Thank you to our donors!

The generous contributions of those listed below help advance the tradition of dance in Louisville and the state of Kentucky. If you would like to make a donation, please click here.

This list reflects gifts made between May 20, 2024 and May 20, 2025 from those who have agreed to be recognized. Every effort has been made to ensure that those recognized in all categories are accurate. To request a correction, please email [email protected].

Starr Society

$100,000+

Jennifer A. Moore
The late Lorraine W. and Clarence H. Short

$50,000+

Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Epstein
Ellen and Max Shapira
Jim and Marianne Welch
William and Susan Yarmuth

$25,000+

Anonymous
Hans and the late Kathy Bruehl
Susan G. Ford
Peter Ashby Howard and Jody Howard
Buck and Josie Wiseman

$10,000+

Anonymous
Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun
Edith Bingham
Nina Bonnie
Janet DenUyl
Mary Moss Greenebaum
Matthew and Lena Hamel
Paula and Frank Harshaw
Emma C. Hutchens and Kelsey Jones
Augusta Brown Holland and Gill Holland, Jr.
Allison and Tom O’Grady
James A. Pitt
Carol C. Pye
Dr. Greg Brown and Scott Rogers
Vivian Ruth Sawyer
Julie and Chris Soluri
Dr. and Mrs. David Tucker
James and Elizabeth Voyles
Dr. Alan Roth and Faye Weinberg
Martha Ann and Kenneth Wertz

Director $5,000+

Erica Bachelor
Donald G. Wenzel Jr. and Ronald L. Darnell
Shirley Dumesnil
Jane and Bert Emke
Sherry M. and Joseph Feldpausch
The late Judith R. Ford
Moriah Ogilvie and William Holton
Alfred and Anne Joseph
Alan and Shelly Kamei
James and Irene Karp
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Karen G. and Richard J. Mazzoni
Sharon and Henry Potter
Kathryn Shaver
Leslie and John Smart
Lee and John Stough
Bill and Mary Strench
Carl and Ellen Thomas
Jane Welch
Cheri and Jim Whelan
Maida Wood

Artist $2,500-$4,999

John Downard and Mary Alexander
Lee Purcell Best
Elaine Bryan
Walter Clare
Carolle Jones Clay and Kenneth Clay
Lee Dorsey
Linda and William Ellison
Cheryl and Eugene Gilchrist
Jim and Sara Haynes
Wanda Carol Hendrix
Janice Carter Levitch Humphrey and Steven Humphrey
Donald Kavanaugh
Fairleigh and Abby Lussky
Larry Shapin and Ladonna Nicolas
Dr. Kimberly Boland and Conor O’Driscoll
Michael Pitt
Anton Skobelev

Pointe Society $1,500-$2,499

Joe and Sue Albrechta
Robert and Karen Chatham
Rev. John G. Eifler
Turney Berry and Kendra Foster
Gordon and Chris Gerwig
Susan and William Grubbs
Owen and Eleanor Hardy
Carol Harper
Mary Harper
Dr. Mary Harty and Mr. James Harty
Albin B. Hayes, Jr.
Mathew and Carrielee Koole
Dr. Christopher Krieg and Alicia Krieg
Guy and Elizabeth Montgomery
Carey Pilo
Vicki and June Prince
Ali and Tyler Sharpe
Mary Stites
Pamela and Paul Thompson

Dancer $1,000-$1,499

Anonymous
The Honorable Jerry Abramson and Mrs. Madeline Abramson
Michael G. Alt
Andy and Michelle Arnold
Kathleen Berger
Lisa Biddle-Puffer
Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham
Molly Bingham
Alan and Sandra Bryant
Dr. Jeffrey Callen and Mrs. Susan Callen
Ralph and Tammy De Chabert
Maria Ciliberti
Courtney Combs
Robert Cox
Frances Dumbaugh
Holly Brockman-Johnson and Steven Fick
Moira C. Fiedler
Linda Finney
Ms. Peggy Fowler
Vincenzo and Patricia Gabriele
Nicole George
Michael and Paula Grisanti
Roger and Karen Hale
Deana Hall
Anne and Mike Hampton
Kathy Hogan
Cheryl and Larry Hughett
Kimberly Hutchison
Rhonda and Breckinridge Jones
David and Karan Knight
Karen Koshewa
Sheryl Snyder and Jessica Loving
Representative Mary Lou Marzian and Mr. Bill Marzian
Ron McKulick
Dr. Roy Meckler and Mrs. Lynn Meckler
Jonathan and Lisa Miller
Ms. Penelope T. Morton
R. Charles and Sally Moyer
Mary and Ted Nixon
Kathleen Reno and Thomas Payette
Sharon P. Pfister
Marcelle Gianelloni and Conrad J. Pressma
Janet W. Rink
Jacqueline Rosky
Arthur and Simone Salomon
Dr. Myroslava Romach and Dr. Edward Sellers
Karen and Farrell Smith
Helen Starr
Claire and Tonya Stivers
Kelly Tassin
Margaret Thomas
Rebecca Terry and Peter Thompson
Mr. David A. Jones Jr and Ms. Mary G. Wheeler
Joan Whittenberg
Grace Wooding
Kenneth and Michelle Yeargan

