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Board Member, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
National WWI Museum and Memorial

Marny Sherman

The country’s first National Ambassador for
Young People’s Literature and author of 
The Stinky Cheese Man

Jon Scieszka

HOK - Sr. Principal, AIA IIDA;
Board Member,

Downtown Council of Kansas City

Peter Sloan

Director, Ronald McDonald House
(1986-2001),
Community Activist/Volunteer

Diane Power

Executive Director, University

Academy Foundation; Artist

Sonja Shaffer

Educator, The Pembroke Hill School;
Board member,
The Kansas City Public Library

Billie Howard Barnes

Board Member The McDonnell Foundation,
Community Activist/Volunteer

Christine Fielder

Senior Vice President,
Chief Operations Officer
Central Bank of Kansas City

Larry Taft

President and Chief Creative Officer,
Crux

Ethan Whitehill

Attorney, Retired

Allen Blair

Deputy Director, Youth
& Family Engagement,
Kansas City Public Library

Crystal Faris

Youth Services Manager,
Johnson County Library

Angel Jewell Tucker
GOVERNING BOARD

Kansas City civic leaders and activists
(+ Jon Scieszka)

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