2025-2026 AVPA Foundation Officers and Directors

OFFICERS

Deanna Newell | President

Christy Manos | Vice President

Ellen Davidson | Secretary

Claire Butterworth | Chief Financial Officer 

Sabrina Pick | Asst. Chief Financial Officer

OPEN | Auditor

DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES

Katie McNayr | Art Representative

OPEN | Dance Representative 

Steve Siegel | Film Representative

Ana Cernov & Candice Lewis| Co-Music Representatives 

Jessica Vermette | Theatre Representative

PVCs

Dorothy Blue | Art

Megumi Spector | Dance

Steve Siegel | Film 

Cindy Knopf | Music

Melissa Jurentkuff | Theatre

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

OPEN | Member-at-Large

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Note: Committee Chairs are appointed, not elected. 

Lorraine Derosa + Pamela Porter | Box Office Chairs

Laurie Flenner | Fundraising Chair

Bronwyn Jamrok | Publicity Chair

Caroline Tse | Webmaster

2025-2026 AVPA Foundation Donors

[as of December 10, 2025]

Silver Level
($2,500-$4,999)

Anonymous (1) 
Wade Gentz & Michelle deBaroncelli

Bronze Level
($1,000-$2,499)

Anders & Shelley Berg
Claire Butterworth
Greg & Sunnie Campbell
Caitlin Reed & Michael Gutperle
Gabrielle Heyman
Greg & Bronwyn Jamrok
George & Michael Laase
David Marcus & Nina Rabin
Trudy Sonia
Paul Spector
The Wright Family
The Zimmerman Family

Student Artist Sponsors
($500-$999)

Anonymous (2)
Eun Kim & Robert Ashley
The Arretche Family
Zen Edwards & Andy Beer
The Bowen Family
Traci Wells & Michael Cuculich
Tami & Tara Fitzkoff
Karen Koh & Teddy Gersten
The Gramond Family
Wendy Hamill
The Harmon Family
The Haught & Garner Families
Rolando Gomez & Ana Hernandez
Caroline & Kevin Hoover
Tamara & Evan Johnson
Natalie Kaliszewski
Andrew & Theresa Kim
Jason King & Elyse Klein
The Ku Family
The Kuribayashi Family
Judy Richter & Andrew Leist
Katie & Alec McNayr
Vanessa Martin & Cynthia Miller
Aaron & Rosa Moss
The Newell / Herscovitz Family
Micky Obradovic
Matthew Reiss & Resa Oshiro
Mila Petrella
The Schlatter Family
Spike Schoffman Family
Darrel Menthe & Sarah Stevenson
The Tse-Finn Family
The Turner Family
Maria Vonderhaar
Jessica Cattelino & Noah Zatz

Community Patron
($250-$499)

The Bossin Family
The Brown Family
Stacey Camara
Amy Carbo
The Clearway Haas Family
Arden Doss & Sara Dean
The Diamond Family
The Ejima Family
Vaiata Erven
Melissa & Travis Fischer
Brian Guerrero
The Keough Family
Hannah Liu & Paul Hewitt
Traci Laborde
Niall MacMenamin
Gentaro & Kanako Makinoda
The Mancia Family
The Markham Family
The McGraime Family
Ana Cernov & Patrick McMahon
Josephina Medalla
The Minale Family
Lani Monos
Megan McEwen & Thomas Moran
Scott Morchower
The Naegelen Family
Amy & Ken Palmer
The Lewis Family
Amy Philpott
Angelica Posada & Shahin Orci
The Shiflett Family
Albert & Tina Shim
The Kay-Smith Family
The Sowell Family
Brian Padgett & Tony Spano, Jr. 
Riley Spitz
The Thakur Family
The Vermette Family
The Yu Tsui Family

Workshop Sponsors
($100-$249)

Anonymous (1)
Ashley Brabham & Caden Harvey
Illia Brezhniev
Kensie Chang
Aaron Edmonds & Mabel Frias
The Escobedo Family
The Hoffman Family
The Iverson Family
The Kalofonos / Krantz Family
Savin Kumar
The Lamb Family
Joelle Lavoie
Michelle Feigenblatt
Greg Weed & Annette Lee
The Rodriguez Milosevic Family
The Nishii Family
Sandy Lee & Wendy Ortiz
Pam Porter
Matthew Pristave
Mariena & Jose Quintanilla
Walter & Mary Schrecker
The Sergant-Waisman Family
The Shakin Family
Andy & Hope Smith
Kelli Tarvyd
Jeff & Martha Timmer
Lea Vansickle
Brooke Wilkinson
Lynn Williams