Benefactor $500-$999

Richard and Patricia Arrington
Christopher Babcock
Colleen Devlin and Gary Barrigar
Debbie Berry
Lyle Browne
Dr. Cynthia Campbell
Larry T. Sloan and Helen K. Cohen
Linda and Fred Cowan
Robert and Kathleen Daniels
Dr. Susan Donovan
Traci and John Eikenberry
Pam and Tom Faludy
Leslie and Gregg Fowler
Tracy Green
Maureen McCall and Ronald Gregg
Mary and Thomas Hardin
Clare Hirn
Hugh Jones
Robert Kapfhammer
Elizabeth and David Kaplan
Stanley and Sally Macdonald
Jason Malin
Mr. David Lipp and Rabbi Laura Metzger
Ashley and Andrew Noland
Sarah and Charles O’Koon
Donna Moser Peak
D. Patton Pelfrey
Luke Powell
Byron and Jahree Rager
Dr. Colleen Ryan
Deann and Chris Sandford
Terrie and Marshall Sellers
Ellen and Mark Sites
Erik Snyder
Kim and David Taylor
Leslie Taylor
Carol and Eddie Vetter
Brett Corbin and Samantha Wallace-Corbin
Larry Wandell
J. David and Inez White
Skip White
Nick Wilkerson
Sandy and Mary Wilson
Dr. Wayne Villanueva and Ms. Janet Witzleben
Ann Zimmerman
Debbie Zoglmann

