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The following individuals have distinguished themselves as supporters of quality online journalism by underwriting this site.
INNER CIRCLE
Inner Circle members are charter supporters who pledge between $500 and $1,500 per year, either as a one-time donation or on a monthly basis. Inner Circle members receive special benefits, including access to a secret Facebook group and a subscription to our exclusive monthly newsletter sent to our corporate underwriters, with metrics and insights into the advocacy.
Advocate (over $1,500)
✓ • ⭑ Tim Doke
⭑ Charles Leocha
Curator ($750 to $1,490)
⭑ William Cowling
✓ • ⭑ Mark Hoffmann
• ⭑ David Kazarian
• Jimmy Niemann
Supporter ($500 to $740)
• John Baker
✓ • Teri Bergin
• Consumer Corps
• Blue Ribbon Bags
• Walter Halen
⭑ Sonia Huang
✓ Paula Jones
• Martin Sands
⭑ Peg Simpson
• Deborah Talley
UNDERWRITERS
Underwriters are key supporters who make one or more contributions to the advocacy cause during our semi-annual fundraisers. Underwriters are eligible for premium giveaways and receive a special, underwriters-only newsletter.
Patron (over $150)
✓ • Anonymous
• Frank Abbate
✓ Larry Ayres
✓ • ⭑ Larry Baird
✓ Russell Berry
• ⭑ Kathryn Binau
✓ David Bluett
✓ Neal Borden
• Deborah Chiles
• Nancy Clark
⭑ Kathleen Colburn
✓ Christina Conroy
• Dwayne Coward
⭑ Sheila Danzig
✓ • ⭑ Lila Davis
⭑ Clarence Delbridge
✓ Marian Derlet
• Liz Dickinson
✓ Debra Diener
⭑ Rosemary Ditmore
• ⭑ James Doll
✓ Jerry Flake
✓ Jennifer Finger
✓ William Fisher
• William Greenberg
• Michelle Harris
• Thomas Haynes
• Bonnie Hirschhorn
✓ Steven Hoekman
• L Hubbard Jr
• Daniel Kaminski
✓ Jeremy Katz
• Koji Kawana
✓ Bonnie Kay
Peter Klein
• Harry Kopy
Suzanne Kraft
• Bill Laub
⭑ Janice Lang
⭑ Ken Lee
• ⭑ Joel Magyar
• Julie Mayson
• Rachel McDonald
• ⭒ William Moore
✓ Carol Navarro
✓ • Cynthia O’Leary
• Alex Packer
✓ ⭑ Caroline Paulsen
✓ Jade Quek
• Bonnie Salt
✓ Aren Sandersen
✓ Martin Sands
✓ • Angela Schwartz
✓ ⭑ • Robert and Jean Seipel
✓ Terry Seligman
• Ken Smith
• Laurel Smith
✓ • Katherine Stengel
• Tabby Stone
• William Sugg
✓ • ⭑ Miriam Sundram
✓ • ⭑ Stephanus Surjaputra
⭑ Deborah Talley
• Michael Tipton
✓ Nial Van Wagner
⭑ Versopin
Sheena Wendt
• ⭑ Robert Williams
✓ • ⭑ Debbie Winsett
• ⭑ Joseph Wojnowski
⭑ Barbara Yantis
Shahina Zaremba
Benefactor ($75 to $149)
• ACFamily Network
✓ Anonymous
• ⭑ Bob Alessandrelli
✓ Alfred Anderson
• Anonymous
• Judith Aubey
• Peggy Bendel
• Debra Skinner-Belyeu
✓ Brian Berney
✓ Wendy Bell
⭑ Beth Bolick
• Joanne Bourland
• James S Bowers
✓ Laurie Boynton
• Julie Braman
✓ Bill Britton
✓ • ⭑ Bruce Brollini
• Dan Bukowski
✓ • Debra Burger
⭑ Joseph Cabral
Carolyn Charney
✓ Victor Chikasawa
⭑ Claudia Chittenden
⭑ Lynn Clark
⭑ Marcia Cloutier
• David Collins
✓ Christopher Connors
• Marcia Crafts
✓ • Susan Engard
⭑ J M Ewing-Taylor
✓ Jacob Ezell
Betty Facey
• ⭑ Mindy Farabee
✓ ⭑ John Favretto
• Linda Fein
⭑ Joyce Feinberg
• Nancy Ferguson
• Judy Ferrari
⭑ Jeff Filipov
✓ Rachel Flahive
• Erin J Flanagan
⭑ Traci Fox
• ⭑ Garlands Galore
✓ • ⭑ Kevin Garvey
• Sandra Giarde
✓ • ⭑ Paula Gill
✓ Scott Gillette
• ⭑ Sharon Gillingham
✓ • Art Golden
⭒ ✓ Charles Golden
• ⭑ Kathy Galloway
⭑ Judith Goldschmidt
• Alan Gore
• Willy Gorrissen
• Mesquite Gourds
⭑ Leslie Gracey
• Bruce Grossetta
✓ • David Guggenhime
• Jayne Hanlin
• Susan Harper
• N Alan Harris
• Judith Hiller
✓ • Frank Hollowell
✓ Ann Houser
✓ L Hubbard Jr
• Richard Ingram
• Angela Jenkins
✓ Keith Kaser
✓ • Nadine Kelley
⭑ Brooke Dickson-Knowles
✓ Michelle Krueger
• Linda Kurpjuweit
• Winifred Lanoix
⭑ John Laxson
⭑ Robert Leidy
✓ Leslie Lethridge
⭑ Ted Lewandowski
• ⭑⭒ Nancy Lewis
⭑ Carrie Livingston
⭑ Jackson Loos
⭑ MW&C Ltd
✓ Bernice Lu
✓ Joan Lutton
• Beverly Lynn
• Harris MacK
✓ • ⭑ Theodore Manekin
• Vincent Marano
• Hugh Matheson
✓ Nancy Mau
✓⭑ William McBain
✓ Kristin McCoy
⭑ Roger McDonald
• James P McDonough Jr
• Michael McGuire
⭑ Ron McGuire
⭑ Bob McIntyre
✓ Kathleen Mcnamara
✓ Helen Mehrkens
• Robert Mergliano
George Meyer
• Shawn Messonnier
✓ Paula Miller
⭑ Steven Millang
⭑ Zina Mirsky
✓ Anne Mitchell
• Tammy Morris
• Margo Mynderse-Isola
✓ Wally Nash
✓ Barbara Nathanson
• Carol Navarro
Francis Neely
• June Nelson
✓ Katherine O’Conor
✓ Joe Oliver
⭑ Gennaro Ottomanelli
✓ Anne Padilla
• Robert Pascal
Deborah Perlman
Stevie Platt
⭑ Romeo Raabe
• Albert Rabinovitch
⭑ Sahar Arafat-Ray
• John Reed
• Gloria Reese
✓ • Karen Roberts
April Robillos
• Renee a Russell
• Lorraine Schaefer
✓ Marna Sheftic
✓ ⭑⭒ Jennifer Schneider
✓ Timothy Scales
• Jay Schiff
✓ • Timothy Scott
• Debra Skinner
• Cynthia Slezak
⭑ Richard P Smiraglia
• Vanessa Stern
• Sarah Stevens-Rayburn
✓ Ruth Stevick
• TDCS
• Clay Templin
• Robert Turnberg
✓ • ⭑ Nancye Van Brunt
• ⭑ Usborne Book Team
⭑ Tiemi Washington
✓ Tracey Warren
• Cindy Watty
• Arthur Weinrach
• Joseph Whittington
⭑ Susan K. Wilkofsky
⭑ Patricia Woeber
• Patricia Worthington
✓ • Paul Yasenchak
Associate ($74 and under)
• ⭑ Lloyd Abdelnour
✓ ⭑ Irwin Abrams
• ⭑ Karin Amour
✓ Pamela Anderson
⭑ Judith Anshin
✓ • Nigel Appleby
✓ • Roger Arndt
✓ Barbara Atkinson
• Thomas L Auth
✓ Judy Azbill
⭑ Leslie Azor
✓ Trone/Baird Charitable Trust
✓ ⭑ Stephen Baker
✓ MD Baldwin
• Linda Barbone
• Kent Barnard
✓ Kathy Barnes
✓ Mark Beales
✓ • Douglas Beatty
✓ • Helen Beck
• Thomas Becker
• Gordon Beeton
• Brian Behal
• Carl Behnke
⭒ ✓ • Nancy Beja
⭑ Karen Belnap
• James Berdahl
✓ Barbara Bergmann
• ⭑ Howard Berlin
✓ Laurie Billowitz
✓ • Clifford Blinman
✓ • ⭑ Mel Blumenthal
⭑ Peggy Borchert
• Lawrence Borden
• Anastasia Bowman
• Randall Boyer
• ⭑ Gary Bozin
✓ • Christopher Bradie
Richard Breen
• Amber Brill
⭑ Penelope Brindley
Ronna Brown
• ⭑ Janet Brueck
✓ Jeannie Brust
Michael Buck
✓ Laine Buckingham
• Sharon Burr
⭑ Janet Campbell
✓ Karla Campbell
✓ ⭑ Marcia Caldwell
✓ Rodney Caldwell
• Fred Cardi
• Michael Cartier
✓ • Michael Chapman
• Nancy Chaudoir
✓ Denise Chen
✓ • Helga Christopherson
• Jb Clark
✓ • Charles Coleman
✓ Don Corleone
✓ ⭑ Jon Courtway
✓⭑ Lonnie Clar
✓ • ⭑ Leeanne Clark
✓ Mary Anne Cleaveland
✓ • ⭑ Janet Cohen
✓ Candi Kruse
• Roderick Cywinski
• Marilyn Daggett
• Patricia Dailey
✓ Steve Danishek
⭑ Harvey Paul Davidson
• George Dazkevich
• Clarence Delbridge
⭑ Nathaniel Delgado
• Joan Denman
• Robert Denno
✓ Sandy Diggins
• Ronald W Diprofio
• Michael Donato
• Sheryl Drexelius
✓ Thomas Driscoll
• Jean Duxbury
• James Earnest
• D L Egan
✓ John Eiffert
• Norma Eigles
✓ Lauren Eilberg
✓ David Emery
• Alice H Engelman
• Harvey Ettinger
• Jim Everett
• Mark Fahey
✓ Susan Farkas
• Jeanne Fec
⭑ Susan Felderman
• James Fellers
• Karen Felsted
• M Katrina Fey
✓ • Norberto Finkel
✓ Carol Flakes
• Marylou Foley
• Ronald Fore
• Richard Forest
✓ Rose Ford
• Ron Franklin
✓ Patricia Frasca
• ⭑ Melanie Frazier
• Jeff Fredman
• Linda Frese
✓ Chaya Friedman
• James Gallman
• Amy Galigan
✓ Fe Garbanzos
• Tina Garrison
✓ • Ron Gauerke
✓ • James Gerber
✓ John Gest
⭑ Rita Gill
• Michael Gilmartin
✓ Mark Gluckman
The Goddard School
• Karen Goldman
• Robert Good
✓ Robb Gordon
✓ Willy Gorrissen
• Leslie Gracey
✓ Nora Graf
✓ Gary Green
✓ • George Greene
✓ Zane Greene
• Mark Gregory
• Kathleen Gulizia
✓ • Joan C Gunder
• Denise Gurgens
✓ • John Hahn
✓ Ronald Hall
✓ Marilyn Hamly
✓⭑ Karyn Hannigan
• Susan Harper
• Benjamin Harris
✓ Michele Harris
• ⭑ Julie Hart
• Nancy Hartshorn
✓ Alison Hawthorne
• James Healey
• Scott Heidrich
✓ ⭑ James Hendrickson
Nicholas Herold
• Larry Hickerson
• Russ Hills
✓ Douglas Himberger
• Edward F Hinchliffe
✓ Steven Hoekman
• Ralph Horton
• Philip and Janie Horowitz
✓ Eric Hochstein
✓ Hillary Howard
✓ • Karen Hunt
✓ Elliot Hutkin
✓ Billie Hyde
• ⭑ Judyth Hyll
✓ Janice Idyll
✓ Fern Jackson
• Bridgett a Jackson-Goode
✓ • ⭑ Penny Janz
Helen Jenkins
• Deborah Jones
• Sally Jorden
✓ Callie Joseph
• David Judd
Gernot Jung
• Beverley Kagan
✓ • David Kalmansohn
• Dean Kato
⭑ Sharon Kaiser
✓ • Jill Kaiserman
⭑⭒ David Katz
• Norman Kaufman
✓ Ivan Kazen
✓ Richard Keavy
• Rise Anne Keller
✓ Cynthia Kelley
✓ Jenifer Kelley
• Nancy Kellum
✓ Arline Kennedy
• BJ Kerekes
• Alia Khidiatova
✓ Jere Kirkley
• Lee Kirsch
• Laura Koch
✓ Nancy Kochuk
• ⭑ Mary M Koss
• Lonnie Klar
• Rona Klein
⭑ Alan Knopf
✓ • Sandie Knopf
✓ Robert Knox
✓ Leslie Koscielecki
✓ Aleksandr Krasner
• ⭑ Shirley Kroot
✓ Phil Krysek
✓ Daria Labinsky
✓ Barbara Lacca
⭑ Mitchell Lane
• Gary Lapp
• GoMobileCleveland
• Dean Larson
✓ Linda Laundra
⭑ Nancy Law
✓ Barbara Leary
✓ • Robert Lebreux
• Sandra Lederman
• Brian Leibowitz
✓ Howard Leight
✓ David Levine
⭑ Leonard Levy
✓ • Melinda Ligon
• Barbara Liguori
✓ ⭑ Anne Loch
James Lockard
• Anne and John Lowdn
⭑ Kathleen Lobato-Martinez
• ⭑ William Lodge
✓ Vincent Lum
• Roberta Lyman
✓ • Mary Maas
• Maureen Mannion
• Steven Marinoff
• Robert Marks
Douglas Marshak
⭑ Katherine Marshall
• Katherine Martin
• Katherine Marshall
⭑ Charles Marvin
⭑ Marie Matthews
✓ • Tom Matthews
• Tom Measday
✓ ⭑ Joe Meboe
• Mary K McBride
• Elizabeth McCallum
✓ Bill McCloskey
• Sandra McCray
Robert Mcdonald
✓ ⭑ Robert McGuire
• Steven McLafferty
⭑ Ann and William McMahon
Jack McNiff
✓ Rebecca McCormick
• John McQueen
• Tom McShane
⭑ Michael Michalski
✓ Robert Miller
• ⭑ Marie Mire
✓ Margaret Moizel
• Kristen Montag
• Lynn M Moore
✓ William Moore
✓ Joyce Morse
• Sally Mortenson
✓ Gregg Moscoe
✓ George Moses
• James Mowry
✓ Matthew Moxey
• William Muller
✓ Bill Murphy
✓ Belverd Needles
• Marilyn Nenninger
✓ Jeffrey Newman
• Walter Nissen
✓⭑ Sandra Olson
• Michael O’Malley
• Lawrence Olin
✓ Martha Osredker
• Ann O’Sullivan
⭑ MB Osredker
• Catherine Page
• Lex Page
Eileen Palumbo
✓ Prabhakar Pamidi
• Eddie Parker
⭑ Robert Pascal
• Amy P Patterson
✓ David Pearlman
• ⭑ Jo Peckinpaugh
• Patricia Peregrine
✓ Cecilia Petrowsky
• Li Ping Corn Company
✓ • Geoffrey Platt
✓ • Therese Podlipec
• Mark Pokedoff
• Rozanne Polansky
✓ Kerry Prichett
✓ Tim Pruyn
✓ • ⭑ Milissa Putman
• Elizabeth Quinn
• Romeo Raabe
• ⭑ Steven Rabin
✓ Mary Ramirez
• Richard Reed
• Diane Renaud
• Richie’s Blackboard Specials
• Nina Richman-Loo
• ⭑ Janelle Richmond
• Nancy Ripken
✓⭑ Colleen Robinson
• Carolyn Robison
• Rustin Rodewald
• Elizabeth Rodriguiz
⭑ Edward Rochford
• Lin Romano
• Edward Rudow
⭑ Gabriele Russo
Linda Ralston Rzymski
• Marc L Salzman
• Michael Sanderson
• Susan Sather
• David Sattler
• Yasmine Scallan
Dale Schmidt
✓ Kim Scott
⭑ Kristine Scoville
✓ • Joan Schmelzle
• Virginia Schmidt
• Anthony Seebach
• Tom Selstad
• Kim Setliff
⭑ Christine Sforza
• Samir Shah
• Michael Shaikun
• Dianne Schlair
• John Sheehan
• ⭑ Donna Shelton
• Sara Shopkow
• Sister House LLC
• Timothy Simmons
✓ Edward Simon
✓ Robert Skinner
• Sharisse Smith
• Elizabeth Spiegel
✓ Robert Sprecher
✓ Kenneth Spengler
✓ ⭑ Henry Sosinski
✓ • ⭑ Jean-Philippe Simon
✓ Carl Stein
• J Keith Stokes
• Cynthia Stoltz
• Stonebrook Gallery
✓ Monty Strauss
• Paul M. Strickler
✓ • Henry Strozeski
✓ Kathryn Struck
✓ Jean Tam
• Larry Tashlik
⭒ ✓⭑ David Tavernetti
✓ Joanne Thomas
• Larry Tocco
• David Trasoff
• Vacations by Day
✓ Annie Valades
✓ Gregory VanAcker
• Karen Van Spanje
✓ Ruth Vaccaro
✓ Valerio Violo
✓ Giselle V.
✓• Laurie D Vos
⭑ Xandy Waeshe
• Leslie Wackher
• William Walker
✓ Philip Wallas
• Margaret Walton
Bette Waterstreet
✓ Paul Watkins
• A Cynthia Weber
✓ • ⭑ Albert Weihl
• Lee Weikert
✓ Phyllis Whittington
• Samantha Wickham
• Lenore Wilkas
• Mike Williams
• Jarrett Wilson
✓ • ⭑ Richard Wimberley
⭑ Paula Wineland
✓ Lisa Wooding
• Jonathan Woodman
✓ Lesley Woodward
• Ruth M Yonuschot
⭑ Chris Zimmel
⭑ Maurice Zeitler
✓ Sandra Zeoli
• Peter Zollman
⭒ multiple donations during a year.
• supporter during spring fundraiser.
⭑ supporter during winter fundraiser.
✓ supporter during fall fundraiser.