MCPSA Board of Directors (2008)

Alan Dubois
Retired Executive Director, Genesis School (Kansas City, MO)

Craig Glover
Board President, Confluence Academies (St. Louis, MO)

Kirk Farmer (President)
Board Member, Academie Lafayette (Kansas City, MO)

Gilberto Guerrero
Superintendent, Alta Vista Charter School (Kansas City, MO)

Trina Clark James
Director, St. Louisians United to Attract KIPP (St. Louis, MO)

R. Crosby Kemper, III
Exec. Director & CEO, Kansas City Public Library

Millie Krna
Principal, Brookside Charter School (Kansas City, MO)

Dr. Michael Podgursky
Professor, University of Missouri – Columbia (Columbia, MO)

Bill Ross
Board Member, Della Lamb Elementary (Kansas City, MO)

Cheri Shannon (Secretary)
Superintendent, University Academy (Kansas City, MO)

Amber Simpson
Vice President of Global Trade Services, U.S. Bank (St. Louis, MO)

Senator Jeff Smith
Board Member, Confluence Academies (St. Louis, MO)

Mark Tolbert (Treasurer)
Director, Lee A. Tolbert Academy (Kansas City, MO)

D'Anne Tombs-Shelton (Vice-President)
Regional Director, Imagine Schools (St. Louis, MO)

* All board members are unpaid.
** Board members also serve as directors of Missouri Charter Public School Association (MCPSA)