation For The Arts, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. George Putnam / Ausolus Trust Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Rales / Mitchell P. Rales Family Foundation Dr. Walter Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Hartley R. RogersSalsbury Cove Research FundMarthann & Edward Samek The Diana Davis Spencer FoundationMr. & Mrs. William P. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Stone Stephen & Allison Sullens The Eppley Foundation for ResearchUniversity of Maine EPSCoRUS Department of Agriculture - Rural Development DivisionUS National Park ServiceMr. & Mrs. William Wister Jr.

$5,000–$9,999

Anonymous (1) Ron Beard & Sandi Read Mr. & Mrs. Tristram Colket Jr. Elizabeth Hodder Corbus and Clay Corbus Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Jr. Friends of AcadiaMr. & Mrs. Horace Hildreth Jr. / Seal Bay Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Melville Hodder James Deering Danielson FoundationMaine Community Foundation / Edward G. Kaelber ScholarshipMs. Casey Mallinckrodt Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mazlish / Barnsley Foundation Inc. Linzee Weld and Peter Milliken (‘76) Bill & Louisa Newlin

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Northeast SAREMs. Toby Ritterhoff & Mr. David Oldach Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Eliot Paine / The Puffin Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John R. Robinson / The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation Ms. Ellen Seh (‘75) Lucy Bell N. SellersMs. Martha Stewart / The Martha and Alexis Stewart Charitable FoundationThe Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Mr. & Mrs. Carey Turnbull Christiaan ‘09 and Cody van Heerden, MPhil ‘17

$2,500–$4,999

Anonymous (3) Ashoka FoundationMary Dohna ‘80 and Wells ‘80 Bacon Cynthia Baker & Jonathan ZeitlerThe Benevity Community Impact FundJoan & James Blaine Ms. Julia Bogardus / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community FoundationMs. Miranda Borden / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community FoundationSharon & Bruce Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Brewster / The Janet Stone Jones Foundation Mr. Frederick Cabot / Paul & Virginia Cabot Foundation Roc & Helen Caivano ‘80 / The Honey Bee Fund Linda K. Carman / Howard E. & Mildred M. Kyle Charitable Foundation of the Dayton

Foundation Jamie Clark & Susanna Porter Margot T. CliffKaren and Darron Collins ‘92 Mr. & Mrs. Roderick H. Cushman / R & V Cushman Fund of the Community Foundation

of Jackson Hole Mr. & Mrs. William Eacho / The Eacho Family Foundation Dr. Richard Emmons ‘92 Judith and David Hackett Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Paul Growald / Growald Family Fund, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Harris / Harris Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community

Foundation Mr. Peter Hunt / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community FoundationMr. & Mrs. Jason W. Ingle Mr. & Mrs. John N. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lipkin Ms. Pamela Manice

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Martinez Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Mead, Jr. / The Nelson Mead Fund Ms. Pamela Meyer Robert & Debra Milotte Phyllis Anina Moriarty Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson / Cressida Fund Jacob ‘93 & Carol ‘93 Null / John W. and Clara C. Higgins Foundation Lynn & William Osborn / Lynn and William Osborn Fund Ms. Leslie Palumbo / Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community FoundationJulia & Brooke Parish / Parish Family Charitable Fund Paul & Virginia Cabot FoundationMr. Bruce Phillips ‘78 David & Susan Rockefeller Edith & Bill Rudolf Mr. William SerettaDr. & Mrs. Dennis Shubert Nick and Joan Thorndike University of Maine Sea Grant ProgramKathleen Vignos / Community Foundation of South Georgia Kim & Finn Wentworth Dr. John Wilmerding

$1,500–$2,499

Anonymous (3) Christina Baker Kline & David KlineBar Harbor Bank & Trust Steven Barkan & Barbara Tennent Emily Beck & Geoffrey Young Mr. John Biderman ‘77 Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Blake Mrs. Robert Blake Peter & Sofia Blanchard Ms. Lynn Boulger & Mr. Tim Garrity JP Family The Florence V. Burden Foundation at the recommendation of Foundation Directors

Ordway and Jean Burden Mr. Charles Butt Cadillac Mountain Sports Alyne & Joseph Cistone Mr. John Collier & Ms. Sue Ferrante-Collier Sally CrockMr. Adam Dau ‘01 / Dabones Studios LTD

( ) Donors with parentheses around their class years are alumni, but not COA graduates

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Sydney Davis Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Dennis Tina Rathborne William & Ellen Dohmen Ms. Susan Dreier E.L. Shea, Inc. Dianna & Ben Emory / Ocean Ledges Fund of the Maine

Community Foundation Mr. John Forsgren Dr. & Mrs. Robert V. Fulk Garden Club of Mount DesertMs. Susan Getze Mrs. Gerd Morris GraceMs. Agnes Gund Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Habermann Mr. & Mrs. George B. E. Hambleton Mr. & Mrs. G. Bernard Hamilton Lynn & Jeffrey Horowitz / Uplands Family Foundation Ms. Sherry Huber Ms. Leslie Jones ‘91

Dr. Steven Katona & Ms. Susan Lerner Dr. Elisabeth and Mr. Conor Kehoe Mr. Mark Gauthier & Mr. Arthur Keller Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Kinney Mr. & Mrs. John E. Klein Margaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ‘77 Nancy Erikson Ladd and Samuel Ladd Peter & Babette LoringMaine Community Foundation / Alice Blum Yoakum

Scholarship FundMr. & Mrs. Frederick Malone Mr. & Mrs. John C. Maxwell Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Grant G. McCullagh Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Meade Mr. & Mrs. Gerrish Milliken / Winky Foundation Meredith & Phil Moriarty Janneke Seton Neilson Susan B. Parker Judith S. Perkins Barbara and Charlie Pierce

Ms. Sara Pierce Mr. and Mrs. William Pitts IIIMrs. Eben W. Pyne William B. Ruger Jr. Ms. Sandy Wilcox & Mr. Jack Russell Mrs. Edith N. Schafer Henry L.P. Schmelzer & Cynthia E. Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Shafer Jamie S. Somes Ms. Caren SturgesThe First Mr. John Thorndike Dr. Laura Stanton and Mr. Kim Tomlinson Kathy Bonk & Marc Tucker Dennis Unites and Mary Katherine LongMs. Rachel Von RoeschlaubHelen & Paul Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Weg Ms. Katherine Weinstock ‘81 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Winthrop

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$100–$1,499

Anonymous (20)Valerie AcklinHeather Albert-Knopp ‘99 & Erich ReedMs. Judith AllenChristie Denzel Anastasia ‘92John & Karen AndersonMartha & David AndersonMr. Peter Anderson ‘81Mrs. Diane H. AndersonMr. & Mrs. Joseph R. AnghinettiEstate of Brooke AstorAtwater Kent Foundation, IncorporatedMs. Ingrid AveryJohn Avila (‘92)Becky Ann and Dylan BakerMs. Bridgette Chace Kelly BallTasha Ball ‘12 & Evan Griffith ‘11Mr. & Mrs. Mark BamfordJill Barlow-Kelley & Bobby KelleyMs. Natalie Barnett ‘11Ms. Lavon BartelMs. Julie Barth ‘92Mr. Ted Bartles ‘94Wesley & Terrie L. BeamerJeannie and Henry Becton, Jr.Robert Bedick and Marsha MillerPaul ‘79 & Robin ‘80 BeltraminiEvan Bender ‘04Ann & Fred BensonMr. & Mrs. Gerald BerlinRanjan ‘04 & Deodonne ‘06 BhattaraiLisa Bjerke ‘13 MPhil ‘16Mr. & Mrs. Ola BjerkeArt & Debi BlankMs. Edith BlombergTom Karnofsky & Elizabeth Blugerman ‘86Ryan Boduch ‘98Deirdre Swords & Michael Boland ‘94Paul Boothby ‘88Drs. Richard Borden & Patricia Honea-FlemingJeri BowersBryan & Kristin BradleyMr. & Mrs. Duane BraunMr. Alexander Brett ‘11Jill K. BriggsMs. Josephine Briggs

