academy of friends

Celebrat ing L i fe . Empowering Hope.

27TH Annual Academy of Friends Gala

February 25, 2007Herbst Pavi l l ion – Fort Mason

San Francisco, CA

PRESENTING SPONSORS

MAJOR SPONSORS

SPONSORS

SUPPORTERS

Jonathan Adler • Barefoot Cellars • Bloomingdale’s • Brownstone Furniture • The Bubble Lounge • Chalk Hill Winery Chenery Park • Cingular • CRPR • InterContinental San Francisco • James Judd & Son Vineyards • LaCrema

O’Brien Cellars • Octavia Lounge • Polo Ralph Lauren • The SAK • SenSpa • Y Public Relations • Zephyr Realty

MEDIA SPONSORS

MEDIA PHILANTHROPISTS

ABC 7 • About • Clear Channel Radio • CBS 5 • East Bay Express • Gloss • KBHK TV • KBLX FM KCBS AM • KDFC • KICU • KGO 810 AM News Radio • KNGY FM • KOIT Radio • KRON 4 • Live 105 • OUT Spoken

MAX FM • Men’s Fitness • PEOPLE • QRP wines • Rolling Stone/Real • SF Weekly • Shockwave • Travel Channel/Discovery

PRODUCING SPONSOR

AIDS FUND

Good evening and welcome to our 27th Annual Academy Awards Night Gala! Every year, Oscar fever builds as we approach the Academy Awards - a celebration of those who receive the highest honors in filmmaking. Tonight, we watch the annual presentation of golden statuettes in Hollywood and also come together to celebrate the Herculean efforts of those fighting on the front-line of HIV/AIDS in our community. On behalf of our Board of Directors, I invite you to come in and walk amongst our golden statues – a living tribute to everyone impacted by this disease.

Each year, UNAIDS (the joint United Nations program on AIDS) selects a theme for World AIDS Day. This year’s theme was “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise” reflecting the challenge of fighting a disease that has become a part of our life fabric. The UNAIDS theme is apropos for Academy of Friends, with 27 years of experience in funding the fight to “Stop AIDS” in our community. Your generous support, as Underwriters, Corporate Sponsors, and Volunteers, allows us to reach more than 200,000 lives affected by HIV/AIDS in our community each year. Academy of Friends is proud to be the vehicle for this fundraising effort. This year, we are “Keeping the Promise” by funding 15 beneficiary organizations - a record number - all focused on providing prevention, education, and direct care services to our Bay Area community.

As you enjoy the splendor and elegance of tonight’s event, please take a moment to reflect on how you wish to take part in the fight to stop AIDS – How can you help keep the promise? The face of this pandemic has changed over 27 years. Today, we live with this disease. It impacts everyone - men, women, and children of all backgrounds. To eliminate it we must all exhibit tremendous courage, commitment, and passion. It is our mission at Academy of Friends to be an exemplary model of volunteerism and leadership – a place where you can connect YOUR commitment, YOUR passion, and YOUR contributions to the great work performed by our beneficiary organizations. THEY are the ones who truly deserve the highest honors tonight.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude and appreciation to the many restaurants, wineries, designers, and vendors for the incredible food, drink, and entertainment, as well as the contributions and the countless hours spent by our board, committees, volunteers, beneficiaries, and staff to make this event possible. These efforts bring our Gala to life.

So, please, come in. Enjoy tonight’s Gala. Celebrate Life. Empower Hope!

Sincerely,

Alan E. KeithBoard Chair

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Dear Friends,

When I first joined Academy of Friends as its Interim Executive Director last spring, I met with one of our beneficiary or-ganizations that provides housing and shelter to formerly homeless people with AIDS. When I asked the average stay of their clients, they replied that ten years ago it was several months and it is now several years. I believe their reply sum-marizes both the joys and challenges that face each of us who are fighting this insidious disease. While we celebrate the lives that have been saved (and honor those we have lost) we now must re-commit to a very different battle - one that secures food, housing, medical assistance, mental health and substance abuse counseling, insurance coverage and employment opportunities for those who will continue to live with HIV/AIDS in an era when other issues have overshad-owed its toll. Your contributions to Academy of Friends and participation in the Gala tonight will help us do just that. The Gala is the culmination of thousands of hours of preparation and the efforts of hundreds of volunteers. There are so many individuals who make AOF work on a daily basis, contributing time, money and energy every day of the year, including: • our beneficiary organizations, who serve those that need it most, often with limited resources • our Underwriters, who enable us to sustain and encourage those working on the front lines of HIV/AIDS • our Corporate Sponsors, many of whom have supported AOF for numerous years • Gala Chair Nanette Duffy, Board member David Miranda and Production Chair Gregg Solem, who created this spectacular Gala conquering significant budget constraints in the process • our event sponsors, food and beverage sponsors and event coordinator, Winslow & Associates • our exceptionally talented and dedicated Board of Directors, especially Board Chair Alan Keith for his calm, reasoned leadership and Vice Chair and Development Committee Co-Chair Scott Miller who works tirelessly throughout the year to raise money. I deeply admire each for their dedication, energy, enthusiasm, and thank them for bringing me into the AOF family. • our many volunteers, some of whom work with us for months, some for days, some a few hours. Their contributions of energy and spirit are truly inspiring. • Teri Storrs, our Development Associate, who supports all of the above, each and every day,with grace. • Aida Sanchez, our Office Administrator, whose “can do” attitude and resourcefulness has often made the impossible possible.

Finally, I want to acknowledge the extraordinary commitment and work of my predecessor, Elisabeth Loeffler, who, amazingly, staffed this organization virtually single-handedly over the past three years. Thank you for coming to our Gala. Please CELEBRATE LIFE by having a very enjoyable evening and EMPOWER HOPE by purchasing one more raffle ticket, offering one more bid on a Silent Auction item, or giving an additional donation to help us continue our vital work. See you next year!

