Annual Report 2012

Annual Report 2 0 1 2
2013
WINNER
F ROM THE B o a r d c h a i r m a n a n d T h e P r e s i d e n t
L e t t e r F r o m t h e R e s i d e n t A s s o c i at i o n P r e s i d e n t
Dear Friends of Duncaster,
Dear Friends,
We remember 2012 as a year of transformation and accomplishment, the direct result of
teamwork and pride in a job well-done. Duncaster achieved an impressive array of awards and
recognition. We were voted Best Retirement Community by the readers of Hartford Magazine,
won the Silver Award for Assisted Living conferred by the Connecticut Law Tribune, and were
recognized by the Town of Bloomfield for 28 years of dedicated service to our community. But
the good news doesn’t stop there!
The Duncaster Residents Association works in partnership with the management team
to ensure that resident interests remain the #1 consideration at Duncaster. Unique to
our community, residents who serve on the Board of Directors are full voting members
participating directly in committees such as Building and Grounds, Finance, Dining, Programs
and Health Care. A resident also chairs the Duncaster Foundation and residents on the
Development Committee play critical roles in shaping our community’s long-standing culture
of philanthropy.
We installed a new emergency generator ensuring our entire campus and every apartment
home is 100% protected from power failure and opened our impressive Cedar Memory Support
Community, a secure community for those impacted by progressive dementia. Further, the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) affirmed Duncaster’s exceptional level of care
by awarding our Caleb Hitchcock Health Center a 5-Star Medicare rating. Other memorable
highlights included two deficiency-free State surveys, one for the Caleb Hitchcock Health Center
and the other for our Assisted Living neighborhood, and a transformative remodel of our Lounge
and Aquatic & Fitness Center entrance.
In 2012, we doubled the number of new residents joining our community compared to the prior
year, introduced an exciting new marketing campaign, and created an updated and more userfriendly website. In addition, we held another successful Golf Outing, and many other enjoyable
and engaging social, educational, cultural events and programs.
As the Hartford Area’s first and finest Continuing Care Retirement Community, we view 2013 with
great enthusiasm and confidence in the strategic vision established by the Board. This uniform
vision for the future of Duncaster, combined with Management Team leadership, commitment
from staff, and the ongoing counsel and support from our residents will enable us to meet every
challenge and successfully maintain our status as the premier retirement community in the area.
We look forward to your continued support as we prepare for a year full of promise
and possibility.
Best Wishes,
2012 was another busy year for the Duncaster Residents Association. We introduced new
activities, rejuvenated existing ones, and enjoyed many engaging recreational and educational
programs throughout the year that focused on the five aspects of health and wellness. These
programs ran the gamut – physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual – and were
enjoyed by residents and non-residents alike.
One of the most enjoyable programs was “Metacomet Mentors,” residents tutoring 3rd and
4th grade students at Metacomet School in Bloomfield. The program was widely praised by the
school, welcomed by students, and most importantly, thoroughly enjoyed by our resident tutors.
Back at Duncaster, our resident-led Decorating Committee contributed to the completion of
our lounge renovation, and favorite programs like Great Courses grew in participation. The Art
Gallery featured rotating monthly exhibits of works by residents and local artists, and Brain
Awareness Week kept us on our toes!
The Mixed-Up Dinner events we began last year enjoyed strong participation. New residents
and longtime members of our community look forward to these quarterly dinners to make
new friends by sharing a meal with someone they may not have yet met or know well.
For those not wanting to wait until the next Mixed-Up Dinner to meet someone new, the
Community Table has become a very popular dining spot.
New residents joined longtime volunteers to help in the Commons Market, Turnover Shop, and
lead other activities such as our annual geranium sale. Still others participated in bridge and
croquet tournaments or put their artistic skills to work on our two floral committees. Whatever
you enjoy, you’re sure to find someone who shares your interests at Duncaster.
