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Board Member Directory

Renny Arensberg

Chair, Community Affairs Committee
Executive Vice President,
KVC Health Systems
[email protected]

Rob Ayala-Flores

Marketing Committee
President, Puente Marketing & Advertising
[email protected]

Whitney Bartelli

Vice Chair, Marketing Committee
Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, CommunityAmerica Credit Union
[email protected]

Paul M. Black

Board Development Committee
CEO, PB Global Ventures LLC [email protected]

Ellen Bolen

Community Affairs Committee
Community Volunteer
[email protected]

Owen Buckley

Board Development Committee
President, Lane 4 Property Group
[email protected]

Lynn Carlton

Community Affairs Committee
Practice Leader for Planning, Burns & McDonnell
[email protected] 

Kelly Carnago

Board Development Committee
Chief of Staff YouTube Global Operations,
Google
[email protected]

Jeff Chadiha

Board Development Committee
Senior Writer, NFL Media
[email protected]

Tim Cowden

Board Development Committee
President and CEO, Kansas City Area Development Council
[email protected]

Jason Dalen

Vice Chair, Board Development Committee
Vice President – Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management
[email protected]  

Chelan David

Marketing Committee
Development Director, Lead to Read KC
[email protected]

Octavio Estrella

Assistant Director of Student Services, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
[email protected]

Ray Evans

Cancer Funding Partners
Senior Partner, Pegasus Capital Management
[email protected]

Katie Fitzgerald

Community Affairs Committee
Senior Wealth Consultant, Mariner Wealth Advisors
[email protected]

Kirsten Flory

President, Foundations Commercial Real Estate
[email protected]

Sonia Garapaty

Marketing Committee
CEO and Owner, FSC, Inc.
[email protected]

Christy Gautreaux

Marketing Committee
Community Volunteer
[email protected]

Mercedes Givens

Government Affairs Committee
Private Wealth Manager, Creative Planning
[email protected]

Sean Goodale

Government Affairs Committee
CEO, Retina Associates
[email protected]

Tami Greenberg

CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities
[email protected]

Ken Hager

Board Development Committee
Retired CFO and Treasurer, DST
[email protected]

Hibba Haider, MD

Pediatrician, Choice Physicians Group
[email protected]

Brigid Hall

Government Affairs Committee
Community Volunteer
[email protected]

Jane Henney, MD

Board Development Committee
Retired Oncologist
[email protected]

Bob Hunter

Marketing Committee
Chair, Heart Funding Council
Vice Chair of the Board, FCI Advisors
[email protected] 

Brian Kaufman

Board Development Committee
Managing Director, Prairie Capital Management
[email protected]

Jeffrey Kramer, MD

Board Development Committee
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon, The University of Kansas Health System
[email protected]

Ahsan Latif

Litigation Counsel, Kansas Corporation Commission
[email protected]

Alan Lowden

Chief Information Officer, H&R Block
[email protected]

Michael Maddox

President and CEO, CrossFirst Bank
[email protected]

Maria Maffry

Chair, Marketing Committee
Principal and Chief Business Development Officer, BNIM
[email protected]

Melanie Mann

Owner/Principal, Mann Development Company
[email protected]

Kay Martin

Vice Chair, Community Affairs Committee
Community Volunteer
[email protected]

Tim McKee

CEO, Olathe Chamber of Commerce
[email protected]

Clyde McQueen

President and CEO, Full Employment Council
[email protected]

Teesha Miller

Vice President and Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
[email protected]

Laurie Minard

Vice President – Human Resources, Garmin International
[email protected]

Erika Moody

Marketing Committee
President, Helix Architecture and Design
[email protected]

Kyle Myers

Cancer Funding Partners
Regional President & Head of Corporate Banking, PNC Bank
[email protected]

Troy Nash, EdD, JD, MBA

Government Affairs Committee
Vice President/Principal, Newmark Zimmer
[email protected]

