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SEASON 2023-2024
through March 24, 2024

GENERAL OPERATING CONTRIBUTIONS

Literary Society Sustainer
$2500 - $4,999

Annonymous (1)
Brown, Ellen
Chamberlain Charity Fund
The Dorrance Family Foundation
Spencer, Pat

Nobel Donor

$1,000-$2,499

Anonymous (2)
Altschul, Debbie
Feeney Family Charities
Henkel, Martha
Hogan, Genevive
Huffman, Arlyn
Lucking, Pit
McCart, Jane
Jim and Linda Mueller Charitable Fund
Ostroski, Carrie
Schubert, Judy
Stanton, Ann
Stokely, Barbara

Pulitzer Level

$500 to $999


Conley, Kate
DeMichele, Barbara
Francis, Juanita
Gonzales, Lorelei
Herbert, Mary Beth
Hermans, Ann
Holt, Beverly
Hopkins, Lind
Huser, Laura
Johnson, Anne
Lewis, Jayne
Lewis, Leslie
Macdonald, Annie
Masters Opila, Mary
Matteucci, Genny
Northern Trust
O'Hara, Leslie
Posnick, Jill
Retson, Nancy
Saba, Elizabeth
Slatt, Barbara
Teague, Syd
Winter, Mary Ann

Booker Level

$250 to $499


Barranco, Jessica
Bartlett, Lori
Bascom, Christina
Bricker, Laura
Brown, Ellen
Butler, Kay
Cohen, Elaine
DeBell, Robyn
Emerson, Frances
Evans, Ardie
Ford, Marsha
Groves, Kate
Hunt, Susan
James, Nancy
Kn
ight, Margo
Leonard, Marsha
Lyman, Anne
McAdam, Alison
McKibben, Mel
Morrow, Betsy
Neale, Sandy
Nelson, Jean
Patterson, Elena
Schneidman, Ann
Simon, Kathy
Stanley, Judy
Wienke, Jane

PEN Faulkner Level

$100 to $249


Anonymous (1)
Barkman, Linda
Barlow, Jane
Bartel, Cheryl
Berman, Barbara
Bulkley, Diane
Burman, Susan
Burnett, Ann
Carson, Laurie
Castelazo, Jacqueline
Cohen, Ellen
Colby, Cat
Cowen, Gloria
Curley, Betsy
Dolasinski, Trish
Elias, Amy
Engelmann, Karen
Feeney, Michele
Ferro, Mary
Fine, Marjorie
Franck, Ronald
Gagnet, Shelley
Goddard, Monica
Goldfader, Judi
Goldstein, Mary Lou
Greenbaum, Heather
Groves, Anne
Hannah, Nora
Hartman, Freda
Head, Martha
Hermann, Susan
Hermens, Ann
Hershey, Andrea
Hoak, Nancy
Hoffman, Kristin
Holland, Mardie
Horwitz, Mimi
Hoxie, Cynthia
Jaffe, Ruth

Keffeler, Joan
Kerr, Marjorie
Komppa, Gloria
Kunkel, Anne
Larsen, Becky
Lewis, Gerald

Manaster, Ina
Marcus, Merle
Martin, Elizabeth
Martin, Janet
Marzec, Deb
Mathios, Patricia
Mavco, Ann
McCain, Lucy
McRae, Beth
Melamed, Janet
Metzner, Sue
Michaels, Jane
Michel, Mary
Mueller, Linda
Oleson, Patti
Petznick, Melinda
Pokorsky, Jody
Posarnsky, Sylvia
Quirk, Deborah
Raymond, Diane
Reisher, Nancy
Reitman, Arlene
Righetti, Leslie
Rinella, Gloria
Roberson, Cindi
Robertson, Karen
Rodman, Eileen
Roof, Sally
Roskind, Laura
Rowe, Geri
Sample, Jana
Schmidt, Joette
Schwartz, Sheila
Seltzer, Rachel
Shover Kackley, Lisa
Siversten, Linda
Smeets-Kort, Ina
Sova, Beth
Steinman, Elaine
Sturdivant, Barbara
Tucker, Patti
Wain, Susan
Walsh, Ginny
Warren, Robin
Westra, Susan
White, Paulette
Williams, Mary
Wilson, Isaiah
Winter, Mary Ann
Woods, Karen
Zucker, Gail

