The Tocqueville society
True leadership is measured by the lives we change and the future we create
Lead with Generosity
Strong communities are built by people who care deeply and act with purpose.
With annual gifts of $10,000 or more, Tocqueville Society members exemplify what it means to give boldly and lead with heart. Since its founding in 1987, this group of community leaders has given more than $143 million in support of life-changing local programs – a powerful investment in a stronger tomorrow.
Giving that goes further
Warren Buffett Challenge
Through the Warren Buffett Challenge, your
Tocqueville Society gift has an even greater impact.
When United Way of the Midlands reaches 400
Tocqueville donors, Mr. Buffett pledges $1.6 million to
strengthen our community.
Will you be part of a legacy of leadership and impact?
Help us reach 400 members to ensure that opportunity,
security and progress remain within reach.
Discover what your giving can do
join us for the Tocqueville society Prospect event
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Town hall space | Blue cross and blue shield of nebraska
Join 2025 Campaign Chairs Jeff and Lisa Russell to learn about United Way of the Midlands’ Tocqueville Society and the significant impact it makes in our community. Exclusive event for members of the Tocqueville Society.
For more information, contact Liz Christensen at lchristensen@uwmidlands.org.
Buffett Match: A Momentous Achievement
Thanks to generosity of so many, we reached a tremendous milestone -Tocqueville Society membership reached 373. As a result of this achievement, Mr. Warren Buffett increased his match of the total campaign dollars raised, and hundreds of thousands of additional dollars were invested into our community.
Generosity Makes Great Things Happen
You
OTHER TOCQUEVILLE DONORS
+ $7.7 MILLION IN ‘21-’22 GIVING (Includes Buffett Match)
A CIRCLE OF SUPPORT FOR 200,000 PEOPLE
A $10,000 Donation Makes an Impact
Providing a Neighborhood Financial Stability Center for tax and financial service for low-to-moderate income people
120 hours of trauma-focused, cognitive behavioral therapy to reunify families
400 hours of 1:1 job and life skill coaching services
$7.7 Million in Tocqueville Donations Provided Services to People in Need
Over 3.3 million healthy meals
10,000 people have improved physical and behavioral health
250,000 shelter nights
9,500 young people gained fundamental knowledge and skills
10,000 people increased their earning potential and financial resiliency
Tocqueville Society Members
The Alexis de Tocqueville Society is composed of donors who contribute $10,000 or more annually.
Members of the Tocqueville Society are recognized for their contributions through the following distinctions:
| Warren Buffett and Astrid Menks |
| Robert B. Daugherty Foundation |
| Henry Davis and Christina Fazzone |
| Carmen and John Gottschalk |
| Peter Kiewit Endowment |
| Ronald M. Lewer Endowment |
| Dianne Seeman Lozier |
| Mammel Family Foundation |
| Sherwood Foundation |
| Ann and Ken Stinson |
| Ted Weschler |
Siemer Institute for Family Stability
| Janel M. Allen |
| Ryan M. Cameron |
| Megan T. Connelly |
| Renee Rafferty |
| Rob and Stacie Reed |
| J. Toger Swanson |
| Laurie Willburn |
| Donald F. Wurster |
| Cassie and Eric Arneson |
| Cindy and Mogens Bay |
| Carl Riley Brodersen Charitable Fund |
| Ann and Jerry Crouse |