Mr. Ashley BryanDavid & Patricia BuccelloMr. Richard Bullock & Ms. Carol WoolmanAmanda Bunker (née Walker) ‘98Dr. Bruce W. Bunting & Ms. Tshering YangzomMr. & Mrs. Thomas BurchardShan Burson ‘83Christopher Vincenty (‘83) & Lisa Burton ‘83Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Burton IIFrederick & Marie-Claude ButlerMs. Karen ByrneThomas D. Cahill IIIMr. & Mrs. George CainRosario & Patricia CaltabianoJan Hofstra & JoAnne CarpenterMs. Donna L. Gold & Dr. William CarpenterMelissa ‘00 & Matthew ‘99 CarrollDr. Jessica Friedland Carter ‘96Liza F. Carter (‘78)Ellen Casey-Magleby & Melinda Casey-Magleby ‘00Mr. Erin Chalmers ‘00Christmas Spirit ShopKatherine Kaufer ChristoffelMr. & Mrs. Lawrence ClendeninKenneth Cline & Jen HughesArthur W. & Lillian ClingerMs. Elizabeth ClossonMs. Janis CoatesMark & Jocelyn CogenMr. Alan CohenColdham & Hartman ArchitectsPancho Cole ‘81Ms. Sarah Colletti ‘10Mr. & Mrs. Joseph CollinsMs. Roberta CoulterMr. & Mrs. Steven CrabtreeMr. & Mrs. Alan Crain Jr.Lynn Cyr and James A. CrawfordTom CrikelairMr. Stefan CushmanMona CutoloLisa Damtoft ‘79John Dandy (‘84)Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Rae-Ann DanielMatthew ‘98 & Kara ‘96 Daul, and FamilyDr. Lindsay DaviesDan Bookham & Jessie Davis ‘00Ms. Norah Davis

Nicole d’Avis ‘02Ms. Frances DayBob DeForrest ‘94Steve ‘79 and Rose (‘88) DemersMegan Smith ‘90 & Daniel DenDanto ‘91Mr. Robert DeSimoneAdrianne Deupree ‘02 & Michael Netzer ‘01Ms. Catherine Devlin ‘93George & Kelly Dickson, MPhil ‘97Thomas & Chloe DillonTammy & Mark DobrosielskiMr. & Mrs. Gerald DonlanMr. Millard DorityMr. & Mrs. John Nicholas DowlingWendy & Michael DowneyMr. & Mrs. John DreierTraudi Drkulova ‘12Mrs. William DruryJeanee Dudley ‘10J. Lee DunhamMrs. Frederick Dupree Jr.Mr. Scott Durkee ‘84Marcia L. DworakEast Bay Community FoundationMr. & Mrs. David EdsonMac Ehrhardt (‘85)Dr. & Mrs. Phil EichenholzMr. David Emerson ‘81Peter W. Emmet ‘92Ms. Peg EmpleEquity ResidentialJay and Lynne Espy (‘79) / Five Peaks FundCasey Jones & Bill FallerMr. & Mrs. Nathaniel R. FentonMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. FernaldAnn’s Point InnFidelity FoundationLaurel FinchThomas A. Fisher ‘77Helen Dickey Fitz & David G. Fitz / Helen Dickey and David

G. Fitz Charitable FundElsie Flemings ‘06 and Richard ClearyVirginie Lavallee-Picard ‘07 & Alexander Fletcher ‘07Sean FoleyMs. Ellen FordMs. Karol FossJoanne Rodgers Foster ‘85Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Fox

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Mr. & Mrs. W. West FrazierMs. Susan Freed ‘80Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold FoundationMrs. Emily FrickRichard & Joanne FuerstLinda Fuller & Jeffrey SeeleyFurbush-Roberts Printing Co, IncAndrea Garcia Molina ‘13Mrs. Philip GeierDr. Ann GelkeStephen & Kathleen GeorgeMrs. Gail GilsonMs. Lauren Gilson ‘88William Ginn ‘74 & June LaCombe ‘75Mr. William D. Ginn Sr. / The Ginn Family FundAnnika Maia Ginsberg ‘99Mr. Ethan Glasser-CampMegan Godfrey ‘77Mr. Lyman GoffMr. & Mrs. John GoodMr. & Mrs. Robert M. GoodmanMr. John GordonNina ‘78 & Jonathan ‘78 GormleyMr. & Mrs. John P. GowerMr. & Mrs. David GrabowSandra GrahamMr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Gray, Jr.Ms. Jane Gray / the Jane Gray Fund of the Winston-Salem

FoundationMrs. Bo GreeneMs. Lynn GregorskiMary (Nelson) Griffin ‘97Ms. Karen GuidaMike & Peggy GumpertMr. & Mrs. Walter HadlerMs. Jane Halbeisen Woodmansee ‘86Judith & Stanley HalletHeather & Mark HallettRebecca Hancock ‘97Mr. & Mrs. John Michael HancockCerissa Desrosiers Hannon ‘00Mr. & Mrs. James B. HarrisonLouise Hartwell & William WhiteMs. Hilary HarwoodMs. Tracy Haskell ‘86Ms. Anne HaslettSusanne Hathaway ‘97Mr. & Mrs. John F. Hatton

Shirley A. Hayden & Thomas O. ShermanMrs. Candace HaydockMr. & Mrs. John HayesMr. Edward Haynsworth ‘98Katherine Hazard ‘76Mary J. HeffernonMs. Jane HeitmanMr. Peter Heller ‘85Jo Todrank ‘76 and Giora HethMs. Barbara HilliMr. Eric Hitzel ‘92Mrs. Juliet Hodge ‘95Noah Hodgetts ‘10William & Jane HodgettsDr. Kathleen Hogan ‘81Matt and Eduarta Holl ‘05Dave & Carolyn HollenbeckLisa ‘80 & Bob ‘79 HolleyMs. Betsey HoltzmannBill & Cookie HornerJon & Marlene Hubbard / Eden RealtyMrs. Michael HuberMr. Stephen HuntLyn Hurwich ‘80Anna Hurwitz ‘84Keisuke & Ruth IidaThe Island InstituteToini & Carl JaffeAndrés Jennings ‘08Sonja Johanson ‘95 & Rich GordetMr. & Mrs. JohnsonMs. Catherine Johnson ‘74Ms. Laura JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Howard B. JohnsonLouise R. JohnstonMs. Brianne Jordan ‘02Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee JuddMs. Jennifer Judd-McGee (‘92)Mr. Hellmut JuretschkeMs. Katarina Jurikova ‘08Mr. Edward G. KaelberLaura & Michael ‘85 KaiserMs. Joanna Kappele ‘97Ms. Esther Karkal ‘83Mr. & Mrs. Timothy KearneySarah ‘05 & Shawn ‘00 KeeleyMr. & Mrs. James M. KelloggMr. & Mrs. William Kelly

Nan & Stephen KennedyDavid & Miriam KennellMs. Janice KenyonCarl & Lorraine KetchumMr. & Mrs. Steven KielMrs. Daniel KimballDiana & Neil KingMr. Steven King ‘80Eleanor H. KinneyMs. Borbala Kiss ‘02Mr. & Mrs. Allan KleinmanTed Koffman & Joanna AllenMr. S. Lee KohrmanMs. Anne KozakScott Kraus ‘77 & Rosalind RollandPhilip Bradish Kunhardt IVJude Lamb ‘00Mr. & Ms. Samuel Lambert IIIDenise Lang & James AndersonMs. Marjorie Lau ‘81Ms. Stephanie LauroMr. Jack LedbetterRichard & Gail Leiser / Galyn’s GalleyMs. Andrea Lepcio ‘79Eugene Lesser ‘78 & Jennifer Starr / Legacy Linked

Charitable FundMr. & Mrs. Lawrence LibbyPhilip Lichtenstein ‘92 & Jessica Greenbaum ‘89Bobbi & Werner LiepoltJames & Eileen LinnaneAbigail Littlefield ‘83Tanya Hanke & Jeff LogeeMr. & Mrs. Peter LoizeauxDr. & Mrs. Ralph C. LongsworthMr. Samuel Joseph Lord (‘03)Mr. Thomas LovejoyMr. & Mrs. John LoweWendell and Reba Luke, Jr.Ms. Sarah LukeAriel Sydney Hansen Mahler ‘10Maine Coast Sea VegetablesMaine Community Foundation / Friends of the Arts FundDavid Malakoff ‘86 & Amy YoungMs. Chloe Marr-Fuller ‘00Valeska and Erik Martin ‘98Mrs. Anne MazlishLeslie McConnell ‘81Ms. Sarah McDaniel ‘93

