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Kansas City PBS Producers Society

Join a group of passionate Kansas City PBS supporters who believe a great city deserves a great public television station. Producers Society members assist the station through individual giving. You can become a Producers Society member with an annual gift of $1,000 or more.

Member benefits include:

  • Exclusive events and behind-the-scenes access to Kansas City PBS and PBS programs and personalities.
  • Tickets and special invitations to partner events.
  • Recognition online, on-air and in our monthly Member Guide.
  • Access to Kansas City PBS Passport, a member benefit that provides extended on-demand access to quality PBS programming.

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You might need to know: Kansas City PBS's legal name is Public Television 19, Inc. and Federal Tax ID: 23-7114952

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MEMBERS

We are grateful for our Producers Society members, community visionaries whose dedication and generosity ensure Kansas City PBS remains a vibrant public media resource, available to all. Thanks to the following members for their generous support.

$25,000+

Anonymous
Web & Tracy Bixby
Marion & Henry Bloch Family Foundation
Mollie Hale Carter
Lorry Chapman & Nancy Patchak
Stephen & Karen Clegg
Dave & Jamie Cummings
Jo Anna Dale
Ann & Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation
Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
Bradley & Linda Finkle Foundation
Francis Family Foundation
Gattermeir Family Foundation
Robert & Marlese Gourley
Hall Family Foundation
Fred & Lou Hartwig Family Fund
Michael and Marlys Haverty

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Bebe & Crosby Kemper Charitable Trust
William T. Kemper Foundation - Commerce Bank, Trustee
Cecelia Ismert Kissick Family, in memory of Jim Kissick
Dennis Marker & Susan Lordi Marker
Sondra Sue Metcalf, in memory of Sharon Kay Metcalf
Joe & Judy Moody
Clayton & Odessa Lang Ofstad Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
Leslie Pfriem
Regnier Family Foundation
J.B. Reynolds Foundation
Constance J. Roeder
Victor E. and Caroline E. Schutte Foundation
John W. & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust
The Sunderland Foundation

$10,000+

Anonymous
John & Ellen Aisenbrey
Bud & Jennifer Bacon
Dan & Nancy Blackwell
H & R Block Foundation
Joe Blount
Abe & Anna Bograd Charitable Trust
David & Cathi Brain
Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder
Curtis and Lillian Cooper
Cunningham Family Fund
Feathercatcher Fund
Lawrence & Sherrill Ferree
James & Rebecca Graham

Kelly & Robyn Hart
R.C. Kemper Charitable Trust and Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
Edward & Ann Matheny
Virginia Merrill
Lewis Nerman & Susan Seidler-Nerman
Craig & Anne Patterson
Betsy Piebenga
Margaret A. Redmond
Walter & Gayle Richardson
George & Linda Robbins
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts
Stueck Family Foundation
Thomas & Sally Wood Family Foundation

$5,000+

Anonymous
Janet Agron
John & Renee Arnett
Ivan and Karla Batlle
The George K. Baum Family Foundation
Brad Bradley & Robbie Harding
The Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation
Carl & Mary Buchman
Country Club Bank
Larry Davis & P.J. Quell
Thomas & Lauren Dowling
Susie Evans
Sandra Eveloff
Carolyn Gentile
Gregory Gibson & Tania Van Dyk
Ron & Susan Goldsmith
Greg Hall & Judith Sims
Health Forward Foundation
Rocky & Susan Horowitz
Dennis & Carol Hudson Family Foundation
Sue Hunter
Roger & Sandra Jackson
Jewish Community Foundation of Kansas City
Ford & Christine Maurer
Tom & Jean McDonnell

Larry & Priscilla McKeaigg
Diana & Tim Moormeier
Steve & Marianne Noll
Daniel & Wanda O’Dell
Janice Pearson
Nancy Peterson
Edith Pulscak
Michael & Usha Rafferty
Anne Henry Ralls & Richard D. Ralls
Terry & Susie Reardon
Celeste & Brian Roggy
Terry Rusconi
Alice Scott
Alvin J. Schneider
Steven & Teresa Schulte
Michael & Mary Sparks
Sandra Steelman
Rao & Nalini Tella
Kathleen Vedder
Todd & Emily Voth
Richard Wallace
Lawrence Ward
Jim & Sarah Weitzel
Russ & Debbie Welsh
Byron and Sandy Whitaker
Kimberly & Ryan Wilkerson

