Our Donors

Visionary Circle

Bob and Eveline Roberts

Virtuoso

Anonymous

Linda August

Mr. Vernon L. Skinner Jr.

Luminary

Barron P. Hall, DVM

Nettie Horne

Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson

Alice Barrett Mack

The Mulitz-Gudelsky Family

Trailblazer

Anonymous

Barry and Marie Fleishman

Merle Haberman

Margarete D. Levy

Lorraine & Craig Martin

Karen and Phil Rabin

Bernard Seneway

Katherine and Craig Thornton

John R. and Andrea Z. Urciolo

Irene and Steven White

Elissa and Ben Wolf

Ray and Ellen Youstra

Innovator

Sanford and Bettye Ames

Deanne Ayers-Howard and LeRoy Howard

James Beckers & Donna Mertens

Sandy Bieber and Linda Rosenzweig

George and Kristie Bradford

Kathy and Brian Chappell

Geraldine Chen

Heather Dlhopolsky

Joan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard

Pat Fauver

Susan and Jay Finkelstein

Suzanne and Bruce Glassman

Meg & John Hauge

Robert E. Hebda

Roger & Deborah Henry

Gus and Lynne Kalaris

Ike & Catherine Leggett

Michael A. McMurphy - In Memory of Patrick Michael Murphy

Linda T. Myers and Charles N. Myers

Melanie Nussdorf

Kiati Plooksawasdi and Natalie Sukontasup

Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey

Jillian Rose

Margaret Ann Ross

Mita M Schaffer and Tina M. Martin*

Roger and Barbara Schwarz

Thomas J. and Lindsay Senker

John and Pamela Spears

Tilcia Toledo

Helene Weisz and Richard Lieberman

Lowell and Debbra Yoder

Mr. Thomas Zutic and Mr. William L. Mitchell

Leader

Anonymous

Connie and Larry Aaronson

Ms. Barbara Cronin

Richard and Joan Curtis

Stephen and Maryann Dembek

The Ellinghaus Family

Gary Fontaine and O'Shelya Brown

Bob and Carole Fontenrose

Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina

Hal and Karen Gordon

Nicole Alfandre Halbreiner

Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann

David C. Humm

Lane Jennings

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman

Sean and Laura Klein

Jason Loewith

Kathy and John Lyons

Jacqueline and Tom Manger

Lisa McKillop in honor of the National Players

Leonard and Anna Pfeiffer

Steve Phan & Rick Poster

Bill and Paula Phillips

Pamela E. Queen

Tracey Reeder

Alda and Jerry Simpson

Linda Stillman

Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson

Carolyn and James Terry

Mr. Paul L. Tilley

Thomas and Tara Watts

Advocate

Anonymous

Connie and Larry Aaronson

Ms. Barbara Cronin

Richard and Joan Curtis

Stephen and Maryann Dembek

The Ellinghaus Family

Gary Fontaine and O'Shelya Brown

Bob and Carole Fontenrose

Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina

Hal and Karen Gordon

Nicole Alfandre Halbreiner

Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann

David C. Humm

Lane Jennings

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman

Sean and Laura Klein

Jason Loewith

Kathy and John Lyons

Jacqueline and Tom Manger

Lisa McKillop in honor of the National Players

Leonard and Anna Pfeiffer

Steve Phan & Rick Poster

Bill and Paula Phillips

Pamela E. Queen

Tracey Reeder

Alda and Jerry Simpson

Linda Stillman

Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson

Carolyn and James Terry

Mr. Paul L. Tilley

Thomas and Tara Watts

Benefactor

Anonymous

Dean and Jo Aulick

Linda Barrett & Emily Harris

Harvey & Fran Berger

Ethan and Suzanne Blank

Diane Boehr

Robin Bristow

Sharon Burka

Jeff and Joan Butvinik

Mike Cahill

Stephen and Maria-Rose Cain

Kaye Craft

Robert Davis and Patricia Brannan

David Dunn

Maureen and Tom Estrin

Laura Graham Fetters & Matt Fetters

Gregory Flowers

Howard Forman

Rhonda B. Friedman

Lucian and Lynn Furrow

Maxine and Alvin Golub

Sally W. Gresham

Rob and Shar Hellie

Richard and Debra Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jourdenais

Dick Kafka and Valerie Hildebrand

Tom Lansford

Carol Loewith

Elizabeth and Kenneth Lundeen

Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger and Mark Hollinger

Chris and Tara Mairs

Jan McIntire

R. Wesley Meekins

David Mendick & Naomi Yadin-Mendick

Curtis Menyuk and Claire Schwartz-Menyuk

Cathy and Dan Milano

Susan and William Morris

Mr. and Ms. Clyde W. Northrop

Susan Parry

Stan Peabody

Kathy and Bob Phillips

Congressman Jamie Raskin and the Honorable Sarah Bloom Raskin

Bridget and Richard Reed

Ms. Mary K. Robitaille

Rufus Giving Fund

Martin Safer and Carolyn Lichtenstein

Edward and Norma Salem

Alan Savada and Mark Stevenson

Sue Jenkins Shawhan

Betty and John Smallwood

Leslie F. Smith and Stacy P. Smith

Allison Stockman

