Generous Supporters
Annual Fund Donors
The growth and survival of The Washington Ballet is not possible without the generous and continued support from Annual Fund Donors. Annual Fund Donors includes contributions given via Friends of TWB, Balletomane Society, dancer sponsorship, mission moment donations (during Annual Gala), performance sponsorship, production underwriting, board dues, and in-kind contributions.
To learn more about Annual Fund Donors, please contact Kristina Palmer.
Lists are updated each month and include contributions from the previous 365 days.
The Washington Ballet would like to thank our current Annual Fund Donors.
$100,000+
Luanne Adams and Murrell Smith
Boeing
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Canadian National Railway
Cooley LLP
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH)
Jean-Marie and Raul Fernandez
Meyer Kesner and Bernice G Kesner Foundation Inc
Eve Lilley
Jacqueline B. Mars
Denise Littlefield Sobel
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
$50,000 – $99,999
Craft Media
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts
Betsy and Mike Keeley
The Honorable William McSweeny and Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Barbara Rothkopf
Shubert Foundation
Total Wine & More
$25,000 – $49,999
Sandy and David Berler
Bruce C. Douglas
Lisa Barry and James Gale
$10,000 – $24,999
Jamie Boucher
Thomas and Barbara Bozzuto
Connie and Nathan Briggs
The Honorable Ann Brown
Julie and David Brown
Jane Rosenthal Cafritz
Mary Challinor and Henry Richardson
CIVITAS Commercial Real Estate Services
The Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation
Brian and Lucy Conboy
David DeSantis and Todd Malan
Emilia Ferrara
Rachel and Joseph Firschein
Susan Gehring
Mike and Jinny Goldstein
Brittany Toscano Gore and Albert Gore
Ashley Hall
Harman Family Foundation
Toni Harrington and Edward Sumner
Glenda and Stephen Harvey
Maureen Hinman and Dmitri Alperovitch
Heather Hughes
Lucas Kaempfer Foundation
Jody Katz and Jeffrey Gibbs
Kay Kendall and Jack Davies
Dianne and John Keppler
Beth and Charles Kohlhoss
Chris and Sara Lange
Myron Lehtman
Lugano Diamonds
The M&T Charitable Foundation
Max Mara
William Minor and Christine Enemark
Michelle and Nelson Montes, Jr.
Dr. Michael Olding
Valerie Parker and Peter Mellen
Eric S. Richter
Martha and John Schwieters
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Slimp, II
James A. Smailes
Robert Craft Igor Stravinsky Foundation
Annie Simonian Totah
Jennifer and Andrew Tulumello
Dena E. Wiggins
Patricia Wu and Marc Bacigalupo
Lowell and Deb Yoder
$5,000 – $9,999
Lily Abbin
Jane Adams and Scott Galupo
Kate Costlow and John D’Amore
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Barbara Epstein Foundation
Events DC
Foster Family Foundation
Madelyn and Steve Harris
Hopkins Family in memory of Marilyn Hopkins
Abdol Hossein and Guitty Ejtemai Foundation
Susan Korytkowski and Richard I. Knapp
Pinkie Mayfield
Bill and Anne McDow
David O’Connor
J.J. and Kristi Ong
Mark and Liz Ordan
Deborah and Arthur Page
Kwangwon Rhee
Randi and Jason Rosenberg
William Schilling
Dr. Linda Klieger Stillman and Dr. Robert Stillman
Terry Tretter and Jeffrey Auerbach
$2,500 – $4,999
Anonymous (2)
Natanya and Scott Allan
Ileana E. Arroyo
Carol and Gary Berman
John R. Bolton and Gretchen S. Bolton
Jason and Melissa Burnett
Tom and Maureen Curley
Paul Divito
Elizabeth and Owen Donley
Kari and Frank Doorley
Maureen Doyle
Jeanie Duck
Sarah G. and Duncan L. Evans
Lauri Fitz-Pegado
Wendy Frieman
Rachel Gottlieb
Allen C. Haid and Sandra Cummins-Haid
Michele Hartlove and Dr. Dan Sherman
Frederic Harwood and Nedda di Montezemolo
Susanna Aguirre Hastings
Daniel Hong
Kevin and Alla Iaquinto
Johnson & Johnson
Jason Jordan and Christine Zink
Rick Kasten
Drs. Richard and Kathy Katz
Liz Landers, Correspondent Scripps News
Jackie S. Levinson
