Save the Date | Sept. 28, 2024
Thank you to all who sponsored, supported and participated in Night at the Tower 2023!
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023
Celebrate a Kansas City treasure
A departure from the traditional sit-down gala experience, Night at the Tower is a night like no other!
A spectacular night of food, fun and entertainment awaits – as well as your chance to bid on some special items and support growing our mission.
Musical Guests
Lost Wax
Classic rock, oldies, popular Top 40s hits or just your favorite songs – Lost Wax creates the best original mashups that get everyone on the dance floor.
(Official 2023 NFL Draft Band)
Signature Cocktails
Old Fashioned
Rieger's Kansas City Whiskey, sugar, bitters, cherry, orange
Route Sixty Spritz
Rieger's Vodka, raspberry, lemon cordial. sparkling wine
Honorary Chairs
Brad and Libby Bergman
Event Co-Chairs
Katrina and Tom Henke
Erik Bergrud and Kimberlee Ried
Presenting Sponsors
The Bergman Family
Jack F. and Glenna Y. Wylie Charitable Foundation / Midwest Trust / Thomas A. McDonnell
Bergman Next Generations
Patron Sponsors
Grand Sponsors
Bart and Joanie Bergman Family
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner / Elaine Drodge Koch and Steve Koch / John and Ann Readey
Mark and Jill Henderson
Katrina and Thomas Henke
Milbank Manufacturing
Oracle
Polsinelli
John Sherman and Marny Donnelly Sherman
UMB Financial Corporation
Thomas and Sally Wood Family Foundation
Partner Sponsors
Bank of Blue Valley
Christopher Beal
Erik Bergrud and Kimberlee Ried
William and Laura Frick
Michael and Marlys Haverty
Ellen and Irv Hockaday Jr.
JB and Anne Hodgdon
Joan Horan
Frank and Diane Koranda
Monarch Build, LLC
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Pritzker Military Foundation on behalf of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Connie and Robert Waldrop II
Julie Wilson and Sara Wasson
Dennis and Mary Beth Welzenbach
Benefactor Sponsors
Atterbury Family Foundation
David and Catherine Brain
Pat and Andy Brown
Peter and Lynne Brown
Robert and Pam Bruce
The City of Kansas City
Commerce Bank
Mark and Stephanie Coulter
The DeBruce Foundation – Paul and Linda DeBruce
Peggy and Terry Dunn
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Rebecca and Aaron Graham
Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department
Kinetic Fundraising, Incorporated
KPMG LLP
Matthew and Tere Naylor
Barbara Koval Nelson
Park University
PipeFitters Local Union No. 533
Peter and Cappy Powell
The Regnier Family
Ram and Radha Shankar
M. Jeannine Strandjord /
Ewing M. Kauffman Foundation
White-Simchowitz Family Charitable Fund
William Jewell College
Ally Sponsors
Adams Toyota
Mark Allison
Anderson Law, LLC
Arvest Bank
Roger Arwood and Marcelle Cooper
Kay Barnes and Tom Van Dyke
Peggy and Michael Borkon
Brian and Julie Bowers
Dustin and Rochelle Clark
John Dillingham
Anne and Steve Dunn
ECCO Select
Maryann and Neal Farnsworth
Jerry Foulds and Katie Van Luchene
George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War at Park University
John and Ellen Goheen
Alice and Mel Hawk
Lisa Merrill Hickok
John and Elizabeth Hjalmarson
Karen and Jack Holland
Patrick and Rhonda Johnston
William and Regina Kort
Mark One Electric
Megan L. Marshall
Gerald and Lynne Matile
Multistudio
Elizabeth and Martin Nevshemal
Michael and Susan Newburger Foundation
Brad and Linda Nicholson
Charles and Jane Olsen
Ted and Kate Place
Timothy Smith, Sr.
Dr. Joy Stevenson and Dr. John Sheets
Tension Envelope Foundation
Charles and Gail Van Way
Randy and Jona Vance
William Van Wolbach
Don and Jean Wagner
Angela and John Walker
Loren and Tom Whittaker
Tom and Patty Wood
Media Partners
Carter Broadcast Group
Cumulus Media
Healthy Kansas City
IN Kansas City
Kansas City Homes & Style
KC Parent Magazine
Outfront Media