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SHARE THE LOVE | 5.21.2022
Thank you Frances Tiafoe! Life Champion!

WTEF 2022 ANNUAL
SHARE THE LOVE GALA
SATURDAY | MAY 21, 2022
Join WTEF as we celebrate the continued achievements of our scholar athletes and come together to Fund-the-Future helping us to continue our work in building future life Champions!
YOUR SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER
AWARDS CEREMONY
SHARE THE LOVE AWARD RECIPIENT
CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE BEATTY
WTEF DWIGHT MOSLEY LEGACY AWARD RECIPIENT
SHARE THE LOVE GALA FOUNDER, MRS. DD EISENBERG

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVMENT AWARDS
WTEF ARTHUR ASHE CHILDREN’S PROGRAM AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO OLIVIA JACKSON!
WTEF SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO MORGAN TUCKER!
WTEF COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO ADENIJI ABBOTT!
WTEF GROWTH AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO MARCUS PHILLIP!
WTEF FAMILY AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO TONIA ZIEGLER & VICTOR LONG!
SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
SHARE THE LOVE GALA/CITI-OPEN PACKAGES


CAN’T ATTEND BOTH THE GALA AND CITI-OPEN? NO PROBLEM!
INDIVIDUAL GALA ONLY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $500 EACH
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
DONATE TODAY
CAN’T ATTEND? NO PROBLEM!
GENERAL DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED!
BID-IT TO WIN-IT!
SILENT FUNDRAISING AUCTION
2022 BID-IT-TO-WIN-IT NOW LIVE!
Bidding is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Click on Bid It to Win It Link
- Click on Go to Event
- Click on Bidding (waving hand on left-hand bar)
RAFFLE TICKETS
PURCHASE A GOLDEN TICKET FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES!
POST-MATCH GALA AFTERPARTY
PURCHASE AN AFTERPARTY TICKET AND JOIN US FOR MORE FUN!
Grab an afterparty ticket and join us upstairs after the gala in the Ritz-Carlton West-End Bistro. Afterparty tickets include gourmet sliders, truffle fries and other yummy pub fare plus music. Cash bar. Tickets are limited and going fast.
For more information and in-kind sponsorship opportunities, please email sharethelovegala@wtef.org ,
or call our WTEF Share the Love Gala Hotline at 202-660-0631.
COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
There are updated health and safety requirements to attend SHARE THE LOVE on May 21, 2022.
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising due to variants in our area, all attendees of the WTEF 2022 Share the Love Gala must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. We will be checking vaccination cards at check-in/registration. In lieu of vaccination, participants may have tested negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours of the event. No exceptions. While we encourage and support mask use for all individuals, masks are not required at the event. We feel that these measures are in the best interest of our staff, patrons, honorees and vendors. There are no exceptions. Please contact sharethelovegala@wtef.org with any questions about these requirements.
COVID-19 policies are subject to change based on CDC updates and guidelines.
WTEF CROWD RELEASE/NOTICE OF FILMING & PHOTOGRAPHY
By entering an event or program of the The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur.
Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.
By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media.
You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the event premises.
2022 GALA SPONSORS
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR 2022 SPONSORS!
MATCH PACKAGE SPONSORS




SET PACKAGE SPONSORS

GAME PACKAGE SPONSORS




POINT PACKAGE SPONSORS

REMEMBERING YEARS PAST
IT WILL BE GOOD TO BE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Jackie Bradford
President and General Manager, NBC4 Washington
VICE CHAIRS
Sarah Jackson
General Manager, Microsoft
Hon. John Breaux
Director and Senior Partner, Crossroads Strategies
James Ritzenberg
President, SR Management Company
David W. Wilmot
Partner, Harmon and Wilmot, LLP
SECRETARY
Jennifer Messer
Attorney, Jennifer C. Messer Law
TREASURER
Tom Kuhn
President, Edison Electric Institute
DIRECTORS
Yvette Alexander
President & CEO, Y. Alexander & Associates LLC
Richard L. Amador
Senior Vice President, Capital One Bank
Shaza L. Anderson
Founder and CEO Trustar Bank
Anthony (Tony) Applewhaite
Partner, Brunswick Group LLC
Connie N. Bertram
Shareholder, Polsinelli
Andy Blocker
Head of US Government Affairs, Invesco
Ralph J. Caccia
Partner, Wiley LLP
Drew Cantor
Partner, Peck Madigan Jones
Marcia Carlucci
Bryan Corbett
President and CEO, Managed Funds Association
Peter Davidson
Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Habib Debs
President and CEO, Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC)
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent, Gray Television
Kenneth Edmonds
Legislative Director at the National Football League
DD Eisenberg
Non-Profit Board Member | Founder, Share the Love Gala
Wendy Gasch
MD, Ophthalmologist
David Gollob
CEO at Barnes International, Inc.
Marcella A. Jones
CEO, Giving Back Jones Family Foundation
Diane Lewis
Associate Broker, Washington Fine Properties
– The Lewis Team –
Stephanie Lilley
Non-Profit Board Member
Doug Lowenstein
Founding Partner, Convergency LLC
Bernard Moens
Partner, PwC
Diane O’Toole
Consultant, Diane O’Toole, LLC
Andrea Rice
President & Co-Founder, CareerCore
Thomas L. Riesenberg
former Deputy Counsel, Ernst & Young LLP
Terry Rusch
former Director, Office of Admissions in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
U.S. Department of State
Harry Sporidis
Senior Policy Advisor, Polsinelli
H’Cone Thompson
Tennis Professional, St. Alban’s Tennis Club
Andy Vermilye
Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Dan Waldman
Partner, Arnold & Porter
Joe Weissfeld
Director of Medicaid Initiatives, Families USA
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
John A. Harris
President, Potomac Ventures, Inc.
Hon. Paul Ignatius
Former Secretary of the Navy
ADVISORS
Harvey M. Applebaum
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Peter B. Work
Former Partner, Crowell & Moring
Richard L. Aguglia
Former Counsel, Hunton & Williams LLP
Jerry J. Jasinowski
Former President, National Association of Manufacturers
FOUNDER
Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr.
WTEF STAFF
John Borden
President & CEO
Leah Friedman
Vice President
Janelle Nichols
Director of Programs
Kitty Wojcik
Grant Manager
Ronnie Goodall
AACP Director & West Campus Programs Manager
Bernadette Walker
Senior Operations Manager
Teresa Smith
CPA
WTEF TENNIS PROFESSIONALS
Coach Mark Williams
Coach Antonio Ausbon
Coach Mark Hicks
Coach Tim Parker
Coach Alvin Fludd
WTEF TEACHERS
Phyllis Walker
Ellen Collins
Brian Coleman
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
Nicole Johnson | Jr. Business Manager
Renee Newton | Office Manager
Questions? Contact us by email: sharethelovegala@wtef.org
or please call our Gala Hotline at 202-660-0137.

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