Hothouse Supporters

Thank you to all of the following generous companies, organizations, and individuals that supported Sprout and will help make Hothouse successful event.

Financial Sponsors

Creating A Scene ($7,500)

Oxford Development Company

In the Scene ($5,000 - $7,499)

Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Behind the Scene ($2,500 - $4,999)

American Eagle Outfitters
Giant Eagle Foundation
PNC Bank
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Be Seen ($1,000 - $2,499)

  1. Alpern Rosenthal
  2. Astorino
  3. BNY Mellon
  4. Birchmere Ventures
  5. Boulevard Building, Inc.
  6. Eat’n Park Hospitality Group
  7. Eckert Seamans
  8. Gateway Financial
  9. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
  10. The Hillman Company
  11. Hirtle Callaghan
  12. P. J. Dick / Trumbull / Lindy
  13. Paragon Wealth Management
  14. Pittsburgh Public Theater
  15. Reed Smith LLP
  16. Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP
  17. Weisshouse

Get Seen ($500 - $999)

  1. ALCO Parking
  2. Bakery Square—Coming Fall ‘09
  3. Barron Commercial Real Estate
  4. EDGE studio
  5. The Fox Chapel Plaza
  6. Hilb Rogal & Hobbs
  7. Marcus & Shapira LLP
  8. McKnight Group
  9. Merging Media
  10. Robinson Family Foundation
  11. Soffer Organization
  12. VisitPittsburgh
  13. Weiner Family Foundation

Food & Drink Sponsors

  1. All in Good Taste Productions
  2. B&M Catering
  3. B2 Restaurants
  4. big Catering
  5. Bigelow Grille
  6. brillobox
  7. Coco’s Cupcakes
  8. Diageo North America
  9. Double Wide Grill
  10. Dozen Cupcakes & Bake Shop
  11. East End Food Co-op
  12. Enrico Biscotti Company Ristorante
  13. Girasole
  14. GIVE Water
  15. Gypsy Cafe
  16. The Harris Grill, A Café
  17. Jones Soda
  18. La Prima Espresso Company
  19. Mercurio’s Mulberry Creamery
  20. Mon Aimee Chocolat
  21. The Pennsylvania Brewing Company
  22. Pennsylvania Pure Distilleries
  23. Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh
  24. Red Room Café
  25. Seviche
  26. Six Penn Kitchen
  27. Sonoma Grille
  28. Southern Wine & Spirits
  29. Starbucks Coffee Company
  30. SYSCO Food Services of Pittsburgh, Inc.
  31. Vanilla Pastry Studio
  32. Whole Foods Market Pittsburgh

In-Kind Support & Media Sponsors

  1. 501 Grant Street Associates
  2. 720 Records
  3. All Occasions Party Rental
  4. Allied Waste
  5. Attack Theatre
  6. Bike Pittsburgh
  7. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
  8. CB Richard Ellis/Pittsburgh
  9. Central Property Services
  10. Clear Story Creative
  11. Thommy Conroy Works
  12. Coro Center for Civic Leadership
  13. DUQ 90.5 FM
  14. Hey Betty!
  15. La Vie
  16. Mendelson Gallery
  17. Näkturnal
  18. Performance Lighting
  19. City of Pittsburgh
  20. Pittsburgh City Paper
  21. Pittsburgh Filmmakers
  22. Pittsburgh Magazine
  23. Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh
  24. Restorative Events
  25. Three Rivers Arts Festival
  26. Tools Unlimited
  27. Weisshouse
  28. WYEP 91.3 FM