PEN Hemingway Level

$25 to $99


Albrecht, Rebecca
Anderson, Nancy
Bacon, Hedi
Benjamin, Corinne
Berkowitz, Judy
Bevan, Gretchen
Bradish, Judy
Brown, Donna
Calvin, Sue
Christensen, Desiree
Clark, Kayla
Clarke, David
Clarkin, Cheryl
Clift, Renée
Cohen, Sharon
Crawford, Sally
Creasman, Gail
DeGraw, Gina
Dolan, Jodi
Duerbeck, Marilyn
Dupuy, Shelley
Dutton, Cheryl
Fisher, Lois
Freeze, Margie
Freimuth, Cindy
Gagen, Marilyn
Gallu, Terri
Gart, Martha
Gaston, Betty
Gerst, Mara
Glanville, Barbara
Goldberg, Sara
Goldstein, Laurie
Gordon, Sara
Hahn, Victoria
Hanson, Suzanne
Hart, Nadine
Hogan, Kathleen
Hoxie, Cindy
Johnson, Judy
Kay, Nancy
Kelly, Catherine
Knight, Jana
Kubicek, Christie
Keane, Pat
Lawson, Sue
Lehmann, Sally
MacKay, Tornie
McClain, Kathleen
Metzner, Sue
Miller, Charlene
Miraglia, Jeanne
Moehn, Carlene
Nelson, Barbara
Neubig, Elizabeth
Noble, Elizabeth
Ostrander, Marie
Pearson, Jane
Pierson-Pakis, Rebecca
Plenge, Kathern
Pollak, Georgia
Richgels, Nancy
Robisch, Sue
Roenigk Family Foundation
Romero, Theresa
Repko, Susie
Sample, Jana
Schmidt, Carole
Schrader, Kim
Shrikhande, Holly
Siehl, Caren
Silverthorn, Amy
Sonntag, Lynne
Stander, Susan
Sullivan, Diana
Teunissen-Myers, Jacqueline
Van Arsdale, Kathy
Van Houten, Judith
Vaughan, Linda
Voris, Karen
Waggoner, Susan
Wallace, Betsy
Wanebo, Sonja
Warrilow, Barbara
Winegarner, Kathy







SPONSORSHIPS

Presenting Contemporary Literature Sponsor
$20,000
The Unterberger Memorial Gift

   "In honor and memory of my mother, Roberta Unterberger”


Champion of Literacy Sponsor
$10,000

Katz, Ellen

Northern Trust

Sukhman, Miriam

Private Author Event Hosts
$5,000

Co-Hosts:  Ellen Brown, Ann Stanton
Co-Hosts:  Bobbie Falk, Anne Hackstock, Bonnie Schmidt, Barbara Brenner White,
                         Carol Wolfe
Co-Hosts:  Laura Huser, Carrie Ostroski, Elizabeth Saba
HonorHealth Foundation
Cheryl Mandala
Charlotte Otto
Judith Riley
Laura Roskind
Judy Schubert
Debra Stevens
Diane Willian
Zibby Media

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY GIFTS


LITERACY GRANT CHALLENGE

All gifts received between October 1st and December 31st are board allocated to our Literacy Grant goal.

$2,500 and Above

Anonymous (2)
Brown, Ellen
Hamlet, Linda
Huser, Laura
Lucking, Pit
McCart, Jane
Pakis Family Foundation
Rinella, Gloria
Spencer, Patricia


$1,000 - $2,499

Ailes Fine, Rebecca
Basha, Nadine
Chamberlain Family Fund
Evans, Ardie
Gonzales, Lorelei
Head, Martha
Herbert, Mary Beth
Matteucci, Genny
McAdam Foundation
Miller, Leslie
Schmidt, Joette
Stanton, Ann

$500 - $999

Anonymous (1)
Engelman, Karen
Bartlett, Lori
Bascom, Christina
Cleinman, Donna
DeMichele, Barbara
Dittrich, Beth
Dolasinski, Brian
   In memory of Peter Clark
Esco Chandler, Susan
Engelmann, Karen
Freimuth, Cindy
Gagnet, Shelly
Landes, Nancy
Lewis, Leslie
Manaster Foundation
Post, Mary Kay
Repko, Susie
Sample, Jana
Stein, Catherine

$250 - $499

Adams, Amy
Anonymous (2)
Barranco, Jessica
Berman, Barbara
Chavez, Chris
DeMichelle, Barbara
Ford, Marsha
Horwitz, Mimi
Huffman, Arlyn
Hunt, Susan
James, Nancy
Jones, Anne
Leonard, Marsha
Lewis, Jan
Lewis, Jayne
Oleson, Patti
Ostroski, Carrie
Pokorski, Jody
Posarnsky, Sylvia
Ransco, Kirstie
Retson, Nancy
Riley, Judy
   In memory of Mark Berman
Slatt, Barbara
Schwimmer, Tracy and Marc
Wienke, Jane


