Thank you to everyone who participated in our 20th celebration of the much-beloved Trails Forever Gala at Presidio Tunnel Tops on Sept. 30, 2022. Over 800 guests paid tribute to event founders Julie Haas, Julie Parish, and Mark Buell, and raised over $1.25 million for park trails, projects, and programs.
Park leaders kicked off a year of 50th Anniversary events for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, including the debut of Headlands Brewing Company's 50th Anniversary series of four park IPAs (support the parks by purchasing this commemorative beer as we celebrate our anniversary year). Sweeping views provided the perfect backdrop for enjoying lively music and entertainment, gourmet cocktails, hearty food stations and cozy campfires.
The anniversary planning committee was admirably led by co-chairs Ali Fried, Amanda Hoenigman, Alex Lyon, and Melanie Peña. A huge thank-you to all our committee members and sponsors:
Genny Biggs
Halle Cane
Lisa Congdon
Martha Ehmann Conte
Tracy Falconer
Kelly Halper
Linda Howell
Maggie Mack
Su-Moon Paik
Julie Parish
Jane Prior
Susie Hall Sawyer
Christine Willand
Catherine Bradford
Mark Buell
Nancy Hellman Bechtle (in memorium)
Martha Ehmann Conte
Randi Fisher
Julie Flynn
Julie Haas
Linda Howell
Kelly Halper
Stephanie Mellin
Julie Parish
Staci Slaughter
Allie and Wally Hays
Pisces Foundation
Trail Builders
Suzanne Badenhoop and Guy Lampard
Julie and Greg Flynn
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Patsy Ishiyama
The Miner Anderson Family Foundation
Julie and Will Parish
Gordon Ritter and Amy Metzler Ritter
Trail Trekkers
Darren and Samantha Bechtel
Eliza Brown and Hal Candee
Ali and Rocky Fried
Diana Kapp and David Singer
Mimi and Dan Kingsley
Melanie Peña and Mark Perry
Chris Schaepe and Jenny Chiu
Dale Stancliff, Jr. Fund
Trail Nomads
Allison and Jesse Eisenhardt
Kathryn Hall and Tom Knutsen
Andy and Emilie Lynch
Noelle Montgomery and Dan Janney
Katie Albright and Jake Schatz
Andrew and Elizabeth Spokes
Lynn and Pete Wendell
Trail Stewards
Christina Adams
Claire and Eric Alt
Anonymous
Matt and Janice Barger
Tom and Lily Beischer
Bob Brown and Su-Moon Paik
City National Bank
Jane and Chris Cote-Cook
Greg Dalton and Lucia Choi
Rebecca S. Draper Fund
Will Evers and Melinda Ellis Evers
Casey and Keith Giarman
John and Marcia Goldman
Kelly and Mike Halper
Amber Hill and David McCloskey
Melanie and Kurt Hoefer
Amanda and Vince Hoenigman
Kerry and Sean Honey
Martha Kropf
Meridee Moore
Josh Prime and Charlotte Haas Prime
Staci and Jamie Slaughter
Clayton and Erica Timbrell
Leslie Walker and Bob Coey
Grace Won and Richard Holden
Trail Makers
Kelly and Sig Anderson
Amy Banse and Joe Dworetzky
Linda and Nils Behnke
Doug and Shannon Cogen
Christine Comaford
Kerry and Richard Daniel
Cathy and Sandy Dean
Lauren and Matt Dillard
Ahmed and Elizabeth Fattouh
Kate Ditzler and Stuart Gasner
Stacey Dunn-Emke and John Gnuse
Sarah Flynn and Don Libbey
Sarah and Joe Gallo
Curtis and Christine Gardner
Jennifer and Randy Gridley
Tom and Liz Hale
Michelle and Jody Harris
Linda and Larry Howell
Bill Hudson
Michelle Keene and Mark Tellini
Megan Collins Koch
Randall Laroche and David Laudon
Marie and Barry Lipman
Alex and David Lyon
Maggie and Carter Mack
Evan Marwell and Tracy Leeds
Rob and Mackenzie Mayle
Cathy and Howard Moreland
Jeff and Shay Morris
Leslie and Scott Olrich
Diane Parish and Paul Gelburd
Laura and David Perry
Mrs. Holly Peterson
Rynn Pressick and Christian Sowul
Janie and Weston Richardson
Helen and Allan Ridley
Beverly Riehm and Randy Borcherding
Shipley and Tony Salewski
Ivan Samuels and Maribel Guevara
Charles Slaughter and Molly West
Susan Gilmore Stone and Prescott W. Stone
Tom and Kristin Sverchek
Ellen and Steve Taylor
Jerry Tone and Martha Wyckoff
Mariana Gantus Wall and Douglas Wall
Abbey and Paul Walker
Lisa and Greg Wendt
Mary and Michael Wolfe
Alexis Woods and Daniel Donahoe
Roger and Ruth Wu
Anonymous
Ann and Chris Barber
Cindy Black
Josie Brownback
Lesley Bunim and Michael Jensen
Felicia Chiu and Luke Teeple
Lisa Congdon and Randy Single
Curzon Family
Marnie Burke de Guzman and Rene de Guzman
Josselyn and Matt Eccleston
Tracy and Cameron Falconer
Liz and Chris Faralli
Leslie Haddock and Kevin Linker
Cheryl Haines
Michelle and Justin Hughes
Karen and Ramsey Jishi
Heather Keenan
Michael and Laura Kim
Susie Kinkead and Jerry McMahon
Celia Lenson and Dr. Richard Lenson
Jacopo and Robyn Lenzi
Ann Marinovich
Elaine and Edward Miranda, M.D.
Shannon and Shawn O'Neill
Devangi and Akki Patel
Pam and Jack Preston
Louisa Ritter
Rich Rusnack and Laura Moon
Drs. Jill Spangenberg and Jerry Barakos
The Ken and Barbara Strong Donor Fund
Maureen Sullivan
Tricia Tanoury
Emily and Chad Taylor
James and JoAnn To
Nancy and John Valente
Missy Lahren and Bill Waytena
Christine Willand and Richard Wood
Cynthia Woods
Cathy Ye and Stephen Altamirano
Anna Maria Zara and Bob English