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Kansas City PBS Producers Society Member Spotlight

Kansas City PBS Producers Society

Become a valued member of Kansas City PBS and help us uphold the belief that a vibrant city deserves exceptional public television. By joining our ranks as a part of the Producers Society as a Visionary Producer, Directing Producer, Leadership Producer, Executive Producer, or Producer, your individual contribution plays a crucial role in ensuring that trusted journalism, vital educational content, and rich cultural storytelling remain accessible to all. Together, we make a meaningful difference in our community and beyond.

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS

Membership Levels and Benefits

Patrons 
$1,000 – $2,499

  • Recognition on the Kansas City PBS website and on-air
  • Exclusive invitations to private events, including member events, VIP seating (as applicable) behind-the-scenes gatherings with PBS personalities, producers, and station leadership
  • Bi-monthly insider updates from our CEO on station initiatives and upcoming projects
  • Personalized station tour for you, your family and friends
  • Access to Kansas City PBS Passport for extended on-demand viewing of PBS programs

Benefactors 
$2,500 to $9,999

All benefits of Producers, plus:

  • VIP access to special partner events and premiere screenings
  • Dedicated Station Liaison to assist with any questions and keep you informed of your philanthropic impact

Leaders 
$10,000 to $24,999

All benefits of Executive Producers, plus:

  • Exclusive invitations to intimate gatherings over coffee, breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Champions 
$25,000 to $49,999

All benefits of Leadership Producers plus:

  • Direct giving to a personal passion or program area at Kansas City PBS supporting Content Excellence

Visionaries 
$50,000+

All the benefits of Directing Producers plus:

  • CEO portfolio

Questions?

Our team is here to help answer any questions you have and to assist you with your needs.

Giving through your Donor Advised Fund or IRA/QCD? 
 

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

Education and Kansas City PBS

Producers Society members speak to the value of supporting educational and children’s programming on Kansas City PBS.

Supporting Kansas City PBS

Producers Society members on the importance of community support for Kansas City PBS.

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John and Carolin Green, KCPBS Members Since 2005 and Legacy Society members

What drove you to make your first donation to the station?
We began donating to PBS for all the educational and entertainment programming provided. We have always been outdoor/gardening, DYI, and travel enthusiasts. PBS provides programming that fits our interests.

We chose through our estate plan to continue donating as Legacy members because we want to help ensure this type of quality programming continues for future generations.

What is a favorite PBS memory?
As we looked back and started reminiscing over the past 20 years of PBS shows, it’s really remarkable all the good memories and enjoyable programs we’ve experienced! PBS is our primary go to channel for TV entertainment.

Favorite programs: 
Ken Burns Documentaries, Week in Review, PBS NewsHour, Downton Abbey and many more.

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.

Visionaries $50,000+

Anonymous
Carl & Mary Buchman
Dave & Jamie Cummings
Jo Anna Dale
Francis Family Foundation
Health Forward Foundation
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Clayton & Odessa Lang Ofstad Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
Leslie Pfriem

Champions $25,000+

Web & Tracy Bixby
Lorry Chapman & Nancy Patchak
Bradley & Linda Finkle Foundation
Gattermeir Family Foundation
R. C. Kemper Charitable Trust - UMB Bank, Trustee
Cecelia Ismert Kissick Family, in memory of Jim Kissick
Dennis Marker & Susan Lordi Marker
Joe & Judy Moody
Allan & Debra Parmet
Regnier Family Foundation
J.B. Reynolds Foundation
John W. & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust
Mary & Russell Vandekauter
Nancy Viets

Leaders $10,000+

John & Ellen Aisenbrey
Anonymous (3)
Bud & Jennifer Bacon
Dan & Nancy Blackwell
Joe Blount
David & Cathi Brain
Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder
Karen & Stephen Clegg
Curtis and Lillian Cooper
Dr. Perry and Mrs. Kathryn Culver
Gregory Gille
James & Rebecca Graham
Kelly & Robyn Hart
Fred & Lou Hartwig Family Fund
Michael and Marlys Haverty
Rocky & Susan Horowitz
Dennis & Carol Hudson Family Foundation
Michael & Jill Johnston

Edward & Ann Matheny
Tom & Jean McDonnell
Virginia Merrill
Sondra Sue Metcalf, in memory of Sharon Kay Metcalf
Lewis Nerman & Susan Seidler-Nerman
Carla & Danny O'Neill
Craig & Anne Patterson
Betsy Piebenga
Michael & Usha Rafferty
Terry & Susie Reardon
Priscilla Reckling
Margaret Redmond
Walter & Gayle Richardson
George & Linda Robbins
Sandra Steelman
Stueck Family Foundation
Thomas & Sally Wood Family Foundation

