Board of Directors

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

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

Alan DuBois (Vice-President)
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 
Board Chair, Della Lamb Community Services (Kansas City, MO)

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

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