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.

Jackie & Barney Adams
Sally Alvino
Diane C. Anderson
Charlotte & Steve Anderson
Suzan & Bill Appel
Nanette & Scott Bailey
Lu Barnes 
Diane & Gary Baxter
Mary & Barry Berlin
Penny & Robert Boehm
Nancy & Sanford Bosworth
Barbara & Alex Bowie
Stephanie & Nick Bozick
Fred Brzozowski
LaVerne S. Brzozowski
Rosemarie & Dean Buntrock
Kimberley Burge
Barb Burnell
Linda & Mark Carpenter
Linda Carson
Lizi & Davidi Compton
Katharyn & Leo Cook
Sally C. Dempsey
Joy Dunlevie & Ted Humphrey
James Dyer
Diane Dykema & John Reich
Peter Eveland
Lynda & Murray Farmer
Jeanne Flood
Cay Fortune & John Shimer
Anne & Steve Furgal
Christina Gantz
Karlene Garber
Janet Geary & John Miller
Marlene & Daniel Good
Maudella & Harold Green
Sylvia & Ronald Gregoire
Lesley Halverson & Richard Waddell
Susie & Wayne Harvey
Mary Ellen Hendler
Kristen Hopkins
Mary & Brent Jacobs
Sabine Jones
Tee Jones
Brooke Koehler
Kate & Michael Lach
Mark & Carol Lawrence
Marilyn & Malcolm Leggett
Donna & Douglas Martin
Sarah & Jerry Mathews
Nancy & Duane McNett
Patricia Meadowcroft
Marlene & John Miller
Nancy Miller
Tom Minder
Lee Morcus & Michelle Monique
Melissa Morgan
Abby & Andreas Mozoras
Rita Murdoch
Frank Orlett
Heidi & Michael Peyton
Lynn & Gerald Pharris
Linda & Rudy Puryear
Cheryl & Mike Quine
Bonnie & Paul Racano
Linda Saros
Dr. Peter Scheer
Pame Schmider
Cynthia & Irving Shapiro
Gail Siegel
Sally St. John
Annette Smith
Carol M. Tallichet
Susan & Patrick Terrell
Marlene & Richard Tschetter
Katherine Vilas
Roberta & Ken Williams
Devera & Dave Wood

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

A Friend of Desert Town Hall
Debbie Autrey
Robin & Lee Babb
Mary & Barry Berlin
Jo Anne & Bob Bettenhausen
Richard Billings
Nancy & Sanford Bosworth
Dr. Francine Bradley
Dorothy Broderick
Terry Brown
Jane & David Buchanan
Linda Carson
Joanne & Bill Chunowitz
Mary Cornell                 
Ardis & Arthur Crist
Gail & Merle Denker
Cathe & Chip Dyer                   
Nancy & George Edwards
Bob Engelke
Sherry & Mike Fahsholtz
Ronnie & Eric Feldman
Jo-Anne Forrest
Anne & Steve Furgal
Karlene Garber
Nick Gojmeric
Ted Goldman & Sheila Sloan
Karen Gransee
Sara & Robert Gray
Loxi & David Hagthrop
Cathy & Chris Harris
Jim Hatfield & Marcia Slater
Elaine Henderson
Dianne Honig
Dr. Ellen Jaeger
Sabine Jones
Marsha & Robert Keen
Elizabeth Kingma
Lynne & Wally Knecht         
Carolee & Gerald Kolve
Elizabeth & Perry Koon
Sheila Kucich
Bill Lane
Brenda & Paul Lilly
Rosemary & Stan Long
Vickie & James Lust
Dr. Louette & Mr. Larry Lutjens
Carol & Denis Mahoney
Kathi Mallick
Susan Mammel
Lucy McBain
Trish & Ed McCarthy
Craig McCollam
Susan & David McFarland
Kathleen & Douglas Methot   
Ursula Johnson & Gary Moore
Pamela & Gene Musselman
Tom Nokes
Sandy Patterson
Carol Pavlick
Sandi Phillips
Barbara & Jim Reed             
Doug & Peg Schmalz
Sally & Michael Schreter           
Kim Shaw
Sally St. John
Tori St. Johns & Werner Boettcher
Lezah & Ron Stenger
Mary Pat & Jerry Sweetman
Bonnie Tallakson
Shelly & Ronald Tamkin
Jack Terhar
Katherine Vilas
Kristine & John Walsh
Roberta & Ken Willliams

A Friend of Desert Town Hall
Richard Billings
Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commmerce
Donna J. MacMillan

Charles Schwab Advisory Group

Hans Ewert
Andrew Fuller
Bill Klepper
Stephanie Perkins

Jolina Adams
Bonnie Baker
Sierra Boettcher
Mara Brown
Tonya Carnevale
Deborah Chapman
Caryl Cummings
Roxanna Farinpour
Jeff Frisco
Joyce Frisco
Debra Gruszecki
Tracy Hartman
Judy Hobbs
Jeanne Hopkins
Andrew Hunter
Ken Kurtz
Peggy Sue Lane
Cheri Lovingfoss
Daniel McCullor
Brianna Miller
Rosalind Miller
Diane Moore
Jan Ray
Lainey Robinson
Nancy Skonezny
Kimberly Spiegel
Stacy Topping
Lynne Tracy
Judy Vossler
Brenda Wallace
Sandy Walton
Ron Willison
Marissa Willman

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

 