$2,500+

Anonymous
John & Dena Adams
Patricia Andrews
Danny Baker & Michelle Cone
Ronald Banhart & Bonnie Taylor
Bruce & Gerry Barker
Carol & Patrick Bartko
Bob Batterson & Todd Green
James and Susan Beanland
Terry Besser
Richard Bettinger
Walter & Pam Blood
Ellen Brand & Darwin Rold
James and Catherine Brazeal
Lanny D. Brewer
Gary & Kathryn Bussing
Conan Castle
Ann Canfield & Stanley Bushman
Rachel & Kevin Chevalier
Robert Cody
Jim Cooney
Constance M. Cooper Charitable Fund
Gene & Joy Cota
Jill & Bill Coughlin
Beverly Cunningham
Kenneth & Dee Davis
Larry Dieker
Jacqueline Dunbar
Bill & Madeline Engelbrecht
Jerome & Rayla Erding
Dick & Sue Ann Fagerberg
Joerg Finger
Kathleen Fliehler
Cynthia & David Frensley
Charles & Sharon Gaynor
Bettina & Robert Groh
Don & Linda Harkins
Janet Hoffman & Kenneth McGregor
Joan Horan
Duane Huizenga
Kendall & Sharen Hunt
MaryLou James

Glenn & Sheila Jones
Mike & Jerilyn Jones 
Gordon Kauffman
Lee Ketzel
Billie Kingsolver
Judy Kirk 
Bill & Regina Kort
Kliff & Sherry Kuehl
Margaret LaMothe
Sandra A. J. Lawrence and Willie E. Lawrence, Jr., M.D.
Linda Marcusen
Duane McDonald - in memory of Ben J. Davis
Marti & C. Patrick McLarney
Barbara McMahon & Dennis Varble
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Betty & Jim Miller
John & Ellen Miller
Susan Morgenthaler
Martha Moroney
Barbara Koval Nelson
Fred & Paula Neuer
Carolyn O'Malley
Karen Orrill
Allan & Debra Parmet
Kirk & Rita Putman
Jane Ratcliffe Coakley
Priscilla Reckling
Kim Michelle Sayles
Kenneth & Roswitha Schaffer
Jerome & Marilyn Schieder
Mike & Margie Sheppard
Susanne Shutz
Fred & Sharon Simpson
Kathleen Starr & Paul Tymosko
George Terbovich
Curt Thomas & Pete Sunderman
Mark & Amy Thompson
James & Rebecca Tilden
Patrick & Kathy Townsend
Randy & Jona Vance
Tom & Karenbeth Zacharias

