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
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Epstein
Jim and Marianne Welch
Buck and Josie Wiseman
William and Susan Yarmuth

 

$25,000+

Hans and the late Kathy Bruehl
Peter Ashby Howard and Jody Howard
Susan G. Ford
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
Allison and Tom O’Grady
James A. Pitt
Vivian Ruth Sawyer
Julie and Chris Soluri
John and Lee Stough
Carl and Ellen Thomas
Pamela and Paul Thompson
James and Elizabeth Voyles
Martha Ann and the late Kenneth Wertz

 

director $5,000 +

Joe and Sue Albrechta
Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun
Jane and Bert Emke
Sherry M. and Joseph Feldpausch
Paula and Frank Harshaw
Augusta Brown Holland
Moriah Ogilvie and William Holton
Alfred and Anne Joseph
Alan and Shelly Kamei
Elizabeth and David Kaplan
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Fairleigh and Abby Lussky
Karen G. and Richard J. Mazzoni
Dr. Kimberly Boland and Conor O’Driscoll
Kathryn Shaver
Leslie and John Smart
Bill and Mary Strench
Kate and Lee Tucker
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
Dr. Eugene Gilchrist and Dr. Cheryl Gilchrist
Wanda Carol Hendrix
Emma C. Hutchens and Kelsey Jones
Mathew and Carrielee Koole
Roy Mattingly
Michael Pitt
Vicki and June Prince
Amelia Frazier Theobald

pointe society $1,500 – $2,499 +

Robert and Karen Chatham
Donald G. Wenzel Jr. and Ronald L. Darnell
Rev. John G. Eifler
Gordon and Chris Gerwig
Owen and Eleanor Hardy
Mary Harper
Kimberly Hutchison
Hugh Jones
Dr. Christopher Krieg and Alicia Krieg
Ronald and Mary McKulick
Dr. Roy Meckler and Mrs. Lynn Meckler
Carey Pilo
Ali and Tyler Sharpe
Anton Skobelev
Karen and Farrell Smith
Mary Stites

dancer $1,000 – $1,499 +

Michael G. Alt
Kelli and James Archer
Andy and Michelle Arnold
James and Kathleen Berger
Lisa Biddle-Puffer
Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham
Molly Bingham
Machiko Bruzina
Dr. Jeffrey Callen and Mrs. Susan Callen
Maria Ciliberti
Phyllis Connelly
Linda and Fred Cowan
Robert Cox
Steve Damron
Don Daub
Kim and Alex Ding
Frances Dumbaugh
Traci and John Eikenberry
Holly Brockman-Johnson and Steven Fick
Moira C. Fiedler
Linda Finney
Turney Berry and Kendra Foster
Vincenzo and Patricia Gabriele
Nicole George
David Grey
Michael and Paula Grisanti
Roger and Karen Hale
Deana Hall
Anne and Mike Hampton
Rhonda and Breckinridge Jones
Albin B. Hayes, Jr.
Karen Koshewa
Kate and Allan Latts
Lyle Lawson
Sheryl Snyder and Jessica Loving
Representative Mary Lou Marzian and Mr. Bill Marzian
Jonathan and Lisa Miller
Guy and Elizabeth Montgomery
Ms. Penelope T. Morton
R. Charles and Sally Moyer
Martha Nichols
Mary and Ted Nixon
Ashley and Andrew Noland
Kathleen Reno and Thomas Payette
Sharon P. Pfister
Sharon and Henry Potter
Marcelle Gianelloni and Conrad Pressma
Janet W. Rink
Jacqueline Rosky
Arthur and Simone Salomon
Claire and Tonya Stivers
Margaret Thomas
Rebecca Terry and Peter Thompson
David Jones and Mary Gwen Wheeler
Joan Whittenberg
Sandy and Mary Wilson
Kenneth and Michelle Yeargan
Debbie Zoglmann

