Campaign Leadership & Supporters

Letter from Cristina Vittoria CEO

Winter 2025

Dear Friends,

Today we formally and publicly launch Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich’s $35 million capital campaign that has been moving along in the background and that includes milestone gifts from incredible supporters. This campaign will support what I regard as transformative and necessary investments in our Clubhouse and Camp Simmons, in our programs, in the work of our staff and our and ultimately in our Club’s bright future. 

By way of background, our Board launched a strategic planning effort in 2016, yielding a plan that has served as the road map for many big picture initiatives over recent years. One of those initiatives has been the goal to renovate and modernize our Clubhouse and Renovate Camp Simmons to support current and future program needs. In support of that goal, we developed a comprehensive Clubhouse master plan, led by the Club’s architectural firm KG&D architects. That required zoning and ARC approval before it could move forward, an effort which was approved in early 2023.

After our groundbreaking ceremony in October 2023, AP Construction started demolition and our bold plans have steadily been taking shape with the goal of having all or most of this done in time for the 2025-2026 school year. But for all this to happen -- for all of this to be successful -- we need your help. We need the support of and investment from our Greenwich community to make this a reality. Now is our time and our turn to steward this beautiful Clubhouse, where our youth benefit daily from facilities and spaces made possible by the creativity and support of previous BGCG generations. We hope you will say yes to our request to invest in both the today and tomorrow of our Club, whether through generous support of these transformational building plans, through ongoing donations to our annual fund, or through gifts to grow our endowment.

Sincerely,
Cristina

Our Generous Donors
Thank you to our early supporters of the BUILDING GREAT FUTURES Campaign*

BGCG Visionaries $1,000,000 and up
Anonymous
The Breed Family
The Fox Family
The Per and Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation
Anthony and Sally Mann Family
State of Connecticut

Great Futures Society $500,000 to $999,999
The Harrison Family
Elizabeth and Robert Kirkpatrick
Sally and Larry Lawrence
Jean Strauss Mintz
Estate of Vincent Masi
S & L Marx Foundation * The Better Family
The Tang Family
Janet and Stephen Zide * Zide Family Foundation

1910 Founders Society: $250,000 to $499,999
The 1830 Foundation
Vicki and David Craver
Gabelli Foundation Incorporated
Judy O. Higgins
Ananta-OM Foundation LLC
Isabel and David Lasky
Gregory and Caroline Martinez
Nancy Risman and Richard Browne
Nancy and Robert Selander
Eileen Tang
The Tyler Family
Jean and Richard Witmer, Jr.  

Clubhouse Society: $100,000-249,999
The Brewer Foundation
Kate and Jim Clark
Julie and Clarke B. Futch
Susan and Bradford D. Hart
Barbara and Joseph J. Havranek
Kelly Romano and Tom Hipp Family
The Kleinknecht Family
Leon Lowenstein Foundation * The Schulman Family
Marie Fauth Charitable Trust
Liz and Arthur Martinez
Sarah and Joe Osnoss
Lauren and John M. Roth
Heather and John Sargent
Town of Greenwich (CDBG)
Phyllis and Christopher Winham
Zaccheus Mead Lane Association

Horseneck Lane Society $50,000-$99,999
Anonymous
Eryn and Michael Bingle
Karen and Brian Cohn
Judy and Christopher Collins
Barbara and Joseph J. Havranek
Elizabeth and Doug Lake
Kyle and Cameron MacDougall
Verition Fund Management
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pergola
Natalie and Randy Simpson
Shannon and Bart Wyand

Keystone Circle: $25,000-$49,999
Kimberley and Neil Augustine
Susan J. Bevan
Kristina and Michael Gabelli
Celeste and Burton E. Hilton
Peggy and Scott Kalb
Marie-France and Rene M. Kern
The Krumholz Family
So-Chung Shinn and Tony Lee
Karen and Ron Mincio
Jack and Daisy Neumark
Ana and Julio Ojea Quintana
Pitch Your Peers
The Schmitz Family
Town of Greenwich (ARPA)
Annette and Kirk Wilson

Torch Circle: $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (2)
Michelle Binnie
Kevin Comolli
Jocelyn and Christopher Dimsey
Nancy and Frank Fazzinga
Mike and Tracy Freedman
HealthCare Royalty Partners
Cynthia and Andy Herr
Iron Triangle Partners
J.P. Morgan Private Wealth
Scott and Peggy Kalb
Carolyn and Jay Kaplan
Rene and Marie-France Kern
Jenna and Andrew Krumholz
Annette and Kirk Wilson
Jonna Mesimaki and Dean Bell
Susan and Glenn Meyers
Karen and Ron Mincio
Celeste and Burt Hilton
The Old Timers Athletic Association of Greenwich
Lisa and Bruce Quakenbush
Marie Rocha
Marc Rowan
Shelby and John Saer
Patricia and Bruno Santonocito
Alexander and Tyler Schuessler
The Stapleton Family
WorldQuant LLC

Mentor Circle $5,000-$9,999
Jennifer and Michael Baldock
Steve and Eileen Bartels
Deborah and James Carrier
Kevin Gillespie and Heather Dennis
Nick and Shauna Graziano
M.E. and Gummi Kjaernested
Jenny and John Klein
Annesley and David MacFarlane
Jenny and James Matthews
Kristen and Daniel Rosenbaum
Darren and Meridith Shames
Chris Winters and Leigh Shemitz
Steve Valan
Luciana Vittoria
Keith Ward and Maria DeLisi
Debby and Peter Weinberg

Home Away From Home Circle: $1,000-$4,999
Honora Ahern and Madison Grose
Nancy and Elliot Alchek
George Asch
Susan and Marvin Berenblum
Toni and Seth Bernstein
Gretchen and Lance Bylow
Jill and James Carmichael
Laura Dianis
Samuel Duboc
Jim Israel
Bryanna and Jonathan Kallman
Catherine and Andrew W. Marcus
Melanie and Larry Margolis
Alyssa and David Portny
Lauren and Michael Stellwagen
Kelly and Jason Vintiadis
Rebecca and Bobby Walker
Susan and Torben Weis

Friends Circle: $999 and below
Rajay Bagaria
Leslie Becker
Garfield Charles
Nick Davey
Florence Finkle
Jodie Freedman
Norman Glosserman
Dorene Herzog
Gretchen and David Johnson
Jennie Karotkin
Ann and Stephen Kaufman
Robert and Ellen Kaufmann
Biana and Ben Lanson
Cristina Lazaro
Virginia and JB Lockhart
Suzanne Miller
Lisa Mitchell
Peter and Beverly Orthwein
Linda and Thomas Ortwein
Sally Roberts
Dana and Gregory T. Rogers
Matthew and Melissa Rubel
Natalie and Eric Stein
Eloise M. Thomas
Diana Weil
Margaret Weiss
Jill and Jeffrey L. Weiss
Nancy Sarnoff Williams
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff

*List as of February 1, 2025