Donor Activists: Building the Way Forward
Individual Donor Activists
Our donor activists put their passion into action. Their generous unrestricted gifts allow us to continue to power the grassroots movements shaping LA.
Whether they’re advocating in support of youth development, signing petitions to end oil drilling across the county, or attending events to raise funds to support this critical work, Liberty Hill’s Donor Activists show up for social justice. We couldn’t do this critical work without your support.
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We are deeply grateful for the unwavering commitment of Liberty Hill’s longtime donor activists and funding partners and the many individuals and organizations that began new partnerships with Liberty Hill during this critical moment in history.
Together, we are bending the Arc towards justice.
Donors who made gifts in FY23 between 10/1/23 and 9/30/24 are listed below.
Champions
Michele Asselin & Joe Meltzer
Diana & Daniel Attias
Siena Aguayo
& Andrew Bartholomew
Sandra Ball-Rokeach
Yuval Bar-Zemer
The Beall Family
Jessica Bendit
& Dickran Jebejian
Celia Bernstein, Brad Kesden
& Lena Kesden
Joshua & Lisa Bernstein
Flora & Andrew Birdzell
Nancy Berman & Alan Bloch
Kafi & The Honorable
Bob Blumenfield
Z C. Branson
Stephanie & Harold Bronson
Sofia Chang
Wendy Chang & David Solin Lee
Jon Christensen
& Ursula K. Heise
Barbara Cohn
Roberta Conroy
Glen Dake
Renee Dake Wilson
John Densmore
Ranney Blake Draper
Robin Dunitz
Flora L. Thornton Foundation
Shari & Richard Foos
L. Lloys Frates
Kay Gilbert & Roger Kohn
Adam Gunther
Sam Ho, M.D.
Jennifer Hoffman
Katharine King
Kesa Kivel
Trice Koopman & Mark Freund
Annie Lainer-Marquit
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Jason & Lika Litt
Paula & Barry Litt
Natalie Mahdesian
Suzanne J. Marks
Walter N. Marks III
& Carol W. Wiener
Win McCormack
Beth and David Meltzer
Dr. Eve Meltzer
& Dr. Joseph M. Thometz
Weston Milliken, Ph.D.
Milton A. and Charlotte R.
Kramer Charitable Foundation
Sylvia Patton
Jane Peebles
Carol Potter
The Ressler Family Foundation
Nina Revoyr
Connie & Keith Rohman
David Rosenauer & Rex Walker
Sheila, Dave,
& Sherry Gold Foundation
Mitchell Singer
Grant Sunderland
& Katherine Vaughters
The Sunflower Fund of
Schwab Charitable
Allison Thomas
Three Sisters Foundation
Sam J. Vinal
Shana Weiss & John Silva
*5 Anonymous Donors
Advocates
#HalfMyDAF
Hal Barron & Kathy Kobayashi
Beth Burnam
Christine & Jennifer Delwood
Sharon Fagen
Marta Ferro
Lisa Friedman
Frank Gruber & Janet Levin
Dean Hansell
Christi Hogin & Michael Jenkins
Frances Jemmott
& Bernard Rollins
Heather & Joshua Joy Kamensky
Jenji Kohan
Lee & Luis Lainer
Laurie Levit and Steve Ades
Katherine & Benjamin Lindsay
Loraine Lundquist
Cassie & Garo Manjikian
John Bard Manulis
& Elizabeth Heller
Gail Milliken
Elizabeth Norton
Stefanie & Myron Roth
Roberta Stone
Rita Taggart-Wexler
Eric Weissler
Lauren White & Alex Gansa
Elizabeth & Steve Zaillian
Changemakers
Stephanie Alvarado
Huey & Steve Artiga-Merchant
Ronald Bagel & Meg O’Brien
Linda Baum
Taylor & Richard Beale
Nancy Bernstein
Susan Bernstein
Mary Ann Braubach
Sandra & Mayer Brenner
Greer Bronson & James Giardina
Karen Byrne
Ronnie Cavalluzzi
Jenny Chartoff
Rabbi Kenneth Chasen
& Allison Lee
Suzanne & Walter Cochran-Bond
Mary-Erin Crook & David Johnson
Arline H. Dillman
Quinn Emmett
Nicole & Garson Foos
Kay Gallin
Cristina Garcia & Mark Stanley
Susan Genco & Mitch Kamin
Sonya Glover
Shane Murphy Goldsmith
& Monica Granados
Jan Goodman & Jerry Manpearl
Eliza & Adam Green
Whitney Green
Martha Hackett
Burt Harris, Jr.
