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JUNE 18 – JULY 8, 2018 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Judy Castellini,
Chairman
Rachel Davis Mersey,
Vice-chairman
Susan R. Elliott,
Administrative
Vice-chairman
Susan Spears,
Recording Secretary
Susan B. Schmitt,
Treasurer
Karen Ettelson,
Member-at-large
Ellen Falkof,
Member-at-large
Onnie M. Scheyer,
Member-at-large
MEMBERS
Megan P. Anderson
Vicki Apato
Sarah B. Barden
Debra S. Beck
Michele P. Becker
Jean Smith Bergho *
Elizabeth Bergmann
Mrs. George H. Bodeen *
Susan Bodeen
Emily Gale Borovsky
Mary A. Boyer
Audrey Rubinstein Buntman *
Leslie S. Carothers
Wendy Alders Cartland
Mamie Case
Jane D. Casper
Judy Castellini
Jane B. Colman
Kirby Lewis Colson
Catherine J. Cooper
Gayla W. Cox
Chandra Cramer
Sandra K. Crown *
Mrs. John A. Daniels
Bobbie B. Denison *
Jeanne M. Denison *
Mindy Meade DeStefano
Annette G. Dezelan *
Victoria Dorgan
Susan R. Elliott
Kelly Epstein
Mrs. William S. Ettelson
Ellen Falkof
Mrs. Robert Feitler
Ms. Venita Fields
Mrs. Peter B. Foreman
Christy S. Fowler
Ellen Gignilliat
Barbara Greis
Kelly Grier
Mrs. William N. Guthrie
Mrs. Stanton T. Hadley
Mrs. Richard C. Halpern
Mrs. David J. Harris
Mrs. omas D. Heath
Gail Hodges
Michele Ihlanfeldt
Kathy Ingraham
Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu
Mrs. Edward R. James *
Elizabeth Karabatsos
Dolores Kohl Kaplan
Peggy Wagner Kimble
Niven Q. Kingwill
Carol Evans Klenk
Emily T. Knight *
Judith H. Konen
Janet W. Krasny
Beth Lambert
Claudia Lane
Donna LaPietra
Amy Lubin
Suzy G. Lyman
Betsey Madden
Debbie Marks
Mrs. Lester M. Mayber
Mrs. John W. McCarter Jr.
Jean McClung *
Patty McGrath
Betty McLean
Mrs. Alan G. McNally
Sheila Medvin
Rachel Davis Mersey
Mary Alice Miller
Lucy R. Minor
Randi Miron
Mrs. John (Ron) Moore
Mary Moreland
Catharine Murphy
Becky Murray
Mrs. Joseph E. Nathan
Toby Newman
Mrs. Ray E. Newton Jr.
Daniela O’Leary-Gill
Jane D. Otis
Kathy Paleczny
Marian P. Pawlick
Jane Perkins
Sara Pfa
Sue N. Pick
Betsey N. Pinkert
Cynthia Willis Pinkerton
Alyssa Quinlan
Andee Rein
Gloria Reisner
Nancy Rodkin Rotering
Pat Sanders
Onnie M. Scheyer
Susan B. Schmitt
Jana Schreuder
Carol W. Schroeder
Evey Schweig
Kate S. Shapiro
Stephanie Sick
Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky *
Mrs. Alejandro Silva
Susan Spears
Jennifer W. Steans
Harrison I. Steans
Mrs. Harrison I. Steans
Marcie A. Stein
Toria Stender
Pamela B. Strobel
Elizabeth M. omas
Mrs. Richard L. omas
Lisa Brown Tribbett
Virginia C. Vale
Penny Van Horn
Marilyn Vender
Janis Weil
Mrs. Robert G. Weiss
Joan C. Wing
Jane Woldenberg
Regina Wootton
Patti Zeeman
*
Past chairman
Founding member
In memoriam
Mrs. Jerrold L. Eberhardt
Margaret Mitchell Hastings
e Ravinia Women’s Board, founded in
, has raised more than
million
for Ravinia over its storied history. Major
fundraisers include the annual summer
Gala, e Festival Shop and Wintrust
Chair Rental, the Tribute Fund, and the
Ravinia Cruise. Proceeds from these
fundraising e orts help support Ravinia
and its Reach*Teach*Play music education
programs, which serve ,
people
throughout the Chicago area. e board
is especially proud of the creation of the
Sistema Ravinia student orchestra program,
based on Venezuela’s acclaimed El Sistema
model, which fosters positive social
development through exceptional music
training.
is summer, on July , the Women’s
Board will host its rst Sunday evening
gala, featuring Audra McDonald and the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Andy Einhorn. In addition to a spectacular
performance, the evening will highlight the
people and programs that make Ravinia so
special. e rst gala was held in
as a
thank-you to Ravinia supporters, and it is
now our most substantial fundraiser, having
provided more than
million dollars to
support the mission of the festival.
In spring
, the Women’s Board will host
another Ravinia Cruise, with approximately
Women’s Board members and Ravinia
Trustees and Life Trustees sailing rivers
in the south of France from Burgundy to
Provence aboard Uniworld’s SS
Catherine
.
The Ravinia Women’s Board Gala tent
Audra McDonald returns to Ravinia on July 15 to
headline the *ala %eneɶt Concert
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