Trails Forever Dinner 2023
Trails Forever 2023 takes flight!
Trails Forever will be held at Building 937, a historic airplane hangar at Crissy Field, in 2023.
Update: Ticket sales have ended. If you weren't able to purchase tickets this year, we hope to see you at the next one!
Reminder: This event will be all indoors. Suggested attire is "trail chic".
This year, Trails Forever will honor the centennial anniversary of Crissy Field aviation! Please join us for a special sit-down dinner inside one of the Presidio’s original airplane hangars, Building 937, on Friday, September 29, 2023, 6-10 p.m.
The story of Crissy Field is inexorably linked to the early history of aviation in the United States as it was the military’s first Air Coast Defense Station on the Pacific Coast. Research and innovation at Crissy Field helped develop the air power that proved essential. Here, flying records were set, long-distance flights started and ended, and early aviators charted territory above the clouds.
In the early 1920s along the edges of Crissy Field, the Army constructed hangars, workshops, and garages including buildings 926 and 937 on the west side. Both were large enough to accommodate up to 16 planes at a time. The 17,000-square-foot Building 937 was used to store three “flying boats” and, most recently, this building housed the massive amounts of wood that was used to construct benches and fixtures at the new Presidio Tunnel Tops.
Please join us at Trails Forever in celebrating this slice of GGNRA history! Thank you for caring not just for our beautiful parks, but also for the preservation of our past.
Please contact Dennise Abad, Director of Special Events, with questions/inquiries DAbad@parksconservancy.org
Honorary Committee
Janice Barger
Catherine Bradford
Mark Buell
Martha Ehmann Conte
Allison Eisenhardt
Randi Fisher
Julie Flynn
Jessica Parish Galloway
Julie Haas
Kelly Halper
Mindy Henderson
Linda Howell
Kathy Kimball
Julia Kniesche
Anne Dickerson Lind
Stephanie Mellin
Julie Parish
Charlotte Haas Prime
Amy Metzler Ritter
Staci Slaughter
In memoriam:
Nancy Hellman Bechtle
Trails Forever Committee
Co-Chairs Amanda Hoenigman
Alex Lyon Suzanne Badenhoop
Genny Biggs
Halle Cane
Lisa Congdon
Martha Ehmann Conte
Danelle Ebbel
Josselyn Eccleston
Allison Eisenhardt
Tracy Falconer
Randi Fisher
Ali Fried
Charlotte Haas-Prime
Kelly Halper
Mindy Henderson
Melanie Hoefer
Linda Howell
Maggie Mack
Mackenzie Mayle
Thayer Meicler
Su-Moon Paik
Julie Parish
Melanie Peña
Clayton Timbrell
Stephanie Tuttle
Jennifer VanderMarck
Robyn Wilkinson
Christine Willand
Cathy Ye
Board of Directors
Mark W. Buell, Chair
Nicola Miner, Vice-Chair
Lynne Benioff
Lenore “Leni” Eccles
Carole McNeil
Jean S. Fraser, CEO
Board of DirectorsStaci Slaughter, Chair
Martha Ehmann Conte, Vice-Chair
John Murray, Vice Chair
Melanie Peña, Vice Chair
Gordon Ritter, Treasurer
Grace Won, Secretary
Lynn Mellen Wendell, Asst. Secty.