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Bill McDowell ‘80Donna McFarland & Alan RichinsMr. & Mrs. Alan McIlhenny Sr.Suzanne Durrell and Scott McIsaac (‘78)Mr. Edward McKeonClifton McPherson ‘84Melrose Family YMCA Child Care CenterMrs. John MerrillJeffrey Miller ‘92Kendra ‘01 & Jake MillerNathan & Winifred MillerDiver EdJohn & Karen MonizKatherine MooreStephen Wagner ‘11 & Cayla Moore ‘13Mrs. Lorraine MorongDiane Blum & Robert MotzkinMr. James MrochMs. Maryrose MulertDr. & Mrs. Shapur NaimiNational Park Tours & Transport, Inc.Sarah Neilson ‘09FriendFrank Niepold III ‘94Mr. & Mrs. Peter P. NitzeMs. Darlene NolinMs. Sandra Nowicki / Adirondack Foundation - Evergreen

FundMrs. Virginia NyhartMs. Lunnoris OakowskyCarmelina Procaccini & Stephen Oransky ‘79Peter and Melissa Ossanna ‘91Mr. Henry S. Otto & Ms. Elizabeth D. PaquetteMr. & Mrs. James OwenJon & Andrea PactorMr. & Mrs. Christopher PaquetteMr. & Mrs. Kenneth PaulValerie Lambert Peacock (‘98) & Tobin Peacock ‘95Mr. & Mrs. Robert PeckMr. & Mrs. Robert F. PenningtonMs. Margaret Pennock ‘84Kim & Keating PepperShoshana Perry ‘83 & Hale PowellMs. Lili E. Pew & Ms. Carol BultR. Anderson PewLaura and Vassar PierceStephen & Donna PintoMs. Carole Plenty

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Ms. Janet PlotkinFrances Pollitt ‘77 & Frank E Briber IIIAnne & Bruce PomeroyMr. & Mrs. Dan PoteetMs. Sheila Sonne PullingMs. Esther PullmanMr. & Mrs. George Putnam IIICathy L. Ramsdell ‘78Meredith & Doug Randolph-FosterMr. & Mrs. L. Keith Reed / The Reed Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. John ReevesMr. & Mrs. David ReichertMs. Donna ReisMr. Andrew RevkinMichele Riccio ‘88Mr. Jason Rich ‘96Andrea Roberto ‘92Jared I. RobertsMr. & Mrs. RobertsonJenny Rock ‘93Mr. Stuart Rockefeller & Ms. Julia D’Amico

Mr. Higinio Rodriguez Garcia & Mrs. Dolores P. Del Mar Gonzalez

Ronald & Patricia RogersMs. Allison Rogers Furbish ‘04Tina RosenbergBeverly & Max RothalMr. & Mrs. Joseph RothsteinMelinda and Tripp Royce ‘79Mr. Robert RubinEliza Ruel ‘13CedarBough T. Saeji ‘93Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth SalvatoreMr. William Scanga ‘92Mr. Richard Schauffler ‘83Carl and Janet SchefflerMs. Jessica Schindler ‘00Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. SchmittMr. Taj Schottland ‘10Ms. Kirsten Schwarz ‘00Mr. & Mrs. Ronald ScottMrs. Evelyn Price Scott

Allison Fundis ‘03 & Stein Servick ‘05Mr. & Mrs. Roland C. SeymourMr. Samuel Shaw / Samuel Shaw FundMr. Robert SheilMs. Barbara ShelleyCarol Dean Silverman & FamilyRichard ‘88 & Alexandra ‘90 SimisMs. Katharine Homans & Mr. Patterson SimsMr. James SmithMolly Lanzarotta & Timothy SmithMr. and Mrs. Aaron SmithStephen & Roberta SmithMs. Carolyn Snell ‘06Rachel Snow ‘81Spinnaker TrustMs. Marie St. JohnLynne and Michael Staggs ‘96Mr. Charles StanhopeState Street CorporationToby Stephenson ‘98 & Andrea Perry ‘95Dorie Stolley ‘88

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert StoneMs. Anne SullivanMr. Stuart Dickey Summer ‘82Ms. Tanya Sundberg ‘00Ms. Sheryl R. SwankinKristina SwansonBetts Swanton ‘88Dr. Douglas Sward ‘96Julie TannerMr. & Mrs. Douglas A. TannerDr. Davis Taylor & Ms. Alisa Nye ‘15Mr. Ronald TeuberMichael ThamannMaine Community Foundation / Snowflake FundThe Boeing CompanyMs. Ander ThebaudMr. Brian Thornton & Mrs. Michelle HamiltonMs. Ellen ThurmanMs. Anne TilneyElena Tuhy-Walters ‘90 and Carl Walters IIKarl Karnaky and Sue Turner

Ms. Gabrielle TurnerMs. Katharine TurokMs. Sarah Tyson ‘96Anthony Xeno UlianoMr. Nicholas Urban ‘15Mr. & Mrs. Jayme UyMr. & Mrs. James L. Van Alen IIMatthe van DamMs. Katrina Van Dine ‘82Mr. Gerard VasiskoGreg & Julie VeilleuxGay & Jim VersteegRichard Hilliard & Karen WaldronBen Walters ‘81Mr. & Mrs. Scott D. WarnerMr. & Mrs. William J. Waterhouse Jr.Jane WatkinsDr. Peter Wayne ‘83Mr. & Mrs. Caspar Weinberger Jr.Ms. Wendy WeinrichAlice N. Wellman

Carolyn Welty MDMr. & Mrs. Thomas K. WesselsScott & Kate WeymouthMr. & Mrs. Harold White III / The Harold and Elizabeth

White FundMrs. Jennifer WhiteselWild OnesMs. Lynne WilliamsMs. Jane Winchell ‘82Tom & Loretta WittAnna Wlodarczyk ‘04Sue Woehrlin ‘80Holly & George WoodMr. & Mrs. Ed WoodCathleen WymanMr. Ian YaffePhyllis Menken & Tobias YarmolinskyMr. & Mrs. Louis ZawislakMr. Michael Zboray ‘95Mike ‘01 & Erin ‘04 Zwirko

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Anonymous (4)Mary Dohna ‘80 and Wells ‘80 BaconMr. John Biderman ‘77Lisa Bjerke ‘13 MPhil ‘16Ryan Boduch ‘98Amanda Bunker (née Walker) ‘98Rebecca Buyers ‘81Roc & Helen Caivano ‘80 / The Honey Bee FundDr. Jessica Friedland Carter ‘96Mr. Erin Chalmers ‘00Pancho Cole ‘81Karen and Darron Collins ‘92Mr. Adam Dau ‘01 / Dabones Studios LTDGeorge & Kelly Dickson MPhil ‘97Mac Ehrhardt (‘85)Mr. David Emerson ‘81Peter W. Emmet ‘92Dr. Richard Emmons ‘92Joanne Rodgers Foster ‘85William Ginn ‘74 & June LaCombe ‘75Nina ‘78 & Jonathan ‘78 GormleyMary (Nelson) Griffin ‘97Ms. Tracy Haskell ‘86Katherine Hazard ‘76Lisa ‘80 & Bob ‘79 HolleyMs. Leslie Jones ‘91Scott Kraus ‘77 & Rosalind RollandMargaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ‘77 Suzanne Durrell and Scott McIsaac (‘78)Jay ‘84 & Jennifer (‘07) McNallyJeffrey Miller ‘92Linzee Weld and Peter Milliken (‘76)Jacob ‘93 & Carol ‘93 Null / John W. and Clara C. Higgins

FoundationMr. Bruce Phillips ‘78Andrea Roberto ‘92Melinda and Tripp Royce ‘79Ms. Ellen Seh (‘75)Rachel Snow ‘81Mr. Michael Stevens ‘94Elena Tuhy-Walters ‘90 and Carl Walters IIMs. Katrina Van Dine ‘82Christiaan ‘09 and Cody van Heerden, MPhil ‘17Christopher Vincenty (‘83) & Lisa Burton ‘83Ms. Katherine Weinstock ‘81Sue Woehrlin ‘80

ALUMNI LEADERSHIP CIRCLEAlumni gifts are critical to College of the Atlantic. The Alumni Leadership Circle honors the generosity and philanthropic leadership of alumni who give $500 or more to COA.