$1,000+

Anonymous
Joan and Earl Adam
Sam and Carol Adams
Maryanna Adelman
David & Lynda Fay Alderman
Richard G. Alexander
James Amato
Kelly Lynn Anders
John & Cathy Anderson
Ray & Kimberly Ansari
Don & Rebecca Aripoli
Suzanne Aron & Joseph Levin
Linda Bailey
Phil & Ruth Bain
Balocca-Clemens Family Fund
Gail & John Balling
Greg & Jan Barger
Jack & Carolyn Baumgartner
Nancy Simons Bean
Kathleen & Robert Bender
Gary & Kay Bennett
Nancy Bethke
Daniel Beyer, In memory of Henry Beyer
John Beyer
Larry & Patricia Bishop
Daphne Bitters
Lynn Blixrud & Doug Kallenberger
Jay & Mary Bodney
Sallyann Boline
Mark Box
Barrett & Cheryl Brady
Marguerite Braun
Patricia Brooks
Douglas Brothers
Dick & Mary Loy Brown
Jack & Sharon Brunjes
James Budnick
Barbara Buehrer
Gerry & Judith Bukowski
Derek Butler & Stacy Rhodes Butler
Joyce Callahan
John and Largo Callenbach
Suzi Cammon
Daniel & Susan Carlson
Richard W. Carlson and Rebecca N. Gaughan
Fred Chael
Cynthia Chandler
Barbara Chaplin
Gay Clemenson
Donna Gould Cohen
John & Janette Coil
Bernice Cole Kramer
Andrew Collinsworth
Paul & Bunni Copaken
Mildred Copeland
Catherine Corral
Thomas Coulter
Glenn Courtney
Bruce Culley & Linda Larkins
Tom & Janet Curtis
Marty & Teal Dakan
James & Janet Daley
Doug Danforth & Coyla Lockhart
Lydia Davis
Jennifer Day
Sarah Derks & Thomas Teller
Francisco & Mary Larson Diaz
Tracie Dittemore
David and Kathy Dowell
Jill & Harold Draper
Karen Dummermuth
James & Sue Duncan
Terry & Peggy Dunn
Sue D. Durrett
Mary & George Edwards
Ron Einbender & Dr. Ann Smith
Raymond & Nancy Elder
James & Janet Elkan
Bonnie Ellington
Shirley & Rex English
William Federhofer
Carol & W.A. Feiock
Greg Field & Maryfrances Wagner
Joseph Finch
Richard and Linda Finger
Marjorie Finley
John Flaherty & Marnie Hammer
Gary Foutch & Gaye McCarty Stevick
Paula Frankel
SuEllen Fried
Bernie Fromm
Jane Garrison
Judith Lee & Wesley Geer
Wayne and Sue Giles
Frederic & Carolyn Gilhousen
David & Harriett Goettel
Elliott & Linda Goldstein
Sharon Goldstein
Barbara Goodrick
Vicki & Michael Graft
Gary & Lorraine Green
John & Carolin Green
Mary Grimes
Allen & Gail Gutovitz
Megan Haave
Kenneth & Marilyn Hager
Allan & Carol Hallquist
Denise Hamm
Ronald & Theresa Hammond
Pamela Hancock
Sandra & Gerald Handley
Jane Harrell
Roger & Jana Harrison
Hartley Family Foundation
Charlotte R. Hatfield, Ph.D.
Raymond & Kristen Hawley
Timothy and Susan Hayden
Liza Healey & Richard Ward
Susie & Spence Heddens
Jerry Heidrick
George Helmkamp
Barnett & Shirley Helzberg
Katrina & Thomas Henke
William & Irma Lou Hirsch
Brent & Bonnie Hodges
Marc & Nina Hollabaugh
Ralph & Elizabeth Holliday
Kathleen & Richard Honan
Steve & Natalie Howell
Sharon Hudson
Scott & Molly Hughes
Connie Hull
David Hustead & Maureen Purcell
Steven Irwin
Joe & Corliss Jacobs
Robert & Sheryl Jacobs
William & Alicia Jennings
Cheryl Jernigan
Jan Johnson
Kay Johnson & Bill Koenigsdorf
Patricia & Arlen Johnson
Michael & Jill Johnston
Courtney & Peggy Jones
V.A. Jones
Robert Josephs & Mary Ellen Holt
Carolyn Kadel & Charles Bishop
James & Lydia Kanki
Ellen Karp
Matt & Lori Keenan
Jonathan & Nancy Lee Kemper
Allan King
Kathleen King-Masten & Randy Masten
Mike & Julie Kirk
Barb Kirkegaard
Jeff Kirkland
Alice Kitchen
Michael Knotts
Gary & Susan Knudsen
Burton & Sandra Koelkebeck
John & Carol Kornitzer
Graham Kreicker
Anne Kyle
J. Richard Lake
Fred & Karen Lambert

 

