Officers of the Board

Lisa Krigsten
CHAIR

Managing Partner - Dentons US LLP

Anne St. Peter
VICE CHAIR

Founder - Global Prairie

Paul Holewinski
VICE CHAIR

President and CEO Dickinson Financial Corporation

Gordon Lansford, III
TREASURER

President & CEO at JE Dunn Construction

Immediate Past Chairs

  • Madeleine McDonough

    Firm Chair/Partner - Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

  • Steven L. Edwards

    Retired Chairman and CEO - Black & Veatch

Members

  • Joseph M. Agnello

    CEO - Founder Series Lockton Companies

  • Chandra Agrawal

    Chancellor - The University of Missouri-Kansas City

  • Mario Azar

    Chairman/CEO - Black and Veatch

  • Kevin Barth

    Chairman & CEO - Commerce Bank

  • Dr. Kimberly Beatty

    Chancellor - Metropolitan Community College

  • William S. Berkley

    President and CEO - Tension Corporation

  • Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace

    President and CEO - Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  • Andrea Bernica

    Chief People Officer - Black and Veatch

  • Steven Bernstein

    President - Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Inc.

  • Larry Bridges

    President - Executive Hills, Inc

  • Kevin E. Bryant

    Executive Vice President, COO - Evergy

  • Owen Buckley

    President - LANE4 Property Group

  • David Campbell

    President and CEO - Evergy, Inc.

  • Ramin Cherafat

    CEO - McCownGordon Construction, LLC

  • Ian Colrain

    CEO - MRI Global

  • Paul L. Copaken

    Property Owner - Copaken Brooks

  • Paul DeBruce

    Retired CEO - DeBruce Companies

  • Steven L. Edwards

    Chairman and CEO - Black & Veatch

  • Warren K. Erdman

    Executive Vice President - CPKC

  • David W. Frantze

    Partner - Stinson LLP

  • R. Cameron Garrison

    Managing Partner - Lathrop GPM LLP

  • William C. Gautreaux

    Managing Partner - MLP Holdings LLC

  • Lisa Ginter

    CEO - CommunityAmerica Credit Union

  • Douglas A. Girod, M.D.

    Chancellor - The University of Kansas

  • Christopher Giuliani

    Chief Executive Officer - Spring Venture Group

  • Marc B. Hahn, D.O.

    President and CEO - Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

  • Donald J. Hall, Jr.

    Executive Chairman - Hallmark Cards, Inc.

  • Paul Holewinski

    President & CEO - Academy Bank

  • Jenny Housley

    SVP, Chief Revenue Officer - Blue Cross Blue Shield

  • Clark K. Hunt

    Chairman and CEO - Kansas City Chiefs

  • Gretchen Ivy

    VP and Central States Office Leader - HNTB Corporation

  • Mark R. Jorgenson

    National Group President - Community Banking

  • Mary Jane Judy

    Co-office Managing Partner - Polsinelli

  • Ann Konecny

    CEO - Foley Equipment

  • Lisa Krigsten

    Managing Partner - Dentons US LLP

  • Gordon Lansford

    President & CEO - JE Dunn Construction

  • Mark R. Larrabee

    President and CEO – Greater Kansas City Arvest Bank

  • Richard Linton

    President - Kansas State University

  • Mark C. Long

    President and Chief Executive Officer - Newmark Grubb Zimmer

  • Mike Maddox

    CEO & President - CrossFirst Bank Shares

  • Stephen Mills

    Senior VP and President - Spire, Inc.

  • Gregory S. Maday

    Chairman & CEO - SpecChem

  • Laura McConnell

    Chairman & CEO - Labconco

  • Thomas A. McDonnell

    Retired CEO - DST Systems

  • Leo E. Morton

    Retired President and COO - DeBruce Companies

  • Greg Mosier, Ed.D.

    President - Kansas City Kansas Community College

  • Thomas D. O’Grady

    Corporate President - HNTB Holdings Inc.

  • Bob Page

    President-CEO - The University of Kansas Health System

  • Stacey Paine

    President - Crown Center Redevelopment

  • John Parry

    Chief Executive Officer - The Parry Group

  • Stephen Penn

    Managing Partner - KPMG, LLP

  • Timothy T. Petty

    Kansas City Market President - U.S. Bank

  • Julie Quirin

    President - Saint Luke’s Health System

  • Jeron Ravin, JD

    President and CEO - Swope Health

  • Joe Reardon

    President and CEO - Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

  • Brooke Runnion

    Exec. VP - Lockton Companies

  • Matt Sheets

    Regional Leader - First National Bank of Omaha

  • John J. Sherman

    Chief Executive Officer/ Chairman - Kansas City Royals Baseball Club, LLC

  • Charlie Shields

    President and CEO - University Health

  • F Chase Simmons

    CEO - Polsinelli PC

  • Jeff Simon

    Office Managing Partner - Husch Blackwell

  • Scott M. Smith

    Retired CEO - HNTB

  • Rich Smith

    President Emeritus - Henderson Engineers

  • Elizabeth T. Solberg

    Executive Consultant - Fleishman-Hillard

  • Anne D. St. Peter

    Founder - Global Prairie

  • Erin Stucky

    President and CEO - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City

  • Qiana Thomason

    President and CEO - Health Forward Foundation

  • Robert M. Thompson

    Partner - Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

  • Julia Vander Weele

    Office Managing Partner - Spencer Fane LLP

  • Maurice Watson

    Retired CEO - Credo Philanthropy Advisors