Meet Our Donors
Legacy Circle
Members of Adoption Network Cleveland's Legacy Circle have made or have committed to making a planned gift to Adoption Network Cleveland through a bequest, retirement assets, or deferred gift. Learn more about how you and your family can Leave a Legacy.
- Linda Bellini & Terrence Evans
- Kimberley Donato
- Margaret Kacerek
- Dottie Klemm
- Betsie Norris
- Murray & Susan Van Epp
If you have included Adoption Network Cleveland in your will as a beneficiary, or through other estate planning, please let us know by contacting our Director of Development & Communications at (216) 482-2319 or tammy.willet@adoptionnetwork.org.
Family Funds
A Family Fund is a fund that is established in honor or in memory of any family or individual, to which friends and family can donate, thereby creating an ongoing and stable source of revenue for Adoption Network Cleveland. A Family Fund can be created by making a minimum gift or pledge of $5,000 over three years.
The following is a list of our current Family Funds:
- Brad Norris Memorial Fund, created by Founder and Executive Director Betsie Norris
- Buescher Family Fund, created by Board Member Lisa A. Buescher and Brendan Buescher
- Lashutka Family Fund, created by Ken and Luanne Latutka
- Donald E. and Kathleen M. Sokolik Family Fund, created by Don and Kathleen Sokolik
- Van Epp Family Fund, created by Murray and Susan Van Epp
Thank you to our donors!
The following list represents donations and memberships made by corporations, organizations, foundations, and individuals between October 2019 - September 2020.
Adoption Network Cleveland has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the lists. We apologize for any misspellings or omissions. Please inform us of any errors so that we may correct our records at hello@adoptionnetwork.org or (216) 482-2319.
Donations between $20,000 and Above
The George Gund Foundation
The Catherine L. & Edward A. Lozick Foundation
Susan and Murray Van Epp
Donations between $10,000 - $19,999
Andrews Foundation
The Higley Fund
Eaton Charitable Fund
Thom and Celeste Nykamp
Donations between $5,000 - $9,999
Joseph and Bethany Brennan
Cleveland Automobile Club Fund
Echo Health Inc.
Dottie Klemm
Daniel and Jane Leschnik
Meaden & Moore LLP
Anita and Joseph Miller
Robert H. Reakirt Foundation c/o PNC Charitable Trusts
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
The Sam J. Frankino Foundation
Thomas and Pamela Sohlberg
The Sherwin-Williams Foundation
Donations between $2,500 - $4,999
BakerHostetler, LLC
Trevor Bauer
Lisa and Brendan Buescher
Kara Carter
Chemical Bank a Division of TCF National Bank
The Children's Guild
Lindsay and Patrick Domingo
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Episcopal Church Diocese of Ohio
Daniel and Kathleen Gisser
Kaulig Giving
The Progressive Insurance Foundation
Kathleen and Don Sokolik
The Swagelok Foundation
Uncorked Wine Festivals, Inc.
Donations between $1,000 - $2,499
Sherri Appleton and Marty Resnik
Cathy and Jim Belk
The Bonomo Family Foundation
Emily Bopp
Marissa and Edd Brydle
Century Federal Credit Union
Molly and Richard Cissell
Cohen & Company
Carlin and Megan Culbertson
Donald and Mary Garber
Laureen and Willie Harbert
Gayle Klinker
Ken and Luanne Lashutka
Emily and Jon-Michael Lemon
Daniel and Ally McClain
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Sarah and Dan Mikusa
Cheryl Morrow-White and Bobbette Morrow
Patricia Murnen
Kelly and Peter Nagusky
NPK Construction
Ockerman Consulting
Betsy and Terry Renninger
Andrea and Stuart Rubin
Anthony Sallah
Richard and Susan Stark
Donations Between $500 - $999
American Fundraising Foundation
Baraona's Bakery Frank & Gail Cheraso
Denise Sanelli Barone and Michael Barone
Linda Bellini and Terry Evans
Beverly Calabrese
Dan Carroll
Ronald Copfer Jr.
