Individuals
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Gifts $10,000 +
Laitram LLC
Mary Zervigon *
Gifts $5,000 – $9,999
Amy Jean Boebel *
In honor of Jean B. Boebel who believed in the power of clean government practices.
Calvin Johnson * +
Michael Sartisky, Ph.D. * +
Gifts $2,500 – $4,999
Larry Blake *
Bob Redmond *
Linda Usdin & Steven Bingler *
Swelltone Labs *
Gifts $1,000 – $2,499
Keith Hardie *
Betty Buckley Cochran & Stephen Cochran
Jay Lapeyre *
Diana Lewis *
Bev & Ray Nichols *
SEIU Local 21 LA *
In honor of SEIU Local 21 LA.
Stephanie Stokes & Dan Shea *
David Simon & Laura Lippman *
Gifts $500 – $999
Eli Ackerman *
Millie Ball & Keith Marshall
Thank to Steve and the gang.
Roger Biles *
Louann Dorrough *
Sonya Forte Duhe * +
Tony Gelderman
Frederick “Jed” Horne + #
Wilson Johns *
Carolyn Leftwich
Joe Mapes
David Marcello & Jane Johnson *
Stephen May
Sandra Stimpson
Maura Sylvester
Gifts $250 – $499
Steve Beatty * #
Bess Carrick
Lynn Chao
In memory of Robert C. Meder, Jr.
Cleis Design
Gary Clements
Susan Decorte
Laurance Eustis *
David Munroe *
Paul Lambert
J. Celeste Lay
Robin Marshall
Samuel Spencer *
Joanna Sternberg
Peter Stillman *
Harley Winer & Esther B. DeJong *
Gifts $100 – $249
Merle Albers
In memory of Mrs. Merle S. Marshall
Florence Andre *
In honor of Linda Usdin and Anne Mueller.
Dorothy Ball
Robin Barnes
Richard Baudouin
Lynn Bettis *
Ellen Blue *
William Borah *
Thomas Braly
Georgia Bryant
Martha Brewer
Cheron Brylski
The Burka Family
In honor of Linda Usdin’s birthday.
Elizabeth Burns
Rebecca Catalanello
Robert Cerasoli
Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman
Nathan Chapman
In honor of Nathan Bolton and Bill Chapman, former newspaper publishers.
Bette Cole *
Peter Cook
Susannah Coolidge
Deborah Cotton
Ron Cropper
James Cullen
Jacquelyn Dadakis
Jack Davis
John Fischbach
Barbara Forrest
In honor of independent, truthful reporting.
Fresh Money Studio
Elizabeth Galante
Melissa Gibbs *
Guy & Salomé Gonzalez
Roberta Gratz *
In honor of Karen Gadbois.
Michael Gray
In honor of ace journalist Steve Beatty.
Angie Green
John W. Groome
Abram Handler
Jenel Hazlett *
Jeannette Hardy
Barbara Hill
Paula Hoffman *
In honor of New Orleans, city of my birth, and in pride of its and your indomitable spirit! Good luck!!
In honor of Monica Edelstein & Kenneth Hoffman.
Karl Holzmuller *
Betsy Kaston
Chris & Deanna Kieffer
William Kirby
In honor of Ashley Morris.
Moshe Kornfeld
Mari Kornhauser
Beth & Austin Lavin *
Karen Longon *
loudpoet productions
Patricia Loughran
Thomas Matthews
Alan Maclachlan
In honor of my mother, who wasn’t afraid to ask the tough quesionts.
Edward McGinnis *
Virginia Miller *
Tommy Milliner *
Cynthia Morse *
John Morton *
Steve Myers
Wayne Neveu
Karen Ocker
Offbeat Publications
Holley Pavy
Donna Rachal
Joann Ricci *
William Quigley
Tim Ruppert *
Carl Seifert
Sandra Stokes
Jonathan Tate *
Jean Tatge & Phil Collis *
Rebecca Theim
Ma Thomas
Maria Redmann Treffinger
Wayne Troyer
Keith Twitchell *
The Steven W. Usdin Family
In honor of Linda Usdin’s birthday.
The Thomas M. Usdin Family
In honor of Linda Usdin’s birthday.
