Boards and Councils

Leigh Salzsieder, (Ph.D., CPA, ABV)

Bloch Faculty Representative
Department Chair for Accountancy
Associate Professor of Accountancy
315 Bloch School
816-235-1325
salzsiederl@umkc.edu

Melanie Coleman
TallulahBelle’s

Mike Plunkett
Co-Founder and COO/CFO PayIt

Chuck Robb
St. Luke’s Health System

David Seay
KPMG

Matt Ankrum
Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager
Ankrum Capital LLC

Jeremy Antes
Principal
PRISM Real Estate Services, LLC

Brad Batz
President and CEO
Fike Corporation

Jean-Paul Chaurand
Executive Vice President
Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, H&R Block Foundation

Tim Cowden
President and CEO
Kansas City Area Development Council

Spencer Fields
Client Advocate
Lockton Companies

Esther George
Retired President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Sanjay Gupta
President and Chief Operating Officer
C2FO

Alex Hammel
Chief Financial Officer
Greenfield Growth Partners, LLC

Gabe Hernandez
Vice President, Transmission & Distribution Services
Burns & McDonnell

Myles Howell
Director, Healthcare Select Membership
SelectQuote Insurance Services

Brian Kaufman
Managing Director, Founder and President
Prairie Capital Management Group LLC

Joe King
Chief Financial Officer
Safe Haven Security Services, LLC

Paul Kushnir
Partner, PIK Investments, LLC

Kevin Lewis
CEO and President
Henderson Engineers

Ed Link
Vice President, Information Systems
Garmin International

Chris Longly
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Maria Maffry
Principal and Chief Business Development Officer
BNIM 

David Miles
President
Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, H&R Block Foundation

Kelly Murphy
Executive Director
SevenDays

Roger Nelson
Retired Deputy Chairman EY, and
CEO Management Consulting Services

Sook Park
Executive Director
Asian American Chamber of Commerce

Paula Petersen
Executive Vice President
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

Mike Plunkett, BAC Chair
Co Founder
PayIt, LLC

Bob Regnier
Market Chairman
Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.

Joseph Reuben, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Menorah Medical Center

Brendan Rittel
CFO & General Counsel
U.S. Engineering Company Holdings

Angie Salmon
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services/EFL Associates

Neal Schwartz
Executive Vice President
MERGE

Young Sexton
President and CEO
WingGate Travel Inc.

Bryan Shannon
Founder and Former CEO
TicketRX
Managing Director, TreviPay (MSTS)

Randy Vance
President and Chief Operating Officer
Sunderland Foundation

Mike Walden
Director
JE Dunn Capital Partners

Richard Wetzel
CEO and Founder
Centric

Jerry White
Retired Senior Retail Advisor
Colliers International

Roberto Quintanilla (BBA '04, MBA '11)
Founder
Veras Technologies

Dr. Dana Goldblatt (MBA '93)
Founder and Managing Director
Strategy Execution Group

Jason Kotlyarov, (BS '10, JD '12, LLM '13)
Attorney
Kutak Rock

Aly Hernandez (BA '19, MPA '21)
Senior Associate
Covino Smith & Simon

Dr. Jacquelyn Irene (Jacobi) Eidson (BS '97)
Executive Director
National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute
Lecturer
University of Kansas School of Graduate and Professional Studies

Dr. Joshua Looney (MBA '08)
NCAA Division I Director of Athletics
University of North Alabama

Ricky Ogden (PharmD '07, MBA '16)
Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
Children’s Mercy

Cynthia Sizemore (MS '19)
Research Analyst
FactSet

Melanie Smith (EMBA '19)
Team Support Manager
Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe, LLP

Michael VanBuskirk (BBA ’92)
Vice Chairman, Principal
Newmark Zimmer 

Kiona Sinks (MBA ’21)
Director of Marketing and Communications
Ride KC, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

Brandon Krekel (BBA ’17)
Member Engagement Manager
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce 

Caleb Egli (BSA ’09, MSA ‘10)
Managing Director
Crowe 

Marlo Dorsey (BBA ‘91)
Senior Consultant
State Street Global Advisors-SPDR ETFs 

Sam Kulikov (BBA ‘18)
Chief Marketing Officer
Kansas City Pioneers 

Tom Flanagan (BBA, BSA ’16)
Finance Director
Argenta 

Darrell Tindal (BBA ‘06)
Real Estate Investor

The purpose of the Bloch School’s Business Analytics Advisory Board is to foster excellence and innovativeness in training students and professionals who can deliver and lead business success through leveraging data and analytics. The primary goal of the board is to advise, support, and elevate the Bloch School’s strategy, programs, and initiatives as they relate to business analytics, data science, and related subjects.

