APS MEMBERS

American Public Square at Jewell offers a Membership experience to anyone interested in rebuilding personal bonds and reweaving the fabric of communities. APS Members share a commitment to face society's most pressing issues, together.


Among the top perks of being an APS Member is access to the "Cocktails & Politics" event series, which blend cocktails and conversation with notable speakers at the center of the policies and politics of the day.

A highlight of these programs is below.

As the city quieted down after a day of Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebrations, APS Members and their guests gathered at 2000 Vine, a newly revitalized building in the heart of KC's historic 18th and Vine jazz district.

The headliner that evening was author Phil Allen, Jr. who shared insights from his book, "The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency." The book covers the importance of the use of the video camera as a tool for the security of Black lives and racial justice.

New APS Board Member, Dr. Rodney Smith, facilitated the conversation.

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Away from the heat of a Midwest August evening, APS Members gathered at KC's Boulevard Brewery for an evening with longtime APS friend and accomplished journalist, Margaret Talev.

Talev, a former White House correspondent for Bloomberg News and McClatchey Newspapers, and now Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship, shared her perspectives about the state of U.S. democracy, including insights into grassroots efforts to impact elections.

It was a return appearance for Talev who had last appeared at a 2020 Cocktails & Politics virtual event to speak on the media's role in the COVID-19 crisis.

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A chance meeting in Portugal led to the October "Cocktails & Politics" event with Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, a Republican governor who succeeded former Vice President Mike Pence when Pence departed his role in the White House.

When APS CEO, Allan Katz, met Governor Holcomb in Portugal, he immediately invited the governor to Kansas City using the lure of The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, a place the governor had expressed interest in seeing.

The mutually beneficial trip led to a wholly enjoyable evening of conversation with the governor who shared his perspective on how Washington might benefit from looking to the states for a guide to solving some of the nation’s biggest challenges.

New APS Board Member, Maggie Collins, facilitated the conversation.

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MEMBERS

Civility Champion

Mark and Mary Jorgenson

Allan Katz and Nancy Cohn

William and Stacy Pratt

Paul Russell and Beryl Raff

Bob and Ann Regnier

Sue Seidler Nerman and Lewis Nerman

John and Marny Sherman

Leslie Westbrook and Paolo Frigerio

Cyprienne Simchowitz and Jerry White

Corporate Members

ECCO Select

Hallmark Cards

Health Forward Foundation

JCCC Foundation

Lathrop GPM LLP

William Jewell College

Leadership Missouri 2.0, Missouri Chamber of Commerce

Movement Leader

Bud and Jennifer Bacon

Nancy Bean

Katherine DeBruce

Adam and LaVon Hamilton

Irvine and Ellen Hockaday

Allan King

Marli Klumb

Martina and Patrick McLarney

Lee Norman

Mary Piper

Rebecca and Jim Pruett

M. Jeannine Strandjord

Laura Welch and Mike Lundgren

David and Cynthia Westbrook

Patron

Bill and Denise Bade

Judi Barkema

Kay Barnes and Tom Van Dyke

Michelle Bartlett

Jonathan and Sarah Baum

Irvin Belzer and Sue McCord-Belzer

Claire and Denton Bishop

Peter and Julie Browne

Bunni and Paul Copaken

Shavonne Danner

Alan Edelman

Robert Hill

Katy Hull and Sam Mosher

Matthew Johnson

Tom and Marsha Jones

Dena Klein

Bill and Regina Kort

Frank Lipsman and Janet Mark

Beth Lombardi

Robert Reiman

Robin and Jeff Smith

Jeanne Steinberg

John and Barbara Yeast

Julian Zugazagoitia

Partner

Gary and DeAnn Abram

Harper and Rebecca Hall Coulson

Peggy and David Ekerdt

Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley

Catherine Stark-Corn

Herbert and Bonnie Buchbinder

Bridget Barry

William R. and Ann Blessing

Michael Brown

Tom Bruce, III

Patricia Burroughs-Bishop

Michelle Carson

Cindy and Jimmy Cheng

Tracy Cheng and Misha Marchenko

William and Jill Coughlin

Ira and Debra Cox

Cathy Daicoff

Elizabeth Darr

Partner (cont.)

