2026-2027 Officers
Julia Irene Dennie – Kauffman, Chairman
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Carolyn W. Parkerson, President
Community Leader
David Harris, President-Elect
US Bank
Charlotte Kemper Black, Vice President, Governance
Commerce Bank
Rachel Hack Merlo, Vice President
GFiber
Sarah Pedraza, Vice President
SS&C
Kyle Danner, Treasurer
EOS Worldwide LLC
Patricia Macdonald, Secretary
HI-IQ – Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality
David Gray, Executive Director
Kansas City Ballet
Devon Carney, Artistic Director
Kansas City Ballet
2026-2027 Board Members
Erin Brower, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Lucy Wells Coulson, Community Leader
Consuelo Cruz, Belger Cartage Service, Inc.
Edie Downing, Kansas City Ballet Guild President
Linda Lenza, Bank of America
Austin Massoth, BBN Architects
Tracy Musolf, Lockton
Scott Ramon, NBKC Bank
Sara Romine, Lockton
G. Mark Sappington, Esq., Community Leader
Zachary H. Shafran, CAPTRUST
Suzanne Shank, Esq., Community Leader
Mindy Sosland, Community Leader
Kent V. Stallard, Esq., Stinson LLP
Barbara Storm, Community Leader
Chris Teddy, JE Dunn Construction
Lorie B. Whitaker, Esq., Bank of America