Benefactors $2,500+

John & Dena Adams
Sam and Carol Adams
Janet Agron
Patricia Andrews
John & Renee Arnett
Sandra Atkins
Anonymous (20)
Danny Baker & Michelle Cone
Alan and Judi Barkema
Bruce & Gerry Barker
Carol & Patrick Bartko
Ivan & Karla Batlle
Bob Batterson & Todd Green
George K. Baum Family Foundation
Jack & Carol Baumgartner
James and Susan Beanland
Terry Besser
Lynn Blixrud & Doug Kallenberger
Walter & Pam Blood
Gwendolyn Boone
Brad Bradley & Robbie Harding
Ellen Brand & Darwin Rold
James and Catherine Brazeal
The Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation
Lanny D. Brewer
Pete B. Browne & Julie Walker Browne
Gerry & Judith Bukowski
Ann Canfield & Stanley Bushman
Gary & Kathryn Bussing
Conan Castle
Rachel & Kevin Chevalier
Jane Ratcliffe Coakley
John & Janette Coil
Janice Colt & Gary Jenkins
Gene & Joy Cota
Jill & Bill Coughlin
Country Club Bank
Bruce Culley & Linda Larkins
Beverly Cunningham
Kenneth & Dee Davis
Larry Davis & P.J. Quell
Larry Dieker
Kathleen and Michael Dodd
Jacqueline Dunbar
Brad and Karen Ellis
Bill & Madeline Engelbrecht
Jerome & Rayla Erding
Sandra Eveloff
Dick & Sue Ann Fagerberg
Lawrence & Sherrill Ferree
Joerg Finger
Kathleen Fliehler
Gary Foutch & Gaye McCarty Stevick
David and Janis Francis
Cynthia & David Frensley
Charles & Sharon Gaynor
Sandy and Steve Geduldig
Carolyn Gentile
Cathy Goering
Bettina & Robert Groh
Haas & Wilkerson Insurance
Greg Hall & Judy Sims
Allan & Carol Hallquist
Jim & Sharon Hannah
Don & Linda Harkins
John & Gale Haslam
Katrina & Thomas Henke
Barbara Hoffman
Janet Hoffman & Kenneth McGregor
Joan Horan
Pegge Hudgins
Sharon Hudson
Duane Huizenga
The Human Fund
Kendall & Sharen Hunt
Sue Hunter
Roger & Sandra Jackson
MaryLou James
Jewish Community Foundation of Kansas City 
Arlen & Patricia Johnson

Glenn & Sheila Jones
Mike & Jerilyn Jones 
Nancy Kain
Jonathan & Nancy Lee Kemper
Kathleen King-Masten & Randy Masten
Billie Kingsolver
Bill & Regina Kort
Charlotte Kullman
Margaret LaMothe
Sandra A. J. Lawrence and Willie E. Lawrence, Jr., M.D.
Georgia Loescher-Junge
Mervin & Anita Lund
Linda Marcusen
Michele Markham
Thomas & Adriana Mathews
Ford & Christine Maurer
Dale & Carol McCaslin
Bill & Ann McCort
Duane McDonald
Larry & Priscilla McKeaigg
Marti & C. Patrick McLarney
Barbara McMahon & Dennis Varble
Dwight Medbery
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Betty & Jim Miller
John & Ellen Miller
Diana and Tim Moormeier
Susan Morgenthaler
Martha Moroney
Linda Neal
Barbara Koval Nelson
Fred & Paula Neuer
Steve & Marianne Noll
Daniel & Wanda O'Dell
Carolyn O'Malley
Karen Orrill
Nancy Panzer-Howell
Janice Pearson
Pat & Mary Peebles
Vivian Pendergrass
Nancy Peterson
Carolyn Phelps
Edith Pulsak
Kirk & Rita Putman
Richard D. Ralls & Anne Henry Ralls
Philip & Nancy Reicher
Kathleen & Mike Riordan
Celeste & Brian Roggy
Terry Rusconi
Leni Salkind
Kim Sayles
Steven & Teresa Schulte
Alice Scott
Randell Sedlacek & Mary Ventura
Mike & Margie Sheppard
Susanne Shutz
Fred & Sharon Simpson
Charlie & Jeanne Sosland
Mary & Michael Sparks
Susan Stanton
Kathleen Starr & Paul Tymosko
Michele & Jim Stowers
Stephen and Mary Stringer
Bonnie Taylor & Ron Barnhart
Curt Thomas & Pete Sunderman
Mark & Amy Thompson
James & Rebecca Tilden
Patrick & Kathy Townsend
Tim & Betsy Triplett
Tania Van Dyk & Greg Gibson
Randy & Jona Vance
Kathleen Vedder
Todd & Emily Voth
Tim & Wanita Walker
Richard Wallace
Lawrence H. Ward
William & Judith Webb
Sarah & Jim Weitzel
Russ & Debbie Welsh
Michael E. Whitsitt
Tom & Karenbeth Zacharias