Maria Leyva
Heidi and Bill Maloni
Brian M. Malsberger
Susan and Frank Mars
Alison Martin
Roberta Killgore McInerney
Elvi Moore
Donovan Robinson and John Bauer
Ryan Trust
Lisa B. Spikell
Toni Stifano
Christine Waldmann
Linda and Steve Weitz
Dr. Brien Williams and Carol Anne Ruppel
$1,200 – $2,499
Nicole Baker
James R. Beckers
The Chiu Family
Susan and Christopher DeMuth
Phoebe Eliopoulos and Raymond Ciesinski
Rachel and Joseph Firschein
Kathryn Fricks
Rene and Marilyn Grace
Jane and Jeff Griffith
Edith Holiday and Terry Adamson
Gary and Kathryn Horlick
Sandra Joyce
Sandy and Pat Kimble
Mary Kwak and Simon Johnson
Iris Lipkowitz
Brad Minardi
Nepeni Foundation
Kirsten Peeler and Edward Nilqes
Dr. Mona Sarfaty and Dr. Jay Siegel
Michael and Debbra Schene
Christopher and Meredith Shields
Ed and Andy Smith
Southeast Releve Association
Peter E. Threadgill
Frederica and George Valanos
Matthew and Wilma Wald
$600 – $1,199
Mark Adams and Evelyn N. Farkzs
Greg Albright and Wes Combs
Nikki Arbiter & John Murphy
Lucille Barale Ceurvorst
Denise and David Barmak
Nan Beckley
Peter & Catherine Bishop
Dr. Charles Bolan and CAPT Hyejeong Bolan
Ximena and John Brunette
Toby and Nicola Bush
Susan and Dixon Butler
Teresa Carlson
Will Chu
Kimberly Churches
Jeff and Jacky Copeland
Janice King Crawford
Maureen and Thomas Curley
Gordon Dale and Connie Carter
Thomas Daley
Nathan Daschle
Erin and François Drouin
Elizabeth Emerson
Pat Feighan and Steve Zenczak
Dr. Stanley and Ronna Foster
Raquel Fox
John Hardisty
Ryan Michael Hayes
Kerry Healey
Jacqueline and Alex Henry
Adam Hickey
Lori Jashinsky, in memory of Rory Schwartz
Susan Jashinsky and Paul Schwartz, in memory of Rory Schwartz
Clai Jorgensen
Laura Knapp
Fena and Andy Macdonald
Joan McCarthy and Thomas Watson
Darina and Allan McKelvie
Dr. Sheree McManus
David Medina
Steven Mister
Suzanne and Yuichi Miyamoto
Olree Family Charitable Fund
Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation By Lola C. Reinsch
David Ross
Irene Roth
Helen Rothman
Eric and Shelly Rubin
James Shepherd
Joanna Swirszcz
Tait Sye
Nickolai Talanin
Amy Belcher Turcotte
William Tuttle
Susan Walters
William and Lynda Webster
$360 – $599
Anonymous
Alexis Ahlstrom
Susanna Aquirre Hastings
Wallace Bailey
Nicholas Bauer and Elizabeth Vandenburg
Sabine Bayer
Ethan and Janet Booker
Ekaterina Brancato
Anne and Matthew Cafritz
Sean Cairncross and Emily Skor
Elena Carnevale
Mr. and Mrs. Aldus H. and Esther Chapin II
Nadine Cohodas
Victoria Weller Crawford and Irvin Crawford
Adam and Jodi Daniel
Brendan Dignan
Indira Edwards
Behnaz Fardshisheh
Blair D. Fernau
Mary Candace Fowler and Robert Brookhiser
Genette Gaffney
Paul Gamble
Anne M. Guy
Elizabeth Hare
Amanda Harrison & Nicolas Sanchez
Susan Hight and Mike Ortmeier
Melane Hoffman
Autumn and Jay Hunter
Ryan Jenkins
Debra Josefchak and Howard Goldman
Linda Kent
James and Irene Koukios
Sarah Kyrouac
Aikojean Lane
Jessie Liu
Ronni Lodato and Bill Radlinski
Joanna London
Joan Lunney and William Idler
Marjana Martinic
Robin Millican
Katherine Munroe
Rachel Pearson
Antonin Picou
Bob Pownall
Radhi Thayu
Pauline C. Thompson
Anne Tsai Bennett
Daniel Valter
$180 – $359
Robert Abele
Donald Adams and Ellen Maland
Terica E. Adams
Jacob Alter
Elliot Antokas, CPA
Gretchen Asmuth
Barbara Bentz
Anders Bering
Lisa and Courtney Billington
James and Leanne Boland
Erica Bondarev Rapach
Kathy Borrus
Christopher and Lauren Bourell
Tatiana Brofft
Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bruny
Christiane and Colin Buck
Julie C. Van Camp
Michael Cardella
Wallace Chandler
Barb and Dennis Conners
Laurel Conrad
Susan M. Crawford
Stanley and Ann Degler
Katherine Dewitt
Lois Dunlop
Mr. and Mrs. Grover L. Dunn
Stella Edosomwan-Whitt
Maria Filipinas Naldo-Fontelo
Noreen and Michael Friedman
Ruth Gramlich
Eve Granatosky
Tim Gribben
Ann and Robert Haas
Jack E. Hairston, Jr.
