BUILDING THE FUTURE OF MUSIC

Annual Contributors
The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) is deeply grateful to the Department of Music
at UC San Diego for its generous support and assistance, and to the following contributors for
their donations to the 2024-2025 season. While making every effort to ensure that our contributors’
names are listed accurately, if you find an error, please let us know and we will correct it.
LJS&C is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, making your donation tax-deductible.
Annual Gifts Donations listed below were received
October 9, 2023- October 9, 2024
Major Sponsor $25,000+
Anonymous
City of San Diego, Commission for Arts & Culture
Department of Music, UCSD
Bernard Eggertsen
& Florence Nemkov
Bill & Cathy Funke
Sally & Einar Gall
Michael, Jane & Casey Latz
Stewart Shaw, In Memory of Vicki
Dr. Seuss Foundation

Season Underwriter $15,000+
Michael Kaehr
SD County Board
of Supervisors

Angel $10,000+
Patricia Finn-Burkhard & Walt Burkhard
Bob & Catherine Palmer
Paula Tallal
Timmstrom Family Fund
Amee Wood & Eric Mustonen

Benefactor $5,000+
Eric & Pat Bromberger
Gary & Susan J. Brown
Dr. Curtis & Mae Chan
Beda & Jerry Farrell
Florence Riford La Jolla Community Fund
Rev. Michael Kinnamon & Mardine Davis
Cecil Lytle & Betty McManus
Jeanne & Milton Saier
David Sarkaria
Sherri & Brian Schottlaender
Steven & Janet Shields
Jim Swift & Suzanne Bosch-Swift
Weil Family Foundation

Sustainer $2,500+
Anonymous
Anonymous, In honor of Maxwell Moore & William Clinton Dotson
George & Sarilee Anderson
Pat & David Gifford
Marty Hambright & Ron Manherz
Karen Johns
James & Risa Lauth
Robin B. Luby
Stephen Marsh
Bill Miller & Ida Houby
Barbara Rosen & Bob Fahey
Sam & Barbara Takahashi
Stephanie Weaver Yankee & John Yankee
Elaine Wolfe

Supporter $1,500+
Linda Altes
Anonymous, In Honor of Betty & Cecil
M & J Chrispeels
David Cooksley
Erica & Ryan Gamble
Jennifer & Wayne Khoe
Laura Levine & Peter Politzer
Barbara & Tom Peisch
Carol Plantamura
Carol Rothrock
Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen
Gail Schreiber
Thomas Schubert
Mark Taggart

Associate $1,000+
Suzanne Appelbaum
Gayle Barsamian
Walter & Ann Desmond
Elsa & George Feher
Clare Elisabeth Friedman
Peter Gourevitch & Celia Falicov
Olivia Graeve
Jay Hill
John & Alice Ho
Lulu Hsu
Monique Kunewalder
Carol Lam & Mark Burnett
Bryan Lowe
Susan & Paul Marks
Douglas & Susan McLeod
Chandra Mukerji
Sheila Podell & Art Baer
Sandra Timmons & Richard Sandstrom
Ted & Anna Tsai
Mary Ellen Walther

Patron $500+
Susan Anderson
Mary Beebe & Charles Reilly
Patricia Benesh
A. Jan Berlin, MD
Dr. Mary Ann Calcott
Lynda Claassen & Dan Wulbert
Megan Clowse, In Memory of Garrett Bowles
Bill Eadie, In Honor of Michael Kaehr
Elie A. & Polly H. Shneour
Memorial Endowment Fund
Rik & Carol Floyd
Meryl & Michael Gross
Eileen Hayden
Jay Hill Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Sonya Hintz
Karen Kakazu, In Memory of Stew Shaw
Lauren Kominkiewicz & Jeffrey Dunham
Julianne J. Larsen, In Honor of Brian & Sherri Schottlaender
Tony Leonard & Jin-Soo Kim
Liwerant Family Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Jamie & Sylvia Liwerant
Claudia Lowenstein
Carol Manifold
Suzanne Marmion
Janet Merutka
Nancy Moore, In Memory of Vicki & Stew Shaw
Sameer & Shannon Patel
Carol Pletcher
Terry Raitt
Douglas & Nancy Rein
Vanya Russell
Linda Ryan
Carolyn Jo Sechrist
Bill & Gigi Simmons
Elizabeth Simmons & R. Sekhar Chivukula
Marilyn Stewart
Jeanne & Bill Stutzer
Nancy Swanberg & Max Fenstermacher
Paul Symczak & Debra Weiner
The San Diego Foundation, In honor of Brian Schottlaender
Ellen Warner-Scott

Member $250+
Barbara Adams
Eva & Steven Barnes
John & Dorothy Beresford
Ted & Carol Bietz
Ann Briggs Addo
Frances & John Castle
Catherine Chyi
Mea Daum
Doug & Faith DeHart
Robert & Judy Enns
Robert Fleischman
David R. Georgius & Elizabeth B. Hughes
Anne Gero-Stillwell & William Stillwell
Andy & Erica Helgersen, In Honor of Catherine Chyi
Deanna Johnson
Arian Khaefi, D.M.A. & Sonya Schumann
John & Sue Kim
Lara Pauley
Robert & Paula Nance
John Neyenesch & Polly Cone
Dr. Michael Remson
Stu Slomberg
Otto Sorensen & Mary Gillick
Kenneth & Judy Stanigar
Elizabeth Taft
Donald B. Walker
Friend $100
Peter Armstrong
Marcia Banks
Mary Berend
Margaret A. Bouher, LCSW, BCD
David Buckley & Beth Ross Buckley
Jean & Gary Bushnell
Vic Cardello & Robert Melton, In Memory of Stewart Shaw
Peter & Megan Clarke
Rebecca Crites, In fond memory of Karen Kakazu
Harry & Kay Dirks
Sydney Doidge
Kenneth W. Earnest, Jr.
Judy & Bob Gaukel
Irma Gigli
Peter & Emily Holzer, In Honor of Rebecca Holzer
GracieJoy Hughes
Stephanie Johnson
Susan Kennedy
Leean Knetzer
Edith Kodmur
Shannon Kopp, In loving memory of Karen Kakazu, may you keep singing.
Ron Lawler & Peggy Merritt
Elizabeth Leatherberry
Louise Lewis
Florence Losay
Alison Luedecke
Christopher & Mary Louise Muller
Clara Oberle
Gerald Ondercin
Debby & Ray Park, In Loving Memory of Stewart Shaw
Joey Payton
Dimitris Politis
Satomi Saito
Diane Salisbury
Dennis & Marianne Schamp
Thomas Schlegel
Rob & Linda Smith
Scott M. Steeves
Nancy Steinhart, In memory of Stewart Shaw
Susan Sterner
Sharon Sussman & Neal Langerman
Alyssa Tucker
Harry & Sandra Wilbur
Peter & Carolyn Woodbury
Ann Zahner

Corporate Gift Match
Caterpillar
Intuit
Qualcomm Charitable
Foundation
Dr. Seuss Foundation
Ziff Davis, Raytheon Tech Co.