Vanessa Getty
Vanessa Getty (born 1972) is an American philanthropist, animal welfare advocate, and arts patron based in San Francisco, California. She is the founder of San Francisco Bay Humane Friends, an organization she established in 2005 under the umbrella of the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA to address pet overpopulation in underserved Bay Area communities. The organization's mobile spay-neuter and vaccination clinic — the first of its kind in the region — has performed more than 9,500 free surgeries since its founding and continues to operate across the Bay Area. Getty serves on the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA and has been involved with the organization for nearly two decades.
A longtime supporter of amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, Getty received the organization's Award of Courage for her sustained contributions to AIDS research fundraising. She has served on the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which encompasses the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, and served as honorary co-chair of the institution's annual Mid-Winter Gala. She is also a supporter of the Orangutan Foundation International.
Getty is widely recognized as one of San Francisco's most prominent fashion figures, having appeared on Vanity Fair's International Best-Dressed List in 2014 and receiving recognition from Harper's Bazaar and leading Bay Area publications across more than two decades. She created the PURR Sale in 2008, a luxury fashion fundraiser that raised a combined $500,000 across two events, with proceeds directed entirely to the Peninsula Humane Society's mobile outreach program.
Biography
Getty was born in 1972 in San Francisco to Claude Jarman Jr., an actor, and Maryann Opperman, a ballerina.[1][2] She is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles.[3]
In 1999, she got married to Billy Getty, a son of Gordon Getty and Ann Getty, in the Napa Valley.[4][5][6] The couple have three children.[7]
In 2015, she was named as an honorary co-chair of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.[8][9][10]
As a philanthropist, she has contributed in development of the Peninsula Humane Society.[11] Getty is also the founder of San Francisco Bay Humane Friends.[12][13] She is also known for supporting and funding the campaign of vice president Kamala Harris.[14]
References
- ↑ "Billy Getty Pops the Question / He presented the ring before Christmas". 28 December 1998.
- ↑ "An Engaging Party Purely for Love / Vanessa and Billy celebrate at Mom's". 17 February 1999.
- ↑ "Givers & Shakers: Vanessa Getty, Patron Saint of Animals". 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Fairy-Tale Wedding for Getty-Jarman in Napa Valley". 21 June 1999.
- ↑ "Society Pals' Falling Out Affects Newsom, Getty Families". 11 August 2000.
- ↑ Silva, Horacio (23 September 2001). "Family Ties". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Givers & Shakers: Vanessa Getty, Patron Saint of Animals". 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Dior's Grown-Up 'Prom' in San Francisco". Wall Street Journal. 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "Vanessa Getty, Trevor Traina Named Honorary Co-chairs of San Francisco Gala". 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Red Carpet: Fine art patrons glitter at winter gala". 16 March 2010.
- ↑ "Givers & Shakers: Vanessa Getty, Patron Saint of Animals". 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Givers & Shakers: Vanessa Getty, Patron Saint of Animals". 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Fashionable and Philanthropic Force that is Vanessa Getty". Vanity Fair. 23 August 2018.
- ↑ "How San Francisco's Wealthiest Families Launched Kamala Harris". Politico.
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