Mariah Healy
Danielle Heymann
Brooke Higdon
Horenstein-Johnson Charitable Giving Account
Patricia Jackman and Stephen L. John
Jeremy Jarvis
Gabrielle Jones, AIA, NOMA
Christine Keck
Joan Kennan
Ms. Helene Kenny
Sylvia Kihara and Roger Neill
Sharon Libby
Chloe Iman Little
Ann Loikow
Karen Manna
Lindsay McAuliffe
Beth McCann
Catherine and Jason McElroy
Melinda Medlin
Margaret Morehouse
Karen Nelson
Ilana Newman
Ellen Nixon
Ronald and Nan North
Katie Novaria
Ingrid Ott
Dennis and Susan Papadopoulos
Jane Passman and Jack Moyer
Elizabeth Stasiak Perry
Marie Policastro
Brenda Pommerenke and Larry George
Janet and John F. Powers
Amanda Radke
Robin Raphel
Carolyn Reynolds and Joshua Mandell
Raymond Rubicam
Phyllis Schene
Soody and Bernd Schneider
Justin Shaffer
Paula Stober
Nancy Szalwinski
Mary Grace and David Tillotson
Laurel Todd
Britt Samantha Elisabeth Tollefson
Surekha and Manan Trivedi
Lauren & Larry Vander Veen
Ms. Mia Villamayor
Annette Vinton
Patrick von Suskil
Constance C. Watts
Katrina Weck
Christina Witsberger
Robert S. Wood
Elaine Zuckerman
$60 – $179
Nana Amoah
Stephen A. Baldi
Steve Betchkal
Anita Bizzotto
Michelle L. Brown
Pamela Campe
Victoria Chang
Derrick Chelliah
Beth Cohen
Peter M. and Susan Connolly
Linda Courie, in honor of Evonne and Robert Connolly
Mary Ann Cronin
Kristin D’Andrea
Lawrence and Dolores D’Angelo
Lindsay Diedrich
Margaret Emerson, in honor of Mary Emerson Slimp
Ms. Patricia A. Falk
Mary L. Furman
Holly Furman
Laura Genero
David Godfrey
Glenda Goss
Elisabeth Y. Han
Barbara A. Helmick
Dr. Sara Hale Henry
Masaki Hidaka
Sandra C. Hinson
Catherine Hornback
Penelepe Hunt
Tarik Hussein
Theodore and Barbara Jonas
Barbara Jones
John and Tommie Kelley
David Kessler
Alex and Joel Klein
Dreama Lampa
Nia Lizanna
Daniel and Maeva Marcus
Sarah McAvoy and Wael Haidar
Dorie and Jeffrey McGuiness
Kathy McGuire
Richard and Barbara McMillan
Don and Jackie Meier
Kathy Milholland
Irene Miller
Meredith Milshtein
Molly Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. James Moyler IV
Barbara Murphy
Donna Murray
Lynn Nadal
Andrea O’Brien
Brian K. Owens
Shelley J. Parr
George and Nina Ragovis
Michael and Barbara Raizen
Anthony Rickert and Andrea Foster
Ian Rubinstein
Sherry Sabol
Mark Sandoe
H. and Kathy Sommerkamp
Deborah Stein
Barbara Wanner
Franklin and Victoria Wassmer
Hillary Webber
Melinda Weir
Thomas and Lauren Winkler
Lenore Winters
Robin Woodard
Zhao-Ping Yu
Institutional Supporters
The growth and survival of The Washington Ballet is not possible without the generous and continued support corporations and foundations. Through institutional support, TWB is able to maintain general operation and further our mission.
To learn more about Institutional Supporters, please contact Skylar Edwards.
Lists are updated each month and include contributions from the previous 365 days.
The Washington Ballet would like to thank our current Institutional Supporters.
Corporations
Boeing
Canadian National Railway
CityCenterDC
CIVITAS
Cooley LLP
Craft Media
Ernst & Young LLP
Events DC
Freeport McMoRan
Graham Holdings Co.
