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
$20,000 – $49,999
Lisa Barry and James Gale
Sandy and David Berler
Jamie Boucher
Thomas and Barbara Bozzuto
Connie and Nathan Briggs
Jane Rosenthal Cafritz
CIVITAS Commercial Real Estate Services
David DeSantis and Todd Malan
Bruce C. Douglas
Emilia Ferrara
Mike and Jinny Goldstein
Toni Harrington and Edward Sumner
Maureen Hinman and Dmitri Alperovitch
Heather Hughes
Lucas Kaempfer Foundation
Dianne and John Keppler
Beth and Charles Kohlhoss
The M&T Charitable Foundation
Dr. Michael Olding
Martha and John Schwieters
Dai Shi
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Slimp, II
David Vosvick
Dena E. Wiggins
Lowell and Deb Yoder
$10,000 – $19,999
Teresa Barger and Travis Brown
The Honorable Ann Brown
Gregg and Jamie Brown
Julie and David Brown
Mary Challinor and Henry Richardson
The Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation
Brian and Lucy Conboy
Celina and Mark Emery
Rachel and Joseph Firschein
Susan S. Gehring
Brittany Toscano Gore and Albert Gore
Ashley Hall
Glenda and Stephen Harvey
Jody Katz and Jeffrey Gibbs
Kay Kendall and Jack Davies
Chris and Sara Lange
Myron Lehtman
Lugano Diamonds
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Max Mara
William Minor and Christine Enemark
Michelle and Nelson Montes, Jr.
J.J. and Kristi Ong
Valerie Parker and Peter Mellen
James A. Smailes
Robert Craft Igor Stravinsky Foundation
Annie Simonian Totah
Patricia Wu and Marc Bacigalupo
$5,000 – $9,999
Jane Adams and Scott Galupo
Dr. Scholl Foundation
The Barbara Epstein Foundation
Events DC
The Betty and Wes Foster Family Foundation
Mary R. Granger
Madelyn and Steve Harris
Abdol Hossein and Guitty Ejtemai Foundation
Susan Korytkowski and Richard I. Knapp
Tracey and Eric Mahr
Pinkie Mayfield
Anne and Bill McDow
Elvi Moore
David O’Connor
Mark and Liz Ordan
Deborah and Arthur Page
William Schilling
Dr. Linda Klieger Stillman and Dr. Robert Stillman
Terry Tretter and Jeffrey Auerbach
Van Metre Family Foundation
$2,500 – $4,999
Lily Abbin
Natanya and Scott Allan
Ileana E. Arroyo
Debra Bergoffen and Robert Lanman
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
Phoebe Eliopoulos and Raymond Ciesinski
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
The Henry Foundation
Daniel Hong
Kevin and Alla Iaquinto
Rick Kasten
Drs. Richard and Kathy Katz
Dr. Suzan Kovarick
Liz Landers, Correspondent Scripps News
Jackie S. Levinson
Maria Leyva
Heidi and Bill Maloni
Brian M. Malsberger
Alison Martin
Roberta Killgore McInerney
Carol Ruppel & Brien Williams
Ryan Trust
Caroline and David Schaefer
Christopher and Meredith Shields
Lisa B. Spikell
Toni Stifano
Vivien Szu-Tu
Christine Waldmann
Linda and Steve Weitz
$2,000 – $2,499
Susan and Christopher DeMuth
Edith Holiday and Terry Adamson
Sandra Joyce
Iris Lipkowitz
Kirsten Peeler and Edward Nilges
Donovan Robinson and John F. Bauer
Mona Sarfaty, MD and Jay Siegel, MD
Frederica and George Valanos
$1,000 – $1,999
Mark Adams and Evelyn N. Farkzs
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation Inc
Deborah and Charles Adelman
Greg Albright and Wes Combs
Nicole Baker
James R. Beckers
Ximena and John Brunette
Toby and Nicola Bush
Susan and Dixon Butler
Teresa Carlson
Kimberly Churches
Jeff and Jacky Copeland
Kate Costlow D’Amore
Janice King Crawford
Maureen and Thomas Curley
