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 June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026 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 contribute@louisvilleballet.org.
STARR SOCIETY
$100,000+
Anonymous (2)
Jim and Sara Haynes
Jennifer A. Moore
Dr. Victoria Phillips
Ellen and Max Shapira
Pamela and Paul Thompson
Jim and Marianne Welch
$50,000+
Anonymous
Victoria and Paul J. Diaz
Kathryn Shaver
John and Lee Stough
$25,000+
Cheryl and Eugene Gilchrist
$10,000+
Anonymous
Edith Bingham
Nina Bonnie
Hans and the late Kathy Bruehl
Janet DenUyl
Matthew and Lena Hamel
Dr. Mary Harty and Mr. James Harty
Helen Starr Jones
Beth and Richard Klein
Lyle Lawson
Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy
Lisa Biddle-Puffer and David McKenzie
James A. Pitt
Vivian Ruth Sawyer
Julie and Chris Soluri
Lindy Street
James and Elizabeth Voyles
Jeanne D. Vuturo
director $5,000 +
Joe and Sue Albrechta
Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun
Sherry M. and Joseph Feldpausch
Gordon and Chris Gerwig
Maureen McCall and Ronald Gregg
Augusta Brown Holland
Moriah Ogilvie and William Holton
Alfred and Anne Joseph
Brian Judd
Elizabeth and David Kaplan
Karen G. and Richard J. Mazzoni
Dr. Kimberly Boland and Conor O’Driscoll
Michael and Chandra Rudd
Carl and Ellen Thomas
Kate and Lee Tucker
Alan Roth, M.D. and Faye Weinberg
Jane Welch
Jim Whelan
Grace Wooding
artist $2,500 – $4,999 +
Walter Clare
Carolle Jones Clay and Kenneth Clay
Lee Dorsey
Wanda Carol Hendrix
Kimberly and Christopher Hutchison
Emma C. Hutchens and Kelsey Jones
Rhonda and Breckinridge Jones
Andrew Rapp
Steven Rapp
Leslie and John Smart
Bill and Mary Strench
Amelia Frazier Theobald
pointe society $1,500 – $2,499 +
Gwen Anderson
Patricia W. Ballard
Lee Purcell Best
Machiko Bruzina
Robert and Karen Chatham
Rev. John G. Eifler
Linda and William Ellison
Mary Moss Greenebaum
Susan and William Grubbs
Peter Ashby Howard and Jody Howard
Mathew and Carrielee Koole
Roy Mattingly
Ron McKulick
R. Charles and Sally Moyer
Carey Pilo
Vicki and June Prince
Ali and Tyler Sharpe
Karen and Farrell Smith
Dr. Diana Fink and David Smith
Mary Clay Stites
dancer $1,000 – $1,499 +
Michael G. Alt
Kelli and James Archer
Ellen Balleisen
James and Kathleen Berger
Phyllis Connelly
Linda and Fred Cowan
Robert Cox
Steve Damron
Donald G. Wenzel Jr. and Ronald L. Darnell
Don Daub
Kim and Alex Ding
Dr. Holly Brockman-Johnson and Mr. Steven Fick
Moira C. Fiedler
Turney Berry and Kendra Foster
Mr. Gregory Fischer and Dr. Alexandra Gerassimides
David Grey
Roger and Karen Hale
Deana Hall
Anne and Mike Hampton
George Davidson, Jr.
