Parent Leadership Council

The Parent Leadership Council (PLC) is a leadership giving society exclusively for parents. Members are strategic partners of Parents Fund staff, advocating for Columbia College, serving as ambassadors for the Parents Fund and connecting with fellow parents. The PLC offers exclusive benefits for all members, including special recognition, exclusive events and communications curated for the parent community.

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS

The generosity of the PLC helps sustain the College’s longstanding tradition of excellence. Parents may join as Members or Dean’s Circle Members with cumulative annual giving to the Parents Fund of $10,000 or $25,000, respectively.

For more information, please contact Kala Marsh at kd2765@columbia.edu or (212) 851-7812.

Members ($10,000+)

  • Welcome letter and gift
  • Newsletters
  • Invitations to PLC fall and spring meetings
  • Recognition on the PLC website and in the PLC Annual Report
  • Invitations to exclusive events and other offerings

Dean’s Circle Members ($25,000+)

  • All the benefits of the Member level, plus:
  • Special dean’s seating at Class Day
  • Invitation to Dean’s Circle Reception

2023-24 PARENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Co-chairs

  • Estelle Choe and Paul Kim CC’87, P: CC’22, CC’25
  • Maral and Sarkis Jebejian CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’26

  • Chairs Emeriti

  • Robyn Field and Anthony O’Carroll P: CC’21, CC’23

Raymond H. Yu CC’89, SEAS’90, P: CC’21, CC’23, CC’25 and Amy H. Yu TC’07, TC’12, P: CC’21, CC’23, CC’25