Lindsay Anderson
ENS Finance Project Manager
Burns & McDonnell

Asheesh Biyala
Vice President, Intelligent Automation
Acrisure

Levi Bowles
Data Science Manager
Shopify

Ramesh Buddharaju
EVP / IT Developer API Solutions, Database Systems, Enterprise Architecture
UMB Bank

Pat Butler
Executive Vice President, Product
Babel Street

Sean Callahan
VP Data Management & Analytics
United Way of Kansas City

Matt Crouch
VP of Data Services
Shamrock Trading Corporation

Colin Davis
Senior Director, Data Strategy
Kiewet

Jen Flanagan
Managing Director, Analytics & Data Strategy
VMLY&R

Lauren Frazell
Director of Data Science
Hallmark Cards

Kelly Hayse
DVP of Customer Data Strategy
Helzberg Diamonds

Learie Hercules (Herc)
Founder
Heft IQ

Emily Huffman
Regional Supply Chain Director
Advent Health Kansas City

Nicolas Klein
Assistant Vice President Network Integration and Performance
CPKCR

Chris Kovac
Founder & CEO
Kovac.AI

Lyle McMillan
Analytics Product Manager, Global Business Intelligence
John Deere

Micah Melling
Chief Data Scientist
Americo Financial Life & Annuity

Pablo Palmeri
Director of Data and Analytic Solutions
GEHA Health

Joe Rasmussen
Director, Business Intelligence
Spring Venture Group

Bill Saltmarsh
Chief Data Officer
Children's Mercy Hospital

Joel Schultz
Director
Oracle Health

Todd Shutts
Director
1898 & Co.

Jon Singleton
Chief Data Officer
Burns & McDonnell

Ann Toy
Lead Business Translator
Evergy

Melissa Wepler
HR Analytics Manager
Honeywell KCNSC

Josh Wexler
Head of Insights & Strategy
Tetra Insights

Dave Mihanovic (Bloch representative)
Instructor, Bloch School of Management at UMKC
dmihanovic@umkc.edu

Roozmehr Safi, Ph.D. (Bloch representative)
Associate Professor, Bloch School of Management at UMKC
safir@umkc.edu

Kelly Bosak
Chief People Officer
Lettermen’s Energy 

Nancy Burford
Vice President of Human Resources
Examinetics 

Pete Burney
Vice President, Business Process Management
JE Dunn Construction 

SHRM-KC PRESIDENT

Scott Chase
Director of Human Resources and Privacy Officer
Pharmacy First 

Ernie Craig
Vice President of Human Resources
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 

Rebecca David
Chief People Officer
US Engineering 

Anissa Elsey
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Nazdar 

Ronnie Felder
Global Employee Experience Officer
VMLY&R 

Shelley Ferguson
Vice President, Human Resources
SkillPath 

Spencer Fields
Client Advocate
Lockton Companies 

Renee Gartelos
Vice President of Human Resources
Burns & McDonnell 

BOARD CHAIR

Terry Gaylord
Chief Human Resources Officer
Epiq 

Megan Gonzalez
Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
University of Missouri-Kansas City 

Jeffrey Hanslick
Shareholder
Littler Mendelson P.C. 

Renee Hensley
Director, Learning and Development
GEHA 

Lynette Huscher
Director of Human Resources, Recruitment and Associate Relations
Garmin International

Jennifer Jennings
Vice President of Human Resources
Caesars Entertainment Corporation 

Deeanne King
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
T-Mobile 

Laura Klopatek
Vice President, Corporate People & Culture
H&R Block 

Lacy Lugo
Vice President, Human Resources, Central Region
Saint Luke’s Health System

Luke McGlynn
Chief People Officer
MRIGlobal 

Jace Noteboom
Vice President, Human Resources
CommunityAmerica Credit Union 

Pat Reeves
Chief Human Resources Officer
Associated Wholesale Grocers 

Brandi Riggs
Senior Vice President, People
McCownGordon Construction 

Alison Stephen
Vice President, Global Employee Experience
Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Tom Sullivan
Vice President, Talent Management and Workforce Analytics
Evergy 

BOARD VICE-CHAIR

Burke Walker
Chief People Officer
Spring Venture Group

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Alma Azuara
Senior Integrated Marketing Manager
T-Mobile

Alex Balick
Communications Planning Director
Heavenly Distillery

Chris Bosco
Founder
Act Digital Consulting

BOARD CHAIR
Angela Connelly
Senior Manager Customer Loyalty Marketing
T-Mobile

Tyler Cordell
National Marketing Director
Hallmark Cards

Pierson Curtis
Director, Marketing Strategy
H&R Block

Corey Hampton
Director, Corporate Communications
Cerris

Melissa Hendricks
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Verisk

Jenny Hofeditz
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Public Relations and Brand Strategy
Dairy Farmers of America

Roy Johnson
Business Strategist
Black & Veatch

Jimmy Keown
Vice President, Growth Strategy Director
BarkleyOKRP

Thomas Kepka
Director of Marketing
U.S. Engineering Holdings

Chris Kovac
Founder, kovac.ai
Co-Founder, Kansas City AI Club

Delaina Lee
Senior Director, Marketing
BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc.