Regards,
Edgar (Ted) ReedMichael A. O’Brien
ChairmanPresident and CEO
Al DeVito
Residents Association President
A year in review
Among the top awardees for 2012 were the
Prosser Library, the Bloomfield Rotary Club,
Bloomfield Access Television, and the town of
Bloomfield’s Ambulance Association. Other
support was given to Concert on the Green,
the Food Pantry, Bloomfield Public School’s
Art Festival, Bloomfield Education Foundation,
Tri-Town Shelter, Bloomfield High School, and
Auer Farm.
TwO T h o u s a n d a n d t w e lv e
A Proud Tradition
of Giving Back
You already know Duncaster is a dynamic
community. But what you may not realize is that
Duncaster is a not-for-profit community. What
does that mean? Rather than benefiting corporate
shareholders, Duncaster works hard each day
to enrich the lives of resident stakeholders. In
fact, residents have a powerful voice and play an
unparalleled role in shaping our community. A
primary example is the important role of residents
in deciding how Duncaster will give back to the
local community.
Community Outreach
At Duncaster, our Board, staff and residents are
united in making a positive difference in the
community-at-large. In fact, our community
outreach activities are proud traditions that have
benefited greater Bloomfield since our founding
in 1984. As our community grew, our outreach
activities increased.
In addition to financial support, Duncaster
residents regularly donate their time and are
active volunteers for many local charitable
organizations. In the fall and winter months,
Outreach Knitters meet regularly to create
lap robes which are then donated to three
healthcare centers in Bloomfield. Last winter as part
of our cookie swap program our community sent
holiday letters thanking soldiers stationed overseas
for their service to our country.
More than a decade ago, Duncaster formally
established the Community Outreach Committee.
The goal of the Committee is to participate actively
in the civic vibrancy of greater Bloomfield by
supporting not-for-profit organizations that reside
within, or provide needed services to, our fellow
Bloomfield residents.
Each year for the past five years, a portion of the
revenue generated by our annual golf tournament
has gone directly to support the needs of
the broader Bloomfield community. In 2012,
Duncaster’s Community Outreach Committee
gave $22,656 to a number of local nonprofits.
held a Women’s Forum on July 30th that provided
information to the community about health and
wellness, and later presented a message of respect
by Rev. Dr. Alvan N. Johnson, Jr. at the Black History
Event in March with participation by Bloomfield
High School students.
Duncaster routinely opens its campus and
programs at no cost to senior members of the
Bloomfield community, and we proudly host
the programs and activities of numerous civic
and community organizations such as the
Bloomfield Rotary, Lions Club, Chamber of
Commerce and more.
Duncaster residents are not alone in giving back
to the community. In addition to generously
volunteering our time, and through pro-bono
activities such as offering free blood pressure
readings to area seniors, the Board, staff and
residents of Duncaster proudly share our
knowledge, resources, and facilities with our
industry peers and the broader community.
In 2012, our staff worked with the Bloomfield/West
Hartford Health District to provide a four-week
series of presentations on arthritis while others
supported Alzheimer’s awareness by participating
in an Alzheimer’s Fundraising Walk in Bushnell
Park. In addition, our Diversity & Inclusion Council
Outreach Knitters
Metacomet Mentors
“If a child can read, they can go anywhere in
the world. Doors will open for them,” says Helen
Gettemy, founder of Duncaster’s Metacomet
Mentors Tutoring Program for Bloomfield students.
The idea came to Mrs. Gettemy last year after years
of being a family therapist and helping others. She
looked for new ways for Duncaster to give back
to the community and developed the tutoring
program which now includes 13 residents who
work with children throughout the school year to
help them develop a passion for reading.
Each tutor works with two children at the
Metacomet School during the summer as part
of their “Early Start” program for third graders.
Then tutoring continues during the school year.
Volunteers meet with each child once a week and
read from a book the child brings from their class.
The goal of the Duncaster Tutoring Program is to
make a difference in the surrounding community
through a partnership with the Metacomet School.
It works to improve the reading comprehension of
the students as well as to create an enthusiasm for
reading—and the mentors have just as much fun
as the students!