Johnson & Johnson
Kimberly-Clark
Lugano Diamonds
M&T Charitable Foundation
MaxMara
National Retail Federation
Pepco
Total Wine & More
Waldorf Astoria
Foundations
William S. Abell Foundation
The Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts
The deLaski Family Foundation
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Barbara Epstein Foundation
Foster Family Foundation
Green Fund
Henry Luce Foundation
Harman Family Foundation
Meyer Kesner and Bernice G Kesner Foundation Inc
Lucas Kaempfer Foundation
The Morningstar Foundation
Nepeni Foundation
RAST Foundation- Robert, Anna and Sophia Trone
Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation
Share Fund
S&R Evermay
Robert Craft Igor Stravinsky Music Foundation, Inc.
Shubert Foundation
Southeast Releve Association
Government
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
The National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
Mayor’s Office on African American Affairs
The Washington Ballet is funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported by The National Endowment for the Arts.
2024 Gala Sponsors
On April 26, 2024, The Washington Ballet held its Annual Gala at the National Building Museum. The event was Co-Chaired by Board members, Maureen Hinman and Patty Wu. We would like to thank all who sponsored our largest fundraising event of year.
To learn more about our Gala Sponsors, please contact Kristina Palmer.
The Washington Ballet would like to thank our 2024 Annual Gala Sponsors.
Monarch – $50,000
Fernandez Foundation
Chrysalis – $25,000
Luanne Adams and Murrell Smith
Abeer and Yousef Al Otaiba
Jamie Boucher
Maureen Hinman and Dmitri Alperovitch
Janice Kim and Michael Olding, MD
Jacqueline Badger Mars
National Retail Federation
Ronald and Mary Emerson Slimp
Total Wine & More
Mrs. Marion Rosenthal
Arthemis – $15,000
Abdol Hossein and Guitty Ejtemai Foundation
Eve A. Lilley
Heliconian – $10,000
Teresa Barger and Travis Brown
Lisa Barry and James Gale
Brae Blackley
Jane Rosenthal Cafritz
CityCenterDC
Mike and Jinny Goldstein
Glenda and Stephen Harvey
John and Dianne Keppler
Kimberly-Clark
Chris and Sara Lange
David Lashway and Katherine Silverthorne
Mark Lowham
Lugano Diamonds
David and Carrie Marriott
Joan McCarthy and Thomas Watson
RAST Foundation — Robert, Anna, and Sophia Trone
Martha and John Schwieters
Lisa and Chris Smith/WC Smith
S&R Evermay
Jennifer and Andrew Tulumello
Patricia Wu and Marc Bacigalupo
Viceroy – $5,000
The Honorable Ann Brown
Mary and Robert Haft
Johnson & Johnson
Betsy and Mike Keeley
Kay Kendall and Jack Davies
Madelyn and Steve Harris
KKR Global Institute
Gwendolyn Lohse and James Assey
Blake Neely
J.J. and Kristi Ong
Dena Wiggins
Painted Lady – $2,500
Jamie and Leanna Beaber
David and Sandy Berler
Timothy Bork
Connie and Nathan Briggs
Juliet and Ryan Brizek
Ximena and John Brunette
Cytec Solutions
Marilyn and William Dabaghi
Gordon Dale and Connie Carter
The Daschle Group
Dr. Paul Dlabal and Kathryn Dlabal
Erin and François Drouin
Phoebe Eliopoulos and Raymond Çiesinski
Celina and Mark Emery
Christine Enemark and William Minor
Pat Feighan and Steve Zenczak
Emilia Ferrara
Rachel and Joseph Firschein
Lauri Fitz-Pegado
Noel Greene
Heather Hughes
Ryan Jenkins
Ms. Sandra Joyce
Richard and Kathy Katz
Beth and Charles Kohlhoss
Susan Korytkowski and Richard I. Knapp
Kathie Legg and Rajib Chanda
Willee and Finlay Lewis
Joel Limerick
George and Kristen Lund
Dorothy and Bill McSweeny
Elvi Moore
Mt. Royal Printing Company
Carmen and Dennis Perkins
Ella Peters
Alice and Marques Peterson
Principal to Principal
Judy and John Ritz
Randi and Jason Rosenberg
Linda Roth
Paul Sherrill and Jose Solis Betancourt
James A. Smailes
Kay and Addison Smith
Sarah Stewart and Brian Crawford
Annie Simonian Totah
2023 Nutcracker Tea Party Sponsors
On December 3, 2023 The Washington Ballet held the Nutcracker Tea Party at the Waldorf Astoria. The event was Co-Chaired by Ashley Bronczek and Randi Rosenberg. We would like to thank all who sponsored this magical event.
