Board of Directors

ADVISORY DIRECTORS

Donald J. Hall
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
John B. Francis (1917-2004)
William C. Nelson (1937-2014)

OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Chair Andrew Kaplan**
Vice Chair Melea McRae**
Treasurer David W. Frantze**
Secretary Chris Hernandez**

Ashlei Holznecht** – Development Committee Chair
Dana Abraham** – Endowment Committee Chair
David W. Frantze** – Finance Committee Chair
Ivan Batlle**, Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.)** – Governance Committee Chair
Kerri S. Reisdorff** – Human Resources/Compensation Committee Chair
LaMonica Madden**, Stewart S. Myers** – IDEA Committee Co-Chairs

DIRECTORS

  • C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.*
  • Dr. Jennifer Collier
  • Bunni Copaken**
  • Kevin D. Covington
  • Courtney Crappell*
  • Douglas N. Ghertner
  • Laura Hall**
  • Scott Hall**
  • Hayley E. Hanson
  • Shannon Johnson
  • John H. (Topper) Johntz, Jr**
  • Mary Cook Jorgenson
  • Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin
  • Robyn Murphy
  • Matt Ralston
  • Shawna Roath
  • Richard Singleton III
  • Hillary Stamper
  • Benjamin Stone, M.D.
  • Julie Towner
  • Susan Waldron
  • Michelle Webb
  • Dominic Wu, M.D.
  • Tina Youngblood

*Ex-Officio UMKC
**Executive Committee

DISTINGUISHED DIRECTORS

  • Debby Ballard
  • Irvin V. Belzer
  • Bill Blessing
  • Rob Bratcher
  • Scott Boswell
  • Ann Dickinson
  • 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
  • Mark S. Gilman
  • J. Gordon Kingsley
  • Jeannette Nichols
  • Marvin W. Ozley
  • Sally Rheinfrank
  • Sally West
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