Dean's Circle Members

  • Elizabeth Albert and Howard M. Kleinman CC’84, P: CC’18, CC’22
  • Rula L. and Omar M. Asali BUS’01, P: CC’18, CC’20
  • Samara Bernot Meshel CC’92, P: CC’18, CC’23 and Adam R. Meshel CC’92, LAW’95, P: CC’18, CC’23
  • Sumita Bhattacharya BUS’95, P: CC’25 and Monish Kumar SIPA’95, P: CC’25
  • Brian C. Birtwistle and Julie D. Bornstein P: CC’25
  • Gregg E. and Anna E. Brockway CC’92, P: CC’26
  • Shari R. and Gary A. Brooks P: CC’24, CC'26
  • Janine Brown and Alexander J. Simmons Jr. P: CC’22
  • Lisa L. Carnoy CC’89, P: CC’26 and David A. Carnoy SOA’92, P: CC’26
  • Liru Z. and James C. Chang P: CC’26
  • Nancy Chung and David K. Park GSAS'98, GSAS'04, P: CC'27
  • Rona L. and Ben Cosgrove CC'90, P: CC'22, CC'27
  • Monique L. Cusson and Constantine M. Dakolias SEAS’89, P: CC’23
  • Christian Dahlberg and Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg CC’93, P: CC’23
  • Yu Dang and Ming Weng P: CC’25
  • Daniela and Richard Neil de los Reyes CC'97, P: CC'27
  • Grace and James H. Dignan CC’91, P: CC’26
  • Sean and Joslyn Dobson P: CC'27
  • Michael Du and Rena Huang P: CC’24
  • Marcia Dunn and Jonathan S. Sobel CC'88, P: CC'27
  • Min Fan and Xinzhi Zhang P: CC’24
  • Jodie K. and Andrew A. Fink CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’24
  • Michael Fu and Shirley Ying P: CC’23, CC'26
  • Jeff A. Fuisz and Lexi S. Diamond CC’91, P: CC’26
  • Julie Ge and Kequan Liu P: CC’24
  • Bradley J. and Michelle J. Goldberg CC’91, P: CC’25
  • Eric S. Goldstein CC’80, P: CC’15, CC’18, CC’25 and Tamar B. Goldstein BC’87, P: CC’15, CC’18, CC’25
  • Kimberley Hatchett and Tracy V. Maitland CC’82, P: CC’24
  • Kun He and Hai Jun Xia P: CC’26
  • Kenneth Hong and Danya Han P: CC'27
  • Roberto Hoornweg and Katleen Van Roost P: CC’26
  • Melonee A. and Russell C. Horowitz CC’88, P: CC’26
  • Shuang Hou and Shengang Yuan P: CC’24
  • Wen-Lian C. Hu and Wei-Dong Jin BUS’98, P: CC’26
  • Shu-Chen Huang and Stanley S. Ko BUS’99, P: CC’23, CC’25
  • George Jiang and Hua Tang P: CC’19
  • Michael G. Kaiser and Michelle Estilo Kaiser CC’87, PH’92, VPS’97, P: CC’20, CC’25
  • Robyn A. Kampf and John V. Vincenti CC’90, P: CC’26
  • Fay Kastrinos CC'95, P: CC'27 and John Mark Poneros CC'91, VPS'95, P: CC'27
  • David S. and Karie Katz P: CC'25
  • Kristine Kennedy CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’24, CC’25
  • Borah and Sang Kim CC’92, P: CC’25, CC’26
  • Robin-Hwajin Y. Kim P: CC’23
  • Sungwan Kim and Hosun Yoon P: CC’23
  • Omar Kodmani CC’89, P: CC’23, CC’26 and Lina Kodmani BC’94, P: CC’23, CC’26
  • Joshua M. Kraft P: CC’22
  • Christine L. Ku and Arthur D. Kim CC’95, P: CC’23
  • Patricia L. Labrada CC’91, P: CC’23 and Michael A. Camacho CC’91, P: CC’23
  • Jae Myoung and Daniel H. Lee P: CC’26
  • Grace and Nicholas P. Leone CC’88, P: CC’19, CC’22, CC’24
  • Jian Li and Zhifeng Yang P: CC’23
  • Karen A. Mahoney CC'88, P: CC'19, CC'27 and Dennis T. Mahoney EN'88, P: CC'219, CC'27
  • John Manning and Yahphen Y. Chang CC’87, P: CC’24
  • Victoria F. and James C. Maroulis CC’88, P: CC’21, CC’26
  • Syed Ali R. Naqvi and Amna Tirmizi Naqvi P: CC’21, CC’23
  • Ann and Francis Neczypor P: CC’08
  • Jenny and Tai H. Park CC’83, P: CC’25
  • Abigail Pollak P: CC'27
  • Hua Qiao and Haitao Zhai SIPA’00, P: CC’25
  • Echo Ren and Jack Wang P: CC’24
  • David I. Robbins and Joyce Chang CC’86, P: CC’24
  • Shyanne and Kurt W. Roeloffs Jr. CC’84, P: CC’25
  • Jaye T. and John A. Rogovin CC’83, P: CC’23, CC’25
  • Corinne and Robert P. Rooney CC’89, P: CC’23
  • Barbara M. and Michael S. Satow CC’88, P: CC’17, CC’26
  • Lisa Beth F. and Adam J. Savitz P: CC’23
  • Valerie and Theodore U. Schweitzer CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’24
  • Nadir and Sobia A. Shaikh P: CC'23, CC'26
  • Jill and Mark Shinderman P: CC’25
  • Catherine J. and Thomas J. Strong P: CC'24
  • Margaret Sung and Michael J. Schmidtberger CC’82, LAW’85, P: CC’24
  • Sabine and Brian Thomson CC'89, P: CC'27
  • Angela Tu TC'92, P: CC'27 and Gregory E. Ostling CC'91, TC'92, LAW'98, P: CC'27
  • Thomas L. and Mila H. Tuttle CC’96, SIPA’05, P: CC’26
  • Munish and Ekta Varma P: CC'25
  • Harjeet K. and Manmeet Virdi P: CC’24
  • Sandy Wang CC’92, P: CC’24 and Christopher J. McGowan CC’92, P: CC’24
  • Deborah W. and Jacob N. Wohlstadter P: CC’25, CC’26
  • Sherri P. Wolf CC’90, P: CC’21, CC’24 and Douglas R. Wolf CC’88, P: CC’21, CC’24
  • Beth L. and Scott R. Yagoda CC’86, LAW’92, P: CC’20, CC’25
  • Chris and Kevin Yoon P: CC’26
  • Wei Zhang P: CC’22
  • Weifang Zhou and Mei Xue P: CC'24.
  • Anonymous (9)