Sean Hecht & Rebecca Weiker
Roth Herrlinger
Cathy Hession
Jessica Hoffmann
Carollee Howes & Karen Brodkin
Robert Israel
Anne & Charles Johnson
William Jones & Thea Petchler
Diane & Jules Kabat
Lirona Kadosh & Ethan Goldstine
Jan Kern
Lynzee Klingman
& Richard Pearce
Zuzana Riemer Landres
& Shawn Landres
Mary Lassen & Martin Liebowitz
Linda Lichter & Norman Marck
Julio Marcial
Chris Massey
Barbara Masters & Marc Weiss
Doe Mayer
Jack McCurley
Daniel Melling
Melissa Michelson
Paul Moore
Anand Pandya
Clare Pastore & Kurt F. Eggert
Kaci Patterson
Sarah Pillsbury
Margarita & Clemente Ramirez
Jared Rivera
Deborah Rothman
Molly Rysman
Elizabeth Sadlon
Meghan Sahli-Wells
Cathy Salser
Michael & Jan Schau
Joanna Schwartz
& Theodore Shapiro
Wendelin Slusser
Mark Smith
Dominique Tan
Chris Tilly & Marie Kennedy
United Way
Of Greater Los Angeles
Paul Uvanitte
Belen Vargas
Dale Weaver & Diane Perlov
Marilyn & John Wells
Jon Wiener & Judy Fiskin
Matty & Andrew Wilder
Jennifer Williams
Amelia & Derrick Williamson
Andy Wong
Rabbi Barbara Zacky
David Zebker
Jon Zerolnick
*1 Anonymous Donor
Sustainers
Elizabeth Abbe & Lewis Schneider
Adrianna Adarme
Kristin Aldana-Taday & Gustavo Aldana
Amy Anderson & Benjamin Swett
Alexandra Ankudowich
Ernesto Arias
Dyanne Asimow
David & Lyssa Axeen
Melissa Balaban
Tania Balazs
Nathan Banditelli
Brian Barr
Elissa Barrett
Paulette Barron
Claudia Bautista Perales
Paul A. Beck
Eve Beerman, LCSW
Gina Belafonte
James Bell
Ryan Bell
Beth S. Bergman
Karen Berkogibson
Marianne Bernstein
Nicole & Mickey Blaine
Gina Blumenfeld
Nia Blumenfield
Michael Bodaken
Kacey Bonner
Marne Bonwitt
Harriet Bookstein
Leni Boorstin & Jonathan Boorstin
Thaise Boyd
Daniel Braun
Maria Brenes & Luis Sanchez
Catlan & John Brinsley
Rabbi Sharon Brous & David Light
Samuel Shaw & Lila Byock
Leonardo Cablayan
Lisa Caine & Mitch Welch
Alberto Campos
James Campos
Linda Cao
Adrienne Carruth
Katrina Caso
Pilar Castillo
David Castle & Joanna Kabat
Chrissie Castro
Deisy Castro
Rev. Louis A. Chase
Howard Chesley & Shelly Wiseman
Irma Torres Chevalier
Maisie Chin
Sue Ann Chui
Patricia Cohen
Debra Conkey
Cynthia Copeland & Greg Spiegel
Carla Corwin
Nancy Cotton & John Given
Beth Cranston
Carla Dartis
Marguerite Davids
Gloria Davis
Linda Demer
Rebecca Dennison
Lucia Diaz
Andre Donado
Lee Doud
Howard Dratch
Sarah Dunlap
Chris Duran
Alice Echols
John & Kristin Epstein
Marvin Espinoza
Amy Fates Clover
Linda Feferman
Briana Feigon
Danny Feingold
Rachel Feldman
Laura Ferretti
Lisa Fischer
Veronica Flores
Alica Forneret
Debra Franco
Rodney Franks
Jill Freidmutter
Nan Friedman
Omai Garner
Shimica Gaskins & James Perez
Megan Gates
Patrick Gauthier
Donna Gentry
Deborah Gershenhorn
Bill Gibbons
Patti Giggans & Ellen Ledley
Amy Gladstein & James Reif
Taylor Glover
Jane & Amir Gold
Lyn Goldfarb
Naomi Goldman
Ruth Goldway
Gregory Good
Morgan Goodwin
Michael Graff-Weisner
Rhamelle Greene
Karen Gross
Roberta Grossman
Brooke Gunst
Gilda Haas & Gary Phillips
Gayle Haberman
Paul Haible
Andrew D. Halladay
Joey Hammers
Aziza Hasan
Sherry Haskell
Melanie Havelin
Jordan Haynes
Jelani Hendrix
Dana Henry
Julie C. Hermelin
