Meet the creators behind Tulsa's biggest fundraising galas

Those who have been to a party with people in costume dancing with disco balls on their heads — or displays resembling an alien bar scene from the “Star Wars” movie franchise — have probably been to an event organized by TPC Studios. They don’t market themselves as such, but the Tulsa event-planning company founded by Talmadge Powell and Todd Pyland is arguably the entity behind the best parties in Oklahoma. The majority of their clients are the biggest and most influential nonprofits in the region looking to raise money...