Meet Our Donors

Couple Shares a New Way to Support Chautauqua

The Wertmans have spent nearly 30 summers at Chautauqua, enjoying the music, the lake, meeting people, and interacting with different religions. Now they’re giving back, so future Chautauquans can gather, learn and raise their voices in worship with a gift that provides them an income for life.

Jim and Alison Steadman

Since first coming to Chautauqua in the late 1970s, Jim and Alison Steadman have gradually deepened their involvement—time at Chautauqua has been integral to their family’s dynamic. The Steadmans want to ensure that the same opportunities would be available to future generations.

There’s No Place Like Home

Almost 20 years ago, a tourism brochure arrived in Jo-Ann Winnik’s mailbox. A lover of travel who has been across the globe—volunteering in Vietnam and Romania—her attention was snagged by a little corner of New York State. Only a few months later, and without knowing a soul, Jo-Ann arrived at Chautauqua.

An Investment in the Future of Chautauqua

Hope Felton-Miller was born in the Deep South during Jim Crow days, but in the eclectic port city of Savannah, Georgia. She was first introduced to Chautauqua in 1981, fell in love with the Institution and has been coming here with her husband, their four children, and now 10 grandchildren in the years since.

David and Fern Jaffe

The Jaffes have visited the Chautauqua grounds annually for many years as one-week renters, now celebrating 10 years owning their Irving Place cottage overlooking the lake... and they couldn't image it any other way.

Lynn and Rich Moschel

In celebration of the 90th anniversary of Chautauqua Opera in 2019, Lynn and Rich Moschel made a legacy gift to support the company by establishing the Rich and Lynn Moschel Opera Endowment.

Stacey Schlosser

Stacey Schlosser is a jack of all trades. A successful business owner (she operates a "make-your-own" fused glass studio), the president of her New Jersey synagogue, a volunteer with various civic organizations, and the mother of two grown children, Stacey lives a fast-paced life.

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