Thank You Members and Donors!

The work of Reaching Heights on behalf of excellent public education in Cleveland Heights and University Heights, Ohio, wouldn’t happen without the generous support of the following foundations and individuals. If, despite our best efforts to provide a complete and accurate list, you find an error or omission, please accept our apologies and contact our office so that we can correct the mistake. Donations to Reaching Heights are tax deductible under Section 501(c)(3) of the Federal Tax Code.

Foundation and Program-Specific Support

Foundation Grants

AHS Foundation
Anonymous
Christine & Guido Di Geronimo Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Dominion Foundation
Joseph & Marla Shafran Foundation 

James Bane Jazz Scholarship Sponsors

Christopher Brandt & Beth Sersig

School Team Grant Sponsors

Cleveland Heights & University Heights Teachers, Retired

2009 Annual Fund Donors

(Gifts received since August 1, 2009)

$1,000 and more

Anonymous
Larry & Marlene Fischer
Lauree P. Gearity Trust
Jerry Blake & Susie Kaeser
Patrick & Heather Mullen
John & Barbara Schubert
Christopher Brandt & Beth Sersig
James & Debra Vail

$500 - $999

Diane Benjamin-Jones    
Linda Johnson & Mark Jones
Donald Maribeth Katt 
Stephen & Nancy Markus 
Thomas Piraino, Jr & Barbara McWilliams
Barbara & Harold Mendes
Dennis & Nancy Osgood
Robert  & Katharine Ruhl 
Lynn Shostack    
Shelley Kazan-Wilcox & Dennis Wilcox
Don & Dorothy Zito

$100 - $499

Gary & Sandy Axner
Geoff & Maryann Barnes
Joel Borwick   
Betsy Mahlke & Steve Brown
Carolyn Cacho-Bowman   
Frank & Margy Carpenter 
Ensign & Lana Cowell
Peter & Rachel DeGolia
Donna Driscoll   
Brian Smith & Marji Edguer
Jack Bergren & Sara Evans
Traci Ext   
Adam & Susan Fleischer 
Christopher & Maribeth Gibbon 
David Goldstein   
Tamar & Leonard Gray
Reid Vail & Donna Guilmette
Robin & David Gunning
Scott Peters & Jeannine Gury
Kal Zucker & Mary Frances Haerr
Walton Tomford & Gretchen Hallerberg
Larry Sollisch & Krista Hawthorne
Douglas Heuer   
Mark & Ellen Hoffman 
Stewart Pharis & Denise Jackson
Phil & Amy Jenkins
Sue & John Janssen
Gus & Jan Kious 
Dottie Klemm  
Arthur V.N. Brooks & Ursula Korneitchhouk
Allan & Cynthia Kuntz
Joy Henderson & Philip Lammers
Christine Link   
Bruce & Lia Lowrie
Dennis Keating & Kay Martin
Regina Spause McGraw & Ed McGraw
Dan & Diana Medalie 
Alison Hall & Robert Miller
Esther & Milton Moss
Habib Musawwir  
Leslie Myrick   
Joan Katz Napoli   
Jack & Charlotte Newman 
Jon Goldman & Karstin Olofsson
Sue & Eric Pardee
Hunter & Sara Peckham
Graham & Rosamonde Peters
Kenneth & Katherine Petrey
Keith & Margaret Robinson
Jim & Connie Roop 
Pat & Curtis Ross
Dave & Martha Schubert
Lucy Simm   
Peg Skelly   
Laura Weber Smith & Corey Smith
Jim & Rique Sollisch
John & Claudia Spencer
Stacy Stuhldreher   
Lloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry
Leonard & Kerstin Trawick
Jackie Waters   
Suzanne Wilkins   
Allen Wilkinson   
Erick Kauffman & Lucene Wisniewski
Ari Klein & Ditte Wolin
Chris & Susan Wood
Ted & Diana Woodbridge 
Janet McGrath & David Zordan