Odette Alcazaren-Keeley
Eric Alt
Suzanne Badenhoop
Darren Bechtel
Jennifer Cabalquinto
Martha Ehmann Conte
Charmaine Curtis
Shane Douglas
Jesse Eisenhardt
Julie Flynn
Rodney Fong
Vanessa Tapia Hartigan
Luis Herrera
Linda Howell
Dan Kingsley
Martha Kropf
Larry Low
Susan Lowenberg
Saúl Macias
Masharika Maddison
Matthew Rhoa
Jake Schatz
Amanda Hoenigman, Liaison
Julie Parish, Liaison
Christine Lehnertz, President & CEO
Trails Forever 2023 Sponsors
TRAIL BUILDER:John Atwater and Diana NelsonMartha Ehmann ConteRandi and Bob FisherEvelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. FundPatsy IshiyamaNicola Miner and Robert Mailer AndersonMelanie Peña and Mark L. PerryAndrew and Elizabeth Spokes TRAIL TREKKER:Jesse and Allison EisenhardtDavid Singer and Diana KappDan and Mimi KingsleyChristopher Schaepe and Jennie ChiuThe Dale Stancliff Fund TRAIL NOMAD:Katie Albright and Jake Schatz
Eliza Brown and Hal CandeePenny S. and George G. CoulterDoug Dossey and Kathrin DellagoAli and Rocky FriedLisa and Douglas Goldman FundMike and Kelly HalperThe Harris FamilyJudith HellmanDan Janney and Noelle MontgomeryJP Morgan ChaseColin LindRobert B. and Cristina O. MorrisSu-Moon Paik and Bob BrownJulie and Will ParishCatherine Sanger and Brandon YoderStaci and Jamie SlaughterLynn and Peter Wendell TRAIL STEWARD:Lily and Thomas BeischerCity National BankTroy and Leslie DanielsLauren and Matt DillardWill Evers and Melinda Ellis EversThe Mimi and Peter Haas FundMelanie and Kurt HoeferAmanda and Vince HoenigmanMarie and Barry LipmanAndrew and Emilie Lynch TRAIL MAKER:Chris and My Le AdamsClaire and Eric AltCindy BlackDavid Brailer and Matthew RhoaCasey and Halle CaneLucia Choi and Greg DaltonJill Clayton and Andreas PolizaMichael Joseph CugginoKerry and Richard DanielNancy EganWinn Ellis and David MahoneyJason M. Fish and Courtney BenoistLaura and John FisherCurtis and Christine GardnerPaul Gelburd and Diane ParishStacey and John GnuseMarcia and John GoldmanCarrie and John GoodmanGreenberg Traurig LLPDave and Pat GrubbMindy Henderson and Mike TexidoSean and Kerry HoneyLinda and Larry HowellBill HudsonSuzanne Johnson Caitlyn and Dan KrebsEmily and Doug LambertLynn and David LewisDavid and Alex LyonMaggie and Carter MackAnn and Andy MathiesonMackenzie and Robert MayleThayer and Philip MeiclerMeridee MooreCathy and Howard MorelandPatricia Munter and Jeff LoomansJanie and Weston RichardsonJon and Pam ShieldsSharan Simkins and Paul BeloMary and Louis StervinouRoselyne C. SwigEllen and Steve TaylorErica and Clayton TimbrellLacey and Jay TraegerAbbey and Paul WalkerLisa and Greg WendtMary and Michael WolfeGrace Won and Richard HoldenAlexis Woods and Daniel DonahoeThe Zuckerman Family TRAIL HIKER:Alcatraz City CruisesAnonymousKatherine B. BentNersi and Eileen BoussinaJohn Bowers and Linda StevensLesley Bunim and Michael JensenFelix and Marika BurmeisterJohn and Patricia CahillFelicia Chiu and Luke TeeplePaul DanielsenRick and Erin DarwinMatt and Josselyn EcclestonJessica and Michael EislerCamilla and Matt FieldBill and Laurie GraysonJennifer and Randy GridleyCharlotte Haas Prime and Josh PrimeCheryl HainesVanessa and Peter HartiganThe Justin and Michelle Hughes FoundationKim HymanChristina and Lincoln IsettaRamsey and Karen JishiCleveland Justis Nancy KemnitzerStephen Kempainen and Thais St ClairJulia and Mark KniescheDara and Enrique LandaJacopo and Robyn LenziStephen Liem and Ellen GregoryAlison LufkinMichelle Mercer and Bruce GoldenWesley and Kate MitchellLane Murchison and Lindely WellsMaureen Offer and Alex HanleyDenise and John OrwinCharlotte and Marc PopeMeg and Joe PorterRynn PressickJames and Julie RedfernLouisa RitterChuck SlaughterChristian SowulStephanie and Jim StaffordMaureen SullivanFrances StarkTom SverchekJames and JoAnn ToStephanie Tuttle and Ramsey WalkerPaul and Jennifer VanderMarckRichardson Watkins and Heidi HansenMatthew Werdegar and Monique Schaulis
LIVE AUCTION ADVENTURES
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- Our friends at Cavallo Point are providing this specially curated package for 3 couples.
- Itinerary starts with cocktails, appetizers, and bowling reception at the recently restored historic private Bowling Alley at Cavallo Point.
- Followed by a private interactive dinner at the Cavallo Point Cooking School with Director, Chef Tim Grable.
- Luxury overnight accommodations for 6 that evening; Breakfast included the following morning.
3. Fort Point Dinner for 12
- Exclusive, private dining experience in a military fort, complete with cocktails and music.
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5. Point Bonita Lighthouse Cocktail Party for 30
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Fund-A-Need: People and Parks Forever Fund
Auctioneer: Keith McLane, KLM Auctions
Auction packages expire September 15, 2024.