Conservancy Gala Grand Finale: The Sky’s the Limit!
2022 Gala Chairs
Sandra Lipman (left) & Laura Niewold (right)
Executive Chair
Sylvia Rapoport
Honorary Gala Chairs
Clare Armistead
Nancy Peterson Hearn
Ellen Martin
Hope Stringer
2022 Conservancy Gala
ABOUT CENTENNIAL PARK CONSERVANCY
Centennial Park Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in partnership with Nashville’s Metro Parks to support Centennial Park and the Parthenon. The organization underwrites and presents a variety of enriching programs that make a widespread imprint on the Nashville community and our visitors. Key programs include Nashville Parthenon exhibition and educational initiatives, Musicians Corner, Kidsville, and Nashville Earth Day. Centennial Park Conservancy is also partnering with Metro Parks on the Centennial Park Revitalization, a multi-phase transformation of the park that will preserve and enhance Nashville’s central park to better serve current and future generations.
Centennial Park Conservancy has experienced significant growth and name changes in the past 35 years. The organization began in 1985 as the Athena Fund Foundation when nickels and dimes were collected by school children and adult visitors to pay for the creation of the statue Athena inside the Parthenon. Upon completion of this project in 1989, the group became the Parthenon Patrons Foundation with a focus on supporting Nashville’s landmark museum.
In 2005, the organization's mission and scope was expanded to include Centennial Park, and underwent a name change to Friends of Centennial Park and the Parthenon. Then in 2009, the non-profit was once again renamed as The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park.
The organization significantly expanded in 2010 with the introduction of Musicians Corner, Kidsville, and the Centennial Park Master Plan. The first phase of park improvements focused on Cockrill Spring, Lake Watauga, and Musicians Corner and was completed in 2017. In an effort to focus more on the park as a whole, the organization simplified its name in 2019 and changed it to Centennial Park Conservancy.
Centennial Park Conservancy began managing Nashville Earth Day in 2020 and introduced the Centennial Park Maintenance Fund to focus more on helping Metro Parks maintain the park for our community. In 2021, the Parthenon Preservation Fund was created to provide more support and care for Nashville’s iconic landmark and the second phase of park improvements focused on the Great Lawn was completed. Centennial Park Conservancy is currently fundraising for improvements to the Park Plaza side of the park, including increasing park access from the 31st Avenue Connector and construction of an Event Pavilion. This phase is expected to be completed by 2024.
CONTRIBUTIONS
2022 Gala Committee
Auction Committee
Denise Cummins Hopmayer, Chair
Caroline Coulton
Linda Raymer
Julie Schneider
Tracy Wade
Aphrodite/Zeus Committee
Sara & Richard Bovender, Chairs
Caroline & Rascoe Dean
Demetria Kalodimos & Verlon Thompson
Apollonia/Apollo Committee Chairs
Amy & Kenneth Adams
Ruth & Craig Bailey
Mimi & Nathaniel Beaver
Ann Ralls & Jerrod Brown
Francie & Tom Corcoran
Sutton & Pete Costanza
Allison & Ian Cotton
Alexa Lipman
Julie & Jordan Marshall
Carey & Mark McDonald
Athena Committee
Elizabeth Akers
Beth Alexander
Cynthia Arnholt
Carol Arrowood
Heather Asbury
Melanie Ball
Jean Ann Banker
Mary Carol Beesley
Paula Bennett
Janet Bentz
Julie Bohem
Dixie Boston
Sylvia Bradbury
Frances Briggs
Laurel Buntin
Nancy Bunting
Barbara Burns
Marianne Byrd
Lisa Campbell
Tricia Carswell
Susanne Cato
Laura Chadwick
Val Cole
Amy Colton
Jane Corcoran
Nan Cox
Katie Crumbo
Whitney Daane
Leslie Dabrowiak
Collie Daily
Gail Danner
Anne Davis
Jana Davis
Allison DeMarcus
Elizabeth Dennis
Betty Dickens
Lake Eakin
Donna Eskind
Laurie Eskind
Kate Ezell
Sarah Ann Ezzell
Irwin Fisher
Sue Fisher
Beth Franklin
Tracy Frazier
Jennifer Frist
Julie Frist
Karyn Frist
Mechel Frost
Mary Gambill
Cecile Gideon
Kate Grayken
Chrissy Hagerty
Barbara Hagood
Tina Hodges
Vicki Horne
Entertainment Committee
Fletcher Foster
Cassie Kelley
Matt Logan
Favors Committee
Donna Kestner
Pam Wylly
Patrons Committee Chairs
Melinda Balser
Josephine Darwin
Trish Munro
Lee Pratt
Mary Simonsen
Jerry Williams
Marci Houff
Mary Huddleston
Emily Humphreys
Stephanie Ingram
Shaun Inman
Amy Joyner
Jay Joyner
Jackie Karr
Rhonda Kemp
Peggy Kinnard
Jodie Lawton
Mary Lewis
