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The Independent – Celebrating The Stars!

1900 Building was the site for the February 24th cocktail party to celebrate The Independent’s 2022 Class of Rising Stars: Missy Andeel, Olivia Bloomfield, Mark Nuss, Keith Stanfield, Alisha Thomson, and Gene Willis, and to celebrate The Top Ten Events of 2021. Guests enjoyed delicious bites from Lon Lane’s Inspired Occasions and celebrated another record-breaking year in Kansas City philanthropy.

Nicole Jacobs Silvey, The Independent; and Gene Willis, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

2022 Class of Rising Stars: Mark Nuss, Keith Stanfield, Olivia Bloomfield, Alisha Thomson, Missy Andeel, and Gene Willis

 

Amy Sachse, Olivia Bloomfield, 2022 Class of Rising Stars; and Emma Pirotte

 

Cory Bittner, Jake Falcon, and Adam Williams

 

Wanda Mehrhoff and Alisha Thomson, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Jake Jacobson, Dan Aistrope, and Lisa Ketteler

 

Shelby Ostrander and Maggie Haynes

 

Missy Andeel, 2022 Class of Rising Stars; and Mark Orr

 

Amy Sachse and Emma Pirotte

 

Jason Roth and Julie O’Rourke Kaul

 

Gene Willis, 2022 Class of Rising Stars; and Jen Houston

 

Kathy Hunter, Scott Heady, and Dr. Dred Scott

 

India Williams, Tahir Atwater, and Nicole Jacobs Silvey, The Independent

 

India Williams and Haley Bowman

 

Honoree Missy Andeel, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Morgan Hicks and Amanda Nichols

 

Honoree Olivia Bloomfield, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Amy Castillo, Connie Kamps, Gemma Zook, and Sarah Hemenway

 

Dr. Jason Drummond, Amy Stoll, and Vanessa Figg

 

Shelby Ostrander and Maggie Haynes

 

Honoree Mark Nuss, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Honoree Keith Stanfield, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Micheal Lawrence, Maddie Trofholz, Brittany Davis, Paige Engle, and Joey Schmidt

 

Dan Aistrope, Julianne DeLessio, Marisa Guerrero, and Denise Wiese

 

Melissa Clarkson and Emily Sanger

 

Honoree Alisha Thomson, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Aarika Wilson

 

Honore Gene Willis, 2022 Class of Rising Stars

 

Pam Bruce and Melanie Fenske

 

Emily Gretzinger, Tara Adler, and Allison Malott

 

Cristi Allen, Gene Willis, 2022 Class of Rising Stars; and Lisa Ketteler

 

Brittany Davis, Joey Schmidt, and Paige Engle

 

Candice McField and Nicole Jacobs Silvey

Featured in the March 5, 2022 issue of The Independent.
Photo credit: Kenny Johnson Photography

 

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