Gordon Dale and Connie Carter
Dr. Megan Dankovich and Dominic Argentieri
Nathan Daschle
Erin and François Drouin
Elizabeth Emerson
Pat Feighan and Steve Zenczak
Raquel Fox
Kathryn Fricks
Rene and Marilyn Grace
Jane and Jeff Griffith
Ryan Michael Hayes
Kerry Healey
Adam Hickey
Gary and Kathryn Horlick
Lori Jashinsky
Sue Jashinsky and Paul Schwartz in memory of Rory J. Schwartz
Clai Jorgensen
Sandy and Pat Kimble
Mary Kwak and Simon Johnson
Kathleen J. Lester
Jillian Marwell in honor or Rachna and Riya Goyal
Joan McCarthy and Thomas Watson
Darina and Allan McKelvie
David Medina
Brad Minardi
Steven Mister
Katherine Munroe
Olree Family Charitable Fund
Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation By Lola C. Reinsch
David Ross
Irene Roth
James Shepherd
Ed and Andy Smith
Joanna Swirszcz
Tait Sye
Nickolai Talanin
William Tuttle
Susan Walters
William and Lynda Webster
$500 – $999
Anonymous (5)
Alexis Ahlstrom
Susanna Aquirre Hastings
Nikki Arbiter & John Murphy
Lucille Barale Ceurvorst
Sabine Bayer
Nan Beckley
Peter & Catherine Bishop
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
Adrien and Linda Cote
Victoria Weller Crawford and Irvin Crawford
Vickram and Sarah Cuttaree
Adam and Jodi Daniel
Brendan Dignan
Indira Edwards
Blair D. Fernau
Ralph and Barbara Ferrara
Dr. Stanley and Ronna Foster
Mary Candace Fowler and Robert Brookhiser
Mike and Beth Van Gelder
Anne M. Guy
Ann and Robert Haas
Elizabeth Hare
Amanda Harrison & Nicolas Sanchez
Autumn and Jay Hunter
Ryan Jenkins
Debra Josefchak and Howard Goldman
Linda Kent
Robert and Arlene Kogod
Sarah Kyrouac
Aikojean Lane
Jessie Liu
Ronni Lodato and Bill Radlinski
Joanna London
Marjana Martinic
Robin Millican
Rachel Pearson
Antonin Picou
Sarah Pillsbury and Vernon Steele
Helen Rothman
Eric and Shelly Rubin
Phyllis Schene
Catherine Snyderwine
Iris L. Straus
Radhi Thayu
Anne Tsai Bennett
Peter E. Threadgill
Amy and Jeff Turcotte
Daniel Valter
$250 – $499
Donald Adams and Ellen Maland
Terica E. Adams
Anonymous
Elliot Antokas, CPA
Gretchen Asmuth
Wallace Bailey
Nicholas Bauer and Elizabeth Vandenburg
Rick and Barbara Bentz
Erica Bondarev Rapach
Tatiana Brofft
Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bruny
Christiane and Colin Buck
Carmen Byrd
Jim & Pamela Campe
Michael Cardella
Nadine Cohodas
Barb and Dennis Conners
Laurel Conrad
Susan M. Crawford
Shu Denhart
Katherine Dewitt
Rebecca Dumke
Stella Edosomwan-Whitt
Mafe Estevez-Breton
Noreen and Michael Friedman
Genette Gaffney
The Galipeau Family
Paul Gamble
Eve Granatosky
Jack E. Hairston, Jr.
Danielle Heymann
Brooke Higdon
S & J Hollander
Patricia Jackman and Stephen L. John
Jeremy Jarvis
Adolph W. Johnson Jr.
Clifford Johnson and Nadine Horenstein
Gabrielle Jones, AIA, NOMA
Christine Keck
Lucy P. Kelley and John J. Kelley
Joan Kennan
Ms. Helene Kenny
James and Irene Koukios
Chloe Iman Little
Ann Loikow
Joan Lunney and William Idler
Lindsay McAuliffe and Robert Reisner
Catherine and Jason McElroy
Melinda Medlin
Jackie Taylor Meier
Margaret Morehouse
M. Filipinas Naldo-Fontelo
Karen Nelson
Ilana Newman
Ellen Nixon
Ronald and Nan North
Katie Novaria
Ingrid Ott
Gaige Paulsen
Elizabeth Stasiak Perry
Marie Policastro
The Poling Family
Bob Pownall
Amanda Radke
Meredith Ross Lesieur
Raymond Rubicam
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Scanlan Jr.
Joseph J. Schwarzwalder, Ph.D.