Dennis Hernandez
Lizette Hernandez
Laura Herrera
Dennis Hicks
Stephan Hicks
Wendy Holden
Roni Hooper
Andrea Hricko
Norma Ibarra
Jennifer Ito
Ms. Joanna S. Jackson
John R. Jackson
Sarah James
Raymond Jimenez
Angela Johnson
Annemarie Jones
Joanna Kabat & David Castle
Piper Kamins
Karen Kandamby
Cynthia Kanner
Lori Karny
Courtney Kassel
Molly C. Katz
Deborah & Jeffrey Kaye
Christy Virginia Keeny
William Kennedy
Abby Kesden
Lena Kesden
Sherry & Dennis Kesden
Richard Kletter
Stephanie B. Koehler
Barbara Kruger
Preeti Kulkarni & Rakesh Mathur
Marcy & Bruce Landres
Jackie Joseph Lawrence
Han Le
Leslie Leitner
Linda Levine
Ross Levinson
Barbara Levitan
Debra Levitt
& Steven Rosenblum
Ms. Kandee R. Lewis
Malinda Lewis
Nancy Lewis
Mr. Robert Lewis
Veronica Lewis
Patreece Lopez
Rosalinda Lugo
Stephen C. Maack
Arnetta Mack
Karen Mack
Natalie MacNeil
Anne Madariaga
Cacey Madden
Carleigh Madden
Gabrielle Mahdesian
Brittany Maher
Eric Mann
Diane Manuel & Melvin Musick
Channing Martinez
Julio Martinez Vera
Maya Martinez-Dawkins
Mark Masaoka
Candice Mays
Theresa Maysonet
Paula Mazur
Rachel McCallister & Craig Knapp
Josh McCurry
Joseph Tomás T. Mckellar
Lauren J. McMahon
Sandra McNeill
Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza
Yesenia Mendoza
Barbara Metzenbaum & John Sherwood
Leighann Miko
Rabbi Heather Miller
& Melissa de la Rama
Lance & Marianne Miller
Jeffrey Millman
Susan Millmann & David Stephen Clare
Laura Mills
Marcia Mills
Rosalina Mira
Henry Molofsky
Victoria Mudd
Melinda Newman
Emily Ng
Ramtin Nosrati
Raquel Ochoa
Briana Offsay
Barbara Osborn & Johnnie Drimmer
Torie Osborn
Joan P. Ostroy
Allegra Padilla
Chris Paine
Josefina A. Paredes
Lina Paredes & Jerome Academia
Manuel Pastor, Jr.
& Elizabeth Hall Hamilton
Ms. Jane Paul & Mr. Glenn Berkovitz
Dyana Pena
Asia Powell
Linda Preuss
Michele Prichard & Rod Lane
Amy Pucker
Heidi Quenga
Jesus Quinonez
Bonnie Raitt
Shelby Reed
Paul & Paula Reiser
Angela Reyes
Angel Roberson-Daniels
Janette Robinson Flint
Howard A. Rodman
Dr. Mary Ann Rosenfeld
& Mr. Sheldon Kadish
Rachel Roth
Judith Rothman-Rofe & Peter Rofe
Thomas L. Safran
Samantha Saifer
Shawnte Salabert
Midge Sanford & Peter Broderick
Amy Sausser & Jerry Soto
James Saxon
Zachery Scott
Ruthie Seroussi
Dorothy Settlage
Michael Sexton
Paula & David Shatkin
Susan Silton
Paul Silvern & Judith Meister
David Silverstein
Jonathan Skurnik
Joan Smiles
Katherine Smith
Liz Smith
Carol Sobel
Peggy Friedland Stacy & Patrick Stacy
Diana Stanich
Sharon Stratton
Alexandra Suh & Thomas Kim
Catherine Suitor & Jorge Ramirez
Diane Tan & King Cheung
Judith Teitelman & Aaron Paley
Julie Thompson & Brogan de Paor
Beth Tigay
Anne Tremblay
Michael Tubbs
Maria Tucker
Jody Uttal & Jeff Gold
Sarah Vaill
Carlos Valle
Ivan Villasenor
Lori Wagner
Mr. Jeffery T. Wallace
Catherine Wang
Celia Ward-Wallace
Edward Washatka
Kim Watson
Daniel Weidlein
Anthony Weiss
Jeff Werner & Elyce Wakerman
Emily Williams & Randall Scharlach
Joseph Williams
Lance Williams
Debbie Winters
Joseph Womac
Marshall Wong
Tomiko T. Yamato
Joyce & Joseph Ybarra
Robert Zaugh
Natalya Zernitskaya
*18 Anonymous Donors