Brad and Barbara Douglas

Gerard Eisterhold

Hannah Fenley

Ed and Sandi Fried

Betse Gage and William Chase

Nancy and Eddie Gilpin

Karen Glickstein

Gail Gottlieb

Jon Gray and Dr. Valerie Chow

Laura and David Hall

Casey Halsey

Marc Hammer, Alana Muller and Ian Hammer

Cathy and Joe Hiersteiner

Anthony and Barbara Hill

John and Sharon Hoffman

Karen Hughey

Larry Jacob

Kay Johnson and Bill Koenigsdorf

Cindy and Vince Johnston

Kurt and Stephanie Kavanaugh

Brad and Jane Kleindl

Rich Kowalewski

Mitchell Krasnopoler

Richard Lozoff

Andrew and Kelly Lightftoot

Cathy and Terry Matlack

Tricia and Josh Maxfield

Howard and Vicky Mayer

Matthew Moeder

Colleen Nelson

Lynne and Mark O'Connell

Donna Oberstein and Ace Allen

Kaylee Peile

Terrence and Mary Putney

Richard Randolph

Charlotte and Bob Ronan

Elizabeth Rush

Adam Sachs

Theresa Schekirke

Steve Schwegler

Stan and Tommye Sexton

Jennifer Sirangelo

Shaun Stallworth

Sally Stanton

Mina and Lance Steen

Trevor Stone

Donna and Harvey Thalblum

Amy and Ed Tranin

Howard and Geraldine Trilling

LeRoy and Trish Unruh

Wim and Debora Van Klinken

Jenny & Michael Vaughan

Lauren Weinhold and Scott Fuller

Joy Wheeler

David and Kristin Wing

Andy and Toma Wolff

Charles Wurth

Robert and Jean Zeldin

FRIEND

Alice Achtenberg

Jensen Adams

Rabbi Alpert

Dr. Zak Akagi-Bustin

Dr. Neal Allen

Phil Allen, Jr.