Patrons $1,000+

Jim Abel
Joan and Earl Adam
Maryanna Adelman
David & Lynda Fay Alderman
Richard G. Alexander
Patti Allison and Michael A. Byrd
Mithra Amaran
James Amato
Kelly Lynn Anders
John & Cathy Anderson
Anonymous (155)
Ray & Kimberly Ansari
Don & Rebecca Aripoli
Suzanne Aron & Joseph Levin
Laurie and Trent Austin
Linda Bailey
Phil & Ruth Bain
Gail & John Balling
Balocca-Clemens Family Fund
Greg & Jan Barger
Alan Baudler
Keith Baum and Elizabeth Phillips
Jack & Carolyn Baumgartner
Nancy Simons Bean
Edward & Linda Balzano
Kathleen & Robert Bender
Gary & Kay Bennett
Nancy Bethke
Daniel Beyer, In memory of Henry Beyer
John Beyer
Ann Bingham
Larry & Patricia Bishop
Daphne Bitters
Jerry and Dorthi Blair
Michael and Mary Beth Blake
Elizabeth Blass
Jay & Mary Bodney
Mark Box
Stan and Carolyn Boyd
Barrett & Cheryl Brady
Marguerite Braun
Vicki Bronson
Patricia Brooks
Douglas Brothers
Dick & Mary Loy Brown
Jack & Sharon Brunjes
James Budnick
Barbara Buehrer
Deanna and Jeff Burns
Jim & Nancy Caccamo
Joyce Callahan
John and Largo Callenbach
Suzi Cammon
Kate Capps
Daniel & Susan Carlson
Kirk Carpenter
Cynthia Chandler
Barbara Chaplin
Gay Clemenson
Robert Cody
Donna Gould Cohen
Andrew Collinsworth
Mike Congdon
Jeffrey Cooper
Paul & Bunni Copaken
Mildred Copeland
Mindy Corporon
Catherine Corral
Thomas Coulter
Glenn Courtney
Scott Cozad and Shavonne Danner
Una Creditor
Heather & Jerry Curry
Robert Curtis & Mary Burwell-Curtis
Tom & Janet Curtis
Marty & Teal Dakan
James & Janet Daley
Ray & Joan Daniels
Renee David & David Martin
Lydia Davis
Jennifer Day
Sarah Derks & Thomas Teller
Francisco & Mary Larson Diaz
Donald Dick
Tracie Dittemore
David and Kathy Dowell
Thomas & Lauren Dowling
Jill & Harold Draper
Karen Dummermuth
James & Sue Duncan
Terry & Peggy Dunn
Donald Dunning
Sue D. Durrett
Mark & Linda Eagleton
Mary & George Edwards
Melissa Eichman
Ron Einbender & Dr. Ann Smith
Raymond & Nancy Elder
James & Janet Elkan
Shirley & Rex English
Judith Epstein
Victoria H. Erickson
Laura & David Evans
Susie Evans
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
William Federhofer
Carol & W.A. Feiock
Ellen Feldhausen
Susan Fershee
Greg Field & Maryfrances Wagner
Linn and Luanne Field
Kenneth & Virginia Filardo
Joseph Finch
Richard and Linda Finger
Marjorie Finley