Should you happen to pass the Hospitality
Room on the first or third Tuesday of the
month, do take a peek inside. There you will
find a group of about 20 dedicated women
residents all busily knitting squares to be
made into colorful patchwork lap-quilts to
be donated to three different healthcare
centers in Bloomfield. These colorful, cozy and
warm lap-quilts are enjoyable to make and
well-loved by all those who receive them.
Health and Wellness
Duncaster Employees
Collage
At Duncaster we partner with residents to help
them achieve their personal goals and strive
for new heights in wellness. To that end our
recreational and entertainment programming
support many aspects of health and wellness:
physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual.
In addition to participating in group classes
and programs of broad interest, COLLAGE was
introduced as a way for residents to achieve their
personal best by pursuing activities of particular
interest to them. In COLLAGE, residents met
one-on-one with Duncaster’s COLLAGE Coordinator
Linda Lawrence, BSN, RN, who helped them remove
barriers and build confidence to pursue personal
goals more effectively.
Get Up and Go
Our impressive Aquatic and Fitness Center
provided year-round opportunities for physical
fitness. In addition to enjoying the many fitness
benefits of our fully appointed gym, whirlpool
spa, exercise studio and oversized four-lane lap
pool, residents enthusiastically participated in
meditation, balance, yoga and tai chi classes.
For those preferring outdoor fun, in addition
to an annual Campus Stroll held on our
walking paths, Duncaster is located across the
street from a fully-networked, professionally
maintained, trail system that reaches from
Penwood Forest State Park to the center of
downtown Bloomfield. Residents with green
thumbs enjoyed tending personal garden plots
and each fall these eager resident gardeners
gather to plant thousands of bulbs to brighten
our campus in the spring. Bird lovers and bird
watchers alike participated in our campus-wide
bluebird program.
Shared Values
Team FUNcaster
What makes Duncaster so very special? The
answer is quite simple: our people and culture.
It’s the wonderful people who live, work, and so
generously volunteer their skill and talent to enrich
our community. As a resident-focused community,
we share core values of integrity, teamwork, and
commitment to excellence. Our culture of warmth
and hospitality is felt from the moment one arrives
at our campus. We deeply value both residents and
employees by recognizing and affirming the unique
intrinsic worth of each member of our community.
A big reason why Duncaster is such an enjoyable
place to live and work is Team FUNcaster! These
high-spirited merrymakers meet regularly to
brainstorm new ways to make our community fun.
From leading community events like our annual
Campus Stroll, Employee Picnic, Harvest Festival,
Halloween Party, Opening Day Cookout, Winter
Gala and much more, this group symbolizes our
staff commitment to work hard in service to our
community, while never taking ourselves too
seriously.
Employee Appreciation
Led by Team FUNcaster, our annual Employee
Appreciation Week took place in November, with
many enjoyable activities and prize-winning
opportunities for employees. Individual employees
showcased their talents throughout the week, with
the fun culminating in a staff talent show for residents
and a thank-you luncheon for employees.
Community in Motion
Family Fun
Empowering Employees
Employee Recognition
Recently, Duncaster partnered with the University of
Hartford’s Center for Professional Development to
create certificate programs for our Leadership Team
in the areas of Strategic Leadership and Management
Development. Also in 2012, Duncaster held its second
employee wellness fair to encourage healthy habits
and aid with work-life balance.
Our 2012 Service Award Luncheon recognized over
80 current Duncaster employees with 10 or more
years of service. Further, each year, residents have the
opportunity to nominate exemplary employees to
receive the Hubbard Award. The Hubbard Award is
bestowed annually to two staff members at a very
special ceremony. This year’s winners were Monique
Simpson, LPN at Caleb Hitchcock Health Center, and
Pearl Mapp, Housekeeping Aide. Both were recognized
for their outstanding service to our residents.
Diversity & Inclusion
Duncaster’s Diversity & Inclusion Council supports
and enhances the ability of employees to work
harmoniously with minimum conflict and
maximum respect for one another. The Council aims
to remove barriers such as culture, language, size,
gender, sexual orientation, abilities, and economic
status, making Duncaster a safe and welcoming
environment for all. The Council was formed in 2009
and is made up of employee volunteers from across
our campus. Together, this group hosts a number
of meetings, events and activities throughout the
year designed to break down barriers and increase
understanding and cooperation at all levels.
