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Class of 1997

2022 Reunion Campaign Report

See how you and your classmates made a difference with your 25th reunion campaign

1997 class diamond

The 2022 class reunion campaigns have wrapped up, and we’ve tallied the results!

467 members of the Class of 1997 gave gifts and pledges to support undergraduate education, financial aid, groundbreaking research, and so much more.

We can’t thank you enough for your generosity and commitment. Your gift is supporting those who are learning, researching, and helping Stanford drive positive change in the world.

Committee Member and Volunteers

A special thank you to the Class of 1997 reunion campaign committee:

Co-Chairs

Ryan Barnes
Shadi Aryanpour Farokhzad 
Aymeric Fraise
Liz Hartley
Christian Leone
Neil Menzies
Letitia Yang

Planned Giving Chair

Jason Okazaki

Committee

Mohammed Badi
Grace Cua Dy Carvalho
Gallant Chen
Allen Chi
Jennifer Kim Chung
Angela Sherry Evans
Nancy Farghalli
Nima Farzan
Ryan Frick
Jonathan Garfinkel
Bella Shen Garnett
Peter Gifford 
Harpreet Grewal
Tara Harrington
Andy Josephson 
Bess Kennedy
Stefani Gebauer Kleinschmidt
Eddie Lee
Gina Lee
Kimberly Lee
Jason Liu

Karen Heywood McKinley 
Oliver Miao
Jung Ki Min
Nicole Lapsys Mirchandani
Ana Moreno VanDiver
Marcela Muñiz
Caroline Wolf Naralasetty
Mallika Paulraj
Neha Gupta Ranga
Meghvi Maheta Roig
Hilda Saffari 
Rachel Rucker-Schmidt
Nick Thompson
Andre Vanier
Kathleen Gregory Vigil
Cindy Wang
Cynthia Yu
Fan Zhang

Class of 1997 reunion campaign results

On behalf of Stanford and the class giving team we gratefully acknowledge alumni who have made a gift or pledge to Stanford in honor of reunion. 

These figures include gifts and pledges made between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, as well as some extraordinary gifts given in support of reunion outside the calendar year.

$14,358,742

dollars raised
($17 million goal)

$2,201,750

gifts through The Stanford Fund
($1.7 million goal)

30%

class participation

467 donors

added to class honor rolls

We also acknowledge and thank those classmates who are members of the Founding Grant Society because they have included a future gift to Stanford in their estate plans. These future gifts have been arranged through bequests, charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, and other forms of deferred gifts.  You can find your name on the Founding Grant Society roll.

If you don’t see your name on the list, have included Stanford in your estate plan but not yet let us know, and/or believe you should be included as a member because of a future gift in your estate plans, please contact the Office of Planned Giving.

Why I gave

Some of my most magical memories are from Stanford. I met some of the best and brightest minds, and the kaleidoscope of diversity was unparalleled. Stanford offers a warm and welcoming environment for interdisciplinary learning that can unlock many life changing opportunities.

Liz Hartley, ’97

Liz Hartley

The friendships and network that I established at Stanford have significantly enhanced my life. As the top academic and athletic intuition, it’s important to provide others with the same opportunity that I was given.

Ryan Barnes, ’97

Ryan Barnes