Katie Allison

Dan and Melanie Allmayer

Azadeh Amani-Taleshi

Julie Anderson

Robert Andrew

Alan Atterbury

Lynn Badaracco

Kathleen Baker

Cheryl Barnes

Bob Bartunek

Chuck Bayse

Jonas Bedford-Strohm

Kathy Benich

Ryan Bernsten

Philip Black

Judy Bordeau

Ashton Botts

Seaton Bradford

Sally Bradshaw

Alan Brennaman

Maribeth Brennaman

Jon Brick

Erin Brower

Todd Bruton

Michael Byro and Meg Gilpin

Chuck Caisley

Celisa Calacal

John and Dianne Carney

Lesa Chandler

Pati Chasnoff

Patricia Cole

Wilma Collado

Ramona and Gary Collins

Jeffrey Cooper

Meg Cunningham

Caleb Daniels

Donna Davis

Patrick Davich

Dominique Davison

Sally Day

Mickey Dean

Mary Dees

Angelica DeSimio

Matt Dimmick

Jeff Doering

Audrey Doering

Adam Dolski

Paul and Lynn Douthat

Stephen Doyal

Carol Ducak

Timothy Duggan

Robert E. Simon

Sandy and Susan Eeds

Peggy and David Ekerdt

Samuel Engleman

Adam Erickson

Dr. Tamara Falicov and Stephen Steigman

James Falls

Susan Fershee

Ashley Fick

Michael and Catherine Fitzner

Meghan and Wade Freeman

SuEllen Fried

Pamela Gagel

Kory Gallagher

Michael and Debra Gerken

Marylouise Gibson

Lee Ann Googe

Joni Green

Yvonne Hales

Jonathan Hart

Savannah Hawley

Dave Helling

Leslie Herman

Sarah Hicks

Christa Hines

Madison Hopkins

Carolyn Hoppe

Jo Ella Hoye

Missy Hubert

Ashley Hutcheson

Maneesh Jhunjhunwala

Mark Johnson

Jamie Johnson

Jake Jones

Arlene and Bob Kagan

Anita Kaiser

Jason Kander

Ellen Karp

Ward Katz

Robert Kerr

Sofia Khan

Susan and Marty King-Kostelac

Judy Kirk

Susie Kirschbaum

Carla Klausner

Kris Kobach

Allison Koelzer Nelson

Barbara Kopack Hill

Margaret Kutter

Teri Lane

Chris and Bryan LeBeau

Patty Lewis

Mari Loftus-John

Jane Long

Mayor Quinton Lucas

Linda and Mike Lyon

Mike Maasen

Aaron March

Laura Marcus Mountjoy

Ellen Marsee

Tami Martin

Sandra Mayer

Becky McKee

Jack and Deborah McLaren

Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley

Zachary Mertes

Jerry and Lauren Miller

Lorene Miller

Michael Miller

Deann Mitchell

Maggie Mohrfeld

Pete Muenks

Max and Charlene Muller

Pete Mundo

Linda Neal

Gary Nevius

Jessica Nollett

Michael O`Reilly

Melissa Oeffner

David Oliver

Greg and Sybil Orman

Chris Petersen

Mary Pflanz

Kevin Pistilli

Craig Plank

Robert Pohlad

Paul-Francois Polidori

Toriano Porter

Rachel Priest

Clarke Prophete

Jeron Ravin

John B. and Ann Readey

Randall and Mary Ann Rhoads

Matt Reeves

Kai Ringenson

David Ritblatt

Sharon Ritter

Melissa Robinson

Jeanne Rooney

Martin Rosenberg

Susie Rowan

Sheila Ruble

Robin Rue-Simmons

Canise Salinas

Mary Sanchez

Deborah Sandler Kemper

Paula Schwach

Suzanne Shank

Steven Shapiro

Dan Sight

Mandira Singh

Cindy Skaurud

Grace Slosburg

David Slusky

Sally Smith

Susan Solomon

Theresa Sparks

Chad Staatz

James Stacy

Catherine Stark-Corn

Sarah and Kelven Starnes and Walls

Phyllis A. Stevens

Barbara Stillman

Patti Streeper

Jack and Barb Stuber

Stuart Swetland

James Taylor

Oneta Templeton

Sherry Templeton

Marcia Tighe

Dennis Tighe

Richard Titterington

Sharon Valasek

Brook Van Scoyoc

Jane Vansant

Gail Vessels

Linda Wade

Amanda Wahlmeier

Joe Walker

Greg Walkup

Kolbi Washington

Andy Wells

Bette Weneck

Frances Wenner

Joni Wickham

Laura Williams

Mara' Williams

Nancy Williams

Teresa Williams

Doug Winn and Julee Granger

Hannah Wise

Michael and Maggie Wood

Marilyn York

STUDENT

Troy Bennett

Casey Booth

Ivan Calderon

Luke Campbell

Kenneth Corsini

Rhea Corsini

Michelle DiStefano

Marty Dybicz

Leah Edens

Joni Harrell

Dakota Houchin

Mary Humphreys

Joy Jackson

Alicia Keffel

Owen Kerrigan

Rene Kircher

Mauriana Lindsey

Teresa Mainzer

Mary Murphy

Meg Nicely

Adriana Paez

Carson Payne

Keith Schoen

Ashlyn Steller

Alexa Thompson

Paula To

Alexander Walls

Raul Alamilla

Sandra Anchondo

Rich Bartow

Parker Bradford

Heaven Brooks-Smith

Emmah Burnett

Kayleigh Calzadilla-Casarez

Brookelyn Cary

Bayley Cary

Nila Channels

Fiona Chioma

Antoinne Cutchlow

Alorra Davis

Megan DeLaurier

Jacob Durant

Lai'la Dyer

Chase Ferguson

Alex Gillespie

Athena Gonzalez

Angela Gottesburen

Angel Gracida-Basurto

Endric Guerrero

Sarah Hall

Kha'Maya Hawkins

Kimberly Hester

Me'Lani Hollinshed

Grant Holsman

Dylan Huff-Woldford

Gionni Ioanniou

Deniyah Jackson

Ellen Jorgenson

Piper Keltner

Maggie Killian

Shakira Lacey

Carole and David Lander

Francesca Lewis

Bill Lindsey

Reginald Lock, Jr.

Evea Luciano

Marshay Madden

Kathleen Maginnis

Samara Mandefro

Tessa Matthews

Luke Montemayor

Caitlin Morrison

Shreyas Nair

Chrissy Nance

Jaylen Newson

Sherrie Ogron

Samuel Olson

Ana Parra-Rosales

Meaghan Pogorek

Amanda Polking

London Pribyl

Erin Rivers

Lesli Rodriguez

Jimena Saldivar

Rachel Savage

Jamie Schenck

Brent Schulte

Lynn Settler

Julia Spencer

Abigail Storjohann

Avry Stroud

Quentin Stubbs

Ava Sullivan

Kate Sweeney

Tatyana Turner

Michael Udo

Jase Villaverde

Avery Wiese

Ariana Williams

Richard Williams

Ian Wooldridge

Michaela Wright

Aaron Harrel

Logan Thomas

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