Margaret Bailey Speer Award - Presented to Torie Osborn May 4, 2018
The Margaret Bailey Speer Award is given to a graduate who has shown Courage for the Deed; Grace for the Doing; whose deeds have helped to make the community stronger and freer; who has in some way helped to lessen prejudice, intolerance and injustice; or whose accomplishments, political, artistic, literary, or scientific, bring credit to her/him and to The Shipley School.
After graduating from Shipley in ’68, Torie attended Barnard College and graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in English. She went on to earn an MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, specializing in Finance.
In her role as top policy advisor for Los Angeles County 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, she focuses on economic equity and human rights; to date, she has worked on raising the minimum wage, initiating the County’s Center for Financial Empowerment, helping expand LGBT youth services countywide, and launched a major initiative on women and girls.
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In her role as top policy advisor for Los Angeles County 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, she focuses on economic equity and human rights; to date, she has worked on raising the minimum wage, initiating the County’s Center for Financial Empowerment, helping expand LGBT youth services countywide, and launched a major initiative on women and girls.
Torie has guided some of the nation’s most effective non-profit organizations as they tackled tremendous challenges, including the AIDS crisis, LGBT rights, and economic justice. She has worked on governance and fiscal reform, increasing voter participation by young people, people of color and immigrants. Torie is known nationally for her community-organizing approach to solving problems and for being at the leading edge of major fights for social justice for over five decades. She is also a published author and columnist.
In recognition of her efforts dedicated to social justice and to strengthening community, the Alumni Council has awarded Torie the Margaret Bailey Speer Award.
In recognition of her efforts dedicated to social justice and to strengthening community, the Alumni Council has awarded Torie the Margaret Bailey Speer Award.
Margaret Bailey Speer Award - Presented to Torie Osborn May 4, 2018
The Margaret Bailey Speer Award is given to a graduate who has shown Courage for the Deed; Grace for the Doing; whose deeds have helped to make the community stronger and freer; who has in some way helped to lessen prejudice, intolerance and injustice; or whose accomplishments, political, artistic, literary, or scientific, bring credit to her/him and to The Shipley School.
After graduating from Shipley in ’68, Torie attended Barnard College and graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in English. She went on to earn an MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, specializing in Finance.
In her role as top policy advisor for Los Angeles County 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, she focuses on economic equity and human rights; to date, she has worked on raising the minimum wage, initiating the County’s Center for Financial Empowerment, helping expand LGBT youth services countywide, and launched a major initiative on women and girls.
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In her role as top policy advisor for Los Angeles County 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, she focuses on economic equity and human rights; to date, she has worked on raising the minimum wage, initiating the County’s Center for Financial Empowerment, helping expand LGBT youth services countywide, and launched a major initiative on women and girls.
Torie has guided some of the nation’s most effective non-profit organizations as they tackled tremendous challenges, including the AIDS crisis, LGBT rights, and economic justice. She has worked on governance and fiscal reform, increasing voter participation by young people, people of color and immigrants. Torie is known nationally for her community-organizing approach to solving problems and for being at the leading edge of major fights for social justice for over five decades. She is also a published author and columnist.
In recognition of her efforts dedicated to social justice and to strengthening community, the Alumni Council has awarded Torie the Margaret Bailey Speer Award.
In recognition of her efforts dedicated to social justice and to strengthening community, the Alumni Council has awarded Torie the Margaret Bailey Speer Award.
Alumni in the Spotlight
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Carter Barnhart ’10: Making Mental Health Care More Accessible
Carter Barnhart ’10 is the co-founder and CEO of Charlie Health, with the goal of providing high-quality, personalized mental health treatment to a broader population through a virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) that combines group, individual, and family therapy sessions delivered entirely online. In 2022, Carter was named to Inc. Magazine’s Female Founders 100 list for her work to rapidly grow Charlie Health.Read More -
Helen “Honey” Beuf ’78: Turning Grief Into Action
When Helen “Honey” Beuf ’78 lost her daughter to suicide, she turned her grief into action. Working with a good friend who is a movie producer, Honey and her other daughter, Tess, decided to produce a documentary film called My Sister Liv. In making the film, Honey says she became aware of unmet needs of kids in learning about suicide prevention and mental health.Read More -
Q&A with the Alumni Office: Aly Mason ’07 & Ali Schwartz ’10
Shipley is lucky to have two of its own at the helm of a re-energized Alumni Engagement Office after a two-year hiatus from hosting regional and major events. Aly Mason ’07 took over the role of Director in September 2022, joining Assistant Director Ali Schwartz ’10 in the shared endeavor of connecting with alumni of all ages through robust alumni programming.Read More -
Where are They Now: Greg Coleman
This beloved former French teacher and Admissions Director retired from Shipley in 2009 after 32 years of serving in various teaching and administrative roles. Having served on the Boards of Church Farm School and Benchmark School, Mr. Coleman is back at Shipley as a member of the Board of Trustees.Read More -
2023 Alumni Service Award Presented to Trina Vaux ’63