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COA YEAR IN REVIEW

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBERCOA launches the Community Energy Center with graduate student Andrea Russell MPhil ’17 at the helm.

An Acadia National Park Centennial sculpture exhibition, curated by June LaCombe ’75, features alumnus Miles Chapin ’10.

The Share the Harvest annual farm dinner is prepared at Beech Hill Farm by renowned Bar Harbor restaurant Havana, which is owned by alumnus Michael Boland ’94.

COA sustainable business professor Jay Friedlander is among Maine Magazine’s 2016 list of 50 Influential Mainers charting the state’s future.

The first courses are held at a proposed new college on the Seto Inland Sea Island of Ōsakikamijima, Japan, based on COA’s trans-disciplinary model.

The Princeton Review ranks COA at #2 in the country for LGBTQ-Friendly and #6 for Best Campus Food, and gives the school a perfect rating for its commitment to sustainability.

A total of 100 new students, hailing from 18 countries and 22 states, are welcomed to the COA community during the annual convocation ceremony.

The national magazine of the Sierra Club names COA the greenest college in the country “by a landslide.”

Dr. Kourtney Collum is named the Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems.

A panel on communications opportunities and challenges within environmental and social justice activism launches COA’s first Thoreau Gathering, with environmental activism communications specialist Anjali Appadurai ’13.

The Princeton Review names COA the most environmentally responsible college in the U.S. and awards the school a #1 ranking in their Top 50 Green Colleges of 2016.

10 COA students and their professor attend the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco.

A team of COA students takes home $2,500 and splits first-place billing at the Maine Food System Innovation Challenge.

Chair of Government and Polity Dr. Jamie McKown joins associates from Bowdoin College and The Wall Street Journal on Maine Public Radio to discuss 2016 campaign messaging and voter turnout.

Private well owners on the northern half of MDI are encouraged to join a water study led by earth sciences chair Dr. Sarah Hall.

Dr. Darron Collins ’92 joins the leaders of over 400 colleges and universities from across the country in signing an open letter urging the preservation of the DACA program.

Men’s Journal features COA as the first in a list of 8 colleges for students who would rather be outside.

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JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNEBrought back to life by the passion and dedication of faculty and students, the small-scale literary magazine Bateau returns to print after a hiatus of several years.

Students, alumni, and COA community members join the Women’s March on Washington and sister marches.

Jodi Baker is named full-time faculty, the first Chair in Performing Arts.

Author Jennifer Tseng wins the COA/Bateau Press 2016 Boom Chapbook Competition for her poetry collection Not so dear Jenny.

The Washington Post publishes an article on college selection by President Darron Collins.

COA friends, alumni, and prospective families get an exclusive behind-the-scenes talk and artifacts debrief at the International Spy Museum by collections manager Dena Adams ‘01.

COA welcomes Mount Desert Island native Susan Letcher as a professor of plant sciences.

Dr. Elizabeth Sibert opens College of the Atlantic’s Spring 2017 Seminar on Climate Change speaker series with A History from the Bottom of the Sea: Microfossils, Marine Ecosystems, and Global Change.

In a Maine Fulbright Lecture, Professor of Global Environmental Politics Dr. Doreen Stabinsky explores the impending, severe consequences of slow-onset climate events.

A select group of students joins the front lines of cutting-edge genetic science, thanks to a new academic collaboration between The Jackson Laboratory and COA.

The Occupy Wall Street movement, as seen through the lens of photographer Brendon Stuart, is the subject of Project: The 99%, on exhibit at the Ethel H. Blum Gallery.

Share the Harvest launches its 2017 season.

The Maine Music Educators Association celebrates its 100th anniversary with the performance of a special orchestral piece written by COA Composer in Residence John Cooper.

A $10,000 Projects for Peace grant, to bring renewable energy to an impoverished elementary school in Ghana, is awarded to first-year student Sara Löwgren ’20.

Kimberly López Castellanos ’18 is the recipient of a prestigious Udall Scholarship for her work merging climate justice activism and communications strategies.

Laughter, tears, and applause fill the air as COA celebrates its 44th Commencement, with featured speaker Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.

Summer 2017 Coffee & Conversation series kicks off with Ann Luther, board member and former president of the League of Women Voters of Maine, and James Russell Wiggins Chair in Government and Polity Dr. Jamie McKown.

2017

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WITHIN 1 YEAR OF GRADUATION

54% work at a job in their field26% start graduate school

WITHIN 5 YEARS OF GRADUATION

60% attend graduate school

Center for International Environmental LawChicago Botanical GardensDry Bed Creek FarmFiddleheads Forest SchoolHarvard CollegeMaine BiofuelsMuseum of Science, BostonNational Park ServiceNew England Aquarium

American UniversityBoston UniversityCollege of the AtlanticColumbia UniversityDuke UniversityHarvard UniversityNortheastern University

WHAT OUR ALUMNI DO

Norman Rockwell MuseumPerkins and Will ArchitectsThe Jackson LaboratoryThe Nature ConservancyUNICEFUnited States CongressVassar CollegeWellington Capital Management

Tufts UniversityUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of CopenhagenUniversity of MaineUniversity of Southern MaineYale School of Forestry

MOST FREQUENTLY ATTENDED GRADUATE SCHOOLS:

EMPLOYERS INCLUDE:

TRADE & MANUFACTURING 2%

EDUCATION 18%

BUSINESS 17%

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 15%

SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES 12%

LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES 11%

AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE 5%

COMMUNICATIONS 5%

HOSPITALITY 5%

LAW & POLICY 5%

TECHNOLOGY 5%

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ALUMNI GIVING

1974

William GinnCatherine Johnson

1975

June LacombeEllen Seh

1976

Anonymous (2)Susan George Lyons ApplegateBruce BenderSally Morong ChetwyndSusan HatchKatherine HazardJo TodrankCraig KesselheimPeter Milliken

1977

Enno BeckerJohn BidermanAlexandra Conover BennettThomas A. FisherMegan GodfreyScott KrausPhilip B. Kunhardt III Carol ManahanSusan PierceFrances PollittSteven SavageDavid Winship

1978

Jerome BleyLiza F. CarterJackson Gillman

1979

Nina GormleyJonathan GormleyTree GouletJulie MacLeod HayesEugene LesserScott McIsaacBruce PhillipsCathy L. RamsdellBarbara SassamanRuss Thomas

1979

Paul BeltraminiLisa DamtoftLynne EspyLoie HayesBob HolleyAndrea LepcioStephen OranskyMelinda and Tripp RoyceFrank Twohill

1980

Mary Dohna BaconWells BaconRobin BeltraminiHelen CaivanoSteve Demers

Jaki Erdoes-GoodCynthia Jordan FisherSusan FreedTerry GoodLisa HolleyLyn HurwichSteven KingBill McDowellWendy Van DykeSue Woehrlin

1981

Peter AndersonBruce BecqueRebecca BuyersPancho ColeDavid EmersonDavid FolgerAbigail GoodyearKathleen HoganWilliam HohenseeMarjorie LauLeslie McConnellRachel SnowNancy StevickPeter StevickAlison J. ValleyJohn VieleBen WaltersKatherine WeinstockJean McHugh Weiss

1982

AnonymousGlen BerkowitzPaul CadyCatherine Elk

Gail Henderson-KingSusan Flynn MaristanyCatherine StrakaStuart Dickey SummerKatrina Van DineJane Winchell

1983

Bethany AronowMargaret BlandingShan BursonLisa BurtonJulie ErbMatt GeraldCara GuerrieriEsther KarkalCynthia KrumAbigail LittlefieldLauren McKeanFrancis OwenShoshana PerryRichard SchaufflerChristopher Vincenty Peter Wayne

1984

Bernie AlieDavid Avery Ker ClearyJohn DandyHolly DevaulScott DurkeeRichard EpsteinVicki Nichols GoldsteinAnna HurwitzJoplin (Than) JamesPeter Jeffery

Alumni giving demonstrates to other funders—individuals as well as foundations—the sense of value students received from their education. We stress participation; a gift of any size is appreciated. Thank you to all of the following who gave this fiscal year.

