thank you to our donors!
The generous contributions of those listed below help advance the tradition of dance in Louisville and the state of Kentucky. If you would like to make a donation, please click here.
This list reflects gifts made between September 1, 2025 – September 1, 2026 from those who have agreed to be recognized. Every effort has been made to ensure that those recognized in all categories are accurate. To request a correction, please email contribute@louisvilleballet.org.
STARR SOCIETY
$100,000+
Anonymous (4)
Jim and Sara Haynes
Jennifer A. Moore
Dr. Victoria Phillips
Ellen and Max Shapira
Pamela and Paul Thompson
Jim and Marianne Welch
$50,000+
Anonymous
Sandra and the late Alan Bryant
Victoria and Paul J. Diaz
Lee and Rosemary Kirkwood
Kathryn Shaver
John and Lee Stough
$25,000+
Cheryl and Eugene Gilchrist
$10,000+
Edith Bingham
Nina Bonnie
Hans and the late Kathy Bruehl
Michael Pitt and Elaine Bryan
Janet DenUyl
Maureen McCall and Ronald Gregg
Matthew and Lena Hamel
Dr. Mary Harty and Mr. James Harty
Elizabeth and David Kaplan
Beth and Richard Klein
Lyle Lawson
Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy
Lisa Biddle-Puffer and David McKenzie
James A. Pitt
Vivian Ruth Sawyer
Julie and Chris Soluri
Lindy Street
James and Elizabeth Voyles
Jeanne D. Vuturo
Buck and Josie Wiseman
director $5,000 +
Joe and Sue Albrechta
Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun
Sherry M. and Joseph Feldpausch
Gordon and Chris Gerwig
Paula and Frank Harshaw
Augusta Brown Holland
Moriah Ogilvie and William Holton
Alfred and Anne Joseph
Brian Judd
Karen G. and Richard J. Mazzoni
Dr. Kimberly Boland and Conor O’Driscoll
Carol C. Pye
Michael and Chandra Rudd
Helen Starr
Carl and Ellen Thomas
Alan Roth, M.D. and Faye Weinberg
Jane Welch
Jim Whelan
Grace Wooding
artist $2,500 – $4,999 +
Daniel and Bunny Abbott
Lee Purcell Best
Carolle Jones Clay and Kenneth Clay
Lee Dorsey
Linda and William Ellison
Wanda Carol Hendrix
Kimberly and Christopher Hutchison
Emma C. Hutchens and Kelsey Jones
Rhonda and Breckinridge Jones
Andrew Rapp
Steven Rapp
Leslie and John Smart
Karen and Farrell Smith
Bill and Mary Strench
Amelia Frazier Theobald
pointe society $1,500 – $2,499 +
Anonymous
Gwen Anderson
Kelli and James Archer
Patricia W. Ballard
Machiko Bruzina
Robert and Karen Chatham
Don Daub
Rev. John G. Eifler
Mary Moss Greenebaum
Susan and William Grubbs
Mathew and Carrielee Koole
Ron McKulick
R. Charles and Sally Moyer
Colleen O’Callaghan
Carey Pilo
Ali and Tyler Sharpe
Dr. Diana Fink and David Smith
Mary Clay Stites
Bonnie Taylor
dancer $1,000 – $1,499 +
Michael G. Alt
Ellen Balleisen
James and Kathleen Berger
Phyllis Connelly
Linda and Fred Cowan
Robert Cox
Steve Damron
Kim and Alex Ding
Jane and Bert Emke
Dr. Holly Brockman-Johnson and Mr. Steven Fick
Moira C. Fiedler
Turney Berry and Kendra Foster
Mr. Gregory Fischer and Dr. Alexandra Gerassimides
David Grey
Roger and Karen Hale
Deana Hall
Anne and Mike Hampton
Patricia Harris
George Davidson, Jr.
