Celebrating Achievement

Corporate Sponsorship Committee Co-Chairs:
Tyler Griffin, ’01, and Darren Prenger, ’03

• Individual Patron Tickets: $150. Includes one ticket to the virtual event.
• Individual Ambassador Tickets: $250. Includes one ticket to the virtual event and a listing in the program.

Purchase your tickets today.

• Prominent Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program including Video Message
• Prominent Recognition in Event Publicity
• Premium Wine and Catered Dinner for 8

2021 Presenting Sponsor:

The Ever Glades Fund and Lead Bank

• Prominent Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program
• Prominent Recognition in Event Publicity
• Premium Wine and Catered Dinner for 8

2021 Grand Underwriters:

Linda and Bill Dreyer - Kappa Alpha Order
Jewell Unlimited
Dianne Shumaker and Bob Southard

• Prominent Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program
• Prominent Recognition in Event Publicity
• Premium Wine and Catered Dinner for 8

2021 Underwriters:

Gill Family Investments L.P.
Donald J. Hall

• Prominent Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program
• Recognition in Event Publicity
• Premium Wine and Catered Dinner for 8

2021 Celebration Sponsor:

Mark and Karen Mathes

• Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program
• Premium Wine and Charcuterie for 8

2021 Benefactor Sponsors:

Charles and Susan Chambers
Commerce Bank
ECCO Select
Gautreaux Family Fund
Tyler Griffin
Jason Houseworth
JE Dunn Construction Company
Steven Karbank
Liberty Hospital

• Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program
• Wine and Charcuterie for 8

2021 Ambassador Sponsors:

Jerry Abbott
Arvest Bank
Bank Midwest
BKD CPAs & Advisors
BlueCross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Melanie and Russ Cline Family Trust, RCA Group
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Alumni
Fresh Ideas
Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Jeffrey and Sarah Hon
Husch Blackwell, LLP
Kansas City Chiefs
Jamie and Ted Kapke
KCUR 89.3
Tom and Jan Kreamer
Lockton Companies
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC
The Miller Group
Beth and Pat McCown
McDonald’s Essig & Associates, Inc.
Bobbie Mathes in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Betty Kingsley
Shirley Neff Pryor
Rein Staal
Steven and Sandra Stites
Nancy and Mike Thiessen & Rob and Mary Thiessen
Qiana F. Thomason
UMB Bank
U.S. Engineering
RDML Diane Webber, USN (Ret) and CAPT Charles Webber, USN (Ret)
Buzz and Pam Willard
Shirley Williams
Craig and Deana Zahnd

• Recognition in Event Invitation Emails and Virtual Program

2021 Scholars Sponsors:

American Public Square at Jewell
George Boltniew
Georgia Buchanan
CBIZ, Inc.
Vince and Julie Clark
William Dunn, Sr.
James and Elizabeth Ferrell
Gould Evans Associates
Irv and Helen Hockaday
James and Marcia Pierce
Fred and Jami Pryor
Anselm Y. Siao
The Shepard Wealth Management Group
Don and Jean Wagner

For 20 years, Dimple Dhabalia has worked at the crossroads of the government and humanitarian sectors with a focus on asylum- and refugee-related policies and operations. She began her role as a senior advisor to the Refugee Asylum and International Operations Directorate (RAIO) in 2016. Since beginning her federal career as an asylum officer in 2004, Dhabalia has served in a variety of positions with RAIO at both the field and headquarters levels, working, living and traveling to more than 40 countries. Her work is now focused in Washington, D.C.

As a result of her own experiences with compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary trauma from working with vulnerable populations, Dhabalia launched RAIO Thrive in 2017 to provide the workforce with tools and resources to create a culture of belonging, support greater work/life harmony, and begin the process of destigmatizing mental health related occupational stressors. She is also the founder of Roots in the Clouds where her mission is to put the “human” back into humanitarian work. Through Roots in the Clouds Dhabalia supports leaders and organizations across High Human Impact (HHI) sectors to design human-centered workplace cultures where head, heart, and metrics work together to create nimble organizations that can thrive and grow, even in the midst of uncertainty and challenge, and where empathy and social connection are at the heart the employee experience.

She was an Oxbridge Institutions and Policy major at Jewell, studying economics, philosophy and politics during her year at Oxford University, and earned a juris doctor from the University of Denver College of Law. She also holds a Certification in Applied Positive Psychology and is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) as well as a Certified Mindfulness, Performance Enhancement, Awareness and Knowledge (mPEAK) Facilitator.

Mike Frazier assumed the role of CEO and president of ReeceNichols Realtors Inc. in 2018, seven months after he was named president and CFO. He guides the strategy and vision for the largest residential real estate company in Kansas and Missouri with a team of more than 3,000 agents and 250 employees. Frazier joined ReeceNichols in 2007 as CFO and COO. During his tenure, ReeceNichols has expanded geographically in Kansas City and southern Missouri and has grown in market share.

Frazier began his career in banking, then spent 15 years with Hallmark, including CFO of Crown Center Redevelopment real estate division. In that role, he was responsible for daily operations of retail, two hotels and nine office buildings. For the past 10 years, he has served on the board of the Down Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City and currently is president.

At Jewell, Frazier studied accounting. He was a two-year member of the Cardinal Basketball team and was a member and president of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Most of Calvin Osborne’s career has been focused as a senior legal and regulatory professional for government organizations. In 2018, he was named associate director in the Office of Federal and Regional Affairs in the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C. He is senior advisor to the mayor, proposes and negotiates language for bills introduced in both chambers of Congress, and serves as chief lobbyist for the mayor on environmental issues, land transactions and transportation infrastructure issues.

He previously spent 15 years with the Federal Communications Commission, he served as attorney, senior attorney, then was promoted to associate director in the Office of Communications Business Opportunities. He led a team of attorneys in promoting competition and opportunities on behalf of small telecommunications businesses. Earlier in his career, he served as counsel in the District of Columbia Public Service Commission and at the FDIC.

After studying business administration and management at Jewell, Osborne completed his juris doctor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The lifelong learner is currently pursuing a certificate in real estate investment and a master’s degree in management, both through Harvard University Extension. In 2004, he founded Potomac Realty Company in Washington, D.C., and continues to serve as president and CEO.

Jim Richerson was elected president of The PGA of America (Professional Golfers’ Association) in October 2020 after serving consecutive two-year terms as Vice President and Secretary. The PGA of America is one of the largest sports organizations in the world with more than 28,000 members and associates. In the President role, he will help lead the United States team in the 2020 Ryder Cup. Throughout his 30-plus year career in the industry, he has served in various executive roles and on numerous industry boards and committees, including as an Executive Committee Member of the 2007 U.S. Senior Open, the 2010 PGA Championship, the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open, and the 2015 PGA Championship.

Richerson is also senior vice president of operations for Troon, a golf course management, development and marketing company serving 585 golf locations around the globe with properties located in 40-plus states and 30-plus countries. Previous to his work at Troon, he served as Kohler Company's general manager and director of golf for more than 11 years, overseeing the operations at Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run in Wisconsin and The Duke’s Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. He spent the first 18 years of his career affiliated with the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Golf Corporation, holding various management and executive positions at golf properties in six states.

At Jewell, Richerson was a communication major and a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. He played football for two years and was a four-year letterman and captain of the golf team. He and his wife, Kristi Iglehart Richerson, '90, are the proud parents of daughter Mary-Claire.