Delores Walker *
Lori Waselchuk
Susan Weeks
Suzanne Lacey Wisdom
Holly Wiseman
In honor of Karen Gadbois for her Ethics in Journalism Award.
Robert Wisnewski
Sally Zebrick
Jennifer & Lee Zurik * +
Gifts $50 – $99
Sandra Barbier
Florence Brown *
Vivian & Richard Cahn *
William Carter
Nathan Cataline
Ariella Cohen +
In honor of Portia Rotkin, my grandmother who always taught me to ask questions and pay attention.
Keith Crawford *
In honor of John McDonough, 1779-1850.
Matt Davis
Christopher Dendy
In honor of Stephanie Grace
Marlane Drake *
David Eber
Lolis E. Elie
Josephine Everly *
Abigail Feldman
Phoebe Ferguson
Victor Franckiewicz
Karen Gadbois * #
In honor of Aida Schooler.
Sharon Gancarz-Davies
Tim Garrett
Sonia Gasparini
Stephen Hand
Zeph Hardy
Jordan Hirsch
Janet & Scott Howard
Tessa Jackson
In honor of those who have lost their lives speaking the truth to power. Thank you Lens staff for being the “truth tellers” of the Gulf Coast!
Carole B. Jarrell *
Louisiana Governmental Studies
Meg Lousteau *
In honor of Karen Gadbois.
Travis Lux
Valerie Marshall
Virginia Miller
Kathryn Montgomery
Andreanecia Morris
Alexandra Norton
Steven Ostertag +
Leslie & Hunter Pierson
Lawrence N. Powell
Molly Reid
Robert & Karen Ritchie *
Elizabeth Jane Rolling *
Brianne Rome *
Margaret Ross-Martin
In honor of Mary Ellen Ross.
Cade Roux
Marjory Russakoff
In honor of Elaine Lauriat, Wesleyan Class of ’09.
Annette Sisco
Thomas Snedeker *
Scott Sternberg
Janie Tijerina *
Denice Warren Ross
Jane Wholey
Kathryn Wohl
D Wolff
Veronica Young
Gifts $35 – $49
Geraldine & Johnny Addison
James Amdal
David C. Billings
Derek Bridges
Andrew Brott
Jewel Bush
In honor of my fellow journos who take the craft seriously and remember life before blogs.
Elizabeth Charron
Leigh Checkman
Susan Clements
Arlene Cohen
In honor of Ariella Cohen.
Michele Collins
Stephen Danley
Joseph DeFraites
Louis Freeman
Margery Freeman
Peter Gardner
Sean Gerowin
Rose Gilbert
Julie Graybill
Michael Hahn
Ingrid Hearns-Alexander *
In memory of Kerry Hearns.
In honor of Louis, Verna Mae & Kerry Hearns.
Kerrie Holley
David Holt
Eric Jensen
In honor of the incredible reporting of Matt Davis!
Pamela Jewson & Pete Swenson
Barbara Johnson
Michael King
Thomas Klekamp *
Michele & Leo Laventhal
Joshua Lichtman
Sharon Litwin
Erin McQuade
Daniel Maiuri
Ann Meese
Anne Mueller * #
Nels Nehen
OCH Art Market
Edwin C. Rabon
J. Cathy Rogers, Ph.D.
Linda Santi
In honor of the tradition of daily news in this myopic and great newspaper city.
Matthew Segraves
Peter Seltzer
Martha Sharp
Lee Stafford *
Reuben Blaine Teague
Harry S. Tervalon, Jr.
Constantine von Hoffman
Lisa Williams
Darlene Wolnik
Jonathan Wool
Gifts under $35
Elizabeth Blankenship
Sarah Bolton
Robert & Mary Burch
June Butler
Debra Calmes
Barbara W. Carlton
Merrill Collett
Bonnie Dwyer
Rebecca Houtman
Stefan Kamph
Kerry Maloney
Nathan Martin
Charles Maldonado *
John T. O’Connor
Ryan Pepper
Stephen Wade Rathke
Katherine Senter
Alexandra Simmons
William Sothern
Zoe Sullivan
Superior Alarm
Paul Waldman
Jessica Williams #
* Indicates multiple gifts have been given by the donor.
+ Lens board member (current or former)
# Lens staff member