Board of Directors

Jean Paul Bradshaw II, Kansas City
Partner – Lathrop & Gage LLP

Morris Burger, California
CEO – Burgers Smoke House

Doug Crews, Columbia
Executive Director – Missouri Press Association

Jay Dade, Rogersville
Attorney – Polsinelli Shughart, P.C.

Charles Digges Jr., Columbia
Partner – The Insurance Group

Dave Griggs, Columbia
Owner – Dave Griggs Flooring America

David Haffner, Carthage
President and CEO – Leggett & Platt

J. Stephen Hamilton, St. Joseph
Retired Banker

Don Landers, Columbia
Partner – Landers, Weiss & Co., LLC

Clyde Lear, Jefferson City
Learfield Communication

Jeffrey MacLellan, Columbia
Retired – Chairman & CEO – Landmark Bank

Richard Mendenhall, Columbia
Chairman – Re/Max Boone Realty/Jefferson City

Richard Miller, Columbia
CEO – Miller's Professional Imaging / Mpix

Melodie Powell, Kansas City
Attorny – Evans & Dixon

John M. Raines, Chesterfield
Vice President, Business Affairs – Monsanto Company

David Shorr, Jefferson City
Attorney – Lathrop & Gage LLP, Past Director of Mo DNR

Jean Snider, Harrisonville

James Sterling, Columbia
Professor – University of Missouri School of Journalism
Past UM Curator

Jerry Taylor, Columbia
CEO – MFA Oil Co.

Ed Turner, Chillicothe
Co-Owner – EST Enterprises and Past UM Curator

Craig Van Matre, Columbia
Attorney – Van Matre, Harrison, Volkert, and Hollis, P.C.

Kurt Voss, Washington
Billing Manager – Zick, Voss & Politte, P.C.

Honorary Members

Thomas Atkins, Columbia
Chairman of the Board – Atkins Investments and Atkins Building Services and Products
Past UM Curator

John L. Cook, Cape Girardeau
Attorney – Cook, Barkett, Maguire & Ponder LC

Richard Wallace, Columbia
Chancellor Emeritus

Voting Ex-Officio Members

Wally Pfeffer, Columbia
Chairman - Mizzou Legislative Network
Service and Sales Representative - Mutual of Omaha Companies

Pamela M. Oberdiek, Platte City
President – Mizzou Alumni Association