Silent Auction Donors

  1. All Star Limousine
  2. Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka
  3. Bricolage
  4. Mike Budai
  5. The Capital Grille
  6. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  7. Carnegie Museum of Art
  8. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
  9. Carnegie Science Center
  10. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
  11. City Theatre
  12. Dance Alloy
  13. Dozen Bake Shop
  14. Encyclopedia Destructica
  15. Eons Fashion Antique
  16. Friendship Development Associates
  17. Giant Eagle/Get Go
  18. David Grim
  19. Hiptique
  20. Idealist Coach
  21. International Poetry Forum
  22. Larrimor’s
  23. Rob Larson
  24. Lawrenceville Hospitality House Tour
  25. Littlearth Productions
  26. Abby Mendelson
  27. Mercurio’s Mulberry Creamery
  28. Mexican War Streets Society
  29. David Montano
  30. Burton Morris
  31. NCJW’s Designer Days Boutique
  32. Christine O’Toole
  33. Oxford Development Company
  34. Pavement
  35. Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
  36. Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
  37. Pittsburgh Glass Center
  38. Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Center
  39. Pittsburgh Laser Wash
  40. Pittsburgh Opera
  41. Pittsburgh Public Theater
  42. Pittsburgh Steelers
  43. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
  44. Port Authority of Allegheny County
  45. Quantum Theater
  46. Riverside Design Group
  47. Saks Fifth Avenue
  48. Schoolhouse Yoga
  49. Sugar Boutique
  50. Josh Tonies
  51. Trek Bicycle Store of Pittsburgh
  52. Venture Outdoors
  53. Nic Vincent
  54. Flynne Wecht
  55. William Penn Tavern
  56. August Wilson Center
  57. WYEP 91.3 FM

Special Thanks

Thommy Conroy & James Maszle, Event Architecture
Rob Long, Lighting Design
Doug McDermott, Technical Direction
Brian Holderman, Marketing Design
And, our many dedicated volunteers!

Major Support for The Sprout Fund

The Sprout Fund is supported by lead contributions from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and by the generousity of many other donors from around the Pittsburgh region.

