Opera Columbus 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 2023 fiscal year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).
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!
Institutional Supporters
$100,000+
$50,000 – $99,999
$10,000 – $49,999
American Electric Power
Anonymous Fund of The Columbus Foundation
Cardinal Health
The Columbus Foundation
Crane Group
KPMG LLP
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
OSU Wexner Medical Center Voice Center
$5,000 – $9,999
Encova
Fifth Third Bank
Friends of Opera Columbus
Huntington Bank
L Brands Foundation
Porter Wright Morris and Arthur LLP
Reinberger Conductor’s Chair Fund of The Columbus Foundation
$1,500 – $4,999
Arts Midwest, Inc
Diamond Cellar
Ernst and Young
Westfield Insurance
$500 – $1,499
Anonymous
National Financial Services LLC
PNC Financial Services Group
Up to $499
Columbus Jewish Foundation
Kroger
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
In-Kind
Black Kahawa Coffee
Cult Marketing
Mary Cecil
Kaiser Consulting
Brian and Julie Nocco
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Diamond Cellar
In Honor Of
Bill Miller
Patty Morrison and Gary Tiesenga
Kara Trott and Bob Philips
Amelia J. Jeffers
In Memory Of
Nan Bond
Christine R. Wray and John E. Felicitas
Ron Hupman
Miriam and Don Utter
H. Lee and Evelyn F. Leathers
The Lyman L Leathers Fund
Individual Support
$50,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
Sharron M. and Charles C. Capen Family Trust
$25,000-$49,999
Anne Melvin*
Sheldon and Rebecca Taft
$10,000 – $24,999
Anonymous
The Lyman L.
Leathers Fund*
William E. Miller and Thomas S. Dole
Bob Philips and Kara Trott
Ruth and Dick
McNeal Endowment for Opera Columbus
$5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
Bryn and Femi Adeyanju
Ronald Bell
Jerome and Bette Dare
Gary and Bruni Duncan
Marilu Faber
Marty Golubitsky and Barbara Keyfitz
Janelle and Don Grubbs
Todd Majidzadeh and Karen Hough Majidzadeh
Kevin and Tracy McGovern
Patty Morrison and Gary Tiesenga
Dr. Karen Peeler and Rev. Deniray Mueller
Jodi and Stanley Ross
Nancy and Tadd Seitz
Seymour and Fran Luckoff Family Fund
Allison Steiner and Ryan Harding
Eric and Michelle Sutphin
Benjamin Tracy
$2,500 – $4,999
Anonymous
Vanessa and George Arnold
George Barrett
Arthur and Hetty Bing
Willie and Katie Grové
Matthew Hall
Shawn and Jenna Homan
Donna and Larry James
Dan Jensen
Brandon Kim, MD
Doug and Cookie McIntyre
Julia Noulin-Mérat and Patrick McGovern
Deborah Neimeth
Dr. Lee Shackelford
Miriam and Don Utter
Charles and Betsy Warner
$1,500 – $2,499
Lois H. Allen
Jean Atwood M.D. and Michael Kirkman
Catherine Callard and Craig Howell
Beth Crane and Richard McKee
Jeff Harris
Bill and Coreen Jenkins
Anne LaPidus
Gerald and Ann Newsom
Ruth Paulson
Ron and Ann Pizzuti
Lois Rosow
Elizabeth Sawyers
Robert and Ann Shelly
Chad and Melinda Whittington
Becky Wright
$500 – $1,499
Anonymous (5)
Keith and Jodi Abbate
Larry and Ruth Anderson
Mary and Andy Auch
Kevin Beerman
Alfred H. Bivins
Paul and Lynn Blower
C. John and Flo Ann Easton Family Fund
Laura Dehlendorf Crane
Tom and Susan Crawford
Don Dell and Violet Meek
Bill DeMora
Elfi Di Bella
Dixie Sayre Miller
Fund of The Columbus Foundation
Nancy Donoghue
Ryan Eberhart
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emery
Jaclyn Evans
William R. Fenner Donor, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable
Sylvia Fergus and Kent Rigsby
Ken Fultz
Jeff Gillentine
Mike and Joy Gonsiorowski
Susan M. Hartmann
Gretta Hermes
Susan E. Hodge and David A. Greenberg
James C. Howat
Barbara and Ron Hupman
Amelia J. Jeffers
Douglas and Darlene Jones
Mary Lazarus
Michael and Maddie McGovern
Priscilla Meeks
Ed Metzger
Bill and Jane Miller
Andy North
John and Christine Olsen
