Invest in Success
Donor Honor Roll
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our community, the Ventura College Foundation has reached 96% of our $7 million Invest in Success goal. We are deeply grateful to the visionary leaders and early supporters who have propelled this campaign forward. Every donation, of any amount, makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our students, removes barriers to food, housing, and tuition.
All gifts will be permanently recognized on a 7-foot Donor Wall outside the Ventura Campus’s Basic Needs Center, honoring your commitment to keep students nourished, enrolled, and thriving.
Distinguished Visionary ($1 M and above)
- Warren Wise* In his memory by Barbara Wise
- Bill Faulkner*
Campaign Champions ($500,000 to $999,999)
- The John and Glenda Hammer Family
- Lynn Wan*
Chancellor’s Club ($250,000 to $499,999)
- Joy Kobayashi and Peter Madnick*
- Mary Saputo*
- TOLD Foundation
President’s Club ($100,000 to $249,999)
- Richard and Kristin Taylor*
- Jennifer O’Toole*
- Lester Tong and Mae Wan Tong*
- Dr. Ruth M. Hemming
- Bill and Elise Kearney
Dean’s Club ($50,000 to $99,999)
- Abra Pilar Flores*
- Elizabeth and Dave Kraus*
- Anne Paul King*
- Anonymous*
- Chuck and Kim Hoffmans*
- Anonymous*
- C. Robert (Bob) Reeves*
- Joe and Kyle Kreutz
- Ed Summers*
- Anonymous
Compassionate Leaders ($25,000 to $49,999)
- Betsy Blanchard Chess
- Kenneth S. Collin
- Rob van Nieuwburg*
- Peter and Maria Zierhut
- Jean Wise* In her memory by Ronald Wise
- Mike & Loretta Merewether
- Don and Sandy Greenburg
Partners in Success ($10,000 to $24,999)
- Dr. Cynthia Herrera
- Matt and Alicia LaVere
- Rick and Theresa MacLennan
- Bill and Stacey Ayub
- Hon. Colleen Toy White in her memory by Art Bliss
- Janet and Charles Curtis in memory of George McNeely
- Felicia Dueñas & Oscar Cobian
- Mike and Loretta Merewether
- Neal and Sandy Lassila
- Col. Michael Ewens in memory by Lydia Martinez-Collins
- Ventura County Credit Union
- Harald & Birgit Wulff
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Jim and Denise Sindelar
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Hiroko Yoshimoto
Benefactors ($5,000 to $9,999)
- The Kreutz Family
- George and Laurie Leis
- Dr. Claudia Lourido-Habib
- John and Gina Marquez
- Dr. Jill Murakoa
- Linda Rossi
- Denise Baylor
- John and Sharon Woolley
Community Gifts ($1 to $4,999)
- Alma and Tomas Rodriguez
- Andrew Peake
- Angie Marquez
- Anonymous
- Anthony and Mary Mansueto
- Ashley Pope
- Aubrey and Alex Montgomery
- Becky and Leonard Hull
- Brooke Masters
- Carl T. Allen III and Sara Diaz-Jones
- Carol Wan
- Cashel & Winter Sweeney
- Chad Stangeland
- Chloe Boswell-Dondorf
- Colton Kreutz
- Cyndie Whitley
- Diane Zakian Rumbaugh
- Doug Halter and Randall Encinas
- Dr. Ashley M. Walters
- Dustin Tondreau
- Eleanor Tillquist
- Ellyn & Jim Dembowski
- Firman Brown
- Gerry Pantoja and Amy Banas
- Grace Falzone-Miller and Jack Miller
- Grant Jones in memory of Gerald Jones
- Herb Hemming
- Isabella Giselle Rodriguez
- Jennifer Garner in Memory of Carol Smith
- John and Chris L. Miller
- Juarez/Velazquez Family
- Kara Hillock
- Katelyn Kreutz
- Kat and Justin Benscoter
- Kim and Stan Mantooth
- Kyle Tong
- Leslie Tong and Yan Family in memory of Tom Bertolino
- Lynda Bowman in honor of Rhonda Lynn Carlson
*Includes a Legacy Gift