2025 Woman’s Board Summer Ball
Woman’s Board President, Colette Cachey Smithburg (center) and 2024 Summer Ball Co-Chairs Ellen O’Connor (left) and Elizabeth O’Connor Cole (right)
2025 Summer Ball Co-Chairs Kate Melman (left) and Kelly Rosen Lagrange.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Legacy Sponsor
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Gantz
Gold Sponsors
Jill Alberts Mills and Charlie Mills
Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Jacky and Michael Ferro
Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr.
ITW
Cathleen and William Osborn
Barbara Speer and Christopher Noon
Liz Stiffel
Robin Loewenberg Tebbe and Mark Tebbe
Karen and Roger McEniry
Silver Sponsors
Lisa and Jeff Aronin
Helen V. Brach Foundation
Deborah A. Bricker
Carol Lavin Bernick Family Foundation
Whitney and Joseph Huffsmith
Tanya and Michael Polsky
Cece and Tom Ricketts
Kelly Rosen and Christophe Lagrange
Ellen and Ron Saslow
Smithburg Family Foundation, Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg
John & Carol Walter Family Foundation
Carol and John Walter
Lindsay Walter Carlton
Beth White
Harry Winston, Inc.
Bronze Sponsors
Caroline and Michael Burns
Andrea and Brian Chadwick
Cynthia and Benjamin Chereskin
Denise Gibson
Nancy and Scott Santi
Grand Benefactors
Achnacarry Foundation, Lenore and Douglas Cameron
Katie and J.R. Berger
Betsy and David Bradley
Elizabeth and Michael Cole
Joseph M. Ferraro
Jessica Lagrange and Steve Johnson
Judy Loseff
Kate and R.J. Melman
Christopher and Charlene Huang Olson
One Rock Capital Partners
Shawna and Jay Owen
Maureen and Ron Sippel
Jenni Sorenson and John Holmes
Corinne and James Troise
Jocelyn Blair Stoller
Donors
Marletta Darnall
Ellen O'Connor
Larry and Marilyn Fields
Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation
As of April 22, 2025
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