Melissa Mahanes
Maxine Majors
Lisa Maki
Teresa Marchetti
Jennie McCabe
Caroline McNeilly
Janice Morgan
Karen Morgan
Marlene Moses
Laura Newman
Elizabeth Nichols
Emily Noel
Sallie Norton
Elizabeth Papel
Nan Parrish
Robin Patton
Anna Peebles
Jane Anne Pilkinton
Pamela Poe
Andrea Powell
Lynne Rhett
Kathy Rolfe
Ashley Rosen
Mary Schoettle
Vee Vee Scott
Laurie Seabury
Sheila Shields
Patti Smallwood
Monteray Smith
Troy Solarek
Mary Spalding
Shirley Speyer
Frances Spradley
Julie Stadler
Beth Tannenbaum
Kathy Thomas
Barbara Turner
Joyce Vise
Julie Walker
Johnna Watson
Patsy Weigel
Mary Wieck
Birgitta Williamson
Tori Wimberly
Mailing Committee
Melanie Baker, Chair
Dana Atkins
Angela Bostelman
Katherine Crosthwaite
Suann Davis
Lorie Duke
Julie Gordon
Julie Haley
Mary Morgan Ketchel
Wendy Longmire
Lisa Manning
Jan Overton
Sarah Reisner
Beth Adams Scott
Pam Taylor
Public Relations Committee
LaRawn Rhea, Chair
Amy Atkinson
Susan Chapman
Ted Clayton
Gloria Houghland
Claire McCall
Milton White
2022 Conservancy Gala Was Presented In Part By
UNDERWRITERS
Olympus:
Naos:
Corinthian:
AT&TT • Cumberland Trust
H.G. Hill Realty Company
Ionic:
Ayers Foundation • Danner Foundation • Jackson • Louis M. and Betty M. Phillips Foundation
Ingram Charities • Parthenon PR • The CHP Group • Truxton Trust
Nike:
PATRONS:
Olympus:
Shirley & Stuart Speyer • Ellen Martin & Gerry Nadeau
Sandra & Larry Lipman • Laura & Charlie Niewold • Mr. & Mrs. Brian Keith Crosthwaite
Acropolis:
Lee & Tonya Beaman • Elle Becker • Melinda & John Buntin
Karen Elson • Tina & Mike Hodges • Trish & Jim Munro
Naos:
Sara & Richard Bovender • Jason Bradford & Bob Deal • Dr. & Mrs. Allan Bufferd • Ann & Frank Bumstead
Katie & Kevin Crumbo • Mr. & Mrs. Ansel L. Davis • Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind • Laurie & Steven Eskind
Jennifer & Charles Gay • Dr. & Mrs. John R. Schneider • Hope Stringer • Josephine VanDevender & Giles Ward Joyce Vise • Mr. & Mrs. William H. Wade • Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Williams, III
Corinthian:
Clare Armistead* • Andrea Conte & Phil Bredesen • Beth & Steve Franklin
Karen & Bob Goodall • Robin & Bill King • Cathy & David Obolensky
Ionic:
Lin & Bill Andrews • Leigh & Hunter Atkins • Sallie Bailey • Melanie & David Baker • Jean Ann & Barry Banker Emme & Butch Baxter • Dr. Frank & Julie Boehm • Angela Bostelman • Jean & Denny Bottorff
Barbara & Jack Bovender • Sylvia & Doug Bradbury • Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. • Marianne & Andrew Byrd
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Campbell, III • Mr. & Mrs. Kent Cochran • Amy & Overton Colton • Charlie & Mary Cook Mayor John & Laura Cooper • Caroline & David Coulton • Josephine & John Darwin • Jan & Joseph DeLozier, MD Mr. & Mrs. Justin DeWitte • Elizabeth & David Dingess • Michael Dixon & Brian Setzer • Lake & John Eakin Annette S. Eskind • Sara Finley • Keith & Tracy Frazier • Phyllis & Steve Fridrich • Jennifer & Billy Frist
Karyn Frist • Cecile & CJ Gideon • Alice & Max Goldberg • Tara & Benjamin Goldberg • Bernice & Joel Gordon Julie & Bob Gordon • Patricia & John Grillos • Barbara & Greg Hagood • Jenny Hannon • Carlana & Aubrey Harwell Nancy Peterson Hearn • Marci & Stephen Houff • Martha Rivers Ingram • Lillias & Will Johnston
Donna & Mike Kestner • Peggy & Randy Kinnard • Kenneth Kraft & Luci Crow • Kim & Jeff Leeper
Mary & Calvin Lewis • Wendy & Jay Longmire • Wanda & Jerry Lyle • Lisa & David Manning
Mary Catherine & David McClellan • Janice & David Morgan • Karen Morgan • Marlene Eskind Moses
Elizabeth & Donnie Nichols • Mr. & Mrs. Lee F. Noel • Felice & Bill Oldacre • Robin & Richard Patton
Andrea & Greg Powell • Sylvia Rapoport • Mr. & Mrs. Frederic William Reisner • Anne Roos • Anne & Joe Russell Mr. & Mrs. John S. Scott • Mary & Christopher Simonsen • Steve Sirls & Allen DeCuyper • Julie & Ben Sistrunk Joanne & Joe Sowell • Sarah Sperling & Kyle Young • Betty & Jim Stadler • Pam & Steve Taylor • Ellen & John Tighe John & Catherine Tumminello • Christi & Jay Turner • Debbie Turner & Beth Fortune
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr • Judy & Steve Turner • Laura Turner • Ms. Johnna Watson
Betsy & Ridley Wills Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wylly
Doric:
Past Galas
Contact
Centennial Park Conservancy
MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 128139, Nashville, TN 37212
CALL OR EMAIL US:
p: 615-476-2528