In addition to activities initiated by Duncaster,
residents’ children and grandchildren presented
a number of interesting programs. Elinor
Tannenbaum’s grandson Michael Benenav
presented a photo journal, “The Van Gujjar
Migration,” and spoke of traveling in India with an
itinerant family that raised buffalo. Juliette Greene’s
granddaughter Jennifer Greene and her husband
Andrew Cummings, both accomplished opera
singers who have performed at Carnegie Hall and
the New York City Opera, performed a birthday
concert in her honor. Later, Jackie Brown’s son-inlaw Thomas Cobb (author of “Crazy Heart”) kicked
off his new book tour at Duncaster with a reading
and signing of “With Blood in Their Eyes,” and a
resident’s friend, author Jayne Amelia Larson, gave
a talk and signed copies of her book, “Driving the
Saudis.”
Classical Comforts
We continued our much loved “Good Morning,
Good Music” series performed monthly in the
Courtyard Café by ensembles from the Hartford
Symphony Orchestra and accepted several requests
to conduct Master Classes at Duncaster from the
faculty of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School
of Music, including the Fry Street Quartet, and
renowned former Hartford Symphony Orchestra
conductor, Maestro Edward Cumming.
Dining and Discourse
Under the watchful eye of our exceptional Chef
Frank Zimber, our skilled dining staff prepared and
served delicious and healthy meals with flair. In
addition to traditional dining, Chef Zimber creates
a number of special-themed dinners for seasonal
celebrating throughout the year. His dining staff
adds international flair to everyday menus by
showcasing a variety of different cuisines. For those
who like to mix their passion for meeting others
with good food and fun, “Mixed-up Dinners,” were
a great way to meet new friends and “Politics &
Pastries” gave us opportunities to discuss the issues
of the day.“Thirsty Thursday” cocktail parties and
after dinner “Aperitifs and Ambience” were well
attended in our newly renovated lounge.
Lifelong Learning and
Active Lifestyles
Playhouse on Park Partnership
It was a late Friday afternoon in 2011 when Janet
Lamenzo, our Director of Resident Services, received
an email from a local theatre company with the
subject line: DESPERATELY SEEKING HOUSING. A
lover of the arts and a skilled planner and presenter
of Duncaster resident programming, Janet quickly
met with fellow members of the Duncaster
Management Team and presented a plan to help
the theatre company.
By the following Monday, Duncaster was
providing temporary housing to the Director
and three actors of Playhouse’s production of
“An Enemy of the People,” and an exciting new
artist-in-residence program had begun! The actors
enjoyed having a comfortable place to stay, a
well-appointed stage to use, and a gracious live
audience for rehearsals. Duncaster residents eagerly
attended rehearsals and were invited to attend the
performance as guests.
Since that first serendipitous event, the partnership
has deepened and grown. Today, Duncaster
hosts a rotating cast of Playhouse on Park “actors
in residence” in our guest suites. In exchange,
Playhouse on Park actors work with the Duncaster
resident Playreaders Group to choose, edit, produce
and direct a different show each year. Most recently
resident Playreaders were given acting direction
for the play, “The Dining Room,” by Dawn Loveland,
Playhouse on Park’s Director of Education, and
Denise Walker, Playhouse on Park actress and voice
teacher at both Miss Porter’s School and Trinity
College. After taking residents through several
rehearsals and finding them to be confident in
their abilities, Playhouse on Park staff invited the
Duncaster Playreaders to perform on stage at the
theater in front of a live audience.
In addition to actors from Playhouse on Park,
our guest suites house an ever-changing roster
of accomplished professional dancers and
choreographers from New York who have been
hired to work with students and faculty at the
University of Hartford. In fact, 2012 was another
successful year of the University of Hartford,
Presidents’ College “Tuesdays at Duncaster” Series,
and the Duncaster Resident Gallery Exhibit which
changed monthly and brightened our campus
throughout the year. Gallery exhibits feature
the works of professional artists from across
Connecticut and our own resident population.
