Our Donors
We recognize with deep appreciation the following individuals and institutions for their generous support through gifts that underwrote performances, gallery and pottery operations, arts education, scholarships, outreach programs, operations, and special projects during our most recent fiscal year.
Please contact our Development Team at (434) 528-3256, ext. 118 if we have omitted or incorrectly attributed your gift.
Perennial Society Members
The Perennial Society celebrates and honors those who contribute $2,000 or more to the Academy’s annual fund for programming and operating support.
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Laurie & David Black
Terry & Bob Brennan
Melanie & Lynch Christian
The Estate of Beatrice J. Carter
Jill & John Fees
Frances J. Giles
Elizabeth & Michael Harrington
Rebecca A. Hawkins
Robin & Rick Loving
Patricia Merryman
Mary Jane & Charlie Pryor
Cary & Robert Roberts
Marc A. Schewel
Mary & Rob Taylor
Heather & George Zippel
Sharon & Sandy Ainslie
Charlynne M. Flippin
Betsy & Hugh Jones
Todd Leap & Mark Little
Susan & John Mullin
Leslie & Kimball Payne
Tami & Mike Shadler
Stephanie & Bob Sullivan
Kay & Kent Van Allen
Anitra B. Webster
Jane & Kenneth White
Susan & Jim Ackley
Carole H. & David L. Bowen
Betsy & Mike Brogan
Mary & Stuart Brust
Valerie & Jim Burruss
Regina & Dennis Carter
Cornelia Christian
Lucy & Robert Cook
Mary & Jud Dalton
Lynn & Jim Daly
Trudy & Jimmy Davidson
Rosemary & George Dawson
Beth Doyle
Julie & Peter Doyle
Clarkie & Tom Eppes
Margaret Anne & Cap Eschenroeder
Ann & Rodger Fauber
Kathy & David Firth
Libby & Paul Fitzgerald
Anne & Jack Flippin
Gail & Rex Geveden
Leigh & Billy Giles
Doni C. Guggenheimer
Janie & Tom Hall
Mary Jane & Bill Hobbs
Aubrey C. Hord
Cinda & George Hurt
Crystal & Todd Irby
Libby & Harry Jarrett
Elaine & Bill Johnson
Ula & Alan Kauppi
Nancy & Bill Kershner
Madeline Miller & Gordon Leggett
Cece & Andy MacCallum
Catherine & Mike Madden
Patti S. McCue
Anna & Paul McWane
Jean & Sam Meeks
Denise & Gary Mignogna
Mary W. New
Khoi A. Nguyen
Dorothy & Richard Niles
Katy & Chal Nunn
Ellen & Thomas Nygaard
Elaine & Corey Passman
Hoa & James Peery
Florence & Ned Perrow
Ellen & David Petty
Drs. Dorothy & Clifton Potter
Becky & Greg Porter
Pat & Reggie Pugh
Larry H. Redmond
Betsy & Ben Smith
Elizabeth & Aaron Stroud
Bill Stuart
Sallie & Walker Sydnor
Kelly & Kirk Tattersall
Susan & Tim Timmons
Roger Vaden
Margi & Rob Vaughn
Sally & Davis Von Oesen
Robin & Jim Warner
Randall & John Watts
Meredith & Stuart Whetsell
Alex & Sackett Wood
Mina & Robin Wood
Phyllis B. Workman
Annual Members
Anonymous
Betty & John Alford
Tera & Ben Auch
Moira Rafferty & Robert Bass
Mary Morris Booth
Donna & Brian Bowen
Bettye & Al Chambers
Connie & Steve Crank
Marge C. Dillard
Elizabeth & Michael Doucette
John C. Farnandez
Judy & David Frantz
Rebecca & Nick Frye
Rachel & Ryan Gagen
Helen Gilmer
Rie & Eddie Godsey
Carey Gravely
Donna D. Headley
Sarah & Tim Hellewell
Hermina & Donnie Hendricks
Christie & Kevin Hooper
Megan & Matt Huffman
Jane & Larry Larkin
Judy & Doug Lee
Ella & Mark Magruder
Sue & Brad S. Malcolm
Susan & Peter Manion
Sandra & Aubrey L. Mason
Bill McBratney
Jennifer Wills & Javaun Moradi
Susan & Richard Morris
Kristen & Mick O’Neill
Kappa McGee Peddy
Donald G. Pendleton
Janice & Reg Puckett
Edna & Steve Puckette
Benjamin Reagan
Lori & Jon Roark
Catherine & Wesley Robertson
Jennifer & Shepherd Sittason
Georgeann & Parks Snead
Mary Lynn & Lee Tucker
Pat Gleason & Bill Van Dyke
Judy & John Walker
Nollner & Smokie Watts
Lynne & Frank Weinmeister
John Wolhfert
Betsy & Dick Worthington
Ellen & Lloyd Agnew
