Groovement Gallery
We are proud to honor the people and partners who support our students, artists, and audiences. For those who have requested anonymity, you are known to us, and we are grateful.
We strive for accuracy, and are pained by errors and omissions. Kindly direct updates and feedback to Mark Hernandez at [email protected].
2025-26 Honorees
Designated Funding
Performance & Artist Support
Anonymous
Dan Adams & Star Teachout
Robert L. Adams
Helen Armer
The Axelrad Family
Concepción & Irwin Federman
Lisa Friedman & Jim Harris
Bonnie Rattner
Gail Sinquefield, in memoriam
Sharon Yoerg, in memory of Dr. Robert Yoerg
Student Support
Anonymous
Patricia I. Aguirre
Ralph & Debra Deadwyler
Elizabeth Erdos & Wayne De Jong
Dr. Mike Forcht
Jim Harris & Lisa Friedman
Iris & Hal Korol
Connie & Bob Lurie
The Makahakama Foundation
Joe Matt & Hilary Chen
Katherine McIntyre
Kären & Tom Nagy
Fred Spitz & Becky Gertmenian
The Jim Nadel Fund for Jazz Education
Robert L. Adams
Maggie Andrews & Michael Mitchell
Susan & Sam Britton
Paul Broder
Ben Brown
Lois & Bert Carelli
Matt Carroll
Isabel & BJ Cassin
Milton Chen & Ruth Cox
Cory Combs & Kayo Miki
Rob Currie
Debra & Ralph Deadwyler
Anthony Diamond
Debra Dunn & Randy Komisar
Fran Eastman & Ed Goodstein
Taylor Eigsti
Al Eisenstat
Bob Forman
Tomoko Funaki
Meg & Donald Gertmenian
Mark Goldsmith & Anne Midler
Grace & D. Michael Griffin
Jim Harris & Lisa Friedman
Mark Hernandez & Ryan Mortensen
Cat & Bill Honig
Bari & Michael Howard
Ray Klein
Jeffrey Mapes
Shauna Mika
David Miller
Nancy & Larry Mohr
Meg & John Monroe
Judy & Bob Murphy
Judy & Jay Nadel
Kären & Tom Nagy
Hanna & Greg Ostroff
David Owen
Ronda & Jeff Rosner
Jeff Rzepiela
Angela Schillace
Susan Sillins
Gail Sinquefield, in memoriam
Barbara & Seth Spalding
Andre Spears & Anne Rosen
Fred Spitz & Becky Gertmenian
Srinija Srinivasan
Virginia & Roger Summit
Joan Talbert & David Lyon
Uyechi Sano Family Fund
Sharon & Bob Yoerg
Tributes
Anonymous, for Elizabeth Finlayson on her birthday
Anonymous, in memory of Dr. Robert Yoerg
Anonymous, in memory of George & Luisa Miller
Anonymous, in memory of Paula & Philip Kirkeby
Anonymous, in memory of Scott Brittle, Bob Klees & Tom Grieve
Margaret Andrews, in memory of the wonderful Bob Yoerg
Nancy Biagini, in memory of Emo Biagini
LaVonne Bouchez, in memory of cousin Donald Henrickson
Tracy Budge, in memory of Dr. Karl Robinson
The Mika L. and Don H. Chin Charitable Gift Fund, in memory of Yoshiko Takayama
Jason Cody, for Amy Sah Cody, Class of ’94
Crowley Family Treehouse LLC, in memory of Bill & Marjorie Campbell
Cathy & Sandy Dean, in honor of Jim Nadel
Sofia Fellez-Huerta & Esteban Huerta, in honor of Alessandro Huerta
Dr. Mike Forcht, in memory of Dr. Kay Kleinerman
Lisa Friedman & Jim Harris, in memory of Dr. Kay Kleinerman
The Shirley Allen Grant, MD Fund, in honor of Jimmy Nadel
