2024-2025 Annual Report of Gifts
DONORS

Underwriters of HPA Benefit

MARDI GRAS: AN EVENING FOR THE ELA HOCKADAY FUND FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE

The following individuals were underwriters for The Hockaday Parents’ Association Mardi Gras – HPA Benefit 2025. The HPA raised $352,756.46 to The Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence through the Benefit and other HPA sponsored events, such as Fun Day, the Sewell Vehicle Raffle, Uniform Resale, and Charms.


List of 6 items.

  • QUEEN & KING UNDERWRITER - $15,000

    Julie and Sulman Ahmed P’35 ’37
    Lauren and Quint Brown P’35
  • PRINCESS & PRINCE UNDERWRITER - $10,000

    Andrea and Robert Epstein P’33
  • COUNTESS & EARL UNDERWRITER - $2,500

    Bonner Mead ’94 and Thomas Allen P’28 ’31
    Curt Hodgson GP ’29
    Haseena Enu and Randy Hulme P’27
    Porschla and Jason Kidd P’36
    Laura and Kevin Leathers P’23
    Perkins&Will and Hillwood Urban 
    Brooke and Bobby Renkes P’35
    Linda and Johann Tse P’31
  • BARONESS & BARON UNDERWRITER - $1,000

    Christy and Ben Abbott P’26
    Bailey Pham and Alan Arnold P’33
    Robin Gelinas ’93 and Brad Berkley P’36
    Lauryn and Jason Bloom P’30
    Monica Lira ’99 and Alberto Bravo P’35 ’37
    Emily Somerville and Felipe Cabrera P’36
    Sarah Lu and Terry Cao P’32
    Carla and Trey Crook P’26 ’28
    Jessica Werner ’96 and Doug Epperson P’26 ’29 ’34
    Heather Zrubek and William Forteith P’29
    Lucky and Shaun Gordon P’36
    Lauren and Ryan Gorsche P’36
    Lyndsey and Scott Harper P’29 ’31
    Monica Long ’96 and Jay Rosser P’34
    Laurie and Gregory Sudbury P’28
    Katie Mullen and Erik Vachon P’31
    Erin and Joe Zopolsky P’32
  • FACULTY/STAFF TICKET SPONSORSHIP - $150

    Bailey Pham and Alan Arnold P'33
    Carla and Dylan Bolden P’25 ’27
    Debbie and Justin Bono P’27
    Shonn Brown P’24 ’26 x2
    Cathy Bruff P’07 ’09 x2
    Maanasi and Joshua Burak P’26 x2
    Andrea Carter P’26 ’32
    Charlotte Hudson Carter ’99 and Grant Carter P’31 ’33
    Crystal and Taylor Cornwall P’35 ’38 x3
    Anne and Judson Duncan P’23 ’25 ’28
    Jaime Crowley ’03 and Nick English P’35 ’36
    Sue Shirley ’91 and Britt Fair P’25 x2
    Christine and Chris Flanagan P’28
    Josephine Andrion and David Griffin P’33
    Linda Liu and Jash Guo P’32
    Rajashri Patil and Amit Guttigoli P’22 ’27 x2
    Abby and Will Hancock P’38 x2
    Isabell Novakov ’98 and Trey Higginbotham
    Sandra and Henrik Illum P’27
    Stacey and Stephen Keel P’28
    Erin and John Kidwell P’27 x2
    Farrell Rafkin ’06 and Brett Lacher P’38
    Maggie and Jim Moran P’35 x2
    Mallory Owen ’03 and Tyler Muse P’35 x2
    Felicia and Gideon Powell P’25
    Amanda and Marco Thornton P’32
    Erin and Wink Watkins P’30
    Stephanie and Patrick Williams P’33 x2
    Jenna Brasch ’82 and Seth Woodberry P’12 ’15 ’20 ’25 x6
  • CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS

    LUXURY VEHICLE RAFFLE SPONSOR -$95,000
    Sewell Automotive Companies
     
    ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR - $25,000
    Emerald City All Stars
     
    BAR SPONSOR - $6,000
    Lauren and Quit Brown P’35
     
    EISEMAN’S HEADS OR TAILS GAME SPONSOR - $5,000
    Eiseman Jewels
     
    PHOTO BOOTH SPONSOR - $5,000
    Long Cove
     
    WELCOME DRINK UNDERWRITER - $2,500
    Carla and Trey Crook P’26 ’28
     
    COCKTAIL NAPKIN UNDERWRITER - $2,500
    S.B. Long Interiors, Inc.
     
    SOUVENIR CUPS UNDERWRITER - $2,500
    Hawkins-Welwood Homes
     
    SOUVENIR KOOZIES UNDERWRITER - $2,500
    Cutting Corners – Claudia Lampert Frankel ’09
ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS 2024-2025
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