2018 Inductees

Lincoln Park Kindergarten & Preschool

2017 Inductees

Gary & Anne Vlk

Stacy Wells

Kathy & Charlie Wolf

2016 Inductees

Nicholas & Robbin Schoewe

North Park University

2015 Inductees

Catherine Crown

College Park Athletic Club

Groupon, Inc.

Nancy O’Leary

Tasha Seitz & Alan Choyna

Anonymous 1

Anonymous 2

Anonymous 3

The below listing includes supporters from Spark Ventures’ 2018 fiscal year (July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018).

Benefactor

$25,000 +

Anonymous

Experience Ignite

Lincoln Park Preschool & Kindergarten

Charlie & Kathy Wolf

Innovator

$10,000 +

Erwin K and Nancy Aulis
Sue Bernstein and Paul Denzer
College Park Athletic Club

Julie and Kevin Cook
Betsy and Scott Dvorak
Jean Janecek

Vallavbhai & Savitaben Patel Foundation
Stacy Wells and Rick Farrell

Steward

$5,000 +

William & Deborah Burfisher
Michael Campbell
Bob and Chie Curley
Doak Elliott
Amy Everard and Christian Zann
Four Seasons Punta Mita
Debbie and Sid Frisch

Tim Jeffery and Terrie Thompson
Jennifer Kim & Benjamin Hellweg
Betty Lam Hamilton and Jeffrey Hamilton
Craig and Monette Leva
Alan and Charlotte Lewis
Lisa Madonia
Andrea Moonsammy

Daniel Romano
Nick and Robbin Schoewe
Kristin and Brad Schrepferman
Kim and Andy Stephens
Julie Tafel Klaus
Gary and Anne Vlk

Advocate

$2,500 +

Sue Braun
Chicago Equity Partners
Dentons US LLP Dentons
Kim Flaherty
George & Ann Goldsmith
Missy and Andy Greenberg

Thomas Hancuch
JP Morgan
McNeight Family Foundation
Patricia O’Neil
Ross Parr
Jeremy and Olivia Rollefson

Sommer’s Family Foundation
Steve Steinberg
Nancy and John Williams
Mary Wilson
Robert Wolf
Deann and Alex Zoghlin

Leader

$1,000 +

John Ardis
Josephine Bahl
Scott & Lauren Barbeau
Carol and Tom Barnett
Jerry and Karel Beck
Mariela Bertorelli
Jeff Breaden
Aaron Chaiken and Tal Cohen
Stephanie and Josh Coan
Sarah Cobb
John Connor
Celia and James Dallas
Andrea Farris
John Ferry
Melissa Fischer
Tanya Gascoigne
David Goldstein
Ginger Gorden and David Reidy

Marquita Hanus
Andrew Hastie
Mahlon and Ann Howard
Amy and Jason Jackman
Elizabeth Bower Kent
Haley Klaus
Jack and Becky Krasaeath
Chandresh Malkani
Becki Maloney
Alyson Marguerat
Steve and Scott Mickel
Sara Mills
Nancy O’Leary
Marion Parr and Scott Carr
Grant Peters
Kathleen and Daniel Platt
Liz Reyna

Paula Robichaud
Patrick Ryan
Jen and Mike Sage
Mark and Lyza Schlenker
Kristen Seeger
Sonia Semenchuk
Maol Murray Sloan
Gregory and Jennifer Stephens
Susan and Jim Stites
The Chicago Community Trust
Carol Thompson
Tom Valente
VIA VEA Incorporated
Stephen Walters
Ceil Whitney
Brian and Alison Wu
Heather and James Yuratovac

Partner

$500 +

Carla Anderson
Robert Andrews
Carl and Barbara Balsam
Jaye and Kelly Barbeau
Benefit Cosmetics
The Body Shop
Lesley Brindle
Wanda Brotherton
AJ Chedrick
Cynthia Considine
Joanne & Rich Constantine
Ann and Todd Daly
Kimberly Damore
Garrett and Terry Dee
Shelly Drazba
Sam and Anne DuBray
Heather Duncan and Keith McCready
Carl Durand
Elizabeth Ehlers
Stephanie and Richard Farruggia
Deanna and Bob Fenton
Elizabeth Foster & Michael Walsh
Frank and Janet Freund

Laura Garland
Brian Goldstein
Tim and Krissy Hakanson
David Healing
Anne Heekin
Rachel Heinzman
Ryan Jeffery and Mary Catherine Sleepeck
Linda and Dick Johnson
Joel Kaphengst and Patty Martensen
Mary and Richard Kelly
Richard & Mary Kelly
Vicki and Jon Kraft
France Leclerc
Enrique Lopez
Jeff Marrone
Marcia McDonnell
Amanda Munroe
Steve Naftzger
Network for Good
Alison Niederkorn
John Olbrecht
MacKenzie Phillips

Jeanne and Jeff Plaisted
Hannah and Justin Prevost-Schultz
Ashley Pridon
Molly Curley Putt and Alex Putt
Nabeela Rasheed
Lisa Coolidge Roberts
Robert Ryan
Chris and Kirsten Santiago
Bill and Laura Schmidt
Nicholas Serventi
Priya Shah and Rajeev K Arora
Shields Meneley Partners
Dmitry and Julia Shteynberg
Steve & Kate’s Camp
Kelley Stoddard
Bill and Julie Strickland
Courtney Thayer
Dina Tognarelli
Jeff VanDixhorn
Kiva Vaughn
Wines for Humanity
Erin Wolf
Anne and Bill Wortel

