Peg VanWagoner
Chair
Executive Committee; Finance and Investment Committee
Ms. VanWagoner was appointed to the board in February 2015 and served as treasurer in 2016. She was elected as board chair in 2019.She is a senior consultant at DeMarche Associates, Inc.
Marshaun Butler, M.H.S.A.
Vice Chair
Executive Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Butler was appointed to the board in February 2015. She was elected as vice chair in 2019. She is vice president of Children’s Mercy South & Regional Medical Practices.
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 Pryde
Treasurer
Executive Committee; Audit Committee; Finance and Investment Committee; Governance Committee
Mr. Pryde was elected to the board in December 2017. He was elected as treasurer in 2019.
Mary Ann Arnott
Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Arnott was elected to the board in December 2016. Now retired, she was a speech/language clinician for various Allen County and Shawnee Mission schools.
Irene Caudillo
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
Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Contreras was elected to the board in December 2017.
Tom Cranshaw
Administration and Logistics Committee; Governance Committee
Mr. Cranshaw was appointed to the board in February 2014 and served as secretary in 2016. He recently retired as CEO of Tri-County Mental Health Services, a safety-net provider.
Jim Dockins, Ed.D., FACHE
Executive Committee; Administration and Logistics Committee; Finance and Investment Committee
Dr. Dockins was appointed to the board in April 2015. He is an assistant professor of Healthcare Leadership at Rockhurst University’s Helzberg School of Management.
Ed Ellerbeck
Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Ellerbeck was elected to the board in December 2018.
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.
Judge Ann Mesle (Ret.)
Governance Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Judge Mesle practiced law at Lathrop & Gage for 18 years before serving on the 16th Judicial Circuit for 12 years. Judge Mesle has served on a variety of nonprofit boards focused primarily on legal, educational, and children’s activities.
Michael O’Dell, M.D., M.S.H.A., FAAFP
Program and Grants Committee, Chair; Executive 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.
Wayne M. Powell
Executive Committee, Past Chair
Mr. Powell was appointed to the board in February 2014. He served as vice chair in 2016 and as chair in 2017 and 2018. He is the vice president of membership and contracting at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.
Roy L. Robinson
Audit Committee, Chair; Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Robinson was appointed to the board in February 2015. He served as treasurer in 2017. He retired from the Archer Daniels Midland in March 2009.
Julia Simmons, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP
Administration and Logistics Committee, Chair; Executive Committee
Dr. Simmons, M.D., MBA, FAAP, was appointed to the board in January 2016. She works at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics.
Stephenie Smith, MSW
Executive Committee; Administration and Logistics Committee; Audit Committee
Ms. Smith was appointed to the board in December 2016. She is the Managing Partner of Sophic Solutions, LLC.
Lynette Wheeler
Governance Committee
Ms. Wheeler was elected to the board in December 2018.
Donnie Wilson
Audit Committee; Program and Grants Committee
Mr. Wilson was elected to the board in December 2017.
Tonia Wright
Program and Grants Committee
Ms. Wright was elected to the board in December 2017.
Ex Officio Members
Bridget McCandless, M.D., MBA, FACP
Health Forward President and CEO
Terry Trafton
Health Forward Community Advisory Committee Chair
Board Committees
Administration and Logistics Committee
Julia Simmons, Chair
Tom Cranshaw
Jim Dockins
Stephenie Smith
Lynette Wheeler
Audit Committee
Roy Robinson, Chair
Chuck Foudree
Kent Hawkins
Stephenie Smith
Donnie Wilson
Jim Pryde (Ex-officio)
Executive Committee
Peg VanWagoner, Chair
Marshaun Butler, Vice Chair
Kim Riley, Secretary
Jim Pryde, Treasurer
Julia Simmons, Administration and Logistics Chair
Chuck Foudree, Finance & Investment Chair
Ann Mesle, Governance Chair
Wayne Powell, Past Chair
Michael O’Dell, Programs and Grants Chair
Jim Dockins, At-Large Committee Chair
Stephenie Smith, At-Large Committee Chair
Finance and Investment Committee
Chuck Foudree, Chair
Jim Dockins
Kent Hawkins
Jim Pryde
Peg VanWagoner
Governance Committee
Ann Mesle, Chair
Tom Cranshaw
Jim Pryde
Kim Riley
Lynette Wheeler
Program and Grants Committee
Michael O’Dell, Chair
Mary Ann Arnott
Marshaun Butler
Irene Caudillo
Pat Contreras
Ed Ellerbeck
Kim Riley
Roy Robinson
Donnie Wilson
Tonia Wright