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Board of Directors

Officers  
Chairperson W. Russell Welsh, Polsinelli Shughart PC
Immediate Past Chair
John W. Kennedy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Treasurer     Howard Cohen, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Vice Chair, Marketing
Mike Goff, Sprint
Vice Chair, Public Affairs
Pat McCown, McCownGordon Construction LLC
Vice Chair, Strategic Planning
Ellen Z. Darling, Zimmer Real Estate Services, LC
Vice Chair, Theatre Plant
August L. Huber, III, A.L. Huber general contractor 
Secretary Ora H. Reynolds, Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development
President & Executive Producer
Denton Yockey, Starlight Theatre

Employee Officers
President & Executive Producer Denton J. Yockey, Starlight Theatre
President – EPIC Entertainment
Donna Thomason, EPIC Entertainment
Vice President – Finance Brenda Mortensen, Starlight Theatre
Vice President – Marketing & Sales & Dev.
Cindy Jeffries, Starlight Theatre
 
Board Members
Lynne Brandmeyer Beaver, Beaver Creative Environments and Beaver Timber
Enrique Chaurand, Swope Community Enterprises
Katie Dunn Fitzgerald, Mariner Wealth
Kirk Gastinger, Gastinger Walker Harden Architects
Anita B. Gorman, Community Volunteer
Adele Hall, Community Volunteer
Joyce Hayhow, Kansas City Business Journal
Heather Humphrey, Kansas City Power & Light
Andy Iseman, First Scout/UMB
Rosalyn J. Jacobson, Community Volunteer
Mike Kelley, YRC Worldwide Inc.
Herb Kohn, Bryan Cave LLP
Dan Lowe, RED Development
Amy McAnarney, The Tax Institute at H&R Block
Leo E. Morton, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Tammy Peterman, The University of Kansas Hospital
Jeanette Hernandez Prenger, ECCO Select
Julie Quirin, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Rachael Sabates, Sabatco LLC
Charlie Shields, Truman Medical Center Lakewood
Grover Simpson, Lockton Companies
Randy Sims, Cerner
Carrie Stapleton, Phillips West
Mark C. Thompson, Country Club Bank
Angelo Trozzolo, Trozzolo Communications Group
Carolyn Watley, CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services of Kansas City

Ex-Officio (Past Chairmen)
Charles W. Battey, Sprint
Robert A. Bernstein, Bernstein Rein Advertising
Dianne Cleaver, Community Volunteer
James D. Dawson, Truman Medical Center
Steve Doyal, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Peggy J. Dunn, Mayor of Leawood, Kansas
Greg M. Graves, Burns & McDonnell
Shirley Bush Helzberg, Community Volunteer
Robert Kipp, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Michael F. Morrissey, Ernst & Young (retired)
Marty D. Nichols, Community Volunteer
Jack W. Steadman, Kansas City Chiefs/Hunt Midwest