To learn more about our Nutcracker Tea Party Sponsors, please contact Hunter Atherton.
The Washington Ballet would like to thank our 2023 Nutcracker Tea Party Sponsors.
Nutcracker Sponsor – $25,000
Ashley and Matt Bronczek / Dream Finders Homes
Jean-Marie and Raul Fernandez
Clara Sponsor – $10,000
Luanne Adams & Murrell Smith
Jamie & Leanna Beaber
Jamie Boucher, Anna Ansaldo, & Leonora Ansaldo
Erin & Ali Fardshisheh
The Frost Group
Rachna & Nitin Goyal
Dawn Halfaker
Congressman Ro Khanna & Ritu Ahuja Khanna
Jaime & Greg Marcus
National Retail Federation
Randi & Jason Rosenberg
Jennifer Stiebel, SoCo Events
Jennifer Skalka Tulumello & Andrew Tulumello
Rat King Sponsor – $5,000
Mia & Tim Bass
Nancy & Alan Bubes ⁄ Washington Fine Properties
Molly Decker
Mark & Celina Bustamante Emery
Katherine Engelhard Pingree & Andrew Dick
Rachel & Ava Firschein
Team IMPACT
Betsy & Mike Keeley
Sara & Chris Lange
Catherine & Brian Kowalski
Karim Rahmoune & Hanane Lemlih
Michael Salzberg & Deborah Ratner Salzberg
Paul & Rachel Sheridan
The Thorpe & Sramek Family
Cherry Blossom Sponsor – $3,000
Dolores & Carlton Aldrich
Renee Aldrich
Christopher Angell & Jessica Hertz
Connie & Nathan Briggs
Cathleen Mary Brown
Emerson & Ashley Burke
Aimee Burck
Kristin & John Cecchi
Charlotte & Shane Crowley
Yolanda Friend
Nasim & Tripp Fussell
Brittany Toscano Gore
Dr. Shannon Green
Olga & Scott Jaeckel
Dana & Gemma Kilburn
Gwendolyn Lohse & James Assey
The Narang Family
Erin & Jonathan Phillips
Lauren & Rory Pillsbury
Julie & Ryan Sciullo
Jennifer Shoop | Magpie by Jen Shoop
Ronald N. Slimp, II & Mary Slimp
Dana Lee and Chris Tavlarides
Taylor Law PLLC
Tiana & John Tenet
Ralph & Bobbi Terkowitz
Total Wine & More
J. Cory Tull
Dena E. Wiggins
Toy Soldier Sponsor – $1,500
Active Play
Melanie & Mo Bawa
Boeing
Elizabeth & Rick Costa
Charles DeSantis & David McDermott
Erin & Francois Drouin
Christina Duffy
Sondra Fein & Greg Epstein
Kathryn Fulton
Kelly & Evan Goldberg
Christina Gungoll Lepore
Alona Hapey & Gregory Thomas
Lisa & John Henderson
Jen & Ella Kavounas
Dr. Anita Kulkarni / DC Plastic Surgery Boutique
Alice Leiter
Kristen & Rose Lund
Jaynie & Stephen Lilley
Eve Lilley
Jacquelyn & Armani Mahoozi
Brian Maloney & Jennifer Young Maloney
Dixie Noonan
Lilia and Nazar Ostapenko
Candace Ourisman
Mary Margaret & Scott Plumridge
Maeve & Robert Rigler
Benjamin & Nicolle Rippeon
Judy & John Ritz
Lynn & Michael Rosenberg
Meredith & Jess Sharp
Lynn & Lee Wang
Laura Wolf
Supported In-Kind by: SOCO Events
Board of Ambassadors
The Board of Ambassadors (BOA) is an exclusive network of key individual and corporate benefactors who support the ballet’s social and artistic mission through their advocacy and philanthropy. In this Giving Circle, members share a common goal of supporting TWB’s unique role as the ballet of the nation’s capital. With an annual contribution of $10,000, the BOA advances corporate citizenship and the role of the arts in society by providing a crucial networking platform between business, government, and philanthropists. To learn more email the BOA TWB Liaison, Leah Mae Aldridge.
Members
Lisa Barry, Co-Chair
Glenda Harvey, Co-Chair
Jane Adams (Johnson&Johnson)
The Honorable Ann Brown
Kevin Chaffee
Rachel Firschein
Brittany Gore
Ashley Hall
Kay Kendall
Beth Kohlhoss
Joan McCarthy
J.J. Ong (Freeport-McMoRan)
Valerie Parker
Lisa Porter (Lugano Diamonds)
Annie Simonian Totah
Patricia Wu