2015 ANNUAL REPORT Strengthening Our Roots WHRO Public Media was founded on two strongly held convictions — there is no more important place to encourage growth than the classrooms of our children, and technology is a powerful and effective tool for nurturing growth.
LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT It started with an extraordinary vision in 1961…to use the new technology of television in the classrooms of Hampton and Norfolk public schools. Because of that vision, we are now owned by the region’s 19 school divisions and continue a commitment to education that is at the core of WHRO’s foundation. In 2015, WHRO Public Media continued, as it has for the past 53 years, to utilize technology to educate, engage, entertain, and enlighten.
Commitment to Digital Learning
During this fiscal year, WHRO provided online classroom tools for the entire state through Virtual Virginia, eMediaVA, and Virginia’s Center for Virtual Learning. eMediaVA alone contains over 115,000 learning objects available to every public, private and homeschool student in Virginia and supports 150,000 educators across the Commonwealth.
Early Childhood Education
Bert Schmidt Knowing the importance of establishing the foundation for educational success President and Chief with the youngest in our community, we remain dedicated to helping jump-start Executive Officer, WHRO early learning. Our Raising Readers Van made hundreds of community visits supporting kids and their parents with learning resources. We also challenge and celebrate local students’ talents with the Great Computer Challenge, which is in its 30th year, and The Virginian-Pilot Spelling Bee, now in its 8th year.
Cradle to Career
Building on our expertise in public education, we’ve expanded our services and resources to help adults learn too. Governor Terry McAuliffe and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Maurice Jones, joined WHRO in December of 2014 to underscore the urgency of equipping Virginia’s workforce with much needed competency-based skills. Our response was to announce new educational initiatives: SkillsOnline and American Graduate’s Workplace Readiness.
WHRO’s SkillsOnline offers over 4,000 courses in 18 industries that support job seekers preparing for a new position or training for career advancement. American Graduate raises awareness of the challenges youth face on the path Kirkland Kelley to graduation and rallies support for programs, such as mentorship, to make sure Chair, Governing Board, all youth are college and/or career ready. In support of this, coming in 2016, are WHRO the first five of24 Workplace Readiness modules that are designed to teach fundamental work skills valued by employers. These free online teaching tools will be widely available to individuals, employers, community colleges and work investment boards to ensure potential employees have the basic skills to be successful in any workplace.
Honoring Veterans Hampton Roads is honored to be home to thousands of active duty service members and more than 217,000 veterans who have transitioned from service to civilian life. Unfortunately, this transition is not always easy as veterans often struggle with personal challenges, both physical and emotional, and in adapting their skills to civilian jobs. Through WHRO’s Veterans Coming Home initiative, we provide information and connections to resources to help ensure a successful move. Our award-winning Veterans Coming Home video series shares their stories of struggles and triumph so others may have hope and see opportunities to succeed. In addition we produced The Virginia International Tattoo: A Scottish Tradition with American Spirit, in partnership with the Virginia Arts Festival, and Navy Seals: Their Untold Story. Recognitions and Awards
WHRO’s local programs have also been recognized by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters with seven awards for our work in both radio and television. These recognitions included Best Station Promotion, Best Documentary or Public Affairs Program, Outstanding News Series, Best Documentary, Best Human Interest Series, Outstanding Newscast, and Best Morning Show. We also received a second national Telly Award for The Scene, our original, new programming that connects the arts and community in Hampton Roads. These awards underscore how much importance we place on offering our audiences content that matters in their daily lives.
The Programs You Love
With all the entertainment options available, it is with great station pride to announce that PBS is now the fifth most watched TV choice, after the four major networks! Almost every hour of primetime viewing has increased from the previous year due to programs such as The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, PBS NewsHour, Antiques Roadshow, Doc Martin, Poldark, A Chef’s Life and, of course, Downton Abbey. And great performances such as Sweeney Todd, Porgy and Bess, American Ballet Theater, and Bruce Springsteen are found only on PBS stations.
WHRO and WHRV radio engage and entertain through quality and timely programming. Many NPR shows such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour, The Thomas Jefferson Hour and Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! are a standard fare for our audience’s daily and weekend schedules. Our very own HearSay with Cathy Lewis and Another View with Barbara Hamm Lee continue to provide insight into issues of local concern. And for twenty-five years we have offered 24/7 classical music in response to what our audiences told us they wanted to hear.
Our four WHRO television stations and six radio services, as well as a growing digital and social media presence, reach a potential audience of over 2.2 million. As we enter our 54th year, it is our privilege to continue to work to educate, enhance, entertain and enlighten all in support of the listeners, educational institutions and communities we serve.
It is your support that makes this possible. Thank you.
