Board of Directors

The National Board of Directors meets three times annually at the Adams Alumni Center. Board members also serve on one of three committees. More than 100 directors have chaired the Association. Each year a new Chair is elected by the Board. A listing of past Chairs can be viewed online.

Board of Directors Nominations

Chair
Joe C. Morris, b’61, Leawood

Chair-Elect
Tedde Tasheff, c’78, New York, New York

Executive Committee
Jay Howard, b’79, Austin, Texas
Joe C. Morris, b’61, Leawood
Marvin R. Motley, c’77, l’80, g’81, Leawood
Walter F. Riker III, c’70, j’78, Aurora, Illinois
Tedde Tasheff, c’78, New York, New York
Becky VanWyhe Thomas, e’86, Baldwin City
Sue Shields Watson, d’75, Wichita           

Directors to July 2008
Carol Ann Adams Brown, c’72, Alexandria, Virginia
Tom H. Collinson, c’00, Pittsburg
Tedde Tasheff, c’78, New York, New York

Directors to July 2009
Robert T. Stephan, ’54, Lenexa
Becky VanWyhe Thomas, e’86, Baldwin City
Sue Shields Watson, d’75, Wichita

Directors to July 2010
E. Grant Larkin, c’78, Garden City
Melissa Rodgers Padgett, c’83, Lawrence 
Walter F. Riker III, c’70, j’78, Aurora, Ill.

Directors to July 2011
Jeffrey P. Briley, d’74, Overland Park
Howard E. Cohen, b’79, Leawood
Jay Howard, b’79, Austin, Texas
Bradley G. Korell, l’97, Austin, Texas
Curtis R. McClinton, d’61, Kansas City, Mo.
Winifred S. Pinet, c’80, g’82, Royal Oak, Mich.

Directors to July 2012
Paul “Bud” Burke, b’56, Lawrence
Ray D. Evans, b’82, g’84, Prairie Village
Karen M. Humphreys, c’70, l’73, Wichita
James A. Trower, b’76, Salina   

Honorary Members
Gene A. Budig, EdD, Princeton, New Jersey
E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., PhD, San Antonio, Texas
Archie R. Dykes, EdD, Leawood
Delbert M. Shankel, PhD, Lawrence

2006-2007 Association Representatives to other University Boards

Athletics Corporation Board
Sheri Welter Hauck, b’81, Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Michael J. Maddox, b’92, l’94, Lawrence
Henry Menghini, c’87, Pittsburg
James Reilly Jr., Leavenworth  
Lynette Woodard, c’81, Lawrence 

World War I (Union) Board
Rita Ravens Alexander, d’69, Denver
Richard Fanolio, f’57, Mission Hills
Bradley G. Korell, l’97, Austin, Texas
Steven D. Owens, c’77, m’82, Leawood
Pearl Rovaris MacDonald, c’91, Overland Park