Tyler Nottberg // Chairman & Chief Optimist
To all the heroes working in healthcare, public safety and education, THANK YOU. Thank you for continuing to fight on the front lines against a relentless COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to sign this letter of support for everyone working tirelessly on the front line.
As business leaders, we know that community health is what makes it possible for us to operate our businesses, serve our customers, and ensure that our employees can provide for their families. The work you are doing each day makes that possible. So we are saying THANK YOU for doing more than just your job. THANK YOU for working longer hours, covering for co-workers, and being beacons of hope in all our communities.
We do not walk in your shoes or feel the anguish that comes with trying to serve so many patients and students with so many needs. We do not hear the crying in waiting rooms, classrooms, or ambulances. We do not and cannot do what you do. But we appreciate every single effort you make to go the extra mile and provide help.
We are here to THANK YOU as professionals who wake up each day, knowing you will face increasingly daunting challenges. We see you are tired. We see you are frustrated. Yet you continue to move forward. You inspire us, and we want you to know YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT. We will continue to stand with you.
We are calling on fellow businesses to give thanks to you for helping our communities, our friends, and our families. We are also calling on businesses to support your work by investing in ways to keep people safe and encouraging them to follow the guidance of the healthcare community:
Wear masks in public. Get vaccinated. Get a booster.
Finally, we are calling on businesses to reach out right now to institutions on the front lines and offer to lend support in any way we can to honor frontline workers.
As a start, on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 7:00pm, we are asking businesses and individuals to flash their lights, clap, and make noise for a full five minutes to say THANK YOU . It could be house lights, holiday lights, car horns, pots, pans, or simply your voice. Wherever you are, join us!
If you are a business leader who wants to support frontline workers with us, please sign the form below to add your name to our list of supporters.
You were superheroes two years ago when this pandemic began, and you are STILL superheroes today. THANK YOU.
Tyler Nottberg Chairman & Chief Optimist U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
These individuals and businesses support our frontline workers. Add your name below.
*We will not share or distribute your information outside this list.
Aaron Deacon, KC Digital Drive
Abdulmajeed Baba Ahmed, Zahner
Abe Cole, BKD, LLP
Adriane & Kevin Latz, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Agnes Otto, Burns & McDonnell
Al Jones, Trane – Retired
Al Simmons, Moneta Group
Allan Bush, Alpha-Omega Geotech
André Davis, Built
Andrew Feagler, Laurel KC
Andrew Nottberg, KC Bold
Andy Rieger, J. Rieger & Co.
Angela Kennedy, Kansas City Area Development Council
Angelo Trozzolo, Trozzolo Communications Group
Angie Blumel, Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Angie Galindo, American Heart Association
Apryl Lagunas, U.S. Engineering
Barry Brooks, U.S. Engineering
Ben Kent, U.S. Engineering Construction
Bert Hill, U.S. Engineering
Beth Heslowitz, MARC
Bill Daniels, U.S. Engineering
Bill Vamce, Totino-Grace HS
Blake Hodges, Alight Analytics
Bob Jacobi, Labor-Management Council of GKC
Bob Regnier, Bank of Blue Valley
Brad Batz, Fike Corporation
Brad Satterwhite, KEM STUDIO
Brad Shelley, Pembroke Hill School
Brandon Kelsay, U.S. Engineering
Brandon Wikoff, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Brendan Rittel, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Brian Zickefoose, Husch Blackwell
Brian Zorbini, U.S. Engineering
Bryant Lamer, Spencer Fane LLP
Buzz Willlard, Tower Properties Company
C Courtney Walker, GastingerWalker&
C.D. Evans, U.S. Engineering Construction
Caroline Magruder, ReDiscover
Caroline Magruder, ReDiscover
Carolyn Watley, CBIZ & Co-Chair KC Rising
Carrie Coogan, Kansas City Public Library
Caryn Becker, U.S. Engineering Construction – Rocky Mountain Region
Chad Doolittle, U.S. Engineering Metalworks
Charlene Downs, The University of Kansas Health System
Chase McAnulty, Charlie Hustle, LLC.
