Trails Forever Dinner 2024

22nd Annual Trails Forever Dinner will be on Alcatraz for the first time ever this fall!

The 22nd Annual Trails Forever Dinner will be on Alcatraz on Saturday, October 19, 2024.

Please join us on for the 22nd Annual Trails Forever Dinner, a once-in-a-lifetime special sit-down dinner inside the New Industries Building on Alcatraz. Guests will have the opportunity to stroll around the island after dinner. More details coming soon. Capacity is limited so please purchase your tickets soon.

There will be NO live auction, NO silent auction, and NO paddle raise at the event. Please click on the "Adventure Outings" button for detailed information on our signature experiences that include dinners and activities at GGNRA sites like Muir Woods, Fort Point, Alcatraz, Marin Headlands, and more! These packages are on sale now!

 
Event: The 22nd Annual Trails Forever Dinner

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024

Time: Check-In at Pier 31 begins at 5pm

Venue: New Industries Building on Alcatraz Island

Tickets: Buy tickets now  Notes: For a limited time, there are Trail Maker and Trail Hiker tickets available (lower priced tickets). Once these tiers are sold out, only the higher tiers (Trail Lover and above) will be available. Fair Market Value (FMV) of each ticket is $300. 

Mail: To use the mail, please send payments to: 

Trails Forever Gala, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy - PO Box 7818, San Francisco, CA 94120

Please contact Dennise Abad, Director of Special Events, with questions/inquiries including information on payments from Donor Advised Funds or with stocks DAbad@parksconservancy.org.

Parks Conservancy Trails Forever

Honorary Committee

Suzanne Badenhoop
Janice Barger
Catherine Bradford
Mark Buell
Martha Ehmann Conte
Allison Eisenhardt
Randi Fisher
Julie Flynn
Ali Fried
Jessica Parish Galloway
Julie Haas
Kelly Halper
Mindy Henderson
Amanda Hoenigman
Linda Howell
Kathy Kimball
Anne Dickerson Lind
Stephanie Mellin
Julie Parish
Melanie Peña
Charlotte Haas Prime
Amy Metzler Ritter
Staci Slaughter
Gwen Sobolewski
In memoriam:
  Nancy Hellman Bechtle
 

Trails Forever Committee

Co-Chairs 
Alex Lyon
Jennifer VanderMarck
 
Genny Biggs
Halle Cane
Lisa Congdon
Sarah DiLullo
Allison Eisenhardt
Jessica Eisler
Ali Fried
Christine Gardner
Carrie Goodman
Charlotte Haas-Prime
Kelly Halper
Mindy Henderson
Amanda Hoenigman
Linda Howell
Jennifer Jeffries
Maggie Mack
Mackenzie Mayle
Su-Moon Paik
Aimee West
Annie Woods

PARTNERS

National Park Service
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
David Smith, Superintendent
David Schifsky, Deputy Superintendent
 
 
Presidio Trust
Board of Directors
 
Mark W. Buell, Chair
Nicola Miner, Vice-Chair
Lynne Benioff
Chuck Collins
Lenore “Leni” Eccles
Patsy Ishiyama
 
Jean S. Fraser, CEO
 
 
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Board of Directors
Staci Slaughter, Chair
Eric Alt, Vice Chair & Chair Elect
Martha Ehmann Conte, Vice-Chair
Melanie Peña, Vice-Chair
Gordon Ritter, Treasurer
Vanessa Tapia Hartigan, Assistant Treasurer
Grace Won, Secretary
Charmaine Curtis, Assistant Secretary
 
Odette Alcazaren-Keeley
Suzanne Badenhoop
Darren Bechtel
Jennifer Cabalquinto
Robin Donohoe
Shane Douglas
Jesse Eisenhardt
Julie Flynn
Rodney Fong
Luis Herrera
Amanda Hoenigman
Dan Kingsley
Susan Lowenberg
Saúl Macias
Masharika Maddison
Steven Revetria
Matthew Rhoa
Jake Schatz
 