Patron Up to $499

Anonymous (2)
Jennifer Aam
Kay Adams
Danielle Adsit
Danny Alexander
Ann Taylor Allen
Patty Anderson
Angelea Andrews
Kelli and James Archer
Troy Ashley
Erin and Joe Avdevich
Barbara Bai
Kathleen Bailey
Courtney Baird
Denee Bannister
Savannah Barrett
Beverly Barringer
Stephanie Bateman
Gail R. Becker
Alma Benedict
Gail Benedict
Michael Bennett
Diana Bentz
Ashlee Bergin
Manley Berthold
Terry Bishop
Amanda Blakeman
Rhet Blumenschein
Ada and Kenneth Boatright
Victoria Boggs
Amanda Bommer-Villaveces
Kate and Jeff Bonner
Anne and Morton Boyd
Theresa Brady
Linda L. Braun
Anne Braun
Joyce and Edward Bridge
Jacqueline Brill
Debhra Thursby Brock
Darrell Brooke
Kathryn and Paul Brotzge
Ellen T. Brown
Mikelle Bruzina
Jamie Bubb
Kayden Michele Burden
Dr. Crump Baker and Dr. Alta Burnett
Beth Bussell
Ronald and Elizabeth Butler
Jamie Jarboe and Douglas Butler
Sara and Dan Callaway
Brad and Ricardo Calobrace
Anne and Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
Ralph and Betty Cash
Cathy Caton
Bethany Chaney
Robert Ching
John Christine
Julie and William Churchill
Deanna Clark
John H. Clark IV and Gretchen Clark
Denise Clayton
Lorna Cloud
Lan Nguyen-Colgate and Dustin Colgate
Alice and Gus Collis
Christopher Colon
Nancy Cox
Brian Creech
Virgina B. Cromer
Mercedes Crosta-Roust
Dr. Tracy K’Meyer and Glenn Crothers
John and Jeanne Cummins
Andrew Cunningham
Helen Daigle
Brenda Daniels and Jefferson Dalby
Diane R. Davis
Mary Davis
Merry Denny
Kristi Ditto
Clarence Dixon
Patrick and Laurel Doheny
Clare Dougherty
Laurie Duesing
Cindy Dumas
Guy Genoud and Stacy Duncan
Katherine Dyke
Mary A. Elder
Dr. Leza Eldorado
Jeff Emerich
Alan and Linda Engel
Paul Ethridge
Erin and Mitchell Evans
John Felton
Tony Ferry
Keeley T. Finn
Elaine Finzel
Jason Fischer
Linda T. Fitts
Judge Paula Fitzgerald
Adele Fontan
Harold and Sue Ford
Cathy Ford
Harold and Sue Ford
Sofia Fritschner
Stephanie Fultz
Kristy Gaines
Elizabeth Gallacher
Susan and Terry Gardner
Deborah Gardner
Sherrie George
Steve and Jenny Von Gerlachter
Amy Gerstle
Robert Gieszl
James Gilbert
Amber K. Gipson
Kristina Godlewski
Linda and Stuart Goldberg
Jane Goldstein
Jan Gonder
Kristal Goodman
Jada Grady
Steve Graham
Rachel Graves
Tina Gray
Lloyd Gray
jeffrey Greenberg
Claire Greenlee
Jim and Pat Greer
David Grey
Sandal H. Gulick
Caroline Guthrie
John and Rebecca Guthrie
Julie Guy
John Hale
Marie Haley
Bill and Judy Haliday
Kellie Hall
Jane Halliday
Stratton Hammon
Mark Hammond
Nancy S. Hancock
Mary C. Hardin
Sarah and Donald Harlan
Marcia Lee Harlow
Elizabeth Hartwell
Hannah Hatch
Benjamin Haydon
William M. Hayes
Thomas Heavrin
Rick Heavrin
Stephanie Hedges
Jody Held
Dr. Erin Herstine
Jaime Heun
Kevin Hinton
Maliyah Hodges
Aubrey Holle
Richard and Maureen Holston
Tracie Holton
Megan and Dylan Hook
Marianne Hopewell
Mark Hopkins
Joe and Terresa Hopkins
Jo Nell House
Thomas House
Samuel House
Gerald and Mary Hubbs
Jon Huffman
Courtney Hunter
Chloe Hutto
William C. Schrader, III
Paul Tigue III
James Inge and Catherine Gaglio Inge
Dr. Thomas James
Jeffrey and Margaret Jamner
Jill and Franklin Jelsma
Sarah St. John
Alice Johnson
Richard Johnson
Olivia Johnson
Dr. Douglas Johnson
Makayla Kanerviko
Clay Kannapell
Mrs. Margaret Karman and Dr. Robert Karman
Dick and Gail Kaukas
Mary Carol Kays
Sandra Richardson and Don Keeling
Karen Keith
LaShon Kell
Julia Kendrick
MK Kernan
Katherine King
Jennifer King
Suzie Kinman
Monica Kiper
Cindy Kirkpatrick
Haley Klein
Jonathan Klingenfus
Douglas Kloos
Sara Kmack
Marcella Kragel
Susan Hamilton and Ed Krebs
Jean Kreke
Kathleen Kronauer
Norah Kute
Linda Labbadia
Megan Ann LaFave
Nana Lampton
Richard Badaracco and Jo Lawless
Lyle Lawson
Dr. Ronald Lehocky
Timi Lentz
Sonia Levine
Jennifer Lindsay
Shary Loewy
Shane Logan
Katie Long
Michael Martin Losavio
Sarah Losson
Rt. Rev David Reed and Catherine Luckett
Christie Luellen
Lauren Lydon
Joseph Lyons
Jama and Frank Mackin
Valerie Mahuron
Sarah Maria
Ron Mariano
Evelyn Masters
Lisa and Mark Matthews
Sua Ann Mattox
John McBroom
Heather McCall
Matthew McGarvey
Kimberly Meffert
Emma Melo
Christine Merritt
Ben Van Meter
Gail Michael
Doug and Linda Michael
Suzette Miguel
Rowland Miller
Cynthia Miller
Jennifer Loren Bingham Mills
Guy and Genevieve Montgomery
Muriel Moore
Patrick Moore
Scott and Yvette Morris
Jill Morzillo
Randy and Laurie Myer
Pamela Nation
Martha Newman
Regan and Matthew Nichols
Jenny Nirmaier
Donald Norman
Erin Obenauf
Sharon Obenauf
Joy O’Bryan
David O’Connell
Barbara and Patrick O’Daniel-Munger
Mary and Patrick O’Shea
Joanna and Lyndall Overstreet
Lauren Owens
David Pantera
Eric and Martha Pecceu
Donna Pemberton
Tara Gardner Perry
Lili Peters
Lili Peters
Susan Pointer
Virginia Pollitt
Tori Powell
Tracy Nichole Powell
Scott and Molly Prince
Kaci Prunty
Camy Pruss
Dennis Puffer
Jessica Purser
Gerardo Rachumi
Katy Rahla
Ann Ramser
Audra Rankin
Stephanie and Alex Ranquist
Mary Alice Reese
Thomas Reid
Gingie Reisz
Rhonda Reskin
Sarah H. Rhyne
Katherine Biagi-Rickert and Tony Rickert
Mary Ann Ridge
Veronica Riggs
Mariano Rivera
Lynda M. Robertson
Dennis Robinson
Christa Faline Hill Rodman
Dinnie Rogers
Ron and Rio Ross
Mitchell Ross
Susan Rostov
Robert and Mary Rounsavall
Carrie Row
Javan Roy-Bachman
Denise Carroll and Bill Russell
Raffaella Rybarczyk
Jacob and Jennifer Sabel
Robert and Felice Sachs
Louise Sachs
Daniel and Juanita Santos
Robin Schalda
Frances Schauman
Maria Scherer
Victoria Schmit
Jo Anne Schneider
Shirley Schneringer
Frances Schnuerle
Tina and Geoff Schnuerle
Nikki Schreiner
Donna Schuster
Madison Schwitzer
Dr. Susan Zepeda and Dr. Fred Seifer
David Senti
Douglas Shapiro
Alina Shaver
Sandra Fernandez Sheehy
Alynn and Andrew Sherman
Kathryn Sides
Dwight Kyle and Cindy Siletto
Paula Sleeman
Daniel Moyers and Barbara Smith
Gage Smith
Olga Snyder
Sue Sobel
Lenna Soltau
James and Nan Spalding
Laura Spaulding
Nick Gaglio, Sr.
Edgar and Terry Stanton
Dr. Victoria Statler
Joseph Steinhauer
Alison and Bill Stemler
Mr. David Stierle
Kathleen Stocker
Edward and Joan Stone
Babsra Stone
Gordon and Catherine Strauss
Anita Streeter
Brian Strunk
Rosalie Surtees
Philip and Esther Tamplin
Jennifer Taylor
Rachel Terry
Lynn Theriot
Carol K. Thompson
Dr. Joseph Thompson and Mrs. Ann Thompson
Tawnee Thompson
Paul Thompson
Leatha Thurman
David and Diane Thurmond
Linda Tiller
Ellen Timmons
Patricia Tinsley
Mrs. Carol Tittel and Dr. Paul Tittel
John Trageser
Lacey Lianne Trautwein
Gretchen Treitz-Martin
Georgia Turner
Dwight Turner
Brad Turner
Gwathmey and Ginny Tyler
Vicky Tyree
Hector Urdaneta
Denisha Vaughn
Ellen Venhoff
Inta K. Voight
Jeanne Vuturo
Janet Walther
Brandt Wamsley
Shanna Ward
Annie Weber
Ronald Weber
Joe Weisenberger
Merleta Weisert
Mary Jo Wetzel
Michelle Black White and Dr. David White
Portia White
Donald Whitfield
Susan Wilburn
Janelle Wilhelm
Keisha Williams
Mary Beth Williams
Denise Wilson
Andrea Wilson
Marie Wilson
Monica Winters
Christina Wiseman
Kenneth Wooton
Kathryn Wright
Dennis S. Wunderlich
Julie Wunderlin
Anne and Edward Wunsch
Margaret Young
Ashley Young
Judith and John Youngblood
Dr. Kenneth Zegart and Mrs. Shelly Zegart
Julie Zoeller