Kathy MeyerExecutive Director

Kathy MeyerExecutive DirectorAcademy of Friends

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HIV/AIDS UPDATE

Every day in San Francisco, someone is infected with HIV. Every day in Oakland, someone needs help to pay for life-sustaining medication. Every day in San Mateo, an adolescent girl wonders whether she’s been exposed to the virus. Every day in Richmond, a young man struggles to keep his HIV infection a secret from his family.

No part of the world has had a longer exposure to HIV and AIDS than the Bay Area. One of the first regions of the United States to see AIDS have a profound effect on every day life, this community weathered the epi-demic in the earliest years, long before people in most parts of the world knew it existed.

Today, AIDS is the biggest public health disaster the planet has ever seen.

In the poorest parts of the world, HIV is a looming threat to stability and to our humanity. In 2006 more than 4.3 million people were infected with HIV, bring-ing the worldwide total to nearly 40 million. More than half a million of them were under the age of 15. Last year about three million people died from AIDS, leaving behind families without parents, classrooms without teachers, and children without families. In the United States, 1.5 million people have been in-fected with HIV and more than 530,000 have died since the start of the epidemic. Approximately 1.2 million in the U.S. are living with HIV/AIDS – the highest number the country has ever seen. Antiretroviral therapy has radically altered the course of the disease and kept people with HIV alive. But 40,000 people in the U.S. were newly infected with the virus last year. African Americans account for 50% of new HIV infections, although they comprise only 12% of the population, and at least half of new infections occurred in people under the age of 25. It is estimated that one-quarter living with HIV in the U.S. do not know it, reducing their treatment options and complicating HIV prevention.


The State of California is ranked second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases, surpassed only by New York. In San Francisco, the number of new HIV infections has remained relatively constant, between 800 and 1,000 in-fections, most in gay men, for the past five years. Since 1998, there has been a State of AIDS Emergency in Alameda County for African Americans, where the lack of resources continues to frustrate prevention efforts directed at some of the most vulnerable populations.

Because of its long history with HIV and AIDS, many of the pioneering interventions used to fight the virus began in the Bay Area, from grass-roots community or-ganizing for patients’ rights to syringe exchange to pre-vent infection for intravenous drug users. Because we have endured the worst of this epidemic for the longest period of time, we have learned best how to confront it with education, with treatment, and with public policy.

Your generosity will help dozens of Bay Area organiza-tions prevent new infections and support people already infected with treatment education, nutrition and medical care.

Courtesy of San Francisco AIDS Foundation

2007 ACADEMY OF FRIENDS BENEFICIARIES

Over the last two decades, Academy of Friends has distributed $6 million to more than 60 organizations serving men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS.

A rigorous grant review process determines which HIV/AIDS service agencies receive proceeds from each year’s Academy of Friends Gala. With the assistance of a panel of community advisors, the Beneficiaries Committee selects a diverse group of organizations providing direct services to people living with HIV/AIDS or providing HIV prevention edu-cation programs. In our 27th year, AOF is working to raise more than $500,000 for our beneficiaries, including agencies designated by the Kile Ozier Founder’s Award and Jay Luque Award for Outstanding Volunteers winners, as well as the Geoffrey Etienne-Giacomazzi Holiday Grant recipients.

We are pleased to announce the 15 Bay Area organizations that have been selected to receive grants from proceeds of our 2007 Gala. Each organization is dedicated to providing HIV prevention, education and/or direct care to people af-fected by HIV/AIDS. These agencies provide a wide range of services reaching people throughout the Bay Area.

• AIDS Emergency Fund – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide direct assistance to low-income HIV residents in danger of losing housing, with a particular focus on the Tenderloin/Bay View districts.

• AIDS Legal Referral Panel – San Francisco, a two-year grant for 2007 and 2008 to provide seed money for ALRP’s new HIV/AIDS Insurance Protection Project by funding 50% of the expenses for an in-house attorney working directly with clients at risk of losing insurance benefits & funding.

• Food For Thought – Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank – Sonoma, a one year grant to support on-going food programs and services for low-income residents in Sonoma County.

• The Health Trust – Santa Clara, a one year grant to provide case management and direct care services to multi-ethnic clients in Santa Clara County.

• Huckleberry Youth Program – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide prevention and education services to multi-ethnic youth via peer-to-peer programs.

• Lyon-Martin Women’s Health Services – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide case management, testing, and direct care services to women and transgendered residents.

• Magnet – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide rapid “RNA” testing on-site at the Castro District location.

• Marin AIDS Project – Marin, a one year grant to provide case management, mental health services, and substance abuse awareness among low-income residents in Marin County.

• New Conservatory Theatre Center – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide HIV education and prevention services through the YouthAware program’s innovative theater performances, workshops and critical discussions aimed at Bay Area youth.

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• Pacific Center For Human Growth – Alameda, a one year grant to provide case management and substance abuse services to men of color in Alameda County.

• Positive Health Program – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide direct care, case management services to minority and low-income residents through Ward 86 at SF General Hospital.

• Positive Resource Center – San Francisco, a one year grant to provide case management and employment aid to low-income residents with HIV.

• Project Open Hand – San Francisco, a one year grant to support on-going food services and nutritional programs for low-income and homeless HIV individuals.

• San Mateo County AIDS Program – San Mateo, a one year grant to provide direct care, prevention and case management to low-income residents in San Mateo County with particular focus on the emerging Latino HIV population.

• Stop AIDS Project – San Francisco, a one year grant to augment on-going health education, risk reduction and prevention outreach programs to San Francisco residents.


In honor of the founder of Academy of Friends, the Kile Ozier Founder’s Award is presented annually to pay tribute to those who exemplify the spirit of volun-teerism in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Each year, the winner is asked to des-ignate a Bay Area HIV/AIDS service agency to receive a $5,000 Academy of Friends grant.

