Board of Directors

Barbara L. Peterson, Chairperson
Attorney, Environmental Protection Agency

Airick Leonard West, Vice Chairperson
Treasurer, Ivanhoe Neighborhoood Council

Wilhelmina L. Stewart, Secretary
Former Director/Volunteer Coordinator, Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center

Denise E. Gilmore, Treasurer
President/Chief Executive Officer, Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation

Terrie S. Rouse
Chief Executive Officer of the Capitol Visitor Center

Sharon Sanders Brooks
Councilwoman, Third Distrct, Kansas City, Missouri

Crosby Kemper III
Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City Public Library

Christopher Leitch
Director, Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall

Reverend Samuel Mann
Pastor, St. Mark Church

Honorable John R. O'Malley
Judge, Jackson County Circuit Court

Anthony Arnold
Contractor, A. Arnold & Associates

Warren Watkins
Secretary-Treasurer, Watkins Brothers Memorial Chapel

Pellom McDaniels III, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History and American Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Nolen M. Ellison, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, UMKC Bloch School of Business and Public Management

Ajamu Webster (Ex Officio)
Commissioner, Kansas City Department of Parks and Recreation