Bert Schmidt President and Chief Executive Officer, WHRO
Kirkland Kelley Chair, Governing Board, WHRO EDUCATION EDUCATION
WHRO’s Education division is responsible for: a) services to its 19 owner/member school divisions and educational content, and operates on behalf cross Southeastern Virginia, b) early childhood of the Virginia Department of Education; the services focused on improving literacy, numeracy Commonwealth’s virtual program, Virtual Virginia, and socialization skills for pre-K, c) services for offering Advanced Placement, World Language and educators including professional development other high school courses; and eMediaVASM, the and classroom instructional resources, and d) the state’s digital distribution and learning repository operation of Virginia’s Center for Virtual Learning, for grades K-12. which develops online instructional materials
In FY 2015 eMediaVA, the Virginia Department month, eMediaVA serves over 150,000 educators of Education-supported digital content delivery statewide. WHRO conducted more than 50 training system, expanded its content repository to more sessions statewide in FY15 reaching nearly 900 than 113,000 audio, video and interactive learning educators. eMediaVA is made available at no cost to objects correlated to the Virginia standards all Virginia educators and students—public, private of learning. With more content added every and homeschooled.
Virginia’s Center for Virtual Learning developed focused on: GIS Educators Training; Wi-Fi Network two new online, rich-media infused courses that Design for a Mobile Learning Environment; Reaching are distributed free of charge to its owner schools: All Learners – Apple Tools for Special Needs; Math Analysis and Chemistry. It also updated and Social Media Use for Teachers; Digital Citizenship; significantly revised several courses, notably its Gamification – Game Theory; Makerspace; App high school course in Earth Science. Creation; Coding for Kids; ITRT-CRS Strategies; and a Legislative Update. WHRO’s professional development staff held several Special Topic Forums throughout the year to address emerging subjects in educational technology. Several hundred educators attended each of the leading-edge forums this year including sessions Early Childhood Education
Over the course of FY 2015, WHRO’s Children’s and play games together; and write in the Reading Services reached more than 3,300 parents, 2,250 Buddies Journal together. providers/teachers, and 10,950 children/students who participated in literacy, numeracy and learning In addition, three Super WHY! Reading Camps development programs. WHRO’s PBS KIDS Raising for rising kindergartners were held over the Readers Literacy Van made more than 100 visits summer of 2014. WHRO staff conducted two at in the area, and distributed more than 4,000 First Fort Story Little Creek Child Development Center Books to children most in need. in Virginia Beach and another at Children’s Harbor in Portsmouth. Super WHY! Reading Camps are More than 230 students participated in eight five-day interactive learning adventures where Martha Speaks “Reading Buddies” sessions at we show 4- and 5-year-olds the power of reading Booker T. Washington Elementary, Suffolk; Carver and motivate them to play with letters, sounds Elementary, Newport News; and Lindenwood and words through a comprehensive curriculum Elementary, Norfolk. Martha Speaks “Reading developed by noted literacy experts. Fifteen camps Buddies” reaches over 1,000 Title 1 elementary have been conducted by WHRO since the initiative school students in the region. This cross-age reading began, reaching over 400 children. program helps kindergarten, first grade and upper- level elementary students increase their vocabulary, WHRO brought Maria and Elmo from Sesame Street develop their self-esteem and social skills, and to headline the Virginia Children’s Festival on enhance their love of books and reading. October 4, 2014. They performed two shows for thousands of families, resulting in record-breaking Big Buddies (4-5th graders) and Little Buddies attendance. Two PBS Costume Characters—Super (K-1st graders) meet for eight 45-minute sessions WHY! and Daniel Tiger—were also in attendance. where they watch a Martha Speaks show on DVD Children played PBS KIDS Lab games in a laptop together; read the selected book together; talk lab and on an interactive whiteboard. CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS WHRO’s content arm produces and airs national and locally produced radio, television and online content throughout the year. There are four television stations: WHRO HD, WHRO Kids, WHRO World and WHRO Create; a Classical radio station, WHRO-FM; NPR News, Jazz, Blues and Americana station, WHRV-FM; The 1920’s Network; and The WHRO Voice. In addition, WHRO airs and podcasts several key public affairs programs including Barbara Hamm Lee’s Another View and Cathy Lewis’ HearSay, streams Alt Radio and other music services, and operates its radio broadcast services from the outskirts of Richmond across the middle peninsula to Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
HearSay is broadcast live Monday through Thursday THE RADIO SHOW at noon. On Fridays WHRV-FM broadcasts Another
Discussing today’s topics from View with host Barbara Hamm Lee. This program an African American perspective discusses today’s topics from an African American perspective and tackles subjects of deep concern Fridays at Noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM s, Noon - 1pm on 89.5 WHRV-FM for the community such as race, diversity and health as well as a popular monthly roundtable discussion.