Matthew Harris, in memory of Phil Lesh
Matthew Harris, in honor of Wes Montgomery
Craig S. Heberer, in honor of Robert (Bob) Murphy
Ron & Linda, in memory of Louise & Isabel
Iris & Hal Korol, in memory of Dr. Kay Kleinerman
Deborah Krass, in memory of Jon Krass
Robert Lerche, in memory of Carol Farlow Lerche
Xu Liu, in honor of Jason Liu
Andrew & Elizabeth Majoch, in memory of Dr. Robert Yoerg
Jim Nadel & Elizabeth Finlayson, in memory of Dr. Kay Kleinerman
Kären & Tom Nagy, in memory of Dr. Kay Kleinerman
Rachel & Adam Paley, in honor of Mark Hernandez
Lee Patterson, in memory of Dr. Robert Yoerg
Stephen & Nancy Player, in memory of Judith K. Adams
Luke F Rinne, in honor of Dorothy Rinne
Steve Savage, in honor of Jim Nadel
Fred Spitz & Becky Gertmenian, in memory of Dr. Kay Kleinerman
Jan Thurston, in honor of Jim Nadel
Lucy Tsang-Grosse, in memory of Yoshiko Takayama
Sallie & Jay Whaley, in memory of Mike Klynn
Susan Zolla-Pazner, in honor of Joan Talbert & David Lyon
Headliners
Anonymous
Robert L. Adams
Helen Armer
Jonathan Axelrad
Cheryl Bartholomew
Nancy Biagini
Thomas Braje
Paul Broder
Carl Buck
Alison Chubb & Stephen Ruoss
Ralph & Debra Deadwyler
Debra DeMartini
Fei Deng & Gregory Leonard
Cathy & Sandy Dean
Tania & Mark DePue
George Derbalian
Ben & Saya Doitel
Al Eisenstat
Susan Emerick
Scott & Carolyn Feamster
Concepción & Irwin Federman
Dr. Mike Forcht
Lisa Friedman & Jim Harris
Tomoko Funaki
Lisa & Ben Garosi
Paul Goldstein & Dena Mossar
D. Michael & Grace Griffin
Goldsmith & Midler Family Charitable Fund
Vernon C. Grigg III & Denise M. De Mory
Mark Hoose
George & Lauren John
Rich & Gina Kelley
Robert Kennedy & Linda Cicero
Larson-Bell Family Fund
Monica Lopez & Sameer Gandhi
Gayla Lorthridge & Walt Wood
Dave M
Angela & John Macchia
Rick & Amy Magnuson
Victoria & James Maroulis
Joe Matt & Hilary Chen
Katherine McIntyre
Melchor Family Fund
Mirer Better World Fund
Anupam & Kavita Mishra
John & Meg Monroe
Kären & Tom Nagy
Molly & Peter Nguyen
Barbara Oshman
Rachel & Adam Paley
Rekha Ramesh & Udaya Patnaik
Bonnie Rattner
Linda & Joseph Roark
The Family of Theresa & Karl Robinson
Ronda & Jeff Rosner
John Schulz DDS
Greg & Dilshad Simons
Gail Sinquefield, in memoriam
Miki & Ryo Sode
Andre M. Spears & Anne E. Rosen
Fred Spitz & Becky Gertmenian
Srinija Srinivasan
Robert & Juliane Sullivan Family
Sherrill Swan
Mary Ellen Sweeny
Darian & Rick Swig
Joan Talbert & David Lyon
Star Teachout & Daniel Adams
The Three Vernas
Thomas J. Wandless & Karline Cimprinch
Kenneth Weinberg
Lad Wilson
Christine Wong & Denny Kwon
Sharon Yoerg, in memory of Dr. Robert Yoerg
Collaborators
Anonymous
Dr. Lyman Alexander I
James Anderson
John Anderson
Amanda & Ryan Barnes
Denise Benatar
The Campbell Family Charitable Gift Fund
The Mika L. and Don H. Chin Charitable Gift Fund
Karen & J.C. Combs
Jane Ferraro
Tom Frey
Meg & Don Gertmenian
Susun Hardel