Bailey Aalfs
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Allen
Diane C. Anderson
Gail Arnold-Kowallis
Debbie Autrey
Sheila Bailin
Lu Barnes
Bruce Bartley
Carol Beatty
Bonnie & Ronald Benham
Nelson Berkowitz
Nella & Bill Berry
Alice & Bob Bishop
Judy & Richard Blackwood
Josi Boelzner
Karlyn & Charles Boppell
Nancy & Sanford Bosworth
Francine Bradley
Jeffrey Bradley
Linda Ann Brain
Dorothy Broderick
Francine & Lars Bruun-Andersen
Doris & James Buchholz
Rosemarie & Dean Buntrock
Anita & E.L. Burch
Linda Carson
Jody Cook
Deborah & Buz Cox
Larry Culver
Brian Currie
Carol Deluca
Mary & Sam Devinki
Catherine & Chip Dyer
James Dyer
Carol & Robert Emmons
Linda & Murray Farmer
Maureen Garrett
Karen & Joseph Gibbs
Priscilla & Harold Gilkey
Nick Gojmeric
Marlene & Daniel Good
Gary Goode
Peggy & Charles Gordon
Dottie & Terry Gough
Kathleen Graham
Karen Gransee
Sylvia & Ronald Gregoire
Antoinette Hafey
Bill Haines
Louise & Bob Harris
Charlene & Frank Harrison
Paul Hayne
Elaine Henderson
Diana & Rod Hendry
Carol & James Hicks
Carole Hoffman
Clarisa & Don Howard
Kathy & William Hybl
Jodi Isenberg
Ann & Bill Iwata
Mary & David Johnson
Linda & Mike Jones
Sabine Jones
Tee Jones
Gary & Jerrie Katz
Penny & Alan Kirk
Lisa Lefkovitz
Jacqueline Lester
Brenda & Paul Lilly
Rosemary & Stan Long
Justine & Charles Lynch
Susan Mammel
Joan Mandala
Donna & Douglas Martin
Nancy & David Martin
Joni & William Maxwell
Susan & David McFarland
Happy & Bob Millen
Jeanie Mills
Lee Morcus
Mary Lee & Paul Murphy
Roger E. Nelson
Carol & Rodger L. Nelson
Howard O’Connell
Ed Oehler 
Norma Person
Harvey & Sandy Platt
Penny & Greg Popma
Sandy & Floyd Rhoades
Jan Richardson
Winnie & Ken Robertson
Gloria & Ken Sargent
Gail & Robert Scadron
Gayle & Jack Scanlon
Peg & Doug Schmalz
Gary Schnitzer & Sandra Wilder
John Schoettler & Elaine Hill
Gay Scholes
Marilyn & Allen Shapiro
Kim Shaw
Gordon Steele
Marsha & Glen Stocking
Carol Tallichet
Cheryl Taylor
Tom Thacker
Katherine Vilas
Margo & Jim Walesby
Jane & Joe Weber
Marlyne & David Weiner
Margo Wells
Carole & Michael Williamson
Sandra & Archie Woodward
Brenda & John Yeaton


15+ Years

Jackie & Barney Adams
Teresa & Ed Andrews
The Coeta & Donald Barker Foundation
Nancy Benson
Sandra Bosley
Sharron & Tom Carnevali
Shelly & Andy Clark
Janet Cree
Ardis & Arthur Crist
Christine & Frank Curry
Joe Daley
Joyce Dawson
Kelly Dougherty & Kathy Valentine
Joy Dunlevie
Rebecca & Stephen J. Dutka
Kris & Steve Egger
Barbara & Leonard Feldman
Julia Fisher
Joan & John Foster
Larry Goldberg
Sheila & Ted Goldman
Linda & W.I.M. Goodrick
Valerie & William K. Hall
Jan & Brian Harnik
Jayne & Merle Hill
Sandra & Bernard Howard
Nancy & Ronald Jones
Sara Karloff
Arlene & Dan Kirby
Pat Logan
Jeffrey Louis
Marilyn Lynch
Pat Lyon
Carol & Denis Mahoney
Rosemary & Peter Mazzetti
Patricia Meadowcroft
Kathleen & Douglas Methot
Nancy Miller
Gary Moore & Ursula Johnson
Emily & Dan Nelson
Vera & David Ott
Bonnie & Paul Racano
Linda Saros
Isasdore Schifano
Barbara Stabler
Joyce & Bob Starr
Sally St. John
Diana & Syd Stevens
Sara & Ronald Sutter
Ann & Mike Taft
Jean Viereck
Anne & Roger Walther


20+ Years

Tamara & Mike Batdorf
Jane Berg
Kathryn Bergman
The H. N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation
Lynda & Charles Biggs
Richard Billings
Barbara & Alex Bowie
Elizabeth Burgoyne
Mary Cornell
Gail & Merle Denker
Ariel & Stephen Doyle
Sandra & Gerald Drummond
Travis Erwin
Joann & John Firmage
Jerry Fogelson
Jo -Anne Forrest
Karlene Garber
Janet Geary
Judi & John Gingerich
Sara & Robert Gray
Gale & Barry Hackshaw
Loxi & David Hagthrop
Nancy & Joe Hayes
Catheryn Hoehn
Suzanne & Marc Homme
Edward Keegan
Wanda & Robert Kelley
Martin Lax
Dr. Louette & Larry Lutjens
Nancy & George Maas
Donna J. MacMillan
Li-Anne & Fred Mannix
Kay & Gary Mattheis
Trish & Ed McCarthy
Fern Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Audrey Nagelberg
Anne Newman
Joann & Mark Nickerson
Betty Lou Poloway
Barbara & Jim Reed
Carol & Theodore Robinson
Rosemary Rubenstein
Adele Ruxton
Judith & Donald Schliessmann
Virginia & Richard Shillington
Marilyn Smith
Patricia & Tom Spates
Tori St. Johns & Werner Boettcher
Shelly & Ronald Tamkin
Marlys & Dave Thies
Jane Turner
Richard Woolley
Mary Ann & Frank Xavier