Those wanting to express their own creativity can
participate in a floral design committee, participate
in regular art classes in our studio or join the
“Dabblers” who meet to explore and encourage
their creativity together.
Whether your idea of fun is learning yoga,
swimming, taking nature walks with friends,
biking, exploring tai chi, reaping the benefits
of massage or the many rewards of a personal
fitness coach, Duncaster enables you to be as
busy as you prefer to be. For those wanting to
sharpen their mental abilities, Duncaster annually
presents Mind Aerobics programs as part of our
participation in national Brain Awareness Week,
a week filled with engaging programs designed
to stimulate intellectual curiosity. Choose a
resident-developed and directed series like “World
Affairs,” or the much-loved and resident-facilitated
University of Hartford, Presidents’ College
“Tuesdays at Duncaster” Series. And, for those
interested in the University of Connecticut’s Adult
Learning Program (ALP), Duncaster deepened its
participation this year and welcomed Ms. Bertina
Williams, ALP Coordinator, to her new office on
our campus.
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
All figures in thousands
Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Unrestricted Investments
Year Ends December 31
2012
$1,740
$8,274
Funds held by Bond Trustees
Endowment Fund
Accounts and other Receivables
Other Current Assets
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
Deferred Expenses / Other Assets
Total Assets
$3,274
$10,192
$827
$159
$43,330
$685
$68,481
Liabilities and Net Assets
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expense
Accrued Bond Interest
Annuities Payable
Waiting List and Other Deposits
Entrance Fee Refunds Payable
Deferred Revenue from Entrance Fees
Bonds Payable
Net Assets
Fixed Interest Rate Swap Obligation
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$1,562
$112
$72
$89
$4,398
$25,864
$20,440
$14,109
$1,835
$68,481
Consolidated Statement of Activities
All figures in thousands
Year Ends December 31
Revenues
Resident Services
Amortization of Deferred Entrance Fees
Health Center & Assisted Living Patient Revenue
Investment Income
Other Income
Donations / Contributions
Total Revenues
2012
$8,053
$3,019
$7,529
$551
$793
$75
$20,020
Expenses
Administrative and Operating Expenses
Bond Interest
Medical and Other Resident Care
Depreciation and Amortization
Total Expenses
$10,922
$921
$5,710
$3,467
$21,020
Excess of Revenues Over Expenses
Change in Net Unrealized gain on Investments
Loss on Refinancing
Change in Fixed Interest Rate Swap Obligation
-$1,000
$933
$0
-$128
-$195
A complete set of audited financial statements for years ending December 31, 2012 and 2011 is available upon request. The above financial
information reflects the consolidated results of activities and the financial position of Duncaster Inc. and the Duncaster Foundation, Inc.
Maynard (Tuck) Miller
• Retired Attorney, Reid and Riege, P.C.
• 2nd Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
• Committees: Community Outreach,
Foundation Board, Governance,
Executive and Finance
Michael A. O’Brien
R. Michael Goman
• Principal, Goman + York Property
Advisors, LLC
• Committee: Finance
John F. Byrnes
Sondra L. King
• President, Director and CEO, People’s
United Insurance Agency, Inc.
• Committee: Governance
• Retired Director of Public
Information, Connecticut
Association for Home Care
• Secretary, Board of Trustees
• Committees: Executive and
Medical Oversight
William J. Cochran
• Treasurer and Secretary,
Bartram & Cochran
• Treasurer, Board of Trustees
• Committees: Audit, Executive
and Finance
Alexander R. DeVito
• Retired COO, Data Kinetics, Ltd.
• Resident Director, President of
Duncaster Residents’ Association
• Committees: Marketing and
Residents’ Assistance Fund
Deborah Koltenuk
• Vice President, Head of Finance,
Corporate Initiatives, Aetna
• Committees: Audit, Executive, Finance
and Foundation Board
George A. Kuchel, M.D.
• Director, University of Connecticut
Center on Aging
• Committee: Pending assignment
Edward Fowler
Geraldine M. Lenz, Ph.D.
