Contributors
generous donations through a ‘Lifetime of Giving’.
Grand Philanthropist
$10,000+
Anonymous+
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Wendy Davis+
John Fetcho
Lauree Harp+
Illinois Tool Works+
Phillip Solzan+
Patron
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
American Association of University Women+
Arlington Ale House+
Jenna and Robert Atwater
Kathy and Ted Balcom+
Jim Bertucci+
Corey Bordine+
Mary and Jim Bristol+
Jennifer Burnidge+
Mike and Kathleen Colias
Costello & DeHart Dental
Jack and Holly Crabtree+
Ben and Michele Crown+
Kimberlee Curnyn+
Chris and Cathy Darrow
Joe and Mary Beth Delaney
Kathryn and Andy Dickman+
Thomas W. and Loraine R. Dooley Charitable Foundation
Tiffany and Richard Dworianyn+
Sue and Fernando Egea
Donald and Karen Felch+
Paula Fendius
Donald and Mary Joyce Fett+
Patrick and Mary Jeanne Fitzgerald
John and Rosemary Flynn+
Gary Gephart
Glueckert Funeral Home+
John Glueckert Jr.+
Jim and Robin Glueckert
Godey Questers+
Kathy and Howard Grossman+
Mike and Carrie Hemphill+
Dr. Theodore and Kathy Homa+
Doug Howell
Gold
$100-$499
Anonymous (9)
Tom and Carol
AbbVie
Wendell Alderson and Ken Nather
Robert and Mary Edith Arnold
Peter and Nancy Bavisotto
William and Mary Beth Beiersdorf
Jane and Neil Bethke
Richard and Betty Billadeau
Dave and Cathy Braner
Thomas and Ranae Bunnelle
Tim and Michelle Burge
Rick and Nancy Burke
Kenneth and Diane Bykowski
Bruce and Linda Byus
Donald and Toni Calmeyn
Brian and Kathleen Chicoine
Patricia Colabuono
Michael and Carolyn Collins
Gary Cortesi
Jeanne Coughlin
Jean and Bryan Cranfill
The Cwik Family
Ken and Roselly Davies
Bill and Mary Ann Dixon
Mike Driskell
The Drolet Family
Bill Dussling
Melinda and Ted Eckhardt
James and Stephanie Eder
Equitable Foundation
Amy Etnyre
Colleen Flood
Forbici Salon and Spa
Susan Franceschi
Barbara Freda
Tom and Sarah Galla
Kelly and John Gibbel
Laurence and Lynn Giebelhausen
Michelle Gilliam
Keith Ginnodo and Kristen Kingsley
Rabbi Jeff and Mindy Glickman
Cynthia Goldsberry
Bradley Grams
Robert and Mildred Grandt
Sheila Black Haennicke
Katherine Haile
Ken and Jill Hartwig
Kathy Hillner
Susan Hoesly and James Deblasio
Earl and Gladys Holtz
Tom and Mary Horstman
John Deere
Lisa Johnson
Thomas and Teresa Karow
Katie’s Work Family
Jim and Christine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly
John and Mary Kay Kenyon
Dan and Sandy King
Mark and Debbie Klein
Jack and Beth Klues
Tony* and Peggy Knapp
Jacque and Jim Kniola
Steve Kolasa
Glen and Debra Korff
Barb and Pete Kovacevich
Eleanor Kulm
Joan Lasky
MaryFran Leno
Rob and Nancy Lincoln
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Bill and Christie Madsen
Mary Ellen Marrion
Ryan and Julie Mathy
Lorelei McDermott
Nancy McIntyre
Carol Medal
Janet Meinheit
Alfred and Susan Miossi
Jordan Moltz and John Pierpoint
George and Kathy Motto
Jeff and Deanna Myslop
Elizabeth and Judson Nierman
Judy Niro
Robert and Maureen O’Donnell
Hugh and Debbie Parker
Vance Pieske
Kathy Ponce
Barbara Powers
Catherine Powers
Private Vista LLC
Philanthropist
$5,000- $9,999
Miriam Cooper+
Chris and Sue Dungan+
JoAnne and Mike Gunderson+
Gary and Haven McClung+
Pat and Nancy Moroney
Beverly Palmer
Heena and Sulaiman Roy+
Renee and Tom Schwingbeck+
Patron
$1,000-$2,499
(continued)
Illinois State Godey Questers+