Cathy Doyle
George Graham and Michael Fleenor
Peggy Haeger
Elaine Hagan
Faye Kaplan
Jeanne and Bill Kurtz
Eamon and Lauren Larkin
Steve and Anna Latkovic
Ann Longobardi
Alicia Love
Joshua Lusk
Charles McVan
Betsie Norris
Brenda Norton
Mike Nowak
Aaron Ockerman
James Simler and Amy Zhang
Jean Strauss
Sunshine Children's Foundation
Elizabeth Swenson
Jamie Tuss and Phil Tokarsky
John Wiedemann and Pamala Schnellinger
Kelvin Woodford
Mary Beth Zimmer
Donations Between $250 - $499
Katherine Aselage
Suzanne Bachner and Bob Brader
Tammy Willet Beckman and Sean Beckman
Alison Bedford-Wilson
Loretta Berg
Barbara Berger and Eli Ofek
Kathleen Berkner and Kurt Runge
John and Kelly Bonfiglio
Stephen Braat
David Bynum
Gail and Frank Cheraso
Ensign and Lana Cowell
Deborah and Matthew Crawford
Erica Curry Van Ee and Brian Van Ee
Raffaele Di Lallo
Carolyn Dodds
Kimberley Donato
Howard and Laura Dulmage
Meegan Elliott
Marcilyn Wade Foster
Sheldon and Nan Gisser
Denise Goodman
James Graham and David Dusek
Christine Gwazdauskas and Matt Belek
Elise Hagesfeld
Marni Hall
Maureen and James Heffernan
Alyce Jenkins
Jordan Kay and Gabriella Ott
Peggy Kranyak and Jeff Mertic
Malia Lewis and Margot Damaser
Laura Loebl
Michael Maher
Matt McNulty
Allen Miller
Elizabeth Morris
Edith Nelson
Lynette Phillips
Paul Schibbelhute
Zachary Schweda
Arlene and Tim Sheeran
Fareed Siddiq
Dan Smith
Lynda Herman Thomas
Joan and Edward Thomsen
Magdalene Wendel and Doris Thome
Hayley Williams
John and Sara Zaranec
Donations up to $249
Roberta Aber and Bill Rich
Cynthia Abraham
Laura Adams
Julie Adams Walcher
Anna Allen
Clare Allen
Amazon Smile
Barbara Anderson
Chris Anderson
Karen Anderson and Harry Rees
Megan Anderson
Melanie Annotico
Luda Arkhipov
Terri Arnold
Lee I. Ascherman and Lindsay Levine
Michael Aselage
Robert Avramescu
Colleen Bacha
Pierce Baek
Carol and Joseph Barbieri
Barker Makenzie Darah
Wendy and Shannon Barkett
Barb Bartel
Marc Beechuk
Carolyn Bell
Annie Benjamin
Bertha and Clinton Bennett
Stuart Berger
Brittany Betschman
Anna Bianco
Virginia Bischert
Rochelle Black
Jane Blackie
Greg Blair and Corey Snyder
Alice and Larry Blake
Gerald Blake and Susan Kaeser
Carol Blauman
Sara Blubaugh
Cristine Board
Linda Boseman
Kristine Bour
Meredith Boyle
Becky Brady Olson
Evie Braman
Wendy and Bernard Branner
Ginger Breckenridge
Barbara Breen
Michelle Breen
Nicole Breimaier Rozsa
Dan Bronish
Elizabeth Brougher
Angela Lee Brown
Hannah Brown
Jennifer Brunkow
Madeline Buescher
Ted Buescher
Diane Burchfield
Jennifer and Tim Burke
Matthew Burke
Ira Burnim and Elizabeth Samuels
Gina Burwood
Chenel Bush
Melissa Butts
Martha J. Byrd
Stacy Caddey
Vickie Cain
Kelley Calabrese
Abigail Caldwell
Dina Campola
Karen Carl
Tony Carman
Nancy Carpenter
Andrea Carroll
Donna Marie Carroll
Lee Anne Chambers
Hannah Cheadle
Sara Cheheyl Ttee
Michael Cheraso
Nicole Cheraso
Marlene Chimes
Jill Clark
Tyann Cliffel
Betsy Coffey
Brenda Iris Collado
Joann College
Amy Collins
Norma Collins
Daniel Conde
Paula Connor
Eric Converse
Shannon Copfer Brace
Kay Corbin
Patricia Cornell
Mary Cotturo
Jodi and Scott Cowgill
Tara Creecy
Laura Cullen
David Currie
Jacqueline Currie-Calvi
Mary Cushing
Linda Custer
CycleBar Beachwood
Valerie Czerwien
Mary D'Agostino
Scott Danielson
Ram Das
Colleen Davis
Deborah Dawson Wolff
Amanda Deal
Arthur Debardeleben
Elizabeth DeGaetano
Joseph Deinhart
Renee DeLuca
Paula Demechko Langston
Terry Denholm
Tom Denicholas
Elizabeth Dery
Jim Deskins Pam Deskins
Peter Dials
Alice DiCola
Laura Diemer
Gwendolyn Dillingham
Leslie Dingeldein
Rachida Djebel
Pamela Dodds
Joyce Dodrill Krieger
Victoria Dolinsky
Paul Donahue
Amber Donovan
Susan Doty
Dean Dreifke
Becky Drinnen
Maureen Duffy
Susan Duffy
Sandra Durbin
Tami Dziak
Julie Eccleston
Sara Edwards
Marcia Egbert
Keven Drummond Eiber and Jeff Eiber
Donna Eichelberger
Mary Einwald
Jamie Elberson
Kate Elizabeth
Trevor Elkins
Melissa Engbert
Maureen English
Ericka Epps
Douglas Ernest Jr.
