Ravinia 2023 Issue 2

Annual Fund Ravinia is deeply grateful to every Annual Fund contributor for helping make possible our exceptional, diverse musical programming, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s residency; our welcoming, verdant concert setting; and our music education and engagement programs across Chicagoland. Support at any level makes a positive impact on our mission. The following list includes donors who have made gifts of $1,000 or more between October 1, 2022, and May 30, 2023. A degree sign (°) recognizes Silver Circle members for their 25 or more consecutive years of support. Italics indicate new donors or those who increased their support by $500 or more. CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS $100,000 and above Allstate°, Lead Reach Teach Play Sponsor BMO The Dancing Skies Foundation Discover°, Official Card Cadillac , Official Vehicle of Ravinia Festival The Negaunee Foundation° Northwestern Medicine Ralla Klepak Foundation for Education in the Performing Arts White Claw Hard Seltzer Wintrust $50,000 – $99,999 Anonymous Abbott Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Martin & Mary L. Boyer Foundation Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Fifth Third Bank Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. Julius N. Frankel Foundation Freshie Organic Tequila Seltzer Lloyd A. Fry Foundation° Illinois Arts Council Agency° ITW° JPMorgan Chase & Co.° McKinsey & Company, Inc.° Midtown Athletic Clubs, Official Club Northern Trust° The Sedge & Henry Plitt Charitable Trusts Polk Bros. Foundation° Terlato Wines, Official Wine Sponsor $20,000 – $49,999 Anonymous (2) AbbVie Baxter International Inc.° Beam Suntory The Buchanan Family Foundation° The Chicago Community Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Conagra Brands Foundation Alverin M. Cornell Foundation Crate & Barrel The Crown Family Ernst & Young LLP Grainger° Greenberg Traurig, LLP Ralph S. Hoffman Foundation Kerrygold KPMG LLP° Latham & Watkins LLP Mason Foundation, Inc.° Mayer Brown LLP The Professional Staff of NorthShore University HealthSystem Pella Windows & Doors Perkins Coie LLP PNC Bank RBC Wealth Management Reed Smith LLP Rice-Temple Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation Sage Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Sedgebrook Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation° Sidley Austin LLP Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Stepan Company° Testa Produce Walgreens° $10,000 – $19,999 Anonymous Altair Advisers, LLC Banner Plumbing Kitchen & Bath Showroom Modestus Bauer Foundation° CF Industries Cole-Crone Family Foundation° Diageo North America Larry & Barbara Field and Family° Fletcher Family Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Harbortown Industries, Inc. Harris Family Foundation Helen M. Harrison Foundation J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc.° Joe & Ross Distributing, Inc. , Exclusive Ice Cream Sponsor Kirkland & Ellis Learning Resources, Inc. Daniel H. Lome Foundation Thomas and Susan Maas Malott Family Foundation Mazza Foundation Mazzetta Company, LLC° Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC Molson Coors North Shore Barrington Association of Realtors North Shore Gas Community Fund° Peck Ritchey, LLC° ShalomMemorial Funeral Home / ShalomMemorial Park° The Trillium Foundation UL Standards & Engagement The Vail Family Foundation° Bob & Malin Vasa Wells Fargo Advisors Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Larry J. Wolfe LTD, Certified Public Accountants Xfinity $7,000 – $9,999 Advanced Physical Medicine Centers AIM Unlimited The Allyn Foundation° Associated Agencies, Inc. The Bill Bass Foundation Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Health Favil David Berns & Associates First Bank of Highland Park Hillwood Mark Holihan Insurance Huston Wealth Solutions Raymond James Jaffe & Berlin, LLC JLC Colmar Foundation° Katten Judy & John Keller Lake Forest College Lundbeck Neimark, Levin & Helfand° Next Chapter Inc. Northwestern University° Oak Ridge Investments, LLC RJ2 Technologies Phyllis & Perry Schwartz Foundation Arch W. Shaw Foundation° Sunset Food Mart, Inc.