Our Supporters
Thank you for your encouragement, both materially and in spirit.
Our gratitude to these special donors

Dr. Berner’s mother inspired her to start Fenix ten years ago. Sheila Berner’s many friends and family honored her with support to Fenix to continue her legacy of social justice. These are the special donors who contributed to Fenix in her name.
Donna & Jeremy Baskin
Elizabeth & Jerome Berkelhamer
Bruce & Joan Berlin
Gier & Ted Bowen
Ann & Bob Braham
Meghan Browne
Janet M. Burke
Jessica Caracci
Peter Chan
Edward Y. C. Chun
Michael & Patricia Coleman
Richard Denning
Ann Derbes
George Douaire
Adrian & Deborah D’Silva
Peter Fazio
Marjorie Fitzsimons
William & Mary Goodrich
Michael Gosch
Judith Greenblatt
John & Jennifer Hayes
Beverly Hayford
Katherine Hazelwood
Hollis Hines
Mandy Holmberg
John Humphrey
John & Laura Kaufman
Ann & Emmerich Koller
Renee & Chuck Korth
Christopher Land
Traugott Lawler
Renee Lucier
John D. Mabie
Maura Anna McBreen
Todd McCarty
Brendan McDermott
Paul McGrath
William A. McIntosh
Jacqueline Melinger
Corinne Morrissey
Jennifer Morrissey
Thomas & Jacquelyn Morsch
Jean Nabhan
Catherine & James Nowacki
Elizabeth B. Peters
Samuel Pritzker
Henry Reynolds
John Reynolds
Mary Ellen Reynolds
Susan M. Ruder
Patricia W. Sanfilippo
Dieter & Elisa Schmitz
Shoshana Shapiro
Susan R. Sullivan
Nancy Tepper
University Of Notre Dame
Robert Walker
Younghee Kim Wait
Dan & Kit Wilson
Here are the people who share our vision
OUR THANKS TO THESE GENEROUS ORGANIZATIONS…
36 Foundation, Abbie Engagement Fund, AbbVie Employee Engagement Fund, Amazon, American Freedom Insurance Company, American Express, 312 Tudor Company, Andrew H and Martha Peterson Shaw Charitable Fund, Astella USA Foundation, Augustin Garcia Trust, Barbara Notz Hines Foundation, Berlin Fund, National Philanthropic Trust/ Eileen R. Heisman, Ceres Foundation, Charitable Giving Fund, Chicago Foundation for Women, Church the Redeemer Deacon Account, Dr. Scholl Foundation, Edward Bowen Charitable Fund, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, First Bank Chicago Foundation, First Bank Of Highland Park Foundation, Friends For Health, Grace A Bersted Foundation, Grant Healthcare Foundation, Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS), Hester McCarthy, Sts. Faith Hope and Charity
Highland Park Community Foundation July 4th Shooting Response Fund, Highland Park High School Charitable Drive Silent Auction, Highland Presbyterian Church, Hospira Foundation, Illinois Association of Free & Charitable, Illinois Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics, Impact 100 Chicago NFP, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, John & Betsy McLinden Foundation, John and Christine Peschier Giving Fund, Jonnatta Pearsall Family Fund, Julian Grace Foundation, Kroeger Foundation, Lake County, Mammel Foundation, Mautz Foundation, MONERIS, Moraine Township, Network for Good, North Shore Exchange NFP, North Shore University HealthSystem, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, Peter and Penelope West Charitable Fund, Peter Carney Management, Philip Fess Family Foundation, Phyllis & Henry Cretors Foundation, Rob and Libby Berner – The Chicago Community Foundation, Robert and Susan Star Foundation
