2014 Silver SPUR Awards Luncheon
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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The Silver SPUR Award is the most prominent award for lifetime civic achievement in San Francisco. The Silver SPUR Awards Luncheon honors distinct individuals whose goals and achievements have made San Francisco and the Bay Area a better place to live, work and play.
2014 Honorees:
Clothilde Hewlett
Ron & Barbara Kaufman
Michael Painter
Leslie Tang Schilling
2014 Event Chair:
Anna Cheung
President & CEO, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Chair, San Francisco Section
Hospital Council of Northern & Central California
Ron Kaufman has been working for half a century to preserve the historic character of one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. Through The Ron Kaufman Companies, he has helped create historic reuses for a majority of the Old North Waterfront area of San Francisco. He has been a vital force in the business and philanthropic community, serving on and often chairing numerous boards, including those of the California Pacific Medical Center, the Jewish Community Federation, the Bernard Osher Foundation, Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, United Way and the UCSF/Mt. Zion Board. He has played a critical convenor role, wading through tricky political waters for many of the city’s biggest projects.
Michael Painter is owner/president of MPA Design and has offered design development strategies and solutions for award-winning projects since 1969. As Doyle Drive becomes the Presidio Parkway, we are witnessing Michael’s compelling vision to replace the U.S. Army’s utilitarian drive with a road worthy and respectful of a national park. Over MPA Design’s 45-year history, his urban designs have won accolades from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects, UC Berkeley’s Department of Landscape Architecture and the Lambda Alpha Honorary Land Economics Society. Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts in landscape architecture from UC Berkeley and his master’s in urban design from Harvard University. He serves on the SF Architectural Heritage Board and SPUR’s Advisory Council.
Leslie Tang Schilling spent her first 20 years in Hong Kong, where her family saw its fortune torn down and rebuilt three times over before immigrating to the United States. A graduate of UC Berkeley and the Thunderbird School of Global Management, she is living testament to the strength and talent of California’s immigrant community. Leslie is a co-founder of the successful Union Square Investment Company with her husband, Alexander H. Schilling. She has been active in many civic and advisory groups that aid small business owners and woman- and Asian-owned businesses, most notably the Asian Business League of San Francisco, the San Francisco Economic Development Corp. and the State of California Small Business Advisory Board. She also served eight years on the Board of Regents of the University of California.
Anna Cheung