| Sandra and Drew Fossum |
| Julie and Lance Fritz |
| Carey and Brian Hamilton |
| Addie and Robert Hollingsworth |
| Robert H. Storz Foundation |
| Donna and Matthew Johnson |
| Steph and Jack Koraleski |
| Gerry Lauritzen |
| Clark and Emily Lauritzen |
| Susan and Michael Lebens Family |
| Julie and Paul Maass |
| Don and Rita Otis |
| Amy and Mark Patterson |
| Linda and Larry Pearson |
| Lisa and Chris Schaffer |
| Stacy A Scholtz |
| Charlie and M.J. Shogren |
| Betiana and Todd Simon |
| Annette and Paul Smith |
| Deb and Keith Spackler |
| Kelvin and Beth Whited |
| Candace and Randy Wood |
| Susan Beeghly |
| Paula and James Blackledge |
| Maureen and Nicholas Borman |
| Alka and Bradley Buechler |
| Nancy and Greg Crawford |
| Diane Duren and Drew Collier |
| Ashley and Christopher Forsman |
| Allen Fredrickson |
| Jean Grem |
| Deryl F. Hamann |
| Joan Squires and Dan Hamann |
| Larissa Johnson |
| Sharon and Howard Kooper |
| Kari and Tim Kudron |
| Patty and C.L. Landen |
| Diny and Jim Landen |
| Michelle and Christopher Leitner |
| Ginny and Marty Reagan |
| Martha and David Slosburg |
| Heistand Family Foundation |
| Anne and Arnold Weitz |
| Ann and Edward Batchelder |
| Jodi and Eric Blick |
| Susie and Irv Blumkin |
| Chris and Ron Blumkin |
| Daniel and Esther Brabec |
| Kim and Kenneth Bunnell |
| Terri and Timothy Burke |
| Nancy and Tony Chacon |
| Chanda and Carlo Chacón |
| Dennis Circo |
| Fran and Mickey Coren |
| Stephanie and David Cota |
| Linda Daugherty |
| Patrick J. Duffy |
| Stephen Farrell |
| Kenneth Feaster |
| Scott Focht |
| Cheryl L. Friedenbach |
| Karen J. Hawkins |
| Lori and Paul Hogan |
| Brian and Lisa Ketcham |
| E. Lyle Kinley, Jr. |
| Nancy and Mike McCarthy |
| Matthew and Teri Mercer |
| Galen and Tiffany Meysenburg |
| Daniel E. Miller |
| Jay B. Noddle |
| Robert A. Reed |
| Kathy and Jim Simpson |
| Jamie and Matthew Spyers |
| Mike Summers |
| Rob Wilcox |
| Jennifer and Chris Zimmers |
| Josie and Jason Abboud |
| Melissa K. Acosta |
| Arun K. Agarwal |
| Krista and Mickey Anderson |
| Kathryn and David Anderson |
| Doug and Kathy Hiemstra |
| Janel and Tim Andreasen |
| Joseph R. Andrus |
| Tali and Avner Applbaum |
| Jeanine and Shawn Arkfeld |
| Kim and John Arnold |
| Michael and Danielle Ash |
| Edward W. Banister Endowment |
| Shelley and Roger Barber |
| Jamie Barker |
| Andrea and Trevor Barton |
| and Mrs. John and Linda Beacom |
| Teresa A. Beaufait |
| Ashlyn and Clayton Becker |
| Jacqueline and Mark Bendon |
| Jennifer and Barry Benson |
| Tammy and Andrew Blossom |
| Laura Boardman |
| Benton Bond |
| Chris and Amy Bouchard |
| Kathy and Greg Boulay |
| Kim and Kenneth Bracht |
| Danielle and Dana Bradford |
| Andrew Brady |
| Joanne and Gerald Bray |
| Crystal and Brian Brislen |
| Charisse Brock |
| Nate Bronson |
| Tami and Pat Brookhouser |
| Lori Bruck and Dave Neubauer |
| Anne and Steve Bruckner |
| David Burd |
| Seirra and Thomas Burt |
| Craig and Tara Callahan |
| Renee and John Campbell |
| Ashley and Robert Carlisle |
| Kate and Mike Carlson |
| Rkachea and Bruce Carpenter |
| Jennifer and Andrew Carritt |
| Elizabeth and Mike Cassling |
| Cassling Family Foundation |
| Bryan and Joan Clark |
| Diana and Sean Connolly |
| Darin L. Cook |
| Pat Corrigan |
| Tom and Amanda Corrigan |
| Laura and Jason Coyle |
| Anna and Tim Cramer |
| Mary and Timothy Crockett |
| Stephanie and Howard Daubert |