$100 - $249


Albrecht, Rebecca
Alden, Mike
Anonymous (2)
Barkman, Linda
Bartel, Cheryl
Clarkin, Cheryl
Cline, Rebecca
Conley, Kate
Cowen, Gloria
Creasman, Gail
Debell, Robyn
Emerson, Frances
Fike, Kay
Gordon, Sara
Hermans, Ann
Hoffman, Kristin
Holland, Mardie
Holt, Beverly
Hopkins, Linda
Hoxie, Cynthia
Kahler, Karen
K
unkel, Anne
McCain, Lucy
Metzner, Sue
Mueller, Linda
Pollack, Georgia
Rose, Patricia
Schleifer, Sophann
Silverthorn, Amy
Simon, Kathryn
Steinman, Elaine
Teague, Sydney
Voris, Karen
Wain, Susan
White, Paulette
Williams, Mary
Woods, Karen


$25 - $99

Adams, Jake
Anonymous (2)
Berkowitz, Judy
Bradish, Judy
Burnett, Ann
Campbell, Annie
Christensen, Desiree
Clark, Martha
Clarke, David
Cohen, Elaine
Cohen, Sharon
Coleman, Paula
Daliere, Lisa
DeBell, Robyn
Degraw, Gina
Duerbeck, Marilyn
Ferro, Mary
Gart, Martha
Hamra, Paul
Hanson, Suzanne
Harrison, Katrina
Hartman, Freda
Hogan, Kathleen
Hornyan, Cheryl
Hoxie, Cindy
Jaap, Veronica
Johnson, Anne
Johnson, Judy
Josephson, Susan
K
effeler, Joan
Kennedy, Dianne
Kubicek, Christie
Lehmann, Sally
Marcus, Merle
Martin, Elizabeth
Metzner, Sue
Michel, Mary
Neubig, Elizabeth
Pearlstein, Suzan
Pollak, Georgia
Robisch, Sue
Roby, Janice
Rodman, Eileen
Roof, Sally
Schmidt, Carol
Schribner, Nancy
Schwartz, Amy
Siehl, Caren
Smeets, Ina
Stander, Susan
Stein, Janet
Thuringer, Janet
Verderame, Laurie
Williams, Julie
Wanebo, Sonja
Warrilow, Barbara
Younker-Hellman, Sandy

IN-KIND





SEASON 2022-2023


GENERAL OPERATING CONTRIBUTIONS

Literary Patron
$5,000+

Brown, Ellen
Clark, Peter

The Dorrance Family Foundation

Literary Society Sustainer
$2500 - $4,999


Nobel Donor

$1,000-$2,499


Feeney Family Charities Foundation
Hamra Jewelers
Huser, Laura

Ostroski, Carrie

Northern Trust
Riley, Judith
   In honor of late husband, Mark S. Berman
Schmidt, Joette

Stanton, Ann

Pulitzer Level

$500 to $999


Anonymous (1)
Bascom, Christina
Chamberlain Charity Fund
Chandler, Susan Esco
Francis, Juanita
Gonzales, Lorelei
Herbert, Mary Beth
Hermens, Ann
Holt, Beverly
Lucking, Pit

Matteucci, Genny
McCart, Jane

Moreno, Carole
Zucker, Gail

Booker Level

$250 to $499


Baker, Georgia
Barranco, Jessica
Brown, Inette
Carkeek, Kristin

DeMichelle, Barbara 
Ford, Marsha
Gaylord, Natalie
Groves, Kate
Howard, Brenda
Huffman, Arlyn
Lewis, Jayne
Post, Mary Kay
Retson, Nancy
Saba, Elizabeth

Slatt, Barbara 

Wain, Susan

PEN Faulkner Level

$100 to $249


Albrecht, Rebecca

Berman, Barbara
Butler, Kay
Cleinman, Donna
Dittrich, Beth
Emerson, Frances

Evans, Ardie
Ghelfi, Lisa
Groves, Anne
Hanson, Suzanne
Henward, Barbara
Holland, Mardie
Horwitz, Mimi
Lewis, Leslie
MacKay, Tornie
Mavko, Ann
McKibben, Mel
Metzner, Sue
O'Hara Leslie

Patterson, Elena
Pokorski, Jody
Pozarnsky, Slyvia

Roskind, Laura
Rossetti, June
Shover Kackley, Lisa
Walsh, Ginny
Wegener, Linda
Winter, Mary Ann
Wood, Amy

