Event Information

8th Annual Great Hearts Gala: Gold Rush

An evening of elegance and fortune

Friday, November 7th

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Join Great Hearts Arizona for an evening of live music, a delicious buffet, and a hosted bar, all while partaking in exciting opportunities to give back through our live and silent auctions, wine pull, diamond drawing, and paddle raise.

All proceeds support our Teacher Excellence Fund providing bonus compensation to reward and retain our best Great Hearts Arizona teachers.

We welcome this year's co-chairs for our 2025 Gala committee from Great Hearts Scottsdale

Brian Piper and Shar Najafi-Piper and Eric and Amanda Ryan.

We are deeply grateful for our 2025 Great Hearts Gala Committee:

Joel and Emily Blosser (Anthem)

Enrique and Marilyn Ortega (Anthem)

Craig and Tiffany Bottolfson (Arete)

David and Maria Lipp (Arete)

Tom and Valerie Spengler (Cicero)

Andrew and Rebecca Altman (Glendale)

Daniel and Brianna Contreras (Glendale)

Anthony and Desarae Puchta (Glendale)

Bryan and Marybeth Burt (North Phoenix)

Sean and Helen Herd (North Phoenix)

David and Rachel McDaniel (North Phoenix)

Al and Amy Hawks (Scottsdale)

Amit and Tejal Misra (Scottsdale)

William and Katie French (Veritas)

Valery Peep (Veritas)

Kent and Korenna Wilson (Veritas)