Karen Koshewa
Kate and Allan Latts
Dr. Thomas Loeb
Fairleigh and Abby Lussky
Roy Mattingly
Dr. Roy Meckler and Mrs. Lynn Meckler
Mary and Ted Nixon
Ashley and Andrew Noland
Sharon P. Pfister
Sharon and Henry Potter
Janet W. Rink
Jacqueline Rosky
Margaret Thomas
Rebecca Terry and Peter Thompson
Gretchen Treitz-Martin
Kenneth and Michelle Yeargan
benefactor $500 – $999 +
Anonymous
Lyle Browne
Shirley Dumesnil
Ken and Christina Durham
Traci and John Eikenberry
Charlie Engelman
Dr. Vilma Caridad Fabre
John Felton
Terrence Fister
Martha Flanagan
Leslie and Gregg Fowler
Stephen and Sylvia Hamilton
Mary and Thomas Hardin
Marianne Hopewell
Cheryl and Larry Hughett
Alice Johnson
Tiffany Johnson
Hugh Jones
Jessi Jones
David and Karan Knight
Zachary Konkol
Marcella Kragel
Kateryna Sellers and Pete Lay
Lisa and Byron Leet
Dr. Ronald Lehocky
Stanley and Sally Macdonald
Sarah and Charles O’Koon
Lauren Owens
Lue and John Peabody
Dr. Victoria Phillips
Luke Powell
Mary and Ray Ratliff
Phoebe Reid
Kim and David Taylor
Michael and Erin Trager-Kusman
Eddie Vetter
Martin and Sherry Wehr
Merleta Weisert
J. David and Inez White
Dennis Willan
Sandy and Mary Wilson
Debbie Zoglmann
patron $100 to $499
Sarah Acland
Kay Adams
Grant and McCauley Adams
Dr. Denine LeBlanc and Ms. Margot Adams
Tomas Aguilera
Carlyn and William Altman
Christopher Babcock
Anne Baetzel
Katherine Nicholas and Wade Bailey
Patricia Bailey
James and Karyl Belza
Diana Bentz
Dale and Linda Billingsley
Elizabeth Bizianes
Mary Clay Boland
Angela Bradley
Jacqueline Brill
Darrell Brooke
Kathryn and Paul Brotzge
Ellen Todd Brown
Kevin Brown
John and Krisiny Bucher
Stephanie Bumpus
Ronald and Elizabeth Butler
Robert Butler
Brad and Ricardo Calobrace
Anne and Michael Campbell
Timothy and Christine Carrigan
Deanna Clark
Denise Clayton
Toni Clem
Larry T. Sloan and Helen K. Cohen
Mary Alexander-Conte and Joe Conte
Chad C. Cooley
Keith Coombs
Dan Cooper
Greg and Megan Crabb
Virgina B. Cromer
Brian Cronquist
Dr. Tracy K’Meyer and Glenn Crothers
Helen Daigle
Elizabeth Munnich and Anand Dash
Pat Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. W. Garrett Dering
Arthur Desantos
Kristi and Brent Ditto
Dr. Susan Donovan
Laurie Duesing
Paul Dugdale
Emanuel Egana
Ann Faurest and Wayne Eichert
Stephen and Barbara Ellis
Joseph Elpers
Shelly Everson
Elizabeth Feldpausch Russell
Judge Paula Fitzgerald
Harold and Sue Ford
Katrina Gary
Jane Goldstein
Lloyd Gray
Jeffrey Greenberg
Claire Greenlee
John and Rebecca Guthrie
Jane Haase
John-Mark Hack
Bill and Judy Haliday
Karen Harris
Elizabeth Hartwell
Mary L. Herrmann
Jaime Heun
Catherine Ford and Everett Hoffman
Anne Hoskinson
Jo and Tom House
Sheryl Huffaker
Carin Isaacs
Jill and Franklin Jelsma
Richard Johnson
Bonnie Johnson
William and Barbara Juckett
Dick and Gail Kaukas
Michael Kavich
Susan and Brad Keller
Julia Kendrick
Jennifer King
David Niehaus and Angela Koshewa
Susan Hamilton and Ed Krebs
Gary Kreps
Linda Labbadia
Bruce Laferre
Todd Langdon
Richard Badaracco and Jo Lawless
Gretchen and Adam Lawson
Stanley and Kathy Levinson
Michael Martin Losavio
Rt. Rev David Reed and Catherine Luckett
Joseph and Rosy Lyons
Jama and Frank Mackin
Brittney Maslowski
Linda Mattingly
Mary McCall
