Wayne M. Powell
Chair
Executive Committee
Mr. Powell was appointed to the board in February 2014 and served as vice chair in 2016. He was elected as board chair in 2017. He is the vice president of membership and contracting at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.
Thomas Carignan
Vice Chair
Executive Committee; Finance & Investment Committee
Mr. Carignan was appointed to the board in April 2012. He was elected as vice chair in 2017. He is vice president at EFL Associates.
Judge Ann Mesle (Ret.)
Secretary
Executive Committee; Administration & Logistics Committee; Governance Committee; Programs & Grants Committee
Judge Mesle was elected as secretary in 2017. She 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 non-profit boards focused primarily on legal, educational and children’s activities.
Chuck Foudree
Treasurer
Executive Committee; Audit Committee; Finance & Investment Committee
Mr. Foudree was appointed to the board in January 2016. He retired as the executive vice president of Harmon Industries, Inc.
Mary Ann Arnott
Programs & 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.
Marshaun Butler, M.H.S.A.
Programs & Grants Committee, Chair; Executive Committee
Ms. Butler was appointed to the board in February 2015. She is vice president of Children’s Mercy South & Regional Medical Practices.
Pat Contreras
Mr. Contreras was elected to the board in December 2017.
Tom Cranshaw
Governance Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Administration & Logistics Committee; Finance & Investment 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
Administration & Logistics Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Audit Committee; Finance & 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.
Alan Flory
Administration & Logistics Committee; Programs & Grants Committee
Mr. Flory was appointed to the board in February 2014. He is the president and CEO of ReDiscover, a nonprofit community mental health agency.
Spence Heddens
Audit Committee, Chair; Executive Committee; Finance & Investment Committee
Mr. Heddens was appointed to the board in January 2016. He retired as an executive at Bank of America.
Garland Land, M.P.H.
Executive Committee; Programs & Grants Committee
Mr. Land was appointed to the board in April 2012. Now retired, he is the former executive director of NAPHSIS.
Michael O’Dell, M.D., M.S.H.A., FAAFP
Programs & Grants 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.
Jim Pryde
Mr. Pryde was elected to the board in December 2017.
Kim Riley
Governance Committee; Programs & Grants Committee
Ms. Riley was appointed to the board in January 2016. She is a community advocate for WellCare Health Plans.
Roy L. Robinson
Administration & Logistics Committee; Audit Committee; Finance & Investment Committee
Mr. Robinson was appointed to the board in February 2015. He was elected as treasurer in 2017. He retired from the Archer Daniels Midland in March 2009.
Julia Simmons, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP
Executive Committee; Administration & Logistics 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
Administration & Logistics Committee; Audit Committee
Ms. Smith was appointed to the board in December 2016. She is the executive director at Linwood YMCA.
Peg VanWagoner
Finance & Investment Committee, Chair; Executive Committee
Ms. VanWagoner was appointed to the board in February 2015 and served as treasurer in 2016. She is a senior consultant at DeMarche Associates, Inc.
Donnie Wilson
Mr. Wilson was elected to the board in December 2017.
Tonia Wright
Ms. Wright was elected to the board in December 2017.
Ex Officio Members
Bridget McCandless, M.D., MBA, FACP
Health Forward President and CEO
Niki Lee Donawa
Health Forward Community Advisory Committee Chair
Board Committees
Administration & Logistics Committee
Jim Dockins, Chair
Tom Cranshaw
Alan Flory
Judge Ann Mesle
Roy Robinson
Julia Simmons
Stephenie Smith
Donnie Wilson
Audit Committee
Spence Heddens, Chair
Jim Dockins
Roy Robinson
Stephenie Smith
Donnie Wilson
Chuck Foudree, Ex Officio
Executive Committee
Wayne Powell, Chair
Thomas Carignan, Vice Chair
Judge Ann Mesle, Secretary
Chuck Foudree, Treasurer
Jim Dockins, Administration & Logistics Chair
Spence Heddens, Audit Chair
Peg VanWagoner, Finance & Investment Chair
Tom Cranshaw, Governance Chair
Marshaun Butler, Programs & Grants Chair
Julia Simmons, At-Large Committee Chair
Garland Land, At-Large Committee Chair
Finance & Investment Committee
Peg VanWagoner, Chair
Thomas Carignan
Tom Cranshaw
Jim Dockins
Chuck Foudree
Spence Heddens
Jim Pryde
Roy Robinson
Governance Committee
Tom Cranshaw, Chair
Judge Ann Mesle
Jim Pryde
Kim Riley
Program/Grants Committee
Marshaun Butler, Chair
Mary Ann Arnott
Pat Contreras
Alan Flory
Garland Land
Judge Ann Mesle
Michael O’Dell
Kim Riley
Tonia Wright