Arabesque Society

Anonymous (3)
Lee Purcell Best
The late Elaine Bornstein
Jamie Jarboe and Douglas Butler
Walter Clare
Dr. Claudia Crump
John R. Cummins
The late Judith R. Ford
Susan Grubbs
The late Michael C. Jordan
The late Dr. James B. and Mrs. Helen K. Longley
The late Betty and David Mills
Martha Nichols
D. Patton Pelfrey
Ronald Rubin
The late Lorraine W. and Clarence H. Short
Leslie and John Smart
Lee and John Stough
The late Rose Mary Toebbe
James and Elizabeth Voyles

In-Kind

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Anna’s Additions
Ashley Rountree and Associates
Barry Wooley Designs
Brightside Foundation
Buzzard’s Roost
Cultured Cheese and Charcuterie Bar
Davis Jewelers
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
Eurotard Dancewear
Frost Brown Todd
Heaven Hill Brands
Heritage Wine and Spirits
In Bloom Again
Jack Fry’s
Jonestarr Inc
Kentucky Derby Festival
Kentucky Performing Arts
KORT
Le Relais
Louisville City FC
Louisville Orchestra
Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Poe Companies
Prepping with Peppers
River House Restaurant and Raw Bar
Signarama
Speed Art Museum
Spiritless
The Galt House
Todays Woman
Unbridled Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Unified Technologies
Vivid Impact
Welch Printing, Inc.
Whiskey Row Hotel Collection
Hotel Distil • Moxy • Aloft • Homewood

Anonymous (2)
Erica Bachelor
Debbie Berry
Kevin Brown
Sean & Vennita Cantrell, children of the artist Jim Cantrell
Toni Clem
Kimberly and Dan Colón
Pam and Tom Faludy
Jim and Sara Haynes
Jody Held
Gareth Jones
Dr. Thomas Loeb
RIQUE
Kathryn Shaver
Alynn Sherman
Leslie and John Smart
Bill and Mary Strench
Kelly Tassin
Zach Wardlaw
Elizabeth Windisch