PEN Hemingway Level

$25 to $99


Anonymous (2)
Clift, Ren
ée
Conley, Katharine
DeGraw, Gina
Dye, Sydney
Franklin, Richard
   In honor of Richard Duffield, 1930-2022
Gagen, Marilyn
Goldstein, Laurie
Gordon, Sara

Goronkin, Pamela

Hoxie, Cindy
Kulczycki, Sue
Lehmann, Sally

Lyman, Anne
Masters-Opila, Mary

McCain, Lucy
Nelson, Barbara
Robertson, Karen
Roenigk Family Foundation
Schneidman, Ann
Smith, Aimee

Smith, Diana

Tyler Jones, Allison

Vaughn, Linda

Younker-Hellman, Sandy


SPONSORSHIPS

Presenting Contemporary Literature Sponsor
$20,000
Zibby Books


Champion of Literacy Sponsor
$10,000
Katz, Ellen

Private Author Event Hosts
$5,000

Evans, Ardie 
Francis, Juanita
Katz, Ellen
Northern Trust
Riley, Judith

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY GIFT

Huser, Laura
Grants Program Evaluation and Enhancement $5,000

LITERACY GRANT CHALLENGE

All gifts received between October 1st and December 31st are board allocated to our Literacy Grant goal.

$2,500 and Above

Chamberlain Charity Fund
Hamlet, Linda
McAdam, Alison


$1,000 - $2,499

Brown, Ellen
Francis, Juanita
Huser, Laura
Mandala, Cheryl
    In honor of Jackson & Harrison Bernreuter, Mia & Dylan Mandala, Elias Kelly
Post, Mary Kay
Saba, Elizabeth
Schubert, Judy
Spencer, Pat
Stanton, Ann

$500 - $999

Anonymous (1)
Engelmann, Karen, Schwab Charitable
Herbert, Mary Beth
Masters Opila, Mary
Matteucci, Genny
McCain, Lucy
McCart, Jane
McGraw Foundation
Unterberger, Anna

$250 - $499

Anonymous (1)
DeMichele, Barbara
Dolasinski, Brian
Gaylord, Natalie
Gonzales, Lorelei
Hannah. Nora
Mardie and Hud Holland
Hollinger, Dale

Lewis, Jayne
Romanoff, Stephena Cook "Missy"
Slatt, Barbara


$100 - $249


Anonymous (3)
Alden, Roxanne
Bartel, Cheryl
Berman, Barbara

Castelazo, Jacqueline
Cleinman, Donna
DeBell, Robyn
Gallu, Terri
Goldstein, Mary Lou
Harrison, Katrina
Hopkins, Linda
Hoxie, Cynthia
Leonard, Marsha
Nelson, Jean
Ostroski, Carrie
Riley, Judith
   In memory of late husband, Mark S. Berman

Rose, Patricia
Sample, Jana

Schmidt, Joette
Voris, Karen
Wienke, Jane
Winter, Mary Ann


$25 - $99

Anonymous (3)
Cerf, Patricia
Cohen, Sharon
Goddard, Monica
Hahn, Victoria
Huntington, Sonya
Johnson, Anne
Marcus, Merle
Matteo, Florence
Scharf, Suzanne
Schwimmer, Tracy
Silverthorn, Amy
Thackery, Diane
White, Paulette
Zacharias, Margaret

IN-KIND




   SEASON 2021-2022

GENERAL OPERATING CONTIBUTIONS

Nobel Level

$1,000+

Brown, Ellen
Clark, Peter
Clever Investor
The Dorrance Family Foundation
Feeney Family Charities Foundation
Herbert, Mary Beth 
Jensen-Hamlet, Linda
Katz, Ellen
Ostroski, Carrie
Otto Family Fund
Schubert, Judy

Stanton, Ann

Pulitzer Level

$500 to $999

Anonymous (1) 
Altschul, Debbie
Bartlett, Lori
Basha, Nadine Mathis
Chamberlain Charity Foundation
Chandler, Susan
The 5/13 Fund
Francis, Juanita
Hermens, Ann
Huser, Laura
Lewis, Jayne
Lewis, Leslie
Linhart, Judy
Lucking, Evelyn
Masters-Opila, Mary
Matteucci, Genny
Riley, Judith
Slatt, Barbara
Spencer, Pat

