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2023 RED JACKET OPTIONAL SPONSORS

Red Jacket Optional is essential to making Uniting Voices Chicago’s life-changing programs accessible. Every year, we connect thousands of diverse youth across Chicago through high-quality music education. Your investment empowers our students to make a lasting impact both at home and around the globe.


 

Fortissimo ($60,000)

ROSE & BOB FEALY

THE HATHERLY FAMILY

DAVID & LESLY KOO


Forte ($30,000)

ELLEN-BLAIR CHUBE

 

DAMICO FAMILY FOUNDATION

MRIDU & CHANDRA SEKHAR


Mezzo Piano ($15,000)

MICHELLE & TOM CUSICK

CAROLINE & ADAM DETTMAN

SUZANNE EL-MOURSI & DR. BASSEL ERICSOUSSI

JACQUELINE GRIESDORN & KEVIN MATZKE

CINDY & MIKE O’CONNOR

 

JAMIE & BRIAN VANDENBERG

 

Pianissimo ($10,000)

Accordion | Melissa Kibler & Vince Lazar

Tracey & Ed Benford

Heiji & Brian Black

BMO

Ruth & Patrick Boehmer

Capital One Healthcare

Egwele & Company | Brian & Amber Egwele

George and Bob Fund

Cornelia Grumman & Jim Warren

Laura & Jeff Haxer

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Rob & Kathleen Katz

Erin & Peter Lane

Latham & Watkins LLP

Ann Marie Lipinski & Steve Kagan

Oil-Dri Corporation of America

Diane & Jim Pearse

Renee & John Salomon

Rahul Sekhar & Lauren Johnson Sekhar

Kanwar & Avanti Singh

Laura & Scott Stern | First Unitarian Society of Chicago

Isabelle & Michael Teplitsky

Ron & Patty Weiss


Sotto Voce ($7,500)

Ariel Investments and John W. Rogers, Jr.

Meg & Karl Frey

David Hiller

Douglas A. Hirsch & Holly S. Andersen Family Foundation Inc.

Josephine Lee


Event Partners

 
 
 
 

 

2022 red jacket optional sponsors

See who drove impact for our record-breaking Red Jacket Optional 2022.

 

Fortissimo ($60,000)

The Damico Family Foundation

Rose & Boby Fealy

John & Christina Hatherly

David & Lesly Koo


Forte ($30,000)

 

Ellen-Blair Chube

Mridu & Chandra Sekhar


Mezzo Piano ($15,000)

Jacqueline Griesdorn
& Kevin Matzke

John Hong & Ellee Pai Hong

Becky & Lester Knight

Rahul Sekhar & Lauren Johnson Sekhar

Dr. Doris Wineman, PhD

Isabelle & Michael Teplitsky


Pianissimo ($10,000)

Accordion | Melissa Kibler & Vince Lazar

Himal Agarwal & Shimul Lahoti | Millennium Bank

Gerry Barad & Bridget Thomas

Tracey & Ed Benford | Goldman Sachs

Heiji & Brian Black

The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation

BMO

C3 Presents | Lollapalooza | Sueños

Tim Calkins & Carol Saltoun

Capital One Healthcare

Guy & Becky Chipparoni | Res Publica Group

Thomas & Michelle Cusick

Caroline & Adam Dettman

Egwele & Company | Brian & Amber Egwele

Suzanne EL-Moursi & Dr. Bassel Ericsoussi

Michael & Michelle Episcope

First Unitarian Society of Chicago | Laura Stern

George & Bob Fund

Jacqui & Richard Hawwa

Laura & Jeff Haxer

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Rob & Kathleen Katz

Ann Marie Lipinski & Steve Kagan

Erin & Peter Lane

Latham & Watkins LLP

Deneese & Matthew Levin

Jim & Ginger Meyer

Chrysa & Jeff Moster

Kala & Mike Moynihan

Diane & Jim Pearse

Peoples Gas

Gina Provenzale | Whitehorse Capital

Renee & John Salomon

Shure Inc

Kanwar & Avanti Singh

Stifel Investment Banking Group

Ron & Patty Weiss


Sotto Voce ($7,500)

Anonymous

Charlie Mills

Elevate Patient Financial Solutions

Jim Gordon, The Edgewater Group

Matthew & Kim Stauber

Todd Warnock & Family


Event Partners

 
 

 
 

2021 Red jacket optional Sponsors

See who drove impact for our 65th Anniversary Season.


Fortissimo ($60,000)

 

Rose & Bob Fealy

The Hatherly Family

 

Jamie & Brian Vandenberg

 

Forte ($30,000)

Ellen-Blair Chube

Rahul Sekhar &
Lauren Johnson Sekhar

Renee & John Salomon


Mezzo Piano ($15,000)

Jacqueline Griesdorn
& Kevin Matzke

Mridu & Chandra Sekhar

Ron & Patty Weiss


Pianissimo ($10,000)

Himal Agarwal & Shimul Lahoti/
Millennium Bank

Katie and Rob Ashcroft

Gerry Barad & Bridget Thomas

Tracey & Ed Benford/Goldman Sachs

Patrick & Ruth Boehmer

Thomas & Michelle Cusick

Caroline & Adam Dettman

Egwele & Company/Brian & Amber Egwele

Suzanne EL-Moursi & Dr. Bassel Ericsoussi

Jacqui & Richard Hawwa

John Hong & Ellee Pai Hong

Rob & Kathleen Katz

Erin & Peter Lane

Liz & Eric Lefkofsky

Deneese Walia Levin & Matthew Levin

Ann Marie Lipinski & Steve Kagan

Mackinac Partners, an Accordion company/Melissa Kibler

Jim & Ginger Meyer

Kala & Mike Moynihan

Matt & Carrie Parr

Diane & Jim Pearse

Shure Inc

The Teplitsky Family


Sotto Voce ($7,500)


Capital One Healthcare

David Hiller

First Unitarian Society of Chicago

Nora Jaskowiak & Matthew Hinerfeld

Chrysa & Jeff Moster

Peoples Gas

Kanwar & Avanti Singh

Voice of Chicago Families


Event Partners


Additional Support From

Avani Agarwal & Patrick Sellers

Amy & Brian Boonstra

Christopher & Susan Burke

The Chicago Community Trust

Christopher C. Curfman

Celine Fitzgerald

FTI Consulting

Steve & Rebecca Gerstung

Andi & Jim Gordon, The Edgewater Funds

Nicola & Francis Idehen

Jones Day/Michael Conway

Ashley & Mike Joyce

Koenig Family Foundation

Jonathan & Karen Marotta

Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd

Erin Murphy

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

The Nolan Family Foundation

ORBA

Mary Jane Raymond

Harris Sessions

Valerie & Lee Shapiro

Shore Capital Partners

Jason & Ariel Wortendyke

 

For any changes to your donor recognition listing, please contact Maria Sanchez at 312.849.8300 x126 or msanchez@unitingvoiceschicago.org.

Red Jacket Optional is essential to making Uniting Voices Chicago’s life-changing programs accessible. Every year, we connect thousands of diverse youth across Chicago through high-quality music education. Your investment empowers our students to make a lasting impact both at home and around the globe.