Sue Porter and Mike Sayre
Jim Reardon
David R. Schooler
David H. Sheidler
Dr. Brenda Stearns and Dr. Linda Meadows
Brian Sullivan
Sharon Daniels Sullivan
David H. Timmons
Valarie Williams and Sergio Soave
$200 – $499
Anonymous (7)
Sine-Marie Ayres
Mr. Ryan and Dr. Jonica Burke
Jeff and Lucy Caswell
Carolyn Thomas Christy
Peter Coccia and Nena Couch
Esther Connors
Janet Cox
Carole Dale
Tom Dole
Harriet and Scott Donaldson
Leo and Vera Dubrovksy
William and Jane Forbes
Reinhard and Mary Gahbauer
Jason Gay
Barbara and Albert Glover
Linda and Richard Gunther
Susan Hart
Jane Hathaway
Mel Heckman
Steven Hillyer
James Hodnett and Joe Heimlich
Carol and Gary House
Nicole Hoyer
Jewish Columbus Foundation, Joan Wallick Cultural Arts Endowment Fund
Judy and Howard Kander
Karen Kennedy
James (J.R.) Klein
Molly Kreuzman
Stanley and Gretchen Kronenberger
Andrew Lavoie
Lee E. Martin
David and Betty Meil
Paul and Jane Morton
Dorothy Noyes and Michael Krippendorf
Brad Ostroff
Carol Prigan
Caroline Rocco
Dr. Daniel and Marina Ruiz
Dr. Philip and Mrs. Elizabeth Samuels
Doug and Patricia Slusher
John and Sally Stefano
Judi and Jim Stillwell
Wendy E. Weiler and Michael J. Dwyer
Julie and Bruce Weinberg
Michael and Denise Wible
Christine R. Wray and John E. Felicitas
Charlotte Yates
John and Helen Zatko
Jonathon and Kim Zavislak
Up to $199
Anonymous (13)
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford
M. Ackley
Ben Addison
Steven C. Anderson
Gerard Basalla
Diane and David Bean
Teresa Beimesch
Michael Les and
Karen Benedict
Adam and Suzy Biehl
Glody I. Bikopo
Erin Blue
Cynthia Botzman
Cari Brackett
Eric Braun
Henry Brecher
Amy and Ron Budzik
Jessica Burton
Lucy and David Buzzee
Veda Cafazzo
Bob and Susan Campbell
Susan Capicchioni
Marty Caron
Donna Cavell
Kelli A. Cawley
Janet Chen
Marilyn Clark
Phillip Colflesh
Katherine Cosgrove
Floro Crisostomo
Derek Cushman
Stewart Davis
Tom W. Davis
Devin N. Deitsch
Carol J. Del Propost
Kirsten Dell and Rusty Bell
Jacqueline L. Denton-Stickel
Anita L. DiCello
Emalee Dickson
Sasho Dodevski
Carl DuPont Jr.
Rachel Dvorak
April Elkovitch
Todd and Donna Elliott
Philip Ennen
Katrina Fasulo
Toba Jeanne Feldman
Mark Finley
Jere Forsythe
Patrick M. Frueh
Sylvia A. Garrett
Christopher Gassett
Danielle Gassman
Eric K. Gibson
Ralph Giles
Barbara Goettler
Jack Gold and Jeff Griss
Larry and Ellen Griffin
Sandra and Caesar Guarderas
Amanda B. Harvilla
Emily A. Hesselbein
Katherine Hoffmann
Nina Holman
David A. Jeggle
Karen Johnson
Ben Jordan
David Jump and Eileen Pruitt
Ezra Katz and Drew Kaufman
Kathleen Kelly
Alex Khrakovsky
Leslie Kim
Matthew Kurk
Herbert Lara
Peter Leicht and Derrick Strobl
Syd Lifshin
Jeanne Likins and Joseph Flood
Barry Liss
Werner L. Margard III
Mary and Dave Marsh
Thomas McBride
Katelyn McClain
Robert McDonald
Eric McKeever
Paula Melchert
Alvin Mieses
Drs. Ali and Mina Mokhtari
Thomas and Jessica Morris
David Nassau
Jutta Neckermann
Julie and Ralph Nusken
Bill and Barbara Oberdick
Diana Pagan
Robin J. Panzera
Carolyn E. Patch
Carole Poirier
Charlotte and Stanton Prior
Sandra and Howard Pritz
Andrew Constantine Protopapas
Debi Pugh
Alice Rathburn
David and Ann Rigney
Susan L. Ropp and Douglas P. Johnson
Giovanni Santiago
Lori Sayre
Scott Seaman and Nancy Alkire
Angie Shyrigh
Robert Signom III and Penelope Thomas
Stephanie R. Sikora
Adam Slane
William A. Stallworth
Jan and Steven Stone
Ellen Stukenberg
Josh Tarr
Judith Taylor
Ruth Templeton
Esmerina Tili
Bev Trout and Doug Wittig
M.J. VanSickle
Roger and Wendy Vaughan
Nancy Verber
Drs. Grant M. Wallace and Stephanie R. Davis Wallace
Daniel Walshaw
Kathy and Ira Weiss
Jayne Wenner and Peter Costanza
Elizabeth Westley
Rachel Will
Nancy S. Winslow
Robert Wooldridge
Jane B. Young
Kurt and Molly Zielenbach
* denotes Estate Gift
