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Bunny and Mort Skirboll
Kristi and Fernando Cuza
Marion Levine, Ronnie Sachs (Chairs of the event)
Timi Wolov, Toby Kaulkin
Rich and Clare Segall, Pete and Joanne Powers
Darren and Rachel Stazberg, Steven and Lauren Fineman
Brenda and David Maraman
Alan Kesten and Melba Jimenez
Bart and Kameron Hodgens
David, Fern and Mackenzie Grace
Jill Levine and Rabbi Brenner Glickman
Jerry and Wendy Feinstein
Kathy and Moshe Horwitz, Rose Chapman, Debbie and Larry Haspel
Harry and Ritu Anand, Veronica Brady
Steven and Lisa High
Yolande Keller, Cindy Greenberg, Donna Goss Leikensohn, Gayla Fitzpatrick
John Leikensohn, Steve Seidensticker, Dave Schwartz
Mimi Carlin, Steve Seidensticker
Midge Stulberg, Josh Stulberg, Lois Stulberg
Betty Schoenbaum, Marion Levine
Maryanne Young, Rick and Kate Lannamann, Jocelyn Udell
Donna Koffman, Elizabeth Melendez-Fisher
Joanne Miller, Betsy Wyant, Andrea Silvergleit
Dottie and Bob Garner
Michael and Amanda Kulaw
Ernest Kretzmer, Dorathea Sandland
Shelley and Sy Goldblatt
Michael Scott, Scott Anderson
Mark Pritchett, Gina Taylor
Cocktails, dinner and a performance by the Sarasota Orchestra were part of the elegant annual gala.
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