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Join Our Community of Valued Supporters & Contributors 

Join the telluride science community: From scientists who participate in our workshops to our business partners to the generous Telluride community, we are extremely grateful to all of our donors. Their contributions support science and innovation and will help shape the global future. If you haven’t done so already, please consider making a donation to Telluride Science to help shape a brighter future for all. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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special thanks to our 

Visionaries

The Samueli Foundation

Aela and Don Morgan

transformers

($250K-$499K)

Bjarne Andresen (Founding scientist)  

Celina Belizan & Greg Blatt

Sally Puff Courtney & James M. Harley

Marcia & Alan Docter

Carol & John Keogh 

Anonymous

Beverly Crilly & Louis Mintz

Laura & Kevin O’Connor

 Sandie & Mark Shambaugh

Polly & Bobby Stein 

amplifiers

($100K-$249K)

 Millard Alexander 

 Libba & Curt Anderson  

Azadi Fine Rugs/Bella Fine Goods 

Joyce & Ron Allred  

Clare & Doug Barnett

Karen & Charlie Baughn

Stuart & Joanna Brown

Joanne & Harmon Brown

 Butler Family Fund

 Nicole & Miles Cook

 Abby & Tim Erdman 

Billy Harbert

Matt & Alexis Kane Family Fund  

Sueanne & John Kim 

 Will Lewis & Katie Procter  

McManemin Family 

Monique & David Miller

 Jody Miller & Peter Waldor 

Kathleen & Jonathan Peacock

Laurel & John Rafter

 Holly & Brad Reeves 

Gwen & Rod Rehnborg 

Wendy Sisler  

Tige & Elizabeth Savage 

 Amy & Don Smith 

 Michael & Sharon Talbert 

Beth & Rick Willett

 founders circle
We are especially grateful to our Founders Circle members who generously contributed the original $5.5M that allowed Telluride Science to purchase the Telluride Depot. Members are noted with the Telluride Science logo. 

Every Supporter Is Vital to Our Success and Greatly Appreciated

accelerators

($50K-$99k)

  • Broadfield Fund
  • Bridgitt & Bruce Evans
  • Deupree Family Foundation
  • Hansen Family
  • Marisa & Patrick Dwyer
  • Alida & David Kehrl
  • Elizabeth Werner & Carl Kravtiz
  • Pike-Jackson Foundation
  • Nancy & Bob Puff

catalysts

($10K-$49k)

  • Alpine Bank
  • Carla & Stephen Berry
  • Biindon Foundation
  • Katherine Borsecnik & Gene Weil
  • Tammy & Chris Cochran
  • Jan & Pete deLuca
  • Daniel Erdman
  • Deborah Erdman
  • Grace & Paul Engbring
  • Cindy & Rick Fusting
  • Kara & Michael Gerardi
  • Gruelle Family
  • Easley & Camilla Hansen
  • Jeff & Christa Hawkins
  • Ben Jackson
  • Mary & Jesse Johnson
  • J. David Heaney & Ann Lents
  • James Loo
  • Adam (in memorium) & Diane Max
  • Rebecca & Jay Markley
  • Audrey Marnoy
  • Beth McLaughlin & John Hunt
  • Mitra & Daniel O’Neill
  • Susan & Steve Philpott
  • Sharon & Nelson Sharp
  • Wendy & Jim Skinner
  • Page & TD Smith
  • Mary & John Straub
  • Stone Capital Group Inc. & Tom & Donna Stone
  • Lizzy & Michael Tobin
  • Beth & Scott Ullem
  • University of Chicago
  • Beth Willett
  • Pam Cowan & Danny Winokur
  • Ron Elber & Virginia Yip 
  •  Ben & Priscilla Zintak

conductors

($5K-$9k)

 
  • David Baldwin
  • Rose Cusack
  • Tanis Bond & John Willard
  • Phil & Gerry Borgeson
  • The Coe Family
  • Rose & Peter Edwards
  • Michael Feig
  • David S. Howe Foundation
  • Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation
  • Debbie & Gary Freedman
  • Jill & Dan Freshley
  • Jodi Jacobs & Kenneth Goldman
  • Jim Jennings
  • Beth Mayer & James King
  • Jody Miller
  • Marianne & Brian Minnehan
  • Aylin Rodan & Adrian Rothenfluh
  • Diane Sherman
  • Joanne Shernoff
  • Joanne & Jim Steinback
  • Beth & Jack Watson
  • Paul & Aleta Zoidis

energizers

($1000-$4999)