Kristy Lewis
Vice President, Marketing
Hallmark Cards

Erin Manning
Client Services Director, Marketing
Saint Luke’s Health System

Subashini Nadarajah
Founder
Subashini Nadarajah Studio

Kara Nelson
Managing Director, Client Engagement
VMLY&R

Kelsy Olson
Director, Sales Strategy
Russell Stover

David Patrick
Founder, Chief Marketing Officer
High Performance Retail Marketing Group

Chris Perrey
Associate Vice President, Enterprise Sales Leader
Black & Veatch

Eric Rivier
Vice President, Marketing
Made to Flourish

Andy Tretiak
Chief Marketing Officer
Airshare

Suzanne Wolff
Owner, President
LandaJob

Ezra Woods
Associate Brand Strategist
VML

Dustin Carstens
Information Management Associate
Pfizer

The Council will serve as a critical link between the department and the community. It will help department faculty and staff monitor and understand the issues, problems and needs of the public service community of Greater Kansas City and the Midwest region and develop responsive education and research programs to address them.

The department has served the Kansas City community for nearly 50 years, yet the coming five years will be a period of fundamental growth and development as the department embarks on an ambitious initiative to strengthen and expand its programming in service to the region. The advisory council is a vital source of intelligence, insight and support to the department as we develop our next generation of programming.

The advisory council is a key leadership group designed to provide guidance and feedback on department programs and activities. It advises and works with the department and its faculty and staff on program development, strategic communication and marketing, and multi-year strategy and resource planning. An active and vital advisory council is instrumental to enabling the department to ensure that it continues to be a cutting-edge, high value community resource. Members of the advisory council hold key positions in various business, nonprofit organizations and local government bodies in the Greater Kansas City area. Current advisory council members include:

Deidre Anderson
Executive Director
United Inner City Services

Suzie Aron
President
Crossroads Community Association

Alex Benson
Sr. Director, Corporate Development
Cerner Corporation

Irene Caudillo
President/CEO
El Centro

Bill Ebel
City Manager
City of Overland Park, KS

Roger Edgar
Retired
Formerly George K Baum & Co
UMKC

Jim Giles
Consultant
Formerly City of KCMO

Phil Glynn
President
Travois

Sherri Lozano
Executive Director
JDRF Kansas & Missouri Chapter

Carol Marinovich
Instructor
Formerly Mayor Wyandotte County
Donnelly College

Mark McHenry
Retired Former Director
KCMO Parks and Recreation Dept

Felicity Pino
Director, Continuous Improvement
Children’s Mercy

Annie Presley Author
Author
Formerly McKellar Group

Steve Roling
Retired
Formerly Health Care Foundation of GKC

Mari Ruck
Commissioner of Revenue Finance Dept.
City of KCMO

Stacia Stelk
Executive Director
Ripple Glass

Shari Stimetz
Retired
Formerly Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City

Arzie Umali
Assistant Director
UMKC’s Women’s Center

David Warm
Executive Director
Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)

Gene Wilson
Consultant
Formerly Kauffman Foundation

The Regnier Institute Advisory Council is a by-invitation group of successful business leaders representing an array of industries who are devoted to fostering the growth of entrepreneurship globally and in Kansas City. Members of the council serve in an advisory role with respect to the continued success of the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (RIEI), within the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The council supports the RIEI and its mission to inspire and nurture entrepreneurs and innovators through transformational education, research, and programs designed to accelerate early startups from ideas to sustainable launch in a safe environment of learning, experimenting and mentoring. Additionally, the council celebrates entrepreneurship each year by planning the Entrepreneur of the Year event, which celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit by honoring innovative and creative accomplishments, as well as inspiring a new generation of successful entrepreneurs.

Mary S. Bloch
Civic Leader

Randolph Buseman
Retired Partner at Ernst & Young, Kansas City Office

Tom Collins
COO of Dimensional Innovations

Chad Feather
Fund Analyst of KCRise Fund

Jordan Garcia
President of JNA Advertising

Donald Hawkins
Co-Organizer of KC Collective

Walt Lane
Founding Partner and President of NetStandard Inc.

Benny Lee
CEO of Duracomm

Maria Meyers
Director of UMKC’s Innovation Center and Founder of KCSourceLink

Zach Pettet
NBKC Bank

Brett Posten
Highline + Partners, Principal

Robert Sprague
Senior Vice President of Lockton Companies

Ryan Sprott
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Great Range Capital

Anne St. Peter
Co-chair Advisory Council
Founder of Global Prairie

Evan Stewart
Retired Vice President and CIO at B/E Aerospace

James Stowers III
Owner and Founder of Oxford Companies