This year, the Academy of Friends Board of Directors is proud to announce two winners of this prestigious award: Claire Eugenia Gerndt, Jr. and Keith Wetmore. Both Claire and Keith are avid volunteers for several HIV/AIDS organizations in the Bay Area, and both have designated the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to receive their $2,500 unrestricted grants.

Claire, a loan officer and long time employee of Wells Fargo Bank, is a model volunteer who gives tirelessly to organizations working to end the pandemic and

human suffering caused by AIDS. She currently works regularly with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Open Hand, San Francisco Food Bank, AIDS\LifeCycle, and California AIDS Rides (predecessor to AIDS\LifeCycle). Her warm-hearted good nature and dedication to living a life spent sharing her time and talents with others, is an inspiration to all who have the pleasure to work with her.

Keith, Chair and Chief Executive Partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP, has, through his own work and as part of the MoFo team, contributed for almost 20 years to the fight against HIV and AIDS. In the mid-1980s, Keith helped organize teams of lawyers at MoFo who wrote wills and durable powers of attorney for PWAs, handling several dozen cases himself, as part of the important work of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. He personally organized and incorporated a number of HIV-related nonprofit corpora-tions in San Francisco, including The Names Project. He helped direct many of those organiza-tions, including The Academy of Friends, to other attorneys within MoFo over the years who were generous with their time as part of the firm’s award-winning pro bono program. He just completed six years of service on the board the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, chairing its finance committee for half that time. “And he recalls his first Gala, the second time it was held, when AOF was named “Friends of the Golden One Whose Name Must Not Be Used.”

About the San Francisco AIDS FoundationCommitted to ending the pandemic and human suffering caused by HIV, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation develops innovative solutions, combining evidence-based strategies with long-term community experience to fight the disease. SFAF provides direct services to thou-sands of people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS, supplies information about HIV treatment and related issues, promotes HIV prevention and awareness in the community, and advocates for sound HIV/AIDS policies at all levels of government.

2006 Geoffrey Etienne-Giacomazzi Holiday Grants As part of its annual grant-making program, Academy of Friends makes several small, special purpose grants to Bay Area HIV agencies for year-end and holiday programs through the Geoffrey Etienne-Giacomazzi Charities Fund. This fund honors Geoffrey Etienne-Giacommazzi, a long-time supporter and former Board Chair of Academy of Friends. In 2006 Macy’s West matched Academy of Friends’ funds so that we were able to double the number grants award-ed - $40,000 in total grants. 2006 grant recipients included: AIDS Emergency Fund, Children’s Hospital, Dolores Street Community Services, East Bay Agency for Children, Food for Thought, Lyon-Martin, Meals of Marin, Project Open Hand, Rainbo Community Center, San Mateo County AIDS Project, and UCSF Positive Health Program.

18TH ANNUAL KILE OZIER FOUNDER’S AWARD

Claire Eugenia Gerndt, Jr.Loan Officer

Wells Fargo Bank

Keith Wetmore Chair and Chief

Executive Partner Morrison & Foerster LLP


2007 JAY LUQUE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERISM

Since 2001, Academy of Friends has presented the Jay Luque Award in memory of Jay Luque, a long-time, dedicated gala volunteer. Jay’s beautiful spirit lives on through the annual presentation of this award that recognizes other volunteers who have demon-strated extraordinary dedication to Academy of Friends. The award is accompanied by a $2,000 grant to be given to a Bay Area HIV/AIDS organization of the recipient’s choice.

The 2007 Jay Luque Award is presented to Lynn Lukow, for his continued support of Academy of Friends. For several years Lynn has guided the organization’s Board of Di-rectors through its annual retreat. During that time, the Board has developed a clear mis-sion statement that guides the organization through its fund raising and grant distribu-tion processes. Lynn has also worked extensively with the Board of Directors on setting a strategy for growth over the next 10 years. An avid art collector, Lynn has also opened his home for Academy of Friends fundraising events on many occasions.

Following a distinguished career as head of Jossey-Bass Publishers, Lynn Luckow has focused on organizational and community change, serving as transition executive and consultant to business and nonprofit enterprises, and conducting research on building vital communities in the U.S. A true believer in “practic-ing what he’s published,” Lynn has served on or consulted to over 30 nonprofit boards. Honored in 2000 as the top nonprofit board chairman in the U.S. by the National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations, he was recognized with its Excellence in National Board Leadership Award.

Lynn has designated Project Open Hand to receive a $2,000 unrestricted grant from Academy of Friends.

About Project Open HandSince its inception, thousands of volunteers from all walks of life have come together to help prepare, package and deliver over 5 million meals to thousands of men, women and children living with and affected by AIDS and other critical illnesses or disabilities. Not one day of delivery has been missed, no eligible client has ever been turned away and no waiting list has ever been maintained.

Lynn D. W. Luckow


Producing Sponsor AT&T

AT&T believes that giving back to the communities we serve is part and parcel of good corporate citi-zenship. Through the AT&T Foun-dation and AT&T Pioneers – the company’s employee and retiree volunteer organization – AT&T provides both financial resources and volunteer hours for initiatives that improve the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 2005, AT&T contributed $3.4 million to a variety of nonprofit or-ganizations in the region, and the

Bay Area members of AT&T Pioneers donated more than 82,000 hours of their time for local outreach activities.

We pledge to continue to make the communities in the Bay Area as strong and vibrant as they can be.

Sincerely,

Ken McNeelyPresident AT&T California

Presenting Sponsor Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO.) and the Levi Strauss Foundation have been leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS for over 24 years. LS&CO. was one of the first corporations to address HIV/AIDS in the workplace, include HIV/AIDS in its corporate grantmaking agenda, and en-courage employees to partner with local non-profit organizations working to fight the disease. All over the world there are Levi Strauss & Co. employees volunteer-

ing with HIV/AIDS organizations – including Academy of Friends – individually or as part of one of the Company’s 66 Community Involvement Teams.

