2023 Individual Donors
Thank you so much to all our donors who have supported the 2023 Virginia Film Festival! We are deeply grateful for your continued trust, commitment, and investment in this mission and cannot do this work without you.
We would like to thank Mrs. Tessa G. Ader for her generous support of the 2023 Virginia Film Festival and for her support of the arts across the Grounds of UVA.

Producer
John and Kate Byrne
Anna Chytla
Elizabeth Dickenson
Jason George, VAFF Advisory Board Member
John Lee Hancock, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Beatrix Ost
Sabra Purtill and Andrew Vest
Sara Risher
Joanne B. Robinson
Linda and Brian Stanley, VAFF Advisory Board Member
William Taylor and Jacqueline Langholtz
Jack and Carol Webber

Director
George Beller and Kakie Brooks
Linda A. Butler
Caplin Foundation
Patti Cary and Todd Stansbury
Tom and Anne Clifford
Jane and Tom Davis
Chris and Brad Eure
Temple Fennell, VAFF Advisory Board Member
David and Janna Gies
Joy and Jack Heyrman
Ron Hohauser, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Calvin Jamison, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Kris Kasselman and Bob Emmett
Staci and John Katsias
Paige McKenzie
Cameron Mowat and George Worthington
Jonathan Nguyen and Blake Sirach
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Piper III
Stephen Paul and Sue Andrea Plaskon
Ricardo Preve
Tim and Susan Richared
Scot and Rebecca Safon, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Susan and Tom Skalak
Jane-Ashley and Peter Skinner
Steve and Clara Smiley
Christine Sweeters, In Memory of James C. Miller
Kevin and Ashlynn Teng
Dick and Nora Trodden
The Dorothy and Jonathan Rintels Charitable Foundation
JP and Kristi Williamson

Cinematographer
Anonymous
Marc Abraham, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Beverly Adams, VAFF Advisory Board Member
David Addis and Rebecca Lieser
Carolyn and David Beach
W. Earle Betts, III and Nicole K. Betts
Janet and Andrew Borba, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Tom and Betsy Bloom
Jack and Wendy Brown
Dr. Elizabeth Carr and Mr. Christopher Acheson
CC Film Fans
Bob and Maria Chapel
Robert and Janis Chevalier
Patty and Jon Craver
Jocelyn Diaz, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Cap and Margaret Ann Eschenroeder
Evelyn Frazier
Ben Frye and Jeremy Stern
Nathalie Gilfoyle
Katie and Skylar Hinnant
Catherine Haena Kim, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Jacqui and John Lazo
Cager Lee and Ollie
Audrey and John Lewis
Amy Isaacs Logan and Tim Logan
Julie Lynn and Doug Smith, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Monica Markelz and Julian Connolly
Professors Sara McClellan and Bryon Gustafson
John Mitchell, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Julie and Geoff Montross
Marshall Persinger and Ray McKinnon, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Eric and Michelle Peterson
Mary Alice Blackwell, In Memory of Janet Altice Ross
Marlena and Matthew Simon
Bobbie Spellman
John and Helen Steele
Cheri Stephan and Steve Mull
Inessa Telefus and Chris Hubert
Ellen Teplitzky
David Toscano and Nancy Tramontin
Laurie Turner
Pierre-Hugues Verdier
Genevieve Villaflor, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Glenn Williamson and Kurt Birusingh, VAFF Advisory Board Member