Booker Level

$250 to $499

Augustine, Christine
Barnett, Deborah
Butler, Kay

Carkeek, Kristin
DeMichele, Barbara
Ford, Marsha
Groves, Kate
Hannah, Nora
Michael and Dawn Kennedy Family Fund
Roskind, Laura, 
The Ruddock Family Foundation

PEN Faulkner Level

$100 to $249

Anonymous (9) 
Albrecht, Rebecca
Augustine, Christine
Baker, Georgia
Bartel, Cheryl
Bascom, Christina
Berge, Nancy
Bloch, Brynn
Conley, Katharine
Dittrich, Beth
Emerson, Frances
Evans, Ardie
Harrison, Katrina
Head, Martha
Holland, Mardie
Holt, Beverly
Holton, Gail
Howard, Brenda
Lancero, Ann
Landes, Nancy
MacKay, Tornie
Macpherson, Marcia
Manaster, Ina
Marcus, Merle
Marshall, Lucy
McCain, Lucy
Moreno, Carole
Neale, Sandra
Oleson, Patti
Patterson, Elena
Pozarnsky, Sylvia
Punyon-Saling Charitable Trust
   In honor of Tucson area elementary school teachers   
Rose, Patricia
Schmidt, Joette
Sorice, Cathy
   In memory of Gail Lulay
Strauss, Nancy
Thuringer, Janet
Vandeventer, Natalie
Wain, Susan
Williams, Mary
Winter, Mary
Wood, Amy

PEN Hemingway Level

$25 to $99

Anonymous (4) 
Barkman, Linda
Barranco, Jessica
Berman, Barbara
Berry, Leslie
   In memory of Mimi Berry
Bray, Jill
Castelazo, Jacqueline
Cohn, Lee Baumann
Crawford, Sally
DeFouw, Christine
DeGraw, Gina
Engelmann, Barbara 
   In honor of Tracey Benson
Goronkin, Pamela L
Hanson, Suzanne
Herr, Maureen
Hermann, Susan
Hicks, Lise
Hoxie, Cynthia
Jaffe, Ruth
Jones,  Anne
Kennedy, Dawn
Lyman, Anne
Michel, Mary
Navran, Sue
Nelson, Barbara
Peterson, Karen
Romanoff, Missy
Schwimmer, Tracy
Shafir, Nedda
Silverthorn, Amy
Smeets, Ina
Smeets-Kort, Wilhelmina
Smith, Diana
Snyder, Kathryne
Stander, Susan
Thall, Sandy
Thorne, Leila
Yearwood, Emerson



SPONSORSHIPS $10,000+
Huser Law Firm
TrustBank Arizona

Private Author Event Hosts $5,000

Ailes-Fine, Rebecca
Brown, Ellen
Dorrance, Jacquie
Feeney, Michelle
Huser, Laura
Northern Trust 

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY GIFTS

Brown, Ellen
Two Dads Presentation with Colum McCann $1,500 

IN-KIND


Season 2020-2021

GENERAL OPERATING CONTRIBUTIONS

Nobel Level

$1,000+


Anonymous (1)

The Dorrance Family Foundation

Huser, Laura

Ostroski, Carrie

Schubert, Judy

Pulitzer Level

$500 to $999

Brown, Ellen

Chamberlain Charity Fund

Feeney Family Charities Foundation
Herbert, Mary Beth

Lucking, Evelyn

Slatt, Barbara

Booker Level

$250 to $499


Evans, Ardie

Groves, Kate

Lewis, Jayne

The Ruddock Family Foundation

Segal, Anne

Wood, Amy

PEN Faulkner Level

$100 to $249

Adamson, Joanna

Albrecht, Rebecca

Augustine, Christine

Bascom, Christina

Berge, Nancy

Butler, Kay

Colberg, Lois

DeMichele, Barbara

Dittrich, Beth

Ellison, Carole

Emerson, Frances

Head, Martha

Hermens, Ann

Holland, Mardie

Howard, Brenda

Lewis, Leslie
McCain, Lucy

Moreno, Carol

Retson, Nancy

Riley, Judy

Saba, Elizabeth
Stanton, Ann

Strauss, Nancy

PEN Hemingway Level

$25 to $99

Berman, Barbara

Cohn, Lee Baumann

Conley, Katharine

Gordon, Sara

Hermann, Susan

Hillenbrand, Dolores

Hoxie, Cynthia

Koompa, Gloria

Nelson, Barbara

Noble, Elizabeth

Otto, Charlotte

Rose, Patricia

Schwartz, Laura Norton

Smith, Diana

Tucker, Patti

Williams, Mary

Winter, Mary Ann

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