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Folger Gala

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Gala Co-Chairs
Richard and Peggy Batchelder

 

Honorary Co-Chairs
Dame Karen Pierce DCMG,
The British Ambassador,
and Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB

 

Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Michael Witmore

 

Request the pleasure of your company at the
2023 Folger Gala

 

Saturday, April 29, 2023
at half past six o’clock

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Gala Committee

Nora and Jarrett Arp
Vint and Sigrid Cerf
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
Lisa Fuentes and Thomas Cohen
Philip Deutch and Marne Levine
Emily and Michael Eig
Susan Sachs Goldman
Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam
Rosa Joshi
Leora and Derek Kaufman
May Liang and James Lintott
The Honorable John D. Macomber
Robin and Roger Millay
Darcy and Andrew Nussbaum
Gail Kern Paster
Paul Smith and Michael Dennis
Ramie Targoff and Stephen Greenblatt

Sponsors
Premier Sponsors

Vint and Sigrid Cerf

Lead Sponsors
Nora and Jarrett Arp
Susan Sachs Goldman
May Liang and James Lintott
Prime Sponsors
Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP
Lisa Fuentes and Thomas Cohen
Jacqueline B. Mars
Major Sponsors
Richard and Peggy Batchelder
Jim and Susan Clifton
Maygene and Steve Daniels
Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam
Emily and Michael Eig
Chris Foster and the Foster Family Trust
Gilbane Building Company
Marty Kuehne
Edward and Patricia Leahy
The Honorable John D. Macomber
Robin and Roger Millay
William and Louisa Newlin
Gail Kern Paster
Shakespeare’s Globe, USA
Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul, II
Paul Smith and Michael Dennis
Friend
Becker & Frondorf
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
Philip Deutch and Marne Levine
Margaret and David Gardner
Darcy and Andrew Nussbaum
The Nussdorf Family
Kathie and Mike Williams
Patrons
Jennifer and Timothy Adams
Twiss and Patrick Butler
Jane Lipton Cafritz
Florence and Neal Cohen
Nicky Cymrot
Sterling P.A. Darling, Jr.
Lisa Nye Dawson
Alexandra and Lammot du Pont
Nancy Ebb and Gary Ford
Stephen Kieran
Lee Lockwood
Andrea and Edward McNicholas
THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (of Rita & Peter Heydon)
Terence R. Murphy, O.B.E.
and Patricia Sherman Murphy
Ingrid Rose
Barbara A. Shailor and Harry W. Blair
Ramie Targoff and Stephen Greenblatt
Mary Augusta and George D. Thomas
Jane Willis and Rich Davey

 

Gala Levels and Benefits

2023 Folger Gala

Individual Levels and Benefits

For more information please call Helena Chung at 202.675.0362

$50,000 - Premier Sponsor
$25,000 - Lead Sponsor
$15,000 - Prime Sponsor
$10,000 - Major Sponsor
$5,000 - Friend
$2,500 - Patron
$750 - Purchase a ticket

For information regarding Corporate Sponsorship opportunities, please contact Preuit Hirsch, Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving: 202.675.0371 or phirsch@folger.edu

Past Gala videos

Please enjoy these videos from the Folger’s past galas.

Contact us

For more information about the 2023 Folger gala, please contact the Office of Development at 202-675-0362 or membership@folger.edu.