Sponsors and Contributors Annual Event 2025

Thank you to our incredible sponsors for supporting this year’s annual David Broza concert. Your generosity and commitment make this special tradition possible, bringing music, culture, and community together year after year. We are truly grateful for your continued support.

Event Co-Chairs

Sandy Starkman and Larry Pachter
Ronit and Dan Ripes

Host Committee

Eve and Rich Biller • Melissa and Phil Block • Sara and Greg Block • Leah and Jori Brajer • Sara and Steven Coven
Lael and Mark Edelstein • Nancy and Maury Fertig • Rachel and Matt Field • Jennifer Flink • Stew Flink • Elise and Ira Frost
Mary Ellen and Larry Goldsmith • Nami and David Goldenberg • Marilyn Hirsch and Gary Gordon
Jordana and Jared Greenberg • Nina and Arnie Harris • Carly and Jefford Humes • Rebecca and Brian Jacobson
Audra Kaplan and Alan Spellberg • Ellen and Aaron Krumbein • Linda and Stuart Kupfer • Bobbi and Jeff Kwall
Andrea and Ben Leshem • Yael Mirelman and Pere Berkowitz • Allison and Adam Nemirow • Danielle and Jonathan Pearl
Jamie Glass Pestine & Matt Pestine • Marissa and Jonathan Rosenberg • Robyn Newman and Marty Rosenthal
Rachel and Alan Russo • Sivan and Mark Schondorf • Dawn Sidney and Gordon Schwartz
Stephanie and Michael Smerling • Michelle Wasserman and David Smith
Karen B. Weiss • Debbie and Adam Winick • Leslye and Brian Whittman • Amy and Jon Yaffe
Judy Hirsch Zelin and Richard Zelin.

Sponsors

SAPHIRE

Glass Family Foundation
Lori Stark and David Shapiro*

DIAMOND

Marla and Terry Grossberg*
Beth and Jeff Kopin*
Jackie and Michael Melinger*

PLATINUM

Audra Kaplan and Alan Spellberg*
Karen and Hal Sider

GOLD

Karen and Michael Kesner*
Resnick-Cooper Family

SUPPORTERS

Wendy and Steven Abrams
Julie and Joel Africk
Cheryl and Ted Banks
Leah and Jori Brajer
Gail and Andrew Brown
Gigi Cohen and Michael Levin
Adrienne Eckerling
Nancy and Maury Fertig
Elise and Ira Frost
June Back Frydman
Jared & Jordana Greenberg
Barbara and Stuart Hochwert*
Jane and Scott Lederman
Anne McDonagh and David Fishbaum
Ronit and Daniel Ripes
Susan and Marc Sacks
David Schwartz
Fran and Jonathan Sherman
Sandy Starkman and Larry Pachter
Miriam and Morton Steinberg
Mimi Sager Yoskowitz, Marc Yoskowitz and Family

CONTRIBUTORS

Nancy and Richard Becker
Jill and Irwin Bernstein
Rachel and Matt Field
Marcy and Robert Freeman
Nami and David Goldenberg
Hilary and Allan Greenberg
Gail and Bruce Greenspahn
Marilyn Hirsch and Gary Gordon
Judith Hirsch-Zelin and Richard Zelin
Rebecca and Brian Jacobson
Mary and Jerome Kaltman
Anita and Michael Katz
Beth Shapiro Kopin and Benjamin Kopin
Debra and Barry Kravitz
Adrienne and Gerald Lasin
Erica and Zach Lindon
Robyn Newman and Martin Rosenthal
Pamela and Barry Pearl
Denise and Frank Phillips
Devorah and Marc Richards
Miriam and Michael Rudolph
Barbara and Michael Salberg
Marilyn and Rodney Slutzky
Roberta and Leonard Tenner

DOUBLE CHAI

Cara Becker
Robert Berger
Melissa and Phillip Block
Sara and Gregory Block
Lenore Blum
Mary Ellen Bowers and Larry Goldsmith
Gila Bronner and Craig Deligdish
Annette and Gerald Blumberg
Iris and Robert Center
Sara and Steve Coven
Carol and Gordon Derman
Jennifer and Todd Deutch
Francine and David Ephraim
Kim and Eric Ephraim
Susan and Steven Glover
Eileen and Ronald Goldberg
June and Richard Gross
Jill and Steven Hoffman
Suzanne and Donald Horwitz
Wendy and Daniel Kahn
Ellen and Steven Lasin
Ellen Lavin
Carol and Philip Lazarus
Marcy and Kenneth Levin
Arielle and Victor Levitan
Avi Lewittes
Lois Lourie and Michael Gurtman
Laura and Michael Minkus
Allison and Adam Nemirow
Danielle and Jonathan Pearl
Debra Rade
Marissa and Jonathan Rosenberg
Rachel and Allan Russo
Samuel Shanes
Patricia Shapiro
Margaret and Alan Silberman
Elena Silberman Scott and Steve Horak
Beth and Jorge Singman
Stephanie and Michael Smerling
Susan and Elliot Solomon
Tami and Reuben Warshawsky
Michelle Wasserman and David Smith
Carol and Stephen Weiss
Jacqueline and David Wolle

CHAI

Drew Block
Julie Dann and Bradley Schneider
Ellen and Larry Goldstein
Sulie Holt
Annette Lidawer & Robert Rubin
Judith Miller
Karen Weiss

SUPPORTING PARTNER

*Dual Event Sponsors who have generously sponsored both the Art Festival and David Broza Annual Event for North Suburban Synagogue Beth El at $1,000+ levels.