Donors

* Legacy Fund gift in honor of Co-Founder Ember Reichgott Junge and founding former Board Chair Dennis Yelkin.

Donors listed in bold are members of our Circle of Dance Champions, indicating they have made a five-year commitment to Heart of Dance at the level designated.

Salsa
$25,000 AND ABOVE

Thomas and Julianne Youngren Foundation

Merengue
$10,000 - $24,999

Barbara Forster*
F. R. Bigelow Foundation
Carolyn Foundation
Ecolab Foundation
McNeely Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Waltz
$5,000 - $9,999

Beverly Grossman
JCI Saint Paul
Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Foundation*
Bob Sondag
The Lulu Foundation

Tango
$2,000 - $4,999

Julie Anderson
Catherine Andrus
Barbara Forster
Goodale Family Foundation
Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation
Kit Jackson*
Susan Boren King
Deloris (Dede) Ouren
RBC Wealth Management
Rochester Area Foundation
Steve Roecklein
Maxine Wallin

Rumba
$1,000 - $1,999

Anonymous Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Brad and Mary Bakken*
Camille Burke
Carlson Capital Management, LLC
Judith S. Corson
Jim and Joy Erickson
Toni Halleen
Heather Harden
Susan Herbach
Cecily Hines
Barbara Kuenne, in memory of Tom Kuenne
Elaine and Ted Kvasnik
Vicci Johnson
Ron Mirenda
Kenneth Mowll
Robert Meyerson
Constance Packard*
Donald Phillips
Dr. Rosebud Roberts (Rochester)
Carrie and John Sandgren
Jill Smith and Greg Warner
Think Mutual Bank of Rochester
Dr. Andrew Thomas
Timothy Ulrich
Dennis Yelkin

Swing
$500 - $999

Rebecca Anderson, in memory of Daniel David Gregg
Julie Andrus
Dr. Patricia Barrier (Rochester)
Delia and Tyrone Bujold
RPB Family Foundation
Ligaya Carlos
Marian Ducharme, in honor of Erin Ross
Suzanne Jebe
Sharon Kennedy
KPMG US Foundation, Inc.
Lakeshore Players, Inc.
Lockhart/Mayeron Family Foundation
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
David and Cathy Schmitt
Sarah Stevenson
The Beverly Foundation
USA Dance, Minnesota Chapter
USA Dance Southern Minnesota Chapter (Rochester)
Rebecca Wallin
Lori Weissman
Tami Zurbay

Foxtrot
$250 - $499

American Legion Post #334
Jennifer Anderson
Robert Anholt and Ann Waltner
Ellen Breyer
Paul and Mary Cederberg, in honor of Tom and Marian Niemiec
Cathy and Bill Dessert
Peter Dimock and Vicki Nauschultz
Richard Eichstadt (Rochester)
Ron Fingerhut
James Gray
Karen Gustafson (Rochester)
Peggy Kubicz Hall
Lynn Heidelbauer
Penny Hunt
Lori Jacobwith
Laurie Kramer
Jenifer Loon
Catherine McBride (Rochester)
Kathleen Meyerle (Rochester)
Ron Mirenda II and Brook Mirenda
Val Moeller
Dr. Kirsten Nelson
Tom Reddin, in honor of Barbara Kuenne
Jane Ringer
Art and Cheri Rolnick
Rotary Club of Richfield, in honor of
Dr. Kirsten Nelson
Cathy Ryan
Maureen Shaver*
Helen Starman
Missy Staples Thompson
Karel Weigel (Rochester)
Andrea Wilkerson

