Bloch Faculty Representative
Department Chair for Accountancy
Associate Professor of Accountancy
315 Bloch School
816-235-1325
salzsiederl@umkc.edu
TallulahBelle’s
Co-Founder and COO/CFO PayIt
St. Luke’s Health System
KPMG
Brad Batz
President & CEO
Fike Corporation
Don Bisbee
President & CEO
ValueHealth, LLC
Jean-Paul Chaurand
Executive Vice President
Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation
and H&R Block Foundation
Tim Cowden
President & CEO
Kansas City Area Development Council
Spencer Fields
Client Advocate
Lockton Companies
Esther George
Retired President & CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Gabe Hernandez
Vice President, Transmission & Distribution Services
Burns & McDonnell
Myles Howell
Vice President, Strategy
Bardavon Health Innovations
Brian Kaufman
Managing Director, Founder and President
Prairie Capital Management Group LLC
Kevin Lewis
CEO & President
Henderson Engineers
Ed Link
Vice President, Information Systems
Garmin International
Maria Maffry
Principal and Chief Business Development Officer
BNIM
David Miles
President
Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation
and H&R Block Foundation
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 and COO, CFO
PayIt
Bob Regnier
Vice-Chairman
Bank of Blue Valley
Joseph Reuben, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Menorah Medical Center
Angie Salmon
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services/EFL Associates
Young Sexton
President & 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
Partner
Centric
Jerry White
Senior Retail Advisor
Colliers International
Roberto Quintanilla (BBA '04, MBA '11)
Founder, Veras Technologies
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
Bill Bysinger (BBA '76, MBA '79)
Founder and Principal, WGB Advisory
Laura Ecklund (MS '18)
Project Manager, Commerce Bank
Dennis Ehrich (MBA '03)
CIO, CPC Management, LLC
Dr. Jacquelyn Irene (Jacobi) Eidson (BS '97)
Executive Director, National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute
Lecturer, University of Kansas School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Susan Escher (MBA '87)
CEO, Symphony Financial Group
Dr. Joshua Looney (MBA '08)
NCAA Division I Director of Athletics , University of North Alabama
Kelsey McLellan (MBA '21)
Owner, Camber HR Solutions
Marketing & Communications, Brown & Brown Insurance
Adjunct Professor at UMKC
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)
Legal Operations Manager, Elevate Services
Shalie Hoffman Reboulet (BA '17, MBA '21)
Senior Risk Advisor, Commerce Trust
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.
ENS Finance Project Manager
Burns & McDonnell
Vice President, Intelligent Automation
Acrisure
Data Science Manager
Shopify
EVP / IT Developer API Solutions, Database Systems, Enterprise Architecture
UMB Bank
Executive Vice President, Product
Babel Street
VP Data Management & Analytics
United Way of Kansas City
VP of Data Services
Shamrock Trading Corporation
Senior Director, Data Strategy
Kiewet
Managing Director, Analytics & Data Strategy
VMLY&R
Director of Data Science
Hallmark Cards
DVP of Customer Data Strategy
Helzberg Diamonds
Founder
Heft IQ
Regional Supply Chain Director
Advent Health Kansas City
Assistant Vice President Network Integration and Performance
CPKCR
Founder & CEO
Kovac.AI
Analytics Product Manager, Global Business Intelligence
John Deere
Chief Data Scientist
Americo Financial Life & Annuity
Director of Data and Analytic Solutions
GEHA Health
Director, Business Intelligence
Spring Venture Group
Chief Data Officer
Children's Mercy Hospital
Director
Oracle Health
Director
1898 & Co.
Chief Data Officer
Burns & McDonnell
Lead Business Translator
Evergy
HR Analytics Manager
Honeywell KCNSC
Head of Insights & Strategy
Tetra Insights
Instructor, Bloch School of Management at UMKC
dmihanovic@umkc.edu
Associate Professor, Bloch School of Management at UMKC
safir@umkc.edu
Kelly Beck
Director, Human Resources
ScriptPro
SHRM-KC PRESIDENT
Kelly Bosak
Chief People Officer
Lettermen’s Energy
Nancy Burford
Vice President of Human Resources
Examinetics
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
HR ADVISORY 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.
