Board of Directors

2019-2020 Officers

Julia I. Kauffman, Chairman
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation

Jack D. Rowe, J.D., President
Lathrop GPM LLP

Kathy Stepp, Immediate Past President
Stepp & Rothwell, Inc.

Michael D. Frost, PhD, Vice President
Continental Steel Fabrication and Lawson Steel Erection

Kirsten A. Byrd, J. D., Vice President
Husch Blackwell LLP

CiCi Rojas, Vice President
Tico Productions LLC / Tico Sports

Kent Stallard, J.D., Treasurer
Stinson LLP

Susan Lordi Marker, Secretary
Artist

Jeffrey J. Bentley, Executive Director 
Kansas City Ballet

Devon Carney, Artistic Director
Kansas City Ballet

2019-2020 Board Members

Aviva Ajmera, SoLVE
Evelyn Craft Belger, Belger Cartage Service, Inc.
Claire Brand, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Retired
Vince Clark, Creative Planning, Inc.
Thomas Curran, PhD, FRS, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Stephen Doyal, Hallmark Cards, Retired
Anne Elsberry, Community Leader
David Harris, US Bank
Matt C. Johnson, CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Linda Lenza, Bank of America
Patricia Macdonald, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Cindy Mahoney, Hallmark International
Steve McDowell, BNIM
Rachel Merlo, Google Fiber Kansas City
Tracy Musolf, Lockton
Sarah Nelson, State Street Global Services
Kathleen Nemechek, J.D., Berkowitz Oliver LLP
Carolyn W. Parkerson, Community Leader
Cindy Rock, Thryv
Suzanne Shank, J.D., Community Leader
Barbara Storm, Community Leader
Angela Walker, Community Leader
John Walker, Community Leader (President, Kansas City Ballet Guild)
Jacquie Ward, UMB Bank (President, Kansas City Ballet BARRE KC)
Thomas F. Whittaker, J.E. Dunn Construction Company