INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
With gratitude, Opera Columbus acknowledges all of our institutional supporters, individual supports, in-kind donations, and in memory of and in honor of donations. This publication lists names for donors who made gifts, pledges, and in-kind donations in the 2024 fiscal year (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024).
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Ohio Department of Development
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Nationwide Insurance
Ohio Arts Council
Anonymous Fund of The Columbus Foundation
American Electric Power Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Crane Group
OSU Wexner Medical Center Voice Center
PNC Foundation
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Anonymous Fund of The Columbus Foundation
Cardinal Health
Friends of Opera Columbus
Huntington Bank
KPMG LLP
PNC Financial Services Group
Porter Wright Morris and Arthur LLP
The Reinberger Foundation
Diamond Cellar
Gary and Bruni Duncan
Ernst and Young
Fifth Third Bank
Grange Insurance Companies
Resource International
Squire Patton Boggs
BrewDog Brewing Company
Kroger
Legal and General America
Loose Rail Brewing
Black Kahawa Coffee
Cult Marketing
Kaiser Consulting
Mary K. Cecil
Nothing Bundt Cakes – Columbus/Upper Arlington
Jordan Miller and Peggy Dye
Michael Schoedinger
Benjamin Tracy
Dan Sharpe
David G. Dowds
Judith Krasnoff
Jeff Forney
Ken Fultz
Darlene Jones
Friends of Opera Columbus
Lee and Evelyn F. Leathers
The Lyman L. Leathers Fund
Robert Mills
Patti Mills
Riek Oldenquist
Deborah M. Anderson
Friends of Opera Columbus
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS
$50,000+
Anonymous
$25,000–$49,999
Anne Melvin*
Bob Philips and Kara Trott
Sheldon and Rebecca Taft
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous (2)
Marty Golubitsky and Barbara Keyfitz
The Lyman L. Leathers Fund*
William E. Miller and Thomas S. Dole
Elizabeth Sawyers
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Anonymous
Anne Melvin*
Bob Philips and Kara Trott
Sheldon and Rebecca Taft
Anonymous (2)
Marty Golubitsky and Barbara Keyfitz
The Lyman L. Leathers Fund*
William E. Miller and Thomas S. Dole
Elizabeth Sawyers
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Anonymous
Bryn and Femi Adeyanju
Vanessa and George Arnold
Gerard Basalla
Ronald Bell
Arthur and Hetty Bing
Beth Crane and Richard McKee
Jerome and Bette Dare
Marilu and Tim Faber
Janelle and Don Grubbs
Tracy and Kevin McGovern
Jodi and Stanley Ross
Nancy and Tadd Seitz
The Seymour and Fran Luckoff Family Fund
Allison Steiner and Ryan Harding
Anonymous
Mary and Andy Auch
George S. Barrett
Gary and Bruni Duncan
Michael and Kristen Foley
Jeff Harris
Shawn and Jenna Homan
Dan Jensen
Mary and Thomas Katzenmeyer
Todd Majidzadeh and Karen Hough Majidzadeh
Doug and Cookie McIntyre
Julia Noulin-Mérat and Patrick McGovern
Ruth Paulson
Dr. Lee Shackelford
David and Louise Swanson
Benjamin Tracy
Miriam and Don Utter
Charles and Betsy Warner
Becky Wright
$1,500–$2,499
Anonymous
Larry and Ruth Anderson
Jean Atwood M.D. and Michael Kirkman
Ryan Eberhart
Sylvia A. Garrett
Susan E. Hodge and David A. Greenberg
Bill and Coreen Jenkins
Mark and Amy Johnson
Brandon Kim, MD
Andrew King
Gerald and Ann Newsom
Caroline Rocco
Robert and Ann Shelly
Chad and Melinda Whittington
Valarie Williams and Sergio Soave
$500–$1,499
Anonymous (5)
Lois H. Allen
Alfred H. Bivins
Carol Branscomb
Amy and Ron Budzik
Don Dell and Violet Meek
Elfi Di Bella
Nancy Donoghue
John Easton
William R. Fenner Donor, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable
Reinhard and Mary Gahbauer
John and Eleanor Glockner
Barbara and Albert Glover
Mike and Joy Gonsiorowski
Cassandra Grenade
Willie and Katie Grové
Matthew Hall
Susan M. Hartmann
Carolyn Hartwell and Malcolm Steiner
David and Mary Hockenbery
Pamela and Steel Hutchinson
Donna and Larry James
Amelia J. Jeffers
Douglas Jones
Que Jones
Anne LaPidus
Mary Lazarus
Jill Lukshin
Everett and Alicia McCorvey
Priscilla Meeks
Bill and Jane Miller
Dr. Karen Peeler and Rev. Deniray Mueller
Carol Prigan
Lois Rosow
Dr. Philip and Mrs. Elizabeth Samuels
David R. Schooler
Junko Shigemitsu
Dr. Brenda Stearns and Dr. Linda Meadows
David S. Teed
David H. Timmons
Gail Walter and Allen Proctor
Nancy S. Winslow
Charlotte Yates
$200–$499
Anonymous (6)
Irene Bell
Dr. Frederic Bertley
James Bigham
Mr. Ryan and Dr. Jonica Burke
Peter Coccia and Nena Couch
Esther Connors
Laura Dehlendorf Crane
Ms. Dionne Custer Edwards
The Dixie Sayre Miller Fund
Leo and Vera Dubrovksy
Bernie and Linda Erven
Carter and Lucia Findley
Ken Fultz
Christopher Gassett
Jason Gay
Linda and Richard Gunther
Karla Headman-Trott
Steven Hillyer
Carol and Gary House
Jewish Columbus Foundation Joan Wallick Cultural Arts Endowment Fund
Gisela E. Josenhans
Karen Kennedy
James (J.R.) Klein
Dennis Kovach
William A. “Tony” McDonald, M.D.
