The LSA Leadership Circle was created in October, 2008, to recognize those LSA members who have made large, unrestricted, charitable contributions to the LSA. The minimum contribution requested for membership in the Leadership Circle is $100. The suggested contribution range is $500 - $1,000. Membership is offered on an annual basis. Those wishing to enroll in the Leadership Circle may download a contribution form (PDF) or contribute online via the donation interface.

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made as of 1/1/2023 through 2/28/2023)

Alice Harris, Dennis Preston

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made as of 1/1/2022 through 12/31/2022)

Karen Adams, Sharon Ash, Anna Babel, Naomi Baron, John Baugh, John Beavers, Patrice Beddor, David Bowie, Joan Bybee, Francis Cahill, Lisa Cheng (in honor of L.L. Cheng), Donna Christian, Arlene Clachar, Jennifer Cole, Connie Eble, Robert Englebretson, Bruno Estigarribia, Elaine Francis, Andrew Garrett,  Alice Harris, Bruce Hayes, Hans Henrich Hock, Katherine Hilton, Elizabeth Hume, Larry Hyman, Ray Jackendoff, Brian Joseph (in honor of Michael Silverstein), Ellen Kaisse, Sharon Klein, Sonja Lanehart, Timothy Light, David Lightfoot (in honor of Tony Kroch),  Diane Lillo-Martin, Monica Macaulay, Joan Maling, Mizuki Miyashita, Frederick Newmeyer, John Pennisten, Eric Potsdam, Dennis Preston, Keren Rice, Tom Roeper, Joseph Salmons, Natalie Schilling, Andrea Sims, Arthur Spears, Bernard Spolsky, Susan Tamasi, Lucy Thomason, Sarah Thomason, Gregory Ward, Thomas Wasow, Margaret Winters, Walt Wolfram, Anthony Woodbury

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made as of 1/1/2021 through 12/31//2021)

Karen Adams, Sharon Ash, Marlyse Baptista, Leslie Barratt, Edwin Battistella, Ellen Broselow, Donna Christian, Andries Coetzee, Jonathan Coltz, Stuart Davis, Willem de Reuse (in honor of the Estate of Michael Krauss), Susan Kay Donaldson (in honor of Braj & Yamura Kachru), Laura Downing, Connie Eble, Mary Erbaugh, Julia Falk, Colleen Fitzgerald, Francine Frank, Joan Hall, Bruce Hayes, Hans Henrich Hock, John T. Hogan, Larry Hyman, Ray Jackendoff (in honor of Lila Gleitman), C-T James, Huang, Ellen Kaisse, Jared Klein, Sharon Klein, David Lightfoot, Joan Maling, Gita Martohardjono, Richard Meier, Geoffrey Nathan, Frederick Newmeyer, Patricia Nichols, Ricardo Otheguy, Dennis Preston, Keren Rice, Jerrold Sadock, Rodney Sangster, Deborah Schaffer, Rachel Schaffer, Sanford Schane, Roger Shuy, Andrea Sims, Dan Slobin (in honor of Karl Zimmer), Arthur Spears, Patrice Speeter Beddor, Lucy Thomason,  Sarah Thomason, Bernard Tranel, Gregory Ward, Thomas Wasow, George Williams, Jr., Margaret Winters, Anthony Woodbury

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made as of 1/1/2020 through 12/31/2020)

Karen L. Adams, Marlyse Baptista, Patrice Beddor, Donna Christian, Arlene Clachar, Jennifer Cole, Jonathan Coltz, Bernard Comrie, Susan Kay Donaldson, Laura Downing, Mary Erbaugh, Eva Fryscak (in honor of Milan Fryscak), Sarah Grey Thomason, Bruce Hayes, Hans Henrich Hock, John T. Hogan, C-T James Huang, Larry Hyman, Tyler Kibbey, Sharon M. Klein, Stanley Legum, Timothy Light, David Lightfoot, Diane Lillo-Martin, Monica Macaulay, Gita Martohardjono, Richard P. Meier, Pamela Munro, Frederick Newmeyer, Harm Pinkster, William Poser, Dennis Preston, Joseph Salmons, Rodney Sangster, Roger Shuy, Arthur Spears, Bernard Spolsky, Robert Vago, Dieter Wanner, Anthony Woodbury

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made as of 1/1/2019 through 12/31/19)