Christopher Esmurdoc and Vince Kovacic
Carol L. Evans
Tamara and Jeffrey Evans
Sandra Fay
Michelle Felder
Stacey Fellinger
Joseph Ferenczy
Jesse Ferrigno
Diane Ferry
Fetch & Co.
Annette Fetter
Maribeth Filipic-Katt and Don Katt
Kelly and Ryan Fisher
Carol and Robert Flexer
Nancy Florio
Rayna Fomby
Donna and Jeff Foote
Frank Ford
Kaila Forsythe
Dirk Fox
Christine Francisco
Lynn Franklin Assoc. Ltd.
Thom Frazier
Janna French
Janet Frey
Maureen Frey
Juliana Fritschel
Lance Fry
Jasmine Fryer
Danielle and Jared Gadomski Littleton
Marcy Gansler
Melissa Garr
Bradley Gascoigne
Rosemarie Gattozzi
Jamie Gay
Dawn Gedeon Gray
Paul Hotchkiss Gelfand
Anthony Genco
Carrie Gentile
Denise Gerda
Jennifer Gere
Kathleen and Jeff Gerrard
Betsy and Mark Gersten
Alisa Getzinger
Karen and Bryan Gillooly
Marilyn Gisser
Sheri Gist
Tim Glinski
Norman Goldwire
Caroline Golon
Tara and Steven Gower
Ben Greenberg
Mark Greenfield and Diane Smilanick
Sarah Greer
Sue Gregory
Adrian Griffin
Victor K. Groza
Steven Grzincic
Jessica Guerrieri and Dan Harvey
Gretchen Gustavich
Beverly and Rob Haettich
Monica Hagan
William Hahn
Sandra Halliburton
Becky Harding
Darlene Harper
Gale Harr
Jo Ann Harris
Kathryn and Kurt Harvey
Maureen Harvey
James Hassel
Sarah Hastings and Katie Brown
Pam Hawkins
Carol Hayward
Christine Hazlinger
Maret Headley
Elizabeth Henderson
Michelle Hensley
Cathy Herron
Kathleen Heydorn
Stephanie Hiedemann
Mary Higgins
Eileen Hildebrecht
Shakira Hill
Monica Hilmer
Steve Holliday
Katie Hoover
Colleen and Scott Hopkins
Erin Hopkins McHugh
Christine Houston
Ada Hubbard
Rhonda Ann Hudson
Lindsey Huling
Ellen Hunt
Adam Huntley
Heather Hurwitz
Chuck Hutchinson
Sarah Hyde-Pinner and Christopher Pinner
Kevin Hyland
Jason Ilacqua
Susan Ito
Mary Lynn and Dave Jackowicz
Cecilia Jackson
Marilyn and Keith Jacobs
Sheila Jakacki
Wendy Jelinek
Mary Lou Jenkins
Nicole Jira
Jeffrey John
Dardreana Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Stalyce-Joi Johnson-Bey
Jan Jones and Sheldon Artz
Paula Jones
Caressa Joyce
Sara Kaas Lyle
Suneel Kamath
Katherine Kaminski
Jeffrey Keener
Allen Kellogg
Madeleine Kennell
Key Bank Foundation
Ashley King
Betty Kinzler
Jennifer Kochan-Rice
Nicole Koharik
Christine Kohls-Hunder
Ron Kolodziej
