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Ambassadors Benefit Event Raises Over $150,000

Foundation News & Updates

Thank you to our sponsors and guests for joining us on February 24
for our sold out Academy Awards Viewing Party and Benefit
in the Fairmont Hotel Penthouse. 

With their generous support,
we raised more than $150,000 for the Saint Francis Foundation
in support of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital. 

VIEW PHOTOS courtesy of Drew Altizer Photography
VIEW PORTRAITS courtesy of The Vanity Portrait Studio

2833-OscarParty-190224-1John G. Costouros, MD, Chip Zecher, Stefanie Roumeliotes, Christopher J. Meza


Thank You To Our 2019 Oscar Presenters
Fairmont San Francisco • Ted Hannig & Elmer Guerrero
Christopher J. Meza at Coldwell Banker Global Luxury • Celebrity Cruises • The Grubb Co.
Porsche Walnut Creek • Medline • William Grant & Sons • BPM LLC
Bill Gregory • Ed Conlon & Hathaway Dinwiddie • Heather James Fine Art
Jerry Thompson Painting • Paganini Electric • Pribuss Engineering
Hamilton Mixon & Aandy Ly • Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Joel Goodrich at Coldwell Banker Global Luxury

Media Sponsors
Nob Hill Gazette • SFFILM • San Francisco Magazine • Where Magazine
Red Carpet Bay Area

Beverage Sponsors
William Grant & Sons • Muscardini Wines • Smith Devereux Wines • Three Wine Company
Fort Point Brewery

Generous Services Provided By
Mike’s Camera • Michele Heston Cakes • Jessica Schaeffer • Philip Claypool
Hardy Hamphil • Floravita • The Vanity Portrait Studio • On the Rocks
Drew Altizer Photography • AmyMade Graphic Design • Dynamite Digital
Gabriels Events SF


Thank You To Our 2019 Host Committee
Christopher J. Meza, Event Chair
Liam Mayclem, Honorary Co-Chair and Emcee
Lois Lehrman, Honorary Co-Host
Navid Armstrong, Arjun Dev Arora, J. Riccardo Benavides, Heide Betz, Becca Bloom, James Bowles & Larry Boyajian, Marilyn & Michael Cabak, Mark Calvano, Erin Carlson, Ed Conlon, Dr. Jordan & Maya Alex Deschamps-Braly, Sean & Katie Fellows, Joel Goodrich, Michael Gregg & Drew Cloud, William Gregory, Roman Gronkowski, David Grubb Jr. & Audrey Sadler Grubb, Ted Hannig & Elmer Guerrero, Michelle Weissman Heston. Brandi Hudson & Charles Hudson III, John Hunt & Charles Scott Dekock, Jax Jacobs, Paul Kalifeh, John Kelley, David Kensington, Hooman Khalili, Natalia Urrutia Kirkland, Dr. David Klein, Debra & Richard Kolosky, Marybeth La Motte, Allison & Marshall Lamm, Jorge Maumer, Rich McCracken & Michael Shuster, Markham Miller & Rich Martini, Hamilton Mixon & Aandy Ly, Joshua Morgan, Brian North, Manny Nungaray & Shawn Sherburne, Jill Pietrowiak, Nili Malach Poynter & Rob Poynter, Mark Rhoades, Dr. James Rogers & Steven Fagliarone, Stefanie Roumeliotes & Dr. John Coustorous, Mark Ryle & Stephen Reidy, Dr. Sarita Satpathy, Beth Schnitzer, Adam Shandobil, Ted Smith & Kate MacDonald Smith, Paul Tormey, Miguel Ulloa & David Stahl, Vasily Vein, Doug Waggener, Kerry Weddington, Keith Wetmore & Andrew Hinek, Chip Zecher


The Saint Francis Foundation Ambassadors Mission
is to collaborate with the Bay Area LGBTQ community to further the work of the Foundation in support of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital.
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