Sponsors

Join Our Sponsors

We appreciate the generosity of the individual and corporate lecture sponsors, benefactors, underwriters, and patrons who make it possible for us to continue the tradition of bringing outstanding speakers to the Central Valley.

San Joaquin Valley Town Hall of Fresno, California, is a not-for-profit organization under section 501(c)3 of the IRS code. The generous donations in support of the lecture series make these annual educational programs possible. Donations are tax deductible in accordance with the law. For information on becoming a sponsor, please call us at 559.444.2180 or email us at valleytownhall@gmail.com.

Please note: donations made before September 15th shall be recognized in our printed brochure, which will be available beginning at the first lecture.

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San Joaquin Valley Town Hall Podium Sponsors

The Frances F. Ermoian Memorial

The Frances F. Ermoian Memorial
Lecture

Lecture Sponsors: $10,000 and above

Sharon Hanley

Sharon Hanley Lecture

Bernice and Jack Woolf Lecture

Bernice and Jack Woolf and Family

Media Sponsors

valleypublicradio

pbs

Fresno Bee

Educational Partners

fresno-state

Major Donors: $5,000 and above

fresno-chaffee-zoo

Cicely Elahi Roberts MD JD

Major Benefactors: $2,500 and above

Aera Energy, LLC
Alliant Insurance: Peter & Lynn Baldwin
Shirin & Nader Assemi
Julie & Jim Beecher
Community Medical Foundation
Melissa and Michael Der Manouel Jr.

Derco Foods
Julia & Laird Durley
Jane & Larry Fortune
Fresno First Bank
Jeannine & Nigel Grech
Robert Hall Winery – Paso Robles

Leon S. Peters Foundation
McCormick Barstow, LLP
Judy & Don Peracchi
Sanger Chevrolet Buick GMC, Mona & Manuel Prieto
Sierra Pacific Orthopedics, Doctors Glaser & Telles

Smittcamp Family Foundation, Linda & Bill Smittcamp
The Heart Group: Chambers, Merrill, Plenys, Telles, Sandhu, Valles, Basraon, Basraon, Ali, Rathi& Javed
The Wonderful Company Foundation

Benefactors: $1,500 and above

Allison & Patrick Alexander
Susan & Rod Anderson
Susan & Peter R. Bartlett
Suzie & Mark Benscheidt
Briscoe Family Foundation
Janis Donaghy
Jackie & Raymond Doumanian
Saskia & Paul Dyer
Echo International Trading Company, Inc. Wendy & Patrick Carroll
The Ewell Group

Joan Eaton & Paul Gibson
Terry & Rodger Glaspey
Linley Brinker-Harding & Clarke T. Harding
Marianne & Richard Hatfield
Erika & Tad Hoppe
Family of J. Martin & Bobbye Sisk Temple
Jeanette & Tony Ishii
Anantanarayan Padmanabhan, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente
Joyce & Bob Kierejczyk
Linda & Sam Lucido

Janice Maroot
Maile Melkonian
M. Nielsen & R. Robertson
Pigott Financial Corporation
Jean Linder & Paul Rempel
Mari Ann Ricchiuti
Jill & Justin Robinson
Bonna Rogers-Neufeld, M.D.
Sarah E. & Gary H. Rushing
Joan & Bob Schoettler

Lorraine & Paul Smith
Sherri Gibson & Russell G. Smith
Janell Smittcamp-Boldt
Stanley & Darlene Spano
Val Print, Jack Emerian
Shelly & Kurt Vote
Rosemary & Jerry Waters
Irene & Dwight Wiegand
Lisa & Stuart Woolf

Underwriters: $600 and above

Cindy & Richard Andrews
Nancy & Jack Baker
Larry Balakian
Desa C. Belyea
Jonica & James Bushman
Cardiovascular Consultants Heart Center
Collectibles Management Resources
Marla & Stanley Day
Frances Florio
Augusta Giffen

Donna & Lloyd Hall
Jane Hammaker
William Hanks
Charles Hensley
Katherine Huebert
Debbie & Dale Ikeda
Arthur Jing
JTS Johanson Transportation Service
Adrienne & David Kimball
Leslie & Gary Knutsen

Edward Lembert
Kathleen & David Melikian
Carol Munshower
Georgia Murach
Anne Murphy
John Nugier
Jane Quiring
Bonna Rogers-Neufeld, M.D., Delta Sierra Imaging Associates
Karen & Randy Rowe

Walt Stammer
Gayle J. & Sam Surabian
Chrissie & Ken Talley
Jolene Telles
Cyndi Tingey
Marsha Vucovich
Pat Wallace
Cheryl & Ralph Waterhouse
Rowena & Robert Williams

Patrons: $300 and above

Hillary Bell
Gus & Greti Bonner
Honora Chapman
Donna Chiamori
Marion Clay
Monta Denver
Michelle Dolton
Katie Driskill
Alfred Evans
Craig Fourchy
Wendy Gottlieb
Jeanne Gragnani

Kathy & Keith Grazier
Lisa Hackett
Cheryl Heberger
Sandra Hempel
Christine Holt
Jennifer & Jim Huelskamp
Mary Hung
Rebecca Jaech
Nancy Jones
Ruth Kallenberg
Allison Karahadian
Mary & Jim Kinter

Diane Kirk
Mary LaFollette
Judy Hughes Leas
Edward Lembert
Clay Lewis
Joan Lipton
Mathias Matoian
Elizabeth Mitchell
Naomi Nakata
Nikki & David Nalchajian
Sharon Nilmeier Spencer
Claudia & Mike Noakes

Judie & Alan Pierrot
Sue & Patrick Quigley
Helen Sasaki
Lydia Shaw
Gayla Shorey
Karen Simpson
Jacqueline Spencer
Barabara Vartan
Walter Vosganian
Howard Watkins, Watkins Photo Archives
Shelly & Mike Woolf

In Memorium

Sue Donohue
Ray Ensher
Frances F. Ermoian

Betsy Mitchell
J. Martin & Bobbye Temple

Endowment

Town Hall is grateful to the Harry M. Ermoian Foundation and the Ralph Ermoian Foundation for establishing an endowment in honor of their mother and past president of San Joaquin Valley Town Hall, Frances F. Ermoian. Thank you for securing the future growth and mission of Town Hall. 

Special Event

Please join us for our annual special evening event, featuring Salman Khan: One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. Tuesday, November 11, 2020. William Saroyan Theater. Lecture at 7:30pm. VIP reception beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Evening event ticket orders can not be processed by mail. Please purchase your reserved seats through the Ticketmaster link on our website (Ticketmaster fees apply). No additional fees will be charged if purchased in person at the Fresno Convention Center Box Office: 700 ”M“ Street, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Featured Lecture Sponsors

Generous Anonymous Patron

The Frances F. Ermoian Memorial Lecture

Annette & Bob Smittcamp

Educational Employees Credit Union

Sharon Hanley Lecture

Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant

Bernice and Jack Woolf Lecture

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