Christine Lehnertz, President & CEO  
 

Trails Forever 2024 Sponsors

TRAIL BUILDER:
John Atwater and Diana Nelson
Suzanne Badenhoop and Guy Lampard
Phil Black and Brigitte Sandquist
Martha Ehmann Conte
Katie Hall and Tom Knutsen
Stephen Kirkham and Jennie Dougherty
Jennifer Levy
Robert and Cristina Morris
Melanie Peña and Mark Perry
 
TRAIL TREKKER:
Jesse and Allison Eisenhardt
Julie and Greg Flynn
Alan and Ellyn Seelenfreund
 
TRAIL NOMAD:
Sanger Family Foundation, Catherine Sanger, John Sanger
The Dale Stancliff Fund
 
TRAIL STEWARD:
Ali and Rocky Fried 
The Harris Family
Julie and Will Parish
 
TRAIL LOVER:
Anonymous
Amy Banse and Joe Dworetzky
Tom and Lily Beischer
City National Bank
Jill Clayton and Andreas Poliza
Will Evers and Melinda Ellis Evers
John and Marcia Goldman Foundation
Gregg Family Fund 
The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
Kelly and Mike Halper
Amanda and Vince Hoenigman
Nancy and Bryan Kemnitzer
In Memory of Doug Kramlich
Randall Laroche and David Laudon
Emilie and Andy Lynch
Alex and David Lyon
Meridee Moore
Ann Paras
Diane Parish and Paul Gelburd
Amy Metzler Ritter and Gordon Ritter
The San Francisco Giants
Staci and Jamie Slaughter
Grace Won and Richard Holden
Annie and Montgomery Woods
 
TRAIL MAKER:
Jordan and Christopher Brown
Margaret and Charles Charnas
Felicia Chiu and Luke Teeple
Donna and Eric Colson
Jessica and Michael Eisler
Stuart Gasner and Kate Ditzler
Michael and Kirsten Green
Charlotte Haas Prime and Josh Prime
Vanessa and Peter Hartigan
Mindy Henderson and Mike Texido
Melanie and Kurt Hoefer
Linda and Larry Howell
Bill Hudson
Karen and Ramsey Jishi
Suzanne M. Johnson
Dan Krebs
Sealy and Peter Laidlaw
Emily and Doug Lambert
Tracy Leeds and Evan Marwell
David and Lynn Lewis
Marie and Barry Lipman
Susan Lowenberg and Joyce Newstat
Rob and Mackenzie Mayle
Susan McLaughlin
Mike Montgomery and Sarah Ives
Julie Simon Munro
Patricia Munter and Jeffrey Loomans
Kara Newport and Verne Deason
Shannon and Shawn O'Neill
Pam and Jack Preston
Monique Schaulis and Matthew Werdegar
Jean Schulz and Guest
West and Katherine Shell
Amy and David Smolen
Tom and Kristin Sverchek
Paul and Jennifer VanderMarck
Lisa and Greg Wendt
Richard Wood and Christine Willand
Alexis Woods and Daniel Donahoe
Mary and Michael Wolfe
 
TRAIL HIKER:
Eric and Claire Alt
Katherine Bent
Genevieve and Andrew Biggs
Cindy Black
Max Boyer Glynn and David Glynn
Anna-Marie Bratton
Felix and Marika Burmeister
Canary Marketing
Casey and Halle Cane
Ilene Chau
Sarah and Jason DiLullo
Kamika Dunlap
Christina and Damon Edwards
Sally Fay
Kelly and Patrick Finn
Ron Fong
Gretchen Frantz and Kendall Hufford
Jennifer and Randy Gridley
The Justin and Michelle Hughes Foundation
Laura and Terry Hunt
Stephen Kempainen
Enrique and Dara Landa
Jacopo and Robyn Lenzi
John and Connie Linehan
Katie and Joe Morford
James and Julie Redfern
Matthew Rhoa and David Brailer
Louisa Ritter
Ivan A. Samuels
Emily and Brett Sheridan
Pamela and Jonathan Shields
Sheri and Paul Siegel
Chuck Slaughter
The Stern Family
Barry Wellins
Stephanie and Charlie Withers
Anna Maria Zara

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