benefactor $500 – $999 +

Anonymous
Ann Taylor Allen
Richard and Patricia Arrington
Lyle Browne
Alan and Sandra Bryant
Dr. Cynthia Campbell
Robert and Kathleen Daniels
Terrence Fister
Leslie and Gregg Fowler
Mary and Thomas Hardin
Patricia Harris
Elizabeth Hartwell
Cheryl and Larry Hughett
Alice Johnson
Tiffany Johnson
David and Karan Knight
Marcella Kragel
Lisa and Byron Leet
Stanley and Sally Macdonald
Mr. David Lipp and Rabbi Laura Metzger
Sarah and Charles O’Koon
Lue and John Peabody
Donna Moser Peak
Luke Powell
Carol C. Pye
Kim and David Taylor
Leslie Taylor
Carol K. Thompson
Michael and Erin Trager-Kusman
Gretchen Treitz-Martin
Eddie Vetter
Larry Wandell
Skip White
Nicholas Wilkerson
Dr. Wayne Villanueva and Ms. Janet Witzleben

patron up to $499

Anonymous(2)
Kay Adams
Dr. Denine LeBlanc and Ms. Margot Adams
Ann Adams
Danny Alexander
Carlyn and William Altman
Angelea Andrews
Phillip Velinov and Natalia Ashikhmina
Troy Ashley
Erin and Joe Avdevich
Barbara Bai
Patricia Bailey
Kathleen Bailey
Courtney Baird
Shane Baker
Denee Bannister
Savannah Barrett
Stephanie Bateman
Gail R. Becker
Kimberly Behrle
James and Karyl Belza
Nicholas Bentz
Corey Shapiro and Ashlee Bergin
Manley Berthold
Terry Bishop
Amanda Blakeman
Todd Blankenship
Ada and Kenneth Boatright
Victoria Boggs
Amanda Bommer-Villaveces
Kate and Jeff Bonner
Anne and Morton Boyd
Linda L. Braun
Anne Braun
Patricia Brennan
Joyce and Edward Bridge
Jacqueline Brill
Darrell Brooke
Kathryn and Paul Brotzge
Ellen Todd Brown
Kevin Brown
Martha Brumit
Jamie Bubb
Kayden Michele Burden
Dr. Crump Baker and Dr. Alta Burnett
Beth Bussell
Ronald and Elizabeth Butler
Jamie Jarboe and Douglas Butler
Amy Byron
Sara and Dan Callaway
Brad and Ricardo Calobrace
Anne and Michael Campbell
Justin Rudwell and Fiona Campbell
Michael Campbell
Cathy Caton
Bethany Chaney
Robert Ching
John Christine
Deanna Clark
John H. Clark IV and Gretchen Clark
Denise Clayton
Lorna Cloud
Larry T. Sloan and Helen K. Cohen
Lan Nguyen-Colgate and Dustin Colgate
Alice and Gus Collis
Christopher Colon
Chad C. Cooley
Keith Coombs
Gregory N. Corby
Dr. John-Robert Curtin and Dr. Karen Cost
Nancy Cox
Brian Creech
Virgina B. Cromer
Mercedes Crosta-Roust
Dr. Tracy K’Meyer and Glenn Crothers
John and Jeanne Cummins
Sharon and Marissa Cundiff
Andrew Cunningham
Amy R. Currie
Helen Daigle
Brandon Daughenbaugh
Diane R. Davis
Hayley C. Davis
Julianne DeFriend
JoAnna Dejean
Merry Denny
Sarah Beth Deringer
Arthur Desantos
Kristi and Brent Ditto
Clarence Dixon
Dr. Susan Donovan
Laurie Duesing
Olivia Duff
Paul Dugdale
Shirley Dumesnil
Katherine Dyke
Emanuel Egana
Mary A. Elder
Dr. Leza Eldorado
Stephen and Barbara Ellis
Joseph Elpers
Jeff Emerich
Alan and Linda Engel
Frances Englander
Paul Ethridge
Erin and Mitchell Evans
Shelly Everson
Paul Faget
John Felton
Keeley T. Finn
Jason Fischer
Linda T. Fitts
