W&S Partners in Discovery
For nearly 30 years, Women & Science Partners in Discovery donors have raised more than $55 million in support of talented women pursuing careers in the sciences at Rockefeller University. Supporters provide crucial funding for women graduate fellows and postdoctoral investigators, faculty recruitment, and other important resources for women scientists at the university.
In 2019, Women & Science established the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund (Kellen WEF), a new leading-edge program that to encourage more women to develop the translational and entrepreneurial potential of their research at the university. The Kellen WEF and the Dean’s Office host the annual Managing Science & Scientists Workshop for Early-Career Researchers at Rockefeller University. Taught by professors from Harvard Business School and Berkeley Haas School of Business, this three-day workshop provides management training for academic scientists.
2025–2026 W&S Donors
Centennial Laureate ($100,000+)
Denise and Michael Kellen
Dr. Svetlana Mojsov
Stanley S. Shuman in memory of
Sydney R. Shuman
Simons Foundation International
Lulu C. Wang
Laureate ($50,000+)
Marlene Hess
Rebecca A. John†
Julie Wilcox*
Visionary ($25,000+)
Caroline R. Curry
Cheryl Cohen Effron
Diane K. Halvorsen
Elena A. Matthews
Robin Chemers Neustein
Pathfinder ($10,000+)
Judith Roth Berkowitz
Daniella Lipper Coules
Jasmina Denner, Ph.D.
Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. ’91
Sandra J. Horbach
Rebecca A. John
Evelyn G. Lipper, M.D.
Béatrice Philippe
Marnie S. Pillsbury
Jean and Doug Renfield-Miller
Sandra Tamer
Paula Volent
Pioneer ($5,000+)
Holly S. Andersen, M.D.
Brook Berlind
Jean D. Hamilton†
Phyllis (Patti) A. Klein
Lianne Lazetera
Teena L. Lerner, Ph.D.
Nancy C. Paduano
Gail Hunt Reeke
Sanford J. Schlesinger, Esq.
Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation
Sheila Scott
Investigator ($2,500+)
Betsy S. Barbanell
Lauren Belfer
Mary D. Brust, R.N.
Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt
Linda Fan
Susan C. Frunzi, Esq.
Jean D. Hamilton
Jane Frank Katcher, M.D.
Kathryn Matthews
The V & L Marx Foundation
Mary S. Sykes
Cynthia M. Whitehead
Marcia S. Wilson
Friend ($1,000+)
Anonymous
Julie Boyer and Timothy O’Connor
Marilyn G. Breslow
Lisa Colby-Jones
Drs. Barry and Bobbi Coller
Ellen Corwin
Roz Feder, M.D., Ph.D.
Lee White Galvis
Cheryl MacLachlan and Fred Gorelick
Kristin Hohmann
Cathy Brienza Ingram
Mary Lee S. Ledbetter, Ph.D. ’72
Carol A. LeWitt
Bettye M. Musham
Donna Rukin
Kristina Segesvary
Katherine Sieh-Takata
Carla H. Skodinski
Karen Wagner
Hermine Warren
Xiaokui Zhang, Ph.D.
Silvia Zoullas
Contributor ($500+)
Helen Fairbank Goodkin
Anastasia T. Milonas
Natalie Shawn
Leslie D. Toepfer
Patricia Widner
Donna Zilkha
Supporter (Up to $499)
Anonymous (2)
R. Ellen Avellino
Sharon Brown
Sarah Brown-Adams
Marilyn Budzanoski
Barbara Colwell
Beth Delaney
Joan and Wolcott B. Dunham
Elliot Favus
Paul Fehlner
Merrie Frankel
Linda Gottlieb
Nancy J. Haneman
Estate of Lucinda C. Hunt
George Kellner
Catherine Kim
Bruce Krueger
Elisabeth Lachmann
Sylvia Lavietes
Ilene Leff
Dale Mathias
Carolyn L. Patterson
Nancy J. Phillips
Ann Rakoff
Louis Reuter
Laurie M. Shahon
Sharon Spaight
Silda L. Spitzer
Ellen Turchyn
Marian Unterman
Annetta K. Weaver
Marina Whitman
Susan Witkin
Mackenzie Yedlin
Gifts as of March 5, 2026
†Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund
