EVENT co-CHAIRS
Mary McDermott Cook and Grace Cook
honorary CHAIRs
Carol and Don Glendenning
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Underwriters
PRESENTED BY
The Eugene McDermott Foundation
TROOP OF GORILLAS
Kate and Lane Britain
Lyda Hill
NexPoint Philanthropies
Reliant
FLAMBOYANCE OF FLAMINGOS
Ann Stuart in memory of Ray R. Poliakoff,
her beloved husband
COMMITTEE
co-Chairs
Mary McDermott Cook and Grace Cook
HONORARY CHAIRs
Carol and Don Glendenning
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Diane Brierley
Marena Gault
Cindy Gummer
Kim Hext
Gayla Von Ehr
UNDERWRITING COMMITTEE
Rob Swift, Chair
Marena Gault
Ryan Gummer
Nancy Patterson
Stephen Penrose
Rudy Rodriguez, Jr.
Steven J. Roth
Ruth Ruhl
Justin Shipley
LIVE AUCTION COMMITTEE
Thai-lan Tran, Chair
Robyn Chauvin
John Levy
Gloria Snead
Big Board
Cindy Gummer, Chair
SILENT AUCTION COMMITTEE
Claudia and Preston Hext, Chairs
Purvi and Bill Albers
Calvert Collins-Bratton
Evo Sadowsky
Chuck Steelman
Emma Vernon and Chance Jones
RAFFLE COMMITTEE
Caroline Symcox and
Matthew Meadows, Co-Chairs
WINE GUYS
Greg Hext
Preston Hext
Matthew Meadows
Michael Meadows
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING COMMITTEE
Darryl Ratcliff, Chair
Nicole Leone
Rachel Michell
Miles Trapp-Danielson
CHEF WRANGLER
Brett Krafft
CHEF RECRUITER
Jimmy Contreras
HONORARY CHEF
Dan Landsberg
Host COMMITTEE
HOST COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Steven J. Roth and Thai-lan Tran
Tiffany and Bobby Abtahi
John Adolph
Stephanie and Donald Ainscow
Purvi and Bill Albers
Bonner and Thomas Allen
Jennifer and Peter Altabef
Mary and Travis Andres
Angela and Alex Arellano
The Honorable Carolyn King Arnold
April Audain
Jarrod Bassman
Jayda Batchelder and Michael Guirguis
Britt and Jake Bender
Paula and Barry Blackmon
Carole Braden
Diane and Hal Brierley
Kate and Lane Britain
Robyn and Chris Chauvin
Calvert and Vince Collins
Lane Conner
Emily and David Corrigan
Katherine and Harlan Crow
Erin and Michael DeJesus
Barbara and Steven Durham
Alina and Ruben Esquivel
Sandra Estess
Julie and Bill Evans
Lois and Ross Finkelman
Lynn Fisher
Julie Ford
Leslie Garner
Jennifer and John Gates
Marena and Roger Gault
Brittany and Michael Glendenning
Samantha and Scott Goldstein
Hazel and David Greene
Alisha and Chris Gummer
Cameron and Jay Gummer
Cindy and Chuck Gummer
Michelle and Ryan Gummer
Debra and Ken Hamlett
Kathy and Kevin Hanrahan
Edna and Xavier Henderson
Claudia and Preston Hext
Kim and Greg Hext
Shawna and Josh Hinkel
Alison Hollender
Marissa and Michael Horne
Sharon Hudson
Matrice and Ron Kirk
Kline Family Foundation
Cynthia and Jim Leano
Nicole and Nico Leone
Carol and John Levy
Sarah and Alan Losinger
Pat and Charles McEvoy
Amanda Mahaney
Amy and Michael Meadows
Jill Mellinger
Jennifer and Steve Miff
Jerry Miller
Kaylyn and Mike Montgomery
Dawn and Steve Moore
Monica and Jesse Moreno
Cheryl Camin Murray and Blake Murray
Ruth Mutch
NexPoint Philanthropies
Dan Patterson
Nancy Patterson and Larry Maxwell
Stephen Penrose
Nancy and Doug Rabe
Blair and Daniel Raggio
Darryl Ratcliff
Sherri and Brad Rejebian
Darrel and Jeff Rice
Katie Robbins
Edgar A. Robinson Family
Stacy and Rudy Rodriguez, Jr.
Suzann Ruff
Ruth Ruhl
Deborah and Gavin Ryan
Evo Sadowsky
Byron and Celeste Sanders
Diana and Sam Self
Gretel and Justin Shipley
Amanda and Charlie Shufeldt
Lisa K. Simmons
Gloria and Juan Ernesto Snead
Sarah-Michelle Stearns
Chuck Steelman
Amy and Edward Stewart
Barbie and Thomas Stewart
Ann Stuart in memory of Ray R. Poliakoff, her beloved husband
Rob Swift
Caroline Symcox and Matthew Meadows
Miles Trapp-Danielson
Shyla Valentine
Fallon and Robie Vaughn
Emma Vernon and Chance Jones
Alicia Voltmer
Gayla and Jim Von Ehr
Joan and Alan Walne
Stephanie and Autry Warren
Jane Williams
Aimee Williams-Ramey and Royce Ramey
Ellen Winspear
CW Whitaker
Sponsors
Official Zoo Airline
HOST COMMITTEE RECEPTION SPONSOR