Justin Shaffer
Joanna L. Smith
Fabienne and Robert Spier
Nancy Tartt
Pauline C. Thompson
Laurel Todd
Britt Samantha Elisabeth Tollefson
Surekha and Manan Trivedi
Di Umoh
Lauren & Larry Vander Veen
Ms. Mia Villamayor
Annette Vinton
Patrick von Suskil
Sandy Willen
Christina Witsberger
Robert S. Wood
Edward Wyatt
Victoria Yue
Anne Zimmerman
Elaine Zuckerman
$100 – $249
Anonymous (2)
Karen & Chuck Adams
Jacob Alter
Nana Amoah
Kathleen Anderson
Dr. Linda Arnold
Gay Ashley
Stephen A. Baldi
Diana Berchiolli
Anders Bering
Dennis Berry
Steve Betchkal
Anita Bizzotto
Dr. Charles Bolan and CAPT Hyejeong Bolan
James and Leanne Boland
Kathy Borrus
Jennifer Brooks
Michelle L. Brown
Bartlett and Elisabeth Brownell
Wallace Chandler
Victoria Chang
Beth Cohen
Susan and Peter Connolly
Mary Ann Cronin
Kristin D’Andrea
Stanley and Ann Degler
Lois Dunlop
Mr. and Mrs. Grover L. Dunn
Ms. Patricia A. Falk
Timothy Fraser
Holly Furman
M. Furman
Jane and Paul Galvin
Barbara Rose Gartley
David Godfrey
Glenda Goss
Green Fund
Barbara and Tiana Helmick
Javier Henao
Dr. Sara Hale Henry
Masaki Hidaka
Sandra C. Hinson
Col (Ret) and Mrs. Jonathan Hirsch
Catherine Hornback
Suzanne Koucheravy
Steven Jensen
Theodore and Barbara Jonas
Sylvia Kihara and Roger Neill
Melissa King
Alex and Joel Klein
Dreama Lampa
Sharon Libby
Nia Lizanna
Jan Lodal
Margaret T. Long
Karen Main
Karen Manna
Patrice Martinez
Dorie McGuiness
Kathy McGuire
Michael McKee
Richard and Barbara McMillan
Kathy Milholland
Meredith Milshtein
Molly Mitchell
Ute Moeller
Jack Moyer and Jane Passman
Barbara Murphy
Lynn Nadal
Maria Neff
Alina Collins O’Brien
Diana Ogden
Brian K. Owens
Dennis and Susan Papadopoulos
Shelley J. Parr
Tim Pastva
Brenda Pommerenke and Larry George
Hank Prensky
George and Nina Ragovis
Robin L. Raphel
Carolyn Reynolds and Joshua Mandell
Dr. Eric Ripper
Sherry Sabol
Mark Sandoe
Clare Sant
Carol Schwartz
John and Roma Sherman
Pamela Raymont-Simpson
H. and Kathy Sommerkamp
Jan & Leif Springer
Deborah Stein
Barbara A. Stern
Joan Stieber
Paula Stober
William Stowe
Nancy Szalwinski
Angela Tilghman
Mary Grace and David Tillotson
William Todd
Julie C. Van Camp
Lisa and Rodney Wallace
Constance C. Watts
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
2024 Nutcracker Tea Party Sponsors
On December 8, 2024 The Washington Ballet held the Nutcracker Tea Party at the Waldorf Astoria. The event was Co-Chaired by Rachna Goyal 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 Leah Mae Aldridge.
The Washington Ballet would like to thank our 2024 Nutcracker Tea Party Sponsors.
Nutcracker Sponsor – $25,000
Luanne Adams and Murrell Smith
Fernandez Foundation
Rachna & Nitin Goyal
Randi and Jason Rosenberg
Clara Sponsor – $10,000
Mia Bass and Helen Bechtel
Jacqueline Daly and Bethany Ritchey
Erin and Ali Fardshisheh
The Frost Group – Jennifer Frost & Jim Carter
Cynthia Gilmore and Sara Swabb
Congressman Ro Khanna and Ritu Ahuja Khanna
Katherine and Brian Lucas
National Retail Federation
Deborah Ratner Salzberg
Jennifer and Andrew Tulumello
Dewdrop Sponsor – $5,000
Nancy Taylor Bubes
Choi/Greenberg/Wilson Families
Rachelle Barimany Dove
Allana and Evan D’Amico
Hans and Jennifer Davies
Sandra Joyce
Betsy and Mike Keeley
Laura Fox Interior Design
Carrie & David Marriott
Cherry Blossom Sponsor – $3,000
Aldrich-Sacharko Family
Connie and Nathan Briggs
Sondra Fein and Gregory Epstein
Frye/Fuge Families
Jinny & Mike Goldstein
Brittany Toscano Gore and Albert Gore
Julianna Goldman and Michael Gottlieb
Dr. Shannon Green
The Hauss Family
Mrs. Eve A. Lilley
Brad Minardi
The Nardelli Group
Ronald and Mary Emerson Slimp
The Zimmerman Family
Toy Soldier Sponsor – $1,500
Anonymous
Sanjeev and Bela Aggarwal
LouElla Alcaraz & Julian Kushmerek
Dolores & Carlton Aldrich
Steve & Erin Antosh
Celina and Mark Emery
Green Touch Builders, LLC
Olga and Scott Jaeckel
Jamie Kalantar
Jackie & Armani Mahoozi
Brian Maloney & Jennifer Young Maloney
Yuichi and Suzanne Miyamoto
MaryLeigh Morrison
Mt Royal Printing Co.
Callie Nierenberg
Dixie Noonan
Judy & John Ritz
Dana and Michael Rocks
Stacy Rosenberg
Brian Santo & Janelle Nowak-Santo
Ellen and Adam Spiegel
Greg Thomas and Anya Hapey-Thomas and Alona Hapey
Thorpe & Sramek Family
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
The Honorable Ann Brown
Kevin Chaffee
Rachel Firschein
Brittany Gore
Kay Kendall
Joan McCarthy
J.J. Ong (Freeport-McMoRan)
Valerie Parker
Annie Simonian Totah
Patricia Wu