Rotary Club of Highland Park Highwood, Schreiber Philanthropy Fund, Segal Foundation, Sheila Berner Foundation, Sostento, Susan R. and John W. Sullivan Foundation, The Benevity Community Impact Fund, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Blowitz -Ridgeway Foundation, The Bradley A. Anderson Charitable Fund, The Chicago Community Foundation, The Egerter Family Foundation, The Grainger Foundation, The Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation, The Josselyn Center, The Northfield Community Church St. Peter Legacy in Mission Fund, The Trillium Foundation, The Anti-Hunger Donor Advised Fund, The Pridmore Family Fund, Thomas Morsch Living Trust, The University of Notre Dame, UW Metro Chicago, VIVO Foundation, VNA Foundation and the Visiting, West Deerfield Township (Alyson M. Feiger), Weston Foundation Wellness Program, William Blair & Company Foundation, Winnetka Congregational Church Fund
…AND GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS
Wendy & Jim Abrams |
Billy & Marcy Abt |
Elsa Aguilera |
Anna Airey |
Ellen & Michael Alter |
Maria Angelov |
George & Kerry Arnold |
Denia Arreola |
Cathy Askeland |
Anna Backer |
Julie & Carl Backer |
Robert Baizer |
Hilary A. Balderas |
John F. & Linda W. Ball |
Ronald B. & Karin G. Balsbaugh |
Lucy & Jim Barnes |
Donna & Jeremy Baskin |
Elinor Bayliss |
Jennifer Berggren |
Ethan Berghoff |
Linda & David Bergonia |
Elizabeth & Jerome Berkelhamer |
Eileen Berkson |
Ann & Arnie Berlin |
Bruce & Joan Berlin |
Mary G. Berner |
Sheila & Robert Berner |
Steven Bettwy |
Amy Bishop |
Mary Kay & Jim Bissing |
Matthew Blank |
Lee Blum |
Joseph Bondi |
Craig Bondy |
Kandee Bondy |
Parker Bondy |
Clare C. & Thomas M. Borah |
Matthew J. & Christine C. Botica |
Bruce L. Bower |
Christine Bradford |
Cindy & Terry Brady |
Roberto & Anna Braham |
William A. & Patrice Brandt |
Terrence R. & Cynthia A. Brandy |
Estelle Brashears |
Libby Brombach |
Elisabeth Brookover |
Thomas P. & Mary Douglass Brown |
Meghan Browne |
Kathleen Broykes |
Janet M. Burke |
Julia L. Yen & Robert W. Burton |
Jessica Caracci |
Marina & Peter Carney |
Michael & Elizabeth Carothers |
Rachel Hines & Michael Cembalest |
Kenneth K. & Georganne A. Chalmers |
Peter Chan |
Edward C. Chun |
Klemens Chusin |
Jane Richman & Marvin Cohen |
Judy Cole |
Michael L. & Patricia W. Coleman |
Jane Colman |
Caroline & John Compall |
Dana Corral |
J. Patrick & Arlen H. Craddock |
Stephen C. & Elizabeth J. Crawford |
Anita & Tom Croghan |
Theresa & John Croghan |
Pat & Patty Crowley |
Lucy Culp |
Sally & Robert Cunningham |
Anne Curti |
Adrian B. & Deborah D’Silva |
Eduardo Danino |
Alex & Wilma DeBartolo |
Mike DeBartolo |
Richard & Bonnie Denning |
Catherine Denny |
Anne Derbes |
John Dimick |
Alice A. Fenner & Jerome F. Dixon |
Katherine Donnelly |
Joseph & Paige Dooley |
George Douaire |
Nancy & Bill Doyle |
Steve Dry |
Kim & Rick Dsida |
Thomas Duffy |
Edmund W. Dumke |
Camila Durbin |
Lois Dyner |
Dean Egerter |
Rona & Bruce Elder |
Robert Ervin |
Frederic Ettner |
Peter Fazio |
Howard Feldman |
GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, CONTINUED
Joseph F. Feldman |
Terri Feldman |
Mary Fields |
Barbara & Tom Filippini |
