THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 LIFETIME DONORS
Lifetime Donors ($1,000,000 +)
Jan Burrus
Sally and Thomas* Gleason
Louise and Lawrence Ost
Nicoletta and John Pepe
Cecile and David* Wang
Lifetime Donors ($500,000 +)
Sandi and Thomas Moran
Wendy Needham
State of Florida
Lifetime Donors ($100,000 +)
Anonymous (multiple)
Erika and Peter A.* Aron
Clement J. Deliso Sr.
Moira and Jimmy* Fennessey
Olga B. and Boruch Frusztajer
Bronwen Adams and Gerald Goldberg
Judy and John Hushon
Martha and Frank Ibarra
J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Kim and Jan Kantor
Linda and Michael Kehoe*
Joanne and Richard Liddy
Susan Mullin
Dolly and Edmundo Muniz
Naples, Marco Island, Everglades
Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Melody Sawyer Richardson
Karin and Michael Standen
Cindy and Ed* Stegemann
Paula and Roger Weatherburn-Baker
Joanne and Karl* Wyss
Lifetime Donors ($50,000 – $99,999)
Kathleen Azzariti
Jeanne Binder
Richard E. Gray
Linda and Thomas Koehn
Moran Wealth Management
Terry and Patrice Magrath
The Galliford Mulard Foundation
Selma Nettles
Maureen and Charles Nevaril
Linda Noel and John Lyngaas
Jay R. Paul Charitable Foundation
Nancy and Doug Plourde
Toshiko and Jay Tompkins
Samuel Vasquez Jr
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* Deceased
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 ANNUAL DONORS!
Donations Received Calendar Year 2025
LEGACY ($50,000+)
Anonymous
Jan Burrus
Thomas* and Sally Gleason
Naples, Marco Island, Everglades
Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Lawrence and Louise Ost
John and Nicoletta Pepe
Melody Sawyer Richardson
Cindy Stegemann
GRAND PATRON ($10,000+)
Albert and Elissa Benchimol
Susan Gibbons
Jerry Goldberg and Bronwen Adams
Elizabeth Harrington
Heatherwood Construction Company
John and Begona Hooley
ICE Miller LLP
Eric and Melanie Kalnins
Jan and Kim Kantor
Richard and Joanne Liddy
Lovejoy Antiques
Edward and Kathleen Ludwig
Vincent and Debra Maffeo
Susan Mullin
Edmundo and Dolly Muniz
National Endowment for the Arts
Philip Norkeliunas and Eric Lysdahl
Robert and Mary Jane Oliveira
Kathleen Field Orr and Roy Beck
PNC Private Bank
Provident Jewelers
Starkweather and Shepley Insurance
Anthony Venezia
Donna Wagner
Roger and Paula Weatherburn-Baker
PATRON I ($5,000+)
Kathleen Azzariti
Thomas and Cornelia Blaschke
Susan Bookbinder*
Ciccarelli Advisory Services
Finemark National Bank & Trust
Florida Theatrical Association
Florida Trust Wealth Management
Freeman’s Naples
Charles and Catherine Gropper
W. Alex and Anne Hoffmann
David Houghton
House of Turk and Turk
Cynthia Kalnow
Daniel Kowal
Bill Lindsay
Charles Marshall and Richard Tooke
Peacock + Lewis
Marcus and Karen Peperzak
Tom Rogan and Christine Hart
Ronald Smith
Stock Development
Hazel Sullivan
PATRON II ($2,500+)
Sarah Barlow
John and Claire Bertucci
Shari Boehnen
Pat and Joyce Coughlan
Jeff Davis
Bruce and Hetty Ford
Susan Gohl
Mary Gunther
Nancy Kaplan
Beth and Chris Knauer
Janet Madigan
Naples Beach Club,
A Four Seasons Resort
Steve and Kathy Nichols
Gregory and Nina Penza
Roger Schorr
Nancy Sidlovsky
David Spaulding
Rodger and Roberta Taylor
Hartmut Thiele
Nydia Tranter
Carol Jeanne Ward
MILLENNIUM CLUB ($1,500+)
Ann Allison
Fred and Kathy Black
Diane Foos
Michelle Geihsler
Jonathan Grabill
Teresa Heitmann
Johanna Hess
Jerome and Marsha Johnson
Charles and Maureen Nevaril
Billie Ann Porter
Linda Signorile Ehrlich and John Roy
Michael and Karin Standen
Richard and Victoria Tibberino
Gregg Zavodny
VIRTUOSO ($400+)
Meeyung Ainsworth
Mary Avellina
