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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 eight members each, overseeing specific areas of operation. Board members receive no compensation for their service.
Lydia I. Beebe, Chair
San Francisco, California
Howard E. Cohen
Leawood, Kansas
John B. Dicus
Topeka, Kansas
Jill Docking
Wichita, Kansas
Dana Valdois Hensley
Andover, Kansas
Jay Howard
Austin, Texas
Janet Martin McKinney
Kerrville, Texas
Ramón Murguía
Kansas City, Kansas
Steve Sloan
Pittsburg, Kansas
Todd L. Sutherland
Lawrence, Kansas
David B. Dillon, Immediate Past Chair
Mission Hills, Kansas
Kurt D. Watson
Andover, Kansas
Douglas A. Girod, Chancellor
Daniel J. Martin, President
Jerome Davies, Secretary
James G. Clarke, Treasurer
Kenneth G. Adams
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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
Angela M. Chammas
Hawthorn Woods, Illinois
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
Jerome Davies
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
William R. Docking
Arkansas City, 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
Jeff M. Johnson
Wichita, Kansas
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
Michael T. McCoy, M.D.
Topeka, Kansas
Janet Martin McKinney
Kerrville, Texas
Brian L. Mitchell
Elkhart, Kansas
John W. Mize
Salina, 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
Cathy A. Reinhardt
Lawrence, Kansas
Charles E. Rhoades, M.D.
Mission Hills, Kansas
Allyn W. Risley
Houston, Texas
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
Bradford T. Sanders
Houston, Texas
Elizabeth A. Schartz
Dallas, Texas
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Great Falls, Virginia
John C. Shawver
Wichita, Kansas
Dolph C. Simons III
Lawrence, 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
Beverly Gaines Tipton
Fredonia, Kansas
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
David C. Wysong
Denver, Colorado
Diane L. Yetter
Chicago, Illinois
Elected to the Board in 2022 *
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, Kan.
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
Kansas City, Missouri
Katherine Haughey Loo
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dorothy Wohlgemuth Lynch
Olathe, Kansas
Danny Manning
College Park, Maryland
M. D. Michaelis
Wichita, Kansas
Alan R. Mulally
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Gary W. Padgett
Greenleaf, Kansas
E. Annette Rieger
Seattle, Washington
John H. Robinson Jr.
Schererville, Indiana
Dale Seuferling
Lawrence, Kansas
Todd Seymour
Lawrence, Kansas
Dolph C. Simons Jr.
Lawrence, Kansas
John H. Stauffer Sr.
Topeka, 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
Chester B. Vanatta
Lenexa, Kansas
Ken Wagnon
Wichita, Kansas
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