Paul Neidlein

Board Development Committee
President, Midwest Region, JE Dunn
[email protected]

Dean Newton

Vice Chair, Board Development Committee
CEO, Delta Dental of Kansas
[email protected]

Danny O’Neill

Owner and Founder, The Roasterie
[email protected]

Jason Parson

President and CEO, Parson & Associates
[email protected]

Andrea Perdomo-Morales

Chief Health Equity Officer, Vibrant Health
[email protected]

Laura Perin

Board Development Committee
Chairman and CEO, Labconco
[email protected]

Sam Porritt

Marketing Committee
Founder, Falling Forward Foundation
[email protected]
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Mary Ann Powell

Government Affairs Committee
Community Volunteer and Freelance Editor
[email protected]

Wayne Powell

Marketing Committee
President and CEO, iBossWell, Inc.
[email protected]

Andrea Price

Community Affairs Committee
Community Volunteer
[email protected]

Stacie Prosser

Board Development Committee
Market President and Publisher, Kansas City Business Journal
[email protected]

Will Pryor

Board Development Committee
Vice President – Internal Audit, Hallmark
[email protected]

Brandy Rea

Board Development Committee
Director, Rea Family Foundation
[email protected]

Ora Reynolds

Board Development Committee
President and CEO, Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Inc.
[email protected]

Debra Romberger, M.D.

Chair – Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
[email protected]

Marilyn Rymer, MD

Retired Neurologist
[email protected]

Jim Saladin

Marketing Committee
Chief Marketing Officer, Lettermen’s Energy
[email protected]

Charlie Schellhorn

Board Development Committee
President and CEO, The Aberdeen Financial Group, LLC
[email protected]

Ram Shankar

Marketing Committee
CFO, Executive Vice President, UMB Financial Corporation
[email protected]

Scott Smith

Board Development Committee
Retired CEO and President, HNTB Infrastructure
[email protected]

Betsey Solberg

Advancement Board Secretary
Board Development Committee
Consultant, Fleishman Hillard
[email protected]

Jim Stowers

Owner, Oxford Companies
[email protected]

Jeannine Strandjord

Advancement Board Chair
Retired Chief Integration Officer, Sprint
[email protected]

Awais Sufi

Government Affairs Committee
President and CEO, SchoolSmartKC
[email protected]

Mike Talboy

Government Affairs Committee
Attorney, Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhoades, P.C.
[email protected]

Ursula Terrasi

Community Affairs Committee
Owner, Terrasi Living
[email protected]

Bruce Toby, M.D.

Professor, Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine; Team Physician, Kansas City Royals Baseball Team; Team Consultant, Kansas City Chiefs Football Team; Director, Sports Medicine Product Line, TUKHS
[email protected]

Ricardo Torres

President and CEO, KC Billboards
[email protected]

Michael Tracy

Chair, Government Affairs Committee
Owner and Managing Principal, OMNI Employment Management Services
[email protected]

Tucker Trotter

Marketing Committee
CEO, Dimensional Innovations
[email protected]

Angelo Trozzolo

Marketing Committee
President and CEO, Trozzolo Communications Group
[email protected]

Tray Vedock

Chair, Board Development Committee
President and CEO, Gravel Ventures
[email protected]

Abby Wendel

President – Consumer Banking, UMB Financial
[email protected]

Debbie Wilkerson

Board Development Committee
President and CEO, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
[email protected]

Suzanne Williams

Board Development Committee
CFO, Barkley
[email protected]

Kay Wolf

Government Affairs Committee
Former Kansas State Senator
[email protected]

Linda Woodsmall-DeBruce

Marketing Committee
Community Volunteer
[email protected]

Jeff Yowell

Cancer Funding Partner
Entrepreneur, Getter Farms
[email protected]

Emeritus Members

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

Mary Hunkeler
Community Volunteer

Cheryl Jernigan
Community Volunteer

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

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
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

Sally Maliski, PhD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD
Executive Dean, School of Medicine
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

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