Betsy & George Beam
Sallie C. Blosser
Jane & Bob Bowden
Margaret R. Bullock
Nancy J. Cameron
Louise & Malcolm Campbell
Laura & Jess Crumbley
Kathy Cudlin
Sally Curtis
Nancy H. Davidson
Sarah & Jim Dunstan
Anja & John Falcone
Holly & Dan Frazier
Diane Garmey
Mary & Garland Gay
Emily & Fritz Jenkins
Torii Jones
Patty & Conrad Kauppi
Amy & Scott Kowalski
Frieda & Gerald Krohn
Tina & Skip Kughn
Catherine W. Lynn
Karen & Allen Majewski
Sarah P. McBratney
Denise & Travis McDonald
Barbara & Cleve McGehee
Pat & Thomas Mignogna
Barbara & Norman Moon
Karen & Randy Nelson
Bree & Richard Oldham
Kirk Perrow, III
Christiane Ploch & Joseph Wawro
Michael Powers
Monica & John Prahinski
Donna & Rick L. Read
Dennis S. Roberts
Carole M. Royer
Lisa L. Schenkel
Robert E. Scheppegrell
Sandra & Thomas Scott
Mr. William Sellari
Nancy Gray & Jean Stewart
Brenda & John Stokes
Dorothy M. Swain
Baird Taylor
Gail & Luke Van Dyke
Mary Holmes & David Vaughn
Norma & John White
Sarah & Alan Williamson
Trisha & Lester Wooldridge
Marty & Jim Wright
Lucy & William Aiken
Margaret G. Angus
Meralyn & George Autry
Laura & Robert Bailey
Dori & Lincoln Baker
Tracy & Albert Baker
Brock Barkley, Jr.
Gigi & Ted Batt
Kathryn Becker
Sarah Bell
Judy & T.C. Berryman
Mary & David Bice
Deliece & Fred Blanchard
Anna & Patrick Bolling
Heather Boss
Patricia M. Bower
Laura M. Brooks
Vivian Brown
Cynde & John Buckles
Steven Bullock
James Burnette
Gerry & Howard Butler
Margie B. Callahan
Paul F. Caskey
Trish Cerulli
Robert Chapman
Jessica & Nathan Clarkson
Meredith Colley
Sheron Colston
David B. Cook
Nancy & William Cook
Lois & Mark Coward
Emily & Brian Crowder
Gena & Bill Davidson
Antonio M. Davis
Ellen A. Demsky
Eleanor G. Dennis
Audrey & David Dubie
Jessica McAuliffe & Patrick Fannon
Mary Fletcher
Polly & Bob Flint
Patty & Cholly Fox
Patty & Mitch Garbee
Marsha & Robert Gillette
Ka Lee & Jeremy Gustafson
Sarah & David Guza
Lynn A. Hanson
Laurie Harris
Chip Harvey
Maria & Lucas Hayden
Will Henderson
Mary Ellen & James Higgins
Mary & Jim Hoban
Elaine & Myles Jackson
Lynn & Ned Kable
Stephanie & Dave Keebler
Carol & Jim Kershner
Rosellyn & Don Kidd
Tricia Kirby-Wiggins
Angie & Ted Kraje
Bill Kramer
Lindsay & Jeremy Langett
Joanne & John Langford
Sally & Bob Leslie
Joan & Robert MacCallum
Julie McAuley Gonzalez
Erin & Mac McWane
Sherri & Thomas Meyer
Martha & Terry Miller
Victor & Perry Payne Millner
Trisha & Woody Moore
Nancy Morey
Susan & Larry Moxley
Bertram W. Murphy
Mary Barney &
David Neumeyer
Kaye Chandler & Dennis Newton
Ann Parker
Kenneth Patchell
David W. Perkins
Helen E. Petrill
Sarah & Peter Ploch
Carol J. Pomper
Mary F. Pope
Gail & Norman Porter
Anna & Landon Pretty
Jan & Earl Reger
Ann & Elias Richards
Susie & Todd Richards
Trenton Richie
Diane & Mott Robertston
Ellen & Howard Rowlson-Hall
Sharon Sale
Erica Schmidt & Rob Goad
Peggy & Wayne Schwartz
LaTonia & Ronnie Shoultz
Kerry L. Silva
Amanda & Ian Smithson
Schuyler & Ryan Somers
Linda & Eric Sorenson
Nancy & Robert Starkey
Jennifer & Michael Staton
Lou Thornsbury
Dabney & Mike Treacy
Sergei Troubetzkoy
Emily Vranian
Diane & Billy Walker
Jessica & Drake Watts
Phebe & Bill Wescott
Patty & Ken West
Kennon & Charles White
Leah & Scott Wiebe
Judy & Roger Winters
Anne & Bunny Wood
Kathleen & Budd Adams
David Allison
Linda Andrews
Sieglinde Arras
Kathie Avital
Susan & Ron Aycock
Julia & Philip Baker
Victoria Bartholomew & Jordan Reeves
Joy & Robert Bashore
Sue & Gerry Bass
Denise L. Yannone & Stephen Batt
Carolyn & Alex Bell
Bonnie D. Benedict
Charles W. Bennett
Linda & Dave Berg
William Franklin Billingsley III
Patricia Blount
Martha & Dennis Booker
Charlie C. Boyd, Jr.
