Desert Town Hall was founded in 1993 by Lois Horvitz, a prominent desert philanthropist. An avid golfer, Lois also served on boards at Eisenhower Medical Center and the Betty Ford Center. She was passionate about Desert Town Hall until her passing in 2015. Today, her legacy lives on through the speaker series.

Diamonds receive the ultimate backstage access: meeting the evening speaker at a private reception, and receiving a photo with the speaker as a lasting memento.

Judy & Bill Allred
Sally Alvino
Diane C. Anderson
Charlotte & Steve Anderson
Suzan & Bill Appel
Nanette & Scott Bailey
Kristina Ballantyne
Lu Barnes
Diane & Gary Baxter
Mary & Barry Berlin
Nella Berry
Penny Boehm
Stephanie & Nick Bozick
Fred Brzozowski
LaVerne S. Brzozowski
Rosemarie & Dean Buntrock
Kimberley Burge
Barb Burnell
Marlene & Bruce Canter
Lizi & Davidi Compton
Katharyn Cook
Susan Del Prete
Joy Dunlevie & Ted Humphrey
James Dyer
Diane Dykema & John Reich
Peter Eveland
Lynda & Murray Farmer
Jill & Jeff Finegold
Cay Fortune & John Shimer
Anne & Steve Furgal
Christina Gantz
Karlene Garber
Janet Geary & John Miller
Andy & Marylynn Gladstein
Marlene & Daniel Good
Maudella & Harold Green
Sylvia & Ronald Gregoire
Lesley Halverson & Richard Waddell
Carol Hanson
Susie & Wayne Harvey
Mary Ellen Hendler
Mary & Brent Jacobs
Sabine Jones
Tee Jones
Lynne Knecht
Brooke Koehler
Kate & Michael Lach
Mark & Carol Lawrence
Marilyn & Malcolm Leggett
Sarah & Jerry Mathews
Sean McGrath
Nancy & Duane McNett
Patricia Meadowcroft
Joy Miedecke
Marlene & John Miller
Nancy Miller
Tom Minder
Carol More
Rita Murdoch
Frank Orlett
Heidi & Michael Peyton
Lynn & Gerald Pharris
Linda & Rudy Puryear
Cheryl & Mike Quine
Bonnie & Paul Racano
Linda Saros
Dick Shalhoub & Tracy Smith
Cynthia & Irving Shapiro
Sally St. John
Susan & Patrick Terrell
Marlene & Richard Tschetter
Devera & Dave Wood

We gratefully acknowledge the following supporters for their additional contributions this year.

A Friend of Desert Town Hall
Patricia Allison
Debbie Autrey
Robin & Lee Babb
Lu Barnes
Diane & Gary Baxter
Kathryn Bergman
Jeffrey Berman
Nella Berry
Jo Anne & Bob Bettenhausen
Manse Binkley
Penny Boehm
Dorothy Broderick
Terry Brown
La Verne & Fred Brzozowski
Jane & David Buchanan
Rhoda & Gordon Budke
Sharron & Tom Carnevali
Andy Carney
Andy Colker
Katharyn Cook
Janet Cree
Ardis & Arthur Crist
Diane Dykema
Nancy & George Edwards
Bob Engelke
Lynda & Murray Farmer
Jill & Jeff Finegold
Joanne & John Firmage
Tamara Fischer & Jeff Kellog
Michele Florian
Jo-Anne Forrest
Anne & Steve Furgal
Karlene Garber
Linda Gleckler
Ted Goldman & Sheila Sloan
Peggy Gordon
Karen Gransee
Sara & Robert Gray
Jana Greer
Kenneth Grier
Loxi & David Hagthrop
Jim Hatfield & Marcia Slater
Maribeth Hayes
Dr. Ellen Jaeger
Linda & Matt Johnson
Lynn VB Johnson
Marsha & Robert Keen
Arlene & Dan Kirby
Penny & Alan Kirk
Carolee & Gerald Kolve
Elizabeth & Perry Koon
Sheila Kucich
Bill Lane
Marilyn & Malcolm Leggett
Brenda & Paul Lilly
Darwin Little
Rosemary & Stan Long
George Maas & Nancy Giuliano
Carol & Denis Mahoney
Kathi Malllick
Deborah Marcus
Lucy McBain
Trish & Ed McCarthy
Craig McCollam
David McFarland
Kathleen & Douglas Methot
Ursula Johnson & Gary Moore
Pamela & Gene Musselman
Richard Myers
Barb Neroni
Dean Olson & Corrine Crothers
Sandy & Charles Patterson
Barbara & Jim Reed
Brian Reed & Karen Hepler
Adele Ruxton
Doug & Peg Schmalz
Sally & Michael Schreter
Robbie & John Scodellaro
Dick Shalhoub
Maureen Sheehan
Vicki Shepard
Karen Sisselman
Jaclin Smith
Lisa Smith
Shannon Smith
Patricia & Tom Spates
Lezah & Ron Stenger
Sally St. John
Julie Strattan
Mary Pat & Jerry Sweetman
Shelly & Ronald Tamkin
Tom Thacker
Diane & Ron Tyrpin
Judy VanHandel
Jean Viereck
Kristine & John Walsh
Jack Whitmore
Wendell & Lynda Wilkinson
Sandra Woodward