| Elisa and Drew Davies |
| Gail and John DeBoer |
| Leslie and Matt DeBoer |
| Carolyn and Dave Diamond |
| Meg and Nate Dodge |
| Jan and Rodney Doerr |
| Jan and Michael Doiel |
| Laura and Jay Doll |
| Tim Donahue |
| Ana and Rafa Dorador |
| Kay and Jon Doyle |
| Linda and Robert Dreessen |
| Amy and Kyle Droescher |
| Lori and Tom Druse |
| Walter & Tara Duda |
| Pam and David Duzik |
| Rae and Bill Dyer |
| Tonya and Justin Eggspuehler |
| Kelli Eickhoff |
| In Honor of Mr. Edwin E. Elliot |
| Deirdre Elter |
| Danielle and Grant Empson |
| Beth and Max Engel |
| Alison and Quint English |
| Jiill and David Faith |
| Darlynn and Tom Fellman |
| Belinda and LuisJavier Fernandez |
| Tami and J.D. Fink |
| Deb and Rex Fisher |
| Jason Fisher |
| Anita and John Fleming |
| In Honor of Ms. Anne and Mr. James Foley |
| Shawna and Grant Forsberg |
| Elizabeth and Timothy Francis |
| Jan and Harris Frankel |
| Grant and Diane Friesth |
| Mario Gabelli |
| Christopher Garinger |
| Kathy and Gary Gates |
| Tonee and Tim Gay |
| Eric and Rebecca Gehringer |
| Mindy and Bill Geis |
| Kathy and Bill Gerber |
| Brady and Ryan Gibson |
| Jeremy Givens |
| Steve Goeser |
| Danielle and Jeff Gordman |
| Linda and Nelson Gordman |
| Elise Gosch |
| Rebecca and Jens Gregory |
| Anne and Jim Greisch |
| Angela and Shawn Greisen |
| Kathy and Michael Gross |
| Cindy and C.J. Guenzel |
| Bob and Theresa Gunia |
| Jamie Gutierrez |
| Marnie and Bill Hahn |
| David and Katherine Hahn |
| Jennifer Hamann and Kippy King |
| Kayla and Jason Hansen |
| Paulette Harris |
| Traci and Tim Harrison |
| Marianne and Fred Hawkins |
| Kayla and Chris Hawkins |
| Rhonda Hawks |
| Kathy and Tom Heaney |
| C. E. Heaney, Jr. |
| John and Peggy Heck |
| Gregory A. Heckman and Family |
| Cindy & Scott Heider |
| John Henderson |
| Carol Henrichs |
| Kim and Jason Hess |
| Heidi Higgason and Brad Negrete |
| Terri and Scott Hill |
| Steve Hinchcliff |
| Julie and Jeff Hinchcliff |
| Bradley and Christine Hinton |
| Rick and Susan Hrabchak |
| Stephen and Zach Hubel |
| Jeff and Becki Huether |
| Sandra Hulm |
| Fred Hunzeker |
| Lauren and Michael Hupp |
| Wilbur Jenkins |
| Rod Jewell |
| Dawn Johnson |
| Andrea and Wayne Johnson |
| Ande & Adam Johnson |
| Eric Johnson |
| Kristen and John Kampfe |
| Kris Karnes |
| Ellen Karnett Trust |
| Kara and Thomas Kelley |
| Marcia and Tim Kerrigan |
| Kari and Dan Kinsella |
| Kari and David Kirchhoefer |
| Renee and John Kizer |
| Maureen and Dick Kizer |
| Brad and Amy Knuth |
| Naga Sravana Pedarla and Rama Kolli |
| Wende and John Kotouc |
| Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation |
| Chris & Jillyn Kratochvil |
| Jason and Kristin Kremer |
| Jackie and Terry Kroeger |
| Jeremy Lang |
| Diane Larkin |
| David Lautenschlager |
| Kim and Ken Lawonn |
| Dave and Lisa Stark |
| Derek Leathers |
| Diana and Michael Lechtenberger |
| Trish and David LeCureux |
| Roger Lewandowski |
| Christy and Thomas Liguori |
| Karen and Jim Linder |
| Todd and Heidi Litjen |
| Dan and Tina Lonergan |
| Gabi and Mark Lutz |
| Tracy Madden-McMahon |
| Jan and Dave Madsen |
| Matthew Maiers |
| Nicki and Bill Manhart |
| Abby Manley |
| Delette Marengo |
| Scott Marion |
| Christin and Scott Marshall |
| Amy M. Haddad and Steven S. Martin |
| Karen and John Matthews |
| Susan and Darryl Matthews |
| Brooke McAlpin |
| Denise and Robert McCauley |