Patricia E. Bradbury
Karla Buckel
Ed Burnette
Margaret Burton
Lonnie I. Calhoun
Laura Casler
Carol Caswell
Kathy & Bob Chase
Sara Beck & Park Chisolm
John M. Claybrook
Sue & Tim Coleman
Ann & Bill Coulter
Hal C. Craddock
Karen Crosby
Joe Crouch
Jerome M. Daniszewski
Anne & Wilson Dickerson
Adgie & Alex Dirom
Tracey G. Dixon
John Dudley
Georgie & Eldon Easter
Tremayne Edwards
Marion & James Farmer
Elizabeth & David Farnsworth
Charlotte Fischer
Angie Fleming
Ed Fletcher
Jean & Kiah Ford
Elizabeth Foster
Marilyn Romieux Freeman
Brianne Friberg
Nina Garrett
Jodi & Mike Gillette
Carl Gleason
Ann & Louis Graham
Mauresa Guelzo
Kenzie Gunter
Mary & Earl Guthrow
Flo & Bo Hall
Kathy S. Hanger-Hall
Victoria Harper
Cheryl Hawkins
Marie Hawkins
Carla & Everett Heath
Jo-Ann & LeRoy Helferstay
Laura Henry-Stone
Kathryn & Dean Hensley
Jan & Fred Hickey
Carol L. Hinkle
Ellie & John Hubbard
Richard Hughes
Marjorie Huiner
Jeffery E. Hume-Pratuch
Phoebe & Scott Hyman
Molly Roper Jenkins
Susan L. Jenkins
Steve Jester
Linda Westenburger & David Johnson
Cheryle Johnson
Marisa & Clinton Clinton Jones
Ashleigh Karol
Carolyn & Roger Keeling
Joshua Keith
Linda & Paul Kolodny
Elizabeth Lipscomb
Kris & Matthew Lloyd
Mary Loiselle
Daniel Maddox
Alisha R. Marciano
Langhorne L. McCarthy
Anne & Robert McDaniel
Kari & Edwin McIlvaine
Anne & Sandy McKenna
Claire A. Meissner
Carol Mello
Dianne Mendel
Diane Mezzano
Chris Millson-Martula
Pamela & Mike Minkler
Martha Moore
Gretchen & Tom Morgan
Mercedes & Leyburn Mosby
Marjorie Murphy
Susan & Edward Murphy
Russell L. Murphy
Kristin & William Ogden
Shelly & Robert Ore
Donald Ore
Jamie Paauw
Deborah Parkins
Debra & Roger Pede
Doris & Jim Peery
Gisela & Jurgen Pest
Sara Peterson
Nicole & Christopher Plucker
Karen H. Pollok
Michael D. Potter
John J. Powers
Marge & Bill Pressly
Cary Pugh
Josh Quintero
Sydney & Hunter Retan
Belynda & Scott Riley
Anna-Liisa & Jeff Rosner
Mona & H.C. Rudder
Mort Sajadian
Judy & Vince Sawyer
Patricia & Matt Schewel
Nancy & William Schneider
Alicia Schneider
Edward W. Shallock
Jane T. Sigler
Cheryl & G.T. Sligh
Patty & John Spadavecchia
Edith Stadler
Brenda S. Steele
Kim & Dan Stiffler
Donna C. Storm
Bill Symonds
Megan Teel
Donna & E.C. Tibbs
Gary Urquhart
Hans & Ann Van de Graaf
Melissa Ventre
Susan & Frank Walton
Cheyenne Ward
Dorothy Watts
Mollie & Stephen Watts
Carole Stalling Whittle
Lynn Will
Nichole Williams
Zac Williams
Barbara & James D. Williamson
Venus Wilmer
Laura Wise
Sandy & Gene Wolanski
Paula & Joseph Wyatt
Nancy & Bill Young
Institutional Donors
The Ainslie Foundation
Automated Conveyor Systems, Inc.
City of Lynchburg
Genworth Foundation
Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
Harry C. & Jenny W. Hartless Philanthropic Fund
Pacific Life Foundation
The Al Stroobants Foundation
United States Small Business Administration
Virginia Commission for the Arts
BWXT PAC Match Program
McKinnon and Harris Inc.
The Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond
Wells Fargo Foundation
Bethea S. Owen Trust
Electronic Design & Manufacturing
Merryman Charitable Foundation
Old Dominion Box Company Foundation, Inc.
Virginia Small Business Development Center
Baird Foundation
Dodson Pest Control
L3Harris Foundation
Stewart Langley Properties
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Watts Petroleum Corp.
Mallori Teegarden Insurance and Financial Service
Wiltshire Charitable Fund
Atelier 11, Ltd Architecture
Fidelity Charitable
HCI-EBS, Inc.
Sarah’s Pastels
United Health Group – Matching Gifts
United Way of Central Virginia
Theatre Restoration Donors
The list of contributors to the Historic Academy Theatre restoration fund can be found here.
Last updated February 21, 2021
