Executive Committee
George Bittner (Board Chair)
Vice President for Advanced Giving
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Barbara F. Atkinson, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, University of Kansas Medical Center & Executive Dean
University of Kansas School of Medicine
and Professor of the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kimberly Barksdale
Secretary, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Bernadette Gray-Little, Ph.D.
Chancellor
University of Kansas
Gregory S. Kopf, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, KUMC
Executive Director, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
H. Edward Phillips, M.S.
Vice Chancellor for Administration
University of Kansas Medical Center
Peter Smith, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
University of Kansas School of Medicine
William "Bill" Taylor
Community Leader
Paul F. Terranova, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas Medical Center
President , University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Finance Committee
William "Bill" Taylor (Chair, Finance Committee)
Community Leader
George S. Bittner (Board Chair)
Vice President for Advanced Giving, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Executive Director, Northland Community Foundation
Executive Director, Real Estate Charitable Foundation
Kimberly Barksdale
Secretary, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Mary Jane Barnes
Community Leader
Gary Cloud, C.F.A.
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income
Financial Counselors, Inc.
Steven Geiger, M.B.A., C.P.A.
Treasurer, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Michael F. Helmstetter, Ph.D
Senior Vice President & Director of Research Operations
Midwest Research Institute
R. Michael Keeble, M.B.A., C.P.A., Eds.
Associate Vice Chancellor ofFinance
University of Kansas Medical Center
Gregory S. Kopf, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, KUMC
Executive Director, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Karen Miller, R.N., Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Allied Health &
Dean of the School of Nursing
University of Kansas
Research Committee
Peter Smith, Ph.D. (Chair, Research Commitee)
Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
University of Kansas School of Medicine
George Bittner (Board Chair)
Vice President for Advanced Giving
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Kimberly Barksdale
Secretary, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Marjorie Bott, R.N., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Nursing Research
University of Kansas School of Nursing
Karen Cox, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N..
Executive Vice President & Co-Chief Operating Officer
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Edward Ellerbeck, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair and Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
University of Kansas School of Medicine
John Ferraro, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research
Hearing and Speech Chair
The University of Kansas School of Allied Health
David Grainger, M.D.
Interim Director for Research Administration
University of Kansas Medical School - Wichita
Stephen Hartley
Director, International Marketing
Cardinal Health
Roy A. Jensen, M.D.
Director, Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute
University of Kansas Medical Center
Gregory S. Kopf, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, KUMC
Executive Director, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
J. Michael Nicholas, Ph.D.
Sr. Director, Strategic Regulatory Affairs and Post-Marketing Labeing/Compliance
TEVA Neuroscience
John Phillips
Partner
Blackwell Sanders Law Firm
Nominating Committee
George Bittner (Board Chair)
Vice President for Advanced Giving
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Kimberly Barksdale
Secretary, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Marjorie Bott, R.N., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Nursing Research
University of Kansas School of Nursing
Steven Geiger, M.B.A., C.P.A.
Treasurer, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Gregory S. Kopf, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, KUMC
Executive Director, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Lynn Parman
Vice President, Life Sciences & Technology
Kansas City Area Development Council