Giving to Lauder

Giving to The Lauder Institute enables the Institute to develop and implement cutting-edge educational opportunities, expand our reach globally, and stay at the forefront of an ever-changing business landscape.

The Lauder Annual Fund

Annual gifts are a crucial pillar of the Institute’s lifelong mission: providing life-changing opportunities to Lauder students and alumni. Your generosity to The Lauder Annual Fund is our greatest strength.

Through the recent growth of The Lauder Annual Fund, the Senior Global FellowsLauder Leadership Immersion Internships, and the Lauder Intercultural Ventures have joined a portfolio full of innovations that benefit students and engage alumni.

Are you a graduate of The Lauder Institute?

Learn more about Lauder’s Annual Fund Class Campaign.

Joseph H. Lauder Society

Members are recognized each year for their leadership in unrestricted annual giving to the Lauder Annual Fund

Through their generosity, these donors exhibit an unwavering commitment to The Lauder Institute and motivate their peers to increase the impact of their annual fund participation. Membership in the Joseph H. Lauder Society is also recognized in University of Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin Society.

We are proud to recognize the FY22 members of the Joseph H. Lauder Society.

LAUDER FAMILY CIRCLE ($50,000 and above)

Mr. Rene M. Kern G90 WG90 & Mrs. Marie-France Kern
Mr. Robert S. Koenigsberger G93 WG93
The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder W65 & Mrs. Jo Carole Knopf Lauder
Mr. Bart K. Swanson G89 WG89 & Ms. Evelyn W. Swanson G89 WG89

INNOVATION PARTNERS ($25,000-$49,999)

Mr. Alberto Ivan Duran WG93 & Mrs. Inma Duran
Mrs. Mary B. Malhotra G86 WG86 & Mr. Vikram Malhotra WG86

DIRECTOR’S GUILD ($10,000-$24,999)

Mrs. Melissa M. Belleville G00 WG00 & Mr. William James Belleville G00 WG00
Ms. Andrea Applegate Dover G89 WG89 & Mr. Stephen Harold Dover WG88
Mrs. Andra B. Ehrenkranz G92 WG92 & Mr. John B. Ehrenkranz WG91
Mr. Danton Gordon Goei G97 WG97
Ms. Marina Kunis Jacobson G93 WG93 & Mr. Andrew Harris Jacobson WG93
Mr. Thomas Andrew Klein G92 WG92 & Mr. Erik G. LaValle
Mr. Alvin Tsz-Wang Lam G98 WG98
Mr. Laxman Narasimhan G93 WG93 & Mrs. Vidhya Narasimhan
Mr. Pavel Oliva G00 WG00 & Ms. Kimberly Y. Oliva GED99 GRD03
Mr. Nikolaos C. Panagiotopoulos C93 W93 G97 WG97
Ms. Susan M. Sherrerd G93 WG93

INTERCULTURAL FELLOWS ($5,000-$9,999)

Mr. Wellington Chow G89 WG89
Ms. Allison Lynn Dew C91 G00 WG00
Mr. Andrew Sir Hua C92 W92 G97 WG97
Ms. Nancy R. Kail G89 WG89
Ms. Mayra Ester Kam W88 G94 WG94 & Mr. John David Rauschkolb G94 WG94
Mr. Assaf Y. Tarnopolsky G00 WG00 & Mrs. Natalie P. Tarnopolsky WG00
Mr. Robert Paul Torretti G00 WG00
Mr. John Tsai G01 WG01 & Mrs. Carmen C. Tsai
Ms. Deborah Lynn Wahl G92 WG92

GLOBAL ASSOCIATES ($2,500-$4,999)

Mr. Peter J. Benda G92 WG92
Ms. Erica Blewer Bramer G00 WG00
Mr. Marco Cesar De Freitas G01 WG01
Ms. Yinjie Guan G94 WG94
Ms. Sarah Jane Gunter G03 WG03
Mr. Al Adam Jurgela G99 WG99
Mr. William N. Kittredge G04 WG04 & Mrs. Katherine H. Kittredge WG04
Mr. Justin W. Kowalchuk WG05
Mr. Tal Lev G01 WG01 & Ms Theresa Wong WG01
Ms. Katherine G. Littlefield G14 WG14
Ms. Tereza Nemessanyi C94 G97 WG97
Mr. Shimon Shkury G01 WG01 & Dr. Ruby A. Gelman D98
Mr. David C. Trachtenberg G88 WG88

YOUNG LAUDER SOCIETY ($1,000-$2,499)

Ms. Edle Astrup Tschudi G23 WG23
Ms. Adriel Joy Barrett-Johnson G23 WG23
Ms. Maria Dolores Basabe Valor G23 WG23
Mr. Brendan Green Crowley G20 WG20
Ms. Kristen Kathleen Meredith G22 WG22
Mr. Hanzhang Yao G23 WG23

Joseph H. Lauder Society

Members are recognized each year for their leadership in unrestricted annual giving to the Lauder Annual Fund

We are proud to recognize the FY23 members of the Joseph H. Lauder Society.

