DONORS | 2025 - 2026
Our donors make the music possible.
Northern Lights Music Festival is deeply grateful to the individuals, families, businesses, and foundations whose generosity brings world-class music and educational opportunities to Minnesota’s Iron Range. Every gift—large or small—helps keep the music alive.
$3,000 to $5,000
Mark Brown
City of Aurora
Mary Henschel
Alan & Erika Hodnik
Christopher & Susan Johnson
Lakehead Constructors Inc.
Lake Country Power
Steve & Erin Levchak
Mary Mulari & Doug Gregor
Peter & Colette Johnson Family
Foundation
Linda Ricketts
Marian Stieber
$1,000 to $3,000
Twilla Ahola
Gary & Laurie Anderson
Thomas & Tracy Baldrica
Mary Batinich
Elton & Emily Brown
The CAG Foundation
Elaine & Larry Chiat
Donald Gardner Humanities
Trust
Claude & Judith Erickson
Sharon Falkowski
Friends of B’nai Abraham
Melvin & Patti Frisch
Elizabeth Granger
Sue & Bruce Henke
Jon Hoel
David Johnson & Daniel
Avchen
Ruth Katz
Jane Kingston
Cynthia Leas
Peter & Elaine McGillivray
Minnesota Power
Patty Phillips
Ray & Janet Stockton
F. P. & Mary Kay Troutwine
Kari Wenger
Felicia Wu
$500 to $1,000
Aurora Chamber of
Commerce
Ryan & Linda Bajan
Barbara Baldrica
Michael & Susan Blehert
Janeen Carey
Melissa Chan
William & Bailey Conger
Frances Cook
Cybergrants
Christopher & Ruth Davies
Kent & Jill Dickinson
Fabricon Foundation
Annabel Guo
John & Margaret Handley
Dorothy Hilligoss
Mark & Leigha Jansen
Michael & Dawn Johnson
Peter & Colette Johnson
Peter & Marietta Johnson
Lynne King
Ll Kuang
James & Rita Lakmann
Robert & Colleen Lepper
John & Denise Lowen
Patricia Wall Mast
Thomas Mattson
Valerie Myntti
Andrew Nguyen
Dr. Charles & Marjorie Ostrov
Bettina Potter
Kevin Schwarz
Tammy Scorich
Sangho Shin
W. A. Fisher
$125 to $500
Gregg & Janis Allen
Jan & Larry Baldwin
Margaret Batteen
John & Kathleen Baxter
Judith Beaulieu
Janene Glyn de Bedia
David & Donna Bergerud
Bolton Menke
Ashley Bradley
Heide Buettner
Jana Caras & Mark Gelernt
Alan Carr
Bernadine Christiansen
Bill & Kathleen Cina
Matthew & Kathleen Crep
Ralph & Maria Croat
Robert & Leanne Crompton
Jesse Dahl
Sheldon Damberg
Kathi Daugherty
Kathryn DeLuca
Stefanie Dickonson
Embarrass Vermilion Federal
Credit Union
Mary Enge
Donna Frederickson
Michael & Bernice Frisch
Mary Louise Gately
Susan Gillespie
Eljay Foundation, Rick & Linda Glasgow
Jack Henschel
Mary & Allen Hoberg
Zhiying Hu
Bergetta & Michael Indihar
Mark & Judy Johnson
Elaine Jurkovich
$125 – $500 (Continued)
Marilyn Kaeli
Esther J. Kang
Mary Kautto
George Klemmer
Hyo Lee
Keith & Mary Lerick
Sheila & Steve Lieberman
Thomas & Dr. Catherine Lisenby
Barbara Lundberg
Walter & Susan Malec
John & Shannon Malovrh
Mickey McDonald
Alan & Bonnie Milavetz
Patty & Tom Miller
Thomas & Marjorie Miller
Linda Myklebust
Terri Nelson
Ronald & Susan Norha
Patrick & Helen Ojard
Timothy & Norma Olmscheid
Park State Bank
Lisa & Roger Pekuri
Thatcher & Joanne Peterson
Will Peterson
Polly Podpeskar
Carol Porthan
Donald & Laurie Potter
John & Gail Quigg
Zhiyong Ren
Kevin & Jessica Riess
Amy Ritter
Ida Rukavina
Clifford Sakry
Camille Schultz
Tamara Serebrin
Marilyn Smith
Mary & Michael Smith
Michael Stanton & Maureen Barry
Linda & Mike Stark
Phillip Stoyke
