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Advancement Board

Board Members

Renny Arensberg

KVC Health Systems

Rob Ayala-Flores

Puente Marketing & Advertising

Cathy Baier

US Federal Properties

Whitney Bartelli

CommunityAmerica Credit Union

Paul M. Black

PB Global Ventures LLC

Owen Buckley

Lane 4 Property Group

Lynn Carlton

Burns & McDonnell

Kelly Carnago

Community Volunteer

Jeff Chadiha

NFL Media

Tim Cowden

Kansas City Area Development Council

Jason Dalen

Chair, Government Affairs Committee
RBC Wealth Management

Chelan David

Lead to Read KC

Bryan Dennie

Manulife Investment Management

Katie Dunn

Mariner Wealth Advisors

Ray Evans

Pegasus Capital Management

Kirsten Flory

Foundations Commercial Real Estate

Sonia Garapaty

Vice Chair, Marketing Committee
FSC, Inc.

Christy Gautreaux

Community Volunteer

Mercedes Givens

Creative Planning

Sean Goodale

Retina Associates

Tami Greenberg

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Ken Hager

Retired CFO and Treasurer DST

Brigid Hall

Community Volunteer

The Honorable Jane E. Henney M.D.

Board Chair
Former Commissioner of Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Matthew Hufft

Hufft Architecture and Fabrication

Bob Hunter

Retired, FCI Advisors

Brian Kaufman

Prairie Capital Management

Dr. Aman Kaur

Women in DSO

Courtney Kounkel

Monarch Build

Jeffrey Kramer, MD

The University of Kansas Health System

Alan Lowden

H&R Block

Michael Maddox

CrossFirst Bank

Maria Maffry

BNIM

Melanie Mann

Mann Development Company

Kay Martin

Chair, Community Affairs Committee
Community Volunteer

Tim McKee

Olathe Chamber of Commerce

Clyde McQueen

Full Employment Council

Melea McRae

Crux

Teesha Miller

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Laurie Minard

Garmin International

Erika Moody

Helix Architecture and Design

Kyle Myers

PNC Bank

Troy Nash, EdD, JD, MBA

The Nash Group

Paul Neidlein

Vice Chair, Board Development Committee
JE Dunn

Dean Newton

Chair, Board Development Committee Delta Dental of Kansas

Danny O’Neill

The Roasterie

Jason Parson

Parson & Associates

Andrea Perdomo-Morales

Vibrant Health

Sam Porritt

Chair, Marketing Committee
Falling Forward Foundation

Mary Ann Powell

Community Volunteer and Freelance Editor

Andrea Price

Community Volunteer

Stacie Prosser

Kansas City Business Journal

Will Pryor

Hallmark

Danielle Puzio

HNC Living Foundation

Ora Reynolds

Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Inc.

Dawn Rattan

Everfit, Inc. & Village West Discount Liquor

Elizabeth Rowe

Alzheimer’s Association Heart of America

Marilyn Rymer, MD

Retired Neurologist

Jim Saladin

Lettermen's Energy

Scott Smith

Retired, HNTB Infrastructure

Scott Sollars

FCI Advisors

Jim Stowers

Oxford Companies

Jeannine Strandjord

Advancement Board Past Chair
Retired, Sprint

Awais Sufi

Vice Chair, Government Affairs Committee
SchoolSmartKC

Mike Talboy

Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhoades, P.C

Ursula Terrasi

Terrasi Living

Bruce Toby, MD

The University of Kansas Health System

Ricardo Torres

KC Billboards

Michael Tracy

OMNI Employment Management Services

Tucker Trotter

Dimensional Innovations

Angelo Trozzolo

Trozzolo Communications Group

Chris Vaeth

McCown Gordon Construction

Abby Wendel

Landmark National Bank

Sunti “Sunny” Wathanacharoen

Alliance Partners KC

Debbie Wilkerson

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Carey Wilkins

Concord

Kay Wolf

Former Kansas State Senator

Linda Woodsmall-DeBruce

Board Secretary
Community Volunteer

Emeritus Members

Patty Garney
Community Volunteer

Greg Graves
Retired, Burns & McDonnell

Forrest Hoglund
The Hoglund Foundation

Robert Honse
Retired, Farmland Industries

Drue Jennings
Retired, Polsinelli

Bob Regnier
Bank of Blue Valley

Charlie Sunderland
Retired, Ash Grove Cement Company

Lifetime Members

Mary Birch
Lathrop & Gage

Tom Bowser
Retired, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City

Janie Gaunce
Grapevine Designs

Laura Gregory
Community Volunteer

Bill Hall
Retired, Hall Family Foundation

Joyce Hayhow
Retired, Kansas City Business Journal

Mary Hunkeler
Community Volunteer

Cheryl Jernigan
Community Volunteer

Lynn Kindred, MD
Retired, The University of Kansas Health System

Pat McCown
Retired, McCown Gordon

Earl Merkel, MD
Russell Regional Hospital

Charlie Rhoades, MD
Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic

Jewel Scott
Retired, Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

Joy Wheeler
Retired, Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri

David Wysong
Former Kansas State Senator

Ex-Officio Members

Douglas Girod, MD
Chancellor
University of Kansas

Bob Page
President and CEO
The University of Kansas Health System

Tammy Peterman, MS, RN, FAAN
President, Kansas City Division
The University of Kansas Health System

Dan Martin
President
KU Endowment

Robert Simari, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Abiodun Akinwuntan, PhD, MPH, MB
Dean, School of Health Professions
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Dr. Noreen Carrocci
Chair
4-Wichita Advisory Board

Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD
Executive Dean, School of Medicine
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Jean Gidden, PhD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Talal Khan, MD, MBA
President, The University of Kansas Physicians
Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
The University of Kansas Medical Center and Health System

Matthias Salathe, MD
Chief Research Officer
University of Kansas

Steve Stites, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Kansas Medical Center
Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, The University of Kansas Health System

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