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Grandparents and Special Friends Day
Scholarship Gala
50th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND FESTIVITIES
Saturday
April 18, 2026
SCHOLARSHIP GALA
for Current Families and Faculty
Featuring:
Cocktail and Silent Auction | Dinner and Live Auction | Fund-A-Scholar
and
Dancing through the Decades with DJ DeLa
6:00–11:00PM
Old & New Gyms
Plus...
A Special Event for This Year’s Anniversary!
Friday
April 17, 2026
SCHOLARSHIP CELEBRATION
for Parents of Alumni, Alumni, Current and Former Faculty
Featuring:
Cocktails and Silent Auction | Specialty Throwback Items | Fund-A-Scholar
and
Music through the Decades by DJ DeLa
6:30–9:00PM
Old Gym
Scholarship Gala Committee
Co-chairs
Sarah Bowman '91, Jamesia Green, and Mary Ross
Live and Simply Extraordinary Chairs
Moiz Doriwala and Chloë Chadá Van-Johnson
Silent Chairs
Iesha Brown Pygatt, Mary Godier and Chantise Whitley
Wall of Wine Chairs
Marsha Ashley and Dhani Jones
Decorations Chairs
Jeff Lee and Amit Magdieli
Sponsorship and Advertisements Chairs
David Hurwitz, Heidi Kong, and Joel Schulman
50th Celebration Planning Committee
Judy Bacon
Antoinette Barksdale
Alexis Brown ’09
Ian Cameron
Jack Corby ’18
Colleen Connors
Callan Daniel ’19
Antoinette Barksdale
Avonda Fogan ’12
Richard Gervase
Heidi Kong
Judith & Richard Meltzer
Diane Mooney
Elizabeth Odom
Liz Osius ’02
Nancy Palmer
Marilyn Potts
Ann Rakestraw
Anne Randolph
Shefali Srivastava
Holly Sukenik
Kathy Sweeney-Hammond
Marjo Talbott
Dana Tignor ’99
Victoria & Franklin Wassmer
Rachel Moore Weller
Gala Quick Facts
27%
of students at Maret receive financial aid.
100%
of Maret students benefit from being part of an equitable and inclusive community full of diverse and talented students.
100%
of Gala proceeds support financial aid.
10%
of Maret's financial aid budget is raised by the Gala.
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