Chuck Maggiorotto, Country Club Bank Wealth Solutions
Cindy Brittain, Kansas City Area Development Council
Clay Daniels, U.S. Engineering Service
Cole Zenisek, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Craig Fritts, U.S. Engineering Construction
Craig Vercruyse, U.S. Engineering Construction
Dail Blake, Country Club Bank, The Battle Within
Damon Scruggs, Damon Scruggs Design
Dan Hausback, U.S. Engineering Construction
Dan Manley, City of Lee's Summit Fire Department
Daniel Gaddis, U.S. Engineering Construction
Darin Affeldt, Built Interior Construction
Darin Affeldt, Vail Resorts
David Wiley, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care
Dean and Pat Pearce, Pearce Enterprises
Dean Gray, MRIGlobal
Debbie Nelson, The University of Kansas Health System
Debbie Smith, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Deidre Anderson, EarlystART
Derek McCann, Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Diane Neubecker, Alzheimer's Association
Dick Caspermeyer, Country Club Trust Company
Dominique Davison, DRAW Architecture + Urban Design
Donna Jacobson, Community Volunteer
Donna Rose-Heim, Longview Chapel Christian Church
Dorita Diemer, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Dorita Diemer, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Dr. Cokethea Hill, BLAQUE KC
Dr. Greg Mosier, President, Kansas City Kansas Community College
Eddie Allen, The University of Kansas Health System
Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, William Jewell College
Emily Pogozelec, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Eric Morgenstern, Morningstar Communications
Ernie Tricarico, Skyline heating/AC & Sheetmetal Inc
Frank Schroer, U.S. Engineering Construction
Gary Abram and David Oliver, PLX Corp
Gary Downes, U.S. Engineering
Geoff Smart, Ph.D., ghSMART
Ginny Barnett, U.S. Engineering Service
Gordon Lansford, JE Dunn Construction
Graham Smith, Gould Evans
Grant Burcham, Cytek Corporation
Grant Gooding, PROOF Positioning
Greg Cotton, XO Sport & Development
Greg Maday, SpecChem
Greg Westbrook, Olathe Health
Gretchen Ivy, HNTB Corporation
Hugh T Andrews, Andrews McMeel Universal
Isabel Saenz, U.S. Engineering Service, LLC
Isha Kassen, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Jake Lindmark, Optimally
Jake Reid, Sporting KC
James Archuleta, US Innovations
Jamie Leeper, Rx Savings Solutions
Jamie Reese, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Jamison Clark, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Jarrod Foster, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Jason Banks, JE Dunn Construction
Jason Carter Solomon, Landmark National Bank
Jason French, U.S. Engineering Construction
Jason Swords, Sunflower Development Group, LLC
Jeff Bloemker, HCA Healthcare
Jeff Dobbs, Retired KPMG
Jeff Healy, U.S. Engineering Construction
Jeff Jones, H&R Block
Jen Peters Anstoetter, Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Jim Armer, The University of Kansas Health System
Joe Reardon, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Joel Goldberg, JG Broadcasting, LLC
Joel Price, U.S. Engineering
John F. Murphy, J Murphy Strategies
John Gates, Gates Westering, LLC
John Holley, US Engineering Construction
John Marlow, U.S. Engineering Construction
John Wright, Jorban Riscoe LLC
Johnny Carlin, U.S. Engineering
Jon Howland, DEWALT
Julie & Keith Thompson, Brewery Emperial
Julie Graham, Univerity of Kansas Health System
Julie Klima, Gift of Life
Julie Weeks, Boulevard Brewing Company
Justin Apprill, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Justin Watkins, Native Digital
Kaitlin Bast, The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Kasey Vena, Country Club Plaza
Katherine Taylor, Studio 421 Floral Designs
Katie Cortis, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Keely Schneider, Workforce Partnership
Kelly Ranallo, RareKC
KEN BAXTER, JORBAN RISCOE, LLC
Kenneth Durgans, Kansas City University
Kent Barnow, U.S. Stone Industries
Kevin Harre, Jorban-Riscoe, LLC
Kevin Pistilli, Raphael Hotel Group
Kim Henderson, U.S. Engineering Construction
Kim Stanley, Braden's Hope for Childhood Cancer
Kimberly Beatty, Metropolitan Community College
Kirk Johnston, U.S. Engineering Construction
Kristen Rockwood, U.S. Engineering
Kristin Thrasher, U.S. Engineering Construction
Laura Evans, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Laura Lopez, American Heart Association
Laurel Hogue, UCM
Lauren Conaway, InnovateHER KC
Laurie Minard, Garmin
Lexie Terrono, St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church
Linda Endecott, iValution
Lloyd Ward, U.S. Engineering Metalworks
Lora S. Dolezilek, BSN, RN, University of Kansas Hospital – Kansas City Division
Lucas Sloan, U.S. Engineering Service – Flint Hills Region
Lynette Wheeler, University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Maggie Nottberg, Shawnee Mission East High School
Mandy Kelsay, Charles D. Jones Company
Margaret Perkins-McGuinness, The Kansas City Public Library
Maria Elena Grimoldi, my home
Maria Maffry, BNIM
Maria Mendoza, Impacto Fund Inc.
Mariner Kemper, UMB Financial Corporation
Mark Davis, U.S. Engineering
Mark Oxler, U.S. Engineering
Mark Regan, U.S. Innovations
Mark Thompson, Country Club Bank
Marshall H. Dean, DDI Realty Services, Inc.