John Flaherty & Marnie Hammer
Ryan Flynn
Paula Frankel
SuEllen Fried
Bernie Fromm
Carolyn and David Fulk
Laura Turner Gage
Norene Gaines & Kama Truschke
Jane Garrison
Gerry & Kendra Garwood
Shirley Gaufin & Tim Jackson
Judith Lee & Wesley Geer
Margy & Gregg Gehrig
Wayne and Sue Giles
Frederic & Carolyn Gilhousen
David & Harriett Goettel
Ron & Susan Goldsmith
Elliott & Linda Goldstein
Barbara Goodrick
Benson & Billie Jo Gowler
Laura Lee Grace
Vicki & Michael Graft
Mark & Kim Grebe
Eileen Grebowiec
Gary & Lorraine Green
John & Carolin Green
Mary Grimes
Allen & Gail Gutovitz
Megan Haave
Kenneth & Marilyn Hager
Jenny Haile
Miles and Fran Hale
Denise Hamm
Ronald & Theresa Hammond
Pamela Hancock
Sandra & Gerald Handley
Dennis & Laura Harber
Gerald and Wendy Hardy
Jane Harrell
Roger & Jana Harrison
Robert W. & Margaret E. Hart Trust
Charlotte R. Hatfield, Ph.D.
Stephen Hawkins
Raymond & Kristen Hawley
Belinda Hayden and Steven Nelson
Tim and Susan Hayden
Liza Healey & Richard Ward
Susie & Spence Heddens
Jerry Heidrick
George Helmkamp
Barnett & Shirley Helzberg
Richard and Cinda Hibschman
Jonathan & Allyson Hile
Dr. Gregory Hill
William & Irma Lou Hirsch
Brent & Bonnie Hodges
Joyce & Harold Hodges
Dianne & Dan Hogerty
Marc & Nina Hollabaugh
Ralph & Elizabeth Holliday
Carol Holtgraves
Kathleen & Richard Honan
Patricia Hoover
The Howe Stein Fund Family
Steve & Natalie Howell
Scott & Molly Hughes
Connie Hull
David Hustead & Maureen Purcell
Steven Irwin
Joe & Corliss Jacobs
Robert & Sheryl Jacobs
Jean Janecek
William & Alicia Jennings
Cheryl Jernigan
Arlen & Patricia Johnson
Bernie and Susan Johnston
Judy Klapmeyer
Delores & Bob Knott
Kay Johnson & Bill Koenigsdorf
Jan Johnson
Courtney & Peggy Jones
V.A. Jones
Robert Josephs & Mary Ellen Holt
Carolyn Kadel & Charles Bishop
Carol Kane
James & Lydia Kanki
Pam & Bill Kanter
Ellen Karp
Gordon Kauffman
Bruce & Janet Kauk
Frederick and Joyce Keenan
Joyce Kemp
Allan King
Drew & Carol Kingery
Mike & Julie Kirk
Jeff Kirkland
Alice Kitchen
Judy Klapmeyer
Lynn & Richard Klein
William & Patsy Klontz
Michael Knotts
Burton & Sandra Koelkebeck
John & Carol Kornitzer
The Bernice Cole Kramer Family
Robb Krumlauf and Leanne Wiedemann 
Kliff & Sherry Kuehl
David Kuehn
Anne Kyle
J. Richard Lake
Fred & Karen Lambert

