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Founding Benefactors

Founding Benefactors supported all the inaugural Desert X 2017 activites and directed gifts to underwrite site-specific artworks, educational programs and special events.

$100,000 and above

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Donna MacMillan

$50,000 to $99,999

Helene Galen
Brent R. Harris & Lisa K. Meulbroek
Harold Matzner
JoAnn McGrath
Beth Rudin DeWoody

$25,000 to $49,999

Ken Kuchin & Tyler Morgan

$10,000 to $24,999

Jamie Kabler
Susan Hancock
Elizabeth Harris

$1,000 to $9,999

Diane Allen
Annette Bloch
Susan Davis
Bruce Karatz
Tristan Milanovich
Steve & Carol Nash
Ed Ruscha
Elizabeth K. Sorensen
Mary Sweeney

Up to $999

Steve & Kim Bogart
Shea Gordon
Yael Lipshutz
Lyn Winter

Founding Members

Desert X is honored to have one-hundred Founding Members who joined us in the initial support of the Desert X mission. Our founding members, recognized in perpetuity, are a dedicated group of collectors, patrons and culturally curious people who have shown visionary support and belief in the inaugural Desert X program in 2017. Desert X is truly thankful for their support, courage and conviction.

Chair
Susan Hancock

Leisa Austin
Sarah & Brian Banks
Jennifer Bellah & Stephen Maguire
Steven Biller
Stephanie & Peter Blake
Susan & Fenton Booth
Linda Brown
April & Glenn Bucksbaum
Ximena Caminos
Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo
Terri and Timothy Childs
Kevin Comer
Richard Crisman & Jeff Brock
Ina & Rick Davis
Nevin Dolcefino
Marcy & Leo Edelstein
Steve Eglash
Nicholas Fahey
Elisabeth Familian & Max Ramberg
Fine Art Dealers Association
Georgia & Jerry Fogelson
Bryan Fox
Honor Fraser
Matthew French
Vicki French & Steve Lippman
Gagosian Gallery
Joan & Gary Gand
Christina & Louis Gantz
Lani Garfield
Jim Gaudineer & Tony Padilla
Aileen Getty
Homeira Goldstein
Susan Goodman & Rodney Lubeznik
Karen & Chris Haines
Kerry Hamilton & Lucius Lamar
Steven Harris
Richard Heller
Sandy Hill
Douglas Hoerr
Vicki Hood
Lenora Hume
Ikon Ltd. Fine Art
Mary James
Linda Janger
Jamye & Ken Jesser
Bruce Karatz
Anne Keating
Robert D. Kleinschmidt
David Knight
Jamie Konker
Paul Kopeikin

Sally Meyers Kovler
Jeffrey Kubinec
L.A. Louver
Pamela Ann Lange
Elizabeth Leach
Tiffiny Lendrum
Paul Lester
Bruce C. Lindstrom
Michael Maloney
Yvonne & Steve Maloney
Keith Markovitz & Dave Locke
Grisella Martinez
Cheryl McArthur
Charlie McBrearty
Annette Michelson & Errol Ginsberg
Melissa Milanovich
Carol & Steven Nash
Alexandra Nazari
Shulamit Nazarian
Leila Nematzadeh
Thao Nguyen and Andreas Krainer
DeeAnn & Larry Nichols
Randy Polumbo
Carolina Portago
Wendy Posner
Dallas Price & Robert Van Breda
Rosi Reidl
Diane Rosenstein
Diane Rubin & Lenny Eber
Michael Ruvo
Christi Salamone
Cathy Sarkowsky
Faye Sarkowsky
Christine Scott
Susan Seelig
Brenda Sexton
Ann Sheffer
Abby Sher
Linda Shirvanian
Jane Siegal
Roswitha Smale
Iris & Thom Smotrich
Deborah Snyder
Ali Subotnick
William Turner
Linda Usher & Malcolm Lambe
David Vogel & Larry Fulton
Hugh Raymond Wakeham
Diane & David Waldman
Annabelle Weston Shulman
Lily White
Orna & Keenan Wolens
Molly & Dennis Yares
Laurie Ziegler