Friends of Sprout, 2008

  1. Eben Adams
  2. Katherine Argiropoulos
  3. Richard Armstrong
  4. Mary-Lou Arscott
  5. Nancy Aversa
  6. Jennifer Balkey
  7. Keith R. Balkey
  8. Charlie Ban
  9. Alicia D Barnes
  10. Susan Marie Basits
  11. Amanda Bass
  12. todd becker
  13. Thomas Clarke Bennitt
  14. Scott J. Bergstein
  15. Dina Bernabo
  16. Donald Bernabo
  17. Margot Bernabo
  18. Maria Bernabo
  19. Cori Begg Bernard
  20. Brea Bianco
  21. Timothy James Blevins
  22. Helene Blodgett
  23. Todd Blodgett
  24. Kyle Bostian
  25. Lauren Bracey
  26. Robert Brandagee
  27. Tracy Brigden
  28. Suzanne Broughton
  29. Morgan A Brown
  30. Morton Brown
  31. Krista Brownlee
  32. Becky Brunell
  33. Patty Burk
  34. Virginia Campbell
  35. Stuart Carden
  36. Gary Carlough
  37. Rob Carpenter
  38. John Carson
  39. Jerry Cartwright III
  40. Tonia M. Caruso
  41. Lou Castelli
  42. Anne Chen
  43. rebecca chiappelli
  44. Jessica Lynne Christie
  45. Kate Ciarimboli
  46. Nick Ciarimboli
  47. Matthew Ciccone
  48. Tripp Clarke
  49. Ashley Georgina Close
  50. Marilyn Coleman
  51. Michelle Collins
  52. Kathryn Lynn Connor
  53. Molly Conroy
  54. Ian Cook
  55. Ryan A. Coon
  56. Kim Crawford
  57. Richard A. Crimone
  58. Jennifer Cromie
  59. Robin Cromie
  60. Charles Culbertson
  61. Emily Danchuk
  62. Jenna Date
  63. Mark DeDominicis
  64. Ava DeMarco
  65. Constance DeMore Palmer
  66. Sean Derry
  67. Pamela M. Devereux
  68. Arthur J. DiDonato
  69. April Marie Diehl
  70. Jeff Dietrich
  71. Aime Stellarose Dizon
  72. Ellen Donley
  73. Matthew Dooley
  74. Nathaniel Doyno
  75. Gerald Driggs
  76. Claudia DSomma
  77. Nick DuBos
  78. Craig Dunham
  79. Michelle Dzikowski
  80. Peter D. Eberhart
  81. Jonathan Eggert
  82. Elvira Eichleay
  83. Andrea Elias
  84. Curt Ellenberg
  85. Dolores Ellenberg
  86. Tiffani Emig
  87. Emily Escalante
  88. Francisco Escalante
  89. David S Evans
  90. Melanie Marie Evans
  91. Shawn Evans
  92. David Fabilli
  93. Megan Farrell
  94. Coreen Farris
  95. Karen Wolk Feinstein
  96. Charles Felix
  97. Ann Felter Mason
  98. Celina Ferencz
  99. Patrick Filip
  100. Sarah Lolley Filip
  101. Chris Fletcher
  102. Douglas Fogle
  103. Teresa Foley
  104. Amanda Curry Fox
  105. Andrea Rose Fox
  106. Eric M. Fox
  107. Michal Elana Frank
  108. Michael Fratangelo
  109. Jennifer Funa
  110. Gwyneth Gaul
  111. Erika Lynn Gentry
  112. Curt Gettman
  113. William P. Getty III
  114. Dan Gilman
  115. Andrea Kline Glickman
  116. David Glickman
  117. Robert I. Glimcher
  118. Robin Trevor Glinton
  119. Frederick B Goldsmith
  120. Susan G. Golomb
  121. Holly Goodman
  122. Adam Gordon
  123. Robin Gould
  124. Natalie Greene
  125. Daniel Griffin
  126. Steven J. Guy
  127. Roger Guzik
  128. Martina Hahn
  129. Nathan Hall
  130. Matt Hannigan
  131. Maya Haptas
  132. Matt Harbaugh
  133. Ben Harrell
  134. Katherine Harrell
  135. Ben Harrison