• Retired General Counsel, Mobil
Corporation and Mobil Oil Corporation
• Resident Director,
Foundation Board Chairman
• Committees: Audit, Caleb Hitchcock
Fund, Finance and Foundation Board
• Private Practice, Clinical Psychology
• Committee: Medical Oversight
Arlene Parmelee
Carol Mortensen
Director of Health Services
Valerie Santos
• President and CEO, Duncaster, Inc.
• Committees: Ex Officio
Joan Froscio
Carol Ann McCormick
Joan L. Quinn
Vanessa Giannasi
Lou DeSario
• Chairman, Board of Trustees
• Committees: Audit, Executive,
Foundation Board and Governance
• Trust & Estate Lawyer,
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
• Committee: Executive
President and CEO
Director of Human Resources
Edgar (Ted) M. Reed
James T. Betts
Michael O’Brien
Director of Care Management
• President, Quinn Consulting
• Committee: Medical Oversight
Board of Directors
Management Team
Keith E. Robertson
• Director, Ziegler Investment Banking
• Committees: Audit and Finance
Avery Rockefeller
• Retired Founder and CEO of
Retirement Living Services
• Committee: Marketing
Caroline Rohrbach
• Retired Landscape Designer
• Resident Director
• Committees: Caleb Hitchcock Fund,
Marketing, Residents’ Assistance Fund
and Community Fund
Richard L. Sega
• Chief Investment Officer, Managing
Director, Conning Asset Management
• Committees: Finance and Foundation
Board
Daniel C. Tracy
• Retired CPA, Arthur Anderson
• Committees: Audit and Finance
John H.P. Wheat
• Principal, Wheat & Associates,
Marketing Strategy Consultancy
• 1st Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
• Committees: Marketing,
Executive, Community Fund,
Community Outreach
Executive Assistant
Director of Foundation and
Community Relations
Betty Anderson
Director of Sales and Marketing
Director of Operations
Janet Lamenzo
Director of Resident Services
Director of Finance
Duncaster Foundation
Foundation Board
Community Fund
Resident members include:
Edward Fowler, John Hincks,
Sali Riege and Judith Wawro.
Non-resident members include:
President and CEO Michael O’Brien ,
Tuck Miller, Deborah Koltenuk, Edgar
Reed, Richard Sega, Nancy Dean, David
Parmelee and Director of Foundation
and Community Relations Vanessa
Giannasi.
Resident members include:
George Murray, Sally Bissell,
Jim Swomley and Caroline Rohrbach.
Non-resident members include:
President and CEO Michael O’Brien
and Duncaster Inc. Board member
John Wheat.
Development Committee
Resident members include:
Edward Fowler, Judith Wawro, Sumner
Bissell, Al DeVito, John Hincks, Joan
Kohn, Sylvia Leven, George Murray,
Harriet Noyes, Katie Reynolds, Sali Riege,
Robert Rosensweig, Jim Swomley, Betty
Valentine and Mariana Wagoner.
Non-resident members include:
Duncaster Inc. Board member Tuck
Miller and President and CEO Michael
O’Brien and Director of Foundation and
Community Relations Vanessa Giannasi.
Employee Education Fund
Resident members include:
Al Watson, Bill Newman and
Frances Cobb.
Non-resident members include:
President and CEO Michael O’Brien,
Human Resource Director Valerie
Santos, Director of Nursing Marcia
Spencer and Director of Resident
Services Janet Lamenzo.
Residents Assistance Fund
Resident members include:
Al DeVito, Peter Libassi, Mariana
Wagoner, Mary Stoughton and
Caroline Rohrbach.
Non-resident member is:
President and CEO Michael O’Brien.
Caleb Hitchcock Fund
Resident members include:
Irmgard Klee, Carol Finnigan, Caroline
Rohrbach, Ed Fowler and Sally Allen.
Non-resident member is:
President and CEO Michael O’Brien.
Community Outreach
Committee:
Resident members include:
Maryann Dowaliby, Jim Lehmann, Mary
Fran Libassi, Harvey Spaunburg, Jim
Swomley and Jean and William Graham.