Rusty Suter in Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas

Ruth Tate

Mr. Peter Threadgill

The Truman Family

Louis and Diana Ulman

Debby Vivari

Diane Ward Lett and Paul Lett

Richard and Alice Wegman

George A. and Katherine C. Whitehouse

Laurie and Paul Wilner

Promoter

Anonymous

Tamara W. Abramowitz

Amy & Bill Alexander

Anthony Alexander

Lori Anderson

Martha Anderson and Christopher Carlson

Sarah and John Anderson

Alan and Susan Apter

Bobby and Marla Baker

Stanley and Linda Berman

Marc Bernstein

Jim and Monica Bradford

Anastacia Brice

David Briggs and John Benton*

Mr. Kenneth Burgdorf & Ms. Norma Williams

Jay and Karen Bycer

Carol Chelemer

Pat Corridon 

Kate Cruz

Libby and Walt Davis

Lowell Davis

Karen M. Deasy

Hampton DeJarnette and Leslie England

Andi Drimmer

Dublinske Family Fund

Rosemary and Barry Eigen

Doug and Jane Ellinghaus

Mary Ellen Flynn and John Cardinale

Laura Forman & Richard Bender

Paul and Marguerite Frampton

Jill and Mark Freedman

David Friedman & Donna Potemken

Kenneth and Janet Friedman

Leonard Friedman and Randi Passamaneck

Noreen and Michael Friedman

Barbara Fugate & Kazuo Yaginuma

Drs. Michael Gaynon and Susan Ryu

Richard Gervase & Stuart Delery

Rev. Denise M. Giacomozzi and Mr. Jan Allen May

Michial Gill, Ph.D.

Dorothy and Arnold Goldsmith

Alisa Goldstein

Susan Griffin

Norene Guilford

Andrea M. Harris

Stanley and Barbara Hertzbach

Jack and Elaine Hessler

Elizabeth Hiner

Eugene and Julia Horman

Karen Horrocks

Laura and Corrie Jaynes

Jo Anne Johnson

Jocelyn Jones

Andrew Kagan

Robert Kopera

Mr & Mrs Stephen Kovarcik

Leslie and Michael Krainak

The Krebs Family Siblings and Mother

Jeffrey Laizure

Daryl Leach

Ted LeFevre

Diane Leonard & Alan B. Williams

The Lewanda Family

Carol and Tim Leydig

Kathryn Lindquist

Paul and Susan Linz

Bret Lowell

Jennifer Lubitz

James Mann and Caroline Dexter

Doris Mattraw

Anna Therese McGowan

Richard & Maureen Mercier

Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery

William and Catherine Mooney

Dr. Sara Moran

Kesh Narayanan & Ms. Annelie Wilde

Irv Newman

Jennifer O'Leary

John and Margaret Orrick

Sunhee Park

Bob and Allyson Parlock

D. Pathmanathan

Marylou and Peter Pepe

Christopher Platt

Cynthia and John Prucha

Daniel Ricci

Barbara and Jeff Riley

Betty Mason Roach

Elizabeth Mason Roach

Elie and Lesley Rogers

Ms. Lois Romeo

Anita and Howard Rosen

Steve Ruben

Elizabeth Sawyerr

Kenneth Scales

Raymond Scalettar

Stacey Schacter

Roger and Diane Schmidt

Peter and Julia Shawhan

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Simons

Doreen Barrows Smith

Roger and Carolyn Sorensen

Catherine L. Spain

Dennis Stylc

Ellen Swyler

Vanessa Stiffler-Claus

Joann Tell

Marion Thompson

Marcia Tindall and Amy Furman

Elizabeth Toperzer

Silvia B. Trumbower

Larry Unger

Paul and Deborah Vale

Aaron and Hilary Vernon

Deborah Vorhis

Carol Watkins

Susan Wellman

Kendra and John Wells

Michael and Beth Whiteford

Richard and Susan Wilby

Wayne Wolf

John and Ann Wylie

Todd Yoder

*Deceased

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Executive Producer

Anonymous

Roberts Oxygen Company

Ben and Elissa Wolf

Producer

Sanford and Bettye Ames

Axios Napa Valley

Sandy Bieber and Linda Rosenzweig

DLA Piper

Irene and Steven White

Ray and Ellen Youstra

Helaine Zinaman and Pat Payne

Director

Atlantic Union Bank

Cathy S. Bernard

Kathy and Brian Chappell

Financial Advantage Associates

Nettie Horne

Kathy and John Lyons

MedStar Health

Craig Pascal

Provisions Catering

John R. and Andrea Z. Urciolo

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Advocate

Anonymous

Deanne Ayers-Howard and LeRoy Howard

James Beckers and Donna Mertens

George and Kristie Bradford

David W. Briggs

Michael Burke and Carl Smith

James and Ellen Callahan

M. Charlene Dorrian

EskewDumezRipple

Susan and Jay Finkelstein

Barry and Marie Fleishman

Gary Fontaine and O’Shelya Brown

Robert E. Hebda

Paul Henderson

Kathryn D. Lindquist

Deborah M. Mass

Linda Mazawey

Maggie and Tico McCready

Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips

Kiati Plooksawasdi

Karen and Phil Rabin

RBC-Truman Wealth Management

Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson

Mita M. Schaffer

Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson

Staging the Future Capital Campaign

These donors have contributed above and beyond their annual support to pave the way for our Staging the Future Capital Campaign.

