Board of Directors
Belva Davis, President
Barbra Ruffin-Boston, Secretary
Alma Robinson, Treasurer
Marc L. Abramowitz
Ernest A. Bates, MD
Peggy Woodford Forbes
Erby L. Foster, Jr.
Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Frankie Jacobs Gillette
Carl Hackney
James D. Jefferson
Frederick E. Jordan
Thomas B. King
Dorothy Lathan
Amy Neches
Deborah Santana
Tad Taube
Ernest H. Urquhart
Ron Vinson
Marie Brooks Washington
Allison Williams
Rodney K. Williams
Brenda Wright
V. Denise Bradley,
Executive Director
Major Donors
Ernest A. Bates, MD
Hewlett-Packard Company
Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe Rock
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Shepherd Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Carpenter & Company, Inc.
Catholic Healthcare West
James D. Jefferson
Koret Foundation Funds
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Wells Fargo Foundation
Diane B. Wilsey
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
F.E. Jordan Fund
Thomas & Michelle King
Nan Tucker McEvoy
Northern California Community Loan Fund
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Deborah and Carlos Santana
Gala Sponsors
Wells Fargo
Parsons Water & Infrastructure
Media Sponsors
Comcast
San Francisco Chronicle
City Flight
KGO
KBLX
KKSF
VIP Lineup
San Francisco Magazine
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Honorary Committee
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Chair
Maya Angelou
Angela Bassett
Julie Belafonte
Bebe Moore Campbell
Ruby Dee
Olympia Dukakis
Katherine Dunham
Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg
Denise Hale
Samuel L. Jackson
LaTanya Richardson-Jackson
Yolanda King
Willie Mays
Queen Mother Semane Molotlegi
Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi
Gordon Parks
Hon. Mongane Wally Serote
Attallah Shabazz
Nancy Wilson
Gala Host Committee:
Co-Chairs
Michelle and Thomas B. King
Anette Harris and Marc Loupé
Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Denise Hale
Kamala Harris
Valerie Toler
Steven and Pamela Dinkelspiel
Brenda and Michael Drake, MD
Rosemarie and Ronald Clark, MD
Lowell Gibbs
Deborah Hannah
Beth Porter
Michelle Michelman
Belva Davis and William Moore
Sallie Huntting
James D. Jefferson
Joyce Dixon
Katie Allen
Valerie Lewis and Otis McGee
Emerald Yeh
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