Robert A. and Anna Rita Barron
Emogene Bedrosian
Mary Elaine Brandt
Harold Brayman
Judy Bricker
James Brown
Eileen Cameron
Pamela Collins
Ken Cyrus
Tony D’Errico
Melanie DiLeo
David Drobis
David Eastaugh
Lulie Eide
Linda Epstein
Kerri Ervin
Lynn Ferraina
Jeanie Figg
Anne Foster
Sebastian Gagliardo
Jane Gaillard
Patricia Garvey
Mary Gately
Timothy Gleason
Virginia Gravallese
Barbara Guillaume
Rick and Lorraine Hargrave
Karen Harmon
Ted and Terry Ingrassia
Martin Isserlis
Joanne Jacobs
Angela Johnson
Nancy Kahn
Robert Kaplan
Lauren Keegan
Lorraine Kostyra
Marvin Kowalewski
Michael Krakow and Fran Olick*
Kentigern Kyle
Richard and Mary LaGarde
Karen Luszcz
Edward Lyons and Jean Sussman
Eric Lysdahl
Ruth Manchester
Richard Martella
John Laing and Bonita Marx
Elizabeth Migliara
Michael and Nan Miller
Jeff Morgan
Wendy Needham
Brad and Lisa Nelson
Per and Donna Paulsson
Catherine Petrello
Dick Powers
Dorothy Puhy
Alyssa Quinlan
John and Jeree Robertson
Joseph Romano
Ronald Nicklaus
Gary Rossilli
Patrick Ryan
Patricia Sampson
Bruce and Lois Selfon
Bonnie Slobodien
John and Dolores Sorey
Martine Stamos
Adria Starkey
Patricia Stratton
John Suddeth
Carl Tisone
Rasit and Ilkay Turk
George and Nan Van Setter
Nancy Virgulak
Susan Welter
Ellen Williams
Robert Winterhalter
Joanne Wyss
ENSEMBLE ($300+)
Anonymous
Tracie Fields
Julie Harper
Patrick Jasper
Norman Mandy
Patrick McMahon
Barbara Quasius
Herbert Schneider
Maria Taylor
Steve Wentworth
ARIA AND DUET($150+)
Tasha Allyn
Darrel Bader
Charlene Barnette
Mark and Marina Barone
Alexandra Bartsch
Karin Birch
Marianne Boukamp
Linda Butler
Heather Carelock
Julie Carlin-Sasaki
Roger Carolin
Janice Caruso
Nancy Chism
David Christensen
Kelly Coleman
Tom Conforti
Suzanne Congel
Lynnette Cooke
Dottie Craige
John Craun
Kathleen Curatolo
Debra Jean Darnell
Richard Diedrich and
Shirley Pessl
Patricia Dietzen
Dennis and Karen Dunn
Dina Elliot
Stephen Espinosa
Suzette Fernandes
Gary Flaum
Kimberly Gale
John and Mary Anne Gamba
Diana Garcia
James and Angela Garzone
Nancy Genung
JoAnne Glazer
Jill Gnesda
Carol Gore
Ruth Griffin
Harriet Heithaus
Laurie Hilburg
Margaret Holt
Frank and Martha Ibarra
Estella Johnson
Michael and Linda Kehoe*
Evan Kuperman
Thomas Lansen
Natasha Lidow
Sue Like
Leonard and Sheila London
John Longden
Michael and Jennifer Manley
Virginia McCourt
Patricia McLaughlin
Francoise Meissner
Carole Mendelsohn
Frank and Patricia Mills
Marsha Neece
Edward and Thelma Negley
Jonathan and Deborah
Newcomb
Timothy J. Newmann
Nili Olay
Denise Parga
Caroline Pensa
Chip and Michele Peppe
Marsha Poster
Janet Presley
Mario Prosperi
Kimberly Purmort
Sondra Quinn
Lisa Rich
Robert Rode
Frans Erik Ronsholt
Robert Sanchez and
Joanna Chon
Elke Santagata
Elliot and Jo Lynn Saunders
Allan Stiner
Stuart Stone
Craig Tees
Jolie Trueman-Honey
Vilma Vicente
Ann Yanez
PRELUDE ($75+)
Paul Arena
Barbara Biel
James Boyle
Joseph and Eugenia Dixon
Linda Font
Diana Genotti
Bruce Hannon
Brad Heiges
Kimberly Jones
David H T Kane
James and Heidi Kargman
Mary King
Shannon Manby
David Marsh
Karen Martonik
Maggie McMorrow
Rhea Merrill
David Mjavanadze
Samira Molabecirovic
Stephen Moynahan
Pamela Nolasco
David and Anita Nordahl
Laura Ott
John and Nina Pantazis
Beverly Petrie
Donna Raab
Delores Spinelli
Kathleen St. James
Jim Talano
Helen Tintes
Julie Van Tongeren
Virginia Walter
Nancy Webster
Nancy Grandis White
John and Carolyn Wisniewski
We are also deeply grateful to the many sponsors whose generous support made the 2026 Festival Under the Stars possible!
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