Marke & Laura Lane
Lloyd & Lucinda Lazarus
Calvin & Ann Lentz
Linda Lenza
William & Dee Leon
Marie Lerner-Sexton & Paul Sexton
Sharon Lewis
Georgia Loescherjunge
Loretta Loftus
Janet Long
Ida Mae Long
Mervin & Anita Lund
Bill & Peggy Lyons
Roger & Kayla Maalouf
Bob and Meg Maffitt
Jo Ann Markham
Dale & Carol McCaslin
William & Ann McCort
Alan McDermott
Gary McGhee & Willetta Willis-McGhee
Sandra McLarney
Margaret McLaughlin
Donald & Judy Meier
Barbara Bangiola Messner Family Fund
Mid-West Terminal Warehouse Company
Jerry & Dana Miller
Marshall V. Miller
Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings
Stanley & Dona Miller
Fred & Linda Mitchell
Renita Mollman
Dr. Linda L. Moore
Martin Moore and Durand Reiber
Celine & William Moran
Lola Muller
Ramon & Sally Murguia
Beverly Murray
Kala Musick
Jay & Kathy Nadlman
Sue Nasse
Edward & Carol Nazar
Linda Neal
Marcy Nelson
Pamela Nicklaus and Steve Simpson
Dara Nielsen-Bock Trust
Richard Nixon
Lee Norman
Mark Nottestad & Joan Gaby
Kay Novak
William Oakes
O'Dell Nelson Family Foundation
Michael & Marci O'Grady
Carla & Danny O'Neill
Dennis and Tamia O'Rourke
Linda Overton
Marvin & Joann Ozley
Martha Gayle Packer
Nancy Panzer-Howell
John & Susan Parker
Mark Patterson
Pat & Mary Peebles
Charles and Pamela Peffer
Margaret & W Keith Pence
Vivian Pendergrass
Janice & Mike Perkins
Michael & Charlotte Perry
Micah & Ali Pescetto
Carolyn Phelps
Carolyn Pitts
Ted & Kate Place
James Polsinelli
Jane & Ellis Potter
Shirley Pryor
Donald and Pamela Raffurty
Willard & Diane Ransom
Ann Redmond
Reene Family
Philip & Nancy Reicher
Todd & Carrie Reiser
Elaine Riggs
Dennis & Palle Rilinger
Terry Rinehart
Barbara Roberts-Poole
Roy & Sylvia Robinson
Leonard & Julie Rodman
Jeffrey and Rosina Root
William Rotert
Eric and Rachel Runde
Lucy Rupf & Alan J. Feldmeier
Leni Salkind
Sharon Sanders
Peggy Schmitt
Stephen Schneider
Gloria Schoolman
John Schwartz & Anne Drake
Robert & Martha Schwegler
Gil & Mylinda Scott
William and Claudia Sell
Bette and John Sellars
Jacquelyn Settlage
Stan & Tommye Sexton
Steph Shannon
Stuart & Julie Shaw
John & Marny Sherman
Collin Shutz
Cyprienne Simchowitz & Jerry White
Gary & Leta Simoneau
Frank Slovick & Susan Mou
Scott & Kathy Smith
Shaina Smith and Ashley Cunningham
Craig J. Sole
Dean & Carolyn Sommerfeld
Meyer & Mindy Sosland
Susan Stanton
Robert & Lynne Stark
Leslie & Greg Stelzer
Denis & Judy Stewart
Philip & Mary Stowe
Bradley & Cynthia Strecker
Stephen and Mary Stringer
Craig Sutherland
Sven & Julie Sykes
William & Marilyn Taylor
Ann Victoria Thomas
Barbara Thomas
Wayne & Melanie Thompson
Don & Cathy Thomson
Dr. John Thomson
Dennis & Marcia Tighe
Dan & Kathy Tilson
Michael & Elinor Tourtellot
David & Rita Tripp
Tim & Betsy Triplett
Dale & Vickie Trott
Dan Troutz, In memory of Trish Hughes
Renita Ubel
Brian Unger
Mary & Russ Vandekauter
Colleen Van Nostram
Barbara Van Vleck
Kristi Veitch
Nancy Viets
Mark and Mary Virden
Tim & Wanita Walker
Phyllis Washington
Barbara & James Weaver
Judith & William Webb
Christie & Gerald White
Jim & Val Whiteman
Michael E. Whitsitt
Janet Williams
John & Mary Sue Williams
Michelle Williams
Stephen & Marta Williamson
Ronald & Suan Wilson
Nan Wilson
Russell & Claire Wilson
Judith Wonn
Tom & Patty Wood
Dick & Mary Linna Woods
Stan and Nancy Woodworth
Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation
Gerald Zobel
 

For more information, please contact Erin Gingrich-Gaylord, Major Donor and Legacy Gift Manager, at 816-398-4214 or join online.