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
Suzan & Bill Appel
Kristina Ballantyne
Lu Barnes
Remembered with gratitude
Diane & Gary Baxter
Mary & Barry Berlin
Nella Berry
Penny Boehm
Stephanie & Nick Bozick
Fred Brzozowski
LaVerne S. Brzozowski
Rosemarie Buntrock
Kimberley Burge
Barb Burnell
Lizi & Davidi Compton
Katharyn Cook
Karen & Sid DeBoer
Susan Del Prete
Joy Dunlevie & Ted Humphrey
James Dyer
Diane Dykema 
Mary Faris
Lynda & Murray Farmer
Jill & Jeff Finegold
Cay Fortune 
Anne & Steve Furgal
Christina Gantz
Karlene Garber
Janet Geary & John Miller
Marylynn & Andy Gladstein
Evelyn & Anthony Gonsalvez
Marlene & Daniel Good
Maudella & Harold Green
Sylvia & Ronald Gregoire
Lesley Halverson & Richard Waddell
Carol Hanson
Mary Hansen Faris
Susie & Wayne Harvey
Mary Ellen Hendler
Mary & Brent Jacobs
Sabine Jones
Tee Jones
Angela & Squire Junger
Lynne Knecht
Brooke Koehler & Danelle Ryan
Marilyn & Malcolm Leggett
Nancy & Duane McNett
Patricia Meadowcroft
Joy Miedecke
Marlene Miller
Nancy Miller
Tom Minder
Rita Murdoch
Frank Orlett
Cathy Osborn
Abe Ostrovsky & Christine Hughes
Gerlinde & Alex Parker
Heidi & Michael Peyton
Lynn & Gerald Pharris
Marty & Don Porter
Linda & Rudy Puryear
Cheryl & Mike Quine
Bonnie & Paul Racano
Judy Sanders
Linda Saros
Pia & Richard Schmitz
Dick Shalhoub & Tracy Smith
Cynthia & Irving Shapiro
Susan & Patrick Terrell
Marlene & Richard Tschetter
Kelly May-Vollmar & Richard Vollmar
Caren Weiss
Devera & Dave Wood

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

A Friend of Desert Town Hall
Catherine Antone
Debbie Autrey
Robin & Lee Babb
Lu Barnes
Remembered with gratitude
Kathryn Bergman
Nella Berry
Georgia & John Bertsch
Jo Anne & Bob Bettenhausen
Manse Binkley
Dorothy Broderick
La Verne & Fred Brzozowski
Jane & David Buchanan
Gary Cardiff
Kris Carnahan
Andy Carney
Tom & Sharon Carnevali
Marcy & Bob Coglianese
Ardis & Arthur Crist
Sid & Karen De Boer
Diane Dykema
Nancy & George Edwards
Bob Engelke
Barbara & Leonard Feldman
Jo-Anne Forrest
Anne & Steve Furgal
Karlene Garber
Wanda Garner
Maureen Garrett
Robert Gilliland
Ted Goldman & Sheila Sloan
Peggy Gordon
Karen Gransee
Paula & Kenneth Grier
Sharon & Gary Gries
Loxi & David Hagthrop
Valerie & William K. Hall
Charlene & Frank Harrison
Jennifer Henning
Richard Hirschmann
Dianne & Tom Honig
Dr. Ellen Jaeger
Jane & Charles Johnson
Linda & Matt Johnson
Mike & Linda Jones
Edward Keegan
Arlene & Dan Kirby
Lynne Knecht
Elizabeth & Perry Koon
Bill Lane
Brenda & Paul Lilly
Rosemary & Stan Long
Marilyn & Malcolm Leggett
George Maas & Nancy Guiliano
Carol & Denis Mahoney
Kathi Mallick
Deborah Marcus
Teresa Marley
Lucy McBain
Ed & Trish McCarthy
Craig McCollam
David McFarland
Liz McKallor
Laurie & Barry Meister
Pamela & Gene Musselman
Richard Myers
Audrey Nagelberg
Dean Olson & Corrine Crothers
Sandy & Charles Patterson
Celia Peroni
Sandy & Harvey Platt
Gail & Bruce Richards
Jack & Gayle Scanlon
Sally & Michael Schreter
Maureen Sheehan
Vicki Shepard
Karen Sisselman
Lisa Smith
Shannon Smith
Gary Schnitzer & Sandra Wilder
Marty Stattin
Tom Thacker
Judy Van Handel
Kristine & John Walsh
Steven Weinstein & Gail Cooper
Mary Ann & Frank Xavier

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

Charles Schwab Advisory Group

Mark Copeland
Brett D’Orlando
Hans Ewert
Danny Neil


Blaine Amidei
Bonnie Baker
Sierra Boettcher
Terri Bona
Mara Brown
Tonya Carnevale
Deborah Chapman
Sharon Cowan
Cyndie Easley
Roxanna Farinpour
Jeff Frisco
Joyce Frisco
Debra Gruszecki
Jeanne Hopkins
Bob Kimball
Ken Kurtz
Cheri Lovingfoss
Brian Marguleas
Daniel McCullor
Brianna Miller
Rosalind Miller
Savannah Ortega
Dana Osmond
Jan Ray
Lainey Robinson
Hailee Sapp
Kathy Strong
Stacy Topping
Judy Vossler
Sean Webb
Ron Willison

Mark Lawrence
Ace Printing
(Program Printing)

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

Vivid Staging Solutions

10+ Years

 

