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Each Spring, Sunflower brings together our community to celebrate our graduates and honor community members who have helped Sunflower fulfill our mission or have made significant contributions towards equity and inclusion for people with learning differences.
Celebration 2024
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Dessert Reception 7:30pm | Program 8:15pm
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
7995 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Parking at 931 King Street
Parking garage and surface lot
Pastry Arts
Hospitality
Our Community Honorees
Excellence in Leadership
Scott Reiter
Sunflower Bakery Board Member and Former Board Chair
Building Community Inclusion
Patricia K. Cochrane
Montgomery County Public School
Supervisor for the Transition Services Unit
Exemplary Employer Partner
Harris Teeter
Event Co-Chairs
Kay Klass & Mark Levitt, Co-Chairs
Rachel Engelhart & Shaanan Meyerstein, Co-Chairs
Host Committee
(in formation)
Pennie & Gary Abramson
Naomi & David Balto
Vivian & Ray Bass
Kira Epstein Begal & Billy Begal
Aliza Levine & Eric Brown
Alana & Brett Fine
Sara Fink
Rachel & David Milner Gillers
Robin Hettleman
Heather Johnson
Devora Labaton & Micah Stein
Jessica Levi & Thomas Le’Trent
Tammy Levine
Shira & Daniel Margol
Karen Meister
Dottie Bennett & Richard Morton
Rebecca & Matt Price
Rabbi Adam & Sari Raskin
Jessica & Justin Rubin
Susan & Bradley Stillman
Miriam & Adam Szubin
Alyson & Josh Weinberg
Reuven & Tamar Zakheim
Mark & Janet Zuckerman
Sponsors
Celebration 2023
Pastry Arts Graduates |
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| Josephine Adams Ana Beaulieu Avital Chefitz Ryan Connell Mark Cruse Gillian Eisenberg Andrew Gates |
Darius Henderson Roland Hudson Alejandro Ifarraguerri Jamison Kilgore Gavin Kutz Alexandra Miller Ryan Pollock |
Brian Salewski Jordan Scott-Geason Caleb Sterling Ryan Swayze Zienna Tampe Bravo Tyree Walters Jasmine Woody |
Hospitality Graduates |
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| Abigail Albrittain Ty’Asia Bryant Michael Casey |
Hilary Greenwald Melissa Mantua Jeremy Miller Rachael Rabinovitz |
Ian Shorter Jeremy Soled Aiden Tisch |
Our Community Honorees
Excellence in Leadership
Daphna Raskas
Former Sunflower Board Chair, Executive Director, and Development Director
Building Community Inclusion
Chuck Short
Retired, 50 Years of Public Service in Montgomery County
Exemplary Employer Partner
The Pretzel Bakery
Celebration 2022
Pastry Arts Graduates |
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| Leora Cherry Dishon Scott Paul Smith Christian Garcia Vicky Adams |
Drew White Ethan Bailey Maia West Julia Kraft Joshua Blount |
Reese Branham Rachel Hamm Kai Shuman Dahneesha Whyte Jahi Sibert |
Hospitality Graduates |
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| Juan Jose Campero Jessica Lipsher Josh Rubin Noah Plitt |
Webb Kavanagh Haydee Alonzo Herrera Jessica Morissette Tierney Caulfield |
Josef Klausner Alessandro Spilimbergo Toby Edelschick |
Our Unsung Heroes
Shaping Inclusive Futures
Sara Portman Milner
Co-Founder and Director of Student Services
Building Community Impact
Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman and Ohev Sholom – The National Synagogue
Spiritual Leader and Community Partner
Exemplary Employer Partner
Adventist Healthcare, Shady Grove
2021
Pastry Arts Graduates |
Hospitality Graduates |
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| Austin Agrofiotis Osemen Aigbedion Jolie Band Demba Cisse Ethan Edwards |
Catrina Hainer Mike Kelly Luis Neimand Connor Pennanen Ellis Rodgers-Archer Cam Shorter |
Ashley Thompson Hana Tsegaye Andrew Tucker Jacob Van Houter Moire Wright |
Alvaro Cervantes Gary Copeland Kylie Huntington Michael Pesin Jessie Wiley |
Our Unsung Heroes
Making Dreams Happen
Cathy Bernard
Business executive and community arts entrepreneur
Building Community Impact
Ron Halber
Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
Fostering Confidence to Succeed
Susan Belsky
Speech/language pathologist and Sunflower volunteer
Developing Skilled Employees
Elizabeth Hutter
Culinary Director, Sunflower Bakery
