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
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 & President
Prairie Capital LLC
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
Roger Nelson
Retired Deputy Chairman EY, and
CEO Management Consulting Services
Sook Park
Executive Director
Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Paula Petersen
Senior Vice President
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
Mike Plunkett, Bloch Advisory Council Chair
Co-Founder and COO, CFO
PayIt
Bob Regnier
Vice-Chairman
Bank of Blue Valley
Joseph Reuben, MD, MBA FACEP
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.
Michael Trollinger, CPA
Accounting & Finance Executive
Randy Vance
President & COO
Sunderland Foundation
Mike Walden
Director
JE Dunn Capital Partners
Richard Wetzel
Partner
Centric Build
Jerry White
Senior Retail Advisor
Colliers International
Seth Wing
President
Roberto Quintanilla
Vice President
Aly Hernandez
Secretary
Jason Kotlyarov
Treasurer
Christopher Carr
Laura Ecklund
Dennis Ehrich
Susan Escher
Dana Goldblatt
Shalie Hoffman Reboulet
Kayla Johnson
Ricky Ogden
Austin Soendker
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.
Director, Business Analytics & Resource Planning
CPKC
Data Science Manager
Shopify
Executive Vice President, Product
Babel Street
SVP of Data Engineering and Analytics
UMB Bank
Director of Analytics
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
Director of Customer Data Strategy & Marketing Analytics
H&R Block
Analytics Product Manager, Global Business Intelligence
John Deere
Director of Data and Analytic Solutions
GEHA Health
Director, Business Intelligence
Spring Venture Group
Director of Innovation Delivery, Operations and Applied ML
ICON plc
Data, Analytics, Technology, and Applications
Barkley
Chief Data Officer
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Director
Oracle
Director
1898 & Co.
Lead Business Translator
Evergy
HR Analytics Manager
Honeywell KCNSC
Head of Insights and Strategy
Tetra Insights
Instructor, Bloch School of Management at UMKC
dmihanovic@umkc.edu
Associate Professor, Bloch School of Management at UMKC
safir@umkc.edu
Procurement Category Manager
JE Dunn Construction
Program Officer
Mozilla
Director, Graphic Design & Media Services
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Director, Technology – Tax Systems & Financial Services
H&R Block, Inc.
Manager, Primary Care Integration
Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Project Controls Senior Analyst
Black & Veatch
Director of Marketing & Communications
U.S. Engineering Company
Senior Nursing Director
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Chief Technology Officer
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Chief Information Officer
Lathrop & Gage
Graduate Recruiter
UMKC Bloch School of Management
Director of Information Systems – School of Pharmacy
University of Kansas
Management Consultant
Outside Advisors LLC
The Finance Advisory Board provides advice, expertise and support for the activities of the Bloch School Department of Finance.
Frontier Justice
Senior Vice President
Lockton Companies
Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Freestate Advisors LLC
Vice President
Lazard Middle Market LLC
Senior Vice President Investments
Torchmark Corporation
GE Oil & Gas
Assistant Vice President Commercial Banking
UMB Bank, n.a.
President and CEO
Bank of Blue Valley
Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
Waddell & Reed Investment Management Co.
Credit Analyst
Palmer Square Capital Management LLC
Senior Vice President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Finance Department Chair
233 Bloch Heritage Hall
5110 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
816-235-2345 | ClarkJM@umkc.edu
Tom Bachmann, SHRM President
Senior HR Business Partner
UMKC
Kelly Beck
Director, Human Resources
ScriptPro
Nancy Burford
Vice President, Human Resources
Examinetics
Laura Cheatum
Senior Vice President, HR and Labor Relations
Kansas City Southern
Rebecca David
Vice President, Human Resources
US Engineering
Anissa Elsey
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Nazdar
Ronnie Felder
Chief People Officer
VMLY&R
Shelley Ferguson
Assistant Vice President, Human Resources and Development
Americo Financial Life & Annuity Insurance Company
Spencer Fields
Client Advocate
Lockton Companies
Renee Gartelos
Vice President, Human Resources
Burns & McDonnell
Terry Gaylord, Human Resources Advisory Board Chair
Chief Human Resources Officer
Epiq
Jeffrey Hanslick
Shareholder
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Carol Hintz
Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
UMKC
Lynette Huscher
Director, Human Resources, Recruitment and Associate Relations
Garmin International
Jennifer Jennings
Vice President, Human Resources
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Laurie Johnson
Vice President, Human Resources
John Knox Village
Rhonda Johnson
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
DH Pace Company, Inc.
Deeanne King
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
T-Mobile
Luke McGlynn
Chief People Officer
MRIGlobal
Tiffany Monroe
Chief People Officer
H&R Block
Monica Ngo
Vice President, Human Resources
KC Current
Patrick Reeves
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Christina Robertson
Vice President, Human Resources
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Doris Rogers
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Saint Luke’s Health System
Julie Schaller
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Kay Stinson
Vice President, Human Resources
Seaboard Foods
Tom Sullivan
Senior Director of Talent Management and Analytics
Evergy
Burke Walker, Human Resources Advisory Board Vice-Chair
Chief People Officer
Spring Venture Group
Carolyn Walters
Vice President, People & Culture
GEHA
Nancy Whitworth
Chief People Officer
McCownGordon 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