WHRO-FM, and its sister stations WHRJ and WHRF, In FY15, WHRO, in partnership with the Virginia Arts continued to fulfill their mission of offering the best Festival, produced a patriotic hour-long program, in classical music to Hampton Roads and online The Virginia International Tattoo: A Scottish listeners around the world. As part of its mission, Tradition with American Spirit. A signature event WHRO worked closely with the arts community for the United States of America Vietnam War throughout the area to promote their events and Commemoration, the 2014 Tattoo honored our interview performing artists. Vietnam veterans and their families. More than 30,000 people attended the live show and the WHRO-FM’s experienced on-air staff continued to production was carried statewide and offered free host entertaining and enlightening programming, of charge to public media stations across the country. including specials celebrating conductors Sir Neville Marriner and Carlos Kleiber, while WHRO- WHRV-FM’s local radio program HearSay with Cathy FM’s on-air personalities hosted and participated Lewis continues to address concerns of those living in community functions in conjunction with local in Eastern Virginia. Topics this past year focused broadcasts that included concerts by the Virginia on local politics, civility, and sea-level rise as well Symphony, the Virginia Arts Festival and the Virginia as lighter stories on local food and the locavore Chorale, as well as previews and productions by the movement, and ever-popular garden and pet shows. Virginia Opera. ONLINE MEDIA The Scene
WHRO’s online media group develops and manages a family of websites and applications on behalf of the organization’s various business units, as well as producing original content. In FY15, the online media group launched two award-winning new web series, The Scene, a weekly profile of emerging artists across Hampton Roads, and the WHRO Veterans’ Initiative, which profiled stories of service members and the issues they faced as returning veterans.
WHRO’s Veterans Initiative
Let’s Eat
Online Media also curates content for a web-based blog on food called Let’s Eat, which also appears as a monthly article in WHRO’s popular viewer guide, Dimensions.
WHRO social media efforts were also very active in FY15, with daily posts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram and through weekly e-blasts and program-specific emails on various content initiatives.
Online Media led the development of new websites and portals to extend WHRO content to mobile platforms in order to reach an increasingly global content market. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Working closely with WHRO’s content, production A key part of the American Graduate effort addressed and online media arms, Community Engagement workforce development needs of the community’s continued its work in FY15 on the Corporation youth, underemployed and unemployed. Working for Public Broadcasting initiative, American with accreditation organizations across the U.S., Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen, through a panel WHRO began work on the first five of what ultimately of community-based volunteers who are charting will be 24 online blended-learning and self-paced best practices to improve on-time graduation rates mini-courses focused on workplace readiness. Under across Hampton Roads. the rubric of Workplace Ready, WHRO mapped a curriculum developed by the Weldon Cooper Center at UVA covering foundational, technical and professional skills employers identified as essential for entry to the workplace. The first five courses were funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Hampton Roads Community Community Engagement also assumed leadership Foundation and will be made available at no cost to of WHRO’s Veterans’ Initiative connecting veterans employers, individuals, community and four-year to crucial services available across Virginia and in colleges, K-12 schools and other social service and the seven cities to assist them with mental, physical, workforce agencies across the Commonwealth. legal, housing and employment related issues.
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SkillsOnline
In FY15, WHRO launched a new service to help Virginians obtain the skills they need to increase their employability and advance in the workplace. In partnership with Virginia’s Community Colleges and other leading institutions, SkillsOnline is an online portal of over 4,000 courses offering entry level to highly advanced training in 19 industry sectors in high demand across the state. WHRO worked with a partner organization, LasVegas PBS, and vendors to build an expansive catalog, priced affordably, so that employers and individuals could obtain maximum benefit. WHRO SPECIAL EVENTS WHRO Special Events
WHRO Strolling Supper
February 22, 2015 The Strolling Supper began six years ago as a joint venture between WHRO and the former Hampton The Founders Inn and Spa Roads Magazine (now Coastal Virginia Magazine). 4 - 7 pm It was a natural extension of WHRO’s promise to the community to engage, educate, entertain and Showcasing Coastal Virginia Magazine Platinum Plate Award Winners. enlighten. The idea was for attendees to sample Food-themed silent auction, live entertainment by the Michael Clark some of the best dishes from the area’s leading Band featuring Tracy Clark, Virginia marketplace and samples from Hampton Roads best restaurants selected by CVM food editor restaurants all under one roof. Strolling Supper Patrick Evans-Hylton and Platinum Plate critics. has become one of Hampton Roads’ premier foodie $50 per person ($65 at the door) events. The best restaurants are selected by Coastal $650 Table of 10 Virginia Magazine’s food editor Patrick Evans-Hylton and his panel of Platinum Plate critics. For questions contact: Laura Payne at 757-889-9419 or email [email protected] The Strolling Supper event, which took place on Limited VIP Tickets $100 per person February 22, 2015, featured a VIP event where Laura McIntosh of Bringing It Home on WHRO Create To purchase tickets, visit whro.org/strollingsupper. joined Chef Scott Simpson of The Swan Terrace in a cooking demonstration.
