June 30, 2022 - Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

Many thanks to our long-time sanctuary friend, Donna Hughes, for sponsoring a day of sanctuary in honor of Joan Dannenberg!

“I would like Sponsor A Day in honor of Joan Dannenberg, who is retiring today, June 30th. Joan is the CFO of Trinity School in New York City, and is retiring after 33 years on the job. I have had the good fortune to work for her since 1994. Joan is obviously great at her job, and has the respect of everyone here at the School – employees, The Board, families, etc. Beyond that, however, she is a fantastic human being. Everyone here in the Business Office will miss her tremendously. On a personal note, I have enjoyed our first meeting where we discussed tennis as much as the job I was interviewing for …..to all our chats about all of our pets throughout the years. Joan is a person of many interests: travel, reading, music theater, etc. She always made Doreen feel welcome when Doreen visited Trinity. I am very happy for Joan, and know that she and her husband Harry will have more time to spend together and do interesting things…..but will miss her more than words can really say. I wish her a very HAPPY retirement – she’s earned it! Congrats, Joan!”

Congratulations, Joan! How exciting! May your new chapter in life bring all the wondrous, joyful and adventurous moments and possibilities that this gift helps bring to the chimpanzees’ lives of retirement!

Beautiful Boss Lady, Jamie. Who I suspect will never “retire”. We’d never make it without her direction and supervision, of course.