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Board of Trustees
An Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees governs KU Endowment and takes responsibility for ensuring that it will provide significant support for the University now and in the future.
An Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees governs KU Endowment and takes responsibility for ensuring that it will provide significant support for the University now and in the future. The Executive Committee, of up to fifteen members, meets quarterly and the entire board, of up to 75 members, meets annually. Throughout the year, individual trustees serve on committees of five to nine members each, overseeing specific areas of operation. Board members receive no compensation for their service.
Executive Committee members
Ex-Officio Members
Board of Trustees
Life Trustees
Executive Committee members
Lydia I. Beebe, Chair
San Francisco, California
Howard E. Cohen
Leawood, Kansas
Linda Zarda Cook
Houston, Texas
Jill Docking
Wichita, Kansas
Dana Valdois Hensley
Andover, Kansas
Jay Howard
Austin, Texas
Janet Martin McKinney
Kerrville, Texas
Marvin Motley
Leawood, Kansas
Ramón Murguía
Kansas City, Kansas
Steve Sloan
Pittsburg, Kansas
David B. Dillon, Immediate Past Chair
Mission Hills, Kansas
Kurt D. Watson
Andover, Kansas
Ex-Officio Members
Douglas A. Girod, Chancellor
Daniel J. Martin, President
Allison L. Long, Secretary
James G. Clarke, Treasurer
Board of Trustees
Stephonn Alcorn *
New York, New York
Lydia I. Beebe
San Francisco, California
Dan P. Bolen
Mission Hills, Kansas
Lorie A. Bowman
Prairie Village, Kansas
John G. Brandmeyer
Leawood, Kansas
Gene G. Camarena
Wichita, Kansas
David M. Carr
Wellington, Kansas
James G. Clarke
Kansas City, Missouri
Howard E. Cohen
Leawood, Kansas
Linda Zarda Cook
Houston, Texas
Scott Coons
Lawrence, Kansas
Cathy L. Daicoff
Lawrence, Kansas
Paul E. DeBruce
Mission Hills, Kansas
John B. Dicus
Topeka, Kansas
David B. Dillon
Mission Hills, Kansas
Stacey D. Dillon
Lawrence, Kansas
Jill S. Docking
Wichita, Kansas
Ray D. Evans
Leawood, Kansas
Jeff N. Gentry
Andover, Kansas
Lewis D. Gregory
Leawood, Kansas
Richard J. Hale
Ridgeland, Mississippi
David E. Hall
Mission Hills, Kansas
Sheri Welter Hauck
Arroyo Grande, California
Edward J. Healy
Eastborough, Kansas
Dana Valdois Hensley
Andover, Kansas
Jay Howard
Austin, Texas
William (Trey) W. Humphrey *
Mission Hills, Kansas
Jeff M. Johnson
Wichita, Kansas
Schalie A. Johnson *
Kansas City, Missouri
Robert S. Kaplan
Dallas, Texas
Laura M. Koenigs, M.D.
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Brad Korell
Edwards, Colorado
Erica L. LeBlanc
Glenview, Illinois
Daniel J. Martin
Olathe, Kansas
Kent C. McCarthy
Rancho Mirage, California
Brian A. McClendon
Lawrence, Kansas
Janet Martin McKinney
Kerrville, Texas
Brian L. Mitchell
Elkhart, Kansas
John W. Mize
Olathe, Kansas
Marvin R. Motley
Leawood, Kansas
David L. Murfin
Wichita, Kansas
Ramón Murguía
Kansas City, Kansas
Lisa Murray
Mission Hills, Kansas
Brent R. Padgett
Lawrence, Kansas
David B. Pittaway
Naples, Florida
Winifred (Win) S. Pinet *
Plymouth, Michigan
Cathy A. Reinhardt
Lawrence, Kansas
Charles E. Rhoades, M.D.
Mission Hills, Kansas
E. S. Riss
Mission Hills, Kansas
A. Scott Ritchie III
Wichita, Kansas
Dave B. Roland
Shorewood, Minnesota
Jann Crawford Rudkin
Los Gatos, California
Joanna Rupp
Chicago, Illinois
Abbey Rupe, M.D. *
Salina, Kansas
Bradford T. Sanders
Houston, Texas
Elizabeth A. Schartz
Dallas, Texas
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Great Falls, Virginia
John C. Shawver
Wichita, Kansas
Gayle A. Sims
Cedar Hill, Texas
Linda Ellis Sims
Independence, Missouri
R. Todd Slawson
Denver, Colorado
Steve Sloan
Pittsburg, Kansas
Todd L. Sutherland
Lawrence, Kansas
Petra (Tedde) T. Tasheff
New York, New York
Elizabeth (Liz) Boldridge Tovar
Iowa City, Iowa
Frank D. Tsuru
Houston, Texas
Thomas J. Walsh
Mission Hills, Kansas
Debbie B. Ward
Mission Hills, Kansas
Kurt D. Watson
Andover, Kansas
Thomas G. Wiggans
Pebble Beach, California
Diane L. Yetter
Chicago, Illinois
*Elected in 2023
Life Trustees
Kenneth G. Adams
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Dana K. Anderson
Lawrence, Kansas
Philip F. Anschutz
Denver, Colorado
Beverly Smith Billings
Lawrence, Kansas
David G. Booth
Austin, Texas
Richard C. Clarkson
Denver, Colorado
John C. Dicus
Topeka, Kansas
William R. Docking
Arkansas City, Kansas
Robert L. Driscoll
Seabrook Island, South Carolina
Archie R. Dykes
Prairie Village, Kansas
Robert J. Eaton
Naples, Florida
R. A. Edwards
Hutchinson, Kansas
Sam Evans
Chicago, Illinois
Bernadette Gray-Little
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charles E. Heath
Lawrence, Kansas
Christina M. Hixson
Las Vegas, Nevada
Ellen Jurden Hockaday
Mission Hills, Kansas
Forrest E. Hoglund
Dallas, Texas
Stewart R. Horejsi
Paradise Valley, Arizona
John D. Hunkeler, M.D.
Mission Woods, Kansas
A. Drue Jennings
Leawood, Kansas
Edward A. Kangas
New Canaan, Connecticut
Steve Lightstone
Prairie Village, Kansas
Katherine Haughey Loo
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dorothy Wohlgemuth Lynch
Olathe, Kansas
Danny Manning
College Park, Maryland
Michael T. McCoy, M.D.
Topeka, Kansas
M. D. Michaelis
Wichita, Kansas
Alan R. Mulally
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Gary W. Padgett
Greenleaf, Kansas
E. Annette Rieger
Seattle, Washington
Allyn W. Risley
Houston, Texas
John H. Robinson Jr.
Schererville, Indiana
Dale Seuferling
Lawrence, Kansas
Dolph C. Simons Jr.
Lawrence, Kansas
Dolph C. Simons III
Lawrence, Kansas
John H. Stauffer Sr.
Topeka, Kansas
M. Elizabeth Stella
Lawrence, Kansas
John T. Stewart III
Wellington, Kansas
Deanell Reece Tacha
Lawrence, Kansas
Robert D. Taylor
Prairie Village, Kansas
William B. Taylor
Olathe, Kansas
Gregs G. Thomopulos
Iowa City, Iowa
Beverly Gaines Tipton
Fredonia, Kansas
Chester B. Vanatta
Lenexa, Kansas
Ken Wagnon
Wichita, Kansas
David C. Wysong
Denver, Colorado
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