Levi Strauss & Co. and the Levi Strauss Foundation have awarded over $37 million in grants. Funding is concentrated on prevention programs that serve women and youth. Grants are focused on efforts that combat the stigma and discrimination confronted by those who are, or are suspected of being HIV positive. In addition, the Levi Strauss Foundation, Tides Foundation, and the National AIDS Fund created the Syringe Access Fund to support the availability of clean syringes as a means of preventing HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C.

ACADEMY OF FRIENDS SALUTES OUR LEADING SPONSORS

Ken McNeelyPresident

AT&T California


Presenting Sponsor McCann Worldgroup

This is McCann Worldgroup San Francisco’s sec-ond year working

as Academy of Friends’ advertising agency of record. It’s gratifying for us to get a chance to work on a hometown institution like the AOF, and to turn our expertise toward something that impacts our neighbors and friends, the people we rub shoulders with in the community.

Here’s to a great evening, one with a little glamour, a little indulgence, and a lot of goodwill. And we salute our partner, Academy of Friends, for another year of visionary community achievement.

Presenting Sponsor Mercedes-Benz USA

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) is proud to return for a fifth year as a Presenting Sponsor of the 27th An-nual Academy of Friends Gala. With a brand heritage over 100 years old, MBUSA certainly appreciates

and understands the importance of connecting emotion-ally with our partners, owners and community. And, the Academy of Friends Gala is a wonderful opportunity to support this appreciation and understanding.

The commitment of the Academy of Friends Board, dedicated volunteers and beneficiaries is admirable. Their passionate dedication is a driving force in developing our partnership and it is our pleasure to strengthen this rela-tionship by providing an SLK280, the sporty and stylish Mercedes-Benz Roadster, as this year’s raffle prize.

MBUSA believes that a premier company must lead by example and we take the role as a contributing corpo-rate citizen very seriously. Here in the Bay Area, MBUSA supports community events and organizations, benefiting education, health and healing. Once again we are proud to partner with Academy of Friends.


2007 ACADEMY OF FRIENDS UNDERWRITERS

Mogul’s Circle: $10,000 or more Anonymous William L. Gunn Garry Maisel Rob Murray & Bruce Davis

George Rosenfield & Christopher HooverAllen A. SchuhRick Simon & Tod DobratzGreg & Lisa WendtRichard L. Wortman

Richard S. O’ConnellRichard Osmon, Zephyr RealtyTom Pugh & Brian HicksRocca & PhillipsScott Sansone & Joseph R. SwimmerRandall Shields & Kenji MiyazakiTom Stroik Stop AIDS ProjectArt Taylor & Robert AllenGinny & Phil WarnesSteven H. WeilerKeith C. WetmoreChandler Wonderly & Michael FillmanAndres Wydler & Dan Veatch

Angie AguilarHoward Edelman & Damian HuertasKerry L. GibsonGary Grabow & Lynn Imanaka

Michael Ackerman, Zephyr RealtyMichael R. ArturaAdrian BadgerCharles Bello & Robert PinnixRaymond BrizendineDean Catiis, Zephyr RealtyRichard A. Cazen, MDHarry Clark, Zephyr RealtyCort CortezPamela Rummage CulpNorman Dito & Steve WeinerClay L. DohertyWilliam V. EngelJon Finck & Gary FliegerArthur GoodrichPeter Goss, Zephyr Realty

Producer’s Circle: $2,000 - $4,999

Legend’s Circle: $5,000 - $9,999

Alan E. Keith & Richard M. BrandSteven A. LapkinBrandy LoweScott E. Miller & J. Douglas Piper

Jeffrey Hannan & Arvin MunozLance Holman, Ronald Fremont, Tim Steele & York LackeyDan Joraanstad & Bob HermannWalter LeissKeith Loring & Jose ComodaLynn D.W. LuckowDouglas N. MacBeanSusan MagleyMichael Mahoney & Brad RolfeIn Memory of Andrew MeadMichael & Kevin David MirandaLes NataliMichele Nessier & Tim BostwickTodd Norris

Director’s Circle: $1,500 - $1,999

John NewmeyerPratesi LinensRick Rediske & Rick KazyakGarrett Rigoni & Joseph SanchezChristopher RosasArnold SayTJ Snyder & Mark HarrisJoe SotoB.J.Stiles & Steve McCollomBruce S. StuartMark TarshisDave TomlinsonJohn Vaughn & Sam JaserPeter Waterloo & Jon TaylorChristopher K. WanJohn J. Weaver

listing as of February 1, 2007

Anonymous John Bare & Ignatius BauEarl Barron & Adam SimmonsScott Bates & Charles MichaelsRobert BrandtRandy R. BrascheDon BurchettJohn CelloRyan CrowleyJames Deveney & Steve RauschJeffrey Dillon & Jose HerreraMike DillonPat Dowd & Rick WalshPatricia Farrar-Rivas & Luis A. Rivas Jr.Donald L. Ferguson & Jimmy D. Langham

Joseph R. Fink, Dominican UniversityKevin D. GonzalezReeve GouldHancock PartnersBrian Harrison & Eric JohnsonDoris KalminJohn KirtlandCraig H. Kliger, MD & Calvin L. Chou, MD, Ph.DGeorge W. Kohn, DDS & Lee FitzgeraldTodd Long & Mark DingwellClyde Martin, JD, MDSteve Masters & Jeff MalkasianHamilton MixonJuan Pablo MonzonRick Mordesovich


Leading Circle: $1,000 - $1,499

James S. Keagy Brian Lammers & Jason DornGregory Lynn & Glenn RissoJoe MelvinWilliam A. Miller Jr. & Patricia L. MillerGary Nicholls, IIDA, LEED APMichael PerriconeDaniel Robison & Stephen MillerMartin SkeaRandy StevensRobert Torreano & Kurt DeneenJolene A. Yee & John F. Wicks


