Our Donors

Visionary Circle

Bob and Eveline Roberts

Virtuoso 

Anonymous

Linda August

Luminary 

Anonymous

Barron P. Hall, DVM

Nettie Horne

Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson

The Mulitz-Gudelsky Family

Mr. Vernon L. Skinner Jr.

Trailblazer 

Anonymous

Susan and Jay Finkelstein

Barry and Marie Fleishman

Merle Haberman

Margarete D. Levy

Alice Barrett Mack

Lorraine & Craig Martin

Karen and Phil Rabin

Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey

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 

Anonymous

Sanford and Bettye Ames

Deanne Ayers-Howard and LeRoy Howard

James Beckers & Donna Mertens

Sandy Bieber and Linda Rosenzweig

George and Kristie Bradford

Emily and Zach Briton

Kathy and Brian Chappell

Ms. Barbara Cronin

Heather Dlhopolsky

Joan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard

Pat Fauver

Michial Gill, Ph.D.

Suzanne and Bruce Glassman

David Harris

Meg and John Hauge

Robert E. Hebda

Roger & Deborah Henry

Gus and Lynne Kalaris

Ike & Catherine Leggett

Linda T. Myers and Charles N. Myers

Melanie Nussdorf

Bill and Paula Phillips

Kiati Plooksawasdi and Natalie Sukontasup

Jillian Rose

Margaret Ann Ross

Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin*

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Schupak

Roger and Barbara Schwarz

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

James and Ellen Callahan

Ed* and Leslie Cronin

Richard and Joan Curtis

Stephen and Maryann Dembek

Maura Dollymore

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

Jason Loewith

Elizabeth and Kenneth Lundeen

Kathy and John Lyons

Jacqueline and Tom Manger

Lisa McKillop in honor of the National Players

Leonard and Anna Pfeiffer

Steve Phan & Rick Poster

Stephen R. and Erin M. Prest

Pamela E. Queen

Linda Ravdin and Don Shapero

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

Wilson Roman Family Charitable Fund

Advocate 

Anonymous

Anonymous - in memory of Kate Gibson

Greg and Patty Argyros

Richard and Sunny Banvard

Lynne Barnes

Adrienne & Geoff Burroughs

Glen and Robin Cameron

Paul and Kathleen Casey

The Paul J & Eileen S DeMarco Stewardship Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of USAA Giving Fund

