Destination Hope

Gala Program Sponsors

Thank You

UPMC Cancer Centers and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute thank the following individuals, corporations, and businesses for making a difference in the lives of cancer patients and their families by supporting patient care, teaching, and cancer research efforts.

PRESENTING SPONSORS
The PNC Financial Services Group
UPMC

EXTRAORDINARY GIFTS
Teresa Heinz and The Heinz Endowments
Harriett and Ronald B. Herberman, MD
Elsie and Henry Hillman
The David S. and Karen A. Shapira Foundation

LEADERSHIP GIFTS
Wheeler Family Charitable Trust

SPONSORSHIPS

Key

Anonymous
Mary Lou and Dick Durr

Visionary

Fountainhead Foundation at the recommendation of Charles Bitzer
Reena and Baljeet Mahal, MD
Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Champions of Care

Abraxis Oncology
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Marcia and Stanley Gumberg
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Tricia and Bill Kassling
MedImmune, Inc.
Stefania and Jeffrey Romoff
Theresa L. Whiteside, PhD, and Thomas H. Nimick, Jr.
United States Steel Corporation
Wabtec Corporation
Winslow Foundation

Circle of Hope

Anonymous
Adams Capital Management
Bruce Americus
Patrice and Robert Americus
Alfred R. Barbour
Rosalie Barsotti and Tony Poli
Cherie Bartel
Beckwith Family Foundation at the recommendation of Dotty and Nick Beckwith and Alice and Jim Beckwith
Mary Ann and Chuck Bogosta
Barbara and Gary Bowser
Susan and Michael Boyle
Leslie and Matthew Braksick
Sonia and Robert Browning
Jill Brufsky, PharmD, and Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD
Tamar and Seth Brufsky
Bernita Buncher
The Caliban Foundation
Barbara and Gerald Chait
Susan and Alan Citron
Carl Citron
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Clement, III
Sandy and Richard Cohen
Caryn and Sam Covelli
Barbara and Robert Crown
Randi and Van Dauler
Jamini Vincent Davies
Devra Lee Davis Charitable Trust on behalf of Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, and Richard D. Morgenstern, PhD
Ann and Edward Dunlap
Mary Jo and Terry Dunlap
Lori and Peter Ellis, MD
Gloria T. Fader
Michael Fader
Diane Faust and Barry Lembersky, MD
Sheila and Milton Fine
Stephanie and Tom Flannery
Kim and Curt Fleming
Foster Charitable Trust at the recommendation of Issie and Lee Foster, Barbara and Bernard Mars, Wendy Mars, PhD, and Peter Mars
Jane France and Chris Allison
Rebecca Garrett, MD, and Kenneth Foon, MD
The Genge Family
Merle E. and Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation
Sandy and Lee Goodman
Gott Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Graham
Bonnie and Jonathan Gray
Thomas Grealish
Barney and Susan Guttman
Sara and Alan Guttman
Hawksglen Foundation
Heidi and Robert Heltzel
Dara and John Henne
Margaret and John Hill, MD
William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Inc. on behalf of William T. Hillman
Joan and Daniel Hilson
Cathy and Sy Holzer
Jean and Sam Jacobs, MD
Betsy and Robert Kampmeinert
Greta and Amin Kassam, MD
Dini Katz
Karen D. and Joseph L. Kelley, III, MD
Kathryn and Cary Klein
Koch Family
Valerie Koch
Curtis I. Kossman Foundation
Laura and Claude Kronk
Beth and Michael Kuhn
Marina and Kenneth Lehn, PhD
Nathalie and Mario Lemieux
Robert Levin
Sally Levin
Paula M. Lockhart
Louise Blackman Tollefson Family Foundation
Christine and James Luketich, MD
David J. Malone
Stanley M. Marks, MD
Mars Family Charitable Foundation
Myrna and Mark Mason
Kevin McClatchy
Linda and David McKamish
Michele McKenney and Chuck Cohen
Kathleen and David McSorley
Tracy and Ken Melani, MD
Moody and Associates, Inc.
Jane and Edward Moravitz
Donald A. Mosites
Peggy and Jack Offenbach
Saundra and Gene O'Sullivan
Kit and Arnold Palmer
Leah Pasquerilla
Lisa and Mark Pasquerilla
Kathleen and Demetrios Patrinos
Donald Plung
Hilary Tyson and Charles Porter
David Rath
Frank and Diana Rath
Lillian S. Rath
Riggs Industries, Inc.
Roesch Family Foundation
Cynthia Roth and James Kunkel, MD
Diane and Cliff Rowe, Jr.
The Rust Foundation
Abby and Reid Ruttenberg
Kim and Ben Sampson
Myles D. Sampson*
Ritchie Scaife
Mikell and Bill Schenck, III
David Shapira
Edith Shapira, MD, and Mark Schmidhofer, MD
Barbara and Herbert Shear
Jackie and Jeff Shogan, MD
Gayle and William Simpson
Sharon and Bob Slagle
Rebecca Snyder
G. Whitney Snyder Charitable Foundation
Stork Foundation
Marcia and Perry Swanson
Pamela and Markos Tambakeras Family Foundation
Tippins Foundation
Gayle Tissue and Yiannis Kaloyeropoulos
Sandra and Thomas Usher
Bonnie and Tom VanKirk
Kristina and Bill Watts
Marilyn and Norman Weizenbaum
Wheeler Family Charitable Trust
Priscilla and Joseph Whiteside
Josephine and S. Donald Wiley
Eleanore (Nonie) G. Wyckoff
William D. George Wyckoff
Joanne and Alan Ziperstein
* deceased

Spirit of Innovation

CDM
Novartis Oncology

THANK YOU TO OUR UNDERWRITERS

These individuals and companies are graciously supporting our event and helped to defray the expenses of the evening so that as much support as possible will be provided to the patient care, teaching, and cancer research efforts.