Through their generosity, these donors exhibit an unwavering commitment to The Lauder Institute and motivate their peers to increase the impact of their annual fund participation. Membership in the Joseph H. Lauder Society is also recognized in University of Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin Society.

▼ LAUDER FAMILY CIRCLE ($50,000 and above)

Mr. Rene M. Kern G90 WG90 & Mrs. Marie-France Kern
Mr. Robert S. Koenigsberger G93 WG93
The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder W65 & Mrs. Jo Carole Knopf Lauder
Mr. Bart K. Swanson G89 WG89 & Ms. Evelyn W. Swanson G89 WG89

▼ INNOVATION PARTNERS ($25,000-$49,999)

Mr. Alberto Ivan Duran WG93 & Mrs. Inma Duran
Mrs. Mary B. Malhotra G86 WG86 & Mr. Vikram Malhotra WG86

▼ DIRECTOR’S GUILD ($10,000-$24,999)

Mrs. Melissa M. Belleville G00 WG00 & Mr. William James Belleville G00 WG00
Ms. Andrea Applegate Dover G89 WG89 & Mr. Stephen Harold Dover WG88
Mrs. Andra B. Ehrenkranz G92 WG92 & Mr. John B. Ehrenkranz WG91
Mr. Danton Gordon Goei G97 WG97
Ms. Marina Kunis Jacobson G93 WG93 & Mr. Andrew Harris Jacobson WG93
Mr. Thomas Andrew Klein G92 WG92 & Mr. Erik G. LaValle
Mr. Alvin Tsz-Wang Lam G98 WG98
Mr. Laxman Narasimhan G93 WG93 & Mrs. Vidhya Narasimhan
Mr. Pavel Oliva G00 WG00 & Ms. Kimberly Y. Oliva GED99 GRD03
Mr. Nikolaos C. Panagiotopoulos C93 W93 G97 WG97
Ms. Susan M. Sherrerd G93 WG93

▼ INTERCULTURAL FELLOWS ($5,000-$9,999)

Mr. Wellington Chow G89 WG89
Ms. Allison Lynn Dew C91 G00 WG00
Mr. Andrew Sir Hua C92 W92 G97 WG97
Ms. Nancy R. Kail G89 WG89
Ms. Mayra Ester Kam W88 G94 WG94 & Mr. John David Rauschkolb G94 WG94
Mr. Assaf Y. Tarnopolsky G00 WG00 & Mrs. Natalie P. Tarnopolsky WG00
Mr. Robert Paul Torretti G00 WG00
Mr. John Tsai G01 WG01 & Mrs. Carmen C. Tsai
Ms. Deborah Lynn Wahl G92 WG92

▼ GLOBAL ASSOCIATES ($2,500-$4,999)

Ms. Melissa Bramowitz G09 WG09 & Mr. David Retchkiman Nino De Rivera G09 WG09
Ms. Allison Lynn Dew C91 G00 WG00
Ms. Sarah Jane Gunter G03 WG03
Mr. Al Adam Jurgela G99 WG99
Mr. William N. Kittredge G04 WG04 & Mrs. Katherine Kittredge WG04
Mr. Justin W. Kowalchuk WG05 G06
Mr. Normand R. Savoie C86 G91 WG91
Mr. Allen Lloyd Thomas C06 W06
Alexander Ustraykh, Esquire G86 WG86 L87

▼ YOUNG LAUDER SOCIETY ($1,000-$2,499)

Ms. Edle Astrup Tschudi G23 WG23
Ms. Adriel Joy Barrett-Johnson G23 WG23
Ms. Maria Dolores Basabe Valor G23 WG23
Mr. Brendan Green Crowley G20 WG20
Ms. Kristen Kathleen Meredith G22 WG22
Mr. Hanzhang Yao G23 WG23

The Annual Fund Class Campaign

Lauder graduates make up the most passionate alumni community in the world. Our dedication to the Institute’s ongoing success tells other alumni, prospective students, and the global business community that supporting Lauder is one of our highest collective priorities. The sustained support of Lauderites around the world gives the Institute the resources it needs to remain financially strong and best in its class.

Kanishk Raghuvanshi, G'19, WG'19

Kanishk Raghuvanshi, G’19, WG’19
Lauder Annual Fund Co-Chair

Robert Torretti, G'00, WG’00

Robert Torretti, G’00, WG’00
Lauder Annual Fund Co-Chair

Evelyn Windhager Swanson, G'89, WG'89

Evelyn Windhager Swanson, G’89, WG’89
Lauder Annual Fund Co-Chair

Specific Funding Priorities

Philanthropic support is critical to sustaining the success of the program and making Lauder’s top-tier curriculum within the reach of the most promising students. Your gift will strengthen the impact of the Institute as the world’s preeminent international joint-degree program, MA/MBA or MA/JD.