Arthur Kettle Maria Vanegas LongJay McNallyClifton McPhersonMargaret PennockKenneth PunnettLaura StarrBill Stevens

1985

Mac EhrhardtJoanne Rodgers FosterPeter HellerMichael KaiserCarol MeadMeg ScheidKaren Wennlund

1986

Rosemarie AveniaTeny BannickElizabeth BlugermanCynthia ChisholmJane Halbeisen WoodmanseeTracy HaskellSusan HighleySarah HuntingtonL. Paul KozakDavid MahoneyDavid MalakoffAnne SwannScott Swann

1987

Tammis Coffin

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1988

Paul BoothbyDennis BracaleTeisha BroetzmanLaura CohnRose DemersLauren GilsonAllison MartinBill McLellanDiver EdMichele RiccioRichard SimisDorie StolleyBetts Swanton

1989

Libby DeanDiane DworkinJessica GreenbaumLinda GregoryBarbara MeyersDina PetrilloDavid Vickery

1990

Emily BracaleBen GoldbergMelissa Lessard-YorkJulianna LichatzAndrea LynnMegan McOskerDaniel SangeapLilea SimisMegan Smith Elena Tuhy-Walters

1991

AnonymousJason Bryson-AldermanKatherine ClarkDaniel DenDanto

Thomas Fernald Jr.Graham GoffMs. Noreen HoganLeslie JonesDavid LamonJ. Gregory MilneBridget MullenJeremy ‘Hammy’ NortonNed OrmsbyMelissa OssannaNatalie SpringuelJ. Louise TremblayEdward VandersliceJoshua Winer

1992

Christie Denzel AnastasiaLelania Prior AvilaJohn AvilaJulie BarthDarron CollinsErica DesmondPeter W. EmmetRichard EmmonsGustavo GillerErin GoffBruce HazamEric HitzelNancy IsraelPatricia D’Angelo JuachonJennifer Judd-McGeeMs. Dawn Lamendola ‘92Elizabeth LaveryRandy LessardPhilip LichtensteinJeffrey MillerLaurie PansaDiane PhippsAndrea RobertoWilliam ScangaHeidi Stanton-DrewLeo Vincent

1993

Anonymous (2)Yazmin Zupa CoveneyCatherine DevlinDaniel FarrenkopfMichael FlahertyBonnie GiacovelliLiz LeoneHeather D. MartinJulie MassaJennifer MazerSarah McDanielJacob NullCarol NullMs. Pamela ParvinJenny RockCedarBough T. SaejiJennifer VinckAtsuko WatabePatrick WatsonPeter Williams

1994

Ted BartlesMichael BolandAmy BreenBob DeForrestNoelle FischerJennifer HarrisFrank Niepold IIINishi RajakarunaJennifer RobertsMichael StevensTimothea Sutton-Antonucci

1995

AnonymousNeal AntonucciElizabeth Rousek AyersJuliet HodgeSonja JohansonMichael KattnerJennifer Mora

Tobin PeacockAndrea PerryMichael Zboray

1996

AnonymousJessica Friedland CarterKara Fanning DaulMary HarneyShelagh HarvardDeborah KeischJames S. KellamJason RichMatthew SharpMichael StaggsAmity StoddardDouglas SwardSarah Tyson

1997

Eugenio BertinTodd DeGrootKelly DicksonSarah Gentry Mary (Nelson) GriffinRebecca HancockSusanne HathawayMargaret HoffmanJoanna KappeleTammy PackieAmy ScottRyder Scott

1998

AnonymousRyan BoduchAmanda Bunker (nee Walker)Matthew Daul Raechelle Edmiston-CyrSara FaullElizabeth Marie GodfroyEdward Haynsworth

Garth P. HolmanErik MartinTerra MerryLuciana PandolfiValerie Lambert PeacockSuzanne SpoelhofToby StephensonTracey Teuber

1999

Heather Albert-KnoppHeather CandonMatthew ‘99 & Melissa ‘00

CarrollJessica DamonJacob EichenlaubHannah FoggAnnika Maia GinsbergBenjamin Lord Luke Wagner

2000

Genevieve Soloway AngleRyan ArsenaultJaime (Duval) BeranekMelissa Blue SkyMelissa CarrollMelinda Casey-Magleby ‘00Giuliana CenturionErin ChalmersJessie DavisEileen EverettMichael FrenchKatherine E. GriffinCerissa Desrosiers HannonCorinne HarpsterKirsten HillTori Jackson Shawn Keeley Heather LakeyJude LambAnnabel LinquistChloe Marr-FullerAbraham Noe-Hays

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Chel O’ReillyKelice PenneyAlexa PezzanoJana RobersonJessica SchindlerKirsten SchwarzRolanda Seymour-SarkisDaniel SlabonikZach SoaresTanya SundbergAllison Gladstone WattersMeg WestfoxBeth A. White

2001

AnonymousMelissa BarajasLauren Breault SinclairLaura CaseyAdam DauAngela DiPerriLisa DuncanWing GoodaleElizabeth J. GwinnNoah KrellCaroline LeonardBlaise MaccarroneBen MackoMarie MalinRebecca MeliusKendra MillerJustin MortensenEdward MuennichMichael NetzerShiva PolefkaBethany Haase RemmersClara RutenbeckAutumn SoaresMike Zwirko

2002

Anonymous (2)Justin BowersNicole d’Avis

Adrianne DeupreeCameron Hale DouglassPiper DumontNikki FoxJennifer GeorgeBrianne JordanBorbala KissJoshua MachatAsha MarenJacob Oakes Finn PillsburyKerri Sands

2003

Anonymous (4)Eben AlbertAllison Fundis Allison GarozaAmanda HollanderBethany L. Holm AdamecKathryn HunninenSamuel Joseph LordBrooke Hafford MacDonaldClementine MalletJulia Davis McLeodBethany MurrayElizabeth O’LearyDrake PillsburyHope Rowan MPhilMichael ShepardChristopher TremblayKristen TubmanCaitlin Unites

2004

AnonymousEvan BenderRanjan BhattaraiYaniv BrandvainBriana Duga D.C.Jamie FrankJulia Morgenstern HefnerOliver OrionAllison Rogers Furbish

Noah ScherAnais TomezskoAnna WlodarczykErin Zwirko

2005

Diana ChokseySamuel EdmondsKatie FreedmanAnne HarrisEduarta HollEamonn HuttonShawn Keeley ‘00 & Sarah

Keeley ‘05Puranjot Kaur KhalsaAoife O’BrienSantiago SalinasStein ServickRachael ShahSanjeev ShahZachary Steele

2006

Anonymous (3)Ashley Bakken-MartinDeodonne BhattaraiErika BoulwareJulia ClarkJessica GlynnJay GuarneriAmy HoffmasterKara Johnson MphilEliana JohnstonRichard MacDonaldNicole McKenneyThupten NorbuJodi SargentCarolyn SnellPaige SteeleJulianne Taylor

2007

AnonymousAleksandra AljaknaMaria Lis BaiocchiMauro CarballoJohn DeansErin Soucy EberleNickilynn EstologaGabriel FinkelsteinAlexander FletcherAnna GoldmanKayla HartwellJuan HoffmaisterVirginie Lavallée-PicardJennifer McNallyKate SheelySarah SteinbergShamsher Virk

2008

Sanjeeva AbeyasekeraMenemsha Grey AbeyasekeraErin AllenSarah H. CullerMegan Tate HagedornHeidi HarrisonKate Hassett-BarnabasAmanda HooykaasAndrés JenningsKatarina JurikovaAshlesha KhadseDanielle MeierBen NimkinEmma RearickShoshona SmithAmanda SpectorJulia Walker Thomas

2009

Anonymous (2)Mirza Alas PortilloRahvi BarnumLinda Mejia Black

Lauren BroomallFarrell CampbellBrett CiccotelliJo CosgroveElyse DanaMichael Diaz-Griffith Samuel HellerSarah HellerLaura HowesPeter Jenkins Michael KellerIngrid LindstromNeith LittleSamuel Miller-McDonaldSarah NeilsonElena PiekutMary RoppLisa Kay RosenthalHelena ShilomboleniHannah StevensCecily SwinburneChristiaan van Heerden