° Symphony Financial W.B. Olson, Inc. $4,000 – $6,999 Anonymous Carnot & Luceile Allen Foundation American Freedom American Wire Group Belmonti Family Foundation Bija Bennett George and Minou Colis Consilio Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation CTS Impact Digital Check Corp. DIR Development Ferrari Lake Forest GATX Corporation° Geraldi Norton Foundation° Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. Trust Samuel S. & Dorothy R. Haber Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation° Helen E. Heggie Fund° Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered° J. Clifford Moos Trust A.D. Johnson Foundation° David A. Marcus & Associates, Inc. The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation The Krasnow Family° LA-CO Industries, Inc.° Jessica & Torjus Lundevall Fund of the Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Mesirow Financial Harriette & Ted Perlman The Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation The Podolsky Family Foundation° Professional Education International Henry Pope Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc.° Thompson Coburn LLP Venture One Real Estate William Blair & Company, LLC XL Screw Corporation – Frances and Robert Sachs° $2,000 – $3,999 D’Addario Foundation Reynolds Family Foundation Vienna Beef, Ltd The Wagner Foundation° $1,000 – $1,999 In Memory of Jane Chabria, on behalf of the Edward A. Kemmler Foundation The Council for Canadian- American Relations Saliba Industries, Inc. INDIVIDUALS $100,000 and above ElevenEleven Foundation / Jim & Wendy Abrams Elizabeth Crown & Bill Wallace In Honor of Sandra K. Crown Tera & Richard McBlaine Jennifer Steans & James Kastenholz Audrey L. Weaver $50,000 – $99,999 Anonymous Megan P. & John L. Anderson° Lyn Goldstein° Ms. Nancy B. Lewis, in memory of Irving & Roberta Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Loren Stone Nancy Zadek° $30,000 – $49,999 Anonymous Earl Abramson & Sheila Schlaggar° Missy & Bruce Ettelson Elaine Frank Fund Walter & Karla Goldschmidt Foundation° Mrs. Albert Pawlick ° Bobette Takiff & the Takiff Family Foundation° Linda & Craig Umans $20,000 – $29,999 Anonymous Judy & Merrill Blau° Jane & David Casper° Susan & Don Civgin Winnie & Bob Crawford° Cretors Family Shawn M. Donnelley & Christopher M. Kelly Paul Earle & Ellen Rudnick° Joan & Bob Feitler Larry A. Gerber° Glerum Family Foundation Howard L. Gottlieb & Barbara G. Greis Janice & Steve Hefter° Betsy & Arthur Holden Hunter Family Foundation Chris & Elise Klein Becky & Lester Knight Liz & Eric Lefkofsky Bill & Diane Lloyd° Sheila Medvin° Kenneth & Jodi Meister Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Miller Richard & Cynthia Morehead° Harold M. & Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation° Sue & Tom Pick° Betsey & Dale Pinkert° Amita & Barry Poll Gloria & Dan Reisner Cari & Michael Sacks° Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Santi Mrs. Gail Sehler Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust° John Snyder & Mignon Dupepe Chuck & Mary Westphal $10,000 – $19,999 Anonymous (5) Stuart & Phyllis Applebaum° Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Aronson Bachmann Family° Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Barden Steven Berger Ted Birren & Dan Hopper Dr. & Mrs. Jacob D. Bitran Louis & Julie Bucksbaum A.C., John & Katherine Buehler° Roger & Michele Burgis Mrs. Rhett W. Butler° Court & Kirstin Carruthers Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Castellini Carol & Douglas Cohen° Gerald & Maureen Corcoran