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Honoring the lifetime achievements of pioneering women and men by investing in the future of women's leadership.
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  Susan N. Wilson Legacy Fund
 
Celebrating CAWP's 40th Anniversary
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Executive
Margaret Long
  Astellas USA Foundation
 

Assembly
Charlene Brown
  AT&T

Louise Hilsen
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Caucus
Madeline Ferraro
  Atlantic Health

  Friends
Phyllis Alroy
Natalae N. Anderson
Nancy H. Becker
Dorothy Bedford
Mary W. Blanchard
Darlene D. Borromeo
Margueritte Chandler
Janet E. Clark
John J. Cohen
Henry A. Coleman
Community Without Walls, Inc.
Ruth B. Cowan
Kathleen E. Crotty
  in honor of Greta Kiernan
Madeline M. Dale
Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Zulima V. Farber
Deborah Wathen Finn
  in memory of Kathy Ann Stanwick
Irwin and Alice Gertzog
Election Fund of Thomas P. Giblin Inc.
Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan
Gail Gordon
Melanie S. Griffin, Esq.
Patricia Griffith
Mary Ellen Higgins
Suzanne C. Iverson
Jimmy D. Jackson
Kahn Brothers LLC
  on behalf of Phyllis Kahn
Emily A. Kaller
Ilene S. Katz
Mary S. Knowles
Jan M. Koehn-Selman
Miriam W. Lampen
Sandra Lanman

 
Susan S. Lederman
Diane Legreide
  in honor of Kathleen Crotty
  and Greta Kiernan

Maurice DuPont Lee, Jr.
Joanne M. Linderoth
Laura A. Liswood
Julia MacDermott
Anna Mahoney
Ruth B. Mandel
   in honor of Ida F.S. Schmertz
Dianne Mills McKay
Carol A. S. Meier, Esq.
  in memory of Helen A. Stanton
Shelley Jacobs Mintz
Stewart R. Mott Foundation
  on behalf of Anne B. Zill
Joy Picus
The Honorable Deborah T. Poritz
Dorothy P. Romaine
Lynn C. Scheffey
Eva Schlachter
   in memory of Henry Schlachter
Candace Straight
Patricia Todd Campaign Account
Jessica Tomalo
Christy Van Horn
  in honor of Debbie Walsh
Vas Law, LLC
Election Fund of Weinberg for Senate
Betty Wilson
Eleanor Winslow
Adelaide S. Zagoren
Joan Getaz Zumoff
  in honor of Margaret Getaz
 
 The 2012 Project
 

Diamond
Estate of Phyllis Kornicker

Platinum

The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation*
Hess Foundation, Inc.
 
Gold
The Carstens Family Fund at The San Diego Foundation*
Rachel's Network*

Silver
Altria Client Services Inc.
Alice V. Chetkovich*
Katherine M. Flaherty
The Grove Foundation
Gruber Family Foundation*
Hellman Family Foundation
The Fund for Highland Park*
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation*
Laura and Gary Lauder
   Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish
   Community Endowment Fund*
Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Paulette J. Meyer and David A. Friedman*
Political Parity Program of the Hunt Alternatives Fund
Nestlé USA*
Kimberly C. Oxholm*
Silicon Valley Community Foundation*
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*denotes member of Founder’s Circle

Bronze

Jennifer W. Allyn
Armstrong Painting Roofing Windows
The Hon. Patricia “Pan” Godchaux
Rhondda L. Grant
Eva K. Grove
Martha E. Hackett
Louise D. Hilsen
Judith H. Kramer
Susanna Margolis
Mount St. Mary's College
Marian S. "Marnie" Pillsbury
Price Family Charitable Fund
Joanna Rees
The Hon. Susan J. Rose
Mary Beth Salerno & Denise Kleis
Ida F.S. Schmertz
Southwest Airlines
D.J. Soviero
Candice L. Straight
Gina Torres
Judith B. Wagner
The Hon. Corinne Wood
Jean and Richard Zukin