2010

Emily ArgoMeghan BarryAlyson BellGeena BerryAndrew CoateSarah CollettiJeanee DudleyAllison GraziaSamantha Lee HaskellNoah HodgettsCarly ImhoffRobin KuehnLaci LeeAriel Sydney Hansen MahlerMatthew MaioranaLauren NutterTaj SchottlandKrista ThorsellJacob WeisbergLillian WeitzmanAmy Wesolowski

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2011

Anonymous (2)Natalie BarnettJacqueline Bort ThorntonAlexander BrettMark CrouserMadeleine CuttingAmelia EshlemanEvan GriffithHaley HarwoodSteve HumphreysBethany JohnsonPhilip Bradish Kunhardt IVMegan LaflinDaniel LindnerAndrew LouwEli MellenAdelina MkamiJordan MotzkinNeil OculiKatelyn/Scout CostelloElizabeth-Anne RonkAustin BamfordAddams SamuelMatthew ShawP.J. SmithCaitlin ThurrellElizabeth VoseStephen WagnerZachariah WhalenAllison Wheelock

2012

Anonymous (2)Alice AndersonLucy AtkinsTasha Ball Jordan ChalfantAlonso Diaz Rickards ‘12Matt HavilandTraudi DrkulovaLindsey EricksonMarina GarlandSarah GribbinNicholas Harris

Fiona HunterFranklin JacobyLouise Kirven-DowsVivian LambertLuke MaddenJulia MaioranaJessica McCordicVirginia MellenHale MorrellRain PerezJill PiekutMeg Trau-SerranoSolomon SpigelMargaret SternJacob Wartell

2013

Anonymous (4)Marissa AltmannDevin AltobelloAngeline AnnesteusKatelyn RossLisa BjerkeRachel BriggsBenjamin ByrneMariana CalderonBronwyn ClementAnnie CohenColleen CourtneyAnna FlanaganAlexandria FouliardAndrea Garcia MolinaNathaniel HilliardJesse KarppinenSelina KellyMadalynne MagnusonCayla MooreJane Ivy Pearl NursePhinn OnensHenry OwenGraham ReederKali RothrockEliza RuelGina SabatiniCarlisle SegalKate Shlepr

Allyson SteinAnna StunkelJeannie SuhrheinrichTrudi Zundel

2014

Anonymous (3)Barbara BeblowskiLauren BenzaquenChloe Chen-KrausZuri Camille de SouzaPolly McAdamBenjamin MonizSean MurphyLally OwenAydan PughSarah RasmussenKyle Scot ShankJivan Sobrinho-WheelerJane StraderNathan ThankiKate Unkel

2015

Anonymous (2)Casey AcklinStephen BrownJames CrawfordClara de IturbeMaria EscalanteAdrian FernandezEmily HollydayAmber IgasiaWade LymanKhristian MendezRandy MilesZabet NeuCollinsAlisa NyeSaren PeetzEmily PetersonChristopher PhillipsErickson SmithNicholas UrbanKaitlin Young

2016Anonymous (7)Samuel AllenRoman BinaMarina CucuzzaRebecca HayduConnor HugginsEllen IidaCorrie IngallSurya KarkiElsa Kern-LovickLeah KovitchNatasha KrellMadeline LongAnna MaddammaRoshni MangarKira MarzoliMatthew MessinaWilliam MinogueKristen OberLauren PeppermanEloise Schultz

2017Anonymous (3)Shlomit AucielloUrsa BeckfordLaura BerryWayne BiebelCaroline BrownGrace BurchardEmma BurkeSergio CahuequeSibongakonke DlaminiMadison EtmanEmma FlahertyAiden FordAmelia Forman-StilesWeronika GrabowskaSpencer GrayNicole GurreriMaria HagenEzra HalletEvan HenerberryPage HillMaddie KellettZakary KendallPeter Kennell

Aneesa KhanRichard KlyverKitt LangdellPorcia ManandharClara MareschalAugustin MartzKathleen McKersieMegan MonzilloHanna OstbyHaleigh J. PaquetteMiguel ProvencioLea SavareseOliver Grey ShearsAbigail St. OngeMari H. L. ThierschJoshua TohnLiam TorreyCody van HeerdenSara VelanderBret WelchAmber Wolf

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IN-KIND GIFTS

Mr. Thomas BlagdenMr. & Mrs. David BrooksMs. Susan DreierMr. Bill EldridgeDr. & Mrs. Richard R. FoxDr. S. Krech & Dr. Sheila ffolliottLinda Parker & Jamie McKownJudith S. PerkinsMr. & Ms. Robert PhippsMr. George SoulesMaine Farmland Trust

COA is grateful for in-kind donations, which are non-monetary contributions of goods and services. These could (and do!) include sea kayaks for our outdoor program or books for Thorndike Library.

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YEAR AFTER YEAR

OVER 30 YEARS

Bar Harbor Bank & TrustLeslie C. BrewerMr. & Mrs. Charles P. Burton IIThe FirstNina ‘78 & Jonathan ‘78 GormleyMs. Julie MacLeod Hayes ‘78Mr. & Mrs. Melville HodderMs. Catherine Johnson ‘74Mr. Edward G. KaelberMr. & Mrs. Robert KogodMargaret & Philip B. Kunhardt III ‘77Mrs. Gerrish MillikenMr. & Mrs. Benjamin R. NeilsonBill & Louisa NewlinMr. & Mrs. C.W. Eliot PaineCathy L. Ramsdell ‘78Mr. & Mrs. John ReevesLucy Bell N. SellersMr. John ThorndikeMs. Katherine Weinstock ‘81

OVER 25 YEARS

Anonymous (1)Mrs. Diane H. AndersonAtwater Kent Foundation, IncorporatedAnne T. & Robert M. BassMr. John Biderman ‘77Mrs. Robert BlakePeter & Sofia BlanchardMr. Jerome Bley (‘78)Roc & Helen Caivano ‘80Sarah Corson & Dick AtleeSally CrockMr. & Mrs. Roderick H. CushmanMs. Norah DavisMrs. Marjorie W. Dole

OVER 20 YEARS

Anonymous (2)Mary Dohna ‘80 and Wells ‘80 BaconBruce Bender ‘76Ms. Edith BlombergMr. Dennis Bracale ‘88Rebecca Buyers ‘81Ms. Donna L. Gold & Dr. William CarpenterKatherine Kaufer ChristoffelMs. Tammis Coffin ‘87Mr. & Mrs. Tristram Colket Jr.Lisa Damtoft ‘79Mrs. William DruryMarcia L. DworakMrs. Bertha ErbJay and Lynne Espy (‘79)Mr. & Mrs. William G. Foulke Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. FoxMs. Susan Freed ‘80Mr. & Mrs. Paul GrowaldMr. & Mrs. George B. E. HambletonMr. Samuel M. Hamill Jr.Loie Hayes ‘79Mr. & Mrs. Horace Hildreth Jr.Dave & Carolyn HollenbeckMs. Sherry HuberLyn Hurwich ‘80Ms. Esther Karkal ‘83Craig Kesselheim ‘76Carl & Lorraine KetchumMs. Aleda KoehnScott Kraus ‘77 & Rosalind RollandMs. Andrea Lepcio ‘79Eugene Lesser ‘78 & Jennifer StarrDr. & Mrs. Ralph C. LongsworthMaine Community FoundationBill McDowell ‘80Mr. & Mrs. Clement McGillicuddyClifton McPherson ‘84

Ms. Cynthia Jordan Fisher ‘80Jackson Gillman ‘78Mr. & Mrs. John GoodKatherine Hazard ‘76Dr. Kathleen Hogan ‘81Ms. Betsey HoltzmannMrs. Michael HuberMr. & Mrs. Charles HuntingtonLaura & Michael ‘85 KaiserDr. Steven Katona & Ms. Susan LernerMr. & Mrs. James M. KelloggMr. & Mrs. John N. KellyDiana & Neil KingMr. S. Lee KohrmanMs. Anne KozakMrs. Marcia MacKinnonMrs. Anne MazlishSuzanne Durrell and Scott McIsaac (‘78)Jay ‘84 & Jennifer (‘07) McNallyPhyllis Anina MoriartyMrs. Lorraine MorongMrs. A. Corkran Nimick Ms. Sandra NowickiMr. Bruce Phillips ‘78Mrs. Eben W. PyneDavid & Susan RockefellerHilda K. RoderickBeverly & Max RothalMs. Ellen Seh (‘75)Henry and Peggy SharpeDorie Stolley ‘88Elena Tuhy-Walters ‘90 and Carl Walters IIMr. John Viele (‘81)Ben Walters ‘81Alice N. WellmanDr. John WilmerdingMs. Jane Winchell ‘82Mr. & Mrs. William Wister Jr.Sue Woehrlin ‘80

We recognize and thank those donors who give to COA year in and year out. It doesn’t matter the amount one gives, the steadfast support helps us achieve ourmission each and every year.