Friend

$250 +

Sam Acuna
Joseph Adams
Dana Arnett
Doug and Kate Barton
Shari Berland
Trish Berry
Roy and Beverly Blumenshine
Jennifer Bransfield
Michael Braun
Stephen B. Brown
Caduceus Cellars
Joseph Caltabiano
Capital Genealogy
Katie Casey
Paul Clowe
Community Covenant Church
David and Diane Corbett
Core Power Yoga
Clare Curley
Jill Decker
Joseph Diblase
Tom Dierenfeld
Michael Disabato
Maha Ditsch

Sally Draht
Drury Lane Theatre
Peter Ek
Emily EtsHokin and Eytan Azaria
David Feldman
Mary Fifield
Clarisa Finizio
Gayle Ford
Four Corners
Amy and Kevin Fox
Scott George
Kristine Gillette
Julie Goldstein
Andrew Gruesser
Maria Hagen
Cara Halladay
Linda Havlin
Brad Hedberg
Janelle Hogan
Tina Ingall
Lucy Jodlowska
Richard A. Johnson
Timothy King
Marielle Kokos
Ryan Kosanic

Jamie Leathers
Sue and Clayton Maggos
Many Mercado
Valerie Maze
Micaela McCabe
Laura Mchugh
Maryrose Murphy
Susan Wood O’Leary
Krupa Patel
Cindy Paul
Sylvia Rodrigo
Sharill Rossol
Judy & Jerry Sandberg
Amanda Shadoin
Molly Shah
Gil Sharon
Angela Shropshire
Jenni Sorenson and John Holmes
Ronald Steeves
Sarah Teachout Ganci
Cassandra Wade
Jeanine Wheeler
Susan Whipple
Tim Wilson
Kathryn Witt

Supporter

$100 +

Hyalker Amaral
Katherine Anderson
Susan Andrews and Jeff Braddy
Anonymous
Robert Bacci
Michael Balchan
Katie Barr
William Bartels
Matt Bedella
Constance Benrud
Bernie’s Tavern
Teresa Blahnik
Sherry Blair
Lynne Blaszak
Ron and Rebecca Bockstahler
Eric Bokar
Bottom Line Yoga
Thomas Bransfield
Alex Braun
Brooklyn Boulders
Amanda Buishas
Michele Burdick
Macol Cerda
Nancy Charlier
Nikita Chawla
Steve Ciaccio
Robert Cirillo
Melissa Conklin
Theresa Corrao
Kelly Cutler
John Dalton
Jessica Dangles
Michael Doherty
Devon Ellis
Ginny Epsten
First Ascent Climbing
Lois Fisher
Stefan and Kiera Fritz
Galileo Innovation Camps for Kids
Mary Joan Gilmour
Emily Gruesser
Paul Gunia
Peter Guzlas
Hollis Hanover
Katie Heath Parker
Joe Hill
Amy Hindley

Brian Hopcraft
David Hryszczuk and Mary Bradford
Robert Hutchins
Scott Ifergan
Jan Jaro
Neema Jha
Jasna Karamehmedovic
Lisa Karsh
Coabi Kastan
Tammy and Curt Keeler
Jennifer King
Nancie King Mertz and Ronald Mertz
Kings Bowling Alley
Robert Knapp
Knife & Tine
Rachel Louise Krupsky
Bob & Lee Kuker
Jay Laabs
Heather Lax
Lily Liu
Jon Lloyd
Samantha Loeffler
Laura Lohrmann
Colleen Loughlin
Sophia Love
Michele Mahoney
Holly Marihugh and Kris Denton
Pat Meads
Anjali Mehta
Tyler Michael
Sally, Madeline and Margaux Miller
Sherif and Melanie Mityas
Mike Nader
Nespresso
Elizabeth, Evan and George Newton
Arielle Nguyen
Nilwona Nowlin
Margaret O’Leary
Brynne O’Neal
Teddy O’Neil
Jennifer O’Neil
Orangetheory Fitness
Osteria Via Stato
Jean and Edward Ozog
Pastoral Artisan
Gehrig Peterson

James Pirman
Liza Raser
Dipti & Anisha Ravichandran
Sharon Ray
Elke Rehbock
Revolution Brewing Company
Robin Richman
Samantha Roman
Ron Rowland
Carlos Saavedra
Rebecca & Robert Safranski
Salesforce
Juliana Schafer
Bill & Karen Schrepferman
Robert and Julie Seymour
Anita Shastri
Jason & Juliena Shoen
Eugene Simon
Jamie Snydel
Tiffany and Cam Staman
Ethan and Gregg Steinberg
Kristen Sudnik
Rob Sullivan
Natalie Tadin
Janet Thabit
Dhara Thakkar
The Book Cellar
The Field Museum
The Kids’ Table
Julie Timmer
Kristen Vandenberg
Suchet Venkatesh
Vin Chicago
Michael Wagenbach
Christopher Walrath
Walsh
Katherine Watson
Lindsay Weickert
Tracey Weinberg
Keren Weiss
Wells on Wells
Shannon Westveer
Richard and Carol Wild
Urszula Winkiewicz
Yogaview
Amy Zander
Zella Presmor