Campaign Leadership and Supporters
Building the Next Stage Campaign Committee
Quanda Allen
Sitar Arts Center former vice president of the board of directors, and PNC market managing director, institutional asset management
Mario Garcia Durham
Sitar Arts Center president of the board of directors
Hannah Dweck
Dweck Productions founder
Ralph Dweck
Dweck Properties chairman
Jill Minneman
Sitar Arts Center former president of the board of directors
Marla Schnall
Sitar Arts Center member of the board of directors, and Falls Church High School math and computer science teacher
Scott Spector
Sitar Arts Center former chair of the Capital Planning Committee and member of the board of directors, and Kodiak Properties, LLC principal and co-founder
Maureen L. Dwyer
Sitar Arts Center Executive Director
Our Donors
Sitar Arts Center's bold vision of expansion is only possible with philanthropic support. Thank you to the individuals, families, and organizations who are generously supporting the Building the Next Stage campaign.
Leadership Gifts
Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation
A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Dweck Philanthropies
Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Major Gifts
Anonymous
Greg Albright and Wes Combs
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The England Family Foundation
Events DC
Philip L. Graham Fund
Kathryn B. Kincaid and Michael Lainoff
Todd Malan and David DeSantis
Jill Minneman and Thomas Fulcher
Marla and Peter Schnall
David S. Shrager Foundation
World Bank
Special Gifts
Katherine and David Bradley
Charlotte Cameron
Charles DeSantis and David McDermott
MK Ernst and Edmund Spivack
Ellen Fern and Brett O’Brien
Jade Floyd and Charles Small
Nancy “Bitsey” Folger
Dan and Jacki Fox
The Galena-Yorktown Foundation
Mario Garcia Durham and Craig Horness
Harman Cain Family Foundation
Irene and Edward H. Kaplan
Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation
Lainoff Family Foundation
Jill Lesser and Jonathan Diesenhaus
Mohini Malhotra and Tilman Ehrbeck
The Morningstar Foundation
Jana Nelhybel
Jaya Saxena and Viyas Sundaram
Vivek Srivastava
Truist Foundation
Community Gifts
Quanda Allen
Chidi Blyden, CEO Culturally Bound Consulting
Rhonda Buckley-Bishop and Kelley Bishop
Jessica Denson
Allen Devine and Andy Broadbent
Ken and Melissa Doyle
Maureen and Chris Dwyer
Coach and Mrs. Ralph Friedgen
Sara and Josh Gibson
Skila Harris
Jill Herscot
Gina Schaefer and Marc Friedman
Ed and Neesham Spitzberg
Sid Stolz and David Hatfield
Carol and Tom Wheeler
Christopher Wingert
If you wish to learn more about the Building the Next Stage campaign, please reach out to Essence Newhoff, Chief Development Officer, at essence@sitarartscenter.org.
