Folger Gala

The 2024 Folger Gala took place Saturday, April 20. Thank you to all our supporters who joined us for an exclusive first look at the renovated and reimagined Folger Shakespeare Library.

GALA CO-CHAIRS

Vint and Sigrid Cerf

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, The British Ambassador, and Sir Charles Roxburgh, KCB

GALA COMMITTEE

Nora and D. Jarrett Arp
Rebecca Bushnell
Mary Elizabeth Cisneros
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
Florence and Neal Cohen
Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam
Susan Sachs Goldman
Eugene Pinkard, Jr.

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator Angus King
Representative Debbie Dingell
Representative Doris Matsui
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton
Representative Jamie Raskin

SPONSORS

Benefactor

Vint and Sigrid Cerf

Producer

Susan Sachs Goldman

Innovator

Florence and Neal Cohen
J. May Liang and James Lintott
Jacqueline B. Mars

Prime

Nora and D. Jarrett Arp
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam
Emily and Michael Eig
Mary Elizabeth Cisneros and Michael Rosenman
John D. Macomber

Major

Chris Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Leahy
Gail Kern Paster
Gilbane Building Company
KieranTimberlake
Martin Kuehne and Kathy Bonneville
Paul Smith and Michael Dennis
Ruth Taylor Kidd and Richard G. Kidd IV
Michael Witmore

Friend

Becker & Frondorf
Jonathan Hope and Ayanna Thompson
Maygene and Steve Daniels

Patron

Rebecca Bushnell and John Toner
Nicky Cymrot
MTFA Design + Preservation