Don’t say I didn’t tell you:
Honorees at last Saturday night’s Black Diamond Ball, benefiting National Sports Center for the Disabled, included Saunders Construction (Bold Tracks Award); Art and Sally Hagan (Outrigger Award); Allison Jones (Athlete of the Year); and the NSCD’s 2006 Paralympians. Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Mount Everest, was the speaker … Also last weekend: Kimi Porterfield, granddaughter of the late Florence Ruston, became engaged to Mike Brown. The wedding date and location are yet to be determined … Junior League sustainers are conducting a sale of vintage silver (think table settings, coffee and tea services) on Oct. 26. It’ll be during regular business hours at the league’s Second Time Shop in Happy Canyon shopping center.
Elizabeth Byrnes Crony, late of blacktie-colo rado.com, is the new vice president of client services for dovetail solutions, officing at 1407 Larimer St. … Tim Connors, a member of the Public Education and Business Coalition board, has been named Colorado vice president and district manager of the state’s fourth-largest mortgage company, American Home Mortgage … With an $18.6 million capital campaign successfully completed – the money helped build an arts center and created endowments for faculty, scholarship and the Summerbridge program – Crissie Snow is stepping down as Kent Denver School’s development director on Oct. 31 … Marcia Ashton, meanwhile, has left the Denver Museum of Nature & Science to join the major gifts team at Habitat for Humanity.
Colorado Bright Beginnings honors pediatrician Dean Prina at a fundraising dinner Nov. 1 at the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom. Colorado Sympony maestro Jeffrey Kahane is the speaker; tickets are at 303-433-6200 … Egypt’s former first lady, Jehan Sadat, keynotes the Nov. 2 Gender Matters luncheon at the Adam’s Mark Hotel. It’s a benefit for the Women’s Foundation of Colorado; call 303-285-2965 … Concerts for Kids, founded by Sage Hospitality’s Walter and Christie Isenberg, raised a nice chunk of change by staging a Celebrity Waiters Dinner at Elway’s restaurant. CBS4 anchors Molly Hughes, Jim Benemann and Reggie Rivers, along with setameeting
.com’s Josh Hanfling, Realtor Andi Smith, Ken Gart of the Sports Authority and National Jewish chief Michael Salem were among the bold-facers whose crazy costumes and antics had the tips pouring in.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com. She also has a daily post at denverpostbloghouse.com/davidson.More online: Additional pictures from the Celebrity Waiters Dinner denverpost.com/society.