Karen Koshewa
Kate and Allan Latts
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Fairleigh and Abby Lussky
Dr. Roy Meckler and Mrs. Lynn Meckler
Martha Nichols
Mary and Ted Nixon
Ashley and Andrew Noland
Sharon P. Pfister
Sharon and Henry Potter
Janet W. Rink
Jacqueline Rosky
Claire and Tonya Stivers
Margaret Thomas
Rebecca Terry and Peter Thompson
Gretchen Treitz-Martin
benefactor $500 – $999 +
Ann Taylor Allen
Lyle Browne
Robert and Kathleen Daniels
Shirley Dumesnil
Ken and Christina Durham
Traci and John Eikenberry
Dr. Vilma Caridad Fabre
John Felton
Terrence Fister
Martha Flanagan
Leslie and Gregg Fowler
Stephen and Sylvia Hamilton
Mary and Thomas Hardin
Patricia Harris
Marianne Hopewell
Cheryl and Larry Hughett
Alice Johnson
Tiffany Johnson
Hugh Jones
Jessi Jones
David and Karan Knight
Marcella Kragel
Kateryna Sellers and Pete Lay
Lisa and Byron Leet
Dr. Ronald Lehocky
Stanley and Sally Macdonald
Sarah and Charles O’Koon
Lauren Owens
Lue and John Peabody
Luke Powell
Mary and Ray Ratliff
Phoebe Reid
Javan Roy-Bachman
Kim and David Taylor
Carol K. Thompson
Michael and Erin Trager-Kusman
Martin and Sherry Wehr
Merleta Weisert
J. David and Inez White
Dennis Willan
Sandy and Mary Wilson
Dr. Wayne Villanueva and Ms. Janet Witzleben
Kenneth and Michelle Yeargan
Debbie Zoglmann
patron up to $499
Sarah Acland
Kay Adams
Grant and McCauley Adams
Dr. Denine LeBlanc and Ms. Margot Adams
Ann Adams
Tomas Aguilera
Carlyn and William Altman
Richard and Patricia Arrington
Phillip Velinov and Natalia Ashikhmina
Erin and Joe Avdevich
Christopher Babcock
Colton Bachinski
Anne Baetzel
Barbara Bai
Katherine Nicholas and Wade Bailey
Kathleen Bailey
Patricia Bailey
Courtney Baird
Cheri Baird
Shane Baker
Angela Ball
Joe Banet
Denee Bannister
Norman J. Barker
Tara Batson
Caroline Rose Bear
Cristina Bedoya
Kimberly Behrle
James and Karyl Belza
Catrina Billingslea
Dale and Linda Billingsley
Stephen Lee Bishop
Elizabeth Bizianes
Merilda Blanco
Dr. Jonathan Blandford
Todd Blankenship
Rina Bloch
Emily Board
Victoria Boggs
Megan Bowden
Paula Boyle
Angela Bradley
Anne Braun
Patricia Brennan
Rachel Brewer
Jacqueline Brill
Darrell Brooke
Kathryn and Paul Brotzge
Ellen Todd Brown
Kevin Brown
Patricia McQuade and James Brown
Dave Brown
Martha Brumit
Michael Pitt and Elaine Bryan
William and Mary Bryan
Elizabeth Buchanan
John and Krisiny Bucher
Linda Bukszar
Stephanie Bumpus
Benjamin Burden
Ronald and Elizabeth Butler
Robert Butler
Jamie Jarboe and Douglas Butler
Russell Byrd
Amy Byron
Sara and Dan Callaway
Sara and Dan Callaway
Brad and Ricardo Calobrace
Anne and Michael Campbell
Justin Rudwell and Fiona Campbell
Timothy and Christine Carrigan
Angie Christensen
Deanna Clark
Janice Clark
Robert Avery Clark
Dillinger Walker Clark
Denise Clayton
Toni Clem
Christina and Chris Cochran
Larry T. Sloan and Helen K. Cohen
Carole Concors
Mary Alexander-Conte and Joe Conte
Chad C. Cooley
Keith Coombs
Dan Cooper
Gregory N. Corby
Dr. John-Robert Curtin and Dr. Karen Cost
Beverly Cote
Greg and Megan Crabb
Lisa Crabtree
Brian Creech
Virgina B. Cromer
Brian Cronquist
Dr. Tracy K’Meyer and Glenn Crothers
Sharon and Marissa Cundiff
Amy R. Currie
Helen Daigle
Elizabeth Munnich and Anand Dash
Brandon Daughenbaugh
Pat Davidson
Hayley C. Davis
Julianne DeFriend
JoAnna Dejean
Mr. and Mrs. W. Garrett Dering
Sarah Beth Deringer
Arthur Desantos
Kristi and Brent Ditto
Dr. Susan Donovan
Laurie Duesing
Olivia Duff
Virginia Duffy
Paul Dugdale
Emanuel Egana
Ann Faurest and Wayne Eichert
James Gibson and Glen Elder
Mary A. Elder
Stephen and Barbara Ellis
Joseph Elpers
Frances Englander
Michele Espinosa
Erin and Mitchell Evans
Shannon Evans
Shelly Everson
Paul Faget
Kappie Farrington
Elizabeth Fisher
Linda T. Fitts
Judge Paula Fitzgerald
Maureen Fitzgerald
Harold and Sue Ford
Christy Frost
Susan and Terry Gardner
Ashley Nicole Gatrost
Amanda Gellhaus
Steve and Jenny Von Gerlachter
Robert Gieszl
Hannah Gipson
Wayne and Carole Gnatuk
Linda and Stuart Goldberg
Jane Goldstein
Allison Gonzalez
Rory Grant
Tracy Green
Jeffrey Greenberg
Claire Greenlee
Jim and Pat Greer
John and Rebecca Guthrie
Jane Haase
John-Mark Hack
Jamie Hale
Marie Haley
Amy and Adam Haley
Bill and Judy Haliday
Kathy and Noel Hall
Sarah and Donald Harlan
Dr. Michael Harris
Alice Harris
Paul Reid and Susan Harrison
Elizabeth Hartwell
Rhoda Haskins
Thomas Heavrin
Mary Ann Henry
Nicole Henry
Ingrid Hernandez
Mary L. Herrmann
Jaime Heun
Catherine Ford and Everett Hoffman
Todd Holderfield
Aubrey Holle
Jack Hollis
Joe and Terresa Hopkins
Anne Hoskinson
Jo and Tom House
Thomas House
Samuel House
Sheryl Huffaker
Jodi Hugues
Tyler Hull
Chloe Hutto
Paul Tigue III
Carin Isaacs
Rebecca Jackson
Beth Jacobson
Dr. Thomas James
Jill and Franklin Jelsma
John Johnson
Bonnie Johnson
Kim Johnson
Grace Johnson
Richard Johnson
David M. Schuler, Jr.
