Living & Giving | Sep. 2025
RAVINIA GALA
By Dustin O’Regan
PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAVINIA FESTI
Gala Co-Chair Karen Morgan Holmberg, Ravinia President and CEO Jeffrey P. Haydon, Women’s Board Chair Susan Schmitt, and Gala Co-Chair Betsey Madden
The Ravinia Festival’s annual fundraising gala, hosted by the Ravinia Women’s Board, was a dazzling success, raising funds to support the festival’s Reach Teach Play education programs, which serve more than 50,000 people across Chicagoland, ensuring that many area schools and communities have equitable access to music. The highlight of the evening was a captivating performance by Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Marin Alsop. The night concluded with an elegant dinner, performances, and a paddle raise led by Alyssa Quinlan of Freeman’s | Hindman. ravinia.org
President and CEO Jeffrey P. Haydon, Women’s Board Chair Susan Schmitt, and Gala Co-Chair Betsey Madden
