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Gala Chairs

Felix Burmeister & Eamon Foley 

Honoring

Judge Monica F. Wiley of the Unified Family Court 

 

Table Hosts 

 

Tenacity Table 

Anonymous CASA Volunteer

Heart Table

 

Strength Table

Jeanne & William Barulich 

Rex and Lillian Chien

Christine Dela Rosa

Allison & Jesse Eisenhardt 

Eamon Foley & Margie Pedder

Becca Katz & Andrew Smith

Katie Klingensmith & Doug Conover

Katherine & Simon Little 

Erwin Mock

Gene & Suzanne Valla

 
Fostering Change Gala 2025
Friday, May 2, 2025

Tables and tickets are now available for the 2025 Fostering Change Gala! Please contact Jennifer Moya at jennifer@sfcasa.org with questions.

Join us for a hope-filled evening of good friends, cocktails, dinner, music, and a live auction.

We believe that every child deserves a strong, supportive community filled with encouragement and hope. Together we can help youth explore their strengths and dreams, let them catch the wind and soar, showing their true colors.

Join us on May 2nd to make sure that another young person has a consistent caring adult that can be the support that they need to fly! 

CASA volunteers advocate for whatever youth need to explore their potential strengths -- whether in the courtroom, the classroom, or beyond, from eyeglasses to internships, music lessons to college tours. With a CASA at their side, foster youth are more likely to access financial aid and academic support and, year after year, more than 85% of SFCASA high school seniors graduate, compared to just 56% of foster youth statewide. 

Whether you’re able to join us or not, help us honor our volunteers, youth, or anyone you’d like to honor with
a personal message and tribute gift of any amount.

Thank You to our Corporate Sponsors

 

Executive Committee 

Erwin Mock - Chair

Becca Katz - Vice Chair 

Ken Tang - Treasurer

Suchi O'Connor - Secretary 

Vicki Valandra - Board Member at Large 

 

Board Members

Felix Burmeister

Christine Dela Rosa

Fernando Florez

Lyndsay Handlos

Katherine Klingensmith

Katherine Little

Tanya Miller

Osita Nwabasili

Elizabeth Orbison

Charles Reader

 

Leadership Council 

Allison Eisenhardt - Chair  

John Chiatello

Jeff Davidson 

Alex DelPrete 

Cori English 

Margaret Keane 

Liz Lippert

Lisa Pearson 

Matt Rechtin 

Robert Smith 

Lisa Spinali 

Sally Stocks

Jeremy Strauss 

Chloe Sugarman

Jen Taylor 

Kirsten Wolfe