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 Mary Cook Jorgenson**
Secretary Chris Hernandez**

Ashlei Holznecht** – Development Committee Chair
Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin** – Endowment Committee Chair
Mary Cook Jorgenson** – Finance Committee Chair
Ivan R. Batlle**, Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.)** – Governance Committee Chair
Kerri S. Reisdorff** – Human Resources/Compensation Committee Chair
Stewart S. Myers**, Shawna Roath** – IDEA Committee Co-Chairs

DIRECTORS

  • C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.*
  • Becky Blades
  • Dr. Jennifer Collier
  • Bunni Copaken**
  • Courtney Crappell*
  • Douglas N. Ghertner (Doug)
  • Brett Gray
  • Laura Hall**
  • Scott Hall**
  • Hayley E. Hanson
  • Shannon Johnson
  • John H. (Topper) Johntz, Jr**
  • LaMonica Madden
  • Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin**
  • Robyn Murphy
  • Patricia O’Connor
  • Richard Singleton III
  • Hillary Stamper
  • Benjamin Stone, M.D.
  • Julie Towner
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sara E. Welch
  • 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 (1925-2024)
  • Marvin W. Ozley
  • Sally Rheinfrank
  • Sally West

Effective 8/22/2024

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