Judge Paula Fitzgerald
Adele Fontan
Harold and Sue Ford
Sofia Fritschner
Christy Frost
Kristy Gaines
Susan and Terry Gardner
Deborah Gardner
Sherrie George
Steve and Jenny Von Gerlachter
Robert Gieszl
James Gilbert
Amber K. Gipson
Wayne and Carole Gnatuk
Kristina Godlewski
Linda and Stuart Goldberg
Jane Goldstein
Jan Gonder
Allison Gonzalez
Jada Grady
Steve Graham
Rachel Graves
Tina Gray
Lloyd Gray
Tracy Green
Jeffrey Greenberg
Jim and Pat Greer
Caroline Guthrie
John and Rebecca Guthrie
Julie Guy
Jamie Hale
Marie Haley
Amy and Adam Haley
Bill and Judy Haliday
Sarah and Donald Harlan
Marcia Lee Harlow
Alice Harris
Paul Reid and Susan Harrison
William M. Hayes
Thomas Heavrin
Rick Heavrin
Ingrid Hernandez
Mary L. Herrmann
Dr. Erin Herstine
Jaime Heun
Kevin Hinton
Clare Hirn
Maliyah Hodges
Catherine Ford and Everett Hoffman
Aubrey Holle
Richard and Maureen Holston
Kathy and James Holtgrave
Mark Hopkins
Joe and Terresa Hopkins
Jo Nell House
Thomas House
Samuel House
Gerald and Mary Hubbs
Jodi Hugues
Chloe Hutto
William C. Schrader, III
Paul Tigue III
Beth Jacobson
Dr. Thomas James
Jeffrey and Margaret Jamner
Jill and Franklin Jelsma
Sarah St. John
John Johnson
Grace Johnson
Olivia Johnson
Richard Johnson
Charles T. Schnell, Jr.
William and Barbara Juckett
Clay Kannapell
Daniel Karell
Dick and Gail Kaukas
Michael Kavich
Mary Carol Kays
Sandra Richardson and Don Keeling
LaShon Kell
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
Richard Badaracco and Jo Lawless
Dr. Ronald Lehocky
Timi Lentz
Shane Wood and Dr. Jessica Leonard
Sonia Levine
Jennifer Lindsay
Michael Martin Losavio
Sarah Losson
Melanie Love
Rt. Rev David Reed and Catherine Luckett
Christie Luellen
Lauren Lydon
Stephen Lynch
Joseph and Rosy Lyons
Joseph Machado
Jama and Frank Mackin
Valerie Mahuron
Sarah Maria
Ron Mariano
Brittney Maslowski
Evelyn Masters
Carol Barr Matton
Sua Ann Mattox
John McBroom
Heather McCall
Robin McCoy
Matthew McGarvey
Pauline McLendon
Bhrianne McLeod
Kimberly Meffert
Christine Merritt
Melissa Mershon
Ben Van Meter
Doug and Linda Michael
Lindsey Miller
Dr. Donald Miller
Rowland Miller
Cindy Miller
Cynthia Miller
Guy and Genevieve Montgomery
Muriel Moore
Scott and Yvette Morris
Dr. Elizabeth Munnich
Randy and Laurie Myer
Mary B. Nash
Pamela Nation
Dexter and Holly Neeld
Martha Newman
Regan and Matthew Nichols
Jenny Nirmaier
Patricia Noblett
Sharon Nuss
Erin Obenauf
Sharon Obenauf
Joy O’Bryan
David O’Connell
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
Eric and Martha Pecceu
D. Patton Pelfrey
Tara Gardner Perry
Lili Peters
Anthony and Nejma Piagentini
Marian Pickering
Lindy Pierce
Susan Pointer
Virginia Pollitt
Amelia Powell
Tracy Nichole Powell
Scott and Molly Prince
Ann Ramser
Stephanie and Alex Ranquist
Rachel Redden
Jared Redick
Mary Alice Reese
Thomas Reid
Olivia Renfro
Rhonda Reskin
Sarah H. Rhyne
Mary Ann Ridge
Mariano Rivera
