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 Stephen DoyalVice Chair, Trustees' Scholars Recruitment Committee Stephen DunnTreasurer and Vice Chair, Doranne Hudson Vice Chair, Strategy and Planning Peter LeviVice Chair, Legislative Affairs Shareholder |
David Oliver Chair, Governance Committee Thomas Turner III Vice Chair, Real Estate Committee Joel Voran Vice Chair, Scholar/Business Connections Joy Wheeler Secretary and Vice Chair, Trustee Orientation and Training Troy Lillebo Assistant Secretary, Ex–officio Sharon Lindenbaum Assistant Treasurer, Ex–officio |
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 Alan Atterbury President Jonathan Baum Chairman Angela BennettAlumni Trustee Regional Director— William Berkley President and Chief Executive Officer Steven Bernstein President Philip Bixby Alumni Trustee John Bluford President and Chief Executive Officer John Callison Vice President—Investments Michael Carter Chief Executive Officer Michael ChesserChairman and Chief Executive Officer Dianne CleaverPresident Keith Copaken Principal Mary Corcoran Community Trustee, Women’s Council Paul DeBruce Chief Executive Officer Ann Dickinson Chairman Frank Ellis Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Anne Westlake ElsberryWarren Erdman Special Trustee Michael FieldsExecutive Director Scott Francis Owner The Hon. Fernando GaitanChief Judge Esther GeorgePresident Richard Green Managing Director Matt Hartwig Community Trustee Marilyn Hebenstreit Community Trustee, Hall Library of Science, Engineering &
Technology Spencer Heddens, III Kansas City Region President Michael Helmstetter Chief Executive Officer and President D. Stanley Hite Community Trustee, Rinehart Foundation |
Ed HonestyPresident and Chief Operating Officer Thomas Hyde Richard Johnson Founder and President Jerry Lonergan Community Trustee, Alumni Association Pat McLarney Attorney Chandler McCray President and Chief Executive Officer John McMeelChairman and President Leo E. MortonCommunity Trustee William Nelson Chairman, Stephen Owens Interim President George Powell, III Bill PrughCommunity Trustee, Law Foundation John Readey, III Partner Jerry Reece Chief Executive Officer Ralph Reid Vice President—Corporate Social Responsibility Paul Rodriguez President James Sangster President Lisa Schellhorn Community Trustee Andrew Schmitt President and Chief Executive Officer John Sherman President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Smith President Betsey Solberg Executive Consultant Charles Sosland President and Chief Executive Officer Kent Sunderland Vice Chairman and Secretary Don Wagner Investor David WestbrookAlumni Trustee Julie Wilson Senior Vice President Peter Yelorda
David Yost Executive Vice President |
Emeriti and Honorary
Trustees
John AndersonEmeritus William (Bert) Bates Emeritus G. Kenneth Baum Emeritus The Hon. Theodore Beckett Emeritus Bert Berkley Emeritus Henry Bloch Emeritus Barrett BradyEmeritus Mary Shaw BrantonHonorary Newton Campbell Honorary Thomas CarterEmeritus Richard Cray Emeritus Richard Davis Sr. Emeritus Thomas Deacy Jr. Emeritus William FrenchHonorary |
Ollie GatesEmeritus Gordon LambHonorary Barbara Marshall Emeritus Robert PetersonEmeritus Louis RasmussenEmeritus John Robinson Sr.Emeritus George RussellHonorary Byron ShutzEmeritus Beth Smith Honorary Neil Sosland Emeritus Arthur StoupEmeritus Stephen TalgeEmeritus Robert WestEmeritus Hugh Zimmer Emeritus |
Meet a Trustees Board Member
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Tom Bloch
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