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