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 November 1, 2024 and November 1, 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
$50,000+
Anonymous (2)
Victoria and Paul J. Diaz
Jim and Marianne Welch
$25,000+
Hans and the late Kathy Bruehl
Ellen and Max Shapira
$10,000+
Anonymous
Edith Bingham
Nina Bonnie
Janet DenUyl
Matthew and Lena Hamel
Dr. Mary Harty and Mr. James Harty
Jim and Sara Haynes
Helen Starr Jones
Beth and Richard Klein
Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy
Lisa Biddle-Puffer and David McKenzie
Allison and Tom O’Grady
James A. Pitt
Vivian Ruth Sawyer
Julie and Chris Soluri
John and Lee Stough
Lindy Street
Carl and Ellen Thomas
Pamela and Paul Thompson
James and Elizabeth Voyles
Jeanne D. Vuturo
Martha Ann Wertz
Buck and Josie Wiseman
director $5,000 +
Joe and Sue Albrechta
Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun
Sherry M. and Joseph Feldpausch
Maureen McCall and Ronald Gregg
Paula and Frank Harshaw
Augusta Brown Holland
Moriah Ogilvie and William Holton
Alfred and Anne Joseph
Elizabeth and David Kaplan
Karen G. and Richard J. Mazzoni
Dr. Kimberly Boland and Conor O’Driscoll
Michael and Chandra Rudd
Kathryn Shaver
Leslie and John Smart
Bill and Mary Strench
Alan Roth, M.D. and Faye Weinberg
Jane Welch
Cheri and Jim Whelan
Maida Wood
artist $2,500 – $4,999 +
Erica Bachelor
Elaine Bryan
Walter Clare
Carolle Jones Clay and Kenneth Clay
Lee Dorsey
Dr. Eugene Gilchrist and Dr. Cheryl Gilchrist
Wanda Carol Hendrix
Emma C. Hutchens and Kelsey Jones
Rhonda and Breckinridge Jones
Lyle Lawson
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Roy Mattingly
Ron McKulick
Michael Pitt
Andrew Rapp
Steven Rapp
Amelia Frazier Theobald
pointe society $1,500 – $2,499 +
Anonymous
Patricia W. Ballard
Lee Purcell Best
Robert and Karen Chatham
Rev. John G. Eifler
Linda and William Ellison
Dr. Diana Fink
Gordon and Chris Gerwig
Mary Moss Greenebaum
Susan and William Grubbs
Peter Ashby Howard and Jody Howard
Kimberly Hutchison
Mathew and Carrielee Koole
Dr. Christopher Krieg and Alicia Krieg
R. Charles and Sally Moyer
Carey Pilo
Vicki and June Prince
Ali and Tyler Sharpe
Anton Skobelev
Karen and Farrell Smith
Mary Clay Stites
dancer $1,000 – $1,499 +
Michael G. Alt
Gwen Anderson
Kelli and James Archer
Ellen Balleisen
James and Kathleen Berger
Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham
Kevin Brown
Machiko Bruzina
Dr. Jeffrey Callen and Mrs. Susan Callen
Maria Ciliberti
Phyllis Connelly
Linda and Fred Cowan
Robert Cox
Steve Damron
Donald G. Wenzel Jr. and Ronald L. Darnell
Don Daub
Kim and Alex Ding
Moira C. Fiedler
Linda Finney
Turney Berry and Kendra Foster
Vincenzo and Patricia Gabriele
Mr. Gregory Fischer and Dr. Alexandra Gerassimides
David Grey
Roger and Karen Hale
Deana Hall
Anne and Mike Hampton
Hugh Jones
George Davidson, Jr.
Albin B. Hayes, Jr.
