silent auction
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
welcome
Welcome to the 2026 HMPA All-School Benefit: The Future is Bright! We are so grateful you are here on this transformative evening to celebrate unity, generosity and the bright path ahead for all Horace Mann School students. Your presence tonight helps spark opportunity, empower potential and shape the leaders of tomorrow. This annual celebration highlights the power of education, community and giving. Together, we raise essential funds for Horace Mann School’s financial aid program and endowment. Every gift made tonight unlocks possibility and potential for our students and helps illuminate the pathway for all.
TOGETHER, WE SHAPE TOMORROW – TODAY!
program
WELCOMING REMARKS
Narda Chin P’36
HMPA President
Lauren Wrublin ‘02, P’33,’36
HMPA 2nd VP & Benefit Co-Chair
Brittany Kurz P’36,‘38
HMPA Benefit Co-Chair
A MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADER
Dr. Tom Kelly P’18
Head of School
LIVE AUCTION
Harry Santa-Olalla
The Fundraising Guy
LIVE AUCTION
Get ready for an exciting highlight of the evening—our Live Auction! Bid on an extraordinary collection of experiences while supporting Horace Mann School’s financial aid program and endowment. This year’s lineup includes once-in-a-lifetime opportunities with Dr. Kelly, VIP access to premier sporting events and concerts, and luxurious vacation getaways.
Raise your paddle, enjoy the excitement, and help make a meaningful impact on our school community.
IMAGINATION
IMAGINATION
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Benefit Co-Chairs
Lauren Wrublin '02, P'33,'36
HMPA 2nd VP & Benefit Co-Chair
Brittany Kurz P'36,'38
HMPA Benefit Co-Chair
Decor & Design
Erica Friedman P'38
Ekta Mody P'35
Stephanie Stuchin P'32,'35
Finance
Sarika Singh Bantwal P'34,'36,'36
Flex
Maggie Matays P'32,'36
Gifts
Shaziya Keswani P'32,'35
Nicole Narayan P'37,'39
Taylor Neiditch P'32,'37
Alice Sareen P'33,'35
Lesley Slater Stumphauzer '98, P'33,'35
Grade Ambassadors
Danielle Trief Friedman P'35,'37,'40
Cassandra Neubauer '08, P'39,'41
Danielle Rayman P'35,'37,'39
Samantha Lowe P'38,'40
Rachel Barritz P'30,'38
Erica Friedman P'38
Jill Brand P'37,'39
Aziza Kain P'37
Brooke Mure P'36,'39
Roya Weiner P'36
Yili Lin P'35,'37
Sonali Mathur P'32,'35
Sarika Singh Bantwal P'34,'36,'36
Jennifer Wu P'32,'34,'35
Amanda Friedman P'33,'36
Jessica Chavkin P'32,'35
Helena Binnie P'31, '33
Samara Kogan P'30,'33
Bora Moon P'29,'31
Ellen Cohen P'28,'33
Sabrina K leier Morgenstern '94, P'27,'32
Shira Schuster P'26,'28
Logistics
Monisha Rana P'32,'33,'36
Alice Sareen P'33,'35
Technology
Kasumi Ito P'29
Marisa Rosen P'35,'32
Underwriting
Kara Acker P'33,'34,'36
Mallory Stuchin Schultz '03, P'35, P'39
Sally Zhang P'26
KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE
THANK YOU TO OUR UNDERWRITERS
SUPERHERO $100,000 & ABOVE
Sara Zion & Tushar Shah
BRAVEHEART $30,000 & ABOVE
Noa & Warren Ginsberg
BENEFACTOR $10,000 & ABOVE
Susan & Baffour Asante-Abedi
Stephanie March & Dan Benton
Megan Martin & Ari Blaut
Karen & Samuel Choi
Michele & Drew Figdor
Elyssa & William Friedland
Kyoko Chiwata & Irfan Hussain
Rachel & Tom Kelly
Lauren & Dan Krueger
Brittany & Zach Kurz
Xiaozhou Yang & Jinsong Liu
Cindy & Matthew Mark
Claire & Michael Olshan
Lauren & Daniel Wrublin
Rosalie & Jason Zhao
PATRON $7,500 & ABOVE
Autumn & Ben Preskill
SPONSOR $5,000 & ABOVE
Erin & Brian Eizenstat
Jennel Zeppieri-Korn & Charles Korn
Sally Zhang & Dushyant Sharma
Fei Luo & Tingting Li
Allison & Roberto Mugnone
Vicki & Stephen Saali
Alice & Steve Zheng