Cha Cha
$100 - $249

Terry Allred (Rochester)
Anonymous
Lisa Pestka Anderson (Rochester)
Lynn Anderson
Joan Bachman
Connie Barry
Ann Beatty*
Pam and Bob Berkwitz
Bhakti Wellness Center
Susan Blohm
Governor Arne and Susan Carlson
Shannon Carson
Sarah Caruso
Nell and Ronald Collier
Jim Dale
William Davnie
Nancy Dorris
Terry Duggan
Julie Faulhaber
Joseph and Moose Giannetti
Katherine Gove
Eva Grooms
Joan Anderson Growe
Cathy Hartman
Mary Hartnett and Joseph Knaeble
Barbara Hauser
Jan Heasley
Susan and Mark Hervey
Wyn Huynh
Julie Jacobson Kendle
Zach Jones and Amy Hero Jones
Janet Kaiser
Mike Karels
Glenda Key, in memory of her parents
Leslie Koepke, in honor of Lance Boole
Kathryn Kraker, in honor of Evelyn Kerfeld
Ludwik J. and Barbara Kulas
Glen Larsen (Rochester)
Lois Larson
Sharon Lim
Elizabeth Lindberg
Bill Long
Peggy Lucas
Robin Madden, in honor of Leslie Koepke

Ed Marek
Gail McCollum, in honor of Roseann
Roseann McMahon
Anna McMillin
Mary Meland, in honor of Dede Ouren
Laura Mogren
Kathryn Nelson
Sue Ellen O'Connell
Glenn Orcutt
Scott and Bernie Osborn
Nancy Pauly, in honor of Rose Hartnett
Dan Pennie and Anne Carayon
Craig Peterson
Mark and Mary Peterson
Carol Pine*
Dr. Arti Prasad
Judy and Bob Prentiss
Megan Prindiville
Eleanor Purdy
Beth Rapier and Anthony Ross
Thue and Uttara Rasmussen
RBC Wealth Management
Susan Rosenthal
Connie Sanville
Alyse Schoeberle
Lorraine Spies
Paul and Frances Stachour
Dorothy and Mike Stevens
Raymond Stiff
Don and Stephanie Supalla (Rochester)
Louise Sundin
Mark Tepley and Karen Kettler Tepley
The Lowbrow
Joyce Thompson
Thomas Tinkham and Jacquelyn Hauser
Katherine and Paul Uhler
Mark Vollmer
Maureen Kucera Walsh and Michael Walsh, in honor of Michael and Ann Ciresi
Nancy Weidler
Betty Wentworth*
Jean West
Cathy Wurzer

Maggie Madden, in honor of Leslie Koepke
Kathy Magnuson
Denise Mayotte
John McGraw
Linda Mell
Marianne Milligan
Sally Moore
Scott Muskin
Kathleen Neaton
Mackenzie Neaton
Mike Neaton
Patricia Neaton
Tom Nichol
Nancy Norling
Joseph Palen
Judy Pascoe
Susan Phipps-Yonas
Donald Pitsch
Shelli Place
Carol Post and Gary Stroick
Joyce Rasmussen
Carolyn Reiland
Heather Reusse
Mary Rosenstiel
Jeff and Katie Rotz
Joan Rubano
Gaynelle Schandel
Sydney Schoeberle
Gena Schottmuller
Dana and Jon Schroeder
Charles Selcer
Dr. Mary Jo Sodd
Delphie Sorenson
Patricia Soulak
Amy Steinkraus
Marshall Tanick and Cathy Gorlin*
Melanie Thiel
Debbie Thompson
Thrivent Financial
Margaret Tobin
Jenny Verner
Katherine Vessells
Susan Viking-Kueck and John Kueck
Jan and Randy Warren
Carolyn Wehrmacher
Ken Wencl
William Wentzel
Judy Willman
Dianne Zepeda
Jean Zimmerman

In-Kind Donors

School Supporters

John Burns
Joel DesLauriers
C. J. Hurst
Ignited Fundraising
Ray Joachim
Joseph Knaeble
Rory Thomas Productions
Sheer Dance
Snow Ball DanceSport Competition
Tippi Toes Rochester
TST Creative Catering
Twin Cities Open Ballroom Championships
University of Minnesota Ballroom Dance Club
U Partner Dance
USA Dance - Minnesota Chapter

East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association
Kingfield Neighborhood Association
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association
Nokomis East Neighborhood Association