Charles T. Schnell, Jr.
William and Barbara Juckett
Donna Kamas
Daniel Karell
Dick and Gail Kaukas
Michael Kavich
Mary Carol Kays
Susan and Brad Keller
Cameron Kelley
Julia Kendrick
Anne and Bradley Kille
Jennifer King
Suzie Kinman
Cindy Kirkpatrick
Kim Klein
Donald Kolb
David Niehaus and Angela Koshewa
Susan Hamilton and Ed Krebs
Gary Kreps
Linda Labbadia
Bruce Laferre
Isabella Lara
Kelly Laukhuf
Gretchen and Adam Lawson
Shane Wood and Dr. Jessica Leonard
Stanley and Kathy Levinson
Michael Martin Losavio
Melanie Love
Robin Lucas
Rt. Rev David Reed and Catherine Luckett
Andie Luckett
Lauren Lydon
Stephen Lynch
Joseph and Rosy Lyons
Joseph Machado
Jama and Frank Mackin
Valerie Mahuron
Melissa Mann
Phillip and Stephanie Martin
John Martin
Brittney Maslowski
Evelyn Masters
Linda Mattingly
Thomas Sylvester Mattingly
Carol Barr Matton
Sua Ann Mattox
Ed Mayrose
Kate McCauley
Robin McCoy
Matthew McGarvey
Pauline McLendon
Bhrianne McLeod
Mary Beth Meagher
Melissa Mershon
Barry and Shelley Meyers
Lindsey Miller
Dr. Donald Miller
Cindy Miller
Takayoshi Miyagawa
Timothy Montgomery
Shannon Moody
Bethany Mooneyhan
Dr. Beverly Moore
Scott and Yvette Morris
Lauren Morris
Matthew and Mary Jo Mugavin
Marty Favorite Murphy and Robert Murphy
Mary B. Nash
Pamela Nation
Dexter and Holly Neeld
Owen Neil
Thomas and Mary Neill
Angie Zuvon Nenni
Karen and Ray Nethery
Martha Newman
Be Nguyen
Regan and Matthew Nichols
Susan Nightingale
Jenny Nirmaier
Patricia Noblett
Donald Norman
Sharon Nuss
Erin Obenauf
Sharon Obenauf
Joy O’Bryan
David O’Connell
Olivia Oestreich
Allison Ogle
Allison and Tom O’Grady
Adrian Ohagan
Jennifer Olliges
Lynn Omerso
Keith and Kim Osborne
Mary and Patrick O’Shea
Joanna and Lyndall Overstreet
Kent and Katherine Oyler
Karen Hatzell Pacheco
Davalyn Palmer
Winona Palmgreen
Donna Moser Peak
D. Patton Pelfrey
Dana Guevara Pelfry
Donna Pemberton
Gloria Pena
Tara Gardner Perry
Rebecca and Brad Phillips
Anthony and Nejma Piagentini
Marian Pickering
Lindy Pierce
Corrado Pisoni
Linda Poteet
Barbara Potempa
Amelia Powell
Lori Prichard
Angela Darlene Pryor
Matthew Raggard
Jared Eugene Ramsey-Jones
Rachel Redden
Jared Redick
Robert Redmon
Kimberly Redmon
Thomas Reid
Olivia Renfro
Nicholas Renn
Megan Reynolds
Dean Rice
Joshua Rivera
Olivia Roberts
Cynthia Roberts
Audrey Rodono
Dinnie Rogers
Tracy Rogers
Das Rooprai
Susann and James Rose
Shahara Ross
William and Rio Ross
LeAnn Ross
Robert and Mary Rounsavall
Mark and Kay Rountree
Dr. Barry Row and Mrs. Carrie Row
Matthew Herbert Rowe
Denise Carroll and Bill Russell
Elizabeth Feldpausch Russell
Jazlynn Russell
Raffaella Rybarczyk
Louise Sachs
Thomas Samuels
Sara Sanders
Erin Scales
Katie Scarborough
Robin Schalda
James and Mary Scheetz
Clayton Scheetz
Maria Scherer
Shirley Schneringer
Tina and Geoff Schnuerle
Donna Schuster
Hannah Schuster
Richard and Tamar Schwartz
Michele and Jim Sears
Charlynn Shapiro
Stella and James Shawgo
Shelby Shenkman
Alynn and Andrew Sherman
Karen Denise Siers
Barbara Sigler
Dwight Kyle and Cindy Siletto
Dr. Quinn Silverleaf
Ellen and Mark Sites
Jayda Skeens
Dr. Mark Slaughter and Mrs. Martha Slaughter