Charter Member Tea
Honoring those members who have been with WHRO 2,000 Charter Members who help make our programs for over 35 years, the Charter Member tea was held on possible with their gifts each year. May 6, 2015. Fred Child of Performance Today visited with members, sharing special stories and answering questions. Our heartfelt thanks went out to more than WHRO Special Events
The Hunter B. Andrews Society Dinner
Melissa Block, host of All Things Considered, visited WHRO on May 21, 2015, as the guest speaker at the Hunter B. Andrews Society Dinner. She shared her stories of 30 years in journalism and of reporting from around the world, as well as producing and hosting the award-winning All Things Considered, which airs every afternoon on WHRV 89.5FM.
Melissa Block and Bert Schmidt
Producer’s Dinner
PBS President Paula Kerger visited WHRO in Later that evening Paula Kerger was a guest at November 2015, along with Virginia Secretary of WHRO’s annual Producer’s Dinner held at Town Point Education Anne Holton. During the day at WHRO, Club in Norfolk, Virginia. the group discussed relevant education issues such as finding ways to close the achievement gap, the effective integration of technology in classrooms, the need for public and private sectors to collaborate for the benefit of public education, and how to increase parent engagement. FINANCIALS Financials
First of all, thanks to the thousands of families Our board-designated endowment fund continues and local businesses that support WHRO and to show healthy growth, adding more than $2 our myriad of activities. Without your loyal and million to our balance. This fund is designated to generous support, we could not bring you the help WHRO in times of economic necessity rather programs and services that you’ve come to both than furnishing large amounts of earnings to fund love and depend upon. For FY15, our individual our annual operations. This growth has been contributions increased, both in number and largely from our Capital Campaign contributors, dollar value, and many of our members elected with a portion also allocated from operations to to become sustainers. This is an important factor go into the fund. in budget planning for the year. We can never thank our members enough for Revenue exceeded our expenses (including making it possible to bring cutting-edge educational depreciation, a non-cash expense) by more than services and exciting programs to Eastern Virginia! $2 million. WHRO management and staff continue to fulfill our mission as economically as possible, Our audited financial statements are available on making the best use of the contributions we receive our website. www.whro.org and fees we earn—66% of our expenses support program services, while our fundraising comprised 16% of our expenses and management and general expenses were only 10%. - Tom Morehouse Chief Financial Officer, WHRO
FY 2015 REVENUES
Corporation & Foundation $103,932 0.7% 1% Government Grants - $152,071
Earned Revenue $2,652,947 16.7% Annual Fund 24% $3,801,208 Education $2,274,253 14.3% CPB - CSG 10.3% $1,640,751
Capital Campaign $3,765,964 23.7% Underwriting 9.3% $1,468,951 BOARD LEADERSHIP WHRO Governing Board Community Advisory Board of Directors 2014-2015 Lance Shavers, Chair Kirkland Kelley, Chair Mary Joe Wilfong, Vice-Chair Anne Connor, Vice Chair Michael Berlucci Nancy Branch, Secretary Susan Borland Randy Webb, Treasurer Cindy Caskey Bert Schmidt Betty Wade Coyle Reed Atkins Cindy Cutler Tony Atwater Alicia deFonzo Jayne Barnard Billie Einselen Joan Buckle Marcella Germanotta Ronnie Cohen Carl Hobbs Michael Divaris Valeria Jessup Scott Duncan Ricardo Melendes John Field Jonathan Nye Faye Gargiulo Joseph Picou Ellie Gordon Dick Roberts Mary Haddad Robert Shapiro Phyllis Henry David Iwans Chris Kastner Williamsburg Advisory Committee Suzan Kaufman Ashby Kilgore Angelica Light Karen Jamison, Co-Chair Judith Mansfield Judy Knudson, Co-Chair Patrick McDermott William Bryant Barry Pollara Leslie Coe Rik Rikkola Anne Conner Conway Sheild (resigned July 2014) Sue Diedzic Leonard Sledge Sean Driscoll Guy Tower Lester Dubnick Alan Wagner Clyde Haulman Michael Wendel Lois Hornsby Deran Whitney Sandy Lenthall Betty Lewis Al Louer Sylvia Payne Tom Phelps Rik Rikkola John Shulson Carol Talbot Elaine Themo Jim White Nolan Yelich Jeanne Zeidler LEADERSHIP CIRCLE OF DONORS Chairman’s Circle ($25,000+) Producer’s Circle ($5,000+) Anonymous (1) Dominion Virginia Power Hampton Roads Community Foundation Anonymous (1) Ms. Susan B. Joseph* Ms. Margaret L. Anthony Dr. Jane Dillon McKinney Mr. and Mrs. Macon F. Brock, Jr. Jeffrey and