Board of Directors

Jeanne Bates
Retired Executive, Hall Family Foundation (Kansas City, MO)

Tom Bloch
Former CEO, H&R Bloch Company (Kansas City, MO)

Kirby Birkholder
Executive Director – Missouri,  IFF (St. Louis, MO)

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

Kirk Farmer
Owner, Zephyr Properties (Kansas City, MO)

Trina Clark James
Founder & CEO, Jamaa Learning Center (St. Louis, MO)

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

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

Suzanne Love
Charter School Liaison, University of Missouri – Columbia (Columbia, MO)

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

Bill Ross (Vice-President)
Board Chair, Della Lamb Community Services (Kansas City, MO)

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

Click to read bios and personal statements from each of our board members.

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