Ron & Linda
David & Margie Kasle
Iris & Hal Korol
Cathy & Howard Kroymann
Kitisak Larlarb & Kali Taylor
Phillip E Mathewson
Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati & Kishore Kumar Muchherla
Nancy M. Peterson
Wolfgang Polak
Fred Oey & Joann Wong
Paul & Joan Segall
The Mottl Family
David R. Walling
Susan Zolla-Pazner
Arrangers
Anonymous
Lorne Abramson & Elana Lieberman
Marc Allard
Julie & Jonathan Backlund
Raminder Bajwa
Mark Batchelor Allen
Muni Barash
Maria & Andrew Barrows
Marilyn & Bill Bauriedel
Alan & Frances Bennett
Lynne Bernatowicz
Katey Bielagus
Todd & Nicole Blair
LaVonne Bouchez
George Brooks & Emily Klion
Anne Callahan
Patrick Callahan
Linda Cheu & Andrew Yan
Tyler Cobbett
Amy & Jason Cody
Janet B Cook
David & Marian Cortesi
Worth Cotton & Jimena Cabrera
Steve Creagh
Crowley Family Treehouse LLC
Jane David
Michael DiMartino & Dr. Lisa Henriksen
Shirley Douglas
Edward & Beverly Emling
John & Tessa Ennals
Stuart Epstein
Robert Estes
Hilarie Faberman
Sofia Fellez-Huerta & Esteban Huerta
Dan Forzano
Ed Fox
Benjamin & Amy Friedberg
Vicki Friedberg
Gerry & Suzanne Gassman
Helen Gibbons & Rick Stanley
Paul Ginsburg
Peter & Jennifer Glasser
Kate Godfrey
The Shirley Allen Grant, MD Fund
Craig S. Heberer
Brenda Hefti & James Diehl
Ann R. Hessing
Lorri Holzberg
Catherine Conway Honig & Bill Honig
Barbara Joyner
Haeran Kadiu
Pam Karlan & Viola Canales
Ed & Pearl Karrer
Roberta & Charles Katz
David Kell
Gretchen Kenney & Dan Rubin
Michele Klein & Glenn Daniel
Maureen & Kerry Kravitz
Suzanne Lantz
Gary & Laura Lefkowitz
Hollis Lenderking
Steve & Linda Longstreth
Gary McClelland
Sarah McGregor
Kirk McKenzie
Milbrey McLaughlin
Richard Mamelok
Carolyn & John Messer
Hae-Won Min Liao & Wilson Liao
Eva-Maria Meyersson Milgrom
David Miller & Sandra Oliver
Philip Monrad
Jim & Julia Montgomery
Karl Mosgofian
Patricia Musgrave & Peter Spitzer
Susan & Jack Pines
G Principe & J O’Farrell
Mitchell Oslick
Wayne Ott
Michael Palmer
Sunuk Park
Lee Patterson
Linda Pilkin & Len Pilara
Ron & Gloria Pyszka
Alexandra Quinn & Mark Spolyar
Marlene Rabinovitch & Richard Bland
John Rudy Reimann
Kathleen E. Rhodes
Luke F Rinne
Nicole Rodia
Jeremy Roschelle & Audrey Garfield
Elizabeth M Salzer
Roberta & David Sears
Ted Shortliffe
Michael & Sharyn Siegel
Howard Slayen
Jacob Smolove
Ethan Spiegel
James & Sandra Stoecker
Gretchen & Rocky Stone
Toby Suckow
Daniel Tam
Amari Thomas
Jan Thurston
Kenneth Edwin Turkowski
Salman Ullah
Daniel Vazquez
Katie Vigeant
Patricia Webster
Mark Weiss & Terry Acebo Davis
Ted Wertheimer
Jay & Sallie Whaley
Leland Wiesner
Tony Woo
Dennis Yarak
Jim Nadel Society
The Jim Nadel Society honors people who have included Stanford Jazz Workshop in their legacy plans.
Anonymous
Ruth Davies & Thomas McGuire
Adam Donovan
Linda Ann Kane
Jeffrey Mapes
Steven Moawad
Bruce Powell
Susan Sillins
Gail Sinquefield
Jack Strom