Anonymous (2)Blow BuddiesDrexel A. Bradshaw, Bradshaw & Associates, PCCalifornia Pacific Medical Center FoundationScott Caroen, Infusion LoungeTere O’Connell Carrubba & Paul CarrubbaAaron Chapman & Juan Carlos DuarteNeil S. Cohen

Eric Dingler & Robert ReinhartChristian Edvardsen & Ben Baker Adam FreedMonica Gonzales & Matthew SheaJ. Pierce Gould, Jr. & Glenn DeSandre, MDEdward Grammens & Joanne Powell William HarveySteven F. HelfandDaniel JohnsonMarcy & Kent Jones

Supporting Circle: $500 - $999

Alison & Ron LimogesGary LoebMahau MaPeter MagladryLeon Marfell & Jerry MuchaBrandon J. MarkMatthew MarquisSteven MartelMartin J. MasonTim & Bill MathesonJorge MaumerMark MaylandBrian McDonald & Casey NguyenMairi McKeever & Chuck LewkowitzKathy MeyerTulio Meza & Tom HartmanBrandon MillerTodd W. MillerEduardo Morales, PhD & Rubin RiveraTimothy Morzenti & Ken BurkeJeff MorganDevin Nguyen & John TranNam NguyenKobus NolteJeffrey NorbergBrian NoviskiJen Olson & Leigh BurrillMonty Peralta & Alan VitoloJack PhillipsJohn PreckelRonald RaicheMark G. ReisbaumMatthew Rigdon & Patrick English


Anonymous (7)Donald I. Abrams, MD & Clint WernerAlejandro Alvarez & Marc PanzerJessie Amoroso & Michael MajouleKris Anderson & Steve BigleyKent AshcraftJim Asp & Perry StreidelRay BacerdoJeffrey BanksDerek L. BarnesChristopher BeriniMia BlacklerBonino - BrownMark BrandonKhobi BrooklynTom Burke & Axel BrungerMark CalvanoDavid CarneyKevin Carroll & Tom HincherRandy ChangMichael CipressoJim ClaytonKen CleavelandSteven Coger & Pablo HuertaRobby W. Combs IIIJarrod C. Cornehl, DDS & Ernesto PeraltaChristopher J. Cowen & Mark MetasavageWilliam P. CrawfordMark Delgado & Jacob HardtMatt DencklaMichael DiGuilmiJeffrey Dorsey & Michael WatenpaughDeborah DoyleNanette M. Duffy

Michael EchavezStephen C. EiringAlice EspindolaJohn L. Finch, Jr.William FinnRobert M. Forni, Jr., Esq. & David C. Sutherland, MD, PhDRobert Fountain David FrazeGreg Fritz & Bruce Westland Kathleen GallardoJeffrey Gibson & Neal WardMichael E. GilmanLola GomesJoel GoodrichKim David Greenwood & Sean FischerJeffrey B. Griffin & Gregory K. Douglas Steve Clark HallJay HarcourtJohn K. & Patricia E. HarrisRichard Harris & Scott KeirnKen Henderson & Joe Seiler/REAFClifford HopkinsKathleen Roldan Jackson & Christopher F. JacksonJR Studio interior architecture + designClay Ellis JonesRichard JonesKen KatenMark Kelleher & Jose CisnerosJoseph KoDaniel LangfordTodd Blair Lawry, MDWallace Lee & Dennis MarshallGordon Lenarth & Linwood Fullam Scott Lietzke & Martin Meeker, PhD.David Letterman


Supporting Circle: $500 - $999

Dave ValacerDonald Van De Mark - Pacific Union Wine Country & Damian Smith – San Francisco BalletEric S. Vanderpool & Joseph FragaNina D. WangJohn Williams & Jim McBrideScott WingWarren Wong & Tom RichardsFrank H. Woo & Sheldon J. SloanRoss YergerDale Zeigler

Roman Rodriguez & Paul Emmert Rouge Short Film FestivalLilly Gray RubinEric Austie SalasSteven Scarborough & Brent SmithRandy Schreck, SenSpaRay SchreiberBrian SheaLawrence C. ShorterLaw Offices of Martha J. SimonRahul & Tejal ShahEddy Skees & Jason KatzDaniel Slaughter & Stephan Blachowski

Eric W. SleighLee SmithKen SmithRandy SmithSt. James Law, P.C.Howard M. SteiermannFrank Stein & Paul S. MayBill StewartSJ Sullivan & Jan CorlettEllen Sweetin & Wendy TaylorPaul B. Tan, DMDTom Tashjian & Chai KanlayaRalph ThomasMichael TurnerScott J. Vachon


Cameo Circle: $300 - $499

Matin NazirWilliam W. NewlandBrian Nichols Jeffrey NighDan NormandinMatthew D. OltmanSilvia OppenheimFrancisco J. Otero, Jr.Greg PottsJessie RamirezRene RamirezAlfonso S. Reyes, Jr.Robby RobinsonKim RobertsEileen SavitskyMichael SchillingGregory SepulvadoScott S. ShowalterGregg SolemTodd SteinBill StewartBrad StokesScott ThibodeauxTed TuckerMarc VincentJohn WasindaStephanie Weiss & Rod StricklandScott D. WienerGlenda K. Wong


Anonymous (2)Dennis AgnosDavid AllisonDouglas AmareloMichael AnichiniTodd R. ArmstrongBrian BackusDavid BarlowDavid BarnardGlenn BauerSteve BeardDonald BeasleyJoe CardozaSheryl Lee CardozaJames CarlsonMichael T. CaseTodd A. CassJoe CherubiniJeff CoonsMichael CostaJohn E. Crandon III, Esq.William DavisJames H. FrenchJoseph FreundDuncan FullerRob GarciaGilberto GeraldDavid F. GonzalesOlivier GougaudDavid GrabstaldChris Gravett