Members

  • Suzanne Abele-Ebanks and Kenneth D. Ebanks P: CC'27
  • Joseph Andreano and Maria L. Deknatel P: CC'25
  • Gael and Emile Bacha P: CC’16, CC’20, CC’22
  • Dayna Bandman and Andrew A. Schmeltz CC’93, P: CC’24
  • Holly and Albert Baril P: CC’25
  • Gail and Joseph Barry P: CC87, CC89
  • Timothy Benton CC'97, P: CC'27 and Erica Benton CC'97, P: CC'27
  • Lauren D. and Keith M. Breslauer P: CC’21, CC’23
  • Patricia Brett CC’87, P: CC’18, CC’21, CC’26 and James Brett CC’84, BUS’90, P: CC’18, CC’21, CC’26
  • Alice Chen and Yanan Wang P: CC’21, CC’24
  • Myra and Edward Chen P: CC’22, CC'26
  • Yubing Cheng and Linda He P: CC'26
  • Kathy and Thomas Chong SEAS'92, P: CC'26
  • Thomas Chow CC’94, BUS’99, P: CC’24
  • Karl A. Cole-Frieman CC’92, LAW’97, P: CC’25 and Wanda Cole-Frieman BC’94, P: CC’25
  • Kara S. and Dean C. Conomikes P: CC22
  • Emmanuel DeSousa and Anastasia Zaandam P: CC’26
  • Frances M. and Patrick J. DeSouza CC80, P: CC20, CC23
  • Deborah and Scott P. DeVries P: CC’22
  • Hua Ding and George Wu P: CC25
  • Kimberly and Amit Dixit P: CC'27
  • Sabine Endrigkeit and Klaus Mergener P: CC24
  • Martin J. Erzinger
  • Gabriella Espinosa and Teodoro Moscoso P: CC'25, CC'27
  • Lance S. and Leslie N. Estrada CC’94, P: CC’26
  • Andrea Everett and Jaime Mercado CC’89, P: CC’26
  • Deborah Gahr and Roy W. Pomerantz CC’83, P: CC’26
  • Ali Gulcelik and Selin Gülçelik P: CC’25
  • Maria del Carmen Hinojosa and Sean Hecker CC'92, P: CC'27
  • Hongtao T. Hou and Sophie X. Wang P: CC’25
  • Yong Huang and Yang Xu P: CC’26
  • William K. Hui and Jing Zhao P: CC’18, CC’23
  • Brett Humphreys and Samantha J. Merton BUS’95, GSAS’00, P: CC’23
  • Vartika Jain and Yoginder Yadav P: CC'26
  • Nancy and Kobi Karp P: CC’25
  • Nina E. Kottler and Evan A. Malter CC’96, P: CC’26
  • Yongchun Lang and Ping Wu P: CC’23
  • Xia Lin and Hong Bo Qi P: CC’25
  • Claudia E. and Raymund J. Llaurado P: CC’2
  • Qun Lu and Meijuan Wu P: CC’24
  • Ellen V. and Matthew P. Masseur P: CC’23
  • Lia A. Mehos and Joseph G. Del Toro CC'93, P: EN'27
  • Ritu Metzger CC’94, P: CC’26 and Alex S. Metzger CC’94, P: CC’26
  • Orly Mishan CC’94, P: CC’26 and Timothy W. Crawford GSAS’96, GSAS’01, P: CC’26
  • Rahul and Pooja Munjal P: CC'27
  • Michaela and Matthew J. Nelson CC’86, P: CC’24
  • Lidong Ni and Angel Zheng P: CC25
  • Kimberly and Paul O'Connor III P: CC'25, GS'26
  • Tony Oh SEAS'86, P: CC'27 and Jodi Oh CC'88, P: CC'27
  • John E. O'Toole Jr. and Kristin L. Walter P: CC’25
  • Carol and Souren Ouzounian CC'89, P: CC'27
  • Naxin J. Paik SEAS’91, SEAS’96, P: CC’24 and Edward Y. Paik SEAS’91, BUS’96, P: CC’24
  • Juliet C. Park CC’93, PS’99, P: CC’25 and Jamie A. Cesaretti CC’93, P: CC’25
  • Shirley L. Qiu SEAS’94, P: CC’26 and Yang D. Shao GS’93, P: CC’26
  • Louise R. Radin and Leonard Kreynin CC’86, GSAS’88, LAW’90, P: CC’25
  • Rini Banerjee Ratan P: CC'26
  • Robin K. Reingold and Jonathan Susman CC’87, P: CC’26
  • Elizabeth A. and Seth D. Rosen BUS’98, P: CC’21
  • James A. Rothman and Stefanie F. Katz-Rothman CC’88, P: CC’26
  • Linda V. and Vincent R. Saladini CC’80, PS’84, P: CC’25
  • Tina and Karim Samii CC’85, P: CC’26
  • Celine P. and Dan Shimizu P: CC’25
  • Cathy Shu and Edmond Chi Man Ng EN'96, P: CC'23, CC'26
  • Sharon E. Silver LAW'95, P: CC'25 and LeRoy E. Rabbani VPS'84, P: CC'25
  • Cathryn E. and Matthew J. Sodl CC’88, P: CC’26
  • Maria and George L. Staphos BUS’92, P: CC’22, CC’25
  • Regine E. and James C. Stone CC’90, BUS’96, P: CC’25
  • Jennifer C. and Douglas Swanson Teasdale CC'89, P: CC'26
  • Matthew E. Tropp and Julie A. Levy CC’91, P: CC’21, CC’25
  • Stacey V. and Nicholas Tsapatsaris P: CC’22
  • Pam and Doug Walter P: CC'25
  • Jennifer Wei and Andrew P. Bell LAW’92, P: CC’26
  • Jenny and Liren Wei P: CC23
  • Anonymous (4)