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Steering Committee Members

Mr. David Barry
H&R Block, Inc.
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Robert A. Browning
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Karen S. Daugherty
Mercer
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Thomas Delaney
Compass Minerals
Overland Park, KS

Mr. Ronald J. Dutton
RJ Dutton Incorporated
Overland Park, KS

Ms. Cindy J. Dwyer
MHM Retirement Plan Soulutions
Leawood, KS

Mr. David Evans
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Robert S. Fischgrund
CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc.
Leawood, KS

Ms. Alisa Ford (2008 Chair)
The University of Kansas Hospital
Westwood, KS

Ms. Tresia A. Franklin
Mercer
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Vicki Graft
BKD, LLP
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Thomas C. Graves
Haynes Benefits PC
Lee’s Summit, MO

Mr. Nicki Gustin
Aquila, Inc.
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Sheila Hayter
Butler Manufacturing Company
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Mark Herman
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Overland Park, KS

Mr. Gerard J. Karlin
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Craig Kovarik
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Nancy Kunkel
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Bob Latz
Brown & Dunn, P.C.
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Kenneth A. Mason
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP
Overland Park, KS

Mr. Daniel J. McCarroll
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Phil McKnight
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Eric N. Miller
Utz, Miller, Kuhn & Eickman, LLC
Overland Park, KS

Ms. Stephanie Morrison
Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Joseph P. Morsman
Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Jenny C. Mosh
Lathrop & Gage, L.C.
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Julie Nicely
American Century Investments
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Scott W. Rankin
Benefit Trust Company
Overland Park, KS

Mr. Robert E. Reiter
DST Systems, Inc.
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Margo C. Soulé
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Kansas City, MO

Mr. James Stadler
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, MO

Ms. Janet M. Thompson
The Cottonwood Group
Overland Park, KS

Mr. Paul Van Dyne
Great Plains Energy/Kansas City Power & Light
Kansas City, MO