David and Betty Meil
Paul and Jane Morton
Dorothy Noyes and Michael Krippendorf
John and Christine Olsen
Brad Ostroff
Ms. Elena Perantoni
Michael Petrecca and Heather Grant
Ms. Cat Predmore
Mr. Michael R. Reese
Scott Seaman and Nancy Alkire
Doug and Patricia Slusher
John Snoble
Evan Spencer
John and Sally Stefano
Wendy E. Weiler and Michael J. Dwyer
Michael and Denise Wible
UP TO $199
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford M. Ackley
Deborah M. Anderson
Rick and Laureen Barnhart
Bill Bartolini and Juan Saenz-Ferreyros
John and Amy Bays
Teresa Beimesch
Michael Les and Karen Benedict
Adam and Suzy Biehl
Katherine Boehm
Len and Sharon Bussard
Bob and Susan Campbell
Sarah M. Carter
Lucy Caswell
Donna Cavell
Joyce J. Chen
Marilyn Clark
Satomi Clark
Michael Clowes
Matthew Cohen and Susan Geary
Jo Dee Davis
Susan Paun de Garcia
Emalee Dickson
The Dorothy Loew Cameron Fund
Patrick Doust
Katrina Fasulo
Mark Finley
Ms. Maria L. Flo
Jere Forsythe
Brian Fruchey
Eric K. Gibson
Sue P. Glander
Barbara Goettler
Mary Gressler
Sandra and Caesar Guarderas
Jane Hathaway
Jill A. Hay
Mel Heckman
Tom and Laurie Hill
Margaret Hill-Daniels
Nicole Hoyer
Rose Hume and Jim Dunn
Dr. Christiane Hunt
Mrs. Barbara Hunzicker
David A. Jeggle
Susan Joslin
Ezra Katz and Drew Kaufman
Jeffrey Kirby
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Robert Koblentz
Judith Krasnoff
Stanley and Gretchen Kronenberger
Syd Lifshin
Barry Liss
Tony Logan
Tony Long
John Looman
Ruth Love
James and Gail Lowe
Mark and Susan Meuser
Patti Mills
Thomas and Jessica Morris
Nick Mortensen
David Nassau
Jutta Neckermann
Demetries J. Neely
Joe and Stacey Nerone
Andy North
Julie and Ralph Nusken
Diana Pagan
Mr. and Mrs. George Pilcher
Sandra and Howard Pritz
Andrew Constantine Protopapas
Alice Rathburn
Susan L. Ropp and Douglas P. Johnson
Mx. Chell Rosen
Sam Rundo
Michael Schoedinger
Dan Sharpe
Barbara Shramo
Wendy Slates
Jennifer and Sloan Spalding
William A. Stallworth
Debra Stockdale
Ellen Stukenberg
Judith Taylor
JR Thomas and Diana Brenner
Jackie Thompson
Mr. Eduardo Tonietto
Linda Trausch
Bev Trout and Doug Wittig
Olli and Manel Tuovinen
Nancy Verber
CW Coaching
Kathy and Ira Weiss
Brent Whetstone
* denotes Estate Gift
If we inadvertently omitted your name or made an error in compiling this information, please accept our sincere apologies and contact the Development Office at 614-719-6718 to provide corrected information. Thank you for your support!
