Foundation Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Honorary Chairman   

John Q. Hammons
Founder & CEO
John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts

 

President  President-elect 

Jan Robbins
Executive Director
GYN Cancers Alliance

Neal D. Spencer
CEO
BKD, LLP

Members

 

Rob Baird
CEO
Conco
Bob Beine
Owner
Republic Ford
Judy Breeding
CEO
Ben Steele Properties

Hattie Brown
Senior Vice President
Ozarks Coca Cola / Dr Pepper Bottling Company

Julie Turner Brown
Shareholder
Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P.C.
Jerry F. Cash, D.D.S., M.S.
Owner
Cash Family Orthodontics
Jerry Clark
Retired, Vice President of Public Affairs
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Kim Day
Senior Vice President of Regional Markets
St. John's Health System
Greg DeLong
Financial Advisor & Part Owner
Edward Jones
Kirk Elmquist
Partner
Morelock - Ross Companies
John Gentry
President adn Chairman of the Board
Positronic Industries, Inc.
Marshall Gordon, Ph.D.
Retired, President
Missouri State University
Jeffrey Gower
President
Wil Fischer Companies
Sam Hamra
Chairman & CEO
Hamra Enterprises
Tyler Hedden
Vice President, Clinical Services
CoxHealth Systems
Nikki Holden
Vice President
Custom Metalcraft
Rick Hughlett
Founder & President
Rick's Automotive, Inc.
Billy Jalili
Owner
Touch Restaurant
Jerry Jared
President
Jared Enterprises

Joe Jenkins
Business Manager
Jenkins Diesel Power, Inc.

Bill Killian
President & CEO
The Killian Group
John Lambert
Owner
Missouri Insulation & Supply, Inc.

Dianne Elizabeth Osis
Publisher/President
Springfield Business Journal

Raeanne Presley
Mayor
City of Branson

Steve Plaster
Executive Vice President
Evergreen Investments, LLC

Jim Towery
Owner
Steelman Transportation

Ex-Officio Members

Larry Snyder
Owner
Larry Snyder & Company, Inc.
Dr. Hal Higdon
President
Ozark Technical Community College