Martha Gershun, Nonprofit consultant, community volunteer, living kidney donor
Martin Slimmer, Cerner Corporation / Feed Northland Kids
Mary McCann, GBA
Matt Staub, Proxima
Matt Wendel, Shook Construction
Melissa Agne, U.S. Engineering Construction
Melva Brownlee, Children's Mercy Hospital
Meyer Sosland, Sosland Companies
Michael Capasso, U.S. Engineering
Michael Fenske, Burns & McDonnell
Michael Hoehn, Automatic Systems, Inc.
Michael Paulus, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Michael Terrono, Myers & Stauffer
Michelle Sweeney, Ingram's Magazine
Mike Heckman, Rockcreek Way
Mike Jackson, U.S. Engineering
Mike Stradinger, Holland 1916
Mike Zimmerman, Artisan Technology Group
Mike Zykan, U.S. Engineering
Molly Weaver, Children's Mercy Hospital
Molly Westering Hunter, Gates Westering, LLC
Monte Holman, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Nate Orr, Spencer Fane
Nate Persell, U.S. Engineering Construction
Nathan Benjamin, Burns & McDonnell
Nathan Cooper, SMACNA Colorado
Nathaniel Hagedorn, NorthPoint DEVELOPMENT
Neal Sharma, Co-Chair, KC RIsing
Nichol Ziegler, U.S. Engineering Construction
Nicholas Vonch, U.S. Engineering
Nick Adams, HCA Midwest Health
Paul Fogel, Karbank Real Estate Co
Paul Kempinski, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Paul McKittrick, U.S. Engineering
Paul Schofer, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Paula Neth, The Family Conservancy
Pedro Zamora, Hispanic Economic Development Corporation
Pete B. Browne, Kissick Construction Company
Phil Accio, UMKC
Phil Endecott, Endecott Construction
Polly Thomas, CBIZ
Qiana Thomason, Health Forward Foundation
Quentin McArthur, McQueeny Group, Inc.
Reeve Marksbury, Good Otis LLC
Rich Huber, U.S. Engineering
Richard Green, U.S. Engineering Construction
Richard Werremeyer, U.S. Engineering Construction
Rick Norden, Fairbanks Scales Inc.
Robert Silvius, U.S. Engineering
Rodney Heying, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Rolinda Forge, The University of Kansas Health System
Ron Lockton, Lockton Companies
Roshann Parris, Parris Communications
Roy Jensen, MechOne, Inc.
Ryan Arnett, JORBAN-RISCOE, LLC
Ryan D. Eder, U.S. Engineering
Ryan Frazier, U.S. Engineering Construction
Ryan Reed, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Ryan Sciara, Underdog Wine Co.
Ryan Soden, U.S. Engineering Construction
Ryan Wineinger, Wineinger Eye Care
Sally Platt, U.S. Engineering
Sam Huenergardt, AdventHealth
Scott Hager, U.S. Engineering Metalworks
Scott Havens, HUB International
Scott Jones, Air Purification Company
Scott Kiefer, U.S. Engineering Construction
Scott Laband, Colorado Succeeds
Scott Mitchell, U.S. Engineering Metalworks
Seth Preston, U.S. Engineering Construction
Shakia Webb, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Shannon Roganovic, Millennium Properties 360, LLC
Sharon Burton, U.S. Engineering
Sharon Pace, Saint Luke's Health System/Bishop Spencer Place
Sheila Speake, U.S. Engineering Service
Sherry Turner, OneKC for Women
Stacey Stites, U.S. Engineering Service
Stacie Prosser, Kansas City Business Journal
Stacy Terrono, St. Luke's Hospital
Stan Meyers, Terracon
Stephen McDowell, BNIM
Stephenie K Smith. MSW, Sophic Solutions, LLC
Steve Renz, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Suzanne Gochis, Metropolitan Community College
Suzy Hall, Country Club Trust Company
Tammer Khattab, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Teresa Keller, Olathe Health
Teri Allison, U.S. Engineerng Company
Terri McMahon, U.S. Engineering Construction
Theodis Watson, Central Bank of the Midwest/ Urban Financial Services Coalition
Thomas Kepka, U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
Thomas O’Grady, HNTB Corporation
Tiffany Patrick, U.S. Engineering Innovations
Tim Cowden, Kansas City Area Development Council
Tim Taylor, America Succeeds
Tobin Gerstner, U.S. Engineering
Todd VonLintel, U.S. Engineering Construction
Tom Myers, U.S. Engineering
Tom Poeling, U.S. Engineering Construction
Tony Italiano, U.S. Engineering
Torree Pederson, Aligned
Tracey Osborne Oltjen, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce
Trevor McDowell, Goodwin Brothers Construction Company
Trish Bollinger, U.S. Engineering Construction
Tucker Trotter, Dimensional Innovations
TW Terrono, T&S Management Services LLC
Vincent Paul Gauthier, Authenticity City | Urban Realty Interests, Inc.
Walt Bleser, ARE Corporation
Walter and Susan George, Retired
Wendy Guillies, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Wendy Reynolds, HTLF
Wes DeLong, U.S. Engineering Construction
Yolonda Guyton, Built