Sarah Koontz
Courtney Kopf
Benjamin Kosir
Celia Kosir
Joe Kosir
Leo Kosir
Diana Kosley
Martin Kosmin
Lynn Koster
Steve Kostoff
Gabrielle Kovach and Dan Lageson
Holly Kowalski
Julie Kristoff
Melissa Kubasta
Sandy Kubit
Janice L. Kundtz
Yvonne LaBonte
Monica Lacks
Tina Lafferty
Jeanne Lamb
Christine Landon
Barb Larson
Linda Leach
Neville Lee
Oliver Leembruggen
Laura Lemermeier
Virginia Lester
Catherine and Stephen Leuenberger
Barry Levine
Annette Levy
Beth Linderbaum
James Link
Kimberly Littell
Catherine Lodge
Virginia Lowers
Tom Lukens
Candice Lunar
Emily Lundmark
Sarah K. Lynch
Christine and John Mack
Anne Mackow
Emilie Madeline
Audra Wren Mahon
Pamela Maidens
Lisa Malak
Hermione Malone
Tommy Manfreda
Matthew Manley
Felicia Maria
Anne Mark
Maureen and Blair Markis
Annie Martin
Aiya Maston
Elizabeth Mather and Anthony Kozar
Molly Mathews
Karen May
Tanja Mcabier
Amy McAree
Kate McCall
Kathlin McCann
Lori McCarthy
James McCormick
Linda McDonald
Avril McInally
Thomas McMillen
Gail McNamara
The McNamee Family Fund
Rachael Meadows
Jean Medina
Beth Meister
Margaret Merrill
Hannah Middleton
Beth Miller
Jordan Miller
Mary Jane Miller
Mary Ann Mills
Kelly Millstone
Dario Miocic
Patricia Miocic
Mom's Club of North Royalton
Mike Mooney
Virginia Mooney
Patricia Moore
Heather Moran
Paul Moran
Sarah and Benjamin Morgenstein
Jonathan Morris
Debbie Morrison
Brian Mozena
Anne Mueller
Christine Murphy
Karin Murray
Kristina Musil
Joy Muzzy
Roger Myers
Shana Mysko
Gail Nanowsky
National Youth Advocate Program, Inc.
Nikki Nealeigh
Lorraine and Daniel Nelson
Thomas Nelson and Judith Redmond
Cheryl and Art Neuenschwander
Robin Newcome-Roupe
Sharon Nichols
Bre Nicole
Lori Nilius
Erika Nockengust
Angela Noecker
Katie Noles
Minda and Todd Norris
Marianne Novy
Kevin O'Boyle
Deborah O'Brien
Carolyn Ockerse
Robert Ohmer
Jim Olson
Louis Onders
Traci and Raymond Onders
LKW Professional Organization Corp.
Krysia Orlowski and Brian Harte
Colleen Orsburn
Bryan O'Shaughnessy
Mary Ostendorf
Rita and David Otzman
Cierra Owen
Dana Ozak
Elizabeth Pankratz
Kerry Parker
Melanie Paul
Patricia Pecnik
Jon Peddie
John Perciak
Sherry Perry
Ed Peter
Kathleen Pilny
Donna Pinto
Michael Pirc
Bernadette and James Plantner James
Robert Plantz Jr.
