The Parent Leadership Council (“PLC”) is a leadership giving society exclusively for Columbia College parents who are dedicated to serving the College’s mission through philanthropy and commitment. Members are strategic partners with College leadership, ambassadors for Parent philanthropy, and builders of a robust and welcoming Parent community at Columbia. The PLC offers exclusive benefits for all members, including special recognition through exclusive events, publications, and communications.
Membership Levels
The generosity of the PLC helps sustain the College’s longstanding tradition of excellence and our members play a vital role in supporting the Columbia College Fund. Parents may join as Members or Dean’s Circle Members with cumulative annual giving to the Columbia College Fund of $15,000 or $25,000, respectively.
For more information, please contact Kala Marsh, Director, Parent Fundraising, at kd2765@columbia.edu or (212) 851-7812.
Members ($15,000+)
Welcome letter and gift
Recurring newsletters curated for the parent community, providing important updates on campus opportunities and resources for you and your student
Support from the Parent Fundraising staff and PLC Co-chairs throughout your time as a Columbia College Parent
Invitations to PLC Fall and Spring meetings on campus, which feature discussions with College leadership, faculty, and staff while also providing the chance to meet and network with fellow parents
Recognition on the PLC website and in the PLC Annual Report
Invitations to exclusive events and other offerings throughout the year and across the globe
Dean's Circle Members ($25,000+)
All the benefits of the Member level, plus:
Watching your student walk across the graduation stage from special VIP seating at Columbia College Class Day. Class Day, a school-specific and more intimate graduation celebration, is one of Columbia College’s most iconic and important traditions.
Invitation to Dean’s Circle Reception. This special evening provides an opportunity to connect with fellow leadership donors and Columbia College leaders.
2023–24 Parent Leadership Council
Co-chairs
- Maral and Sarkis Jebejian CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’26
- Sandy Wang CC’92, P: CC’24, CC'28 and Christopher J. McGowan CC’92, P: CC’24, CC'28
Chairs Emeriti- Estelle Choe and Paul Kim CC’87, P: CC’22, CC’25
- 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
- Michael Argenziano CC'88, VPS'92, P: CC'18, CC'20, VPS'23, CC'26 and Maria Rodino CC'88, P: CC'18, CC'20, VPS'23, CC'26
- Leila Bassi BC'94, BUS'00, P:CC'28 and Luca Bassi BUS'00, P:CC'28
- Sumita Bhattacharya BUS’95, P: CC’25 and Monish Kumar SIPA’95, P: CC’25
- Philip Berlinski and Britta Jacobson CC'96, P: CC'28
- Brian C. Birtwistle and Julie D. Bornstein P: CC’25
- Jacqueline K. and Samuel M. Bisbee CC'90, P: CC:28
- 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, CC'28 and David A. Carnoy SOA’92, P: CC’26, CC'28
- Liru Z. and James C. Chang P: CC’26
- Bangbei Chen and Hongyuan Wang SIPA'04, P: CC'27
- Karen and Samuel Choi P: CC'28
- 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
- Anne Marie and Kevin Darling 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
- Kimberly and Amit Dixit P: CC'27
- Sean and Joslyn Dobson P: CC'27
- Marcia Dunn and Jonathan S. Sobel CC'88, P: CC'27
- Tracy and Mark Evans P: CC'27
- Min Fan and Xinzhi Zhang P: CC’24
- Kristen and Stephen Fealy II CC'91, VPS'95, P:CC'28
- Jodie K. and Andrew A. Fink CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’24
- Michael Fu and Shirley Ying P: CC’23, CC'26, CC'28
- 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, CC'28
- Nina and Seth Goldsamt CC'91, LAW'95, P: CC'28
- 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
- Lisa and Scott Hammond P: CC'28
- 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