Anonymous (5), Douglas Q. Adams (in honor of Eric P. Hamp), Paul Angelis, E Wayles Browne, Hugh W. Buckingham, Joan Bybee, David Andrew Cape (in honor of Noam Chomsky), Donna Christian, Eve Clark, Jennifer S. Cole, Bernard S. Comrie, Greville Corbett, Anne Curzan, Susan Kay Donaldson (in memory of Yamuna and Braj Kachru),  Laura Downing, Connie Eble, Mary Erbaugh, Julia Falk, U G E Hammarstrom, Bruce Hayes, Hans Henrich Hock, C-T James Huang, Lauren M. Hyman, Ray Jackendoff, Brian Joseph,  Dan Jurafsky, Sharon M. Klein, Patricia Lessard, Timothy Light, David W. Lightfoot, Diane Lillo-Martin, Joan Maling, John McCarthy, Terrell A. Morgan, Geoffrey Steven Nathan, Frederick Newmeyer, Patricia Nichols, Barbara Partee, Harm Pinkster, Dennis Preston, Robin Queen, Jerrold Sadock, Deborah Schaffer, Rachel Schaffer (in honor of Dr. Brian Joseph), Sanford A. Schane, Michael C. Shapiro, Jane Simpson, Dan Slobin, Bernard J. Spolsky, Roger Shuy, Patrice Speeter Beddor, Gregory Stump, Kristen Syrett, Sarah Thomason, Bernard Tranel, Margaret Winters, Anthony Woodbury

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made from 1/1/18 through 12/31/18)

Anonymous (7), Karen Adams, Stephen Anderson, Naomi Baron, Arlene D. Clachar, Eve Clark, Andries Coetzee, John Coltz, Bernard S. Comrie, Greville Corbett, Willem de Reuse, Nancy C Dorian, Laura J. Downing, Penelope Eckert, Nora C England, Mary Erbaugh, Julia Falk, Francine Frank, MaryEllen Garcia, U G E Hammarstrom, Bruce Hayes, Larry Hyman, Hans Henrich Hock, Ray Jackendoff, Ellen Kaisse, Jared S. Klein, Sharon M. Klein, David Lightfoot, Joan Maling, Gita Martohardjono, Richard Meier, Lise Menn, Marianne Mithun, Edith A Moravcsik, Geoffrey Nathan, Richaro Otheguy, Barbara H Partee, David Pesetsky, Harm Pinkster, Dennis Preston, Jeffrey Punske, Robin Queen, Keren Rice, Philip Rubin, Jeffrey Runner, William Samarin, Joel Sherzer, W Z Shetter (in honor of Foster W. Blaisdell (deceased)), Andrea Sims, Dan Slobin, Susan Steele, Kristen Syrett, Bernard Tranel, Gregory Ward, Doug Whalen, Margaret Winters, Anthony Woodbury

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made from 1/1/17 through 12/31/17)

Karen L. Adams, Stephen Anderson (in honor of Arthur Abramson), Paul Angelis, Joseph Aoun (in honor of Larry Hyman), Patrice Speeter Beddor, Jonathan Bobaljik, Wallace Chafe, Donna Christian, Jennifer Cole, Bernard S. Comrie, Greville Corbett, Susan Kay Donaldson, Karen Emmorey, David Evans, Julia Falk, Patrick Farrell, Bruce Hayes, Hans Henrich Hock, John T. Hogan, Elizabeth Hume, Larry M. Hyman, Ray Jackendoff, Jared S Klein, Sharon M. Klein, David Lightfoot, Diane Lillo-Martin, Joan Maling, John McCarthy, Carol Myers-Scotton, Geoffrey Nathan, Barbara Partee, Dennis Preston, Keren Rice, William Samarin, Natalie Schilling, Bernard J. Spolsky, Sarah Thomas, Robert Underhill, Gregory Ward, Thomas and Judith Wasow, George Williams, Jr., Margaret E. Winders, Anthony Woodbury, Richard Wright

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made from 1/1/16 through 12/29/16)

