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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter March 6, 2018
Jeff Hotchkiss, chair of The Ringling Inspires campaign
Steven High, executive director of The Ringling
FSU provost Sally McRorie, Ringling foundation chair Paul Hudson
Mark Pritchett, Veronica Brady, Keith and Linda Monda, Steven and Lisa High
Andy Jhanji, Jeff Hotchkiss
Tom and Dawn Jennings
Ed and Claudia Swan
Catherine Napoli, Tina Shad Napoli, Lisa High, Sally McRorie
Allen and Roberta Morton
Jo Ann and Don Burhart
Catherine Napoli and Tina Shad Napoli
Mark and Meg Hausberg
Lewis Dean, Lisa Merritt, Eleanor Merritt Darlington
David and Jennifer Otterness
Allison and Tom Luzier
Sarah Cartwright, Chuck and Jennifer Price, Dave and Lynnett Werning
Kay Kipling, Ellen Berman
Ola Wlusek, Christopher Jones
John and Mayra Schmidt
Victoria Warren, Paul Allen
Beth and Steve Knopik
Andrew Economos, Christine Jennings
Eleanor Merritt Darlington, Isabel Norton
Linda Monda, Nancy Parrish, Rebecca Donelson
Betsy Winder, Susan Tobin, Carole Kalikow
Aislinn Stone, Alice Murphy, Rob Tarbell
John and Fran LaCivita
Jeff Hotchkiss, Dan Denton
Dan Denton and Ramses Serrano
George and Sarah Pappas
Michael Saunders, Robert and Ann Jackson
Billy Johnson, Ron Burke
Billy and Nora Johnson
Ron Burke, Michael Saunders, Beth and Jay McHargue
The party tent
Dan and Nancy Bailey, Nora and John Patterson
Major donors and those behind the $100 million campaign gathered for cocktails on the terrace of Ca' d'Zan, followed by dinner under tent, remarks, videos and the announcement of the gift from Keith and Linda Monda.
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