A Spring of
Opportunity
Tickets & Sponsorships will be on sale soon!
If you're interested in sponsoring or attending, please reach out to Molly Gilbride at mgilbride@highjumpchicago.org
720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
For over 35 years, High Jump has reshaped the educational landscape of Chicago, providing pathways of opportunity for nearly 3,000 scholars to confidently actualize their potential as learners and as leaders who go on to thrive in high school, college, and beyond.
Join us to empower Chicago middle schoolers with the transformative power of a High Jump education which profoundly impacts the lives of each and every one of our students, their families, their communities, and our city today and for years to come.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
2026 Benefit Co-Chairs:
Farah Adhi
Kristina Ehrhart
Eleni Griesemer
Rachel Martell
Julia Rosebush
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors!
Anniversary Sponsors
Elisa and Chris Cartwright
Jymme and Steve Chaouki
Michael and Pamela Gordon Family
Foundation
Jill and John Levi
Diane Saltoun and Bruce Braun
Access Sponsors
Meg and Karl Frey
Paula and Tim Friedman
Brian and Christina Greviskes
Eleni and Steve Griesemer
Kerrie Maloney Laytin
Cindy and Mike O'Connor
Georgy Ann and Bill Peluchiwski
Abby and Mason Phelps
Scholarship Sponsors
Jenny and Jerry Bekkerman
Erica and Krishnan Chandrasekhar
David Chazen
Sarah and John Cobb
Vince Cozzi
Margaret Egan Lawler and Mike Lawler
Jenny Farver and Matt Notowidigdo
Mary and Christopher Fifield
Arla and Joel Gomberg
Krissan and John Jennings
Lena and Andrew Jessen
Sarah Levine
Nichole Lopez-Tackett
Kim Lynch
Matthew D. Means
Thomas Meyers and Suzanne Lynch
Anna Meytina-Lurye and Alexander Lurye
Kathleen and Michael O'Connor
Kim and Manny Picciola
Daisie and Michael Siska
Laura and Charlie Tribbett
Opportunity Sponsors
Farah and Praveen Adhi
Sandra Barreto and Tem Horwitz
Susan and Scott Brown
Isabel and Austin Carpenter
Elizabeth and Matt Denison
Karen and Arne Duncan
Kristina and Tom Ehrhart
Mary and Charlie Gofen
Helen Han and Dan Pan
Nat and Ellen Kellogg
Adrienne and Erik King
Ami and Eric Liu
Elaine and Art Margulis
Rachel and Aaron Martell
Dara and Ross Milner
Kristina and John Mulhall
Irene and Rich Parisi
Catherine and Michael Rosenberg
Deanna Ryan
Ramya and Ajay Shah
Ruchika and Vik Sohoni
Enrichment Sponsors
Nidhi Agrawal and Noah Weiss
Sonia Antolec
Katie and Chris Barber
Leslie and Bill Barker
Dennis Daughtridge and Dale Meyer
Gabriel Fontes de Faria and Grant Gochnauer
Emily and Daniel Hoffman
Mariana and Paul Ingersoll
Cathy and Mike Lee
Heidi Ortolaza-Alvear and Andres Alvear
Janet and Jon Rauschenberger
Dr. Stephanie Ross
Sindhura and Vivek Sadanand
Auctioneer Sponsor
Brad Karsh
Auction Package Sponsors
Jymme and Steve Chaouki
Meredith and Joe Jemsek
Video Sponsor
Gigi and Andrew Schwertfeger
Wine Sponsor
Thank you to the 2025 Benefit Committee
Farah and Praveen Adhi
Nidhi Agrawal and Noah Weiss
Fariel Ali
Nirav and Keerthy Batavia
Susan and Scott Brown
Jennifer and Brandon Bush
Isabel and Austin Carpenter
Andrea and Brian Chadwick
Sami Chaouki and Scott Hendrickson
Stephanie Cohen
Alexia Corti
Dennis Daughtridge and Dale Meyer
Margaret Egan Lawler and Michael R Lawler
Kristina Ehrhart
Gabriel Fontes de Faria and Grant Gochnauer
Helen Han
Libby Holdren
Julie and Deji Jimoh
Cathy Lee
Sarah Levine
Rachel and Aaron Martell
Molly McEvoy
Matthew D. Means
Amelia and Alejandro Medina
Kristina and John Mulhall
Elizabeth Olsen
Julia Rosebush, DO and Raheel Patel
Deanna Ryan
Sindhura and Vivek Sadanand
Donna and Mike Sims
Ariele Scodro
Daisie and Mike Siska
Ruchika Sohoni
Christina Tu
High Jump Board of Directors
Chair
Lena Jessen
Vice President
Nick Shields, Cohort 6
Treasurer
Cindy O'Connor
Sophia Ladouceur
Secretary
Shelley Greenwood
Board Chair-Elect
Mary Fifield
Directors
John Akalaonu, Cohort 4
Omid Bañuelos, Cohort 10
Katie Barber
Jenny Bekkerman
Erica Chandrasekhar
Jymme Chaouki
Prab Chawla
David Chazen
Yeny Ciborowski
Gina Chen, Cohort 13
Sarah Cobb
Sarah Cogswell
Vincent Cozzi
Karen Duncan
Mary Fifield
Meg Frey
Tim Friedman
Arla Gomberg
Pam Gordon
Christina Greviskes
Mariana Ingersoll
Krissan Jennings
Erik King
Kerrie Maloney Laytin
John G. Levi
Nichole Lopez-Tackett
Kim Lynch
Nicole Mann
Thomas Meyers
Dara Milner
Philip Nevels, Cohort 5
Heidi Ortolaza-Alvear, Cohort 10
Georgy Ann Peluchiwski
Abby Phelps
Stephanie Ross
Diane Saltoun
Errett Van Nice
Ramon Villalpando, Cohort 5
Directors Emeriti
Diana Aixalá
Richard J. Almeida
Bill Barker
Sally Carton
Paula H. Crown
Charles S. Gofen
Priscilla Kersten
Langdon D. Neal
Annmarie Neumeier
Eleanor Nicholson
Richard Rothkopf
Todd A. Smith
Tina Wardrop
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