2nd annual where change begins dinner

From everyone at Summer Search, we thank you for being part of our family. On September 30th, over 300 friends gathered at the 2nd Annual Where Change Begins Dinner at the Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club. We raised nearly $225,000 and were able to recognize our students and the people dedicated to helping them transform their lives. Funds raised from the event will ensure that more disadvantaged students continue to receive the life-changing mentoring and summer experiential education opportunities that are at the heart of the Summer Search program.

You can now watch highlights from the Dinner on our website and share them with your friends.  Click on the links to view:

• Honoree John Read's speech
• Our Voices of Change video, produced by Carlton Colbert (Alumnus '98)
• and Niles Lichtenstein's (Alumnus '01) spoken word performance

We hope you will be a voice of change for Summer Search by learning about the many ways to stay involved, whether it’s spreading the word about Summer Search to your friends and family or celebrating the successes of our students at a future event. Also, we hope you will consider helping us reach the incredible $50,000 matching gift challenge made by our Board of Directors and long-time supporter, the Skees Family Foundation. This generous dollar-for-dollar challenge was announced at the Dinner and includes donations made by clicking here.

Your support enables Summer Search to provide opportunities to deserving Silicon Valley students. We thank you for helping transform the lives of these remarkable young leaders and we look forward to continuing to celebrate their successes with you.

With our deepest appreciation,

Kasey McJunkin and Calla Griffith
Event Co-Chairs
2009 Summer Search Silicon Valley Where Change Begins Dinner

Special Thanks

Sponsor
Dana+ and Bob Emery
Ken Olivier* and Angela Nomellini
Skees Family Foundation

Visionary
Dodge & Cox
MacLean Family Foundation
Kasey* and Jamie McJunkin

Leader
Wendell and Celeste Birkhofer
Michael Branca
Calla and Will Griffith
Lamond Family Foundation
Doug MacKenzie
Lee and Bill Perry
Kendra and Erik Ragatz

Mentor
Suzette and Tim Anderson
Asset Management Company
Bank of America
Bills.com
Carolyn Bowsher
Paula Carano
Suzanne and J.T. Crandall
Erin and Curtis Cresta*
Michelle and Bob Friend+
Kevin Gay and Ramona Hanes
Grace and Ryan Limaye
Pete and Sharmila Mulligan
& The Mulligan Foundation
Penelope Murray
Kristi and Tom Patterson
Liebe+ and Bill Patterson
Melanie Peña+ and Mark Perry
Andy* and Laura Poppink
Lilli Rey and Val Vaden
Robin and Jake Reynolds
Carl and Sarah Rosendahl
Jeff and Laura Ubben
David and Angela Weiden
Jeff Wong* and Carolyn Choi

Advocate
Jim and Julie Borden
Michelle and Alan Cline
Staci and Cary Cole
Tammy and Bill Crown
Sandra Moll and Rick Holden
Monica and Brian Jenkins
Kathryn and Richard Kimball
Hallie and Justin Label
Aileen Lee and Jason Stinson
Joyce and Ted Love
Elizabeth Obershaw
Suzanne and Eric O’Brien
Reema and Kamal Shah
Shally and Naresh Shanker
Lacey and Justin Wismer

Friend
Rahela Abbas and Peter Moore
Jennifer Andaluz
Anonymous
Sonya Cotero Arriola
Preetha Basaviah and Venky Ganesan
Melvin and Priscilla Bechina
Pablo Bertorello
Carol Bowman
Josh Brankman
Marci and Chet Brown
Susie Caulfield
Carmen and Bertil Chappuis
Steve Clark
George Cogan
Kristine and Paul Collins
Fran Compagno
Jeannie and Terry Conner
Ken Crockett
Heather Davila
John and Liane Davila Foundation
Susan Dawson
Byron and Alli Deeter
Martha Deevy
Diana Ekstrand
Miguel and Angela Espinosa
Robert Falkenberg
Andy Fisher
Chuck Fontana
John and Elizabeth Fowler
Denise Geschke
E. Alexander Glover
Jean and Jeffrey Gould
J. Pierce Gould, Jr. and Glenn DeSandre, M.D.
Brooke and Eric Grafstrom
Katie Gray
Susanna and Josh Greenberg
Lynda Greene
John Hall
Lisa Young Hallenbeck
Jaylene and Craig Harvey
Sara Hirsch
Meg Holland
Sara and Patrick Hollister
Brandon and Maria Elisabeth Hoshiko
Nancy and Tim Howes
David Ibnale and Mollie Ricker
Brian and Ansley Jentz
Vanessa* and Brian Johnson
John and Linda Knoll
Judy Kramer
Laura and David Krane
Melissa Kraus
Randy Lee
Jeremy Liew
Helen Lin-Murphy
Joanna Lofthouse and Neil Laderman
Patricia Lowe
JR Matthews
Leslie Mayerson
Margaret McCaffery
Melissa and David McJannet
Shelly and Arch Meredith
Wallace Mersereau
Bob and Susie Morse
Emma Morton-Bours
Jean Mou
Jennifer and Corey Mulloy
Sherman Nam Tran
Pam and Joe Nootbaar
Bouree Nordin
Linda Orandi and Bill Gaylord
Melinda and Rick Osterloh
Kimberly and Douglas Pepper
Mary and Gary Pinkus
Jeff and Christy Richardson
Suzanne and Paul Roche
Dede Rogers and Stephen Hutzler
Paul Rydberg
Liza Salam
Charlie and Sherri Schmidt
Stephanie Schwab
Serra and Mauricio Simbeck
Kathy and Adrian Smith
Jeff and Jocelynn Staley
Lisa and Greg Stanger
Greg and Linda Stroh
DeeAnn and John Suppes
Jean Timken and Steven Cuny
Kelli and Steffan Tomlinson
Marianne and Buz Walters
Sarah and Dan Wernikoff
Jon and Tiffany Woodruff
Jessica Yansouni
Grant and Veda Yonehiro
Xuejin Zhou and Mark Dixon

Special Thanks
Colbert Productions
Munday & Collins AV
Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club
Wente Vineyards

* Silicon Valley Board
+ National or San Francisco Board