Visonary

The State of Maryland 

Bob and Eveline Roberts

Impresario 

Cathy S. Bernard

Gana Dunlop

Eugene B. Casey Foundation

Montgomery County

John R. and Andrea Z. Urciolo

Virtuoso 

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Paul Henderson

The Family of Naomi K Horowitz

The Mulitz-Gudelsky Family

Nora Roberts Foundation

Ms. Carol Trawick

Luminary 

Sandy Bieber and Linda Rosenzweig

DLA Piper US LLP

Susan and Jay Finkelstein

Barry and Marie Fleishman

The Estate Of Carol Jordan

Kathryn Lindquist

Craig Pascal

Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson

Elissa and Ben Wolf

Trailblazer 

Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

The Phillip L. Graham Fund

Robert E. Hebda

Eric Horowitz

Nettie Horne

Kathy and John Lyons

Amy Rosselle

Mr. Vernon L. Skinner Jr.

Irene and Steven White

Innovator 

Suzanne and Bruce Glassman

Merle Haberman

Mary and Stephen Klein

Ray and Ellen Youstra

Leader 

Sanford and Bettye Ames

Linda August

Deborah and Bruce Berman

Kathy and Brian Chappell

Helen Pumphrey Denit Charitable Trust

Heather Dlhopolsky

M. Charlene Dorrian

Joan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard

The Ellinghaus Family

Meg and John Hauge

Ike & Catherine Leggett

Jason Loewith

Lisa McKillop

Mita M Schaffer and Tina M. Martin*

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Schupak

Sandy and Alan Wade

Advocate 

Mr. and Mrs. David Bottegal

Glen and Robin Cameron

Friends of the Library Olney Chapter

Ms. Susan Haberman
Linowes & Blocher LLP

Elizabeth and Kenneth Lundeen

Jacqueline and Tom Manger

Linda T. Myers and Charles N. Myers

Karen and Phil Rabin

Margaret Ann Ross

Thomas J. and Lindsay Senker

Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson

Annie Totah

Mr. Thomas Zutic and Mr. William L. Mitchell

Benefactor 

Anonymous

Laura and Perry Apelbaum

Richard and Sunny Banvard

Ms. Ellen Bortz

Ms. Barbara Cronin

Eric and Cheryl Einhorn

Bonnie Fogel

Michial Gill, Ph.D.

Hal and Karen Gordon

Jason and Valerie Kerben

Jennifer Lubitz

Mary Parker

Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips

Congressman Jamie Raskin and the Honorable Sarah Bloom Raskin

Linda Ravdin and Don Shapero

Rosanne Sabatelli

Rebecca Siman

Carolyn and James Terry

Katherine and Craig Thornton

Carol Watkins

Bobbie and Tom Wolf

David and Deborah Yaffe

Promoter 

Anonymous

Connie and Larry Aaronson 

Mr. Kenneth Burgdorf & Ms. Norma Williams

Melvin Byrd

W. B. Erwin

Gary & Christina Fernandes

William Hanson and Gail Lieberman 

Chas Hausheer & Sheila Sweeney

Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann

Tom Lansford

Craig and Lorraine Martin 

Ms. Susan A McCarthy

Mr. and Ms. Clyde W. Northrop

Tracey Reeder

Jillian Rose

Mr. Dan Savin & Ms. Patricia A. Murphy

Carl W. Smith and Michael L. Burke

Ms. Donna Spiegler

The Tontalas

Ms. Katherine Williamson

Supporter 

Anonymous

Mr. Allen Ahearn

Roxanne Ando

Sandra S Baraff

Fran and Harvey Berger

Diane Boehr 

Mr. and Ms. David Chaput

Carol Chelemer

James and Susan David 

Ricki Farber

Robert and Carole Fontenrose 

Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina

Marcia and Lee Haller

Ms. Kathleen Highet

Lane Jennings 

Bernie Kanstoroom

Kari and David Keaton 

Peter M Kehoe

Ms. Nancy Laing

Carol Loewith

Sandy McKenzie

Ms. Claire McLaughlin

Richard & Maureen Mercier

Bob and Marlene Mitchell

Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery 

Heather Pierce and Mark Schofield

Edward and Norma Salem 

Steven Schaffer

Philip and Cecilia Schneider 

Margaret Shank

Cora and Murray Simpson Family Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Wyman R. Stone, Jr.

*Deceased