Thank you to the many families who have invested in our local Manhattan Beach schools through the MBEF Annual Appeal. All donors will be recognized in the Annual Report and Honor Roll, available in both digital and print form at the close of the fiscal year.
This list reflects donations as of 9/11/2026. Donors 5+ consecutive years of giving are bolded.
CHAMPIONS ($50,000+)
Chevron
SKECHERS
Windsong Trust
INNOVATORS ($15,000+)
Lauren and Erik Benny
Janna and Stephen Dormer
Angela and Christopher Jones
Lauren Estabrook and Andrew Kwasnowski
Ania Borysiewicz and John Mistler
Angie and Jared Smith
Stepanovich Family
BENEFACTORS ($10,000+)
Ashley and Charles Atkinson
Ilissa Howard and Greg Austin
Cravatt Family
Davidson Family
Jessica and Ted Holzman
Trisha and Michael Husson
Liesl Taylor and Martins Leikarts
Ariel Boorstin and Scott Leslie
Patricia and Richard Lucy
Kristina Fernandez Mabrie and Cameron Mabrie
Romina and Jeffrey Manson
Mause Family
Erin and Sanjeev Mehta
Kelly and Edward Moyzes
Colleen and CJ Pipkin
Wysh and Dan Weinstein
Withycombe Family
LEADERS ($7,500+)
Accordino Family
Ivane Chou and Alex Beregovsky
Hayley and Clay Blockley
Heather and Brett Dallas
Kara and David Fox
Rachel and Garret Giglia
Azadeh and Brendan Gilbert
Vanessa Camelo and Dean Gray
Katherine and Thomas Harwood
Mariya and Matt Levy
Marsha and George Mansour III
Messer Family
Jennifer and Tony Nguyen
Pickett Family
Lisa and Adam Quarello
Tiffany and Dave Quick
Jenn and Jeff Remillard
Nathalie and Jim Rosen
Allison and AJ Scarinzi
Mojgan Vakili and Paul Shaheen
Christine and Jeffrey Shultz
Melissa and Cory Stahl
Starling Family
Rebecca Foster and Jonathan Straub
Katie and Ned Tomasevic
Wander Morris Family
ADVOCATE ($5,000+)
Anonymous (1)
Adler Family
Ahdoot Family
Annie and Mike Alexander
Jaisimaran Sidhu and John Angell
Anvaripour Family
Armstrong Family
Heather and Paul Baboolal
Kailee and Terence Balagia
Lara and Kyle Bender
Lisa Bennett
Melanie and Todd Bennett
Bjelajac Family
Yifat and Michael Block
Borow Family
Amy Gimlen and Scott Burrin
Jennifer Jackson and Wayne Bush
Sarah Gippin and Renny Cabreros
Clawson Family
Erin and Brian Coppola
Jen and Bill Cram
Cunningham Family
Danielle and Robert Curzi
Kenna and Michael Davis
Lana Choi and Kurt Decko
Dunbar Family
Claire and Juan Carlos Durand
Ence Family
Lauren and Christopher Fagan
Fayzano Family
Lisa and Daniel Fetters
Carla and Ryan Flynn
Yumiko and Jason Geiger
Theresa and David Gendron
Apar and Jason Gupta
Halem Family
Holly Masel and Chris Handman
Ashley and Nathanael Heiselt
Jennifer Peterson and Hanley Holcomb
Jordan and Brad Holtmeier
Kristi and Brent Horstman
Jen and Jim Hunt
Gianna and Rick Ingram
Swati and Sukesh Jakharia
James Family
Katherine and Britt Joyce
Eileen and Kyle Kellar
Caroline and George Ketigian
Monica and Vivek Khurana
Caroline and Lorcan Kilmartin
Lisa and Simon Kim
Christy Tillman and Brian Kniffel
Lubner Family
Lyon Family