  136. Chris Harrison
  137. Steve Hartshorn
  138. Elizabeth F. Hazlett
  139. Ryder Henry
  140. Dr. Roseanne Hickey
  141. Elsie Hillman
  142. John Hartwell Hillman, V
  143. Mike Holler
  144. Lynne Holmes
  145. Janet M. Holtz
  146. Justin Paul Hopper
  147. David M. Howe
  148. David Howison
  149. Jennifer Howison
  150. Mac Howison
  151. Amy Janocha
  152. Jeff Jarzynka
  153. Jennifer Harmon Jeffers
  154. Daniel Johnese
  155. Karen Johnese
  156. Erin Joyce
  157. David Kahley
  158. Vikram Kapoor
  159. Christopher Kardambikis
  160. Dick Keller
  161. Brendan P. Kelly
  162. Jasdeep Khaira
  163. Mike Kijowskit
  164. Emily King
  165. Jeff King
  166. Renae King
  167. Jodi S. Klebick
  168. George Kontos
  169. Anne Koontz
  170. Scott Koontz
  171. Dawn Kosanovich
  172. Christina Koshzow
  173. Roya Kousari
  174. Jonathan Koynok
  175. Gregory Lagana
  176. Gene Lamarca
  177. Kathleen LaMarca
  178. Joseph Lappa
  179. Tiffany L. Lazzari
  180. Larry Leahy
  181. B.J. Leber
  182. Jeff Leber
  183. Patrick Lee
  184. Katherine Leech
  185. Christie Leffakis
  186. Paul Leger
  187. Bonnie Levey
  188. John Levey
  189. Anne V. Lewis
  190. Jon Lewis
  191. Katie Lewis
  192. Cathy Lewis Long
  193. Marcy Lindsay
  194. Lauren Lynn Livorio
  195. Bob Long
  196. Frances Long
  197. Rob Long
  198. Shannon Lynch
  199. Louise Malakoff
  200. Samantha Lynn Malone
  201. Angelo Manenti
  202. Richard Margerum
  203. Nina Markoff
  204. Beth Martin
  205. Stacey Martin
  206. Heather Masterson
  207. Lauren Alcott May
  208. La'Tasha D. Mayes
  209. Jean McClung
  210. Stuart McLean
  211. Melissa McMasters
  212. Jamie G McMinn
  213. James McNamara
  214. Lisa McNamara
  215. Melissa McSwigza
  216. Jim Meacci
  217. Gael Meehan
  218. Christine Merker
  219. Lauren M. Merker
  220. Marcia Metelsky
  221. Daniel Metzinger
  222. George L. Miles, Jr.
  223. Brian Andrew Miller
  224. Harold Miller
  225. Richard I. Miller
  226. Ryan Miller
  227. Sharon Miller
  228. Joseph Sabino Mistick
  229. Victoria Mistick
  230. Nicole Molinaro
  231. Frank A. Molinero
  232. Bill Molloy
  233. Ruth Ann Molloy
  234. Shelly Morningstar
  235. Gerald Lee Morosco
  236. John Morris
  237. Mark B. Morrow
  238. Laurie S. Moser
  239. Steven Mosites, Jr.
  240. Stephen Mrdjenovich
  241. Gregory Murman
  242. Christina Muzzie
  243. Tamara M. Nicholas
  244. Sarah Nichols
  245. Steve Nicotra
  246. Emily Nordquist
  247. Charlie Nordstrom
  248. Dean Novalesi
  249. Bill O'Donnell
  250. Alison Brand Oehler
  251. Paul Oehler
  252. jeanette eileen oliver
  253. John S. Oliverio
  254. Nick Orsborn
  255. Peggy Ott
  256. Sean Palani
  257. Anthony Palmer
  258. Kim Palmer
  259. Justin Panepinto
  260. Kaaren Parana
  261. Deval Paranjpe
  262. Neil Parham
  263. Bill Peduto
  264. Karen Peter
  265. Michelle L. Peters
  266. Mark T. Phillis
  267. Diane Pickle
  268. Chad Poborsky