Tim & Jill Cunniff Bobbie & Charlie Denison Jeanne & Tom Denison° Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Deveny Annette Dezelan° Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery° Mr. Kenneth Douros Edwardson Family Foundation° Mr. & Mrs. Merrick Elfman Ms. Sharon Feigon & Mr. Steven Bialer Ms. Venita E. Fields & Mr. Lonnie Hampton Ms. Barbara Finder Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Finder Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Fink The Lisa M. Fisher Fund in Memory of James & Roslyn Marks at The Chicago Community Foundation Peter & Virginia Foreman° Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Frank Mr. & Mrs. James S. Frank Michael & Lynn Froy° Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gamson Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Gerstein George & Maureen Gilmore Howard & Roberta Goss° The Avrum Gray Family Justin Greis Kelly & John Grier Ms. Caroline Grossinger Mr. Pedro A. Guerrero Linda and Jeffrey Hammes Craig J. Lancaster & Charlene T. Handler Holly Harralson & Jim Walsh Mr. Dean Harrison Jeff & Kathryn Haydon Barbara S. Herst Trust The Hirschmann Family Foundation Drs. Courtney & Carmen Hollowell Sherry Lea & Richard S. Holson III Mrs. Lindsey Holton Carol & Joel Honigberg Fund° Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hopkins Michele & Troy Ihlanfeldt Ms. Kathryn D. Ingraham & Mr. James Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Jacobs Pat & Dan Jorndt° Rudy Juarez Family Mr. & Mrs. David R. Kahnweiler The Kalmin Family Carol & Ed Kaplan/Kaplan Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation° Alvin & Elizabeth Katz Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Katz John & Jeanne Kett Mr. & Mrs. Norman K. Kidder Klaff Family Foundation° Emily & Christopher Knight° The Morris & Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund of the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation° Lori Ann Komisar & Morris Silverman° Mr. & Mrs. Mitch A. Kovitz Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Krebs° David & Susan Kreisman Ms. Sharon Krengel Marilyn & Mark Labkon Mr. & Mrs. Toby Lees Mr. & Mrs. Adam LeFebvre Gary & Liz Levin Diane Levy° Susan & Richard Levy Mr. Ed Lhee & Dr. Maerry Lee Patricia M. Livingston Daniel H. Lome Foundation Mrs. Donald G. Lubin Judy & Tom Lubin William H. Marks Fund in Memory of James & Roslyn Marks at The Chicago Community Foundation Andrew & Laurel Marovitz Paul E. Martin & Patricia Clay Martin Mr. &Mrs. JohnW. McCarter Jr.° Clyde S. McGregor & LeAnn Pedersen Pope Judy & Rob Merrilees Elyce & Mark Metzner° John & Sandy Miller° Andy & Nancy Mills L. William Montgomery Becky & Mike Murray° Christopher Noon° O’Leary-Gill Foundation Stacy & Scott Overby Mr. & Mrs. Michael Paleczny Mr. &Mrs. Christopher Paquette Julie & Chuck Parsons Louis & Ali Paster Sanford & Jody Perl Madeleine P. & Harvey R. Plonsker° Richard & Linda Price Phyllis & Dennis Propp° The Prussian Family° Diana & Bruce Rauner° Anne & Chris Reyes Steve & Mimi Ritchie Roberts Family Foundation° The Rosenberg-Frazer Families Mr. & Mrs. Myron Rosenthal° Patti & Eugene Ross° Helen S. Rubinstein, in memory of Michael J. Rubinstein Mr. & Mrs. Martin Schechtman Judy & David Schiffman Brad & Gina Schmarak Mr. & Mrs. Neal Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schwab Mr. John D. Seder & Mrs. Cheryl R. Seder° Richard & Leslie Sevcik Bill & Stephanie Sick° Ms. Linda Simon Solot & Karp Family Foundation Stuart Sondheimer & Bonnie Lucas Heather Steans & Leo Smith Steven & Susan Steinmeyer Judith H. Stern° Stillman Family Foundation° Pamela B. & Russ M. Strobel° RAVINIA MAGAZINE • JULY 3 – JULY 16, 2023 48 RAV INI A SUPPORT ERS When people ask where we went on our first date, we proudly tell them, ”Ravinia Festival on July 4, 1977, and it’s been fireworks ever since.” ELISE & IRA, DONORS SINCE 1998