Non-resident members include:
Duncaster Inc. Board members Tuck
Miller and John Wheat, and Director of
Foundation and Community Relations
Vanessa Giannasi.
Duncaster Foundation, Inc.
A M e s s ag e F r o m t h e F o u n d at i o n C h a i r s
D o n at i o n s f r o m J a n ua r y 1 , 2 0 1 2 to D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 1 2
Dear Duncaster Friends,
Encouraging community philanthropy is the business of the Duncaster Foundation. Together,
Duncaster staff and volunteers continue the philanthropic legacy begun nearly 30 years ago by
the first residents of Duncaster. Today the Foundation encourages contributions, safeguards and
wisely invests Duncaster’s endowment and other Foundation funds, and applies these donations
to charitable projects that serve the Duncaster mission and respect the intent of all who donate to
support our community.
The strong level of involvement by Duncaster residents in all Foundation activities is both critical to
the success of the Foundation and evident from the listings that follow. The Foundation Board includes
four residents; the Development Committee is almost entirely comprised of residents, and the Special
Fund committees each have either a majority or 50/50 resident/non-resident director membership.
There are many other important supporters who encourage the Foundation’s efforts through their
gifts and volunteer activities. We greatly value the outstanding leadership of Duncaster’s outside
non-resident Directors in all that we do, but for this writing we thought it well to highlight the longstanding, pervasive philanthropic spirit and practice of Duncaster residents who created and sustain
this wonderful place called “Duncaster.”
As Chair of the Foundation Board, and in partnership with Vanessa Giannasi, Director of Foundation
and Community Relations, we offer a simple heartfelt “thank you” to all residents who support the
Foundation and make possible its many good works.
Eward Fowler
Chairman of the Board
Duncaster Foundation
Vanessa Giannasi
Director of Foundation
and Community Relations
Residents’ Assistance Fund
Anonymous
JoAnne Ansbro
Lee and Enid Blaymore
Patricia Fitt Fund at Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving
Norma Granville
Joan Kenney
Stephen Klingler
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Kohn, Jr.
Mrs. Bernard L. Kohn, Sr.
Marion Kohn
Susan Peterman and
Stephen Dawley
Llewellyn and Peggy Powell
Anne Reif
Richard Scheuch
Beverly and Grant Thomas
Margaret Thomas
Community Fund
Sumner and Sally Bissell
William and Jean Graham
James and Helen Lehmann
Richard and Meredith Libbey
George H. Murray
Sara D. Olheiser
Jean B. Peelle
Margaret Thomas
Gifts-In-Kind
Edward and Carolyn Fowler
Daniel Frank
Vanessa and Tom Giannasi
Thomas Miller
Mrs. Karen Engley Shea
Beverly W. Thomas
Art Wright
Endowment Fund
Sara G. Barroll
Roxanne W. Beardsley
Charitable Trust
Mary Brannack
Edward and Carolyn Fowler
Dorothy Johnson
Deborah Koltenuk
Geraldine Lenz
Peter and Mary Fran Libassi
Harriet S. Noyes
Richard Sega
Paul M. Sessa
Elizabeth Valentine
James and Jean Yaeger
Library Fund
John and Juanita Alden
JoAnne Ansbro
Jane P. Carpenter
Maryann Dowaliby
Norma B. Granville
Marion Kohn
Restricted Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carrier
Carol B. Finnigan
Ann Hayden Hamilton and George Hamilton
Robert McBeth Hayden and Milica Bakic
Dorothy Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy
Ochiltree Family Foundation
Mary W. Parker
Barbara Ulrich
Barbara Voskowsky
Lynn Hayden Wadhams and John Wadhams
Unrestricted Fund
JoAnne Ansbro
Sara G. Barroll
James Betts
Sumner and Sally Bissell
Terence and Elizabeth Blackwood
Robert Braunstein
Margaret Buck
Robert Buss
Jeanne P. Clear
William Cochran
Calvin D. Conrod
Nancy Dean
Annette H. Deming
ExxonMobil Foundation
Ellsworth Grant
Jean Hartigan
Jack Hasson
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