ADVISORY DIRECTORS
Donald J. Hall (1928-2024)
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
John B. Francis (1917-2004)
William C. Nelson (1937-2014)
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
John B. Francis (1917-2004)
William C. Nelson (1937-2014)
OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Chair: Melea McRae**
Vice Chair: Mary Cook Jorgenson**
Treasurer: Lauren Tucker McCubbin**
Secretary: Chris Hernandez**
Vice Chair: Mary Cook Jorgenson**
Treasurer: Lauren Tucker McCubbin**
Secretary: Chris Hernandez**
Development Committee Chair: Ashlei Holznecht**
Endowment Committee Chair: Hayley Hanson**
Finance Committee Chair: Lauren Tucker McCubbin**
Governance Committee Chair: Ivan Batlle, Judge Jon Gray**
HR & Compensation Committee Chair: Kerri Residorff**
IDEA Committee Chair: Shawna Roath**, Julie Towner**
Endowment Committee Chair: Hayley Hanson**
Finance Committee Chair: Lauren Tucker McCubbin**
Governance Committee Chair: Ivan Batlle, Judge Jon Gray**
HR & Compensation Committee Chair: Kerri Residorff**
IDEA Committee Chair: Shawna Roath**, Julie Towner**
DIRECTORS
- Becky Blades
- Andrea Bough
- Dr. Jennifer Collier
- Bunni Copaken**
- Courtney Crappell*
- David W. Frantze**
- Douglas N. Ghertner (Doug)
- Brett Gray
- Laura Hall**
- John H. (Topper) Johntz, Jr**
- Andrew Kaplan**
- LaMonica Madden
- Melanie Miller
- David R. Morris**
- Robyn Murphy
- Stewart Myers
- Patricia O’Connor
- Richard Singleton III
- Hillary Stamper
- Benjamin Stone, M.D.
- Julie Towner
- Sara E. Welch
*Ex-Officio UMKC
**Executive Committee
DISTINGUISHED DIRECTORS
- Debby Ballard
- Irvin V. Belzer
- Bill Blessing
- Scott Boswell
- Rob Bratcher
- Ann King Dickinson (1944-2024)
- Courtney Goddard
- Deanna Graves
- Greg Graves
- Nancy P. Hatch
- Mike Lochmann
- George Shadid
- Myra Siegel
- Jo Ann Sullivan
- Bert Trucksess
- Abigail Wendel
DIRECTOR EMERITI
- Emily Ballentine
- Thomas R. Brous (1943-2023)
- William L. Bruning
- Linda Cozad
- Barbara Fay
- Robert Firnhaber (1935-2024)
- Mark S. Gilman
- J. Gordon Kingsley
- Jeannette Nichols (1925-2024)
- Marvin W. Ozley
- Sally Rheinfrank
- Sally West
Effective 7/15/2025