Anonymous (3), Karen Adams, Joseph Aoun, Naomi Baron, Edwin Battistella, Robert A. Blust, Jonathan Bobaljik, Ellen Broselow, Joan Bybee, Arlene D. Clachar, Andries W. Coetzee, Bernard Comrie, M J Connolly, William Croft, Peter Culicover, Nancy C. Dorian, Laura Downing, Connie Eble, Jerold Edmondson, Mary Erbaugh, Julia S. Falk, Patrick Farrell, Kai von Fintel, Janet Dean Fodor, Lyn Frazier, Donald Cary Freeman, Adele Goldberg, Christine Gunlogson, U G E Hammarstrom, Alice Harris, Elizabeth Hume, Kirk Hazen, Larry Hyman, Sharon Inkelas, Ray Jackendoff, Brian Joseph (in honor of Eric P. Hamp), Sharon M. Klein, William D. Lachman, David Lightfoot, Diane Lillo-Martin, Joan Maling, Gita Martohardjono, Richard P. Meier, Lise Menn, Burckhard Mohr, Geoffrey Nunberg, Manjari A. Ohala, Ricardo Otheguy, Barbara H. Partee, Robin Queen, Marga E. Reis, Keren Rice, John Rickford, Jerrold Sadock, Deborah Schaffer (honor of Ilse Lehiste), Luanne von Schneidemesser, Roger Shuy, Bernard J. Spolsky, Kristen Syrett, Bernard Tranel, Edward F. Tuttle, Robert Underhill, Thomas Wasow, Anthony Woodbury, Alan Yu, Karl Zimmer

Current Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made from 1/1/15 through 12/31/15)

Rafael Abasolo, Karen Adams, Paul Angelis, Joseph Aoun, Anonymous (4), Patrice Beddor, E. Wayles Browne, Joan Bybee, Donna Christian, Eve Clark, Bernard Comrie, Jennifer Cole, Alice L. Davison, Stanley Dubinsky, Connie Eble, Patrick Farrell, Georgia M. Green, Alice C. Harris, Hans Henrich Hock, C.-T. James Huang, Larry M. Hyman, Kirk Hazen, Hans Henrich Hock, Sharon M. Klein, William Labov, Ernest N. McCarus, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Geoffrey Nunberg, Barbara Partee, Ricardo Otheguy, Dennis Preston, Robin Queen, Jerrold Sadock, Gillian Sankoff, Susan Steele, Kristen Syrett, Sarah Thomason, Robert Underhill, Dieter Wanner, Judith Wasow, George Wilmes, Anthony Woodbury, Jack B. Zeldis

Members of the Leadership Circle (reflects contributions made from 1/1/14 through 12/31/14)

Karen Adams*, Anonymous (2), Joseph Aoun, Edwin Battistella, Jill Beckman, Lowell Bouma*, Paul Chapin*, Donna M. Christian, Andries Coetzee, Bernard Comrie, David Cox, Laura Downing, Connie Eble, Julia Falk, Patrick Farrell, Eileen Fitzpatrick, Lisa Green, Christine Gunlogson, Kirk Hazen, Hans Henrich Hock*, John Hogan, Gary Holland, C-T James Huang, Larry Hyman, Alan Hyun-Oak Kim, Brian Joseph, Jared S. Klein, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Ik Hwan Lee, David Lightfoot, Diane Lillo-Martin, Robert Longacre, Richard Meier, Lise Menn*, Raja Nasr*, Geoffrey Nathan, Geoffrey Nunberg, Olanike Orie, Ricardo Otheguy, Barbara Partee, Dennis Preston, Keren Rice, Robert Rothstein, Roger Schwarzschild, Kathleen Shea, Shirley K. Silver, Dan Slobin, Bernard J. Spolsky, Sarah Thomason, Bernard Tranel, Edward Tuttle*, Robert Underhill, George Wilmes, Anthony Woodbury

* indicates founding members who have also made donations in the past 12 months

Founding Members

The following individuals joined the Leadership Circle during its first year of existence, between October 2008 and September 2009.

Barbara Abbott

Karen Adams

Marlyse Baptista

Naomi Susan Baron

James Bauman

Garland Bills

Lowell Bouma

L.F. Brosnahan

Paul Chapin

Susan Donaldson

Julia Falk

Lillian Falk

Jacek Fisiak

Yakira Frank

Jeffrey Good

Charles Gribble

John Gumperz

Martin Haase

Alice Harris

Shirley Heath

Hans Henrich Hock

Jay Jasanoff

Eleanor Jorden

Charles Kreidler

Syrell Leahy

Ilse Lehiste

David Lightfoot

Monica Macaulay

Ernest McCarus

Sally McConnell-Ginet

Lise Menn

Edith Moravcsik

Georgia Morgan

Sadae Morita

Margaret Naeser

Raja Nasr

Paul Newman

Frederick Newmeyer

James Ney

Frank Nuessel

Paul Postal

John Rea

Alyson Reed

Catherine Ringen

Lawrence Schourup

Pieter Seuren

Michael Shapiro

Arthur Spears

Bernard Spolsky

Edward Tuttle

Gregory Ward

Calvert Watkins

Rose-Marie Weber

Jack Zeldis

Arnold Zwicky