The Alumni Service Award is presented for outstanding volunteer service to The Shipley School by an alumna or alumnus as demonstrated by strong loyalty, exceptional contributions of time and effort, and personal commitment to the advancement of the School’s mission.Read More -
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Presented to Helen Fisher ’63, PhD
The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes the outstanding achievement, the dedication, and the personal accomplishments of a Shipley alumna or alumnus in a particular field of endeavor, whether it be in a chosen profession, through formal volunteer activities unrelated to the school, or through a personal commitment to an issue, project, or cause.Read More -
2023 Young Alumni Award Presented to Alicia Roth Weigel ’08
The Shipley School Young Alumni Award recognizes a Shipley alumna or alumnus who has graduated within the preceding twenty years and demonstrates innovation, curiosity, and creativity in the pursuit of excellence in a particular field, whether it be in a profession, through formal volunteer activities unrelated to the School, or through a personal commitment to an issue, project, or cause.Read More -
2023 Young Alumni Award Presented to Meghan Stevenson-Krausz ’08
The Shipley School Young Alumni Award recognizes a Shipley alumna or alumnus who has graduated within the preceding twenty years and demonstrates innovation, curiosity, and creativity in the pursuit of excellence in a particular field, whether it be in a profession, through formal volunteer activities unrelated to the School, or through a personal commitment to an issue, project, or cause.Read More -
Nancy Schwartzman ’93: 2023 Sundance Film Festival Selection
The latest documentary film from director and producer Nancy Schwartzman ’93, Victim/Suspect will screen as an official selection of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition. The documentary was produced in partnership with Motto Pictures and the Center for Investigative Reporting Studios as a Netflix original film.Read More -
Aki Garrett ’00: A Gator’s Mentality
Media executive and business builder Akinwole "Aki" Garrett '00 credits Shipley with providing a drive for excellence and the tools for achieving success, as well as an interest in serving the communities he's a part of. Luckily for Shipley, Aki gives back to the School in big ways, like serving as a member of the Board of Trustees and the Alumni Council.Read More -
Neal Regino ’03: Grateful & Giving Back
In the two decades since he attended Shipley with the benefit of tuition assistance, Neal Regino ’03 has made a positive impact in the world. In addition to co-founding a nonprofit foundation benefiting children in Chester, PA, Neal has served Shipley in many ways, most significantly as President of the Alumni Council and a member of the Board of Trustees.Read More -
Alumni on Campus Q&A: 3rd Grade Teacher Jenny Rieg Gellert ’99
Jenny Rieg Gellert ’99 attended Shipley for 12 years. While she was a student, she served as captain of the field hockey and lacrosse teams, was Yearbook Editor, and served on the social committee. After graduating from Trinity College, Jenny taught at schools in New York City and the Philadelphia suburbs for 13 years.Read More -
Class of 2022 Reflections
Members of the Class of 2022 share their reflections on their time at Shipley. Whether they were a lifer or only attended Shipley for a short time, the School’s impact is everlasting.Read More -
Dan Lichtenberg ’99: Investing in a Cleaner, More Sustainable, and Healthier Future
As founder and Chief Executive Officer of Keiki Capital, Dan Lichtenberg ’99 marries his technical and financial expertise with his passion for developing creative solutions to global problems—global warming and climate change, food and water insecurity, income and wealth inequality—and transforming data into actionable intelligence.Read More -
Meghan Stevenson-Krausz ’08: Creating Opportunity for Underrepresented People
A firm believer that “talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not,” Meghan Stevenson-Krausz ’08 has dedicated her young but impactful career to providing opportunity through impact investing to underrepresented people and financially underserved communities across the globe. Since October 2019, she has helped Inca Ventures invest $2 million in 17 companies based in the Andean region.Read More -
A Big Year for Robbin “Robb” Armstrong ’81
Nationally syndicated cartoonist, author, and motivational speaker Robb Armstrong ’81 has been busy this year, with announcements of a CBS sitcom, $200,000 in endowments to two Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Syracuse University's Arents Award.Read More -
July Book Releases from Shipley Alumnae Authors
Shipley is proud to announce the publication of three critically acclaimed books by alumnae authors, including Echoes from Wuhan: The Past as Prologue by Gretchen Dykstra ’66, Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Kirby Dark ’71, and Roll Red Roll by Nancy Schwartzman ’93.Read More -
Black Alumni Association Endowment Fund Established
In February 2021, Shipley’s Black Alumni Association (BAA) set out to raise $100,000 in order to establish the Black Alumni Association Endowment Fund at Shipley, in support of the curricular and cultural needs of current Black students and teachers. With the support of the Shipley community and the tremendous leadership of Hakiem Coles ’07, the BAA and Shipley proudly announce that the goal of $100,000 has been met and exceeded by 30%!Read More -
2022 Margaret Bailey Speer Award Presented to Linda Powell Solomon ’77, M.D.
The Margaret Bailey Speer Award was awarded to Linda Powell Solomon ’77, M.D. on April 29, 2022 in recognition of her work to blaze the trail and support minority students in their pursuit of careers in science and to make these fields more accessible and equitable. Learn more about Linda and her impact.Read More -
2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Presented to Kathleen "Chou-Chou" Ridder Crampton ’62
On April 29, 2022, Kathleen "Chou-Chou" Ridder Crampton ’62 received Shipley's Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of her role as a leader in the healthcare industry and for her dedication to making a difference in the lives of others through her efforts with the Women's League of Voters and the National Popular Vote.Read More
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