About the Parents’ Council
The Wake Forest Parents’ Council serves as a vehicle for parents of current students to communicate ideas, questions and concerns to the University through their Council representatives. To contact a member of the Parents’ Council, email parents@wfu.edu and the Office of Family Engagement will help field your question or direct your email to the appropriate Council member.
Parents’ Council members provide Wake Forest with direction by studying issues, offering guidance, acting as liaisons, and leading the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund. Parents’ Council members also serve as ambassadors in their geographic area to prospective Wake Forest students.
The Wake Forest Parents’ Council is comprised of approximately 185 families who have been invited to represent the parents of over 4,900 undergraduates. The Council meets twice during the school year, once each semester. Terms are two years in length and are renewable. Members are selected based on their interest in and ability to help Wake Forest fulfill its mission.
Activities
Meetings
The Parents’ Council meets twice during the academic year: during Family Weekend in the fall and again during a winter weekend.
Parents’ Campaign of The Wake Forest Fund
Each Parents’ Council member is asked to make an annual contribution to the Parents’ Campaign of The Wake Forest Fund, Wake Forest’s annual unrestricted giving program. During the 2021-2022 campaign, Parents’ Council members contributed 51% of the $5,121,149 raised in the Parents’ Campaign. Overall, 3,564 current and past Wake Forest families supported the Parents’ Campaign.
Throughout the academic year, the Parents’ Campaign chairs send messages to parents and families, seeking their support of the parents’ campaign of The Wake Forest Fund. If you are a parent or family member and wish to make a gift, you may do so at our secure website (please indicate “The Parents’ Campaign” in the Gift Information section).
Parents’ Council Leadership 2022-2023
Parents’ Council Chairs
Burwell and Chip Schorr P’23, P’23
New York, NY
Parents’ Campaign Chairs
Anne and Robert Pedrero P’24
San Francisco, CA
Parents’ Council Members, 2022-23
First Names | Last Name | Home City | State |
---|---|---|---|
Jim and Wendy | Agah | Westport | CT |
Mark and Susan | Anderson | Kentfield | CA |
Ann and Chris | Aristides | Hillsborough | CA |
Jenkie and Dan | Arnold | La Jolla | CA |
Katherine and Tony | Atala | Winston Salem | NC |
VJ and Venkat | Atluri | Hinsdale | IL |
Allison and Luke | Babcock | Sag Harbor | NY |
Holly and Carter | Balfour | Saint Paul | MN |
Christine and Peter | Barrett | South Bend | IN |
Julie and Todd | Baur | St. Louis | MO |
Laura and Chris | Berry | Charlotte | NC |
Karen and John | Blair | Ruxton | MD |
Laura and James | Bland | Winston-Salem | NC |
Jill and Michael | Bluhm | Malibu | CA |
Dyan and Douglas | Boake/Triffo | San Francisco | CA |
Jakie and Peter | Bowles | Richmond | VA |
Ashley and Tom | Bradley | New York | NY |
Leslie and Phillips | Bragg | Huntersville | NC |
Jackie and Beau | Breckenridge | West Palm Beach | FL |
Lael and Peter | Brodsky | Dallas | TX |
Aerin and Dan | Bryant | McLean | VA |
Gretchen and Miguel | Busquets | Lexington | KY |
Claire and Michael | Callewaert | Waterville Valley | NH |
Jennifer | Camel-Toueg | Key Biscayne | FL |
Lisa and Andrew | Cameron | Baltimore | MD |
Catharine and John | Cathey | Ligonier | PA |
Christina and George | Caulkins | Denver | CO |
Annah and Pat | Cave | Washington | DC |
Diane and Warren | Chaiken/Trounson-Chaiken | Blue Bell | PA |
An | Chen | Hillsborough | CA |
Kim and John | Church | New York | NY |
Nita and Cullum | Clark | Dallas | TX |
Jenny and Chris | Clark | Greenwich | CT |
Gretchen and Jay | Clayton | New York | NY |
Margo and Roger | Coleman | Denver | CO |
Aimee and Jonathan | Coleman | Plandome | NY |
Jennifer and Peter | Collins | Tampa | FL |
Catherine and Thomas | Connolly | Newton | MA |
Deborah and Michael | Conway | Seattle | WA |