| Theresa and Greg McDerrmott |
| Amy and Mike McDonnell |
| Tim and Joan McGill |
| Elise McHatton |
| Kendra and Dave McIvor |
| Ashley and Nathan McKown |
| Tiffani and Mark A. McQuade |
| Barb and Todd McQueen |
| Lori and Nathan Meisgeier |
| Catherine and Heath Mello |
| Casey and Brett Meyer |
| Jenny Mickeliunas |
| Stevi Milbourn |
| Stephanie and Matthew Millard |
| Michael and Brandi Miller |
| Rondalyn and Rob Mitchell |
| Dave Moline |
| Bradley Moore |
| Matt and Melissa Moreno |
| Samantha and Mitch Mosser |
| Cindy and Edward J. Mullen |
| Rozanne and Duncan Murphy |
| John P. Nelson |
| Adriana Cisneros and Joshua Norton |
| Christie and Gustavo Oberto |
| Mary Ann O’Brien and Jason Ramirez |
| Tom & Dawn O’Brien |
| Lisa And Stephen Olson II |
| Eric Oxley |
| Tennyson Oyler |
| Jennifer Paisley |
| Maqui and Blaine Parkerson |
| Shane and Sheryl Parshall |
| Anthony and Jeana Pasternak |
| Stacey and Roy Patterson |
| Brooke and Joshua Perkes |
| Fran and Andy Petersen |
| Hollye and Terry Peterson |
| Nathan Peterson |
| John and Julie Petr |
| Jeffrey and Amy Pincock |
| Kari O’Neill Potts and Tre Brashear |
| Scott M. Priebe |
| Kelley and Ed Prosser |
| Teri and Ron |
| Lynn and Chase Rankin |
| Lynda and John Reed |
| Tim and Mindy Reed |
| John and Michelle Reinhardt |
| Christy and Jeremy Reinoehl |
| Craig and Valerie Richardson |
| Kenny Rocker |
| Scott and Tiffany Rohlfs |
| Debra J. Romberger |
| Michele and Ron Rowe |
| Kim and Bill Rowell |
| Shannon and Jeff Royal |
| Jeff and Lisa Russell |
| Robert Rutford |
| Amy and Mike Ryan |
| Todd and Kelly Rynaski |
| Tracy and Doug Schaefer |
| Polina and Bob Schlott |
| Teresa and Roch Schmitz |
| John Schwietz |
| Dianne and John Scott |
| Ruth Scott |
| Steve and Sue Seline |
| Becky and Jeff Sharp |
| Slezak Family Charitable Foundation |
| Celeste and John Snodgrass |
| Joanna and Kurt Spieler |
| Lindsay and Joe Strickland |
| Marilee and Tim Struthers |
| Kim and Scott Sucha |
| Scot and Ellen Thompson |
| Dina Tilgner |
| Stephanie and Eric Tiritilli |
| Kara and David Tomlinson |
| Tracy and Matthew Tondl |
| Barbara True |
| Sheila Trueblood and Tom Trueblood |
| John W. and Julie B.Turner |
| Gretchen and Steven Twohig |
| Justin and Karamie Vala |
| Kristin and Phillip Van Court |
| Greg and Kraren Van Dyke |
| James Vanhauer |
| Jill and Troy Via |
| Jackie and John Walker |
| Phyllis I. Warkertin and Peter F. Coccia |
| Jay Warren Teamer and Shannon Teamer |
| Justin and Darcie Webster |
| Craig Weiss |
| Chad & Lynn Wells |
| Rachel and Clarence Werner |
| Ericka and Matthew Whaley |
| Joni Wheeler |
| Mark and Alicia Whitt |
| Brenda and Kevin Wichman |
| Sarah and Brian Wiese |
| Doug and Jane Wignall |
| Christine and Clint Williams |
| Ann Williams |
| Jake Willman |
| Tim and Beth Wilson |
| Angela and Alex Wolf |
| Kristina Wolff |
| Tara and Brian Woolfolk |
| Marsha and Mark Wright |
| Andy & Christina Xydakis |
| Gail and Michael Yanney |
| Jill and Andy Yosten |
| Molly and Ryan Zabrowski |
| Jen and Tim Ziola |
| Carrie Zoucha |
| Kerin Zuger |
This list represents Tocqueville Society Members as of June 30, 2025.
If you don’t see your name or if your information is incorrect and you wish to be recognized, please contact Liz Christensen at lchristensen@uwmidlands.org. We sometimes do not receive individual donor data from corporate partners.