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. MeadeLinzee Weld and Peter Milliken (‘76)Janneke Seton NeilsonMrs. Marie NolfMrs. Virginia NyhartMr. & Mrs. Robert F. PenningtonJudith S. PerkinsMrs. Daniel PierceMr. & Mrs. George PutnamMs. Sydney Roberts RockefellerRonald & Patricia RogersMr. Daniel Sangeap ‘90Barbara Sassaman ‘78Meg Scheid ‘85Mrs. Allan StoneMr. Stuart Dickey Summer ‘82Nick and Joan ThorndikeJean McHugh Weiss ‘81

OVER 15 YEARS

Anonymous (3)Murray AbramskyDr. & Mrs. Raymond AlieBernie Alie ‘84John & Karen AndersonElizabeth Rousek Ayers ‘95Steven Barkan & Barbara TennentJill Barlow-Kelley & Bobby KelleyRon Beard & Sandi ReadMr. Bruce Becque ‘81Ms. Teisha Broetzman ‘88Shan Burson ‘83Suzanne Taylor & Don CassMs. Cynthia Chisholm ‘86Kenneth ClineJohn Dandy ‘84George & Kelly Dickson MPhil ‘97Mr. & Mrs. William EachoMr. David Emerson ‘81Dianna & Ben EmoryMs. Julie Erb ‘83Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. FernaldGalyn’s GalleyGarden Club of Mount DesertStephen & Kathleen George

Matt Gerald ‘83William Ginn ‘74 & June LaCombe ‘75Ms. Megan Godfrey ‘77Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. GoodmanAbigail Goodyear ‘81 & John AllgoodMr. & Mrs. John P. GowerMrs. Bo GreeneMs. Linda Gregory ‘89Mike & Peggy GumpertMary J. HeffernonJo Todrank ‘76 and Giora HethMs. Barbara HilliLisa ‘80 & Bob ‘79 HolleyBill & Cookie HornerAnna Hurwitz ‘84Joplin (Than) James ‘84Mr. William JanesMs. Laura JohnsonMs. Leslie Jones ‘91Dr. James S. Kellam ‘96Mr. Steven King ‘80Ted Koffman & Joanna AllenBurks B. Lapham FamilyThe Agnes M. Lindsay TrustPeggy & Carl LittleAbigail Littlefield ‘83Maine Coast Sea VegetablesDavid Malakoff ‘86 & Amy YoungMs. Casey MallinckrodtMs. Carol Manahan ‘77Mr. and Mrs. Grant G. McCullagh Sr.Ms. Sarah McDaniel ‘93Donna McFarland & Alan RichinsJeffrey Miller ‘92National Park Tours & Transport, Inc.Ms. Hope A. OlmsteadLynn & William OsbornCara Guerrieri ‘83, Francis Owen ‘83, and Henry Owen

(‘13)Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth PaulShoshana Perry ‘83 & Hale PowellMs. Susan Pierce ‘77Dr. & Mrs. Richard PiersonMrs. Patricia PinkhamMs. Carole PlentyFrances Pollitt ‘77 & Frank E Briber IIIMr. & Mrs. Hamilton Robinson Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph RothsteinCedarBough T. Saeji ‘93Henry L.P. Schmelzer & Cynthia E. LivingstonMr. & Mrs. Roland C. SeymourMr. Samuel ShawDr. & Mrs. Dennis ShubertStephen & Roberta SmithLynne and Michael Staggs ‘96Mr. & Mrs. William P. StewartBonnie Tai & Dan ThomassenDr. Davis TaylorMr. Frank Twohill ‘79Ms. Katrina Van Dine ‘82Ms. Katrina Van DusenMs. Wendy Van Dyke (‘80)Christiaan ‘09 and Cody van Heerden, MPhil ‘17Richard Hilliard & Karen WaldronDr. Peter Wayne ‘83Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witt

OVER 10 YEARS

Anonymous (8)Heather Albert-Knopp ‘99 & Erich ReedMs. Judith AllenMr. Peter Anderson ‘81Genevieve Soloway Angle ‘00Susan George Lyons Applegate ‘76Ms. D. Gay Atkinson IIWendy Knickerbocker & David Avery ‘84 Lelania Prior Avila ‘92 & FamilyTeny Bannick ‘86Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.Wesley & Terrie L. BeamerPaul ‘79 & Robin ‘80 BeltraminiGlen Berkowitz ‘82Edward & Connie BirkenmeierDeirdre Swords & Michael Boland ‘94Paul Boothby ‘88Drs. Richard Borden & Patricia Honea-FlemingMs. Lynn Boulger & Mr. Tim GarrityMr. Charles ButtCadillac Mountain SportsLiza F. Carter (‘78)Barbara & Vinson CarterEllen Casey-Magleby & Melinda Casey-Magleby ‘00

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Mr. Erin Chalmers ‘00Sally Morong Chetwynd ‘76Katherine Clark ‘91Jamie Clark & Susanna PorterDianne Clendaniel & Steve RedgateMs. Janis CoatesNancy Andrews & Dru ColbertPancho Cole ‘81Karen and Darron Collins ‘92Mr. T.A. CoxMr. Stefan CushmanMr. & Mrs. Shelby M.C. DavisNicole d’Avis ‘02Davis United World College Scholars ProgramSteve ‘79 and Rose (‘88) DemersTina RathborneMr. Robert DeSimoneHolly Devaul ‘84Ms. Catherine Devlin ‘93Ms. Angela DiPerri ‘01William & Ellen DohmenMr. Millard DorityMr. Scott Durkee ‘84Diane Dworkin ‘89Mac Ehrhardt (‘85)Mrs. Catherine Elk ‘82Judith and David Hackett FischerThomas A. Fisher ‘77Ms. Carla GanielBeth & Will GardinerDr. & Mrs. Philip GeierMs. Susan GetzeMs. Lauren Gilson ‘88Mr. William D. Ginn Sr.Ms. Tree Goulet ‘78Mary (Nelson) Griffin ‘97Susan Dowling & Andrew GriffithsEmma Rearick ‘08 & Jay Guarneri ‘06Ms. Elizabeth J. Gwinn ‘01Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. HabermannMr. & Mrs. John Michael HancockRebecca Hancock ‘97Jennifer ‘94 & Christopher HarrisMs. Holly HartleyAtsuko Watabe ‘93 & Bruce Hazam ‘92Mr. Peter Heller ‘85

YEAR AFTER YEAR

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Gail Henderson-King ‘82Ms. Susan Highley ‘86Ingrid & Ken HillMs. Margaret Hoffman ‘97Mr. James HoughtonMs. Jane HultbergJen HughesMargaret and Peter Jeffery ‘84Sonja Johanson ‘95 & Rich GordetMr. & Mrs. H. Lee JuddMichael Kattner ‘95Sarah ‘05 & Shawn ‘00 KeeleyMr. Mark Gauthier & Mr. Arthur KellerMr. & Mrs. Steven KielMr. Richard Klyver ‘17Ms. Cynthia Krum ‘83Jude Lamb ‘00Ms. Marjorie Lau ‘81Mr. Jack LedbetterRandy Lessard ‘92 & Melissa Lessard-York ‘90Philip Lichtenstein ‘92 & Jessica Greenbaum ‘89Mr. & Mrs. Edward LipkinMs. Maria Vanegas Long ‘84Peter & Babette LoringMs. Sarah LukeSam Coplon & Isabel MancinelliMs. Pamela ManiceMs. Susan Flynn Maristany ‘82Allison Martin ‘88 and Elmer BealValeska and Erik Martin ‘98Leslie McConnell ‘81Julia Davis McLeod ‘03Ms. Carol Mead ‘85Mr. & Mrs. Scott N. MercerMs. Pamela MeyerKendra ‘01 & Jake MillerSteve & Rebecca MillikenMr. David MillikenKatherine MooreMeredith & Phil MoriartyNoreen Hogan & Suzanne MorseMr. Sean Murphy ‘14Ms. Anna MurphyJacob ‘93 & Carol ‘93 NullMr. & Mrs. James OwenValerie Lambert Peacock (‘98) & Tobin Peacock ‘95