A Friend of Desert Town Hall
Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commmerce
Donna J. MacMillan
Fred & Li-Anne Mannix
David & Nancy Martin

Charles Schwab Advisory Group

Mark Copeland
Hans Ewert
Bill Klepper
Shan Zubair

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Blaine Amidei
Bonnie Baker
Sierra Boettcher
Terri Bona
JJ Boozer
Mara Brown
Tonya Carnevale
Deborah Chapman
Sharon Cowan
Roxanna Farinpour
Jeff Frisco
Joyce Frisco
Debra Gruszecki
Judy Hobbs
Jeanne Hopkins
Bob Kimball
Ken Kurtz
Peggy Sue Lane
Cheri Lovingfoss
Daniel McCullor
Brianna Miller
Rosalind Miller
Savannah Ortega
Jan Ray
Lainey Robinson
Kathy Strong
Stacy Topping
Judy Vossler
Sean Webb
Ron Willison
Marissa Willman

Mark Lawrence
Ace Printing
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Hunter | Johnsen
(Marketing & Design)

Nona S. Solowitz
(CPA)

Dan Shalaby
(Photography)

Mark Cieslikowski
(Candid Photography)

Paul Cracchiolo Downstream Productions, Inc.
(Music Producer)

Chris Clemens
Clemens Public Relations

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10+ Years

 

Bailey Aalfs
Diane C. Anderson
Gail Arnold-Kowallis
Deborah Aughenbaugh
Diane & Gary Baxter
Carol Beatty
Barry & Mary Berlin
Judy & Richard Blackwood
Penny Boehm
Josi Boelzner
Francine Bradley
Jeffrey Bradley
Linda Ann Brain
Bob Brehm
Francine & Lars Bruun-Andersen
Karen & Richard Bylski
Mark & Linda Carpenter
Howard & Betty Clark
Katharyn Cook
Jody Cook
Lynn Crutchley
Brian Currie
Susan Day
Carol Deluca
Mary & Sam Devinki
Janet Dumser
James Dyer
Diane Dykema
Carol & Robert Emmons
Darlene Falcone
Lynda & Murray Farmer
Priscilla & Harold Gilkey
David & Billie Kay Gohn
Marlene & Daniel Good
Kathleen Graham
Sylvia & Ronald Gregoire
Antoinette Hafey & James Parry
Bill Haines
Jim & Jan Hawkins
Mary Ellen Hendler
Carole Hoffman
Dianne & Tom Honig
Jodi Isenberg
Brent & Mary Jacobs
Ellen Jaeger
Sabine Jones
Tee Jones
Gary & Jerrie Katz
Robert & Marsha Keen
Penny & Alan Kirk
Carolee Kolve
Wally & Lynne Knecht
Brooke Koehler
Perry & Elizabeth Koon
Page Lee
Jacqueline Lester
Mary Lester
Brenda & Paul Lilly
Chuck & Audrey Linke
Charles Lovin
Susan Mammel
Joan Mandala
Nancy & David Martin
Carol McCarthy
Billie McDonald
David Musgjerd
Joan Panopoulos
Norma Person
Sandi Phillips
Mike & Cheryl Quine
Sandy & Floyd Rhoades
Gloria & Ken Sargent
Kay Shraiberg
Gary Schnitzer & Sandra Wilder
Michael & Sally Schreter
Kim Shaw
Richard & Jan Shirk
Linda Simmons
Phil & Maggie Stalcup
Marty Stattin
Doug & Carley Stewart
Marsha & Glen Stocking
Cheryl Taylor
Jack Terhar
Tom Thacker
Pamela Thompson
George & Carol Tielsch
Eileen Todd
Ron & Diane Tyrpin
Margo & Jim Walesby
Marlyne & David Weiner
Carol & Michael Williamson
Robert & MaryJo Wisely
Sandra Woodward