Kate McCauley
Robin McCoy
Matthew McGarvey
Pauline McLendon
Bhrianne McLeod
Ryan Merkel
Barry and Shelley Meyers
Lindsey Miller
Guy and Genevieve Montgomery
Dr. Beverly Moore
Scott and Yvette Morris
Marty Favorite Murphy and Robert Murphy
Karen and Ray Nethery
Regan and Matthew Nichols
Jenny Nirmaier
Patricia Noblett
Donald Norman
Erin Obenauf
Joy O’Bryan
David O’Connell
Allison and Tom O’Grady
Keith and Kim Osborne
Joanna and Lyndall Overstreet
Davalyn Palmer
Winona Palmgreen
D. Patton Pelfrey
Donna Pemberton
Rebecca and Brad Phillips
Marian Pickering
Matthew Raggard
Robert Redmon
Dinnie Rogers
Das Rooprai
Susann and James Rose
Shahara Ross
William and Rio Ross
Robert and Mary Rounsavall
Mark and Kay Rountree
Dr. Barry Row and Mrs. Carrie Row
Denise Carroll and Bill Russell
Robin Schalda
Maria Scherer
Shirley Schneringer
Tina and Geoff Schnuerle
Dwight Kyle and Cindy Siletto
Ellen and Mark Sites
Lynda Sleeter
Teresa Smith
Jeffrey Smith
James and Nan Spalding
Lucy Spickard
Edgar and Terry Stanton
Dr. Victoria Statler
Eric and Tammy Steele
Mr. David Stierle
Tyleen Stoutt
Gordon and Catherine Strauss
Anita Streeter
Sonja Taylor
Scott and Hannah Thomas
David and Diane Thurmond
Mrs. Carol Tittel and Dr. Paul Tittel
John Trageser
Kate and Lee Tucker
Ellen Venhoff
Inta K. Voight
Carolyn Wade
Clare Wahl
Tara and Jasper Ward
Mary Jo Wetzel
Donald Whitfield
James and Carole Whitledge
Susan Wilburn
Dr. Carl Williams
Fawn Wujick
Zaurie Zimmerman
Ann Zimmerman
arabesque society
Anonymous (3)
Lee Purcell Best
The late Elaine Bornstein
The late Alan Bryant
Jamie Jarboe and Douglas Butler
Walter Clare
Dr. Claudia Crump
John R. Cummins
The late Judith R. Ford
Susan Grubbs
The late Michael C. Jordan
The late Dr. James B. and Mrs. Helen K. Longley
The late Betty and David Mills
Martha Nichols
D. Patton Pelfrey
Ronald Rubin
The late Lorraine W. and Clarence H. Short
Leslie and John Smart
Lee and John Stough
The late Rose Mary Toebbe
James and Elizabeth Voyles
in-kind
Corporations
502 Power Yoga
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Art Eatables
Cambria “A Preferred Hotel of Louisville Ballet”
Carmichael’s Bookstore
Churchill Downs
Dan-O’s Seasoning
Eurotard Dancewear “ The Official Uniform of Ballet Bound”
Frost Brown Todd
Harlequin
Heine Brothers Coffee
Heritage Wine and Spirits
Highland Cleaners
Jack Fry’s
Jonestarr, Inc
Kentucky Performing Arts
KORT
Louisville Bats
Louisville City FC
Louisville Orchestra
Mr. Foto, Inc.
Muhammad Ali Center
Norton Sports Health “The Official Healthcare Provider of Louisville Ballet”
Rainbow Blossom
Speed Art Museum
Stage One Family Theatre
The Filson Historical Society
The Plant Kingdom
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Top Golf
University of Louisville ASL Interpreting Studies
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Z Salon & Spa
Individuals
Anonymous
Nicholas Bentz
Sean and Vennita Cantrell, children of the artist Jim Cantrell
Janet DenUyl
Matthew and Lena Hamel
Carly and Robert Johnson
Marcella Kragel
Jason Lois
Ron McKulick
Ina Miller
Colleen O’Callaghan
Lindy Pierce
Eleanor Prince
Kathryn Shaver
Alynn and Andrew Sherman
Leslie and John Smart
Bill and Mary Strench
Scott and Hannah Thomas