Marshaun Butler, M.H.S.A.
Chair
Executive Committee
Ms. Butler was appointed to the board in February 2015. She was elected as chair in 2019. She is vice president of Children’s Mercy South and Regional Medical Practices.
Jim Pryde
Vice Chair
Executive Committee; Finance and Investment Committee; Governance Committee
Mr. Pryde was elected to the board in December 2017. He was elected as vice chair in 2019. He is a lawyer at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
Kim Riley
Secretary
Executive Committee; Governance Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Riley was appointed to the board in January 2016. She was elected as secretary in 2019. She is a community advocate for WellCare Health Plans.
Jim Dockins, Ed.D., FACHE
Treasurer
Executive Committee; Administration and Logistics Committee; Audit Committee; Equity Committee; Finance and Investment Committee
Dr. Dockins was appointed to the board in April 2015. He was elected as treasurer in 2019. He is an assistant professor of Healthcare Leadership at Rockhurst University’s Helzberg School of Management.
Irene Caudillo
Equity Committee, Co-Chair; Executive Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Caudillo was elected to the board in December 2018. She is the president and CEO of El Centro.
Pat Contreras
Audit Committee, Chair; Equity Committee; Governance Committee
Mr. Contreras was elected to the board in December 2017. He is the director of business development at McCownGordon Construction.
Stacey Daniels-Young
Administration and Logistics Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Daniels-Young was elected to the board in December 2019. She retired after having served as director of Jackson County Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax (COMBAT) and chief executive officer of Black Health Care Coalition.
Timothy Duncan
Administration and Logistics Committee; Finance and Investment Committee
Mr. Duncan was elected to the board in December 2019. He is a vice president and retirement plan consultant at Mariner Wealth Advisors.
Ed Ellerbeck
Governance Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Ellerbeck was elected to the board in December 2018. He is the chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, as well as a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Chuck Foudree
Finance and Investment Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Audit Committee
Mr. Foudree was appointed to the board in January 2016. He retired as the executive vice president of Harmon Industries, Inc.
Kent Hawkins
Audit Committee; Finance and Investment Committee
Mr. Hawkins was elected to the board in December 2018. He is the senior director of financial and offsite analysis at NeighborWorks America.
Ned Holland
Governance Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Holland was elected to the board in December 2019. He is a retired senior executive and former government official, having served as the assistant secretary of administration for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Lydia Kaume
Equity Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Kaume was elected to the board in December 2019. She is a county engagement specialist in community economic development for University of Missouri Extension.
Michael O’Dell, M.D., M.S.H.A., FAAFP
Program and Grants Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Audit Committee
Dr. O’Dell was appointed to the board in February 2016. He is the chair of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and serves as the associate chief medical officer at Truman Medical Center’s Lakewood campus in Kansas City, Missouri.
Roy L. Robinson
Governance Committee, Chair; Executive Committee
Mr. Robinson was appointed to the board in February 2015. He served as treasurer in 2017. He retired from Archer Daniels Midland in March 2009.
Stephenie Smith, MSW
Administration and Logistics Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Equity Committee
Ms. Smith was appointed to the board in December 2016. She is the Managing Partner of Sophic Solutions, LLC.
Peg VanWagoner
Executive Committee, Past Chair; Finance and Investment Committee
Ms. VanWagoner was appointed to the board in February 2015 and served as treasurer in 2016. She served as board chair in 2019. She is a senior consultant at DeMarche Associates, Inc.
Lynette Wheeler
Equity Committee, Co-Chair; Executive Committee; Administration and Logistics Committee; Governance Committee
Ms. Wheeler was elected to the board in December 2018. She is the chief operating officer of Truman Medical Center – Lakewood.
Donnie Wilson
Audit Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Wilson was elected to the board in December 2017. He is a program manager at Gateway Foundations.
Richard Wright
Administration and Logistics Committee; Equity Committee; Finance and Investment Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Wright was elected to the board in December 2019. He is president and chief executive officer of Gilmore Bell, a public finance law firm.
Tonia Wright
Program and Grants Committee; Equity Committee
Ms. Wright was elected to the board in December 2017. She is president and chief executive officer of Grace Advertising and Consulting.
Ex Officio Members
Qiana Thomason
Health Forward President and CEO
Terry Trafton
Health Forward Community Advisory Committee Chair
Board Committees
Administration and Logistics Committee
Stephenie Smith, Chair
Stacey Daniels-Young
Jim Dockins
Tim Duncan
Lynette Wheeler
Richard Wright
Audit Committee
Pat Contreras, Chair
Chuck Foudree
Kent Hawkins
Mike O’Dell
Donnie Wilson
Jim Dockins (Ex-officio)
Equity Committee
Irene Caudillo, Co-Chair
Lynette Wheeler, Co-Chair
Pat Contreras
Jim Dockins
Lydia Kaume
Stephenie Smith
Tonia Wright
Executive Committee
Marshaun Butler, Chair
Jim Pryde, Vice Chair
Kim Riley, Secretary
Jim Dockins, Treasurer
Roy Robinson, Governance Chair
Chuck Foudree, Finance & Investment Chair
Michael O’Dell, Programs and Grants Chair
Stephenie Smith, Administration and Logistics Committee Chair
Irene Caudillo, At-Large Member
Lynette Wheeler, At-Large Member
Peg VanWagoner, Past Chair
Finance and Investment Committee
Chuck Foudree, Chair
Jim Dockins
Tim Duncan
Kent Hawkins
Jim Pryde
Peg VanWagoner
Richard Wright
Governance Committee
Roy Robinson, Chair
Pat Contreras
Ed Ellerbeck
Ned Holland
Jim Pryde
Kim Riley
Lynette Wheeler
Program and Grants Committee
Michael O’Dell, Chair
Irene Caudillo
Stacey Daniels-Young
Ed Ellerbeck
Ned Holland
Lydia Kaume
Kim Riley
Donnie Wilson
Tonia Wright