  • Anonymous
  • Johnston & Scott Adams
  • Colby and Leslie Barrett
  • Richard Betts
  • Kathi & David Beratan
  • Eric Bittner
  • Meg & Jay Bodnar
  • Marilyn Brady & David Henry
  • Jeffrey & Mary Burdge 
  • Ben & Joanne Case
  • Enrique & Mereke Carrizosa 
  • Rob Coalson
  • Sue & Chuck Cobb
  • Bonnie & Lou Cohen
  • Qiang Cui
  • Elizabeth & Alan Cutler
  • Day Family
  • Durfee Day
  • Neal East
  • Jen & Ron Estler
  • Philip & Cathy Evans
  • John Gerona
  • Kathy Green
  • Becky & George Harvey
  • Diane & Roland John
  • Laura Kaufman & David Reichman*
  • Paul Kent
  • Paul Kenis
  • Tom Keogh
  • Patricia Kerrigan & Philip Werner
  • Bud King
  • Gail & Fred Kittler
  • Barbara & Thomas Kleyman
  • Margaret & Bern Kohler 
  • Konstantin Kostov & Tzvetelina Boynovska
  • Anna Krylov
  • Kozak Family
  • Kreamer Family
  • Marc & Randee Kreamer
  • Deniz & David Leitner
  • Nancy Levinger & Pete Schmid
  • Marcia Millar
  • John Miller
  • William H. Miller
  • Gwen & Harvey Mogenson
  • Suzanne Nikolaus
  • Brian O’Neill
  • David Osborn & Julie Morgan
  • Arthur Palmer
  • Tony & Lori Petosa
  • Matt Proteus
  • Josie & Tom Preston
  • Debbie & Steve Pruett
  • Peggy & Jay Raible
  • Meg Taylor & Franz Rassman
  • William Reinhardt
  • Laura & Paul Ricks
  • Albert Roer
  • Sally & Peter Salamon
  • Natalie & J. Michael Sanders
  • Tamar Schlick
  • Gustavo Scuseria
  • Laura & John Shields
  • Margaret & Jack Simons
  • Tara & Marty Stetina
  • Sir Fraser Stoddart
  • Annie & Tim Swan
  • Amy Yenkin & Robert Usdan
  • Gabe Waldor
  • Janet Varnell & Brian Warwick
  • Jack & Janet Wolinetz
  • Stephen White
  • Tamiki Yoko

adapters

(Up to $1k)