  269. Jeffrey Ryan Poborsky
  270. Marcy Pollock
  271. Scott Pollock
  272. Charles Porter
  273. Marisa Porter
  274. Karen Post
  275. Mark R. Power
  276. Lisa A. Przyborski
  277. Juliana Puglio
  278. Jason Michael Putorti
  279. Kelly Rabenstein
  280. Robert Raczka
  281. Aaron J. Rakes
  282. Richard Rauh
  283. Ravitej Reddy
  284. Courtney Rehak
  285. Derek Andrew Reighard
  286. Marc Rettig
  287. Kelly Retzlaff
  288. John Rhoades
  289. Emily Rice
  290. Doug Rieger
  291. Madeline Rieger
  292. Rebecca Ringham
  293. Ansley Robins
  294. Hilary Robinson
  295. S. Joel Rosner
  296. Kakolee Renee Roy
  297. Josh Royston
  298. Tracy Royston
  299. Bonnie Rubin
  300. Sarah York Rubin
  301. Caryn Rubinoff
  302. Natalia A. Rudiak
  303. Renee Ruyechan
  304. Kristen Rylander
  305. Abigail Pearl Sadowsky
  306. Deanna Samms
  307. Edward Scheid
  308. Randi Jane Scheller
  309. Charles M. Schons
  310. David Sciranka
  311. Debi Sciranka
  312. Bethann Scott
  313. Minette Seate
  314. Mindy See
  315. Ray See
  316. Anne Sekula
  317. Kurt Shaw
  318. Paul Shea
  319. Yuliya Shokina
  320. Mark Simon
  321. Henry J. Simonds
  322. Juliet Lea H. Simonds
  323. Lisa Simone
  324. Nancy Simpronio
  325. Jeremy Smith
  326. Francis Soen
  327. Steve Sokoloski
  328. Thomas W. Sokolowski
  329. fauna solomon
  330. Kerry Lynn Soso
  331. Gillian M. Sowray
  332. Dan Spohn
  333. Heather A. Sprague
  334. Kenneth E. Spruill Jr.
  335. Sarah Perkins Stallings
  336. Stephen Stallings
  337. Marguerite Standish
  338. Ronald Raymond Stec
  339. Stephanie Sterrett
  340. Connie Stiver
  341. Gregg Stiver
  342. James Stranahan
  343. Maura Strazza
  344. Marinda Stretavsky
  345. Gregory William Sullivan
  346. Maggie Sullivan
  347. Christopher Taylor
  348. Carolyn Terner
  349. Daniel Thompson
  350. Jessica Thompson
  351. Kenneth Thompson
  352. Linda Todorovich
  353. Steve Todorovich
  354. Steven Todorovich
  355. Christopher Tracey
  356. Erik Trembulah
  357. Katherine Trimble
  358. Harry Troelstra
  359. Morgan Woodward Truter
  360. Kelly Tuma
  361. Emily Twargowski
  362. Hilary Tyson
  363. Sala Udin
  364. Allison A Uziel
  365. Constance Vale
  366. John Van de Grift
  367. Ronald Van Ness
  368. Masha Vereshchenko
  369. Maria Villiotti
  370. Karlyn Voss
  371. Sandra L. Ward
  372. Joseph Wasko
  373. Traci Weatherford-Brown
  374. Amy Weiss
  375. Lou Weiss
  376. Jacquelyne Wells
  377. Ryan Kay Wentling
  378. Sara Werner
  379. George Whalen
  380. Christine Whalen
  381. Jennifer Lee Whalen
  382. Curt M. White
  383. Nathan Wildfire
  384. Lenore E. Williams
  385. Jennie Willison
  386. Abby Wilson
  387. Brian David Witherow
  388. Gregory Alan Wolfe
  389. Glenn Wonsettler
  390. Branden Woodard
  391. Kay Woods
  392. Helen Wylie
  393. Jennifer L. Yee
  394. Scott A. Yochum
  395. Jennifer A Young
  396. Mallory Zearott
  397. Deborah Zeisloft
  398. Mario Zinga

