Why We Give

Essraa Nawar, MBA, MA, MLIS

Academic Librarian

"I'M IN! because I believe in the Chapman education."

Pavel Jech

Professor and Associate Dean, DCFMA

"An area I support is DEI and the Center for Global Education."

Mary Platt

Director, Hilbert Museum of California Art

"I'M IN! because Chapman is important to me. It's a community of colleagues doing some of the very best things in the world - educating students and the community, advancing the arts, and creating global citizens."

Lindsey N. Jacobs ’09 (M.A. ’18), CSPG

Associate Director, Legacy Planning

"I feel inspired to give because I know that others gave to make Chapman possible for me and I want to pay it forward."

Brian Thomason, MBA, CPA

Vice President for Finance and Controller

"I feel inspired to give because my college experience was life-changing, cliché as that may sound, I want to ensure that others have the same opportunity and experience."

Marisol Arredondo Samson, Ph.D.

Director of Institutional Research and Decision Support

"As a first-generation college student, I give to first-generation programming because I know first hand how vital Summer Bridge and other programs they support are for the success of first-generation college students at Chapman."

Rev. E. Nancy Brink

Director of Church Relations

"I feel inspired to give because I am inspired by students and colleagues every day at Chapman."

Ashley Cosgrove, MPA

Honors Program Specialist and Lecturer

"I'M IN! because I want to support student success outside of my job duties."

Sarah Buckley ’14 

Associate Director, Alumni Engagement

"I feel inspired to give because Chapman continuously inspires me, and I want to pay it forward."

Annette Brito Casas

University Registrar

"An area I support is financial support for students who cannot afford Chapman. As a first-generation Latina, I want to help others receive the opportunities that I also received."

Phillip Lyle

Associate Vice President, Enterprise & Research Infrastructure

"An area I support is first-generation students. As a first generation college student, I understand the challenges many families may face in attending college for the first time."

Melissa Rowland-Goldsmith

Professor of Molecular Biology

Faculty Fellow, CETL

"Areas that I support are first generation students, DEI initiative's, and Schmid student research."

Nicole Bigley ’14 (MBA ’20)

Director of Engagement and Volunteerism

"I feel inspired to give because our students inspire me."