 
Friends

Linda Auerbach Allderdice
Robert Altman
Anne and Lee Anderson
Anonymous
Anonymous
   in memory of Mary K. Ellis
Art of Noise
  on behalf of Jodi Ticknor
Lee Aubry
Leona E. Avey-Humphries
Minoo Ayat
Amy Baer
Linda Barter
A M Bartnett
Carola M. Barton
The Honorable Jennifer M. Belcher
Lara L. Bergthold
Harris A. Berman
  on behalf of Ruth Nemzoff
Judy Gold Bloom
Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal
  LaViolette Feldman Schenkman &
  Goodman, LLP
Sandra Boissier
Alison Boldero
Halley Bonoma
   on behalf of Margaret Getaz
Maria Dante Brown
Katherine Brumage
Beverly B. Bryant
Judith Bullitt
Kathryn Busby
Lewis H. Butler
Joan T. Casale
Marguerite Chandler
Judy O'Brien Chavis
  in memory of Barbara J. O'Brien
Cecilia H. Cheng
Judith C. Chirlin
Michelle L. Christison
  in honor of Molly and Marnie Christison
Ellen Clear
Claudine Cmarada
Janet B. Cook
Melanie Cook
Patricia J. Cooper
Noel R. Congdon
Dorothy A. Corbett
Alison L. Cormack
Dolores Corona
Nancy E. Cotton
Phyllis O. Cotton
Elizabeth A. Coulson
Paul W. Critchlow
Cassaundra Miller Croel
Joan Crowley
Stephanie Cubba
  in honor of Mount St. Mary's College
Bianca Dellepiane
  dba PROMEST USA
Mary I. DiMartino
Michelle P. DiMartino
Virginia Dimpfl
R & L Donner Trust
  on behalf of Lauren Shuler Donner
Tiffany R. Dufu
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Karen Dunne
Julie Durk
Bettina Duval
Lisa D. Hensley Eckert
Rebecca Hartman Edwards
Debra Ehrman
Trudy Eiron
Wendy Elkin
Lauren Embrey
Enterprising and Professional
  Women New York
Bonnie Ettinger
  in honor of Margaret Blackshere
Tara M. Fass
Richard and Happy Fernandez
Jan M. Fenwick
Jessica Fleischann dba Still Room
Megan S. Fogarty
Catherine C. Foster
Roberta Francis
Linda G. Frank
Joan Freedman
Jill Gaffin
Giselle Galper
Donna Ellman Garber
Kathy Garmezy
Suzan Garner
Kathleen Elizabeth Garretson
Leslie Garvin
Karen Getman
Amy Isler Gibson
Nancy E. Cotton & John P. Given
The Hon. Patricia A.K. "Pan" Godchaux
Kelly Goode
Dorothea M. Gordon
Kat Gordon
Mark Gordon
Martha Hackett
Margaret J. Hallock
Katherine Halpern
  in honor of Mary V. Hughes
The Hon. Debbie Halvorson
Theresa A. Hays-Horner
Lisa Henson
Hildy Gottlieb Hill
Miriam S. Hinds
Susan Mayer Hirsch
   in honor of Mary V. Hughes
Lisa Honig
Judith Hopkinson
Candice P. Howard
Jean Huang
Maureen B. Isaacson
Dina Jacobson
Christine K. Jahnke
Susannah Jeffers
Tina Jen
Anita M. Johnson
Susan Jordan
Romielyn B. Joson
Kahn Brothers, LLC
Grace Kaminkowitz
Judith and Ira Kanter
   in honor of Nancy Pelosi
Kathleen A. Karpilow
Laurie Kavanagh
Shirin Kia
Andrea Kieffer
Susan C. Kirk
Melinda Raso Kirstein and Philip Kirstein
   in honor of Douglass College
Barbara Klein
Laura Koffsky
Sarah La Due
  on behalf of Catherine Moore
Celinda Lake
Dorothy V. Lamm
Nancy J. Lanham
Susan Leal
  in honor of Mary V. Hughes
Diane Legreide
Kelly Leight
Carole A. Leland
Sari R. Levine

 

