A Celebration of Literacy
Benefiting Literacy Achieves
(Founded as Vickery Meadow Learning Center)
Monday, April 1, 2019 - Temple Emanu-El
Thank you to all our sponsors and guests for the 2019 Wings of Spring gala which took place Monday, April 1 in Stern Chapel at Temple Emanu-El.
The evening included a cocktail reception and dinner buffet followed by the Piano Battle featuring internationally acclaimed pianists Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis.
The Piano Battle show is divided into several rounds, each featuring a certain musical style. The duo will go head-to-head, enchanting the audience with a variety of classical pieces. Our audience will be the judge with everyone invited to vote on the pianists’ performances and eventually crown the winner.
It promises to be a fun show with lots of audience engagement!
Our Generous Wings of Spring Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Don and Cathey Humphreys
Melissa and Barry McNeil/Haynes and Boone, LLP
DIAMOND
Anthony Family Foundation
Joyce and Les Coleman
The Hirsch Family Foundation
PLATINUM
Caroline and David Hundley
Margaret and Brad Hirsch, Michelle and Bill Lockhart, and Jon Morgan
Colleen and Rob Taylor
GOLD
Anonymous
Sara and Gary Ahr
Gretchen and Doug Davies
Kristi and Bill Francis
Beverly and Don Freeman
Gayle Johansen
Virginia and Stephen LaSala
Locke Lord LLP
Joan and Terry Oxford
Anne Raymond
Marnie and Kern Wildenthal
Donna Wilhelm
SILVER
Barbra and Bud Applebaum
William E. Armentrout Foundation
Phyllis Bernstein and William Weiss
Ricki and Randy Ebner
Regen and Jeff Fearon
Kaki and Shelton Hopkins
Barbara and Frank Lloyd
Sally and Ron Lutz
Lottye and Bobby Lyle
Beth and Vance Maultsby
Megan and Kevin Nicholson
Margot and Rust Reid
Helen and Frank Risch
Priscilla Stern Fund of Temple Emanu-El (Rabbis Nancy Kasten and David Stern)
Susan and Curtis Swinson
Barb and Mike Tonti
BRONZE
Anonymous
Julie and Fred Anderson
Heather and Ray Balestri
Lester Baum
Pam and John Beckert
Marla and Mike Boone
Peter Bratt and Rev. Susan Sytsma Bratt
Amita and Sarinder Chhabra
Brent Christopher
Carole S. Cohen
Ashley and Clinton Coleman
Virginia and Ansel Condray
Catherine Corrigan
Sally and Gary Dobbie
Adrienne and Dennis Drapkin
Mrs. Henry Estess
Myra and Bert Fischel
Margaret and Chuck Gall
Sherwin Goldman and Mr. Andrew Barnes
Stephanie and Robert Haley
Virginia Hartman
Craig A. Haynes
Ynette and Jim Hogue
Carrie Huff
Melissa Ivanoff and Wilson Aurbach
Jode Johnson
Leslie and Bob Krakow
Melora and Bill Leiser
Brett and Lester Levy
Julie and Michael Lowenberg
Rose and William Lumry
Judge Barbara and Michael Lynn
Louisa and Jim Meyer
In Memory of Rev. Dr. Blair R. Monie
Leigh and Jeff Morales
Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes
and Don Stokes
Camille and Patrick Owens
Cheryl Pollman
Deedie Rose
Jabeen Zaidi and Stephen Hurley
FRIENDS OF LITERACY
Anonymous
Suzanne and Ansel Aberly
Anonymous (Naomi Aberly and Laurence Lebowitz)
Julie and Mark Alexander
GoransonBain Ausley, PLLC
Donna Baker
Shelbi Barnhouse and Chris Schwegmann
Elaine Bernstein
Rick Best and Steve Jobman
Diane and David Birk
Ann and Alan Bogdanow
William Bond
Pam and Chris Casner
Cal and Clare Buie Chaney
Rita and Tom Chasser
Karen and Chris Cheniae
Amy and Robert Clark
Stacy and Bill Cobb
Joni and Bob Cohan
Marty and Russ Coleman
Helen and Kent Comer
Barbara Crabtree
Bill Dippel
Sally and Bill Dix
Ragen and Roy Elterman
Fellman Family Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
Nancy and Ron Fellman
Ruth Fitzgibbons and Brian McGauley
Ola and Randall Fojtasek
Lisa and David Genecov
Beth and Jim Gold
Robin Gormly and Mr. Tim Dornfeld
Suzi and Jack Greenman
Linda and Byron Harris
Marcia Howard
Marilyn and Willie Hicks
Libby and Kevin Jackson
Rusty and John Jaggers
Kris Kamm and Jim Stull
Dr. David and Renee Karp
Cinda and James Koch
Judiann and Mark Meyer
Amy and Ran Merrill
Ted and Twila Moore
Ruth Mutch
Sarah and Lee Papert
Jody and Mel Platt
Susan and James Riley
John Rogers
Catherine and Will Rose
Rev. Matthew and Sarah Ruffner
Jacqueline and Shamoil Shipchandler
Ellie and Thad Sims
Rita Sue and Alan Gold
Jan and Tom Timmons
Fran and Jeffrey Toubin
Joanna and Peter Townsend
Ritika and Atul Vohra
Pat and Bob Warren
Kate and Todd Watson
Kay and Peter Weeks
Jennifer and Wayne Winner
Shirley and Z Zsohar
Our Honorary Chair
We are delighted that community leader and longtime Literacy Achieves supporter Gayle Johansen will serve as Honorary Chair.
While balancing family life with a successful real estate career, Gayle still dedicates time every week to her students at Literacy Achieves. Her passion to make a difference is inspired by her own father, who with his mother and sister, was returned to Poland three times before being allowed entry at Ellis Island in 1914.
Committee
Sara and Gary Ahr
Julie and Mark Alexander
Cindi and Jay Anthony
Janie Autz
Amy and Thad Behrens
Phyllis Bernstein and William Weiss
Rick Best and Steve Jobman
Camille and Jim Brown
Pam and Chris Casner
Amita and Sarinder Chhabra
Joni and Bob Cohan
Carole S. Cohen
Ashley and Clinton Coleman
Joyce and Les Coleman
Sally and Bill Dix
Ricky and Randy Ebner
Myra and Bert Fischel
Margaret and Chuck Gall
Katrina Gawen
Sharan and Lynn Goldstein
Margaret and Brad Hirsch
Kaki and Shelton Hopkins
Carrie Huff
Cathey and Don Humphreys
Caroline and David Hundley
Melissa Ivanoff
Libby and Kevin Jackson
Holly and Ron Kerr
Leslie and Bob Krakow
Ginny and Steve LaSala
Michelle and William Lockhart
Julie and Michael Lowenberg
Sally and Ron Lutz
Beth and Vance Maultsby
Gwen Moore
Leigh and Jeff Morales
Deborah Morgan-Stokes and Don Stokes
Megan and Kevin Nicholson
Camille and Patrick Owens
Sarah and Lee Papert
Sarah and Matthew Ruffner
Enika and Richard Schulze
Lulu Schwartz
Marian and Jack Spitzberg
Susan and Curtis Swinson
Colleen and Rob Taylor
Sarah Saldaña and Don Templin
Pat and Bob Warren
Kate and Todd Watson
Marnie and Kern Wildenthal