Extra
Anonymous
Joseph Abbate and Colleen Carew
Sarah Oxenham Allen
Rose and Bill Ameen
Cathryn Astin and Patti Rose
Doro Bachrach, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Dr. Raj Balkrishnan and George Simmons
Bruce and Meg Black
Olivia E. Branch
Jon and Kim Bridges
Charlotte Brody and Tom Schlesinger
Chuck and Candie Bruse
Gordon and Marjorie Burris
Catherine Caldwell
Dr. Cathy L. Campbell
Kristina J. Carroll and James Palmborg
Jim and Helen Cauthen
Charlottesville Counseling Group
Charles and Janet Cheeseman
David and Betsy Chesler
Deborah A. Cohn and Charlotte Patterson
Charlotte and Ralph Dammann
Lisa M. Draine
Grace Dusseau
Alev Erisir and John McLaren
Lucas Fairborn, In Honor of Luke Kielbasa ’27
John Fowler
Drs. Leslie and David Greenberg
Clark Harper
Amy Heinrich
June Heintz
Danny Housier
Mary Huey
Susan Jacobson and Norman Oliver
Ben and Merry Jennings
Dearing Ward Johns
Peggi Johnson
Barbara A. Jones
Tami Keaveny
Joette Stambaugh Keen, In Honor of Virginia Keen (CLAS ’27)
Jody and Helen Kielbasa
Mary and Donald Kirwan
Dr. David Kleppinger
David and Louisa Koplan, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Marilyn Elliott Kozak
Derek and Allison Leach
Benny-Ozzie Films, In Memory of Leslie Lombino
Bob and Sharon Lorish
Jenny Mays
Stephen and Lu Ann McNabb
Jenny Mead and Christine Shaw
Lindsay Meck and Ryan Farr
Mike and Stacie Merriam
Christopher and Alina Quesada Murphy
Jessica Nickelsberg
Gary Nimax and Allen Persinger
Kent Olson and Marsha Trimble
Dana and Kevin Palmer
Maria and John Paulus
Robert Pianta
Caroline and Jason Pounds
Liz Ratcliffe
Barry Ressler
Stephanie Rowley
James Sanford
Paul Sartori
Steve and Marcia Sayre
Jocelyn and Ashley Schauer
Margaret and William Schrader
Lori Shinseki and Tim Heaphy
Michele and Al Sinesky
Karen L. Skidmore
Naomi Slagowski
Jody and Bob Smith
Margo Smith and Tom Cogill
Martha Smythe
Kimberly Sokal
Martha and Philip Stafford
Annie Ward Stern, In Memory of Edward J. Stern
Pat and Gary Sullivan
Sam Uppala
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Paul and Ellen Wagner
Dave and Sue Wilkinson
Bruce Willis
Melissa Gentry Witherow
Thomas Woodcheke

Gaffer
Anonymous
Claudia and Joe Allen
JoAnn Atwood
Pamela Bartlett and Gerry Bishop
Carol and Michael Beurmann
Gene and Lanier Bogen
Grace Bowie
Chris Bradley and John Penn Turner
Jeanine Braithwaite
Jim Campbell
Judy Campbell and Michael Henke
Elizabeth Cholewa, In Memory of Joan Peet
Andrea D. Copeland
Raphael F. and Catherine K. Cronin
Shilpa S. Davé
Sally Pecora Dunn, In memory of William W. Dunn
Stephen Farmer
Elizabeth Fawkes
Robert and Joan Forrest
Maria Gall
Cady and Bryan Garey
Mia Gardiner
Scott and Jenny Gardiner
Carol D. Gold
Delores Grisby
Neal Guma
Michael and Betsy Hancock
Vicki Hawes and Wynne Stuart
Michael and Margaret Hoover
David and McCrea Kudravetz
Abigail Maynard and Julian Carta
Judith A. McPeak and Douglas J. Cannato
Tim and Virginia Michel
Dennis O’Connor
Charlotte Pelliccia and Rick Hinton
Diane Ritter
George Sampson and Winifred Wegmann
Eric Schaffer
Tia Schurecht
Mary Kathryn Severin
Avril Somlyo
Patricia Thomas
Catherine von Storch
Jeffrey Wadlow, VAFF Advisory Board Member
Bitsy and David Waters
John Welch, In honor of Jody Kielbasa
Erica and Zach Wheat
Barbara Williams
Betsy Woodard