15+ Years

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Allen
Teresa & Ed Andrews
Debbie Autrey
The Coeta & Donald Barker Foundation
Sheila & Charles Bailin
Lu Barnes
Bruce Bartley
Nelson Berkowitz
Nella Berry
Sandra Bosley
Dorothy Broderick
Rosemarie & Dean Buntrock
Sharron & Tom Carnevali
Shelly & Andy Clark
Deborah & Buz Cox
Janet Cree
Ardis & Arthur Crist
Christine & Frank Curry
Joe Daley
Joyce Dawson
Kelly Dougherty & Kathy Valentine
Joy Dunlevie
Kris & Steve Egger
Joan & John Foster
Maureen Garrett
Nick Gojmeric
Larry Goldberg
Sheila & Ted Goldman
Gary Goode
Peggy Gordon
Terry & Dottie Gough
Karen Gransee
Valerie & William K. Hall
Jan & Brian Harnik
Louise & Bob Harris
Charlene & Frank Harrison
Paul & Linda Hayne
Elaine Henderson
Diana & Rod Hendry
Carol & James Hicks
Clarisa & Don Howard
Kathy & William Hybl
Ann & Bill Iwata
Mary & David Johnson
Sara Karloff
Arlene & Dan Kirby
Lisa Lefkovitz
Pat Logan
Jeffrey Louis
Marilyn Lynch
Carol & Denis Mahoney
David McFarland
Patricia Meadowcroft
Kathleen & Douglas Methot
Nancy Miller
Jeanie Mills
Gary Moore & Ursula Johnson
Carol & Rodger L. Nelson
Emily & Dan Nelson
Roger E. Nelson
Ed Oehler
Sandy & Harvey Platt
Winnie & Ken Robertson
Linda Saros
Gayle & Jack Scanlon
Isasdore Schifano
Peg & Doug Schmalz
John Schoettler & Elaine Hill
Gay Scholes
Gordon Steele
Sally St. John
Sara & Ronald Sutter
Ann & Mike Taft
Jean Viereck
Anne & Roger Walther
Margo Wells


20+ Years

Tamara & Mike Batdorf
Jane Berg
Nancy Benson
Kathryn Bergman
The H. N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation
Lynda & Charles Biggs
Barbara & Alex Bowie
Elizabeth Burgoyne
Gail & Merle Denker
Adriel & Stephen Doyle
Sandra & Gerald Drummond
Rebecca & Stephen J. Dutka
Travis Erwin
Barbara & Leonard Feldman
Joann & John Firmage
Jo -Anne Forrest
Karlene Garber
Janet Geary
Judi & John Gingerich
Linda & W.I.M. Goodrick
Sara & Robert Gray
Gale & Barry Hackshaw
Antoinette Hafey
Loxi & David Hagthrop
Nancy & Joe Hayes
Jayne & Merle Hill
Catheryn Hoehn
Suzanne & Marc Homme
Sandra & Bernard Howard
Edward Keegan
Wanda & Robert Kelley
Martin Lax
Dr. Louette & Larry Lutjens
Nancy & George Maas
Donna J. MacMillan
Li-Anne & Fred Mannix
Kay & Gary Mattheis
Rosemary & Peter Mazzetti
Trish & Ed McCarthy
Thomas Murphy
Audrey Nagelberg
Joann & Mark Nickerson
Betty Lou Poloway
Bonnie & Paul Racano
Barbara & Jim Reed
Rosemary Rubenstein
Adele Ruxton
Judith & Donald Schliessmann
Virginia & Richard Shillington
Marilyn Smith
Patricia & Tom Spates
Joyce & Bob Starr
Tori St. Johns & Werner Boettcher
Shelly & Ronald Tamkin
Jane Turner
Richard Woolley
Mary Ann & Frank Xavier