Suzan & Bill Appel
Robert Archer & Chuck Hilliar
Deborah Aughenbaugh
Diane & Gary Baxter
Carol Beatty
Mary & Barry Berlin
Jo Anne & Bob Bettenhausen
Penny Boehm
Stephanie & Nick Bozick
Francine Bradley
Jeffrey Bradley
Linda Ann Brain
Catherine & Bob Brehm
Terry Brown
Francine & Lars Bruun-Andersen
LaVerne & Fred Brzozowski
Karen & Richard Bylski
Gary Cardiff
Linda & Mark Carpenter
Betty & Howard Clark
Jody Cook
Katharyn Cook
Lynn Crutchley
Brian Currie
Susan Day
Darby Deal
Carol Deluca
Janet Dumser
James Dyer
Diane Dykema
Darlene Falcone
Lynda & Murray Farmer
Mary Fitz
Cay Fortune
Anne & Steve Furgal
Gail & Tom Gallaudet
Kathryn & Paul Gangi
Marlene & Daniel Good
Kathleen Graham
Sylvia & Ronald Gregoire
Jan & Jim Hawkins
Mary Ellen Hendler
Dianne & Tom Honig
Jodi Isenberg
Mary & Brent Jacobs
Ellen Jaeger
Sabine Jones
Tee Jones
Lynne & Wally Knecht
Brooke Koehler
Page Lee
Mary Lester
Brenda & Paul Lilly
Audrey & Chuck Linke
Vija Lochridge
Charles Lovin
Kathi Mallick
Teresa Marley
Lucy McBain
Carol McCarthy
Billie McDonald
David Musgjerd
Joan Panopoulos
Lynn & Gerald Pharris
Sandi Phillips
Cheryl & Mike Quine
Annette Schaffer
Sally & Michael Schreter
Jan & Richard Shirk
Kay Shraiberg
Linda Simmons
Maggie & Phil Stalcup
Marty Stattin
Marsha & Glen Stocking
Cheryl Taylor
Tom Thacker
Pamela Thompson
Patsy Thrall
Diane & Ron Tyrpin
Kristine & John Walsh
MaryJo & Robert Wisely
Sandra Woodward
Brenda & John Yeaton


15+ Years

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Allen
Diane C. Anderson
Debbie Autrey
Bruce Bartley
Nelson Berkowitz
Nella Berry
Josi Boelzner
Sandra Bosley
Rosemarie Buntrock
Sharron & Tom Carnevali
Shelly & Andy Clark
Deborah & Buz Cox
Janet Cree
Ardis & Arthur Crist
Christine & Frank Curry
Joe Daley
Joyce Dawson
Mary & Sam Devinki
Kelly Dougherty & Kathy Valentine
Joy Dunlevie
Carol & Robert Emmons
Joan & John Foster
Maureen Garrett
Karen & Joseph Gibbs
Nick Gojmeric
Sheila & Ted Goldman
Gary Goode
Peggy Gordon
Dottie Gough
Karen Gransee
Valerie & William K. Hall
Jan & Brian Harnik
Charlene & Frank Harrison
Linda & Paul Hayne
Elaine Henderson
Diana & Rod Hendry
Clarisa & Don Howard
Kathy & William Hybl
Ann & Bill Iwata
Sylvia Jacobs
Mary & David Johnson
Sara Karloff
Jerrie & Gary Katz
Penny Kirk
Elizabeth & Perry Koon
Bill Lane
Lisa Lefkovitz
Pat Logan
Rosemary & Stan Long
Marilyn Lynch
Carol & Denis Mahoney
Susan Mammel
Joan Mandala
Nancy & David Martin
David McFarland
Jeanie Mills
Carol & Rodger L. Nelson
Roger E. Nelson
Ed Oehler & Bill Haines
Sandy & Harvey Platt
Winnie & Ken Robertson
Gloria & Ken Sargent
Linda Saros
Gayle & Jack Scanlon
Gary Schnitzer & Sandra Wilder
John Schoettler & Elaine Hill
Gay Scholes
Kim Shaw
Gordon Steele
Sara & Ronald Sutter
Mary Pat & Jerry Sweetman
Ann & Mike Taft
Jean Viereck
Margo & Jim Walesby
Margo Wells


20+ Years

Teresa & Ed Andrews
Nancy Benson
Jane Berg
Kathryn Bergman
The H. N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation
Lynda & Charles Biggs
Dorothy Broderick
Adriel & Stephen Doyle
Sandra & Gerald Drummond
Rebecca & Stephen J. Dutka
Kris & Steve Egger
Barbara & Leonard Feldman
Joann & John Firmage
Jo -Anne Forrest
Karlene Garber
Janet Geary
Judi & John Gingerich
Antoinette Hafey
Loxi & David Hagthrop
Nancy Hayes
Jayne & Merle Hill
Catheryn Hoehn
Suzanne & Marc Homme
Sandra & Bernard Howard
Edward Keegan
Wanda & Robert Kelley
Arlene & Dan Kirby
Martin Lax
Dr. Louette & Larry Lutjens
Nancy & George Maas
Li-Anne & Fred Mannix
Kay & Gary Mattheis
Trish & Ed McCarthy
Patricia Meadowcroft
Nancy Miller
Audrey Nagelberg
Emily & Dan Nelson
Joann & Mark Nickerson
Betty Lou Poloway
Bonnie & Paul Racano
Rosemary Rubenstein
Adele Ruxton
Isadore Schifano
Virginia & Richard Shillington
Marilyn Smith
Patricia & Tom Spates
Tori St. Johns & Werner Boettcher
Jane Turner
Marian Wood
Richard Woolley
Mary Ann & Frank Xavier