For fiscal year 2025, Trustee Scholar Circle giving status is indicated by (*), and Trustee Scholar Benefactor giving status is indicated by (**).
Executive Committee
The UMKC Trustees Executive Committee is elected from among the current trustees. They manage the business and property of the Board of Trustees in the interim between meetings of the full board.
Doranne Hudson
Board Chair
Retired, Hallmark Cards
Paul Holewinski
Treasurer and Vice Chair, Asset Management Committee
CEO Dickinson Financial Corp
Gabe Hernandez
Alumni Trustee
Secretary
Vice President
Burns & McDonnell
Debby Ballard
Ex Officio
Founder and President
The Ballard Connection
Reachel Beichley
Vice Chair, Engagement Committee
Practice Group Director, Traditional Labor Law
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Jennie Clarke
Alumni Trustee
Vice Chair, Development Committee
Retired, American Century Investments
Cameron Garrison
Vice Chair, Governance Committee
Managing Partner
Lathrop GPM
Dave Harrison*
Trustee Managing Co-Chair, Strategic Real Estate Planning Task Force
President
VanTrust Real Estate
Suzanne Shank
Vice Chair, Trustees’ Scholars Committee
Retired, General Electric
Lifetime Giving Endowed Scholar Benefactor
Charlie Shields
Vice Chair, Advocacy Committee
President and CEO
University Health
Leigh Anne Taylor Knight
Vice Chair, Brand Elevation Committee
Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
The DeBruce Foundation
Kyle Vena
Trustee Managing Co-Chair, New Paradigm for Company Connections Task Force
Vice President of New Campus Development
American Royal Association
Donna Ward
Vice Chair, Strategy & Planning
Senior Vice President, Administrative Services Division
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Regular, Alumni, Community and Special Trustees
The University of Missouri–Kansas City Board of Trustees is comprised of 60 regular, four Alumni, nine Community and three Special Trustees. Honorary and Emeriti members are annually elected at the discretion of the board.
C. Mauli Agrawal
Community Trustee
Chancellor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Scott Aripoli
Community Trustee
UMKC School of Law Foundation
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
CEO and President
Bernstein Rein Advertising, Inc.
Phil Bixby
CEO, President and Chairman
Kansas City Life Insurance
Scott Boswell
President – West Division
The Commerce Trust Company
David Brain
CEO
Enfinite Capital
Ramin Cherafat
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
Retired
Cerner Corporation
Lisa Folscroft
Vice President, Human Resources
Greater KC Community Foundation
Gary Forsee
Retired
Sprint Nextel
Scott Francis
Owner
Francor, LLC
Dan Fromm
President
Barkley
Todd P. Graves
Special Trustee
District 6 Curator
Brad Hampton
Chief Executive Officer
Helzberg Diamonds
Heather Humphrey
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Evergy, Inc.
Kim Kass
Community Trustee
Assistant Vice President
Commerce Trust Company
David Kenner
Attorney-at-Law
Christine Kemper
Founding Board Chair
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy and Foundation
Jay Kim
CEO
DataLocker Inc.
Mike Kress
Founding Partner & Chief Architect
Generator Studio
Jeffery L. Layman
Special Trustee
District 7 Curator
Donald Maxwell
Attorney-at-law
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
Keith Perkins
Community Trustee
President
Pharmacy Foundation
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.
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado
Scientific Director, Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Jennifer Schnack
Vice President, Human Resources
T-Mobile
Dred D. Scott
President
Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
Jeff Simon
Office Managing Partner
Husch Blackwell LLP
Scott Smith
Retired
HNTB
Anne St. Peter
Founder
Global Prairie
Jim Stowers III
Owner
Oxford Companies
Crystal Walker
Dentist
Children’s Dental Professionals LLC
Lisa Weixelman
Retired
Polsinelli, PC
Carolyn Watley
Vice President of Community Engagement
CBIZ, Inc.
Robin R. Wenneker
Special Trustee
Curator Board Chair
At-Large Curator
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
Victor Zhang
Chief Investment Officer
Senior Vice President
American Century Investments
Emeriti and Honorary Trustees
Malcolm Aslin
Emeritus
Alan Atterbury
Emeritus
President
Midland Properties, Inc.
Lifetime Giving Endowed Scholar Benefactor
The Hon. Theodore Beckett
Emeritus
Angela Bennett
Honorary
Tom Bloch
Emeritus
Founding Board Member, University Academy
Lifetime Giving Endowed Scholar Benefactor
Barrett Brady
Emeritus
John Callison
Emeritus
Vice President—Investments
Oppenheimer & Company, Inc
Newton Campbell
Honorary
Executive in Residence
University of Missouri‐Kansas City
Paul DeBruce
Emeritus
DeBruce Companies
William French
Honorary
Lifetime Giving Endowed Scholar Benefactor
Ollie Gates
Emeritus
Owner and Founder Gates BBQ
Greg Graves
Emeritus
Former Chairman/CEO
Burns & McDonnell
Pat McLarney
Emeritus
Attorney
McLarney Law Firm
Thomas Hyde
Emeritus
Leo E. Morton
Emeritus
President and COO
Robert Peterson
Emeritus
Jim Polsinelli
Emeritus
Retired Shareholder
Polsinelli, PC
B. John Readey
Emeritus
Senior Counsel
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
John Sherman
Emeritus
MLP Holdings LLC
Betsey Solberg
Emerita
Executive Consultant
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
Charles Sosland
Emeritus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sosland Companies, Inc.
Neil Sosland
Emeritus
Executive Editor—Markets
Sosland Publishing Company
Stephen Talge
Emeritus
Tom Turner
Emeritus
Joel Voran
Emeritus
Senior Counsel
Lathrop GPM
Don Wagner
Emeritus
General Partner
Wagner Investments LP
Lifetime Giving Endowed Scholar Benefactor
Robert West
Emeritus