Hilary and Rob Mahan
Cynthia and Jaime Marian
Samantha and Scott Maynard
Katherine McClure
Kristi and John Meek
Shivani and Raj Mehrotra
Lauren and Ryan Miller
Mothner Family
Lauren and Devon Murray
Namnath Family
Maria Crisanta Castro and Justin Naoe
Jeanell and Alex Novak
Karen and Daniel Novotny
Marsha and Kevin Panzica
Nisha Parikh and Ravi Patna
Jamie and Andrew Patton
Kelly and Nicholas Pellico
Genevieve and Jose Perez
Katie and Brian Pincus
Katie and Jason Ranne
Reese Pak Family
Jennifer and Adam Reiss
Shipra and Neal Sainani
Sondra and Russell Samuels
Dina and Evan Sauer
Sarah and Jason Schulberg
Kavi and Aaron Settipane
Shamji Family
Summer and Tom Sheets
Skaar Family
Kimberly and Justin Solomon
Leah and Cory Stigile
Katherine and Alex Suh
Tina Kim and Jimmy Suruki
Taubman Family
Kimi and Michael Thompson
Swati Mehta and Karteek Tirumalasetti
Chloe and Scott Trebilco
Unruh Family
Isaura and Andre Albuquerque Vaz
Nikki and Dave Venouziou
Katie Osley and Kushagra Verma
Walsh Poston Family
Maria and Alexander Wheeler
Yoffe Family
Maddie Woods and Evan Zarider
Angelica Ortega Zelada and Jorge Zelada Getty
Zink Family
Laurie and Michael Zugay
PATRONS ($2,500+)
Anonymous (7)
Allocca Family
Almajed Family
Amir Family
Taylor and Francois Auzerais
Bast Family
Behan Family
Bergsma Family
Melissa and Andrew Bernstein
Berry Family
Maryl and Dave Binney
Alisann Blood
Daniela Salazar and Tyson Bolliger
Brennan Family
Brozost Family
Caes-Luksacheer Family
Jennifer and Peter Calabrese
Sangeeta Muthu and Vivek Chandra
Lorelei and Jason Chao
Chen Family
Tiffany Liu and Alan Chen
Kirsten and Michael Chen
Linda and Gene Cheng
Jennifer Vaux and Jonathan Christofaris
Clay Family
Ashley Judge and Gautier Colin
Mindy and Drew Crenshaw
Elefant Family
Christy and Mike Fach
Dow-Li Kou and Steven Farber
Lisa Hvolboll and Gregory Fink
Denise Kwok and Roy Fu
Garma Family
Gurveen Sandhu and Neil Gehlawat
Meghan and Grover Geiselman
Andrea and Greg Golovko
Elena Buchkovsky and Shawn Groshans
Johanna and Jesse Guzman
Bre and Brandon Hance
Susie and Mark Harriott
Christine Woodin and Travis Haussler
Heather and Jason Hearne
Katie Patton Herdman and Jeff Herdman
Victoria and Patrick Hill
Hilt Family
Hannah and Clayton Hovivian
Wendy and Brian Huang
Kathleen Paralusz and Brad Jacobson
Jesman Family
Michelle and Jason Katzen
Vivian and Matt Kelly
Meegan and Levant Kenney
Amy and Sam Kim
King Family
Niki Desai and Tushar Kumar
Kristal and Martin Lane
Amy and Bill Lange
Leite Family
Amelia and Scott Lentz
Maggie and Cliff Maraschino
Kimberly and Michal Marczak
Katy and Andrew Martin
Matai Family
Katherine and Bojan Matovic
Vanessa and Ricardo Mazry
Valerie and Paul Mellinger
Lauren and Scott Moffat
Mokhtari Family
Moller Family
Nelson Family
Nowicki Family
Aubrie McDonald and Terrence O'Connor
Diana and Benjamin Olano
Alison and David Orkin
Ou Family
Maria and Ale Palma
Pazzia Family
Kate and Nick Pennino