$50 - $99

Brian Larson & Laurie Albright
David Bergholz   
Ray Gonzalez & Pam Bertaud
Michael & Jennifer Bier
Glenn & Anne Billington
Ed & Chessie Bleick
Judge Janet Burnside   
Emily & Kyle Campbell
Jim Cipolletti   
Amy Paller Cohen & Ethan Cohen
Franklin Cohen   
Anne Cook   
Nathaniel & Nancy Cooke
Arnold & Susan Dahm
Malia Lewis & Margot Damaser
Walter Lambrecht & Greta DeMeyer
Bruce & Hedy  Demsey
Jeanne &  Kenneth Diamond 
Dr. Morris S. Dixon, Jr.   
Greg & EB Donley 
Linda & Mike Dudzinsky 
John & Elizabeth Feighan
Bill Hughes & Robin Grant
Terry & Robin Gilbert
Stewart & Kathleen Greenberg
Anne Hill   
Robert & Pat Jeffreys 
Geoff Wilson & Caroline Kaczala
Stuart & Anne Klein
Nancy & Robert Klein 
Lisa & Jed Koops  
Joe & Jennifer Kubic 
Robert Layton   
John & Deanne Lentz 
Kermit & Barbara Lind
Henry Bloom & Marilyn Malkin
Julie & Greg Mangino
Anne Kugler & Stacy McGaugh
Ed & Louise McKinney
Diane Setlak-Micheller & Joe Micheller 
Charles & Lynn Nearon
Samuel & Suzanne Nigro
James & Marian Patterson
James & Diane Pexa
Kaye Price   
Lou & Liz Radivoyevitch
Larry & Susan Rakow
Ann Reichsman   
Marc Reider   
William & Janice Resseger 
Bob & Barbara Sabo
Anita Phillips & Michael Seidman
Roger & Cheralyn Shumaker
Catherine Carter & Gavin Smith
Anne & Jeff Smith 
Glenn & Pat Solomon 
Paul & Tricia Springstubb
Saroya Queen-Tabor & David Tabor
H. Baird Tenney   
Steve & Debbie Titchenal
Scott & Beth Wachter
Michael Ungar & Deborah Warner
Paige Baublitz-Watkins & Daniel Watkins
Meredith & Michael Weil
Edward & Amy Wertheim
Hugh & April Williams 
Dan & Ellen Worthington
Adrienne & Lanny Yelsky

Up to $49

Anonymous (2)
Sylvia Adler   
Ed Becker & Karen Allen
Pat & Todd Anderson
Joseph & Betsy Andrews
Martin Cooperman & Edith Antl
Janice Apple   
Ellen & Ken Barcus
Pauline & Michael Benjamin
Laura & Michael Bennett
Steve Bennett   
Mark & Kathleen Binnig
Phyllis Brody   
Claire Brugnoletti   
Kari Elsila & Michael Buescher
Hugh Calkins   
William & Annette Cappaert
B. Chernin   
Lisa Chiu   
Roger & Patty Clary
Janet Clymer   
Glenn & Temma Collins
Ros Collins   
Diane & Corbin Covault
Francis W. Chiappa & Doreen Davis
Lois Davis   
Bob Quartell & Florence D’Emilia
Deborah Kohrman & Paul Dion
Robert & Vincetta  Dooner
Lucille Erb   
Jeff Forman & Diane Fahrenbach
Dr. Edward & Jeanne Ferreri
Richard & Nancy Fort 
Gary & Ruth Friedman
Helen & Mike Friel  
Bill & Sally Ganger
Michael Salkind & Carol Gill
Susan & Richard Glaser 
Gloria Goldstein   
Karen Gotwald   
Lois & Andrew Gross 
Carolyn Grossman   
Cheryl & Thomas Hanger
Reuben Harris Jr.   
Holly Selvaggi  & Clark Harvey
Beth Holbein   
Kasib Husain   
Richard & Barbara Israel
Alexander & Nancy Jamieson
Alan & Joanne Javorcky
Norma & Jim Johnston
Susan & John Kenney 
Ken & Amy Kesegich
Sue Klein   
Shirley Kondo   
 Cheryl & Matt Kuenzel
John Houdek & Donna Lalewicz
Louis Lane   
Steven Kordalski & Mary LaRiccia
Richard Lightbody   
Daniel & Donna MacDonald
Allan Slawson & Pamela McKee
Meghan Zehnder McMahon
Donald & Sandra McPherson
S. Joshua Mendel   
Fred & Bonnie Mills
Gregory & Susan Miracle
Christine Morris   
Charlene Morse   
Dave & Donna Muthersbaugh
Larry & Barbara Mlynek  
Andy Neidus   
Betty Nelson   
Michael Beckman & Mary O’Shea
Alan & Estelle Parker
Linda Tobin & Stephen Pepper
Dorothy Phillips   
Donald & Donalene Poduska
Quentin & Gay Quereau
Jack & Arlene Quinn
Patricia Rahmon   
Albert & Annie Rawlinson
Marlene & Bob Rink
Mark Sack   
Kara & John Schellenberg
Mary Sekerak   
Marj Craft & Carolyn Shepherd
Barbara & Terry Shockey 
David & Liz Shriver
Yvonne & Charles Shuster
Krysta Wyatt & Tom Shutt
Dean & Judy Sieck
Ronald & Loramae Simkoff
Joshua & Ilana Hoffer Skoff  
David & Renie Smith 
Jan Spalding   
Susan Kent & Ben Sperry
Dave & Sally Stashower 
David & Ellen Stenson
Thomas & Christine Sumner 
Karen Rosenberg & Roy Szubski
Philip & Sarah Taylor 
Annamarie Tomaro   
Cecelia Vidmar   
Kathy Walker
Bob & Brenda Weltman
Kendall & Ellen White
Pat Cangelosi-Williams Chuck Williams
De De Woehrmann   
Stephen & Margaret Wood
Edward & Catherine Yandek
Paul & Kathy Yates 

