Current Members

Executive Committee

The University of Missouri–Kansas City Executive Committee is elected from among the current Trustees. They manage the business and property of the Board of Trustees in the interim between meetings of the full board.

Thomas Bloch

Chair
   

Ellen Darling

Vice Chair, Development
Chief Executive Officer
Zimmer Companies, Inc.

 
Stephen Doyal

Vice Chair, Trustees' Scholars Recruitment Committee
Senior Vice President-Public Affairs and Communications
Hallmark Cards, Inc.

 
Stephen Dunn

Treasurer and Vice Chair,
Finance Committee

Chairman
J. E. Dunn Construction Company

 
Doranne Hudson

Vice Chair, Strategy and Planning
Retired, Hallmark Cards
ExecutiveinResidence
University of Missouri–Kansas City

 
Peter Levi
Vice Chair, Legislative Affairs

Shareholder
Polsinelli Shughart PC

 
David Oliver

Chair, Governance Committee
Partner
Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt LLP  

 
Thomas Turner III

Vice Chair, Real Estate Committee
Executive Vice President
Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC

 
Joel Voran

Vice Chair, Scholar/Business Connections
Chief Executive Officer
Lathrop & Gage, LLP

 
Joy Wheeler

Secretary and Vice Chair, Trustee Orientation and Training
Vice President— Medical and Patient Relations
SimmonsCooper LLC

 
Troy Lillebo

Assistant Secretary,  Ex–officio
University of Missouri–Kansas City

 
Sharon Lindenbaum

Assistant Treasurer, Ex–officio
University of Missouri–Kansas City

 


 

Regular, Alumni, Community and Special Trustees

The University of Missouri–Kansas City Board of Trustees is comprised of 60 regular, four Alumni, seven Community and three Special Trustees. Honorary and Emeriti members are annually elected at the discretion of the board.

Malcolm Aslin

Chairman of the Board
Alterra Bank


Alan Atterbury

President
Midland Properties, Inc.

 
Jonathan Baum

Chairman
George K. Baum & Company

 
Angela Bennett
Alumni Trustee

Regional Director—
Office for Civil Rights, Region VII
U.S. Department of Education

 
William Berkley

President and Chief Executive Officer
Tension Envelope Corporation

 
Steven Bernstein

President 
Bernstein Rein Advertising, Inc. 

 
Philip Bixby

Alumni Trustee
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman
Kansas City Life Insurance Company

 
John Bluford

President and Chief Executive Officer
Truman Medical Centers

   
John Callison

Vice President—Investments
Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.

 
Michael Carter

Chief Executive Officer
Carter Broadcasting Group, Inc.

   
Michael Chesser

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kansas City Power & Light

 
Dianne Cleaver

President
Symmetry Consulting

 
Keith Copaken

Principal
Copaken, White & Blitt

 
Mary Corcoran

Community Trustee, Women’s Council

 
Paul DeBruce

Chief Executive Officer
DeBruce Grain, Inc.

 
Ann Dickinson

Chairman
Dickinson Financial Corporation

 
Frank Ellis

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Swope Community Enterprises

 
Anne Westlake Elsberry
 
Warren Erdman

Special Trustee
Chair, UM Board of Curators
Executive Vice President—
Administrative and Corporate Affairs
KC Southern

 
Michael Fields

Executive Director
William T. Kemper Foundation

   
Scott Francis

Owner
Francor, LLC

 
The Hon. Fernando Gaitan

Chief Judge
U.S. District Court

   
Esther George

President
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

 
Richard Green

Managing Director
Corridor Energy, LLC


Matt Hartwig

Community Trustee
UMKC Pharmacy Foundation
Co-President/Chief Executive Officer
Red Cross Pharmacy

 
Marilyn Hebenstreit

Community Trustee, Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology


Spencer Heddens, III

Kansas City Region President
Bank of America, Kansas City


Michael Helmstetter

Chief Executive Officer and President
Midwest Research Institute


D. Stanley Hite

Community Trustee, Rinehart Foundation
D. Stanley Hite, D.D.S.
 