Nancy Burton Carl Dolmetsch President’s Circle Ms. Cheryl A. Dronzek ($10,000-24,000+) Robert B. and LaVerne W. Edwards in memory of R. Franklin and Arbee R. Edwards Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Lee D. Entsminger Bay Diesel Corporation Barbara and Steve Johnsen The Capital Group Companies Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lendman Foundation Angelica and Henry Light The Dalis Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lyon Ms. Vanessa Dallas Ms. Carolyn E. McDonnell Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Meredith, Jr. David and Susan Goode Peggy and Barry Pollara Mr. and Mrs. Mike Petters Mr. Henry L. Rankin PRA Group Margie and Bob Rashti Bob and Ellen Rey Louis F. and Prudence H. Ryan Mr. Paul Sorensen Ms. Bernice A. Schoenbaum Mr. James A. Squires and Mrs. Karen Vanguard Charitable Endowment Jones-Squires Mrs. Anna R. Wetherill TowneBank Dr. Betty Yeh Williamson Dr. and Mrs. Carl P. Wisoff Ms. Caroline R. Zapatero Hunter B. Andrews Society ($2,500 - $4,999+)
Anonymous (6) MCPO Edward Joyce, USN (Ret.) Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Andrews Mrs. Linda H. Kaufman The Jack and Virginia Bagby Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon J. Leavitt Vern and Nancy Barham Ms. Linda R. Lee Nora A. Barnes Dr. and Mrs. Willette L. Lehew Mrs. Clay H. Barr Betty N. Lewis Mr. Ronald Bird Dr. Edward L. and Linda H. Lilly Ms. Suzan Bistrup Robert L. and Jean A. Major Lilly and Bruce Bradley Judy and Pete Mansfield James R. and Monica Brogan Sally and David Maxwell Mr. T. R. Litton and Mrs. Audra M. Bullock Andria and Mike McClellan Mr. and Mrs. Colin G. Campbell Bee McLeod and Goody Tyler Mrs. Claudette N. Clos Melissa McLeod, M.D. Dr. Marti and Mr. David Coffield Tom Morehouse and Sallie Marchello Mr. Keith Winston Colonna Mrs. June H. Myers Norman and Susan Colpitts Dr. Eric Neff and Dr. Amy Price Neff Ms. Irene F. Craft Mr. William Newsham CAPT Cecelia Dawe-Gillis, USN (Ret.) Hon. and Mrs. Norman Olitsky Mr. and Mrs. William Dieffenbach Ross and Sylvia Payne Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dullaghan Drs. Powers Peterson and Daniel R. Alonso Boyd J. Duncan and Joan H. Schafer William Ragsdale Mrs. Rosella A. Durham Mr. Stephen Warren Richard and Ms. Lynn Cobb CAPT and Mrs. James D. Elridge, Jr., USN (Ret.) Allan and Suzanne Rikkola Lynn Hamilton Ellis Rouse-Bottom Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Evans Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rubin Mr. Jack A. Feitelberg Safety and Quality Assurance Alliance, Inc. Mr. Theodore Foye Bert and Missy Schmidt Jack and Jodie Frieden Kay and Conway Sheild Dr. Lisa and Mr. Richard E. Garriott, Jr. Carol Wallace Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Gavalya Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Skrobialowski Ms. Patricia Geraghty Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Smith, USN (Ret.) Margot and Howard Gevertz Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Goebel Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold Ms. Jane K. Goldman and Mr. Ron Dyer Michael and Rebecca Sutton Paul and Carolyn Gottlieb Stuart K. Sutton and Gail Beyer Dr. Patricia H. Gulbrandsen Elaine M. Themo Chris and Lizz Gunnufsen Tidewater Jewish Foundation, Inc. Louis and Mary Haddad Foundation Mr. Brendan F. Tompkins and Ms. Tiara Dimond Mary and Herbert Haneman Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. van den Berg The Helen G. Gifford Foundation Louis and Annette Vosteen Andrew Hitt David West Jim Hixon Ms. Carmella S. Whitaker Jo Ann and Robert G. “Buzzy” Hofheimer The Family of Norman C.* and Catherine M. Joan Hughes Willcox* Larry and Sally Hull Judith T. and Robert T. Williams Connie and Marc Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yeh Dr. Mariann Jelinek Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Jett, Jr. Director’s Circle ($1,200+)
Anonymous (20) Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Brown Mrs. Joan D. Aaron, CPA Mr. and Mrs. Monte E. Bryant Mrs. Carolyn Abbitt Mr. Richard L. Buchanan Ms. Lynn O. Adams Stewart Buckle and Joan Park Buckle Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ahart Dr. Angie Bukley Mr. Greg C. Alexander Mr. L. Cornell Burcher Tom Ammons Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Burchette Edward and Deborah Amorosso Mrs. Gail K. Burger Mr. and Mrs. Forrest P. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel A. Arias Dr. Jessica Burgess and Mr. Matthew Burgess Ms. Kim K. Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Burke Reed and Nancy Atkins Ms. Pat Butler and Mr. Dennis G. Hustead Larry and Ann Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Buxbaum Mr. Leonard J. Ballback and Ms. Florence Mr. and Mrs. William L. Bynum M. Young Mr. and Mrs. Craig N. Canning Ms. Alison Baltuch Ms. Jean A. Carideo Bill and Clara Banks Mr. Paul E. Carnes Mr. Herrmann E. Banner Mr. Russell R. Cerro Ms. Jayne W. Barnard Mrs. Carlotta C. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barnett Dr. Susan Chittum, USN (Ret.) and Mr. Patrick Baroco Dr. Robert Hallmark, USN (Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Francois Barthelemy Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Cholek Dr. and Mrs. Fred Bateman Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Chutkow Mr. and Mrs. James G. Batterson Ms. Joy A. Cipriano and Mr. Jeff A. Kaye Ronda Baucom and Wally Schmader Mr. Franklin E. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baur John P. and Joyce Clarke Donna Bausch Dr. Jean M. Clay and Anne R. Hallerman Jarrett and Reese Beeler Nicole Cleveland Carlotta and Charles Bell Ronnie Cohen and Ron Herzick Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Bennett Coliseum Central Business Improvement Mr. Richard A. Beskin District, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Bevan III Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Collins Vickie and Nash Bilisoly Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Conage CAPT and Mrs. Robert Birdwell, USN (Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. William Conley Dr. and Mrs. Peter B. Birk Anne and Darron Conner Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Blackwood Mr. and Mrs. Colby B. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Bock Kathryn Copeland Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bolander Craig and Corrie Corey Kitty Bosher Dr. and Mrs. George W. Cornell Dr. Theodora P. Bostick Ms. Bett H. Cornetta Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Boswell Mr. and Mrs. John M. Costenbader Mr. and Mrs. Ed L. Bradley Tim and Betty Wade Coyle Mr. James R. Branstetter Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Brashear Kim and Keith Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Philip Briggs Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Brodsky Ms. Cynthia Cutler and Mr. Craig W. Haines COL Rebecca L. Brown and COL Lyle S. Eesley, Mr. Philip J. Dabney, USN (Ret.) USAF (Ret.) Director’s Circle ($1,200+) (continued)
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Danso Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frazier, Jr. Mrs. Joshua P. Darden Ms. MJ Freeman Dr. and Mrs. Chris Dassler Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. “Jack” Frost Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Daugherty Ms. Faye P. Gargiulo Mrs. Lani Chisman Davis Edwin Gatewood and R. Kirk Adams Mr. and Mrs. Zach Deal Ms. Barbara A. Geraghty Mr. Thomas Deans Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gettier Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dedman Mr. and Mrs. James Gildea Dr. and Mrs. Adarsh Deepak Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Glanzer Dr. William DeLacey in memory of Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Baron J. Gordon DeLacey Mr. and Mrs. Croxton Gordon Richard and Susan Desilets Mr. Tavia F. Gordon Dr. and Mrs. Brian D. Deutsch Mr. Paul M. Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Jack Devnew Chris Gould Leo and Mary DiJoseph Phil and Lorraine R. Granger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Divaris Mr. H. Carlyle Gravely Mr. Roland Doan Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Mark Greenspan Mr. and Mrs. David R. Douglas Dr. Edna A. Griffenhagen and Mr. Mark A. Waller Mr. John W. Drescher John F. and Karen M. Griffing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Drewry Eric and Hui Mei Grove Ms. Wendy C. Drucker and Mr. Michael R. Piercy Kathryn J. Grzelkowski Mr. and Mrs. William R. Drury The Family of Carter T. Gunn Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dubik Ms. Priscilla L. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Haigh Mr. and Mrs. James O. Dunn, Jr. Mr. Adolphus Hailstock Mrs. Sharon L. Dunne Rev. Robert L. Haley and Ms. Sandra R. Bullington Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dwoyer Kenneth Hallman Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Eberle COL and Mrs. George A. Hamilton, USA (Ret.) Ms. Catherine E. Edwards Ms. Shana Hansell Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Einhorn Mrs. Caroline P. Hayes Dr. Thomas Ellis and Dr. Ann Moore Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Heaton Ms. Elise L. Emanuel and Mr. David Scherer Michael and Caroline Helpinstill Dianne Epplein and John Patton Mr. and Mrs. Edward Henifin Ms. Beth Ewing Mr. and Mrs. Devin Hensley Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Ezzell, Jr. Kent and Alice Herring Mrs. Sabiha Famularo Dr. Douglas Higinbotham and Dr. Marcy L. Sarah E. Farmer Stutzman John C. Farnandez, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Richard Hill Judy and Vic Fazio Paul and Susan Hirschbiel Capt. and Mrs. Michael B. Ferguson, USN (Ret.) Nancy Harris Hix Mr. and Mrs. Tommy R. Field Mr. Bill Hobler and Ms. Lorrie Lesher Fine Fine Legum & McCracken LLP Mr. and Mrs. Dieter Hoinkes Ms. Jodi Fisler and Mr. BJ Pryor Mr. Neville Holland Mr. and Mrs. Sean K. Fitzpatrick Ms. Carol R. Horton Ms. Heidi K. Flatin Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Howard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Fort Susan and Bob Hume Mrs. Linda Founds Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hunt Col. and Mrs. Robert E. Frady USAF (Ret.) Mr. Claus Ihlemann and Mr. Robert Roman Director’s Circle ($1,200+) (continued)
Mr. Edward H. Inge Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Lawrence Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Isenhour Mr. and Mrs. Amory LeCuyer Gail and Dave Iwans / DIA Dr. John J. Lee and Dr. Connie Lee Mrs. Nancy S. Jacobson Maxie and Barbara Hamm Lee Ms. Karen Jaffe Dr. and Mrs. St. George T. Lee, Jr. James and Melody Jeffrey Mr. Donald J. Leger Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Lenthall Commander and Mrs. John Johnson Mr. Nikolaj and Dr. Meryl Lessinger-Bely Dr. Rolland P. Johnson and Ms. Linda L. Even Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Levin Ms. Jeanne S. Johnston Mr. Frederick A. Levy The Rev. Connie Jones Mr. Lenard J. Lexier and Dr. Wendy Lexier Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Jones Mr. Kent M. Lion Dr. Howard W. Jones Mr. T. R. Litton and Mrs. Audra M. Bullock Irby and Martha Jones Don L. and Carolyn B. Long Dr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Al Louer Joe and Terry Jordan Mrs. Carol L. Lowe Ms. Heather L. Jordan Khan Mr. Chris Luebbers Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Judd Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. MacCullagh Dr. Daniel Jungkuntz and Ms. Patricia McClelland Dr. Pramod Malik and Dr. Rajul Malik Larry H. Kagan, M.D., and Diana S. Eyre Dr. and Mrs. Chad R. Manke Lara Kain Ms. Stephanie Marioneaux Mr. and Mrs. John R. Kane Richard A. and Gail Massey Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kantor Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mastaglio Dr. Gary Karlowicz and Dr. Karen Karlowicz Vincent J. and Suzanne Mastracco Mr. and Mrs. George A. Kaye, USAF (Ret.) Mrs. Heather C. McCoy Siamek Kazemi Greg and Michelle McCracken Mr. Philip A. Kearley Mr. Greg McCreash Mr. and Mrs. Lucius J. Kellam III Ms. Linda McCullough Mrs. Lynn H. Kellam Mr. and Mrs. Patrick B. McDermott Ms. Kay A. Kemper Ms. Page C. McGaughy and Dr. O. D. Delcambre Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kennedy Evan D. McGovern Maggie Kennedy Mr. Matthew W. McKeon and Mr. Vince Zentner Dr. Dawnielle J. Kerner Cdr. Frank McKinney and Dr. Pamela McKinney Ms. Barbara A. Kerr Mrs. Oriana M. McKinnon Dr. Ashby C. Kilgore Mr. Howard T. Mcloughlin Dr. and Mrs. Greg Y. Kim Anne L. McRae and Cary A. Petzinger Mr. Raymond H. Kirby Katherine Mearns Mr. E. Falcon F. Knight, Jr. Peter and Eugene B. Meekins Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Knudson Mr. John Mercogliano III Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Koach Dr. Elizabeth Meredith and Mr. Kenneth Morris Dr. Prashanthi Koduri and Dr. Venu Koduri Patricia Carney Merica Mrs. Constance R. Koenenn Mr. and Mrs. George H. Metzger Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Kohlenhoefer Dr. Bernard H. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Kramer Mr. and Mrs. James L. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Karl C. Kronmann Mr. John R. Miller and Mr. Clay McNutt Vicki and Bobby Lanier Mrs. Christina Minkewicz Anthony and Helen LaRocco, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Minter Mr. George A. Latimer Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Molloy Director’s Circle ($1,200+) (continued)