Big Idea Endowment Donors

$1,000 or more
Christopher Brandt & Beth Sersig
Mark Jones & Linda Johnson
Susie Kaeser & Jerry Blake
Marilyn & Thomas McLaughlin
Reading 1 Foundation
Dallas & Bill Schubert

$500 - $999
Geoff & Maryann Barnes
Monica Long Carter
Cleveland Heights Teachers Union
Richard & Nancy Dietrich
Lee DiGeronimo
Lita Gonzalez & Mark Philips
Nancy & Robert Klein
Barbara & Harold Mendes
Marian Morton
Paul & Connie Omelsky
Thomas Piraino, Jr. & Barbara McWilliams
Terrence Rounds
Peg Skelly
Tom Sperl & Cynthia Watson
Dennis Wilcox & Shelley Kazan-Wilcox
Ted & Diana Woodbridge
Don & Dorothy Zito

$100 - $499
Chantal & Daniel Akerib
Larry & Gail Anderson
Tom Anderson & Rosalie Tyner
Joseph & Betsy Andrews
Ed & Chessie Bleick
Steve & Doris Bullock
Arnold & Bonita Caplan
Catherine Carter & Gavin Smith
Mark Chupp & Sharon Shumaker
Kim Conklin & Damir Janigro
Sarah Cooper & Steve Gunning
Jeanne & Ken Diamond
Ron & Carol Eckner
Gregory & Phyllis Evans
Reginald Evans
Ketti Finneran & Richard Brown
Donna Fox & Loren Smith
Krissy & Mark Gallagher
Tom & Carol Gibson
Kathy Gill
George & Mary Goodwin
Tamar & Leonard Gray
Phil & Amy Jenkins
Ed & Mary Beth Kelley
Kathy Kelly
Ari Klein & Ditte Wolin
Robert Layton
Nancy Machmer
 & Mark Wessels
Heather & Patrick Mullen
Leslie Myrick
Charles & Lynn Nearon
Betsy Neylon
Dennis Niermann & Susanna Niermann O’Neil
Solomon & Louisa Oliver
Dennis & Nancy Osgood
Doug Patti
James & Diane Pexa
Donald & Donalene Poduska
William & Janice Resseger
John & Barbara Schubert
Joseph & Marla Shafran Foundation
Lucy Simm
Mary Lou & Steve Slania
David & Renie Smith
Lloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry
Jim & Rique Sollisch
Marcia Sollisch
Glenn & Pat Solomon
Jim & Mary Swindal
James & Debra Vail
Howard & Judith Van Kleef
Claudia Waychoff
Kim & Tracy Wheeler
Barbara & Richard Wherley
Anne Wise & Mike Rubicz
Dan & Ellen Worthington
Kal Zucker & Mary Frances Haerr

