Board of Directors

2023-2024 Officers

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

Barbara Storm, President
Community Leader

CiCi Rojas, Immediate Past President
Tico Productions LLC / Tico Sports

Stephen Doyal, Vice President
Hallmark Cards, Retired

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

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

David Harris, Treasurer
US Bank

Carolyn W. Parkerson, Secretary
Community Leader

David Gray, Executive Director
Kansas City Ballet

Devon Carney, Artistic Director
Kansas City Ballet

2023-2024 Board Members

Aviva Ajmera, SoLVE
Charlotte Kemper Black, Commerce Trust Company
Lucy Wells Coulson, Community Leader
Derald Davis, Ed.D, Kansas City Public Schools
Donna M. Davis, Ph.D, University of Missouri- Kansas City
Anne Elsberry, J.D., Community Leader
Cindy Hampton, DecoPac
John D. Hunkeler, M.D., Community Leader
Cyndi James, Kansas City Ballet Guild President
Linda Lenza, Bank of America
Patricia Macdonald, HI-IQ – Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality
Steve McDowell, BNIM
Rachel Merlo, Google Fiber Kansas City
Tracy Musolf, Lockton
Sarah J. Nelson, State Street Global Services
Joab Ortiz, Burns & McDonnell
G. Mark Sappington, J.D., Community Leader
Suzanne Shank, J.D., Community Leader
Kent V. Stallard, J.D., Stinson LLP
Angela Walker, Community Leader
Marissa Wickam, BARRE KC President