Campaign Leadership

Building the Next Stage Campaign Committee

Quanda Allen
Sitar Arts Center Board Vice President
Truist Wealth: Senior Vice President

Mario Garcia Durham
Sitar Arts Center Board President
Arts Consulting Group: Vice President

Hannah Dweck
Leadership Donor to the Campaign
Dweck Productions: Founder

Ralph Dweck
Sitar Arts Center Capital Planning Committee, Leadership Donor to the Campaign
Dweck Properties: Chairman

Jill Minneman
Sitar Arts Center Former Board President
Community Leader

Marla Schnall
Sitar Arts Center Board Member
Falls Church High School: Math and Computer Science Teacher

Scott Spector
Sitar Arts Center Board Member, Chair of Capital Planning Committee
Kodiak Properties, LLC: Principal and Co-Founder

Maureen L. Dwyer
Sitar Arts Center Executive Director

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Our Donors

Sitar Arts Center's bold vision of expansion is only possible with philanthropic support. Thank you to the individuals, families, and organizations who are generously supporting the Building the Next Stage campaign.

As of 4/10/2024

Leadership Gifts

Dweck Philanthropies

Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation

A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Major Gifts

Anonymous

Greg Albright and Wes Combs

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Events DC

Philip L. Graham Fund

Kathryn B. Kincaid and Michael Lainoff

Todd Malan and David DeSantis

Jill Minneman and Thomas Fulcher

Marla and Peter Schnall

David S. Shrager Foundation

World Bank

Special Gifts

Katherine and David Bradley

Charlotte Cameron

MK Ernst and Edmund Spivack

Ellen Fern and Brett O’Brien

Jade Floyd and Charles Small

Nancy “Bitsey” Folger

The Galena-Yorktown Foundation

Mario Garcia Durham and Craig Horness

Harman Cain Family Foundation

Irene and Edward H. Kaplan

Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation

Lainoff Family Foundation

Mohini Malhotra and Tilman Ehrbeck

Vivek Srivastava

Truist Foundation

Community Gifts

Quanda Allen

Rhonda Buckley-Bishop and Kelley Bishop

Coach and Mrs. Ralph Friedgen

Skila Harris

Jill Herscot

Ed and Neesham Spitzberg

Sid Stolz and David Hatfield

Carol and Tom Wheeler

If you wish to support or learn more about the Building the Next Stage campaign, please reach out to Essence Newhoff, Chief Development Officer, at essence@sitarartscenter.org.

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