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Schedule of Events
5:30 - 6:45 - No Host Bar, Hors d' oeuvres Reception & Silent Auction
in the Reception Room
6:45 - 7:00 - Silent Auction Closes
7:00 - Opening Remarks & Keynote in the Great Hall
7:15 - Awards Presentations & Entertainment
8:15 - Silent Auction Winners Announced
8:30 - 9:00 - Coffee & Dessert Reception in the Library

Dress: Cocktail Attire

Event Highlights
Special Greeting by Congresswoman Jackie Speier

Keynote Speaker: Russell Hancock
This year’s esteemed keynote, is Russell Hancock, President and Chief Executive Officer of Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network.  In 2008 Silicon Valley Business Journal named Russell to its annual list of Silicon Valley’s most influential “players.” Considered one of Silicon Valley's leading expositors, his interviews regularly appear in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Financial Times and Forbes. He is also a frequent guest on NBC Nightly News and Bloomberg News, and hosts a radio program on Silicon Valley issues heard on KLIV.  In addition, Mr. Hancock is a concert pianist.  He is a founding member of The Saint Michael Trio, a group appointed Musicians in Residence at Menlo College and in 2011 performed in concert locally at Flint Center, Montalvo Arts Center, Le Petit Trianon, Ralston Mansion, and Kohl Mansion.

Musical Entertainment Provided By:
Pam Matthews, Director of Chorale & Visual & Performing Arts Department Chair, Mercy High School and The Mercy Girls Chorus

Thank you to our generous sponsors, venue host, doners and media support!

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Our Ruby Sponsor: 


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Our Venue Host:
The Peninsula Arts Council and Music at Kohl Mansion wish to thank Mercy High School for generously donating the venue for The 10th Annual Diamond Awards.

Our Silent Auction Doners:
Amici's, B Street & Vine, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Cafe Borrone, Broadway by the Bay, Douglass Brown, Rob Browne, Margaret-Ann Clemente, James Feige, Julie Fellers, The Fish Market, Lisa Forte, Fox Theatre, Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, Garden Court Hotel, GoKart Racer, Hiller Aviation Museum, Jigsaw Java, Jillian's, KCSM, Kirkpatrick's School of Dance, La Tartine, Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel, Mistral Restaurant and Bar, Beth Mostovoy, The Mountain House, Music at Kohl Mansion, New Kapadokia, Pacifica Spindrift Players, Peninsula Ballet Theatre, Peninsula Museum of Art, Pier 39, Phil & Brena Bailey, Kay Podolsky, Cyn Stern, Redwood Symphony, Sam Mazza Foundation, San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau & Film Commission, San Mateo Daily Journal, Hester Schell, TheatreWorks, Teresa Tsu, Vivace Ristorante, Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf  

Our Reception Donors: 
Cafe La Tartine, Pasquale's Pizza, Sibby's Cupcakes, Sweet Cakes

Our Media Support: 
San Mateo Daily Journal, Redwood City Patch, Menlo Park Patch, Burlingame Patch, San Francisco Chronicle 

Letters of Commendation:  
Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Senator Joe Simitian, Assemblyman Jerry Hill, San Mateo County Supervisors, Senator Leland Yee, Menlo Park City Council and the list keeps growing!

Sponsorships
Your donations help underwrite the cost of this signature countywide event and sustain arts programs serving residents of San Mateo County. All sponsors and donators are recognized on press releases, invitations, events program and online at www.peninsulaartscouncil.org.