Karen Koshewa
Kate and Allan Latts
Fairleigh and Abby Lussky
Dr. Roy Meckler and Mrs. Lynn Meckler
Jonathan and Lisa Miller
Guy and Elizabeth Montgomery
Martha Nichols
Mary and Ted Nixon
Ashley and Andrew Noland
Sarah and Charles O’Koon
Kathleen Reno and Thomas Payette
Sharon P. Pfister
Sharon and Henry Potter
Marcelle Gianelloni and Conrad Pressma
Janet W. Rink
Arthur and Simone Salomon
Claire and Tonya Stivers
Margaret Thomas
Rebecca Terry and Peter Thompson
Gretchen Treitz-Martin
Joan Whittenberg
Kenneth and Michelle Yeargan
benefactor $500 – $999 +
Ann Taylor Allen
Anonymous
Lyle Browne
Alan and Sandra Bryant
Robert and Kathleen Daniels
William and Christina Durham
Traci and John Eikenberry
John Felton
Terrence Fister
Martha Flanagan
Leslie and Gregg Fowler
Mary and Thomas Hardin
Patricia Harris
Elizabeth Hartwell
Marianne Hopewell
Cheryl and Larry Hughett
Alice Johnson
Tiffany Johnson
David and Karan Knight
Marcella Kragel
Lisa and Byron Leet
Stanley and Sally Macdonald
Lue and John Peabody
Donna Moser Peak
Luke Powell
Mary and Ray Ratliff
Phoebe Reid
Javan Roy-Bachman
Kim and David Taylor
Carol K. Thompson
Michael and Erin Trager-Kusman
Eddie Vetter
J. David and Inez White
Skip White
Nicholas Wilkerson
Sandy and Mary Wilson
Dr. Wayne Villanueva and Ms. Janet Witzleben
Grace Wooding
Debbie Zoglmann
patron up to $499
Grant and McCauley Adams
Kay Adams
Dr. Denine LeBlanc and Ms. Margot Adams
Ann Adams
Danny Alexander
Carlyn and William Altman
Angelea Andrews
Phillip Velinov and Natalia Ashikhmina
Erin and Joe Avdevich
Christopher Babcock
Colton Bachinski
Anne Baetzel
Barbara Bai
Patricia Bailey
Courtney Baird
Cheri Baird
Shane Baker
Angela Ball
Joe Banet
Denee Bannister
Tara Batson
Gail R. Becker
Cristina Bedoya
Kimberly Behrle
James and Karyl Belza
Nicholas Bentz
Corey Shapiro and Ashlee Bergin
Manley Berthold
Catrina Billingslea
Stephen Lee Bishop
Elizabeth Bizianes
Todd Blankenship
Rina Bloch
Emily Board
Ada and Kenneth Boatright
Victoria Boggs
Kate and Jeff Bonner
Megan Bowden
Paula Boyle
Linda L. Braun
Anne Braun
Patricia Brennan
Joyce and Edward Bridge
Jacqueline Brill
Darrell Brooke
Kathryn and Paul Brotzge
Ellen Todd Brown
Dave Brown
Martha Brumit
William and Mary Bryan
Jamie Bubb
Benjamin Burden
Ronald and Elizabeth Butler
Robert Butler
Jamie Jarboe and Douglas Butler
Amy Byron
Sara and Dan Callaway
Anne and Michael Campbell
Justin Rudwell and Fiona Campbell
Robert Ching
Deanna Clark
John H. Clark IV and Gretchen Clark
Janice Clark
Robert Avery Clark
Dillinger Walker Clark
Denise Clayton
Toni Clem
Christina and Chris Cochran
Larry T. Sloan and Helen K. Cohen
Lan Nguyen-Colgate and Dustin Colgate
Chad C. Cooley
Keith Coombs
Dan Cooper
Gregory N. Corby
Dr. John-Robert Curtin and Dr. Karen Cost
Beverly Cote
Nancy Cox
Greg and Megan Crabb
Brian Creech
Virgina B. Cromer
Dr. Tracy K’Meyer and Glenn Crothers
John and Jeanne Cummins
Sharon and Marissa Cundiff