Ms. Margaret Pennock ‘84Kim & Keating PepperHelen Hess & Christopher PetersenShiva Polefka ‘01Ms. Sheila Sonne PullingMr. & Mrs. John R. RobinsonDr. Walter RobinsonJenny Rock ‘93Mr. & Mrs. Hartley R. RogersMs. Allison Rogers Furbish ‘04Edith & Bill RudolfKerri Sands ‘02Mr. Steven Savage ‘77David & Mary SavidgeCarol Dean Silverman & FamilyRichard ‘88 & Alexandra ‘90 SimisJohn W. & Frances A. SimsMs. Carolyn Snell ‘06Mrs. John Spencer

Richard MacDonald (‘06) & Natalie Springuel ‘91Laura Starr ‘84State Street CorporationMr. John SteeleToby Stephenson ‘98 & Andrea Perry ‘95Bill Stevens ‘84Ms. Marie StiversMs. Caren SturgesMr. & Mrs. William N. Thorndike Jr.Ms. Ellen ThurmanJ. Louise Tremblay ‘91Diane M. TuckerKathy Bonk & Marc TuckerMrs. Constance WeeksMs. Karen Wennlund ‘85Mr. & Mrs. Harold White IIIDawn Lamendola ‘92 & Joshua Winer ‘91David Winship ‘77Mr. & Mrs. Louis Zawislak

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GIFTS OF TIME AND TALENT

Anonymous (7)Christie Anastasia ‘92Becky AndersonJohn BanksTimothy BassRonald BeardDr. Carissa BielamowiczThomas BlagdenMichael Boland ‘94Jennifer BooherSharon & Bruce BradleyLeslie C. BrewerSeth Carbonneau ‘05Matt Carroll ‘99Dr. Siraya Pei-Fun ChuangAlyne CistoneBarclay CorbusBrian CoteJudith CullenLindsay DaviesGloria DelsandroHeather Dority ‘96Caroline FournierSarge GardinerBeth GardinerTim GarrityMissy Gaston Amy Yaeger GeierTodd Kitchens ‘06 and Honnie

Goode ‘06

Marie GriffithAnnah Houston Dr. Mu-Tsu HsuRep. Brian Hubbell Jason W. IngleLeslie Jones ‘91Rebecca & David KeefeDan KusnierzJune Lacombe (‘75)Nicholas LaphamMarie LaRoseeSusan S. LeiterDr. Chris MallerCasey MallinckrodtAnthony MazlishJay McNally ‘84Abe Miller-RushingSherry MitchellPhilip S. J. MoriartyHale Morrell ‘12Deb MountfordLauren Nutter ‘09Jay PaulGabe Paul Lili PewAmy PhilbrookAbby PlummerDarren RancoAngie ReedKelli Rich

Hamilton Robinson, Jr.Dr. Nadia RosenthalSnow RossAbby Rowe (‘98)Marthann SamekJessica Schindler ‘00Henry L. P. SchmelzerKevin SchneiderEloise Schultz ‘16 Maria SimpsonRachel SinghJasmine Smith ‘09Chris Sockalexis Amanda Spector ‘08Rochelle SpragueLaura Z. StoneNoel Paul StookeyStephen & Allison SullensMeryl SweeneyRhonda TateDr. Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisNicholas ThompsonWilliam & Geneva ThorndikeDr. Li-Wei WangAllison Gladstone Watters ‘00Ted WidmerHanif Willis-AbdurraqibDr. John Wilmerding

Philanthropy is about generosity in all its forms, and gifts of time—a most precious resource—are truly appreciated. Whether volunteering in classes, on one of COA’s boards, in the gardens, serving on a panel, or presenting at a public event, our community is enriched by the generosity of the following.

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FINANCIALS

Fiscal Year 2017 was a period of modest growth of revenue, expenses, and overall fund balances. We balanced the operating budget with a very small surplus and increased the totalnet fund balance to $73.7 million, including $53 million in the endowment. The endowment grew by about $4.8 million, as investment earnings and new gifts outpaced the annual draw of $2 million, which supports the operations of the college through scholarships, faculty chairs, and unrestricted allocations. We continued to reduce the long-term debt (tax exempt bonds issued to finance the construction of student housing).

The summary of our operating budget shows our results for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. Note that these figures do not include depreciation, but do include the cost of debt service and capital expenses, such as the purchase of equipment. The major source of operating revenue continues to be net tuition. Our tuition and fees grew very slightly from the prior year by $80 thousand, but student aid increased by $485 thousand, so that the overall decrease in net tuition was $565 thousand. We are still seeing many student families who need significant financial support.

Other significant revenue sources include the annual draw from our endowment, our annual fund, and the Davis United World College Scholarships. We again had a wonderful year-end drive to support the annual fund, which raised $1.3 million. The Davis Scholarships continue to support a wonderful cadre of students from over 40 countries. Several other revenue sources are offset by related expenses such as housing, dining, and operation of summer activities.

We continue to hold the line on the expense side of the ledger, as we have over the last severalyears. Our major on-going expense increases have been modest salary raises and additions tothe faculty to keep pace with growth of student enrollment. And we, like many organizations,face increases in the cost of health care insurance, which is the major component of our fringebenefits.

Andrew S. GriffithsCOA Administrative Dean & Chief Financial Officer

from the Administrative Dean

COA ENDOWMENT HISTORY OVER THE LAST 2O YEARS

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FUND BALANCES Plant and equipment (net of depreciation)Long term debtEndowmentOther net assets

Total Fund Balances

OPERATING BUDGET OPERATING REVENUES

Tuition and FeesLess COA Student Financial Aid

Net Tuition after Financial AidContributions—annual fundDavis Foundation UWC GrantEndowment Allocation to OperationsOther Restricted Gifts and GrantsStudent housing and diningSummer programs and farms (net)Other RevenueTotal Revenues

OPERATING EXPENSES

Instruction and student activityStudent housing, dining and groundsDavis Foundation UWC Grant expenseWorkstudy ExpensesGeneral administrationPayroll taxes and fringe benefitsDevelopment and admissionsInterest and debt serviceCapital EquipmentTotal Expenditures

Operating Surplus/ (deficit)

JUNE 30, 2016

22,608,000 (7,495,000) 48,148,000

6,643,000

69,904,000

FISCAL YEAR 2016

13,652,000 (7,616,000)

6,036,000 1,256,000

998,000 2,007,000

465,000 1,448,000

301,000 156,000

12,667,000

4,443,000 1,380,000

998,000 354,000

1,300,000 2,225,000 1,048,000

787,000 126,000

12,661,000

6,000

JUNE 30, 2017

20,981,000 (7,165,000) 52,965,000

6,897,000

73,678,000

FISCAL YEAR 2017

13,572,000 (8,101,000)

5,471,000 1,293,000 1,166,000 1,916,000

580,000 1,472,000

219,000 1,040,000

13,157,000

4,544,000 1,438,000 1,166,000

441,000 1,411,000 2,138,000 1,026,000

778,000 204,000

13,146,000

11,000

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Excerpts from audited statements, rounded to nearest $1,000

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Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in preparing this annual report. If a mistake has been made, or if your name was omitted, we apologize. Please notify the Dean of Institutional Advancement Lynn Boulger at 207.801.5620, or lboulger@coa.edu.

GIVING AT A GLANCE

GIFTS RECEIVED FOR ALL FUNDS

OVERALLGIVING &PLEDGES

66%

SENIOR CLASSPARTICIPATION

36%ALUMNI

PARTICIPATION

College of the Atlantic’s 2017 fiscal year was July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017.

2,888

$5.1M

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