Thank You

To our sponsors and donors for making the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival a reality

A few high points:

Students Day at Sonoma Valley High School, supported by the Vadasz Family Foundation, featured six authors, and over 2,000 books written by those authors were given away for free to the high school students.

Jeanne Walker Harvey presented to six elementary schools, and 1,000 of her books were given away free to those students. In addition, 1,000 copies of Mellody Hobson’s book, donated by the author, were distributed to students and mentors at Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance. Funding was provided by Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, Community Foundation Sonoma County, Bill Jasper, and Bill Osterland.

Over 1,000 people attended Authors on the Plaza to hear three fabulous authors. Thank you to Cathy and Chuck Williamson for underwriting this free event for the community.

2026 CONTRIBUTORS

MAJOR DONORS

Vickie Soulier

KHR Family Fund

Vadasz Family Foundation

Williamson Family Fund

The Hering Foundation

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund

Susan and Lawrence Amaturo Giving Fund

Fredericks Family Foundation

Clay Foundation-West

Sandy Otellini

Sandra Gale

Martha and Stephen Rosenblatt

Barbra and Bill Wood

Diane Plumlee and Michael van den Akker

Caroline and Jon Sebastiani

Rafael Costas

Jeannie Simpson

Elaine and Graham Smith

Jeanne Walker Harvey

Kay Woods

Mark Hagopian

Julia and Thomas Schall

Marie and Barry Lipman

DONORS

JoAnn and Jack Bertges

Marge Burnett

Diana Bugg

Beardsley Family Foundation

Community Foundation Sonoma County

Corroon Family Foundation

Rafael Costas

Elizabeth Crabtree

Karen Frank

Donna and Jim Hale

Anne Jamieson

Amy Jones

Paul and Sheila Leach

Nancy Lilly

Sharon Lucheta

Kathryn McCarthy

Tim Mott

JaMel and Tom Perkins

Marcie Peterson

Bill and Paula Powar

Stephanie Pugash

Renaissance Charitable

Diane and Peter Richardson

Deborah Sagues

Jean Schulz

Harrison Smith

Sonoma Valley Education Foundation

Connie Steiner

DeAnn and Phil Spalding

Pam and John Story

Richard and Joyce Thau

Charlie and Suzanne Thornton

Bob Crane and Lucy Weiger

Caryl Welborn

Winston and Teri Wood

Anne Zerbst

SPONSORS

Anonymous

Sidney Painter and Kip Altman

Susan and Lawrence Amaturo

Sheila Bhalla

Maureen and John Bitoff

Joan Blackmon

Dorinda Parker and Bill Blosser

Betty Brachman

Barbara Oshman and David Braker

Barbara Brennan

Diana Bugg

Stacey Case

Steven Corkery

Jim and Mary Corroon

Rafael Costas

Roy Curry

Harriet Derwingson

Gail and John Diserens

Kit and Neil Diver

Jim and Kathie Dullanty

Gloria Edwards

Jacqueline Erdman

David Evans

Mark Feichtmeir

Courtney Benoist and Jason Fish

Stephanie and Dick Fredericks

Irene Alzapiedi and Neel Advani

Gary Garabedian

Susan and Jonathan Golovin

Angela Grove

Mark Hagopian

Laurie Hake

Donna and Jim Hale

Maud Hallin

Paul Luca and Donna Halow

Donna Hardy

Herbst Foundation

Charlene Harvey

Jeanne Walker Harvey

Blair Heath

Derry Henderson

Jacqueline Henning

Joan and Alan Henricks

Lisa Holley

Tom Holt

Freda Jeffs

Edina Jennison

Bonnie and Peter Jensen

Ela and Nikhil Jhaveri

Bob Taylor and Anne Kaiser

Linda and David Keaton

Susan and Hank Kistler

Ned and Dana Laird

Paul and Sheila Leach

Susan B. Levine and Jim Lauer

Jim Levy

Nancy Lilly

Marie and Barry Lipman

Cathy MacNaughton

Jan and John Madison

Naomi and Bruce Mann

Connie and Haig Mardikian

June McCarthy

Susan and Dennis McQuaid

Sharon and Stan Meresman

Maureen Merrill

Buffy Miller

Steven Gomez and Marisa Moret

Barbara Morrison

Margie Murphy

Carol Nast and Debbie Miller

Jan and Bob Newman

Peggy Newton

 

Sandy Otellini

Helen Pascoe

JaMel and Tom Perkins

Steve and Joyce Pease

Bill and Mary Poland

Sharon and Philip Pillsbury

Michael van den Akker and Diane Plumlee

Marie-Louise Pratt

Mark Radcliffe

Annette Rado

George and Karen Rathman

Marilyn Rice

Donna Riley

Venetta and John Rohal

Sally and Toby Rosenblatt

Diana Sanson

Vivian and Jeffrey Saper

Michelle and Cary Sarnoff

Thomas and Julia Schall

Trudi Schneider

Jean Schulz

Jeannie Simpson

Joelle Steefel

Reg and Marianne Steer

Christina Stephens

Connie Steiner

Pamela and John Story

Christine and Adam Tachner

Joyce and Richard Thau

Suzanne and Charles Thornton

Diane and Toby Taylor

Nancy Unobskey

Judy and Les Vadasz

Susan Van Wagner

Janet and Michael Verlander

Margrit and Carl Vogt

Valerie Walter

Wende Walter

Gwen and Jeffrey Walters

Emely and Ron Weissman

Barbra and Bill Wood

Elizabeth Wood Paris and George Paris

Cathy and Chuck Williamson

Kay Woods

Anne Zerbst

Media Sponsors

Diamond Media Sponsor
Nob Hill Gazette

Community Partners

Freeman Winery Logo
Rangeland Trust

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