2009 Annual Dinner Sponsors

Tribute Sponsor $35,000

  • Saint Luke's Hospital-Kansas City

Presenting Sponsors $25,000

  • Hallmark Cards, Inc
  • Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
  • Purdue Pharma, LP
  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 

Visionary $15,000

  • Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics

Sustainer $10,000

  • Joan and Bert Berkley
  • DST Systems
  • Heartland Health
  • Polsinelli Shughart PC
  • Charles R. Wall 

Stakeholder $5,000

  • Bryan Cave, LLP
  • Laura and David Hall
  • HCA Midwest Health System
  • Ellen and Irv Hockaday
  • John Knox Village
  • Jeanette Nichols
  • Spencer Fane Britt& Browne, L.L.P.
  • Stifel, Nicolaus/Brooke Private Equity
  • Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, LLP
  • Teva Neuroscience
  • United HealthGroup 

Pioneer $3,500

  • Anonymous
  • Bank of America
  • Country Club Bank
  • Adele and Don Hall
  • KU Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine/KU Endowment Association
  • Shawnee Mission Medical Center
  • Linda and Terry Ward

Partner $2,500

  • Marcia and Eliot Berkley
  • Drs. Barbara and Rene Bollier
  • Cerner Corporation
  • Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
  • KC Impact Fund and LINC
  • Shirley and Fred Pryor
  • University of Kansas Medical Center

Founder $2,250

  • Kansas City Cancer Center
  • Midwest Research Institute
  • Dianne Shumaker Family

Convener $1,750

  • Drs. Jacquelyn and Robert Belt
  • Centerpoint Medical Center
  • BK Christopher
  • Myra and Truman Christopher
  • Commerce Bank
  • Martha Davis and Jay McMillen, MD
  • Draw the Line Advertising and Design
  • Helen and David Emmott
  • Global Prairie Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Betty and Bob Goolsbee, MD
  • Humanitas Global Development
  • Amy McAnarney Hunt & Sean Hogan Party
  • Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care
  • KC4 Aging in Community
  • KPMG LLP
  • Lathrop & Gage LC
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital 
  • Lee's Summit Medical Center Medical Staff
  • Mary Kay McPhee and Bill Pfeiffer 
  • Metro Med/NHCA
  • Pain Source Solutions-Drs. Griffith and Clinefelter 
  • Providence Medical Center
  • Norman Rotert
  • Saint Luke's Hospital Foundation
  • Saint Luke's Pain Management Clinic
  • Shawnee Mission Medical Center Medical Staff 
  • Sirridge Office of Humanities and Bioethics
  • SJP Associates-Drs. Morgan, Johnson and Brown
  • Cindy and Nick Spaeth
  • St. Francis Health Center 
  • St. Joseph Medical Center and Medical Staff
  • Ed Stevens
  • Stormont Vail Healthcare
  • Swope Health Services
  • Sunflower Neonatology Associates
  • The University of Kansas Hospital 
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City Office of Community and Public Affairs and the School of Medicine
  • William Jewell College
  • Women's Public Service Network
  • Sen. David and the Wyson Foundation 
  • Student guests of Barbara and John Yeast, MD

Patron $500

  • Bartimus Frickleton Robertson & Gorny celebrate students
  • Patricia and Ron Benjamin
  • Joan Dolan Biblo
  • Dunn Family Foundation
  • Ann & Bill Howie
  • Mary and John Hunkeler, MD
  • Robert P. Lyons
  • Barbara Marshall
  • Merrill Lynch Matching Gift Program
  • Steve Metzler
  • Susan and Steve Miller
  • Cathy and Ron Neville
  • Paula and Clay Porsch
  • Research Medical Center
  • Jane and Larry Rues, MD
  • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Jim and Phyllis Steer, MD
  • Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP
  • John Toren
  • Hans W. Uffelmann
  • Alyson Williams-Cheung

Community Salute 

  • Suzanne Allen
  • Sandra Aust
  • Angela L. Birdwell
  • Peg and John Borden
  • Shawsie Branton
  • Rachel Brown
  • Largo and John Callenbach
  • Marge and Russell Creason
  • Barry Daneman
  • Drs. Gerald Early and Shauna Roberts
  • Maria Fox
  • SuEllen and Harvey Fried
  • Gift of Life
  • Anita Gorman
  • Jean McGreevy Green
  • Mamie Hughes
  • Joan Hunt
  • Dick Jungck
  • Audrey and Asher Longworthy
  • Jane and Jim Levitt
  • Liberty Hospital
  • Kate Marshall
  • McCormick & Fracassa, PC
  • Mary Ann Meeks
  • Midwest Transplant Network
  • Bernadette and Dick Miller
  • Diane Mora
  • Elaine and Norman Polsky
  • Linda and George Parkins, MD
  • Bonnie Peterson
  • Lewis Popper
  • CiCi Rojas
  • Charles Romero
  • Charlie Sabatino
  • Bridgett Shirley and Mike Sancho
  • Donna and Dennis Sosna
  • Susan Stanton
  • Brent Stewart, Sr.
  • Cathy Taylor
  • Helen and Frank Wewers

Sponsors

A very special thank you to:

  • Joan Berkley, Board Liaison
  • Barbara Bollier, Center Volunteer
  • Draw the Line Advertising and Design
  • Helzberg Diamonds "Moments that Sparkle"
  • Center Intern Coordinators: Caitlin Belt, Anne Marie Bollier, Lauren Douville
  • Shawnee Mission Northwest Jazz Combo
  • T2-Take Two Productions
  • Wheeler Audio
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