Susan Kazlo
Joe and Leanne Klein+
Andrew and Mary Krock+
Pete and Connie Landwehr+
William and Lynne Luehrs+
Annie McCarte
Don and Marian Meinheit+
Paul and Michelle Moceri+
Ted and Renee* Moeller
Al and Arlene Mulder+
Ed O’Brien+
Ohi LLC
Carole ONeill
Char and Greg Padovani+
Sajid and Anisha Patel+
Charles and Nicole Perron
Jim and Cindy Platt+
Julie Ranahan and Daniel Dowling
Ann* and David Robert+
Daniel and Heidi Rooney
Kevin and Sue Ryan
Neil and Linda Scheufler
Bill and Christine Schneider
Bruce and Alicia Schoumacher
Sheet Metal Workers Int’l Assoc Local Union No.73
Michael and Elisa Sidor+
Dan and Nancy Slowinske+
John and Bea Sonderegger+
Kurt and Lisa Steinbrenner
Walt and Mary Sterrenberg
John and Kathy Supplitt+
John Walsh+
Devin and Cortney Wascher
Wintrust Financial Corporation+
Tom and Dianne Woznicki+
Greg and Krista Zyck+
Gold
$100-$499 (continued)
Brogan and Ann Ptacin
Edward and Mary Ranahan
Roger and Barb Ritzman
Gabriela Rojek
Saran Family Fund
Linda Saran-Gibson
Terry and Tina Schaefer
Peter and Mary Schallmoser
Alan and Kathie Schneider
Leslie and Jeff Schwartz
Jean and Pete Simpson
Shivendra Vikr Singh
Ross and Fran Spencer
Claudia and Tom Starck
Michelle and Rob Stevens
Mary Stitt
Philip and Jennifer Ann Strand
Robert Sulla
Anne Tichenor
Natalie Vaswani
Tom and Peggy Vesecky
David and Helen Weiner
John and Donna Wellhausen
Timothy and Donna Wheeler
Eleanor Willwerth
Ben and Judy Witt
Silver
$50-$99
Anonymous (5)
Pat and Tom Aichele
Mark and Kelly Arshonsky
Patricia Baik
Megan Baum
Diana Black
Yolanda Bolithon
The Brenner Family
Joe and Sue Burlini
John and Rosanne Calahan
Andrea Chandler
Mary Ellen Cherry
Agata Ciemniak
Christine Collins
Joseph and Christine Cornelius
Michael Corrigan
Ron and Diane Crawford
Yeulanda Degala
Vesna Doyle
Jane Drezen
Shannon Findley
Gina Florio
Dale and Greg Ford
Ron and Holly Gemkow
Nancy Giannini
Douglas Gow
Olga Gusak
Brad and Heather Haeberie
Mary and Doug Hamilton
Kristen Hernandez
Cathy Hill
Ilona House
Karen Ibach
Lynn and Janet Jensen
Bob and Patti Jostes
Jim and Christine Kelly
Ashley Kosrow
Patricia Lambrecht
Helene and Jeff Lanaghan
Greg and Sandy Larson
Gail Liberty
Sue and Bill Lyon
Gail and Al Madden
Karthik Mahalingam
Megan Maier
Barbara Maravelias
Joe and Katie Marr
Carrie and Jeff Martinka
Bill and Elaine Mitchell
The Moeykens Family
Stephanie Molster
Thomas and Janette Morley
MaryKate Moroney
Mary Kay Morsches
Carl and Carol Mysza
Jenny Park
Andrea Patrick
Holly Phillippi
Greg and Pam Pickle
Richard and Mary Lou Pipala
Colleen Quenan
The Rethinking Libraries Team
Viki and Tom Rivkin
Melinda Rogers
Benefactor
$2,500- $4,999
Anonymous+
Amsted Industries
Denise and Tom Beihoffer
Ed and Eileen Czopek+
Thomas and Patricia Dennehey
George and Beth Drost
John Gabbert
John and Barb Hartnett+
Brian Jared+
Robin and Gary LaBedz+
Frank and Connie Lee+
Gretchen Mahin
Patricia Mayo+
Newko Prototype
Taylor and Paulette O’Malley
Kyle and Stacy Sherlock
Debbie Smart+
Alan and Karen Zamin+
Platinum
$500-$999
Anonymous (2)
Marty and Lois Agran
Dori Bonder
Jennifer Borrell
Linda Borton and Edward Soban
Fran Carroll
Sue Ellen and Paul Cleary
The Dunn Family
Sue and Fernando Egea
Mary Beth Flanders
Linda Forey
Friends of Jim Bertucci
Arlen Gould and Randi Schwarzbach Gould
Gurtz Electric Co.