$50 - $99
Robert Adamson
Pam & Dave Adamson
Jeff & Joan Bendix
Jennifer Bennett
Mary Ann Brennan
Hugh Calkins
Pat Cangelosi-Williams & Chuck Williams
Gina Cheverine
Ronda & Ronald Curtis
Peter & Rachel DeGolia
Bill Easterling
Traci Ext
Ray Gonzalez & Pam Bertaud
Lois & Andrew Gross
Joy Henderson & Philip Lammers
John & Susan Hersch
Kay Heylman
Shana Johnson
Virginia Kaeser
Robin Koslen
Bill & Janet Kramer
Walter Lambrecht & Gretta DeMeyer
Cynthia Larsen & Joe Mendes
Wendy Leatherberry
Anne & Chuck McFarland
Lauren & David Miklos
Crandall & Carla Miller
Dave & Donna Muthersbaugh
Walter Nicholes & Nina McLellan
Betty Nelson
Igor & Beth Rae
Patricia Rahmon
Larry & Nancy Schwab
Brian Smith & Marji Edguer
Larry Sollisch & Krista Hawthorne
Carol & Steve Spackey
Peggy Spaeth
Rick & Mary Spearman
Paul & Tricia Springstubb
Stacy Stuhldreher
Gordon & Sarah Wean
Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth
Barbara & Ed Wells
Stephen & Margaret Wood
Meghan Zehnder McMahon

Up to $49
Sr. Ardath Blake 
Beth Holbein 
Susan Sering Hughley
John & Deborah Peet
Larry & Susan Rakow
Karen Rosenberg & Roy Szubski
Honorable Beryl E. Rothschild 
Walter & Sarah Stinson
Steve & Debbie Titchenal

Heights Summer Music Camp Donors

Chantal & Daniel Akerib
John Bergren & Sarah Evans
John Gearity
Tamar Gray
Mark Jones & Linda Johnson
Bonnie Lake
Betsy Neylon
Louisa & Solomon Oliver
Paul & Connie Omelsky
K.D. & Kathy Petrey (Mollusca Fund)

Patti Family Music Fund Donors

Pamela & David Adamson
Ernest Bodenweber
Colleen Burke
Morton & Claire Biel
Carlynn Canny & Stephen Ritchey
Howard Chizek
Martha Colbert
Belita Cowan
Jeanne & Ken Diamond 
Willa Dobbs
Kirsten & Yarden Faden
Paul & Mary Ferguson
Drs. Janet Hankin & Allen Goodman
Norman Hansen
Connie Hicks
Frank & Pollee Hruby
Kathryn Hug
B. Scott Isquick
Jo Anne Jackson
Theodore Johnson
Susie Kaeser & Jerry Blake
Betty Nolt Kilinski
Louis Lane
Diane Mather
Kurt Loebel Raymond & Nellie Millhof
Andrea Morris 
Evie Morris 
Patricia Morris 
Heather & Patrick Mullen
Carolyn Oakes
Agnes Patti
Bruce & Denise Patti
Heather Patti
Kevin Patti
Rebecca Patti
Scott Patti
Steve Pattie
Ellen Peoples 
Don & Donalene Poduska
Helen Richards
Rose Rosen 
Ruth Rossi
Edmund & Beryl Rothschild
Richard & Maurine Ruggles
Peter Salemi
Elaine Shakley
Lois Shaylor
Joan Siegel
Marilyn Stano 
Gary & Beryl Tishkoff
Magdalene Wendel 
Deborah Wolfe
Daniel & Ellen Worthington