▼ Student Support

Providing assistance with tuition, experiential learning costs, and fees is a top priority for the Lauder Institute. This type of support increases students’ access to expert faculty and impressive alumni, cultural immersions in locations around the world, instruction in ten languages, and personal career guidance.

▼ Program Development

Only by offering the most innovative business education possible can the Wharton School and the Lauder Institute maintain their position and impact at the forefront of global business education. The Lauder Institute has launched several initiatives and ventures to fulfill its commitment to providing students experiential, life-changing programs.

▼ Faculty Research and Thought Leadership

Scholars of world renown and professors of practice, Lauder faculty are uncommonly qualified to bring a global perspective to critical issues in the humanities, social sciences, international business, and law. Dedicated research funds allow faculty to bridge the gap between theory and practice, providing students with real-world relevance.

▼ The Lauder Annual Fund

The Lauder Institute Annual Fund provides the Institute’s director with the resources to support the Institute’s most pressing needs at his or her discretion. In recent years these have included: the Global Program; dedicated global career advisor and Senior Global Fellows; leadership immersion opportunities; and engagement of the alumni community.

Megan Burton G’24, WG’24
Chicago, USA
Europe Program – French

Career Goals: I am on a mission to build a business that addresses global brain and mental health challenges while leveraging a global perspective. I am currently working on my own start-up in the consumer wellness and CPG space. I am passionate about fostering collaboration and mentorship among entrepreneurs, especially for females and minorities.

Class Experience: Enhancing my French has opened doors to deeper connections, allowing rich and meaningful conversations with friends from different walks of life. The camaraderie with classmates and the invaluable advice from alumni have not only polished my start-up ideas but have instilled a sense of belonging and a belief in the #lauderlove collaborative spirit that I will carry forward in my future relationships and career.

Stay Engaged

To learn more about supporting the Lauder Institute, please contact Carolyn Miller, Lauder External Affairs, at carmil@wharton.upenn.edu.

Give Now

Ways to Give

▼ Online

Make an online gift http://whr.tn/give-to-lauder

▼ Mail

Make checks payable to

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

Please include your name, affiliations, and how to allocate your gift (ex. Lauder Annual Fund).

For USPS
University of Pennsylvania
Office of the Treasurer
PO BOX 71332
Philadelphia, PA 19176-9913

For FedEx and UPS Deliveries Only
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton External Affairs
Suite 300 FMC Tower
2929 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

▼ Matching Gifts

You can increase the impact of your gift

if you or your spouse are affiliated with a company that has a matching gift program. For more information, call +1-215-898-5069 or visit www.matchinggifts.com/uofpa.

▼ Donor-Advising Funds or Foundation Gifts

You may also recommend or direct gifts

to the Lauder Annual Fund through donor-advised funds or private foundations. You will need to provide the University of Pennsylvania’s Tax ID/EIN which is 23-1352685. Payments should be made payable to “The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania” and designated to the Lauder Annual Fund.

▼ Giving to Penn from Outside the United States

If you live outside the United States,

Visit giving.upenn.edu/international-giving for more information on how to give. Your contribution may even qualify for tax benefits in your home country.

▼ Planned Giving

Planned gifts can be made through

bequests, unitrusts, life insurance, pooled income funds, and real estate. If you are interested in learning more about planned giving opportunities, call +1.215.898.6171 or visit www.giving.wharton.upenn.edu/gift-plans.

▼ Bank Wires

Send your gift via a bank wire to

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104

Account Name
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania – Gifts Accounting
Account# 2000030009956
Reference: Name and Affiliation (example: John Smith, WG’99)

For Domestic Wires and ACH’s
ABA Routing #: 121-000-248

For International Wires Only
SWIFT CODE: WFBIUS6S
CHIPS: 0407

▼ Securities Gifts

To make a gift of appreciated securities,

either you or your broker should contact: Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

Attention: Kristine Hankins, +1.610-260-8531

DTC: 0015
Customer Name: University of Pennsylvania
Tax ID: 23-1352685
Account Number: 858-010018

To contact the University’s Securities Office contact:

Contact: Jean Suta

Phone: +1.215.898.7254
Email: jeanie@upenn.edu

University of Pennsylvania
2929 Walnut Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5099

A New Chapter of Alumni Leadership

The Lauder Institute Challenge (2013-2018) inaugurated a new chapter of alumni leadership. This partnership between the Lauder family and the alumni community contributed new resources to catalyze innovation, provide greater access, and establish The Lauder Annual Fund…