Board of Directors

2025-2026 Officers

Julia Irene Dennie-Kauffman, Chairman
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation

Carolyn W. Parkerson, President
Community Leader

Barbara Storm, Immediate Past President
Community Leader

Kathleen Nemechek, J.D., Vice President, Governance
Berkowitz Oliver LLP

Stephen Doyal, Vice President
Hallmark Cards, Retired

David Harris, Treasurer
US Bank

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

2025-2026 Board Members

Charlotte Kemper Black, Commerce Bank
Lucy Wells Coulson, Community Leader
Kyle Danner, EOS Worldwide LLC
Ron Fredman, Kansas City Ballet Guild President
John D. Hunkeler, M.D., Community Leader
Linda Lenza, Bank of America
Austin Massoth, BBN Architects
Steve McDowell, BNIM
Rachel Merlo, Google Fiber Kansas City
Tracy Musolf, Lockton
Sarah Pedraza, SS&C
Scott Ramon, NBKC Bank
Sara Romine, Lockton
G. Mark Sappington, J.D., Community Leader
Suzanne Shank, J.D., Community Leader
Mindy Sosland, Community Leader
Kent V. Stallard, J.D., Stinson LLP
Alexis Strauss, BARRE KC President
Angela Walker, Community Leader
Lorie B. Whitaker, Esq., Bank of America