Thank-A-Teacher Donors

2007-08 School Year
John & Helaina Adamo 
Mazie & Michael Adams 
Chantal & Dan Akerib 
Sherrill Appleton
 & Marty Resnik
Rebecca Austin 
Penny Baker 
Ellen & Ken Barcus 
Ildiko Baxter 
Mary-Lou Beers 
Pam Bertaud & Ray Gonzalez
Joyce Braverman & Jim Posch
Cassandra Brooks 
Sarah Budnar & David Budnar
Jill Cancelliere 
Janel Carter 
Uraiwan Chaichanawirote 
Mandana Chriss 
Cheryl & John Clegg 
Kelli Cogan 
Ben Cohen & Gabriella Celeste
Temma & Glen Collins 
Cathy Darden 
Jeffery Dean 
Hedy Demsey 
Jill Rizika DeStefano & Cayla Destefano
Julie Evans 
Siqi Fang 
Ketti Finneran & Rick Brown
Sarah Friedman 
Susan & Joshua Friedman 
Ellen Garbarino
 & Robert Slonim
Karen Gazis 
Cindy Gherman & Peter Whiting
Georgiana & David Gray 
Estee & George Gulden 
Joanna Hardis & Daniel Culver
Krista Hawthorne & Larry Sollisch
Joy Henderson & Phil Lammers
Dortha Holcomb 
Kent & Gloria Howell 
Kasib Husain 
Mary Lou Irwin
  & Mark Reichard
Robert Jefferis & Diane Mogren
Susie Kaeser & Jerry Blake
Clo Kempt-Mitchell & Steven Mitchell
Cynthia Larsen 
Queen & Merle Lewis 
Maila Lewis & Margot Damaser
Vivian Lucky 
Andrea & Matthew Lynn 
Sue Maier 
Lisa Manzari & Michael Schoop
Kelly Mason 
Deborah Michelson 
Linda Sue Morris 
Patrick & Heather Mullen 
Sherrill Murad 
Habib Musawwir 
Stephanie Myers 
Kara & Jeff O’Donnell 
Michelle & Todd O’Neil 
Jade O’Shaughnessy 
Robin Pease & Tom Kerr
Beth Rae 
Angela Reese 
Peggy & John Robinson 
Karen Rosenberg & Roy Szubski
Dallas & Bill Schubert 
Marcus Snead 
Marilyn Stewart 
Roberta Thompkins 
Judy Torres 
Jennifer Vinson 
Susan Wetzel 
Kim & Tracy Wheeler 
Cheryl Whitner 
Suzanne Wilkins  
Gary & Gretchen Williams 
Tamika Williams 
Ann Wise & Mike Rubicz
Ditte Wolin & Ari Klein

Spelling Bee Donors

A. M. McGregor Home
Ali Abramson
Thomas Aldrich
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Sherri Appleton
Christine Ash
Becky and Dan Austin
Mary Barkley
David Biegel
Boulevard PTA
Virginia Buchholz
Calligraphy Studio
Canterbury PTA
Susan Carver
Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, AFS Local 795
Cleveland Orchestra Musicians
Leah & Walter Collyer
Walter Collyer
Coventry Cats
Coventry SID
Andy Cox
Patrick Crago
Deborah Delisle
Benjamin DeRubertis
Diamond Flowers
Kirk Dietrich
Richard & Nancy Dietrich
Andy Fabens
Fairfax PTA
Donald Feke
Ketti Finneran & Rick Brown
Lynn Ford
Forest Hill Church
Sarah Fulton
Sarah Fulton
Krissy Dietrich Gallagher
Gearity PTA
Lita Gonzalez
Allison Hall
Heights Dental Group
Heights Hardware
Heights High PTSA
Heights Library
Joy Henderson
Linda Heuman
Kay Heylman
Janet & Craig Hoffman
William Hubbard
Susan Janssen
Susie Kaeser
Erick Kauffman
Christopher Keller
Richard Krueck
Malia Lewis & Margot Damaser
Bruce and Lia Lowrie
John Ludway
Mac’s Backs Books
Pat McParland
Joe Mendes & Cynthia Larsen
Betty Miller
Dorothy Miller
Motorcars Honda/Toyota/Scion
Heather & Patrick Mullen
Kevin Murphy
National City Bank
Noble PTA
Notre Dame College
Oxford PTA
Passport to Peru
Phoenix Coffee Company
Don & Donalene Poduska
Martha Brandt Pollock
Cathy Culp Posner
Quentin Quereau
Chuck and Joyce Riley
Roy Ritzmann & Joanne Westin
Roxboro Elementary School PTA
Roxboro Middle School PTA
Karen Rubin-Kugelman
Dr. Gerald & Hermina Saidel
Seitz-Agin Hardware
Marla & Joseph Shafran Foundation
Lynn Twarog Singer
Brian Smith & Marjorie Edguer
Wanda Solaru
Kathy Soltis
Tom Sperl
Squires, Sanders, Dempsey Foundation
St. Paul’s Church
Stone Oven Bakery
Linda Striefsky
Studio Techne
Stacy Stuhldreher
Tammy Tucker
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Reid Vail
Verne & Ellsworth Hann, Inc.
Beth & Scott Wachter
Jeri Waltrip
Wiley PTA
Beth Woodside
Daniel & Ellen Worthington
Susan Zull
Thomas Zych

In Kind Donations

Big Fun
City of Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District
Cleveland Orchestra
Joyce Collins
Dave’s
Dewey’s Pizza
Huron Hospital
Little Jacket
Marcus Thomas
Maryann Posche
Notre Dame College
Restless Coffee
Dallas Schubert
Stone Over Bakery
Target Stores
Whole Foods
Zagara’s
Kal Zucker