Laguna Blanca’s Golden Oak Gala

By Joanne A Calitri   |   March 18, 2025
Laguna Blanca School Golden Oak Gala co-chairs Chelsea Rifkin and Nicholas Miller, 1998 school alumni (courtesy photo)

Laguna Blanca School is announcing their annual Golden Oak Gala on Saturday, March 15 at the Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito. The event has tickets for sale for 300 to attend and be part of their annual giving for the school. The theme this year to dress for is “Miami Nights.”

Event Co-Chairs are Nicholas Miller and Chelsea Rifkin. The Golden Oak Gala will feature at the event a Party Board table, ten live auction items and paddle raise, cocktail hour, formal dinner, and an Owl After Party which IS separately ticketed. There is an online auction up through March 15.

The auctions will be led by Jonathan Moscone, who has 35 years in the Bay Area arts, serving as the Director of the California Arts Council, and prior as Chief Producer of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater.

Event leadership sponsors underwrite the event, so every dollar raised directly benefits Laguna Blanca students, faculty, and the school’s 90+ year legacy. Sponsors thus far include Heritage Oak, the Rosewood Miramar, Andrew Messick and Beth Bowles, Stefanie and David Jackson, the Nasseri family, Alison and Lyle Turner, and Crystal and Cliff Wyatt (’85).

This year, all paddle raises will go to the Laguna Blanca’s Faculty Support Endowment, ensuring long-term resources to sustain and enhance the school’s faculty experience. Valet is included with your ticket price.  

411: www.goldenoakgala.org

 

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