Keith P. GrayD. Jeffery Grimes Christopher Hall, MDRichard E. HamerAndrew HanushevskyNicholas A.G. HarveyJohn T. Hendricks, Esq.Wyatt HunterArnie JacksonDerek JentzschMark JohnsonSteve KehrliThomas F. KingsburyMichael W. KinsleyHugo LaiThomas A. LarsenLen LuPrioreJohn MaullBob McBride, McBride & Associates RecruitingBarry McCarthy & Rick DeanGeorge Meier & Dean ParmerKraig MeyerJohn R. Mills, MDJuan S. MonsantoJeff MorganMark MorrisEd Mosley & Karen DonaldThomas Murray, Jr.Laurence NathansonCraig Nauman


CELEBRATE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE

By joining Academy of Friends as an Underwriter, you make a tremendous difference in our mission to Celebrate Life and Empower Hope in the battle against the AIDS pandemic. You are not only supporting the most spectacular Acad-emy of Awards® Night party outside of Los Angeles, but your contribution will provide funds to Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations in need. Your continued support is making a difference in the fight against HIV and AIDS in the Bay Area.

AOF’s Underwriting events, held throughout the year, allow our Underwriters, Corporate Sponsors and Beneficiaries to mix, mingle, celebrate life and empower hope together. This year’s events include: • Beneficiary Check Presentation at The Omni San Francisco, May 23, 2006

• Kick-off of the 2006/2007 Season at Frette with 7X7 Magazine, August 17, 2006

• SenSpa Monday, September 11, 2006

• Announcement of 2007 Beneficiaries for the 27th Annual Academy of Friends Gala at Clift Hotel, September 28, 2006

• Polo Ralph Lauren store at Bloomingdale’s at Westfield San Francisco Centre, October 19, 2006

• Brownstone Furniture, November 9, 2006

• Holiday Party at Le Meridien with Macy’s West, Monday, December 11, 2006

• “Jersey Boys” and Colibri, January 10, 2007

• The Bubble Lounge, January 23, 2007

• Mercedes-Benz Underwriting and Corporate Sponsor Appreciation, February 22, 2007

• Theatre event TBD March 2007

• Beneficiary Check Presentation, location TBD May 2007



2007 SILENT AUCTION DONORS

7th Mountain DesignA.C.T.Absinthe Brasserie & BarAcorn WineryAIDS Emergency FundAlliance Francaise de San FranciscoAngelo Di PietrantonioAquarium Of The BayArrowood Vineyards & WineryAssemblyman Mark LenoAvalon Bed and BreakfastB.R. Cohn WineryNancy J BallardBarnett VineyardsBenefit CosmeticsBighorn CellarsBladerunners Hair StudioBLO SalonBroadbent Selections, Inc.Brutocao Cellars & VineyardByington WineryCaffe VeneziaCalistoga Oasis SpaCarneros CreekCasa Nuestra WineryCathay Pacific Airways LimitedChez Panisse Restaurant & CaféChris DiezCinnabar Vineyards & WineryCirque du SoleilClassic Wines of CaliforniaCline Cellars, Inc.Clos du Val WineryCote SudDavid White & Associates, Inc.DelfinaDesign Within ReachDiakadi BodyDreamworks AnimationJack DunfordElectronic ArtsEliza’s RestaurantEnergy 92.7Foreign CinemaFour Seasons Hotel San FranciscoFramelineGarden CourtGloss MagazineGold’s GymCindy GrandHagafen CellarsHalf Moon Bay Lodge


Hahn Estates, Smith & Hook WineryMarc Ellen HamelHanson & Kastles Art GlassHard Rock Hotel Las VegasHarvest Moon WineryThe Health TrustHerb Lamb VineyardsHerb Ritts FoundationThe Hess Collection WineryThe Hilltop CafeHillwood Museum & GardensImmune Enhancement ProjectInn on the AlamedaInn-N-Out BurgersInterContinentalInternational Pastel & Watercolor ArtistJ Vineyards and WineryJeanine Payer Retail StoreJordan Vineyard & WineryJoseph Cozza SalonJoshua Ets-Hokin PhotographyKabuki Springs & SpaKendall-Jackson WineryKimpton Hotels and RestaurantsThe Kleid GroupMary Lynn KotzKristiFitThe L WordLa CicciaL’Art Deco FramesThe Lodge At SonomaLyon-Martin Women’s Health ServicesMahoney VineyardsMasterworks Chorale SocietyMatanzas Creek WineryThe Melting PotMercedes-BenzMission Soaring Center/SF Hang GlidingRich MordesovichMorton & Bassett SpicesRob Murray & Bruce DavisNapa Valley MuseumVic A. Narurkar, M.D.Michele Nessier and Tim BostwickNevada City WineryOakland East Bay SymphonyOrthopedic Physical Therapy & Wellness Inc.Palio d’AstiParadigm WineryThe Park Salon

Peterson WineryPixar Animation StudiosPleasures of the HeartPostrioPot-Pourri GalleryPratesiPremium Port Wines, Inc.Project Open HandQantas AirwaysRaging Stallion StudiosRavenswood WineryThe Red Chair SalonLuis RivasSan Anselmo InnSan Francisco OperaSan Francisco PerformancesSchug Corneros EstateSignature Hospitality GroupStarbucks Coffee CompanyB.J. Stiles & Steve McCollomEleanor StoffelTom StroikSTUDIO MJLSunset Sauna & MassageSuperstar VideoJohn and Earline TaylorTheatre RhinoCerosTiffany & Co.Turley Wine CellarsUntil There’s a CureValley of the Moon WineryPhil & Ginny WarnesWellnesswww.RentalsBuenosAires.comYerba Buena Center for the ArtsZ Skin Center