Olivia Roberts
Dennis Robinson
James and Susann Rose
Shahara Ross
Mitchell Ross
William and Rio Ross
Susan Rostov
Robert and Mary Rounsavall
Mark and Kay Rountree
Dr. Barry Row and Mrs. Carrie Row
Javan Roy-Bachman
Denise Carroll and Bill Russell
Dr. Colleen Ryan
Raffaella Rybarczyk
Jacob and Jennifer Sabel
Robert and Felice Sachs
Louise Sachs
Daniel and Juanita Santos
Robin Schalda
Frances Schauman
Victoria Schmit
Shirley Schneringer
Tina and Geoff Schnuerle
Frances Schnuerle
Donna Schuster
Hannah Schuster
Richard and Tamar Schwartz
Dr. Susan Zepeda and Dr. Fred Seifer
Dr. Myroslava Romach and Dr. Edward Sellers
Douglas Shapiro
Charlynn Shapiro
Stella and James Shawgo
Sandra Fernandez Sheehy
Shelby Shenkman
Kathryn Sides
Karen Denise Siers
Dwight Kyle and Cindy Siletto
Dr. Quinn Silverleaf
Dr. Mark Slaughter and Mrs. Martha Slaughter
Lynda Sleeter
Jeffrey Smith
Teresa Smith
Daniel Moyers and Barbara Smith
Gage Smith
Dr. Siobhan Smith-Jones
Olga Snyder
Sue Sobel
Lenna Soltau
Edgar and Terry Stanton
Linda Starks
Dr. Victoria Statler
Rita and Larry Steinberg
Joseph Steinhauer
Fayona Stewart
Mr. David Stierle
Edward and Joan Stone
Babsra Stone
Dr. Barbara Stratton
Gordon and Catherine Strauss
Anita Streeter
Rosalie Surtees
Philip and Esther Tamplin
Jacob and Megan Theisen
Lynn Theriot
Scott and Hannah Thomas
Leatha Thurman
David and Diane Thurmond
Linda Tiller
Ellen Timmons
Patricia Tinsley
Mrs. Carol Tittel and Dr. Paul Tittel
John Trageser
Vicky Tyree
Hector Urdaneta
Ellen Venhoff
Emily Vieau
Dustin Vogt
Inta K. Voight
Jeanne Vuturo
Brandt Wamsley
Annie Weber
Ronald Weber
Joe Weisenberger
Merleta Weisert
Mary Jo Wetzel
Kay Whelan
Shannon Whitaker
J. David and Inez White
Michelle Black White and Dr. David White
Donald Whitfield
James and Carole Whitledge
Janelle Wilhelm
Dr. Carl Williams
Keisha Williams
Mary Beth Williams
Andrea Wilson
Monica Winters
Christina Wiseman
Grace Wooding
Dennis S. Wunderlich
Anne and Edward Wunsch
Ashley Young
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”
Heaven Hill Brands
Heine Brothers
In Bloom Again
Jack Fry’s
Jonestarr, Inc.
Kentucky Performing Arts
Kertis Creative
KORT
Louisville Bats Baseball
Louisville City FC
Louisville Orchestra
The Filson Historical Society
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 Galt House Hotel & 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)
Nick Bentz
Kevin Brown
Sean and Vennita Cantrell, children of the artist Jim Cantrell
Toni Clem
Donald G. Wenzel, Jr. and Ronald Darnell
Janet DenUyl
Carly and Robert Johnson
Marcella Kragel
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Jason Lois
Ron McKulick
Ina Miller
Lindy Pierce
Ellie Prince
Javan Roy-Bachman
Ellen and Max Shapira
K. Shaver
Alynn and Andrew Sherman
John and Leslie Smart
William and Mary Strench
Scott and Hannah Thomas
Carol K. Thompson
Zachary Wardlaw