Kay LiCausi
Deborah Liebling
Kate Lowry
Loretta M. Lynch
  in honor of Mary Hughes
The M Fund of the National
   Philanthropic Trust
Loretta L. Macconi
  in honor of Mary V. Hughes
Geraldine "Gerri" MacKenzie
Rita Magidson-Haft
Audrey Anne Maiese
Carol Malnick
  in honor of Mary Jacobs
Ruth B. Mandel
Mary Lou Marzian
Christine Mattsson
Arva Parks McCabe
Lillah McCarthy
The Hon. Emmy McClelland
Molly L. McClure
Mary T. McCullough
Ann P. Meredith
Adalina Capuli Merello
Gail S. Meyers
Diane Mills McKay
Tanya Melich
Mason's Miles
Elinor Miller
Melissa A. Millsaps
Gilda M. Morales
Mary Lynn Moser
Sue Nemeth
Susan Ness
The Hon. Dawn Clark Netsch
Lynne Newhouse-Segal
   in honor of Gabrielle Giffords
Jennifer N. Nguyen
The Hon. Maureen B. Ogden
M. Michel Orban
Nedra Oren
Carol R. Orton
Michele Palermo
Patricia M. Papper
Michelle Parente
Roxanne "Sandy" Parker
   in honor of Debbie Walsh
Judith A. Patrick
Steve Pattenson
Francine Newsome Pfeiffer
PHAZ2
Jeanette M. Pilak
Marnie Pinsker
Mary F. Platt
Dorothy Podhurst
Political Parity
Danielle R. Pritchett
Kimberly Quinones
Barbara Rackes
Teri Raffel
Marjorie Randolph
Judith Rattner
Ingrid W. Reed
Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, LLP  
Randy Rice
Rogers Family Foundation
Marla E. Romash
Rachel Roper
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber
    in honor of Elaine F. Rohr
    and Eileen Kirchgraber
Susan J. Rose
Helen K. Rosenthal
Lisa Rosenthal
Ellen R. Roth
Karen Rozenberg
Ilene R. Rosenzweig
Marci Rubin
    in honor of Betsy Cotton
Debra Caywood Rukas
Run Women Run
Kathryn M. Sandow
Santa Barbara Women's Political
  Committee
Deborah Santana
Jennifer Schneider
Anne M. Schowe
Nell Scovell
SEL Group International Inc.
  on behalf of Elizabeth Benham
Elizabeth Share
  on behalf of Julie Mozenz
Susan B. Share
Carolyn Kay Shining
Kamala Shugar
Silverleaf Foundation
  on behalf of Mayree Clark
Leda Simonsen
Susan V. Smartt
Kathleen Sohnfoster
Angela M. Sousa
Special Film Production, LLC
  on behalf of Ann P. Meredith
Susan Sprung
Roberta Steele
Nancy Stephens
Judith M. Stern
Greg Stewart
Leslie Stiles
Eric Stockel
Penny Stroud
Claire M. Syrett
Laura Talmus
Alison R. Taylor
Holland V. Taylor
Patricia Tercek
Lisa Theodoratus
Tracy Thompson
    in honor of Mary V. Hughes
Emily F. and James P. Thurber, Jr.
Nancy S. Ticktin
Sarah Timberman and Edward Redlich
Rosemary Tisch
Ellin Todd
Kathy Torgersen
Helen Torres
Preeva A. Tramiel
   in honor of Helene Hughes
Aisha Tyler
The Ulin/Payson Living Trust
  on behalf of Ann Payson
Valdez Productions Inc. 
Caroline Van Alst
Alexandra Allman Van Zee
Susan C. Varga 
Debbie Walsh
Sharon L. Weiner
Karen Weinstein
Katherine G. Welch
Katharine Whipple
Kate Wiley
    in memory of Ann A. Mullen
Melanie L. Willoughby
Barbara Wilson
Dan Winter
Connie O. Wong
Dawn F. Wood
    in honor of Judith Wagner
The Hon. Martha J. Wong
Jane A. Zimmy

