When Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University was publicly launched during a gala dinner in St. Louis on October 6, 2012, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton asked guests to raise their glasses to “a new era of continuing this great dream we call Washington University.”
Since then, nearly 7,000 alumni, parents, and friends have toasted the university at 32 regional campaign events across the country, from Los Angeles and Seattle to Boston and Miami. During these events, attendees celebrated their connection to Washington University and heard from guest speakers, including Chancellor Wrighton; Leading Together Chair Andrew Taylor and other campaign leaders; and scholarship recipients, who shared stories about the ways their lives have been transformed through the gift of education.
Washington University Trustees Harry Seigle, AB ’68, and Ann Rubenstein Tisch, AB ’76, have provided outstanding leadership as national co-chairs for regional campaigns for Leading Together. Dedicated teams of campaign volunteers in each city or region assisted with planning events, ensuring that all achieved record-setting attendance. Their efforts have helped Washington University raise more than $643 million for Leading Together through regional campaigns, more than double the amount that was raised in the regions during the university’s previous campaign.
The last regional campaign events for Leading Together were held this past fall in the following seven cities.
• October 19, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• October 24, Nashville, Tennessee
• October 26, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• November 14, Cleveland, Ohio
• November 15, Columbus, Ohio
• November 15, Portland, Oregon
• November 16, Cincinnati, Ohio
Jonathan Schmerling, Suzanne Friedman, Agnes Rocher, and Veronica Schmerling in Pittsburgh 
Julia Katz, AB ’06, speaker at the Pittsburgh event, and her husband, Willie Choi, BSBA ’05 
Jon Perlin, chair of the Nashville regional campaign event, and his wife, Donna Perlin, with Chancellor Mark Wrighton 
Thomas Frist Jr., MD ’65, honorary chair of the Nashville regional campaign, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts 
Andrew Clarke, BSBA ’93, chair of the Twin Cities regional campaign event, at the Loews Minneapolis Hotel 
Kristi Tanouye, BS ’09, MS ’09, Randall Lumry, BS ’09, Chancellor Mark Wrighton, Milan Shroff, Jenny Shroff, BSBA ’08, Katie Johnson, and Erin Que, AB ’08, in Minneapolis 
Jennifer Yoken, BSBA ’93, chair of the Portland regional campaign event, and her husband, Jonathan Yoken, AB ’93, with their daughter, Hannah, Class of 2022 
Constance Tucker, AB ’02, Maurice Tucker, Todd Marshall, BSBA ’91, and Deborah Marshall at the Embassy Suites in Portland