Marjorie Fitzsimons |
Linda Fix |
Mary Fleischer |
Jonathan Fleisher |
Kathleen & Daniel Foley |
Martha & Bill Forsyth |
Autumn Fragner |
Lesa Friedrich |
Sue Frost |
Martha Furst |
Patricia S. & Thomas L. Gahlon |
Victoria B. & John D. Galbraith |
Maura C. Berckelhamer & Richard E. Geye |
Joyce Gibbs |
William V. & Carolyn M. Glastris |
Christina Glick |
Diane & John F. Golan |
W. Goldberger |
Rodney L. & Keith Kiley Goldstein |
Julian Good |
William D. & Mary H. Goodrich |
Richard & Bonnie Gordon |
Susan & Benjamin Goren |
Barbara S. Gorham |
Michael Gosh |
Annemarie Granm |
Judith Greenblatt |
Suzanne Grimes |
David Hackett |
Carolyn Haddad |
Amy & Mark Haggarty |
Donald & Patricia Haider |
Genevieve Hambleton |
Marguerite Hark |
Michel Hauser |
Shannon Hayden |
John C. & Jennifer A. Hayes |
Beverly S. & Warren J. Hayford |
John Hazelwood |
Katherine A. Hazelwood |
Brice & Terri Heath |
Hewitt Heiserman |
Joseph & Laura Henzlik |
Amy Herzog |
Suzy & Andy Hick |
Mary Brower Hickey |
Theresa Hickman |
Beth E. & Jeffrey Hillebrand |
Erin & Matt Hines |
Hollis Hines |
Kyle Hodgkin |
Josh Holleb |
Louise Berner Holmberg |
Mary Ann Holmberg |
Thomas Holmberg |
Elizabeth Hope |
Colleen C. Detjen & Matthew Hopkins |
Frances & Ken Hopps |
Kelly & Bob Horne |
Patricia & Bob Horne |
Peter D. & Patricia C. Horne |
Joanna Browne & Joshua Hoyt |
John Humphrey |
John & Lisa Iberle |
Hope & Tom Reynolds III |
Jim Murphy III |
Martha & Leo Sheridan III |
Paige J. & Joe Dooley III |
Michael Joyce IV |
Frederic R. Klein & Frieda P. Jacobs Joyce |
Steven M. & Elaine P. Jaharis |
Edgar Jannotta |
Erika Pearsall & Ned Jannotta |
Jeffrey & Jody Johnson |
Paul & Sandy Johnson |
Remy Johnson |
Joan & Milo Jones |
Margaret Jones |
Liane Joseph |
John Joyce |
Jon R. Lind, Jr. |
Susan & Mitchell Kaplan |
John & Laura Kaufman |
James Cowie & Kathleen M. Keegan |
Thomas Keene |
Frank Kelli |
Karen Wehman Kennedy |
Mr. Christopher G. & Ms. Sheila B. Kennedy |
Lindsey Kenny |
Leslie Graham & Louis Kenter |
Mary Kerger |
Holly Kerr |
Ellen Kerrigan |
Ranjana Khipple Khan |
John Kilgo |
Daniel Kipp |
GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, CONTINUED
Peggy Kocian |
Lizabeth Kohler |
Pat & Martin Koldyke |
Ann & Emmerich Koller |
Emmerich & Deborah Koller |
Charles & Renae Korth |
Charles Kralovec |
Philip & Dale Krone |
April Krydynski |
William Kucera |
Beth & Mark Kurensky |
Elizabeth Lamotte |
Kathleen & Tom Lanctot |
Carl S. & Elizabeth R. Lane |
Ellen & Bobbie Largay |
Traugott Lawler |
Suzanne Lawrence |
John Lazzaretto |
Tess Lehrman |
M. James & Margaret L. Leider |
Mindy Leshin |
Daniel Levenson |
Mary Lewis |
Pamela Lewitzke |
Jon Lind |
Jeffrey & Deborah Linder |
Bruce S. & Laura M. Linger |
Jodi Loeb |
David Loveland |
Janet & Andrew Lubetkin |
Martin Lucenti |
Renee Lucier |
Macario & Tracy Lullo |
Ernest Macvicar & Janice Mabie |
Martha & John Mabie |
John Madden |
Susan & Bob Marren |
Sandford Mason |
Maura Ann McBreen |
Todd McCarty |
Nancy Davis & Stuart McCrary |
Karen McCurdy |
Mary McCurdy |
Patsy McCurdy |
Brendan McDermott |
Peter & Mary O. McDonnell |
Paul McGrath |
William A. McIntosh |
Jennifer Sanford McKay |
Andrew J. & Joan P. McKenna |
Laura C. & William J. McKenna |
