Gala Support
On July 25, 2024, we celebrated 20 years of ViM Berkshires.
We honored two of our co-founders, Matt Mandel and Art Peisner, and remembered co-founder Paul Smilow along with the many volunteers upon whose shoulders we stand. The celebration was made possible through the generosity of the individuals and businesses listed below.
20th Birthday Superstars ($25K+)
Star Underwriters ($10K+)
Joan & Jim Hunter
Claudia Perles & Gerry Fultz
Jay Kistler & Chris Conklin
Underwriters ($5K+)
Nelda McGraw
Dena & John Fisher
Elizabeth Olenbush & Roger Levine
Elissa Myers & Shelly Friedman, in honor of Catherine & Matt Mandel
Marianne & Gray Ellrodt
Annie Selke & Jim Crane
Gamechangers ($3K+)
Ellen Kennedy & Mark Gold
Susan & Arthur Peisner
Yolanda & David Klein
Nancy & Steven Bernstein
Patricia and David Hubbard
Julie Farmer & Scott Lazarus
Doug & Ginny Hyde
Sponsors ($1K+)
Wendy Jennis & Doug Mishkin
Caitlin & Mitch Nash
Marita & David Glodt
Claire & Edward Stiepleman
Gail DeNicola
Paula & Samuel Thier
Sally & Stephen Wittenberg
Pier Boutin & Jack Lyons
Eliana Turner & Roger Tilles
Wendy Sherman & Bruce Stokes
Julie & Jeffrey Blake
Peter Metz
Susan Abramowitz
Andrea Winter & Daniel Mintz
Susan & Henry Ferlauto
Catherine & Matthew Mandel
Miriam Jimenez & John Tumelty
Katja & Kenneth Mayer
Sharon & Robert Harrison
Carol & Herbert Diamond
Betsy Aubrey & Steve Lichtenberg
Mary & Seth Nash
Lisa Messinger
Karen & Charley Herbert
Karen & Bob Youdelman
Gina & John Toole
Ken DeLoreto & Ritch Holben
The Smilow-Brick Family, in honor of Paul Smilow
Linda Smothers & Richard Gregg
Chris & Jim Schwarz
Monica Casey & Paul Turovsky
Irene Rosenzweig & Howard Jaffe
Elizabeth Goodman
Susan & Judd Shoval
Sarah Horowitz & David Venarde
Marilyn & Elihu Katzman
Ellen & Michael Martin
Bunny & Jim Whitman
Kathryn Klingenstein