Lynnette Huscher
Director of Human Resources, Recruitment and Associate Relations
Garmin International
Jennifer Jennings
Vice President of Human Resources
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Laurie Johnson
Vice President of Human Resources
John Knox Village
Rhonda Johnson
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
DH Pace Company, Inc.
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 Regional
Saint Luke’s Health System
Luke McGlynn
Chief People Officer
MRIGlobal
Kelly Murphy
Chief Human Resources Officer
Swope Health
Monica Ngo
Vice President of Human Resources
KC Current
Pat Reeves
Chief Human Resources Office
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Christina Robertson
Vice President, Human Resources
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Julie Schaller
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Tom Sullivan
Vice President, Talent Management and Workforce Analytics
Evergy
HR ADVISORY BOARD VICE-CHAIR
Burke Walker
Chief People Officer
Spring Venture Group
Carolyn Walters
Vice President, Employee Experience
GEHA
Nancy Whitworth
Chief People Officer
McGorwnGordon Construction
Marketing Communications Senior Manager
KeyPath Education
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Verisk Analytics
Vice President & National Marketing Director
JE Dunn Construction
Multicultural Marketing Manager
Sprint
Chief Executive Officer
MAKE Digital Group
Chief Integration Officer
VMLYR
DIRTT Champion/Business Development Executive
Built Interior Construction
Brand Strategist and CEO
Proof Positioning
Vice President – Business and Strategic Development
Van Trust Real Estate LLC
Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships
Garmin
Vice President of Advertising & Brand Engagement
H&R Block
NextGen Agriculture
Black & Veatch
Chief Marketing Officer
Helzberg Diamonds
Digital Marketing Thought Leader, Speaker, Trainer, & Consultant
KindBeef.com, BetaBlox, KovacDigital
VP Marketing
BlueScope Buildings, North America
Vice President, Brand Growth, Brand Consulting, Brand Culture
Barkley
Chief Marketing Officer
High Performance Retail Marketing Group
National Marketing Director
Hallmark Greetings
Vice President – Solutions
Innova Consulting Group
Assistant Vice President of Consumer Marketing
Dairy Farmers of America
Chief Marketing Officer
Executive Airshare
Founder, Rock Creative Network
Rock Creative Network
Director of Marketing
U.S. Engineering Company Holdings
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:
Executive Director
United Inner City Services
President
Crossroads Community Association
Sr. Director, Corporate Development
Cerner Corporation
President/CEO
El Centro
City Manager
City of Overland Park, KS
Retired
Formerly George K Baum & Co
UMKC
Consultant
Formerly City of KCMO
President
Travois
Executive Director
JDRF Kansas & Missouri Chapter
Instructor
Formerly Mayor Wyandotte County
Donnelly College
Retired Former Director
KCMO Parks and Recreation Dept
Director, Continuous Improvement
Children’s Mercy
Author
Formerly McKellar Group
Retired
Formerly Health Care Foundation of GKC
Commissioner of Revenue Finance Dept.
City of KCMO
Executive Director
Ripple Glass
Retired
Formerly Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
Assistant Director
UMKC’s Women’s Center
Executive Director
Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
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.
Civic Leader
Retired Partner at Ernst & Young, Kansas City Office
COO of Dimensional Innovations
Fund Analyst of KCRise Fund
President of JNA Advertising
Co-Organizer of KC Collective
Founding Partner and President of NetStandard Inc.
CEO of Duracomm
Director of UMKC’s Innovation Center and Founder of KCSourceLink
NBKC Bank
Highline + Partners, Principal
Senior Vice President of Lockton Companies
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Great Range Capital
Co-chair Advisory Council
Founder of Global Prairie
Retired Vice President and CIO at B/E Aerospace
Owner and Founder of Oxford Companies
