Current Members

Doranne Hudson

Board Chair
Retired Executive, Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Cameron Garrison

Chair-Elect
Managing Partner
Lathrop GPM

Paul Holewinski

Treasurer & Vice Chair, Asset Management Committee
Chief Executive Officer
Dickinson Financial Corp

Gabe Hernandez

Alumni Trustee
Secretary
Vice President
Burns & McDonnell

Reachel Beichley

Vice Chair, Engagement Committee
Philanthropy & Partnership Advisor
Youth Symphony of Kansas City

Jennie Clarke

Vice Chair, Development Committee
Retired, American Century Investments

Dave Harrison

Trustee Managing Co-Chair, Strategic Real Estate Planning Task Force
President
VanTrust Real Estate

Charlie Shields

Vice Chair, Advocacy Committee
President & CEO
University Health

Leigh Anne Taylor Knight

Vice Chair, Trustees’ Scholars Committee
Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
The DeBruce Foundation

Donna Ward

Vice Chair, Strategy & Planning
Senior Vice President, Administrative Services Division
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Carolyn Watley

Vice Chair, Governance
Vice President of Community Engagement
CBIZ, Inc.

C. Mauli Agrawal

Community Trustee
Chancellor
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Scott Aripoli

Community Trustee
UMKC School of Law Foundation

Debby Ballard

President & Founder
The Ballard Connection

Kevin Barb

Alumni Trustee
Chief Commercial Officer
Mountain View Clean Energy

Jonathan Baum

Managing Partner
Baum Capital Partners

Stephanie Becker

Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Steven Bernstein

Chair, Scholar Endowment Pulse Team
CEO and President
Bernstein Rein Advertising, Inc.

Phil Bixby

CEO, President and Chairman
Kansas City Life Insurance

Scott Boswell

Managing Director of Wealth and Institutional Development
MTC Holding Corporation

Ramin Cherafat

Chairman & CEO
McCownGordon Construction

Mun Choi

Special Trustee
President
UM System

Ayca Cil

Community Trustee
President
Friends of the Conservatory

Dianne Cleaver

Retired
Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Ian Colrain

President and CEO
MRI Global

Keith Copaken

Principal
Copaken Brooks

Stephen Doyal

Retired, Hallmark Cards

Tim Dunn

Chairman of the Board
JE Dunn Construction

Dan Ellis

Executive Vice President, Chief Operations & Development Officer
AMC Theatres

Anne Westlake Elsberry

Wesley Fields

Office Managing Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Dick Flanigan

CEO
Digital Health KC

Lisa Folscroft

Community Trustee
President-Elect
UMKC Alumni Association

Gary Forsee

Retired
Sprint Nextel

Bob Fry

Special Trustee
District 4 Curator

Todd P. Graves

Special Trustee
District 6 Curator

Jon Gribble

Executive Vice President | Advanced Technologies
Kiewit

Brad Hampton

Chief Executive Officer
Helzberg Diamonds

Sarah Hughes

Community Trustee
President
UMKC Women’s Council

Heather Humphrey

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Evergy, Inc.

Jolie Justus

Executive Chief Administrative & Legal Officer
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
University Health

Christine Kemper

Founding Board Chair
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy and Foundation

David Kenner

Attorney

Jay Kim

CEO
DataLocker Inc.

Mike Kress

Founding Partner & Chief Architect
Generator Studio

Jeffery L. Layman

Special Trustee
District 7 Curator

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Special Trustee
At-Large Curator

Donald Maxwell

Attorney
Donald E Maxwell, LLC

Madeleine McDonough

Chair and Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Rachel Merlo

Head of Government & Community Affairs
Central Region | Orange County
Google Fiber

Erika Moody

President
Helix Architecture+Design

Allison Murdock

Deputy Managing Partner
Stinson LLP

The Honorable Beth Phillips

Chief Judge
U.S. Courts, Western District of Missouri

Emmet Pierson, Jr.

President and CEO
Community Builders of Kansas City

Wayne Powell

President & CEO
iBossWell, Inc.

Jeanette Prenger

Founder and CEO
ECCO Select

Julie Quirin

President
Saint Luke’s Health System

Jeron Ravin

President & CEO
Swope Health

Jerry Reece

Chairman Emeritus
ReeceNichols Real Estate

Angie Salmon

Senior Vice President, Managing Director
CBIZ, Inc.

Jennifer Schnack

Chair, Company Connections Task Force
Vice President, Human Resources
T-Mobile

Suzanne Shank

Retired Executive, General Electric
Lifetime Giving Endowed Scholar Benefactor

Jeff Simon

Office Managing Partner
Husch Blackwell LLP

Scott Smith

Retired
HNTB

Roger Sommi

Community Trustee
President
Pharmacy Foundation

Jim Stowers III

Owner
Oxford Companies

Jason Swords

Principal
Sunflower Development Group, LLC

Kyle Vena

Founder
VeloVisa

Crystal Walker

Community Trustee
Chair
Rinehart Foundation

Carolyn Watley

Vice President of Community Engagement
CBIZ, Inc.

Lisa Weixelman

Retired
Polsinelli, PC

Michael Williams

Special Trustee
KC Area Curator

Michelle Wimes

Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Children’s Mercy Hospital

Michael Woods

Senior Vice President
Business Operations & Strategy
Lockton Companies