Amy R. Currie
Helen Daigle
Elizabeth Munnich and Anand Dash
Brandon Daughenbaugh
Pat Davidson
Diane R. Davis
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
Paul Dugdale
Shirley Dumesnil
Emanuel Egana
Mary A. Elder
Stephen and Barbara Ellis
Joseph Elpers
Jeff Emerich
Alan and Linda Engel
Frances Englander
Michele Espinosa
Paul Ethridge
Erin and Mitchell Evans
Shannon Evans
Shelly Everson
Paul Faget
Kappie Farrington
Linda T. Fitts
Harold and Sue Ford
Sofia Fritschner
Christy Frost
Susan and Terry Gardner
Ashley Nicole Gatrost
Sherrie George
Steve and Jenny Von Gerlachter
Robert Gieszl
Wayne and Carole Gnatuk
Linda and Stuart Goldberg
Jane Goldstein
Allison Gonzalez
Rory Grant
Lloyd Gray
Tracy Green
Jeffrey Greenberg
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
Sarah and Donald Harlan
Marcia Lee Harlow
Dr. Michael Harris
Alice Harris
Paul Reid and Susan Harrison
Rhoda Haskins
William M. Hayes
Thomas Heavrin
Rick Heavrin
Nicole Henry
Ingrid Hernandez
Mary L. Herrmann
Jaime Heun
Clare Hirn
Catherine Ford and Everett Hoffman
Todd Holderfield
Aubrey Holle
Richard and Maureen Holston
Kathy and James Holtgrave
Joe and Terresa Hopkins
Anne Hoskinson
Jo and Tom House
Samuel House
Thomas House
Sheryl Huffaker
Jodi Hugues
Chloe Hutto
William C. Schrader, III
Paul Tigue III
Carin Isaacs
Beth Jacobson
Dr. Thomas James
Jeffrey and Margaret Jamner
Jill and Franklin Jelsma
Sarah St. John
John Johnson
Grace Johnson
Richard Johnson
Bonnie Johnson
Charles T. Schnell, Jr.
David M. Schuler, Jr.
William and Barbara Juckett
Daniel Karell
Dick and Gail Kaukas
Michael Kavich
Mary Carol Kays
Dr. Bradley Keller and Mrs. Susan Keller
Cameron Kelley
Julia Kendrick
Katherine King
Jennifer King
Suzie Kinman
Kim Klein
Sara Kmack
Donald Kolb
David Niehaus and Angela Koshewa
Susan Hamilton and Ed Krebs
Jean Kreke
Gary Kreps
Norah Kute
Linda Labbadia
Megan Ann LaFave
Bruce Laferre
Nana Lampton
Isabella Lara
Richard Badaracco and Jo Lawless
Gretchen and Adam Lawson
Dr. Ronald Lehocky
Shane Wood and Dr. Jessica Leonard
Sonia Levine
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
Ron Mariano
John Martin
Brittney Maslowski
Evelyn Masters
Thomas Sylvester Mattingly
Carol Barr Matton
Sua Ann Mattox
Ed Mayrose
Kate McCauley
Robin McCoy
Matthew McGarvey
Pauline McLendon
Bhrianne McLeod
Mary Beth Meagher
Christine Merritt
Melissa Mershon
Barry and Shelley Meyers
Doug and Linda Michael
Lindsey Miller
Dr. Donald Miller
Rowland Miller
Cindy Miller
Cynthia Miller
Ina Miller
Takayoshi Miyagawa
Timothy Montgomery
Shannon Moody
Matthew and Mary Jo Mugavin
Randy and Laurie Myer
Mary B. Nash
Pamela Nation
Dexter and Holly Neeld
Owen Neil
Martha Newman
Regan and Matthew Nichols
Jenny Nirmaier
Patricia Noblett
Donald Norman
Sharon Nuss
Erin Obenauf
Sharon Obenauf
Colleen O’Callaghan
David O’Connell
Olivia Oestreich
Allison Ogle
Jennifer Olliges
Lynn Omerso
Keith and Kim Osborne
Mary and Patrick O’Shea