Molly & Bill McKenna |
Bradford L. & Dede McLane |
Carlette McMullan |
Christopher J. & Margaret M. McNulty |
Jacqueline Melinger |
Mark & Diane Melio |
Peter & Susan Mesrobian |
Jeffrey Michael |
Martha Michael |
Melanie Michael |
Carol & Maurice Miller |
Stanton Miller |
Anne Milling |
Liora Mizel |
Corinne Morrissey |
Jennifer Morrissey |
Thomas E. & Kathleen R. Morsch |
Laura & Rian Mullin |
Melinda Munson |
Christine & David Murdoch |
E. Dennis & Anne E. Murphy |
James D. & Julia O’Donnell Murphy |
Karyn Murphy |
Dorothy M. & David F. Myers |
Jean Nabhan |
Betsy Nathan |
Celia Nelson |
Martin J. Newman |
F. Oliver Nicklin |
Janet M. & Joseph P. Nolan |
Joseph P. & Janet Nolan |
Catherine H. & James N. Nowacki |
Barbara Nutz Hines |
Jim & Darlene O’Brien |
Rochelle O’Hara |
Blair E. O’Neill |
Nancy & David O’Neill |
Thomas E. & Missy O’Neill |
Gwen Oelerich |
Stephanie & Michael Oettinger |
Caroline Oser |
Vicki Otis |
Nam & Lelaine Paik |
John S. & Kathryn J. Palmer |
Katie P. & John Palmer |
Suzanne & Michael Parks |
Carolyn & John Parmer |
Cristina Persico |
Erik & Elizabeth Peters |
GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, CONTINUED
Patricia Pickard |
Fran Pine |
Fancy Cooper & Ilana Plantt |
Priscilla L. McGraw & Michelle L. Plasz |
Bettyann Pober |
Michael Pomeroy |
King & Hope Poor |
Carolyn Potter |
Mary Powell |
Anne O’Brien Prager & Jordan M. Prager |
Nancy Pred |
Samuel Pritzker |
Mary Jane & Bill Proctor |
Katharine Racine |
Carole R. & Edwill L. Read |
Margo McCoy & Luke Reese |
Kim Reich |
Meg & Michael Revord |
Henry Reynolds |
John Reynolds |
Mary Ellen Reynolds |
Mary Reynolds |
Sherman Reynolds |
Suzanne Reynolds |
Thomas Reynolds |
Lisa Riley |
Gina Ringelberg |
Tom & Donna Ritter |
Rachel Rivard |
Megan Roberts |
Karen Roenisch |
Pamela Rosenberg |
Sheila Rosenberg |
Deborah & Jeffrey S. Ross |
Susan Ruder |
Abby Rudman |
Mary & Bob Rudnik |
Ann & Steven Ryan |
Lisa Ryan |
Linda G. & Allen S. Welch |
Pamela San |
Patricia Sanfilippo |
Jessica P. & Steven I. Sarowitz |
Craig & Mary Michelle Scalise |
Dianne Schmidt |
Dieter A. & Elisa A. Schmitz |
Robert Schoder |
Dr. Jennie Schott |
Brad & Susan Schulman |
Virginia Schulte |
Laura & Eric Schulz |
Susan Seltzer |
Joseph Senese |
Emilie Seweloh |
Christine Shamberg |
Franklin Shanna |
Mary Shannon |
Shoshana Shapiro |
Charles H. & Roberta B. Shaw |
Ilene & Michael Shaw |
Marty & Andy Shaw |
Francis Sheahen |
Brenda Sheridan |
Susan Sigel |
Penny Silverman |
Amy Small |
Norton Small |
Carrie & John Smart |
Margaret & Mark Stephan |
Joyce Stevens |
Angelica Sturm |
Jamie Sullivan |
Larry & Katie Sullivan |
Doug & Patti Sutton |
Ginny & Barry Tamblyn |
Kaari Taylor |
Nancy Tepper |
Sophie Varones |
J.K. Wait |
Margaret Wales |
Robert Walker |
Todd & Elizabeth Warnock |
Jennifer & Allen Weaver |
Midge Wegener |
Nora S. & Nicholas J. Weir |
Linda & Allen Welch |
Betsy Westhoff |
Elizabeth Westhoff |
Alexandra Whitney |
Carolyn Wiggins |
Jeffrey L. & Marchell Willian |
Kirsten & Dan Wilson |
Pamela Wilson |
Cynthia Wolfson |
Michael Wolfson |
Alain & Barbara Wood-Prince |
Carla D. & Bill J. Young |
Leslie Jones & Paul Zeller |
Terry Foltz & Robert G. Zengeler |
Dea Zimmerman |
David Rosen & Amy Zisook |