Lynda Sleeter
Teresa Smith
Jeffrey Smith
Daniel Moyers and Barbara Smith
Robin Smith
Dr. Siobhan Smith-Jones
Lenna Soltau
James and Nan Spalding
Laura Spaulding
Sandy Spears
Lucy Spickard
Edgar and Terry Stanton
Linda Starks
Dr. Victoria Statler
Kim Stawski
Eric and Tammy Steele
Rita and Larry Steinberg
Martha Stephenson
Fayona Stewart
Mr. David Stierle
Christopher V. Stokes
Edward and Joan Stone
Tyleen Stoutt
Dr. Barbara Stratton
Gordon and Catherine Strauss
Anita Streeter
Rosalie Surtees
Leigh Swartz
Eleanor Takagishi
Sonja Taylor
Ben Taylor
Jacob and Megan Theisen
Scott and Hannah Thomas
Dr. Joseph Thompson and Mrs. Ann Thompson
David and Diane Thurmond
Tricia Tinsley
Patricia Tinsley
Mrs. Carol Tittel and Dr. Paul Tittel
John Trageser
Rick Tur
John Anthony Turner
Nancy Urbscheit
Ellen Venhoff
Eddie Vetter
Alisia Vetter
Emily Vieau
Joan Vogel
Dustin Vogt
Inta K. Voight
Carolyn Wade
Joel Buno and Paul Wagner
Casey Lee Wagner
Clare Wahl
Phillip Scott Walsh
Brandt Wamsley
Tara and Jasper Ward
Kimberly D. Warren
Mark and Judith Webster
Joe Weisenberger
Mary Jo Wetzel
Ladesha Wheeler
Kay Whelan
Shannon Whitaker
Michelle Black White and Dr. David White
Geoff and Krissie White
Paula White
Donald Whitfield
James and Carole Whitledge
Susan Wilburn
Janelle Wilhelm
Nicholas Wilkerson
Dr. Carl Williams
Mary Beth Williams
Leslie Wilson
Katherine Winders
Karen Winters
Jon Wissing
Sam and Karla Woosley
Anne and Edward Wunsch
Judith and John Youngblood
Sheila Zeng
Zaurie Zimmerman
Ann Zimmerman
Martha Andes Ziskind
Julie Zoeller
arabesque society
Anonymous (3)
Lee Purcell Best
The late Elaine Bornstein
The late Alan Bryant
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
Corporations
502 Power Yoga
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Art Eatables
Cambria “A Preferred Hotel of Louisville Ballet”
Carmichael’s Bookstore
Dan-O’s Seasoning
Eurotard Dancewear “The Uniform of Ballet Bound”
Frost Brown Todd
Harlequin
Heine Brothers Coffee
Heritage Wine and Spirits
Highland Cleaners
Jack Fry’s
Kentucky Performing Arts
Kertis Creative
KORT
Louisville Bats
Louisville City FC
Louisville Orchestra
Mr. Foto, Inc.
Muhammad Ali Center
Norton Sports Health “The Official Healthcare Provider of Louisville Ballet”
Rainbow Blossom
Speed Art Museum
Stage One Family Theatre
The Filson Historical Society
The Plant Kingdom
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Top Golf
United Direct Solutions
University of Louisville ASL Interpreting Studies
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Vivid Impact
Welch Printing, Inc.
Whiskey Row Hotel Collection “ A Preferred Hotel of Louisville Ballet”
Hotel Distil
Moxy
Aloft
Homewood
Z Salon & Spa
Individuals
Anonymous (2)
Nicholas Bentz
Sean Cantrell
Donald G. Wenzel Jr. and Ronald L. Darnell
Janet DenUyl
Carly and Robert Johnson
Marcella Kragel
Jason Lois
Ron McKulick
Ina Miller
Colleen O’Callaghan
Lindy Pierce
Eleanor Prince
Javan Roy-Bachman
Ellen and Max Shapira
Kathryn Shaver
Alynn and Andrew Sherman
Leslie and John Smart
Bill and Mary Strench
Scott and Hannah Thomas
Carol K. Thompson