Jennifer and Matthew | Cook | San Francisco | CA |
Elena and John | Coumantaros / Filippou-Coumantaros | New York | NY |
Teresa and Roger | Cozzi | Manhasset | NY |
Caroline and David | Crawford | Atlanta | GA |
Dawn and Rod | Crawford | Jupiter | FL |
Cal and Jack | Daggitt | Bethesda | MD |
Myn and Terry | Demmon | Atherton | CA |
Courtney and Doug | Denby | Dallas | TX |
Patricia and Nicholas | DeNovio | Bethesda | MD |
Amy and Carmine | Di Sibio | Summit | NJ |
Paula and David | Dickey | Atlanta | GA |
Shefali and Rajat | Duggal/Razdan Duggal | San Francisco | CA |
Jennifer and Peter | Dunne | Lake Forest | IL |
Helen and David | Dwyer | Short Hills | NJ |
Marisa and Pat | Dwyer | Miami | FL |
Carrie and Kinsey | Dyckman | Princeton | NJ |
Brenda | Earl | Rye | NY |
Loree and John | Eckstein | Jacksonville Beach | FL |
Robin and David | Elliott | Wayne | PA |
Catherine and Paul | Embree | Winnetka | IL |
Molly and Gregg | Engles | Englewood | CO |
Leigh and Jamie | Everitt | Sun Valley | ID |
Trista and William | Farrell | Roanoke | VA |
Meredith and Brian | Feurtado | Greenwich | CT |
Liz and Jonathan | Fitzpatrick | Coral Gables | FL |
Ellen and Trey | Flautt | Knoxville | TN |
Malia and David | Frame | New Canaan | CT |
Bob and Jill | Franz | New Canaan | CT |
Andrea and Drew | Frick | Jacksonville | FL |
Carmen and Cali | Garcia-Velez | Pinecrest | FL |
Caroline and Robert | Gefaell | Winston Salem | NC |
Meredith and Whitney | George | Darien | CT |
Abigail and Lloyd | Gerry | Pound Ridge | NY |
Maria and Jay | Ghazal | Arlington | VA |
Carolyn and Parker | Gilbert | Bedford | NY |
Christine and Mike | Gilfillan | Madison | NJ |
Raichelle and Lewis | Glover | Charlotte | NC |
Michelle and Brendan | Glynn | Milton | MA |
Maura and Neil | Glynn | Needham | MA |
Karin and Charles | Goldstuck | Gulf Stream | FL |
Andrea and Todd | Greene | Los Angeles | CA |
Carol and Jeff | Groh | Washington | DC |
Julie and Rick | Gruber | San Mateo | CA |
Lori and Ashby | Hackney | Richmond | VA |
Joyce and Michael | Hagan | Newtown | PA |
Sue and Crawford | Hamilton | Denver | CO |
Lara and Stillman | Hanson | Durham | NC |
Susan | Hartong | New Canaan | CT |
Sue and Robin | Hayes | Darien | CT |
Brooke and Chris | Henchy/Shields | New York | NY |
Laura and Michael | Henderlong | Far Hills | NJ |
Charlotte and Jeff | Hicks | Coral Gables | FL |
Melanie and Mark | Holton | Winston Salem | NC |
Karen and Jeffrey | Horowitz | Short Hills | NJ |
Cristina | Hudson | Napa | CA |
Allisa and Rob | Huestis | Athens | GA |
Katie and Jack | Huffard | McLean | VA |
Nita and Jonathan | Hunter/Major | Toronto | ON |
Amy | Hurst | St. Simons Island | GA |
Deanna and Stu | Ingis | Bethesda | MD |
Merry and Hal | Jenkins | Asheville | NC |
Janice and Bill | Jennings | Darien | CT |
Emily and Ross | Jones | Needham | MA |
Laurie and Lyndon | Jordan | Raleigh | NC |
Angie and John | Joyce | Winnetka | IL |
Daniela and Kunal | Kamlani | Coconut Grove | FL |
Anastasia and Ed | Kehoe | New York | NY |
Melissa and David | Kelly | Lutherville Timonium | MD |
Kelly and Crane | Kenney | Winnetka | IL |
Mimi and Tom | Killoren | Spartanburg | SC |
Penny and Gary | Kosinski | Ocean Ridge | FL |
Emily and Andrew | Kotchen | Irvington | NY |
Heather and John | Kreitler | Fairfield | CT |
Cindy and Jeff | Kuchman | Bokeelia | FL |
Vicky and Ken | Lang | Weston | MA |
Rachel and Rich | Laxer | London | UK |
Jennifer and Richard | Lerner/Scully-Lerner | New York | NY |
Kristin and Andy | Lesher | Washington | DC |
Karen and Allan | Levine | Ridgewood | NJ |
Suzanne and Dave | Lissy | Needham | MA |
Steffie and Mark | Madigan | Winnetka | IL |
Elizabeth and John | Matthews | Raleigh | NC |
Julie and Kevin | McAllister | Owing Mills | MD |
Monica and Wes | Metheny | Annapolis | MD |
Jennifer and John | Metz | Scottsdale | AZ |
Tony and Kara | Mikulec | St. Louis | MO |
Judith and Greg | Miller | Old Greenwich | CT |
Laura and Jay | Moore | Jacksonville | FL |
Kristen and Duke | Mulvoy | Harrison | NY |
Susan and Eric | Munson | Little Rock | AR |