2007 GALA PRODUCTIONTHANK YOU TO OUR 27TH GALA PRODUCTION PARTNERS

Restaurants, Caterers & Food Purveyors

Moose’s RestaurantNob Hill Pizza paul k Rose Pistola/Rose’s CaféSee’s CandiesStraits RestaurantSupperclub San FranciscoTangerineTaste Catering & Event PlanningTerzoZuppa

Asia de Cuba at CliftBambuddha LoungeBlowfish Sushi To Die ForCafé KatiChenery ParkDeLessio Market & BakeryDestinoDonsuemor, The Madeleine Cookie CompanyEureka Restaurant & LoungeFifth Floor RestaurantFirst Crush Restaurant, Wine Bar & Lounge

Fringale GreenLeaf Produce Hard Rock Café Home RestaurantHot CookieIl FornaioJoe DiMaggio’s Italian ChophouseJudy’s BreadsticksLa MéditerranéeLa Tempesta BakeryMaria Manso’s World CuisineMillennium Restaurant

Wineries & Beverage Donors

Peterson Winery Pilsner UrquellPOM WonderfulPremium Port Wines, Inc.Quady WineryRavenswood WineryValley of the Moon WineryWilliam Hill Estate

Barefoot WineryBighorn CellarsBrutocao Cellars & VineyardsClassic Wines of CaliforniaClos du Val WineryFIJI Natural Artesian WaterFishEye Winery, The Wine GroupFoster’s Wine Estates AmericasGlobal Vineyard Importers

Golden Brands Beverage DistributorsHahn Estates, Smith & Hook WineryIron Springs Pub & BreweryJ Vineyards & WineryJordan Vineyard & WineryKenwood VineyardsMahoney VineyardsMiller Genuine DraftMiller LiteNevada City WineryPeroni

Event Producer

Antonio PagniLynne Winslow

Winslow & Associates, Inc.

Rachel CaplanSaifon DoucetNeil Figurelli

Molly GloverNancy LiRafael Musni

Event Production

Classic Party RentalsCORT Event FurnishingsCresco Equipment RentalsBlueprint StudiosBob DoxeyJoseph Driste, PhotographerBill Ewing

Fort Mason CenterDr. Wayne GarrettGraphic SourceFrank Lambetecchio, Graphic DesignerMacy’s WestMcCune Audio/Video/LightingJohn Murray Productions

National Print GroupPretty Pretty PropsProLabWestDJ Trevor SimpsonGreg Gordon Solem Randy StevensWESTSTAT Communications



2007 GALA COMMITTEES

Beneficiaries Committee

Rob MurrayMichele Nessier Kobus Nolte Doug PiperKim Roberts

Finance Committee

Scott E. Miller, ChairScott BatesRay BrizendineNeil CohenRandall Coyne

Deb Doyle Howard Edelman Patricia Farrar-RivasArthur GoodrichDan Joraanstad

Steven Weiler, Chair Neil Cohen Kathy Meyer Rob Murray George Rosenfield

Gala Production CommitteeMary Kay MitchellRobert PinnixMichael RaynerRandy Stevens

Nanette Duffy, Gala ChairGregg Gordon Solem, Production ChairScott Bates

Charles BelloRandy BrascheJon FinckDavid Miranda

Governance CommitteeScott MillerBJ Stiles

Scott Bates, ChairCharles Bello

Ray BrizendineNanette Duffy

Marketing CommitteeMichele NessierDoug PiperNina Wang

Richard Wortman, ChairRandy Brasche

Neil CohenHoward Edelman

Public Relations CommitteeJon Finck, Chair Patricia Farrar-Rivas TJ Snyder Tom Stroik

Raffle CommitteeRobert Pinnix, Chair Charles Bello

Silent Auction CommitteeAida SanchezBJ StilesGinny Warnes

Doug Piper, Co-ChairRob Murray, Co-ChairRob GarciaBrandy Lowe

Todd MillerChris MorrisRen Phoenix

Volunteer CommitteeCharles Bello - ChairRobby Combs - Co-ChairRobert AshpoleSteve BigleyRobin Bleiweiss

AOF AdministrationKathy Meyer, Executive Director Teri Storrs, Development Associate Aida Sanchez, Office Administrator


Jarvis Mak Michael McGovern Rahul PatharePaul Reynolds

Faye Campbell Irene ChuRandall CoyneSteven HelfandJason Lee

Development Committee

Brandy LoweKathy MeyerScott MillerDavid MirandaEd MosleyRob MurrayMichelle NessierRichard O’ConnellRobert PinnixDoug Piper

Robert AshpoleScott BatesCharles BelloChristopher BeriniRandy BrascheRay BrizendineNeil CohenRobert CombsDeb DoyleNanette Duffy

Howard EdelmanPatricia Farrar-RivasJon FinckArthur GoodrichBill GunnLaura HeffromAlan KeithHugo LaiBrenda LaribeeElisabeth Loeffler

George RosenfieldRandy ShieldsGregg SolemBJ StilesTeri StorrsTom StroikSteven WeilerRichard Wortman

