Ravinia 2025 Issue 1

Reach Teach Play The donors listed below generously contributed to Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs—including direct support of such initiatives as as the Music Discovery and Jazz Mentor Programs, Guest Artists in the Classroom, and Sistema Ravinia—between October 1, 2024, and May 9, 2025. For information about giving to Reach Teach Play, please call 847-266-5020. $100,000 and above Allstate, Lead Reach Teach Play Sponsor Paul M. Angell Family Foundation BMO The Grainger Foundation Ravinia Associates Board Ravinia Women’s Board $60,000 – $99,999 Anonymous Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. Polk Bros. Foundation $30,000 – $59,999 Martin & Mary L. Boyer Foundation Ehlert Family Foundation Elaine Frank Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Ralla Klepak Foundation for Education in the Performing Arts Latham & Watkins LLP Irving & Roberta Lewis Charitable Foundation Reed Smith LLP Sidley Austin LLP $25,000 – $29,999 Anonymous The Dancing Skies Foundation Mayer Brown LLP Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation $15,000 – $24,999 Anonymous Alverin M. Cornell Foundation Elizabeth Crown & Bill Wallace William & Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation Grainger KPMG LLP Mesirow Financial PNC Bank Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation $10,000 – $14,999 Anonymous Discover, Official Card The Lisa M. Fisher Fund in Memory of James & Roslyn Marks at The Chicago Community Foundation Harris Family Foundation ITW Cookie & Henry Kohn Malott Family Foundation Modestus Bauer Foundation North Shore Gas Community Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation The John & Kathleen Schreiber Foundation Ms. Sheryl A. Summers Kelly Wojda $7,500 – $9,999 Ms. Denise M. Gamble The Trillium Foundation $5,000 – $7,499 Christy & Craig Fowler Jeff & Kathryn Haydon Emily & Christopher Knight Oyama Charitable Foundation John & Kim Taylor $2,500 – $4,999 Daniel & Michele Becker Amy & Brian Brown Kusawn Foster Mary Moreland & Daniel Jenks Ms. Loretta Peterson $400 – $2,499 Mr. & Mrs. Glant Cohen L. Dunbar Linda Grandolfo Ms. Jane Heron Jessica Hoyt IBM Corporation Seymour Lipton Mr. Patrick Moore The Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation Elfriede Schuette Jody & Dean Weinberg REACH TEACH PLAY DONOR HIGHLIGHTS Reach Teach Play programs actively engage 20,000 schoolchildren and their families each year throughout Cook and Lake Counties. This would not be possible without the foresight and contributions of the Ravinia Women’s Board and the funders who have joined them in supporting these programs, including Allstate in its ninth year as Lead Sponsor. The Building the Future of Reach Teach Play campaign raised funds to sustain these programs into the future. We proudly recognize the important contributors to this effort on page 57. Steans Institute The invaluable instruction and performance opportunities at the Steans Institute are only possible because of our generous, dedicated donors. Each summer, Steans provides its participants with everything they need—from housing and meals to immersive and personalized professional training with a world-renowned faculty— so they can focus fully on honing their craft. Ravinia greatly appreciates the donors below, who have contributed to the institute’s annual operating fund between October 1, 2024, and May 9, 2025. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Cami Wallace, Manager of Campaigns, at cwallace@ravinia.org or 847-266-5025. General Support Anonymous (3) Wendy Abrams Elizabeth Adames Jessica Atchison Ms. Lorraine Austin Jean & John Berghoff Kenneth Berk Mr. Saurab Bhargava Mr. Thomas Blake Sheryl Bloom Amy & Brian Brown Mrs. Rhett W. Butler Elvira M. Butz Carolyn Bybee Hyomin Choi Suzanne Cohen Ann Sherby Cole Jane B. Colman Karen Connell Lynne Creighton The Daday Family The Dancing Skies Foundation Paul Diamond Patricia Duwel Jeff Gail Mr. Kush Gangar Mr. & Mrs. John E. Gepson Mrs. Dorothy G. Harza Jeff & Kathryn Haydon Helen E. Heggie Fund at Chicago Community Trust Rosemary Heilemann Mrs. Jodi Hoehne Diane Hollingsworth Anna Hullinger Mr. Joseph Jania Richard Jones H. Kim Jason Kratz Ms. Fang Lai Cynthia Leman Robert Lemke Mina Leon & Thomas Gleason Emilee Lyons Mrs. Jennifer Martin Mr. Thomas Martin Amy Mate Sally L. Maybrook Cindy Meixner Rebecca Mestek Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Miller Diane & Steve Miller Randi & Russel Miron Harold M. & Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Mark Nielsen Ed & Gayla Nieminen Sharon Noskin Ms. Sarah ODonnell The Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation Alice Peterson & Paul Munk Ilana Platt Carol Glass Pollock Linda & Harold Rosenson Deborah & Laurence Segil Ms. Nancy Chausow Shafer & Mr. Arnie Shafer Margles Singleton Miss Linda Spadlowski Ms. Adena P. Staben Elizabeth Stanton Jennifer Steans & James Kastenholz Stone Capital Group, Inc., Donna & Tom Stone Mr. Burt Streicker Capt. Hollie Swidarski Mrs. Bobette Takiff John & Kim Taylor Roberta & Harvey Teitelbaum Maria Lynn Thomas Trevor Vernier Mr. Kevin Waden Audrey L. Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Arvin Weindruch Ravinia Women’s Board Program for Jazz in Honor of Diane Dorn Anonymous Bachmann Family Mr. & Mrs. Michael Brehmer Steve & Debbie Dresner Ms. Venita E. Fields & Mr. Lonnie Hampton Belle & Donald Finfer Mr. Willard M. Hunter & Mrs. Lori Hunter Rita Kanne, in loving memory of Jeffrey Kanne Emily & Christopher Knight Mr. & Mrs. John Murphy Ravinia Associates Board Ms. Nancy Chausow Shafer & Mr. Arnie Shafer Mr. & Mrs. Larry Wolfson Program for Piano & Strings Anonymous Judy & Merrill Blau Hyomin Choi Jeffrey & Teri Kaye Conklin Judy Cottle Dr. Scholl Foundation St. Margaret’s College & Schools Foundation from Mr. Tadashi Enami Mr. & Mrs. Dale J. Garber Robert Greenspoon & Jennifer Yorke Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. Trust Mr. & Mrs. Stanton Hadley Carol & Joel Honigberg Fund Rita Kanne, in loving memory of Jeffrey Kanne Seymour Lipton Sheila Medvin Betsey & Dale Pinkert Ravinia Associates Board Ravinia Women’s Board Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Beth Shadur & Bruce Mainzer Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Sue Stevens Zell Family Foundation Program for Singers Anonymous (2) Bija Bennett Judy & Merrill Blau Mr. & Mrs. Dale J. Garber Karen Koronkowski, in memory of Lois Shuey Mason Foundation, Inc. Harold M. & Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation Madeleine P. & Harvey R. Plonsker The Port, Washlow & Errant Families Ravinia Associates Board Ravinia Women’s Board Louella Kreuger Ward, in memory of Dr. Alan J. Ward, PhD, ABPP RAVINIA.ORG  • RAVINIAMAGAZINE 53 R AV I N I A S U P P O R T E R S