Dr. Carolyn S. Moneymaker Dr. and Mrs. Bishop P. Read John R. and Pollie W. Morison Lucy F. Reasor Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Morrell Mr. Neil Reed Dr. Ula K. Motekat Robert B. Reehl Chuck and Leith Mullaly Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Reins Mr. and Mrs. Bob S. Neff Pamela A. Reiss Mr. and Mrs. James E. Neff Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rennix Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nelson Gordon H. Rheinstrom Dr. I.C. Vernon Netto Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Newton Dr. and Mrs. James T. Roberts Edward and Gayle Nichols Mr. Eric S. Robinson Mr. Thomas H. Nicholson III Mrs. Joanne K. Roos Capt. and Mrs. James P. Nickols, USN (Ret.) Meredith and Cindy Rose Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Northam Mrs. Mary Catherine Rotert Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Norton Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Roy Mr. Jim Nottingham Mr. and Mrs. David S. Rudiger Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Oberdorfer Mr. and Mrs. Hans Sachse Ms. Deborah S. Ogan Mrs. Marguerite E. Salls William Oliphant Mr. Jeffrey P. Sarmonis Mr. Dan J. O’Loughlin Mr. and Mrs. Bradford F. Sauer Fr. Ted Panchak Mr. Ronald L. Saunders Capt. Bob and Linda Patton Mr. Bill M. Savage Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Payne Ms. Lynn Schoenbaum Phillip and Melissa Perdue Mr. Steven R. Schwaiger Mr. Stuart E. Perritt and Mrs. Emily W. Ms. Judith Scott Wells-Perritt The Rev and Mrs. James W. Sell Mr. Paul B. Peter LTC and Mrs. Steven W. Senkovich, USA (Ret.) Ms. Glenda Philbin Peggy Shackelford Rear Adm. Ann C. Phillips, USN (Ret.) and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Shannon Capt. Luis A. Boticario, USN (Ret.) Kenneth Shook Mr. D’Arcy E. Phillips Jr. Jane and Win Short Mr. Lamont Poole and Ms. Penny Oots Mr. and Mrs. James N. Simpson Mrs. Diana Porter / Western Branch Mr. Jae Sinnett Veterinary Hospital Leonard and Tiffanye Sledge Mr. Robert G. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith Mr. and Mrs. Loren Powers Kristen A. Smith Mr. Joshua Pretlow, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sobocinski Dr. and Mrs. David B. Propert Mr. and Mrs. Todd R. Solomon Adm. and Mrs. Joseph W. Prueher Mr. and Mrs. William T. Spence Dr. Holly S. Puritz and Dr. Stephen D. Mrs. Diane Stallings Wohlgemuth Mr. and Mrs. William Stark Ms. Louise N. Quales The Steers Family Mr. Ralph Rabinowitz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stitt CAPT Robert Rabuse, USN (Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Stockmeyer COL and Mrs. John Race, Jr. Timothy L. and Evin C. Stovall Mrs. Juanita Raisor Mrs. Patricia D. Strong Alan and Suzette Rashkind Mr. and Mrs. Tom Summerlin Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Ratz Mr. and Mrs. Gayle M. Rauch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rayfield Director’s Circle ($1,200+) (continued)
Charles P. and Barbara A. Sutelan Mr. John R. Worstell Mr. and Mrs. David Sutelan Archie and Tara Wright CAPT and Mrs. Robert Swain, USCG (Ret.) Ms. Moira C. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Swartz Mr. Steve P. Wright Mrs. Carol Swindell Ms. Betty E. Wrightson Ms. Carol H. Taaffe and Mr. Kent Johnson Elizabeth Young and Robert Lovell Ms. Carol B. Talbot Hazel J. and Mike Zamperini Mr. and Mrs. Willis P. Taylor Ms. Patrizia A. Zorzoli and Mr. Richard Giffin Ms. Virginia Thumm and Mr. David L. Mayfield Mr. Richard B. Thurmond *Deceased Guy K. Tower and Hon. Winship C. Tower Mrs. Denise D. Turcotte and Mr. Rheal P. Turcotte Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Urbi Mark and Lynn Utecht Mrs. Leslie Van Deren in memory of Mr. Richard Van Deren Jim and Betty Villers Kim Wadsworth Dr. and Mrs. Alan L. Wagner Richard M. and Leah Waitzer Ms. Dana Walker Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Walshe Don Warmke Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Warren Mrs. Carolyn B. Warrick Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Waters Dr. and Mrs. John A. Watters Mr. Charles H. Webb and Mrs. Kathy E. James-Webb Mr. and Mrs. Randy Webb, Jr. Lewis W. Webb, III and Helen Elizabeth Dragas Bruce A. and Holly Weber Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Webster Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Weiss Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wells Dr. Jacob M. Wessler and Dr. Tricia Wessler Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. West, Jr. Mr. Timothy M. Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Tom S. White Fred and Bev Whitley Mr. and Mrs. William J. Whitney Dr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Wilcox, Jr. Lynda F. Wilder Bill and Barbi Willey Ms. Deborah K. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Scott Williams Forrest and Chrissy Williamson Dr. Robert A. Woolfitt