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2026 Symphony Ball Benefit Event

Thank you for attending Symphony Ball on Saturday, October 10, hosted by the Women’s Board. Event photos will be available soon. 

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Symphony Ball’s Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

Chorus Sponsor

Platinum Sponsors

The Negaunee Foundation

Bill and Cathy Osborn

Andrew Pritzker

Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation

Gold Sponsors

Sharon Angell

Anonymous

Lori Julian

Nancy and E. Scott Santi

Steve and Megan Shebik

Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas

Laura and Terrence Truax

Zell Family Foundation

Silver Sponsors

AAR CORP

Charles Schwab

Jennifer Christensen and Gifford R. Zimmerman

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Helen Han and Dan Pan

Jessen Family

Mayer Brown LLP

Paul and Lynne McDonough

McGuireWoods LLP

PNC

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

VIP Box Experience Patrons

Robert J. Bailey and Kevin O’Brien

Hannah and Brett Harrison

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett

Shelley Ochab and Chester Gougis

LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde Smith McGregor

Cynthia and Michael Scholl

VIP Experience Patrons

Peter and Elise Barack

Elizabeth Berry and Philip S. Revzin

Britta Bolin and Peter Kupferberg

John D. and Leslie Henner Burns

Orit Carpenter

Suzanne and Charles Demirjian

Global Verification Network

Lionel and Mary Go

Mariam Hakim-Zargar

Suzanne Hoffman

William and Colette Rodon Hornof

Elizabeth Jia and Andy Salk

Mirjana Martich and Zoran Lazarevic

Toni-Marie Montgomery

Mark and Gloria Nusbaum

Gala General Admission Patrons

Rene and Philip Alphonse 

Ila Bahuguna-Mehta and Neil Mehta

Cynthia Bates

Hazel Bisou

Joanne Brooks and Dr. Wolf Peddinghaus

Jacqui Cheng and Clint Ecker

Judith E. Feldman

Sarah Good and Mark Mosley

Mary Lee and Michael Gosz

Barbara Greis

GCM Grosvenor

Nancy Hess and John Zautcke

Peter Litton and Jill Rein

Rose Murphy

Victoria Nee

Tanya Radakovic

Brad Pohlman and Julie Callsen

John and Heidi Rogers

Cristina Romero and Rama Kumanduri

Sandy Rusnak

Ruthie and Rich Ryan

Kim Shepherd

Leah Simmons

Susan Taylor

Paul S. Watford and Brenda A. Darrell

Dr. Tommy Zakrzewski and Heather Haskin

Contributors

Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV

Larry and Patricia Booth

Liz Branch

Rosemarie and Dean L.† Buntrock

Rachel Cowen and Sharon Llamas

Juli Crabtree and Donald Horvath

Donna and David Fleming

Elisa Harris and Ivo Daalder

Kyle Harvey

Anna and Mark Hertsberg

Felisa Kaplan

Randy Kroszner and David Nelson

Laurance C. Martin

Tim Martin

Scott and Judy McCue

McKinsey & Company

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley

Elizabeth Parker and Keith Crow

Mary Rafferty

Alex Ripley

Courtney Shea

Paul Wierbicki and Anne Becker

Overture Council

Jacob Bonnema

Emily Duda

Kim Ellwein and Jesse Jordan

Matthew Fry

David Greene

Erika Knierim

Suet Lee

Elizabeth Liu

Dr. Valerie V. Mayuga

Benjamin Stewart

Ken Zhang

In-Kind Donors

Media Partners

Hosted by the Women’s Board

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