as of 8/20/2008

Event Committee

Community Committee

  1. Ann Adams
  2. Eben Adams
  3. Regina Anderson
  4. Lena Andrews
  5. Richard Armstrong
  6. Dave Baach
  7. Jacob Bacharach
  8. Kim Baker
  9. Terri Baltimore
  10. Rob Baran
  11. Carrie Barmen
  12. Rob Barmen
  13. Jennifer Baron
  14. Bill Barron
  15. Peg McCormick Barron
  16. Tom Baxter
  17. Gregg Behr
  18. Felicia Bennett
  19. Mark Bennett
  20. Jeffery Bergman
  21. Scott Bergstein
  22. Mia Hallett Bernard
  23. Helene Blodgett
  24. Todd Blodgett
  25. Diasmer Bloe
  26. Karla Boos
  27. Lauren Bracey
  28. Scott Bricker
  29. Charlee Brodsky
  30. Hilary Brown
  31. Melanie Brown
  32. Morton Brown
  33. Susan Brownlee
  34. Maria Bryan
  35. Diana Bucco
  36. Walt Burlack
  37. Andrew Butcher
  38. Cheryl Capezzuti
  39. Jeffrey Carpenter
  40. Don Carter
  41. Kelly Carter
  42. Pat Clark
  43. Matthew Clifford
  44. Jerry Coltin
  45. David Conrad
  46. Thommy Conroy
  47. Guy Costa
  48. Jessica Coup
  49. Colleen Russell Criste
  50. Bethany Davidson
  51. John Denny
  52. Jim DeNova
  53. Pam Devereux
  54. Aradhna Dhanda
  55. Nadia Diboun
  56. Sharon Dilworth
  57. Tami Dixon
  58. Lea Donatelli
  59. Ellen Donley
  60. Jeffrey Dorsey
  61. Patrick Dowd
  62. Nathaniel Doyno
  63. Dan Droz
  64. Craig Dunham
  65. Marcie Eberhart
  66. Courtney Ehrlichman
  67. Francisco Escalante
  68. Lee Ferraro
  69. Laura Fisher
  70. Bill Flanagan
  71. Amanda Fox
  72. Dan Frankel
  73. Bill Fuller
  74. Matthew Galluzzo
  75. Lynne Garfinkel
  76. Pat Getty
  77. Susan Golomb
  78. Court Gould
  79. Timothy Haggerty
  80. Scott Hanley
  81. Ben Harrison
  82. Ben Hartlage
  83. Kathryn Heidemann
  84. Brian Holderman
  85. Nami Owaga Holderman
  86. Justin Hopper
  87. Dave Howe
  88. Cindy Howes
  89. Jennifer Howison
  90. Charlie Humphrey
  91. Kathleen Iducovich
  92. Bill Isler
  93. Scott Izzo
  94. Patrick Jordan
  95. Kitty Julian
  96. Bernie Kobosky
  97. Bill Kolano
  98. Tim Komen
  99. Peter Kope
  100. Christina Koshzow
  101. Jill Larson
  102. Daniel Lavelle
  103. Omar-Abdul Lawrence
  104. Paul Leger
  105. Caitlin Lenahan
  106. Anne Lewis
  107. Ben Lewis
  108. Rob Long
  109. Bronwyn Loughren
  110. Anne-Marie Lubenau
  111. Vivien Luk
  112. Dutch MacDonald
  113. Kellee Maize
  114. Lauri Mancuso
  115. Jennifer March
  116. Marguerite Jarrett Marks
  117. Dan Martin
  118. Nathan Martin
  119. James Maszle
  120. David Matter
  121. Cathy McCollom
  122. Doug McDermott
  123. Jim McDonald
  124. Ann McGuinn
  125. Kevin McMahon
  126. Barbara McNees
  127. Amy Merritt
  128. George Miles
  129. Harold Miller
  130. Becky Mingo
  131. Mark Minnerly
  132. Barbara Mistick
  133. Tori Mistick
  134. Cathy Niederberger
  135. Kim O’Dell
  136. Alison Oehler
  137. Grant Oliphant
  138. Trip Oliver
  139. Dan Onorato
  140. Paul Organisak
  141. Todd Owens
  142. Suzanne Pace
  143. Richard Parsakian
  144. Lindsay Patross
  145. Bill Peduto
  146. Heather Pesanti
  147. Mark Phillis
  148. Eve Picker
  149. Herky Pollock
  150. Mark Power
  151. Sara Radelet
  152. Sam Reiman
  153. Elizabeth Reiss
  154. John Rhoades
  155. Hilary Robinson
  156. Becky Rodgers
  157. Greta Rooney
  158. Marciana Rossi
  159. Mardi Royston
  160. Caryn Rubinoff
  161. Natalia Rudiak
  162. Allison Ruppert
  163. Abby Sadowsky
  164. Traci Schneider
  165. Tim Schooley
  166. Lisa Schroeder
  167. Minette Seate
  168. Rick Sebak
  169. Seán Sebastian
  170. Laurel Shaw
  171. Doug Shields
  172. Tom Sokolowski
  173. Kate Sphar
  174. Ken Spruill
  175. Rosanne Stead
  176. Kyra Straussman
  177. Chris Sweeney
  178. Andrew Swensen
  179. Barbara Taylor
  180. Chris Taylor
  181. Fred Thieman
  182. Carolyn Thompson
  183. Ashwin Tumne
  184. Hilary S. Tyson
  185. Sala Udin
  186. Lauren Urbschat
  187. Eric Vazquez
  188. Lori Vender
  189. Don Walko
  190. Ryan Walsh
  191. Traci Weatherford-Brown
  192. Stacy Weiss
  193. Dawn Weleski
  194. Jane Werner
  195. Rebecca White
  196. Germaine Williams
  197. Abby Wilson
  198. Terri Wolfe
  199. Kim Wynnyckyj
  200. Brett Yasko
  201. Leigh Yock
  202. Ken Zapinski
  203. Cleo Zell

Sprout Board of Directors

  1. Laurel Brandstetter
  2. Mark Broadhurst
  3. Edgar Um Bucholtz
  4. David Caliguiri
  5. Lou Castelli
  6. Danielle Crumrine
  7. Peter Eberhart
  8. Elvira Eichleay
  9. Jasdeep Khaira
  10. Cathy Lewis Long
  11. Christian Manders
  12. Anne Sekula
  13. Henry J. Simonds
  14. Kate Trimble

Sprout Staff

  1. Cathy Lewis Long
  2. Matt Hannigan
  3. Timothy Blevins
  4. Ryan Coon
  5. Curt Gettman
  6. Mac Howison
  7. Dustin Stiver