PLANNING COMMITTEE
Chairperson
UMB Bank n.a.
Kansas City, Missouri
Eileen S. Sullivan, J.D.
2013 chair-elect
Midwest Trust Company
Overland Park, Kansas
Christopher J. Anderson*
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
Stephen J. Bahr
Dysart Taylor Lay Cotter & McMonigle, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
Scott E. Blakesley
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
Kelly Dean Brende
Swanson Midgley LLC
Kansas City, Missouri
Lynn D. Cockle
Polsinelli Shughart PC
Kansas City, Missouri
James L. Cole*
Country Club Trust Company, N.A.
Kansas City, Missouri
John C. Davis
Davis Law Firm
Overland Park, Kansas
Kirt D. DeHaan
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Kansas City, Missouri
Christine DeMarea
Husch Blackwell LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
Cheryl L. Denton
Petefish, Immel, Heeb & Hird, LLP
Lawrence, Kansas
Ken Eaton
Stepp & Rothwell, Inc.
Overland Park, KS
Donald Friend II
Friend Cooper, LLC
Westwood, Kansas
Heather Counts Garrett
The Counts Law Firm, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri
Mark H. Gilgus*
Seigfreid, Bingham, Levy, Selzer & Gee, PC
Kansas City, Missouri
Christine M. Graham
M&I Wealth Management, A part of BMO Financial Group
Leawood, Kansas
Louisa Raich Grill
The Private Client Reserve at US Bank
Prairie Village, KS
Joseph D. Growney
Lathrop & Gage LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
Van Osdol & Magruder, PC
Kansas City, Missouri
Stephen Harmon
The Commerce Trust Company
Kansas City, Missouri
Connie L. Henderson
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri
Prof. Christopher Hoyt
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, Missouri
Kevin R. Johnson*
New York Life Insurance Company
Overland Park, Kansas
Jane Lampo
Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri
Kathy Berry Laursen, CPA/PFS, CFP®
BKD, LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
Professor Anthony J. Luppino
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, Missouri
Daniel J. McCarroll
UMKC School of Law CLE
Kansas City, Missouri
J. Joseph Morris*
Vold & Morris, L.L.C.
Leawood, Kansas
Jim North, Jr., CLU, ChFC
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Leawood, Kansas
Eugene R. Pal, Jr., MBA, JD*
Kansas City, Missouri
H. Joseph Price, Jr. *
BryanMark Financial Group
Kansas City, Missouri
Anna Braukmann Raccuglia
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Kansas City, MO
Craig Reaves
Reaves Law Firm, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
Myron E. Sildon (Founder)*
Sildon Law Group, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
Chris Walden
Heartland Capital Advisors
Independence, Missouri
Julie A. Welch (Runtz), CPA*
Meara Welch Browne, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
Corey Ziegler
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Overland Park, Kansas
* Denotes past Symposium chairperson