Joanna and Lyndall Overstreet
Lauren Owens
Kent and Katherine Oyler
Karen Hatzell Pacheco
Davalyn Palmer
D. Patton Pelfrey
Tara Gardner Perry
Lili Peters
Anthony and Nejma Piagentini
Marian Pickering
Lindy Pierce
Linda Poteet
Amelia Powell
Angela Darlene Pryor
Rachel Redden
Jared Redick
Robert Redmon
Kimberly Redmon
Thomas Reid
Olivia Renfro
Megan Reynolds
Dean Rice
Mariano Rivera
Joshua Rivera
Olivia Roberts
Cynthia Roberts
Dennis Robinson
Audrey Rodono
Dinnie Rogers
Tracy Rogers
Das Rooprai
Susann and James Rose
Shahara Ross
LeAnn Ross
William and Rio Ross
Robert and Mary Rounsavall
Mark and Kay Rountree
Dr. Barry Row and Mrs. Carrie Row
Matthew Herbert Rowe
Denise Carroll and Bill Russell
Jazlynn Russell
Dr. Colleen Ryan
Raffaella Rybarczyk
Louise Sachs
Thomas Samuels
Sara Sanders
Daniel and Juanita Santos
Erin Scales
Katie Scarborough
Robin Schalda
Clayton Scheetz
Victoria Schmit
Shirley Schneringer
Tina and Geoff Schnuerle
Frances 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
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
Olga Snyder
Sue Sobel
Lenna Soltau
James and Nan Spalding
Laura Spaulding
Lucy Spickard
Edgar and Terry Stanton
Linda Starks
Dr. Victoria Statler
Kim Stawski
Rita and Larry Steinberg
Fayona Stewart
Christopher V. Stokes
Edward and Joan Stone
Dr. Barbara Stratton
Gordon and Catherine Strauss
Anita Streeter
Rosalie Surtees
Leigh Swartz
Eleanor Takagishi
Ben Taylor
Jacob and Megan Theisen
Scott and Hannah Thomas
Linda Tiller
Ellen Timmons
Patricia Tinsley
Tricia Tinsley
Mrs. Carol Tittel and Dr. Paul Tittel
John Trageser
Kate and Lee Tucker
John Anthony Turner
Vicky Tyree
Ellen Venhoff
Alisia Vetter
Emily Vieau
Dustin Vogt
Inta K. Voight
Joel Buno and Paul Wagner
Casey Lee Wagner
Phillip Scott Walsh
Brandt Wamsley
Tara and Jasper Ward
Kimberly D. Warren
Annie Weber
Joe Weisenberger
Merleta Weisert
Mary Jo Wetzel
Ladesha Wheeler
Kay Whelan
Shannon Whitaker
Michelle Black White and Dr. David White
Geoff and Krissie White
Donald Whitfield
James and Carole Whitledge
Susan Wilburn
Janelle Wilhelm
Dr. Carl Williams
Mary Beth Williams
Andrea Wilson
Monica Winters
Jon Wissing
Anne and Edward Wunsch
Judith and John Youngblood
Sheila Zeng
Ann Zimmerman
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
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 LLC
Harlequin
Heaven Hill Brands
Heine Brothers Coffee
Highland Cleaners
In Bloom Again
Jack Fry’s
Jonestarr, Inc.
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 Galt House Hotel and Suites
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 (3)
Nicholas Bentz
Kevin Brown
Sean and Vennita Cantrell, children of the artist Jim Cantrell
Toni Clem
Donald G. Wenzel Jr. and Ronald L. Darnell
Janet DenUyl
Carly and Robert Johnson
Marcella Kragel
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Jason Lois
Ron McKulick
Ina Miller
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
Zach Wardlaw