Lorraine Sullivan
Arlene Thieling
The Trenti Law Firm
Kern & Mary Walker
Richard & Karen Weiland
Heidi Wick
John & Jaynee Yocum
Joan Young
Bonnie Zuponcic
Up to $125
Anne H. Anderson
Jeff & Jane Anderson
Eleanor Anshus
Curtiss & Rose Anttila
Mike & Deb Applewick
Allan Apter
Donald & Joanne Barstad
Maryann Bartos
Lisa Beck
Peter Berger
Deborah Biorn
Denny & Rebecca Bone
Carol Booth & Jim Ganahl
Dennis & Carol Jo Borich
Chris Bovitz
Jean Bozich
Fred & Carol Breitling
Susan Brinkhaus
Charles Carlson
Terry Carlson
Up to $125 (cont’d)
Dr. Joseph Caulfield
Joe & Jodi Cerar
Stella & Trevor Cezair
Daniel Chad
Bing Bing Chang
Marilyn Chiat
Samuel Chong
Bill & Christine Culbert
Judith Dahl
Richard Dammers
Kathryn Daugherty
Celia Domich
Nancy Dougherty
Patty Salo Downs
Susan Duffy
Robert Edelstein & Mary Crowley
Donald Eisenhauer
Sara Ferkul
James & Rita Flanagan
William & Linda Frogner
Edward Gelernt
Dean & Kathy Gibson
Deborah Good
Benjamin Gordon
Howard & Barbara Gordon
Victoria Gornick
Greg & Debra Gunderson
Jody Guy-Krulc
Sarah Guy-Levar
JoAnn Halunen
Charlotte Hanegmon
Tomoko Harada
Gary & Linda Haugen
Robert & Mary Hommez
Daniel & Jane Johns
Craig & Barbara Johnson
Marshall & Barbara Johnson
Gregory Jurkovich
Up to $125 (Continued)
Carol Kaemper
Carol & Rudolph Kalan
Carole Kapsner
Douglas & Kathryn Keyzer
Thomas & Betty Kobierski
Doug & Susan Kolstad
Mary Ann Krier
Judy Krish
Linda Kronholm
Karl Kubiak
Kari Kuth
Donald & Diane Langlee
James & Ellen Lassila
James & Laurie Latimer
Yueh-Hung Lee
Robert & Joan Lefebvre
Sharon Legg
Larry & Teresa Lehtinen
Michael Lehtinen
Barbara Leuelling
Janet Lindquist
Ronald & Maren Lundquist
Beatrice & Paul Magee
Leslie & Michael Marasco
James McGauley
Eric McKeever
Albina Medved
Jean Melgeorge
Xianmin Meng
William & Patricia Michaelson
Keith Miesel
Paula Miller
Christine Mitchell
Todd Moscatelli
Sandra Nemanic
Gerald & Carol Nylund
Jacqueline Oelfke
Linda Ojala
Mark Olson
Carol Oplund
Carol Orban
Kenneth & Sharon Panula
Up to $125 (cont’d)
Jacqueline Park
DaWayne & Pam Peterson
Ryan Peterson
Richard & Peggy Peyla
Rafael Porto
Roger & Constance Powell
Francine Pulkinen
Kevin & Rebecca Reagan
Gregory & Janet Reigstad
Mary Jane Riedlinger
Gabrielle Rinaldi
Anne Marie & Mark Robertson
Donna Rogers
Kurt & Susan Rolling
Terrance & Mary Roses
Todd Roswold
Michael & Billie Rouse
Gerald & Karen Ruona
Robert & Nan Rupp
Thomas & Claire Rykken
Patty Miller Sabie
Evan & Julie Sanstede
Ron Scherle
Margaret Schley
Stacey Schulz
Carmen & Dale Seppa
David Setnicker
Norman Setnicker
David & Maurine Settergren
Jon Sherman & Sharon Friedler
Jessica Shuster
Elizabeth Siagle
Colleen & Mark Skala
Julie Smith
Roy Smith
Jerome & Susan Snetsinger
Lacey Squier
David & Carol Stanaway
Mark & Suzanna Starr
Melvin Stavn
Barry & Loretta Jean Steiger
Cynthia Stokes
Kathleen Sulentich, MD
George & Judee Sundstrom
Henry & Pat Tamminen
Pamela Towie
Richard & Mary Tramontin
Shelby Trost
Amy I-Yun Tu
Dr. & Mrs. John Urick
Russell & Catherine Vanderboom
Shelby Vaske
Timothy Virant
George & Constance Walters
James & Kristen Weikum
Bonnie West
Gary & Alberta Whitenack
Mary Willits
Olga Yelkina
Karen Ylinen
Dr. Mary Zimmerman
Steve Zubich