Terry Trafton
Chair
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Independence, Missouri
Community Input Committee
Mr. Trafton was appointed to the CAC in 2014. He is the president and CEO of CommCARE Behavioral Health and Alternatives EAP in Kansas City, MO.
Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley
Vice Chair
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Community Input Committee; Nominating Committee
Ms. Lesley was appointed to the CAC in March 2016. She is the executive director of Gilda’s Club Kansas City.
Art Chaudry
Treasurer
Appointing Authority:
Jackson County Executive
Review Committee
Mr. Chaudry was appointed to the CAC in 2016. Prior to his retirement, he was the president/CEO of Swope Community Builders and Swope Community Enterprises.
Twintenia Strother
Secretary
Appointing Authority:
Jackson County Executive
Community Input Committee
Ms. Strother was appointed to the CAC in 2018. She currently serves as a human relations manager for the Kansas City Aviation Department.
Nozella Brown, Ed.D.
Appointing Authority:
Mayor/CEO of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas
Nominating Committee
Dr. Brown was appointed to the CAC in 2014. She is the extension agent for Family & Consumer Sciences at Kansas State University.
Damon Daniel
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Community Input Committee
Mr. Daniel was appointed to the CAC in 2018. He is the president of Ad Hoc Group Against Crime in Kansas City, Missouri.
Niki Donawa
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Nominating Committee
Ms. Donawa was appointed to the CAC in 2015 and was elected as chair in 2017. She is the chief community relations officer for Truman Medical Centers.
Alan Flory
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Nominating Committee; Review Committee
Mr. Flory was appointed to the CAC in January 2019. He is the former president of reDiscover and a past member of Health Forward Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Glenna Garcia
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Iola, Kansas
Nominating Committee
Ms. Garcia was appointed to the CAC in 2017. She currently serves at the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center as the manager of quality improvement and waiver services.
Brian Geary
Appointing Authority:
Johnson County, Kansas County Commission
Nominating Committee
Mr. Geary was appointed to the CAC in 2017. He currently serves as the vice president of commercial loans in Olathe, Kansas.
Aaron Link
Appointing Authority:
Johnson County, Kansas County Commission
Nominating Committee
Mr. Link was appointed to the CAC in October 2015. He is the director of operations at Sivic Solutions Group.
Lana McKinney
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Nominating Committee; Review Committee
Ms. McKinney was appointed to the CAC in 2018. She is the director of community impact at American Heart Association.
Susan Mills-Gray
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Harrisonville, Missouri
Review Committee, Chair
Ms. Mills-Gray was appointed to the CAC in 2015. She is a Nutrition and Health Specialist at University of Missouri Extension.
Thuylinh Pham, M.D.
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Independence, Missouri
Community Input Committee, Chair
Dr. Pham was appointed to the CAC in February 2015. She is a pediatrician at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
Cynthia Riker
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Lexington, Missouri
Community Input Committee; Nominating Committee; Review Committee
Ms. Riker was appointed to the CAC in 2019. She is a practical nursing instructor at Liberty Public Schools.
Carey Spain
Appointing Authority:
Mayor of Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Community Input Committee; Review Committee
Ms. Spain was appointed to the CAC in January 2019. She is the director of social work care management at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Sub-Committees
Community Input Committee
Thuylinh Pham, Chair
Art Chaudry
Damon Daniel
Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley
Twintenia Strother
Cynthia Riker
Carey Spain
Terry Trafton
Nominating Committee
Brian Geary, Chair
Nozella Brown
Art Chaudry
Niki Lee Donawa
Alan Flory
Glenna Garcia
Aaron Link
Lana McKinney
Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley
Cynthia Riker
Review Committee
Susan Mills-Gray, Chair
Alan Flory
Lana McKinney
Carey Spain
Cynthia Riker