Ed Honesty

President and Chief Operating Officer
Best Harvest Bakeries
 

Thomas Hyde


Richard Johnson

Founder and President
KC Pharma, LLC

 
Jerry Lonergan

Community Trustee, Alumni Association
Associate Director
The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

 
Pat McLarney

Attorney
McLarney Law Firm

 
Chandler McCray

President and Chief Executive Officer
McCray Lumber Company and Millwork

 
John McMeel

Chairman and President
Andrews McMeel Universal

 
Leo E. Morton

Community Trustee
UMKC Chancellor

   
William Nelson

Chairman,
George K. Baum Asset Management, George K. Baum Holdings

 
Stephen Owens

Interim President
University of Missouri System

   
George Powell, III
 
Bill Prugh

Community Trustee, Law Foundation

   
John Readey, III

Partner
Bryan Cave LLP

 
Jerry Reece

Chief Executive Officer
Reece and Nichols

 
Ralph Reid

Vice President—Corporate Social Responsibility
Sprint Corporation

 
Paul Rodriguez

President
Rodriguez Mechanical Contractors

 
James Sangster

President
UMB Bank

   
Lisa Schellhorn

Community Trustee
Conservatory of Music and Dance

 
Andrew Schmitt

President and Chief Executive Officer
Layne Christensen Company

 
John Sherman

President and Chief Executive Officer
Inergy Propane LLC

 
Scott Smith

President
HNTB Corporation

 
Betsey Solberg

Executive Consultant
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

 
Charles Sosland

President and Chief Executive Officer
Sosland Companies, Inc

 
Kent Sunderland

Vice Chairman and Secretary
Ash Grove Cement Company

 
Don Wagner

Investor
Wagner Investments, L.P.

 
David Westbrook

Alumni Trustee
Senior Vice President—Strategy
and Innovation
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics

 
Julie Wilson

Senior Vice President
and Chief People Officer
Cerner

 
Peter Yelorda

 

David Yost

Executive Vice President
Midwest Trust Company

 

Emeriti and Honorary Trustees

John Anderson

Emeritus

 
William (Bert) Bates

Emeritus
Of Counsel
Lathrop & Gage, LC

 
G. Kenneth Baum

Emeritus
Chairman of the Board
George K. Baum Group

 
The Hon. Theodore Beckett

Emeritus
Of Counsel
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, L.L.C.

 
Bert Berkley

Emeritus
Chairman of the Board
Tension Envelope Corporation

 
Henry Bloch

Emeritus
Honorary Chairman of the Board
H&R Block Incorporated

 
Barrett Brady

Emeritus

 
Mary Shaw Branton

Honorary

 
Newton Campbell

Honorary
Executive in Residence
University of Missouri‐Kansas City

 
Thomas Carter

Emeritus

 
Richard Cray

Emeritus
Trustee
Cray Foundation

 
Richard Davis Sr.

Emeritus
Founder
KC Masterpiece BBQ Products

 
Thomas Deacy Jr.

Emeritus
Senior Partner
Deacy & Deacy, LLP

 
William French

Honorary

 
Ollie Gates

Emeritus
Owner and Founder Gates BBQ
   

Gordon Lamb

Honorary

 
Barbara Marshall

Emeritus
Co–Founder
Toy and Miniature Museum

 
Robert Peterson

Emeritus

 
Louis Rasmussen

Emeritus

 
John Robinson Sr.

Emeritus

 
George Russell

Honorary

 
Byron Shutz

Emeritus

 
Beth Smith

Honorary
Adjunct Professor
Center for Non–Profit Leadership

 
Neil Sosland

Emeritus
Executive Editor
—Markets
Sosland Publishing Company

   
Arthur Stoup

Emeritus
President
Arthur H. Stoup & Assoc., P.C.

 
Stephen Talge

Emeritus

   
Robert West

Emeritus

 
Hugh Zimmer

Emeritus
Chairman
Zimmer Companies, Inc.

Meet a Trustees Board Member

Tom Bloch

Tom Bloch
Chair

 

“The Board is made up of an outstanding group of individuals who bring a diverse background and experience to UMKC, and the Board provides a valuable link between the campus and community. The one common thread is that everyone has a great interest and enthusiasm for UMKC.”