  • Jean-Philippe Ansermet
  • Hank Ashbaugh
  • Veronica Augustyn
  • Richard Averitt
  • Zlatko Bacic
  • Lu Bai
  • Colin Bain
  • Diane Barber
  • Chris Bardeen
  • William Barford
  • Kelley Barsanti
  • John Barton
  • Thomas Beck
  • Lael Bellamy
  • Alexander Benderskii
  • Stephen & Barbara Blair
  • Andrew Borovik
  • Arthur Bragg
  • Ksenia Bravaya
  • Jens Bredenbeck
  • Joachim Breternitz
  • Blair Brettman
  • Wendy Brooks
  • Cynthia Burrows
  • Angelo Cacciuto
  • Christopher Cappa
  • Annie & Lars Carlson
  • Carlos Castaneda
  • Ralph Chamberlin
  • Elise Champeil
  • Corie Chandler
  • Shi-Jie Chen
  • Kendall Cieciuch
  • Ronald Cohen
  • Riccardo Comin
  • Matthew Comstock
  • Tracy Condon
  • Shirley Conrad
  • Allen & Sylvia Cooper
  • Lance Cooper
  • I M Cunningham
  • Susan & John Curtis
  • Elizabeth & Allen Cutler
  • Yamini Dalal
  • Charles Dalton
  • Richard Dawes
  • Milan Delor
  • Elaine Demas
  • Dan Dessau
  • Diksha Dhawan
  • Lorenzo Di Michele
  • Haim Diamant
  • Ruxandra Dima
  • David Doemland
  • Neil Donahue
  • Kateri DuBay
  • Joachim Dzubiella
  • Alex Edelman
  • Annica Ekman
  • Chris Elles
  • Niall English
  • Amar Family Givng Fund
  • Gerald Feigenson
  • Graham Feingold
  • Leonard Feldman
  • Beat Fierz
  • Stephen Fitzgerald
  • Matthew Foulkes
  • Natia Frank
  • Peter Freddolino
  • Deborah & Gary Freedman
  • James Freericks
  • Tendai Gadzikwa
  • Kevin Gardner
  • Cassandra Gaston
  • Pia Gedeon
  • Franz Geiger
  • Ellen & Mark Geldbaugh
  • Dan Gezelter
  • Michael Gilson
  • Bojana Ginovska
  • David Goldenberg
  • Stephen Goldup
  • Samer Gozem
  • Maksim Grechko
  • Ellen Gruebel
  • Martin Gruebele
  • Mae Guinn
  • Kathleen Hall
  • Donald Hamelberg
  • Bernd Hartke
  • Mindy Hastie
  • Ryan Hayward
  • Sue & Rick
  • Christine Heitsch
  • Sue & Rick Heinz
  • Eric Heller
  • Michael Herman
  • Rigoberto Hernandez
  • Judith Herzfeld
  • Alan Heyduk
  • Kristin & Kevin Holbrook
  • Jonathan Hosler
  • Libai Huang
  • Chris Jarzynski
  • Annemarie Jodlowski
  • John Katsaras
  • Alan Kay
  • Jonathan Keeling
  • Judy Kim
  • Valery Kiryukhin
  • Toyon Fund Kittler Family Trust
  • Isaac Klapper
  • Jacek Klos
  • Stefan Klumpp
  • Joan & John Knowles
  • Horst Koeppel
  • Anatoly Kolomeisky
  • Julia Kovacs
  • Anne Kozak
  • Marija & Kelly Kramer
  • Steve & Elaine Krameisen
  • Sonia Kreidenweis
  • Richard Kriwacki
  • Amber Krummel
  • Tatiana Kutateladze
  • Elaine Li
  • Dmytro Liakh
  • David Limmer
  • Weitao Liu
  • Susanna & Timothy Lodge
  • Mark & Kim Lowes
  • Christine Luscombe
  • MIke Lynch
  • Jonathan Malen
  • Boris Martinac
  • Charles McCrory
  • Matthew McDowell
  • Matt McIntosh
  • Maureen McKeague
  • Norm McLean
  • Nicholas Meskhidze
  • Karen Michaeli
  • Josef Michl
  • Sandra Miller
  • Sergiy Minko
  • Tanja Mittag
  • Yasuhisa Mizutani
  • Arnulf Moebius
  • Vladimiro Mujica
  • Bill Mulholland
  • Doreen Myles
  • Fumi Nagatsugi
  • Amanda Neukirch
  • Nicole Nicole
  • Satoshi Nihonyanagi
  • Suzanne Nikolaus
  • Jean Nictakis
  • Paul Ohno
  • Andrew Owen
  • David Osborn
  • Francesco Paesani
  • Mary & Gary Page
  • Stephen Pecevich
  • David Perry
  • Andrew Petit
  • Tony & Lori Petosa
  • Mandee & John Petree
  • Jeffrey Pierce
  • Jennifer Price
  • Debbie Pruett
  • Peter Pulay
  • Eran Rabani
  • Jonathan Raff
  • Christina Ragain
  • Bakhtiyor Rasulev
  • Scott Reid
  • William Reinhardt
  • Richard Remsing
  • Ken Ritchie
  • Forest Rohwer
  • George Rose
  • Peter Rossky
  • Brenda Rubenstein
  • Pamela Sante
  • Orlando Schärer
  • Katherine & Peter Scheu
  • Broder Schmidt
  • Dvira Segal
  • Stewart Seeligson
  • Tammy Segerstrom
  • Carolyn Shaw
  • Qiang Shi
  • Melissa & Scott Showalter
  • Kaye Simonson
  • James Sims
  • John SirJesse
  • Spencer Smith
  • Thomas Solomon
  • Pamela Specker
  • George Stan
  • John Stanton
  • Dorothy Steele
  • Brad Steele
  • Allison Steiner
  • Heidi Stenhammer
  • Natalie Stingelin
  • Juergen Stohner
  • Jason Surratt
  • Dean Tantillo
  • Telluride Yoga Festival
  • Megan Thielges
  • Ward Thompson
  • Matthew Tirrell
  • Pratyush Tiwary
  • Carsten Ullrich
  • Ilya Vakser
  • Susan Van Den Heever
  • Mary Van Vleet
  • Luis Velarde
  • Konstantinos Vogiatzis
  • Michael & Audrey Von Poelnitz
  • Gregory Voth
  • Brandie Wagner
  • Lindsey Walker Family Fund
  • Qing Wang
  • Xiao Wang
  • YuHuang Wang
  • Matthew Wargo
  • Kevin Wilson
  • Curt Wittig
  • Bonnie Beamer & Richard Young
  • Daniel Zemke
  • Chaoqun Zhang
  • Jingsong Zhang
  • Daniel Zuckerman
  • Paquita Zuide
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