John* and Linda Hall
Cindy and Lucien Harris
Anthony and Mary Hogan Hubick
Betsy and Bill Kmiecik
Kathryn and Vic LaMantia
Todd and Kobi Lincoln
George and Marguerite Maul
Tamra Spencer McDearmid
Patrick and Lauren Miskella
Jennifer Mitchell and John Gallagher
Michael and Kara Mulder
Carolyn and Kenneth Nopar
Martena Pattynama
Dustin and Laura Puckett
Rubin Brown LLP
Dale and Mary Schoenbeck
Scott and Kristine Shirley
Carl and Margaret Snyder
Amy and Geoffrey Somary
State Farm Companies Foundation
Cathy Stjernberg
Amy Williams
Andy and Erin Wyatt
Barbara Yost
Silver
$50-$99 (continued)
Gregg and Tracy Sadlon
Tracy Sherva
Alisa Stanfield
Jeanne Stefanowski
Sharon Sullivan
Joan Tatje
Kathy Tieman
Beth Twohig
David and Colleen Ungurean
The Wade Family
Debbie Watson
Gregory and Elizabeth Watson
Lisa White
Curt and Susan Wible
Brooke Wils
Linda and Jim Wyatt
Other Gifts
Anonymous (2)
Allstate Insurance Co.
Ruth Anderson
Geri Artner
Mary Hastings
Rich and Marlene Hedstrom
Kathy Hendrickson
Mark and Barb Hildebrandt
Doug and Cynthia Hiskes
Mary P. Hockenberry and Karen Joy Seunarine
Brian and Deborah Kubitz
Britt Leinhart
Jessica Lynk
Ruth McCormick
Mark Orth
Rachel Podber
Pat Regan
Andrew and Denise Schmit
Sarah Sommario
Russ Talbot
Janice Turner
David Viken
Geralyn and Brian Walsh
Community Partners/In-Kind Contributions
$50,000+
Praxis AEC
$30,000+
The Boelter Companies
$10,000+
Ron and Holly Gemkow
Nicholas & Associates
Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
$1,000 – $4,999
Design Factor Inc.
Kathryn and Andy Dickman
Paul and Karen Gardner
Murphy Security Solutions
The Family of Jack and Marge Musich
Stuart Schwartz
$500- $999
3PI Tech Solutions
Fairway Laser Systems
Ilona n Company Events
Mary and Andrew Krock
Monkey Bar Management
Pam Novey
Debbie Smart
$100 – $499
Bitter & Sweet Cocktails
Blick Art Materials Evanston
Cabi (Helene Lanaghan)
Charisma
Creative in Chicago
Mosaic Yarn Studio
Provenza and Associates
Roland and Pat Sexauer
Jorge Solis
Sweet T’s Bakery & Cake Studio
Other gifts
A la Mode Collections
Robert Kapicka
State Farm Insurance (Jennifer Burnidge)
Honorary Gifts
In Memorium
To those whom have passed, but are not forgotten
Leonard A. Birck
Richard and Helen Broscovak
Nicholas K. Brown
Margaret Estey
Omar Frias
John W. Glueckert Sr.
Donald Hartung
Belle Hoffman
Calvert A. Jared II
Richard E. Mahin
Olga McIntosh
Renee Moeller
Jeff Moroney
Robert Paddock Jr.
Gail Passant
Ann Robert
Barb Scalet
Sam H. Saran
Jo Ann Marie Sulla
Claire and John Tangney
Sean Tieman
Bob Willwerth
Olga McIntosh
Renee Moeller
Jeff Moroney
Gail Passant
Barb Scalet
Sam H. Saran
Jo Ann Sulla
Ann Robert
Claire and John Tangney
Sean Tieman
Bob Willwerth
In Tribute or Recognition
To those whose service is noted
Jim Bertucci
Sr. Joanne Grib SLW
JoAnne Gunderson
Lauree Harp
Shelly Plischke
Renee Schwingbeck
Debbie Smart
All donations listed received through December 31, 2024.
*deceased
+Founding Circle Donor ($1,000 by 12/31/20)
