Officers of the Board
Madeleine McDonough - CHAIR
Firm Chair/Partner Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Gordon E. Lansford, III - VICE CHAIR
President and CEO JE Dunn Construction Company
Paul Holewinski - VICE CHAIR
President and CEO Dickinson Financial Corporation
Madeline Romious - TREASURER
Regional Vice President – External Affairs AT&T Missouri
Civic Council President
Dr. Dred D. Scott PRESIDENT
Since 2022
Immediate Past Chairs
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Steven L. Edwards
Retired Chairman and CEO - Black & Veatch
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William C. Gautreaux
Managing Partner - MLP Holdings LLC
Three- Year Term Directors
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Dave Frantze
Partner - Stinson LLP
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Bob Page
President-CEO - The University of Kansas Health System
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Mark Larrabee
President and CEO – Greater Kansas City Arvest Bank
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Ramin Cherafat
Ramin Cherafat
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Erin Stucky
President and CEO - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
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Anne St. Peter
Founder - Global Prairie
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Pat Ottensmeyer
Retired CEO - CPKC
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Charlie Shields
President and CEO - University Health
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Maurice Watson
Retired CEO - Credo Philanthropy Advisors
One- Year Term Directors
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Bill Berkley
President and CEO - Tension Corporation
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Don Hall, Jr.
Executive Chairman - Hallmark Cards, Inc.
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Mark R. Jorgenson
Retired President - US Bank
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Paul Kempinski
Chairman and CEO - Children’s Mercy Kansas City
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Tom McDonnell
Retired CEO - DST Systems
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Tom O’Grady
Corporate President - HNTB Holdings Inc.
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Scott Smith
Retired CEO - HNTB
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Lisa Krigsten
Managing Partner - Dentons US LLP
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Stephen Mills
Senior VP & President - Spire, Inc.
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Stacey Paine
President - Crown Center Redevelopment
Chamber Chair
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Lisa Ginter
CEO of CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Members
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Joseph M. Agnello
CEO - Founder Series Lockton Companies
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Chandra Agrawal
Chancellor - The University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Mario Azar
Chairman/CEO - Black and Veatch
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Kevin Barth
Chairman & CEO - Commerce Bank
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Dr. Kimberly Beatty
Chancellor - Metropolitan Community College
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William S. Berkley
President and CEO - Tension Corporation
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Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace
President and CEO - Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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Andrea Bernica
Chief People Officer - Black and Veatch
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Steven Bernstein
President - Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Inc.
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Larry Bridges
President - Executive Hills, Inc
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Kevin E. Bryant
Executive Vice President, COO - Evergy
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Owen Buckley
President - LANE4 Property Group
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David Campbell
President and CEO - Evergy, Inc.
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Ramin Cherafat
CEO - McCownGordon Construction, LLC
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Ian Colrain
CEO - MRI Global
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Paul L. Copaken
Property Owner - Copaken Brooks
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Paul DeBruce
Retired CEO - DeBruce Companies
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Steven L. Edwards
Chairman and CEO - Black & Veatch
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Warren K. Erdman
Executive Vice President - CPKC
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David W. Frantze
Partner - Stinson LLP
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R. Cameron Garrison
Managing Partner - Lathrop GPM LLP
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William C. Gautreaux
Managing Partner - MLP Holdings LLC
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Lisa Ginter
CEO - CommunityAmerica Credit Union
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Douglas A. Girod, M.D.
Chancellor - The University of Kansas
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Christopher Giuliani
Chief Executive Officer - Spring Venture Group
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Marc B. Hahn, D.O.
President and CEO - Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
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Donald J. Hall, Jr.
Executive Chairman - Hallmark Cards, Inc.
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Jenny Housley
SVP, Chief Revenue Officer - Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Clark K. Hunt
Chairman and CEO - Kansas City Chiefs
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Gretchen Ivy
VP and Central States Office Leader - HNTB Corporation
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Mark R. Jorgenson
National Group President - Community Banking
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Mary Jane Judy
Co-office Managing Partner - Polsinelli
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Paul D. Kempinski
Chairman and CEO - Children’s Mercy Kansas City
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Ann Koneceny
CEO - Foley Equipment
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Lisa Krigsten
Managing Partner - Dentons US LLP
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Mark R. Larrabee
President and CEO – Greater Kansas City Arvest Bank
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Steven Lindsey
EVP, COO - Spire, Inc.
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Richard Linton
President - Kansas State University
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Mark C. Long
President and Chief Executive Officer - Newmark Grubb Zimmer
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Mike Maddox
CEO & President - CrossFirst Bank Shares
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Stephen Mills
VP & General Manager - Spire, Inc.
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Gregory S. Maday
Chairman & CEO - SpecChem
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Laura McConnell
Chairman & CEO - Labconco
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Thomas A. McDonnell
Retired CEO - DST Systems
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Leo E. Morton
Retired President and COO - DeBruce Companies
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Greg Mosier, Ed.D.
President - Kansas City Kansas Community College
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John F. Murphy
Owner - J. Murphy Strategies
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Thomas D. O’Grady
Corporate President - HNTB Holdings Inc.
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Bob Page
President-CEO - The University of Kansas Health System
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Stacey Paine
President - Crown Center Redevelopment
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John Parry
Chief Executive Officer - The Parry Group
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Timothy T. Petty
Kansas City Market President - U.S. Bank
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Julie Quirin
Chief Operating Officer & Sr. VP - Saint Luke’s Health System
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Jeron Ravin, JD
President and CEO - Swope Health
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Joe Reardon
President and CEO - Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
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Brooke Runnion
Exec. VP - Lockton Companies
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Matt Sheets
Regional Leader - First National Bank of Omaha
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John J. Sherman
Chief Executive Officer/ Chairman - Kansas City Royals Baseball Club, LLC
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Charlie Shields
President and CEO - University Health
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F Chase Simmons
CEO - Polsinelli PC
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Jeff Simon
Office Managing Partner - Husch Blackwell
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Scott M. Smith
Retired CEO - HNTB
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Rich Smith
President Emeritus - Henderson Engineers
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Elizabeth T. Solberg
Executive Consultant - Fleishman-Hillard
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Brad Sprong
Partner - KPMG LLP
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Stephen Penn
Managing Partner - KPMG, LLP
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Anne D. St. Peter
Founder - Global Prairie
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Erin Stucky
President and CEO - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
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Qiana Thomason
President and CEO - Health Forward Foundation
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Mark C. Thompson
Vice Chairman - CCB Financial Corporation
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Robert M. Thompson
Partner - Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
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Timothy W. Triplett
Retired General Counsel - Black and Veatch
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Julia Vander Weele
Office Managing Partner - Spencer Fane LLP
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Maurice Watson
Retired CEO - Credo Philanthropy Advisors