George RosenfieldTom StroikNina WangRichard Wortman

Juan Sanchez Teri StorrsSteven TaylorFannyYeung

A SPECIAL THANKS

Michael Abraham, Qantas Adam and Alison ArellaRandy Arnold, Barefoot CellarsRobert Ashpole, Wells FargoLeslie Barclay, DiageoDavid Barsotti, Mercedes-Benz of San FranciscoAnne Berkery, ComcastBill Bisesto, McCann WorldgroupMichael Blair, McCann WorldgroupMandie Bowe, McCann WorldgroupSarah Bruns, McCann WorldgroupDiana Bulgo, LeMeridienRoss CapertonAna Carini Design, Gala Program DesignKevin Carroll, Levi Strauss & Co.Julian C.L. Chang, Chang Consulting Neil Chaudhari, Propane StudioElena Christopher, McCann WorldgroupCoutney Chung, McCann WorldgroupMark Cloutier, San Francisco AIDS FoundationGeoff Coffield, McCann WorldgroupGreg CuratoloMario Diaz, Wells FargoAmanda Dierdorff, Starbucks Coffee Companydj christopherbJabu Dayton, NordstromClay Doherty“Fernando & Greg in the Morning”Sharon Gambles Martha Gomez, AT&TTim Gaskin, Benefit & OUT SpokenBob Graney, Omni San Francisco Pamela Harrington, Furth Family Foundation Alexa Harnett, Mercedes-Benz USA Laura Heffron, Macy’sHemlock PrintersLisa Holliday, Mercedes-Benz USAWill HulihanSterling JamesAllison Julius, Jonathan AdlerPaul Kavouksorian, paul kJane Kim, The Bubble LoungeChris Kingsley, Brownstone Furniture Reed Kingsley, Brownstone FurnitureKorn/Ferry InternationalJoe Kowal, Chenery Park/Eureka Restaurant & LoungeRichard Kravitz, QC Web ServicesJulie JohnsonHugo Lai, Cathay PacificTammi Lightle, AMICR Lipton, CRPRCarl Loeb, McCann Worldgroup

Elisabeth LoefflerBrandy LoweChuck Revell Photography JoVanna LuqueDan Magsino, McCann WorldgroupBrad Masterson, Y Public RelationsMetropolitan HomeMeg McCarthy, McCann WorldgroupKate McCormick, Brown and BigelowMichael McGovernMelissa McNally, Polo Ralph LaurenKen McNeely, AT&TTodd MillerBill Montgomery, QC Web ServicesLisa Morelli, AMIChris Morris, AEFKait Muhlfelder, 7x7Meg Murphy, McCann WorldgroupLes NataliCathy NewellPaul Nojima, McCann WorldgroupLilu Odedra, Propane StudioDesiree Orellana, Mercedes-Benz of San FranciscoJoe Pellisier, Mercedes-Benz USAKaren Phillips, McCann WorldgroupRhett Planas, McCann WorldgroupKaren Polsky, McCann WorldgroupKathy Ramos, AT&TDolly Renick, McCann WorldgroupDonna Sachet, OUT SpokenCorinne Saunders, Bloomingdale’sRandy Schreck, SenSpaAndrew Scott, McCann WorldgroupDave Shefferman, One BrickRandy ShieldsGregg SolemStarbucks Coffee CompanyLynn Sutliff, McCann WorldgroupPhilip Sweet, 7x7Joe SwimmerEllen Thomas, LucasFilmFrauke Tiemann, McCann WorldgroupStephanie Todd, FretteJack Trux Jan WahlNina Wang, McCann WorldgroupGinny Warnes, San Mateo County AIDS ProgramJohn Waguespack, Gala Ticket DesignGreg WilliamsAnn Worthington, Hemlock PrintersJen Zuzak, Macy’s Satellite Network


2007 AOF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alex Grossman Mark GuelfiWilliam L. GunnHenry HarteveldtTrevor HartlettBob HartmannLarry HashbargerBradley HeinzDiana HelanderJeffrey HockerGreg HoffmanRoy HuebnerRichard JohnsonDebra KentScott KnowlesBrad KuhnsHugo LaiChristian LongBrandy LoweSusan LucasMichael MahoneyNiel MalmAnna MartinEdward MartinezTimothy MaxsonDavid McKayShaw McPhersonDarin MedeirosChris MezaMichael MillerRick MordesovichMichael MurphyDavid NathansonRoger NguyenRichard O’ConnellDavid OrtegaMark OwensKile OzierCraig PalmerDavid ParkMeMe PedersonPaul Pendergast

Alan E. KeithCHAIRScott E. MillerVICE CHAIRNanette M. Duffy GALA CHAIRSteven H. Weiler TREASURER Michele Nessier SECRETARY Kathleen A. Meyer, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Russ AlleyKevin AndersonChuck ArridaGeorge ArriolaRay BacerdoFrank BaldanziRita BarelaRhonda BeranJudy BlakeDan BoweLawrence BradfordDavid BrunettiDaniel BunkerLaurel BurchBarbara BurlingtonBrian ByrdsongA. Allison CeaseClifford ColvinStephen ConneelyCarey CraigDarlene DarataPeter DeleryMario DiazNina DietzelScott Douglass Charles DugganJack EckleyDave EderickJoseph EnosFrank EverettJ. Robbie FabianEdward Finley IIFrank FitzpatrickKirk FrederickMichael FultzJito GarciaKlaus GelinskyPam GentryTony GiovanzanaGary GrabowJay Grant

David MirandaRob MurrayRobert PinnixJ. Douglas PiperGeorge RosenfieldGregg G. SolemBJ StilesTom StroikNina D. WangRichard L. Wortman

Scott BatesCharles BelloRandy BrascheRaymond BrizendineNeil CohenRobert CombsDeborah DoyleHoward EdelmanPatricia Farrar-RivasJohn FinckRob GarciaArthur Goodrich

AOF Emeritus Directors

David Perry Gregg PetersonJames PetersonBarry PhilipsDominic PhillipsGary PisulaJames QuiltyKarolyn RaushTerri RawsonMichael RaynerJohn RoachRobby RobinsonAllan RosenAlix SabinWilliam SalitScott SansoneGregg SlapakPatrick SmithTJ SnyderTom SprakeGary StrengChip SullivanJoe SwimmerArt TaylorMike ThakarAndy TidwellJohn TwomeyMark UngemachDavid ValenzuelaJeff Van LeuvenEric VanderpoolFred VillanovaKim WardJohn WarnerBrian WebbHollie WebsterChuck WilliamsKaryn Kane WillamsSusan WilsonKenneth WingardCharles Zukow


Proud to SupportAcademy of Friends

2007 Gala

DIAGEO

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Gala Major Sponsor

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For their longstanding commitment to both

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