Cindy and Sean Phillips
Prelle Family
Iris and Chris Reekie
Roberts Family
Jocelyn and Orion Robinson
Rachel Henderson and Douglas Rusnack
Bunta and Bret Sarnoff
Doreen and Loren Saxby
Schachter Family
Jennifer and Jason Shamaly
Casey and Jason Sherman
Shimizu Keller Family
Meryl and Eli Silverman
Smith Family
Sarah and Paul Snow
Solinger Sapienza Family
Stanisich Family
Cassaundra and Bradley Steinberg
Judy and Erick Stella
Urmi and Kevin Storli
Tina and Mel Tang
Thomas Family
Heidi and Justin Thompson
Kelly and Timothy Tran
Alanna and Chris Trautner
Nattiya and Vadym Tyemirov
Elissa and Michael Unton
Olga Gonzalez-Silen and Jonathan Uslaner
Jennifer and Eric Van Fossen
Rebecca and Eric Warfield
Mariam Karim and Walter Watkins IV
Jacqueline Brabyn and Chris Weber
Fara and Steve Weiner
Erin and Adam Wolfson
Lynn Garofalo-Wright and Hamish Wright
Julieta and Roberto Isaias Zanatta
Bea and Larry Zimbalist
Tracy and Brian Zirbel
PARTNERS ($500+)
Anonymous (3)
Jenna Stark and Matthew Antle
Aranda Family
Kristi and Jeff Benjenk
Sarah and Brian Beran
Marianne Herman and Steve Bogoyevac
Araceli and Steve Charelian
Heather and Chris Conaway
Crista and Christopher Cordeiro
Stephanie and Kevin Covert
Michelle and Ben Dale
Erika and Matthew Deuel
Jacqueline and Mark Dewey
Neda and Matthew Elijah
Lindsay and Joel Everman
Jennifer and Matthew Faulk
Bob Fielding
Gordon Family
Hajar Family
Cheryl and Michael Hauck
Dr. Kerri Hill
Hiranburana Family
Ann Ly and William Ho
Sarah and Andrew Horn
Laura and Christopher Jenks
Emily Hsu and Gabriel Kim
Ji Young and Joon Kim
Melissa and Jeff Koskinen
Dr. Prakash and Pallavi Kulkarni
Jiyeon and Andrew Kwon
Yiwei Huang and Rong Liu
Lupton Family
McGuinness Family
Blakeley and Scott Oranburg
Paquin Family
Sally and Jason Peel
Reeves Family
Manette and Stephen Sinkus
Cindy and Michael Smith
Spiegle Family
Anne and Bruce Timmer
Christie and Stephan Tran
Heidi and Jim Walsh
Heather Wilcox
Xiaolin Lei Family
Sudi and Omid Yazdi
Sana Muttalib and Mujtaba Ziauddin
FRIENDS ($499 AND BELOW )
Anonymous (7)
Alexander Family
Dave Barakat
Blake Family
Michelle and Scott Champagne
Chauvin Family
Lisa and Thomas Cook
Jia and Danny Fong
Maroua Habchi and Johncarlos Garcia
Shelley and Nicholas Gil
Melissa and Collin Grant
Meike and Blake Hennon
Nina Huckabay
Mary and Michael Hughes
Amy Jensen
Juge Family
Kirby and Josh Lottman
Lindsay and Miguel Marco
Tim McClellan
Jon-Kane and Sian McCullough
Megan Montz
Murashko Family
Jacqueline Murphy
Molly and Eric Norberg
Lolly Enriquez and Dennis Ortiz-Luis
Bita Sadeghi and Michael Pearson
Sumire and Bradley Polito
Asucena and Jose Rodriguez
Neeraj and Sam Rotondo
Seib Family
Sinay Family
Lindsay Newby-Snode and Ryan Snode
Allison and Richard Sootkoos
Laurie and Benjamin Stern
Lisa and Joshua Taub
Katherine Brechtelsbauer and Michael Truong
Ustick Family
Vanacore Family
Sofia and Jacob Waern
Hilary and Jeffrey Weston
Sharon and Mike Witzansky