 
Briefings Hosts
The Women's Leadership Board of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy
   School of Government – Cambridge, MA          
Nancy Cotton, Sarah Timberman, Kathy Garmezy and Lara Bergthold
   – Los Angeles, CA
Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service – Palo Alto, CA
Susan Rose – Santa Barbara, CA
Sophie Hahn – Berkeley, CA
Kim Pimley – Princeton, NJ
Susan Harriman and Keker & Van Nest LLP – San Francisco, CA
Judith Kantor – San Francisco, CA
Jane Levikow and the Tides Center – San Francisco, CA
Lynn Gangone, Kathy Lawless, Eve Powell, Theresa Solano,
  Suzanne Arkle Wilson,Bobbi McKenna and The Women’s College of
  the University of Denver’s Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the
  Advancement of Women– Denver, CO
Josie Heath and The Boulder Community Foundation, Linda Shoemaker
  and the Brett Family Foundation – Boulder, CO
Lulu Flores and the National Women’s Political Caucus – Austin, TX
Sandy Barnes and Rosemary Tisch – Saratoga, CA
Hunt Alternatives Fund – Washington, DC
Wendy Mackenzie, Beth Salerno, Kathryn Finney, Ellen Chesler,
   Gena Lovett and the New York Junior League – New York, NY
Marsha Kwalwasser and the Women’s Political Committee – Los Angeles, CA
Kay Allaire – New York, NY
Sarah Timberman, Nancy Cotton, Kathy Garmezy, Lara Bergthold,
   Tracy Gray, Susan Sprung and Rene LaBran – Los Angeles, CA
Barbara Bry and Run Women Run, Ladies Who Launch – San Diego, CA
Deb Dubin, Vivian Eveloff and the University of Missouri’s Sue Shear
   Institute for Women in Public Life – St. Louis, MO
Bernis Kretchmar – Los Altos, CA
Stacy Mason – Palo Alto, CA
Golden Seeds™ – New York, NY, Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA
Center for American Women and Politics, National Conference of
  State Legislatures – Louisville, KY
 
  Hunt Alternatives Fund
 NEW Leadership New Jersey 2011
 

The Comcast Foundation
  for major program support

Susan N. Wilson Legacy Fund
  for program support

Julia Fishelson Internship Fund
  for providing paid internships for NEW Leadership™

General and Program Support
AT&T
Darlene D. Borromeo
The Honorable Candice P. Howard     
Kelly Leight  
Brandi Mercurio
Shelly Jacobs Mintz 
The Honorable Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
Edna R. Ranck   
Lonabelle “Kappie” A. Spencer   
And the many friends of the Center whose general support is applied to this project.
 
 Ready to Run™ 2012
 

Phyllis Kornicker Legacy Fund
  for major program support for Ready to Run™

The Fund for New Jersey
  for major program support for the Ready to Run™ Diversity Initiative

Ready to Run™ Diversity Initiative Matching Grant Donors

  Katherine E. Kleeman
  Taylor Huttner
  Gilda M. Morales
  Patricia Morton
  Sue Nemeth
  Jean Sinzdak
  Debbie Walsh

 
CAWP 40th Anniversary Community Partners in Public Leadership

Astellas USA Foundation
AT&T
Atlantic Health System

Phyllis Alroy
Natalae N. Anderson
Nancy H. Becker
Dorothy Bedford
Mary W. Blanchard
Darlene D. Borromeo
Marguerite Chandler
Janet E. Clark
John J. Cohen
Henry A. Coleman
Community Without Walls, Inc.
Ruth B. Cowan
Kathleen Crotty
Madeline M. Dale
Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Zulima V. Farber
Irwin and Alice Gertzog
Election Fund of Thomas P. Giblin Inc.
Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan
Gail Gordon
Melanie S. Griffin, Esq.
Patricia Griffith
Mary Ellen Higgins
Suzanne C. Iverson
Jimmy D. Jackson
Emily A. Kaller
Ilene S. Katz
Mary S. Knowles
Jan M. Koehn-Selman
Miriam W. Lampen
Sandra Lanman
Susan S. Lederman
Diane Legreide
   in honor of Kathleen Crotty
   and Greta Kiernan





Maurice DuPont Lee, Jr.
Joanne M. Linderoth
Laura A. Liswood
Julia MacDermott
Anna Mahoney
Ruth B. Mandel
   in honor of Ida F.S. Schmertz
Dianne McKay
Carol A. S. Meier, Esq.
   in memory of Helen A. Stanton
Shelley Jacobs Mintz
Stewart R. Mott Foundation
   on behalf of Anne B. Zill
Joy Picus
The Honorable Deborah T. Poritz
Dorothy P. Romaine
Lynn C. Scheffey
Eva Schlachter
   in memory of Henry Schlachter
Candance Straight
Patricia Todd Campaign Account
Jessica Tomalo
Christy Van Horn
   in honor of Debbie Walsh
Vas Law, LLC
Election Fund of Weinberg for Senate
Betty Wilson
Eleanor Winslow
Adelaide S. Zagoren
Joan Getaz Zumoff
   in honor of Margaret Getaz

And the many friends of the Center whose general support is applied to this project.

 Ready to Run™ National Expansion
  W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 Women and American Politics Research Inventory Project
  Political Parity Program for the Hunt Alternatives Fund