Wendy and Elwyn | Murray | Purcellville, | VA |
Margo and Shep | Murray | Riverside | CT |
Nancy and Jeff | Myers | McLean | VA |
Liz and Phil | Neugebauer | Fairfield | CT |
Allison and Thomas | O’Grady | Louisville | KY |
Jen and Sean | O’Scannlain | Chicago | IL |
Cynthia and Stephen | Ott | Alpharetta | GA |
Shawna and Jay | Owen | North Palm Beach | FL |
Pam and Jamie | Packer | Fort Worth | TX |
Jimena and Alberto | Pandolfi/Correa | Scarsdale | NY |
Alison and William | Pappas | New York | NY |
Louisa and TJ | Parsell | Charleston | SC |
Kamal and Amir | Patel | Henrico | VA |
Anne and Robert | Pedrero | San Francisco | CA |
Darlene and Jorge | Pérez | Miami | FL |
Debby and David | Pollock | Lewisville | NC |
Karen and Scott | Puckett | Houston | TX |
Helene and George | Pyne | New Canaan | CT |
Darcie and Trip | Randall | Portland | OR |
Mary Jane and George | Reese | Bethesda | MD |
Tina and Guy | Revelle | Tampa, | FL |
Jon and Heather | Roberts | East Greenwich | RI |
Lizzie and John | Robertshaw | Clinton Corners | NY |
Talbott and Jamie | Roche/ Hoskins Roche | Lafayette | CA |
Jenny and Diego | Rodríguez | Coral Gables | FL |
Jennifer and Evan | Rothenberg | Sands Point | NY |
Hope and David | Rothschild | New York | NY |
Michele and Stuart | Rothstein | Mount Kisco | NY |
Allison and Asher | Rubin | Lutherville Timonium | MD |
Susie and Jonathan | Sabin | Incline Village | NV |
Natalie and Jose | Salazar | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
Vicki and Yuri | Salnikoff | Millbrook | NY |
Kaveri and Aurobind | Satpathy | Miami | FL |
Sara and David Scaife | Scaife | Vero Beach | FL |
Susie and Rick Schnall | Schnall | Purchase | NY |
Grace and Andy | Schoelkopf | Greenwich | CT |
Ryan and Cindy | Schwarz | McLean | VA |
Katie and Steve | Scruggs | Huntersville | NC |
Beth and Doug | Searcy | Wilson | NC |
Hilary and Lloyd | Semple | Winnetka | IL |
Olivia and Dev | Sethi | Tucson | AZ |
Stephanie and Steve | Shafran | Ketchum | ID |
Bethany and Vijay | Sheshadri | Cary | NC |
Liz and RJ | Shook | Boca Raton | FL |
Kate and Joe | Simmel | Allendale | NJ |
Abigail and Andrew | Sinwell | Dallas | TX |
Emily and Marc | Smernoff | Milton | GA |
Alisa and Jule | Smith | Raleigh | NC |
Jorgette and John | Smith | Gulf Stream | FL |
Darcy and Jeff | Sockwell | Orinda | CA |
Folashade and Jesse | Solomon | Boston | MA |
Ryan and Cori | Sothan/Amend | Lincoln | NE |
Missy and Rick | Sterne | Palm Beach | FL |
Julie and Nick | Stevenson | Wilton | CT |
Susan and Oak | Strawbridge | Hobe Sound | FL |
Cindy Lou and Boyd | Sturges | Louisburg | NC |
Dana and Ted | Swimmer | Charlotte | NC |
Joelle and Peter | Taub | New York | NY |
Beth and Beau | Taylor | Palm Beach | FL |
Jack and Ashley | Thayer | Baltimore | MD |
Mary and Matt | Tritley | Winnetka | IL |
Patricia and Rick | Van Benschoten | New York | NY |
Kim and Jeff | Veber | Rye | NY |
Laura and Drayton | Virkler | Durham | NC |
Jen and Will | Vogt | Corpus Christi | TX |
Stephanie and Harry | Wagner | New York | NY |
Jen and Rob | Waldron | Wayland | MA |
Ashley and Ward | Waltemath | Nashville | TN |
Jane and Bennet | Waters | Durham | NC |
Garnett and Rod | Webb | Raleigh | NC |
Celeste and Jeff | Wecker | New York | NY |
Allison and Doug | Weight | Lattingtown | NY |
Susan and Torben | Weis | Riverside | CT |
Jennifer and Todd | Werstler | Columbus | OH |
Laura and Carter | Whisnand | Richmond | VA |
Wendy | Wilkinson | Washington | DC |
Sally and Craig | Wolfanger | Pittsburgh | PA |
Keely and Woody | Woodall | Jacksonville | FL |
Nicole and Jonas | Woods | Dallas | TX |
Jen and Chris | Young | Chattanooga | TN |
Jill and Ken | Zimmer | Duxbury | MA |
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For More Information
Minta A. McNally (’74, P ’02, ’06)
Associate Vice President & Executive Director, Office of Family Engagement
- Phone: 336.758.5767
- Email: mcnallma@wfu.edu
Brad McIlwain (P’07)
Director of Family Giving, Office of Family Engagement
- Phone: 336.758.3527
- Email: mcilwajb@wfu.edu