M. Charlene Dorrian

David Drasin

Heidi and Mitch Dupler

Dr. and Mrs. Leroy C. Evans

Colleen Fitzpatrick and Family

Howard Forman

The Galen Miller Fund at the Cleveland Foundation

Haard/Hoffmann Family

Paul Henderson

Mr. Michael Kelley & Ms. Jill Huchital

Sean and Laura Klein

Patricia Knapp

The Kramer Family

Yaminah Leggett-Wells and Alex Wells

Robert E. Liles

John and Lynn Mahoney

Deborah M. Mass

Susan McCarthy

Maggie and Tico McCready

William McDonald

Maureen McNeill

Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett

Carol Migdalovitz

Ms. Helaine S. Morss

Ron Murch and Natanya Nobel

Martha Newman and Brian Sutton

Susan Penn

William and Connie Perry

Scott and Evelyn Schreiber

Carl W. Smith and Michael L. Burke

Susan Stracquatanio and Jeff Jones

The Tontalas

Sandy and Alan Wade

Mr. and Ms. Leo Zickler

Benefactor 

Anonymous

Dean and Jo Aulick

Linda Barrett & Emily Harris

Barbara Baumann & Michael Conrad

Harvey & Fran Berger

Dennis and Holly Blackledge

Ethan and Suzanne Blank

Diane Boehr

Susan Boyd

David Briggs and John Benton*

Sharon Burka

Mike Cahill

Stephen and Maria-Rose Cain

Kaye Craft

Robert Davis and Patricia Brannan

Frank and Joan Dicostanzo

Gana Dunlop

David Dunn

Bunny Dwin

Doug and Jane Ellinghaus

Maureen and Tom Estrin

Laura Graham Fetters & Matt Fetters

Gregory Flowers

Rhonda B. Friedman

Richard Gervase & Stuart Delery

Maxine and Alvin Golub

Linda Grabel

Rob and Shar Hellie

Richard and Debra Hughes

Jonathan Jerison

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jourdenais

Dick Kafka and Valerie Hildebrand

Mary & Stephen Klein

Tom Lansford

The Lewanda Family

Carol Loewith

Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger and Mark Hollinger

Chris and Tara Mairs

Anna Therese McGowan

Jan McIntire

R. Wesley Meekins

David Mendick & Naomi Yadin-Mendick

Cathy and Dan Milano

Michael Miller

Susan and William Morris

Kesh Narayanan & Ms. Annelie Wilde

Mr. and Ms. Clyde W. Northrop

Susan Parry

Stan Peabody

Jeanne and Burnie Peters

Kathy and Bob Phillips

Vicken Poochikian and Irene Roth

Jerome Powell and Elissa Leonard

Paul D. Radecki

Congressman Jamie Raskin and the Honorable Sarah Bloom Raskin

Bridget and Richard Reed

Steven Roberts

Ms. Mary K. Robitaille

Elie and Lesley Rogers

Rufus Giving Fund

Martin Safer and Carolyn Lichtenstein

Amin, Tracy, And Sofia Salaam

Raymond Scalettar

T.J. and Lindsay Senker

Sue Jenkins Shawhan

Betty Smallwood

Leslie F. Smith and Stacy P. Smith

Vanessa Stiffler-Claus

Rusty Suter in Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas

Ruth Tate

Marion Thompson

Mr. Peter Threadgill

Sarah and Marc Tischler

Louis and Diana Ulman

Aaron and Hilary Vernon

Debby Vivari

Diane Ward Lett and Paul Lett

Laurie and Paul Wilner

Karen Winegardner

Tom and Bobbie Wolf

Promoter 

Anonymous

Tamara W. Abramowitz

Amy & Bill Alexander

Anthony Alexander

Lori Anderson

Sarah and John Anderson

Richard Alperstein & Lenny Seliger

Alan and Susan Apter

Stanley and Linda Berman

Jim and Monica Bradford

Anastacia Brice

Karen Brownell

Mr. Kenneth Burgdorf & Ms. Norma Williams

Jeff and Joan Butvinik

Jay and Karen Bycer

Carol Chelemer

Steven and Carole Cohen

Pat Corridon 

Libby and Walt Davis

Lowell Davis

Karen M. Deasy

Dublinske Family Fund

Rosemary and Barry Eigen

Eddie and Rachel Eitches

Warren Eng

Robert Enzel

Bonnie Fogel

Jeanne Marie Ford

Laura Forman & Richard Bender

Barbara B. Fowler

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

Tony Geisler

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

Dorothy and Arnold Goldsmith

Alisa Goldstein

Susan Griffin

Ed Grossman & Rochelle Stanfield

Norene Guilford

Marcia and Lee Haller

Andrea M. Harris

Jack and Elaine Hessler

Elizabeth Hiner

Eugene and Julia Horman

Karen Horrocks

Jo Anne Johnson

Yolka Kagan

Kari and Dave Keaton

James and Maria Klimchuk

Nancy Kochuk/Carl Luty

Robert Kopera

Mr & Mrs Stephen Kovarcik

Leslie and Michael Krainak

The Krebs Family Siblings and Mother

Jeffrey Laizure

Daryl Leach

Diane Leonard & Alan B. Williams

Carol and Tim Leydig

Kathryn Lindquist

Paul and Susan Linz

Mary Long

Bret Lowell

James Mann and Caroline Dexter

Doris Mattraw

Duncan & Linda McNabb

Curtis Menyuk and Claire Schwartz-Menyuk

Richard & Maureen Mercier

Ellen and Leonard Milstone

Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery

William and Catherine Mooney

Dr. Sara Moran

Sanil Nath

Irv Newman

Jennifer O'Leary

John and Margaret Orrick

Sunhee Park

Bob and Allyson Parlock

D. Pathmanathan

Heather Pierce and Mark Schofield

Cynthia and John Prucha

Daniel Ricci

Betty Mason Roach

Elizabeth Mason Roach

Colleen and Michael Miller

Ms. Lois Romeo

Anita and Howard Rosen

Barbara Rosenbaum and Bob Feldhuhn

Elizabeth Sawyerr

Kenneth Scales

Stacey Schacter

Susan and Steven Schaffer

Roger and Diane Schmidt

Julia and Peter Shawhan

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Simons

Doreen Barrows Smith

Ferne Smith

Thomas and Bonnie Sneeringer

Roger and Carolyn Sorensen

Catherine L. Spain

Allison Stockman

Dennis Stylc

Frank and Rosemary Sullivan

Ellen Swyler

Joann Tell

Marcia Tindall and Amy Furman

Elizabeth Toperzer

Silvia B. Trumbower

Larry Unger

Paul and Deborah Vale

Carol Watkins

Susan Wellman

Kendra and John Wells

Michael and Beth Whiteford

Richard and Susan Wilby

John and Ann Wylie

Olga and Eldon Yoder

Todd Yoder

*Deceased

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 GALA SPONSORS!

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.

Visionary 

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

Amy Rosselle and Rob Kallman

Elissa and Ben Wolf

Trailblazer 

Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

Heather Dlhopolsky

Suzanne and Bruce Glassman

The Phillip L. Graham Fund

Merle Haberman

Robert E. Hebda

Nettie Horne

Eric Horowitz

Kathy and John Lyons

Mr. Vernon L. Skinner Jr.

Irene and Steven White

Innovator 

Mary and Stephen Klein

Ray and Ellen Youstra

Kathy and Brian Chappell

Leader 

Sanford and Bettye Ames

Linda August

Deanne Ayers-Howard and LeRoy Howard

Deborah and Bruce Berman

Helen Pumphrey Denit Charitable Trust

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

Annie Totah

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

Mary Parker

Karen and Phil Rabin

Margaret Ann Ross

Thomas J. and Lindsay Senker

Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson

Paul Tilley & Family

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

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

The Friends of the Library Montgomery County

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 

Dick Kafka and Valerie Hildebrand

Bernie Kanstoroom

Kari and David Keaton 

Peter M. Kehoe

Elizabeth S. King

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