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Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy Foundation – Leading With Love

2026 Issues

The annual Leading with Love benefit for Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy was a sold-out success on September 18th at the Loews Kansas City Hotel. The future looked bright throughout the ballroom as guests gathered to champion the all-girls public charter school serving grades five through eight. Gabriel Hernandez, Sly James, Julie Towner, and Ratana Tshibanda were the event co-chairs, and Rae Daniel served as emcee.

Mike Fleming, Shad Foos, and Julie Quirin and Teri Miller
Robin Broder Gibson, Anita Newton, Julie Towner, event co-chair; Karen Hogan, and Christian Barnes
Amanda Villareal, Martha Salinas, Iveth Jalinsky Kaplan, Rachel Atteberry, and Gretchen Gagel
Renee and Jim Sangster
Suzanne Shank and John Lohmeyer with Kimberlee Ried and Erik Bergrud
Harper Newton, Shannon Newton, Anita Newton, Mary Widmer, Ashley Bajaj, and Jamie Berg

Featured in the October 31, 2026 issue of The Independent.

Photo Credit: Janie Jones Photography

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