ASSOCIATE $2,500 & ABOVE
Danielle & Morris Alhale
Stephanie & Elliot Berk
Ariane & Stephen Finkel
Erica & Joshua Friedman
Yelena & Dimitry Goncharov
Ameneh Aminian & Amir Khandani
Yanning Sun & Ke (Rick) Li
Maggie & Steve Matays
Nicole & Rohan Narayan
Priya & Ashok Raju
Mallory & Stuart Schultz
Allison and Sourabh Sen
Clair & Eric Tzeng
Ying Zhao & Jun Wang
Mariko & Gregg Zeitlin
SUPPORTER $1,500 & ABOVE
Allison & Richard Abend
Wendy Moyal & Michael Constas
Swaroopa & Anand Desai
Jessica & Jeff Dvorett
Claudia DeSimio & Alex Gil
Mimi & Jeffrey Gitterman
Natalie & Adam Gould
Ally & Semih Gungor
Kagan & Merve Gursel
Pamela & Jon Henes
Aleida & Mark Hornfeld
Aziza & Kunal Kain
Gisella & Andy Kahn
Maria Avellaneda & Marcos Kantt
Faryn & Dan Melum
Sarah & Daniel Kilpatrick
Danielle & Kevin Koplin
Eva Statskaya & Ani Majumder
Laura & Stephen Mong
Nicole & Richard Nackenson
Gina & Geoffrey Newman
Cristina & Samir Patel
Katherine & Jonathan Shectman
Brittany & Jonathan Sirulnick
Yan Zhang & Jack Tong
Katherine Prescott & Vinicus Vacanti
Victoria Li & Ray Ying
Xinai Liu & Allen (Yawei) Zhai
Cong Chen & Tao Zhang
SPONSOR FACULTY & STAFF
Jen & Peter Bernstein
Natalia & Glenn Edelson
Erin & Brian Eizenstat
Judy Hecker Furman
Elisa Shen & Evan Gartenlaub
Jenn Corwin & Lee Grinberg
Rachel & Tom Kelly
Kate & David Kim
Berkin & Demet Kologlu
Brittany & Zach Kurz
Cleo Hung & Kit Ping Jacky Kwok
Xiaozhou Yang & Jinsong Liu
Maggie & Steve Matays
Vanessa Wang & Henry Mo
Laura & Stephen Mong
Christine Lazatin & Matthew Morgado
Nicole & Richard Nackenson
Andrea Olshan
Simone Spiegel- Ramos & Alberto Ramos
Monisha & Manjot Rana
Danielle & Reed Rayman
Marisa & Bret Rosen
Jen Wong & Elli Sharef
Jennifer & Claudio Sauer
Sally Zhang & Dushyant Sharma
Sawako & Gaurav Shukla
Kara Putrino & Robert Smit
Stephanie & Blake Stuchin
Balakrishna Subramanian
Lauren & Daniel Wrublin
Keren & Guy Weltsch
Meena Thever-Wojcik & Tom Wojcik
Rosalie & Jason Zhao
Alice & Steve Zheng
POSSIBILITY
POSSIBILITY
special thanks
Tonight would not have been possible without the tireless dedication, boundless creativity and generosity of our outstanding benefit team, parent volunteers, and community supporters. We are deeply grateful for your energy, patience and unwavering commitment in bringing this evening to life.
We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the incredible teams who helped make tonight such a success! Special appreciation to Chelsea Piers, Keren Precel, KVL Audio Visual, Lectro Raiders and La Bella Bash for their collaboration and expertise throughout the planning process. We are also grateful to Julie Macklowe for her generosity in providing The Macklowe whisky, which helped make this evening even more special. And to DJ Olivier, thank you for generously donating your fantastic DJ services and keeping the energy alive all evening.
The benefit committee would like to express its gratitude to the following people and groups:
Dr. Tom Kelly
HM Board Of Trustees
Narda Chin, PA President, Maggie Matays 2nd VP & The HMPA Executive Team
Roberta Mazzariol, Branka Stancevic & The HMPA Communications Team
Tim Soohoo, Lee Grinberg &
The HMPA Treasury Team
Dr. Jessica Levenstein
Javaid Khan
Deena Neuwirth
Marinés Arroyo
Gordon Jensen & The Facilities Department
Adam Kenner & The IT Department
Mike McCaw & The Public Safety Department
Lisa Moreira
Melissa Parento & The Alumni & Development Office
David Roberts & The Business Office
Matt Russo & The Athletics Department
Viviana Carrillo
Jonathan Dorin, Cristina Baez & FLIK
Barry Mason
Harry Santa-Olalla