 

Marke & Laura Lane
Steven and Louise Laster
Lloyd & Lucinda Lazarus
Scott and Louise Lee 
Mary and John Lehoczky
Linda Lenza
William & Dee Leon
Marie Lerner-Sexton & Paul Sexton
Sharon Lewis
Marie-Alice L'Heureux & Rex Powell
David and Janet Loftus
Loretta Loftus
Janet Long
Ida Mae Long
Beth and Neal Lurz
Bill & Peggy Lyons
Diana Lytle
Roger & Kayla Maalouf
Robin & John Maiale
Meg Winslow Maffitt
Jo Ann Markham
Wayne & Pat Mathews
Holly McCoy & Michael Fallis
Alan McDermott
Gary McGhee & Willetta Willis-McGhee
Sandra McLarney
Margaret McLaughlin
Donald & Judy Meier
Sharon & Michael Milens
Dana & Jerry Miller
Joan and John Miller
Marshall V. Miller
Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings
Fred & Linda Mitchell
Dr. Linda L. Moore
Martin Moore and Durand Reiber
Celine & William Moran
Morgan Family Foundation
Rod & Blair Morris
Karen Moyer
Jhulan and Jyoti Mukharji
Lola Muller
Ramon & Sally Murguia
Beverly Murray
Kala Musick
Jay & Kathy Nadlman
Sue Nasse
Edward & Carol Nazar
Marcy Nelson
Steven and Barbara Nettles
Richard Nixon
Rich Nolf
Lee Norman
Mark Nottestad & Joan Gaby
Kay Novak
Charles Novogradac & Deborah Milks
William Oakes
O'Dell Nelson Family Foundation
Michael & Marci O'Grady
Dr. Carole Freiberger O'Keefe & Dr. Patrick O'Keefe
Dennis and Tamia O'Rourke
Dr. Deborah Osborne and Capt. Michael Montgomery
Mary Beth & Maurice O'Sullivan
Linda Overton
Marvin & Joann Ozley
Joyce & Dee Pack
Martha Gayle Packer
Major & Judy Park
John & Susan Parker
Mark E. Patterson
Charles and Pamela Peffer
Margaret & W Keith Pence
Janice & Mike Perkins
Michael & Charlotte Perry
Micah & Ali Pescetto
Beverly Jean & Charles Peterson
Carolyn Pitts
James Polsinelli
Jane & Ellis Potter
Shirley Pryor
Kathie and Joe Quinn
Sheldon Quist
Donald and Pamela Raffurty
Willard & Diane Ransom
Ann Redmond
Sharon Reimal
Catherine Crichton-Reed & Ronald Reed
Reene Family
Vernon & Jan Reid
Todd & Carrie Reiser
Kris & Mick Rhodes
Elaine Riggs
Dennis & Palle Rilinger
Janet Roberts
Barbara Roberts-Poole
Roy & Sylvia Robinson
Dave & Lisa Rock
Leonard & Julie Rodman
Constance J. Roeder
Keith Rogers
Jeffrey and Rosina Root
William Rotert
Phyllis & Shel Roufa
Eric and Rachel Runde
Lucy Rupf & Alan J. Feldmeier
Lisa and Charles Schellhorn
Jerome & Marilyn Schieder
Peggy Schmitt
Alvin Schneider
Stephen Schneider
Gloria Schoolman
Dr. Keith & Dr. Judith Schwanz
John Schwartz & Anne Drake
Robert & Martha Schwegler
Tom Schwegler
Gil & Mylinda Scott
William and Claudia Sell
Bette and John Sellars
Jacquelyn Settlage
Stan & Tommye Sexton
Steph Shannon
Stuart & Julie Shaw
Catherine & Prakash Shenoy
John & Marny Sherman
Keith J. Shuttleworth
Collin Shutz
Pamela Siegert
Christine Sill-Rogers and Charles Rogers
Cyprienne Simchowitz & Jerry White
Gary & Leta Simoneau
Steve & Pamela Simpson
Frank Slovick & Susan Mou
Scott & Kathy Smith
Shaina Smith and Ashley Cunningham
Burton & Barbara Smoliar
Craig Sole
Dean & Carolyn Sommerfeld
Meyer & Mindy Sosland
Danielle and Hinrich Staecker
Robert & Lynne Stark
Dr. Jeffrey Statland
Anne Stauch
Leslie & Greg Stelzer
Mr. Jon Stephens
Linda S. Stevens
Denis & Judy Stewart
John and Annette Stoerman
Philip & Mary Stowe
Bradley & Cynthia Strecker
Suozzo Wealth Trust
Craig Sutherland
Sven & Julie Sykes
William & Marilyn Taylor
John Tepper
Samuel George Terbovich
Bradley and Roys Thedinger
Ann Victoria Thomas
Barbara Thomas
Dr. Marty Thomas 
Joyce & Wayne Thompson
Wayne & Melanie Thompson
Don & Cathy Thomson
Dr. John Thomson
Mark Thornhill & Maria Donigan
Dennis & Marcia Tighe
Dan & Kathy Tilson
Michael & Elinor Tourtellot
Ann Trask
David & Rita Tripp
Dale & Vickie Trott
Dan Troutz, In memory of Trish Hughes
Renita Ubel
Brian Unger
Colleen Van Nostram
Steve & Teresa Van Pelt
Barbara Van Vleck
Kristi Veitch
Mark and Mary Virden
Heather and Tom Vrabac
Carol Wall & Leslie Dickson
Victoria Ward
Curt & Shelley Wardlow
Barbara & James Weaver
James Weitzel
Kenneth and Annette Wertzberger
Steven Westermann
Christie & Gerald White
Jim & Val Whiteman
Janet Williams
John & Mary Sue Williams
Michelle Williams
Scott & Beverly Williamson
Ronald & Suan Wilson
Nan Wilson
Russell & Claire Wilson
Jeffrey and Deborah Winkel
Steve Winkey
Judith Wonn
Larry Wood
Marie Woodbury and Dan Claiborn
Dick & Mary Linna Woods
Stan and Nancy Woodworth
Karen Wulfkuhle
Patti & Dan Young
Rabbi Michael And Karen Zedek
Brad & Rebecca Ziegler
Gerald Zobel
 

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