- Keiko and Gerald Horkan SEAS'87, P: SEAS'25, CC'28
- Melonee A. and Russell C. Horowitz CC’88, P: CC’26, CC'28
- 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
- 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, CC'28
- 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
- Takako and Philippe Khuong-Huu P: CC'26
- Borah and Sang Kim CC’92, P: CC’25, CC’26
- Robin-Hwajin Y. Kim P: CC’23
- Sungwan Kim and Hosun Yoon P: SEAS'21 . CC'25
- 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
- Grace Lang CC'93, P: CC'28 and Gregory H. Lang CC'93, P: CC'28
- Jae Myoung and Daniel H. Lee P: CC’26
- Grace and Nicholas P. Leone CC’88, P: CC’19, CC’22, CC’24
- Karen A. Mahoney CC'88, P: CC'19, CC'27 and Dennis T. Mahoney SEAS'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
- Lauren and Americo Nardis CC’98, P:CC’28
- Ann and Francis Neczypor P: CC’08
- Samir and Rupal Parekh P: CC'27
- Abigail Pollak P: CC'27
- Hua Qiao and Haitao Zhai SIPA’00, P: CC’25
- Zhengzhe Qu and Haiyan Zeng P: CC'26
- Jie Ren and Jian Wang P: CC’25
- 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
- Eun Jung Roh and Keun Chang Yoon P: SEAS’26
- Corinne and Robert P. Rooney CC’89, P: CC’23
- Barbara M. and Michael S. Satow CC’88, P: CC’17, CC’26
- Valerie and Theodore U. Schweitzer CC’91, LAW’94, P: CC’24
- Nadir and Sobia A. Shaikh P: CC'23, CC'26
- James Shan and Sophia Cheng P:CC'27
- 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
- Chiu F. Tung P: CC’25
- Thomas L. and Mila H. Tuttle CC’96, SIPA’05, P: CC’26
- Munish and Ekta Varma P: CC'25, CC'28
- Harjeet K. and Manmeet Virdi P: CC’24
- Yueyue Wenren and Weiheng Chen P: CC:28
- 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
- Michael Yao and Sara Dai P: CC'25
- Huoy-Ming Yeh and Sherman Chu CC'82, SEAS'83, P: CC'28
- Chris and Kevin Yoon P: CC’26
- 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, CC'28
- Gail and Joseph Barry P: CC’87, CC’89
- Erica L. Benton CC’97, P: CC’27 and Timothy M. 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
- Jeanie and Steve Chen P: CC'28
- Yubing Cheng and Linda He P: CC'26
- Yong Cho and Yoo Joong Kim P: CC'27
- 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
- Emmanuel DeSousa and Anastasia Zaandam P: CC’26
- Deborah and Scott P. DeVries P: CC’22
- 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
- Kristy and Francisco Gimenez P: CC'28
- Ali Gulcelik and Selin Gülçelik P: CC’25
- Maria del Carmen Hinojosa and Sean Hecker CC'92, P: CC'27
- Karin Schmidt Hoverman LAW'01, P: CC'27 and Daniel Stephens Hoverman BUS'03, LAW'03, P: CC'27
- Yong Huang and Yang Xu P: CC’26
- Brett Humphreys and Samantha J. Merton BUS’95, GSAS’00, P: CC’23
- Vartika Jain and Yoginder Yadav P: CC'26
- Haynee and Brian Johnson P: CC'28
- Nancy and Kobi Karp P: CC’25
- Irene and Richard Kim P: CC'27
- Nina E. Kottler and Evan A. Malter CC’96, P: CC’26
- Yongchun Lang and Ping Wu P: CC’23
- Feng Lin and Dan Li P: CC'27
- Xia Lin and Hong Bo Qi P: CC’24
- Naja and David Lockwood P: CC'28
- Qun Lu and Meijuan Wu P: CC’24
- Lia A. Mehos and Joseph G. Del Toro CC'93, P: SEAS'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
- 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, CC'28
- 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, CC'28 and Jamie A. Cesaretti CC’93, P: CC’25, CC'28
- Shirley L. Qiu SEAS’94, P: CC’26, CC'28 and Yang D. Shao GS’93, P: CC’26, CC'28
- Louise R. Radin and Leonard Kreynin CC’86, GSAS’88, LAW’90, P: CC’25
- Elizabeth M. Ronel P: CC'28
- Rini Banerjee Ratan P: CC'26, CC'28
- 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
- David M. Shavelle and Isla P. Garraway P: CC'24, CC'27
- Jean Shim P: CC'28
- Cathy Shu and Edmond Chi Man Ng SEAS'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
- Sophie Wang and Hontao Hou P: CC'28
- Jennifer Wei and Andrew P. Bell LAW’92, P: CC’26
- Anonymous (4)