Board of Directors

2024 -2025 Chair – Suzy Hall, Country Club Trust Company, N.A.

2025-2025 Chair-Elect - Rebecca Godfrey, BOK Financial Private Wealth

Erin L. Anderson
Kirkland Woods and Martinsen

Shellie Billau*
Midwest Trust Company

Scott E. Blakesley*
Spencer Fane LLP

Lynn D. Cockle*
Polsinelli PC

Alexander Edelman
Edelman, Liesen & Myers, L.L.P.

Rochelle Falk
Polsinelli, PC

Andrew S. Felker*
Chinnery Evans & Nail, PC

Rebecca Godfrey
BOK Financial Private Wealth

Joseph D. Growney
Lathrop GPM LLP

Suzy Hall
Country Club Trust Company, N.A.

Jenna Hauschild
FORVIS MAZARS

Paul R. Himmelstein
Lewis Rice LLC

Heath Hoobing

Seigfreid Bingham, PC

Stacey Janssen
Janssen Estate, Probate & Elder Law

Kelsey Johnson
Creative Planning Legal PA

Kevin Johnson*
New York Life Insurance Company

Steve Johnson
The Whitlock Company

Jessica M. Kinnard

FORVIS MAZARS

Terri Munsell
The McQueary Schumm Munsell Group at Morgan Stanley

Peter Phillips
U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management

Craig Reaves*
Reaves Law Firm

Jason D. 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:

Christopher Anderson*
Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt & Wilcox, PC

James L. Cole*
Country Club Trust Company, N.A. (retired)

Mark Gilgus*
Seigfreid Bingham, PC

Christine Graham*
UMB Bank

Kathy Berry Laursen*
BKD, LLP (retired partner)

J. Joseph Morris*
Retired

H. Joseph Price, Jr.*
Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt & Wilcox, PC

Myron E. Sildon*
Retired

Susan B. Teson*
Kirkland Woods & Martinsen, LLP

Executive Director:

Lori Maher McCombs
Maher Group, LLC

Ex-Officio:

Daniel J. McCarroll
UMKC School of Law CLE

* Denotes past Symposium chairperson