Board of Directors
2023 Chair – Corey Ziegler, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
2023 Chair Elect – Andrew Felker, Chinnery, Evans & Nail, PC
Christopher J. Anderson*
Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Brumitt, P.C.
Erin L. Anderson
The Commerce Trust Company
Shellie Billau*
Midwest Trust Company
Scott E. Blakesley
Spencer Fane LLP
Lynn D. Cockle*
Polsinelli PC
Heather Counts*
The Counts Law Firm, LLC
Alexander Edelman
Edelman, Liesen & Myers, L.L.P.
Rochelle Falk
Polsinelli, PC
Andrew S. Felker
Chinnery Evans & Nail, PC
Donald D. Friend II
Friend & Associates, LLC
Rebecca Godfrey
BOK Financial Private Wealth
Christine M. Graham*
UMB Bank, n.a.
Joseph D. Growney
Lathrop GPM LLP
Suzy Hall
Country Club Trust Company, N.A.
Jenna Hauschild
BKD, LLP
Paul R. Himmelstein
Lewis Rice LLC
Heath Hoobing
Seigfreid Bingham, PC
Prof. Christopher R. Hoyt
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
Stacey Janssen
Janssen Estate, Probate & Elder Law
Kevin Johnson*
New York Life Insurance Company
Steve Johnson
The Whitlock Company
Daniel J. McCarroll
UMKC School of Law CLE
Peter Phillips
U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
H. Joseph Price, Jr.*
Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Brumitt, P.C.
Craig Reaves
Reaves Law Firm
Jason Simmons
Cripps & Simmons, PC
Russell E. Utter Jr
BridgeBuilder Tax + Legal Services, P.A.
Julie A. Welch (Runtz)*
Meara Welch Browne, P.C.
Daniel P. Wheeler
Kirkland Woods & Martinsen, PC
Corey Ziegler
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Emeritus Status:
James L. Cole*
Country Club Trust Company, N.A. (retired)
Mark Gilgus*
Seigfreid Bingham, PC
Kathy Berry Laursen*
BKD, LLP (retired partner)
J. Joseph Morris*
Retired
Myron E. Sildon
Retired
Susan B. Teson*
Kirkland Woods & Martinsen, LLP
Executive Director:
Lori Maher McCombs
Maher Group, LLC
* Denotes past Symposium chairperson