Paige Plumlee-Watson
Robin and Eric Polack
Janice Pollock
Kathryn and Scott Pollock
Carolyn Porter
Maryann Posch
Rosanne Potter Beveridge and Dave Beveridge
Avery Pratt
Nolana Price
Suzanne Price
Edward Progar
Kathleen Ptacek
Dori Pulley
Marci Purcell
James Putt
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Ramona Ramos
Allison Rand
Anne Rapacz-Kimmins
Nancy Rapaszky
Barbara Raymond and Fred Greenman
Paula E. Reed
Hazel Rees
William Reiber
Don Relford and Erica Dogan
Amanda Reno
Donna J Rice
Jim Rico
Popi Riedel
Jessica Corey Riley
Lisa Ritenauer
Ana Maria Rivera-Pramuk
Melissa Rizzoweller
Nicola Roberto
Barbara Robertson
Brett Rodgers
Tom Rogat
Linda Rogers
Sandy Rogers
Karen Rosenberg
Jennie Rosenstiel
Jennifer Rosich
Kitt and Mark Rossi
Elizabeth and David Rothenberg
Katherine Rudy
Christine Salamanca
Diane Salettel
Susan Saltzman
Karen Samarin
Robin Sampliner
Carole Sanderson
Maryann Sayle
Harvey Schafle
Jessica Schanz
Robert Schauer
Joanne Schaus
Aimee Schirmer
Karen and Dale Schmauder
Donna and Richard Schmittgen
Vivian Schodowski
Chris Schoumacher
Alison Schreiber
Elaine Schulte
Paul Sciarabba
Lori Scobee
Sheri Scott
Pete Scriven
Jennifer Seamon
Shellie Barnes Sedlak
Jennifer and Kevin Sefl
Jes Sellers
Nereida Serrano
William Seufert
Ian Shakelton
Robert Sheinin
Maura Shibley
George and Ellen Shook
John Shook
Dee Shrout
Heidi and Roy Shunk
Marshall Siegal
Kirsten and Eric Simonton
Christine Sivak
Gary Skerl
Melanie Skerl
Greg and Terri Skrocki
Monica Small
Jackie Smigel
Christopher Smink
Douglas and Susan Smith
Greg Smith
Jane Smith
Mary and Marty Smith
Peter Smith
Barry Smoloff
Catherine Smythe Zajc
Joelle Snavely
Phil Snyder
Robert Sohlberg
Patti and Gregory Solomon
Cody Soltis
Nancy and Joseph Soos
Josie Sopinski
Ellen Specht
Holly and Joe Spencer-Trueman
Gloria Sprague
Elliot Srikantia
Parameshwar Srikantia
Kayla Starta
Halle Staskey
Darby Steiger
Earl and Nanci Stein
Arthur Steinmetz
Susan Stephen
Ora Stock
Julie Stoltz
Paulette Stone
Neil Story
Judith Stroup
Sally Struk
Jeff Studniarz
Randee Sunart
Beth Suntala
Judith Suren
Anna Sutterisch
Kelley Sweeney
Kristin Sweeney
James and Julie Symanek
Gary and Joann Szelagowski
Jeff Szuter
Melissa Tallant
Micahel Tate
Jeff Taylor
Thomas Teggart
Tracy Temple
Sherry Thaler
Mimi Thomas
Monique Thornton
Wayne Tignor
Laura C Todia
Joshua'Smathe Toles
Dan Tookman
Jennifer Trivelli
Leslie Trotter
Bridget Tully
Andrea Turner
Estes and Diane Turner
Donald Tutolo
Richard Uhrlaub
Karen Uphouse
Sue Ellen Utley
Steven Vaccaro
Lynn Vail
Susan Valerian
Lidia Vasile
Lisa Venezia
Charles Viering
Larry Vishak
Jennine Vlach
Linda Vocht
Kathryn and James Vogl
Gerard Volk
Maja Vracar
Susan Wagner
Ruth Walker
Margaret Walsh-Conrad
JoAnne and Mike Wancata
Merritt Waters
Louise Watson
Sarah Watson
Angela Weaver
Jeri Weiser
Rona Weiss
Shaunte Welborne
Melissa Weller
Charlotte Wells and Mary Beth Schwarz
Deborah Wentz
Iris Wheeler
Allison Whitehouse
Noelle Whitehouse
Larua Wiegand
Maureen Wightman
Jay Wilkinson
Jackie Wille
Cynthia Williams
Karen Williams
Margot Williams
Sandie Williams
Terrell Williams
Margaret Wilmeth
Nicole Wilson
Laurel Wirtanen
Susan Wissman
Robert Wood
Russell Wood Russ
Adrienne Wood-Wheeler
Christopher Worthy
Melissa Wright
Tyrone Wright
Breanna Wyley
Anne-Frances Zaborniak-Budz
Kathryn Zackery
Andrea Zaite
Mara Zaller
Robin Zidek
Stephanie Ziegman
Nancy Zimmerman
Douglas Zimperman
Laryssa Ziolkowski
Amy Zlotnik
