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.

  • WHAT: BGCC's Woman's Board 76th Annual Summer Ball 
  • WHEN: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 6 p.m.
  • WHERE: The Dalcy

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Legacy Sponsor

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Gantz


Gold Sponsors

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

Karen and Roger McEniry

Jill Alberts Mills and Charlie Mills

Cathleen and William Osborn

Barbara Speer and Christopher Noon

Liz Stiffel

Robin Loewenberg Tebbe and Mark Tebbe


Silver Sponsors 

Lisa and Jeff Aronin

Carol Lavin Bernick Family Foundation

Helen V. Brach Foundation

Deborah A. Bricker

Whitney and Joseph Huffsmith

Tanya and Michael Polsky

Cece and Tom Ricketts

Kelly Rosen and Christophe Lagrange

Richard & Martha Melman Foundation

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

Bonnie and Neele Stearns


Grand Benefactors

Achnacarry Foundation, Lenore and Douglas Cameron

Katie and J.R. Berger

Betsy and David Bradley

Elizabeth and Michael Cole

Joseph M. Ferraro

Aimee and James Gray

Jessica Lagrange and Steve Johnson

Judy Loseff

 Melissa and Ward McNally

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

Elisabeth and William Adams IV

Marletta Darnall

Ellen O'Connor

Larry and Marilyn Fields

Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation

As of May 27, 2025


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