Board of Directors
Staff Roster
Community Epidemiology Work Group
Truman Medical Center Committee
Youth and Families Committee
Law Enforcement Committee
Courts Committee

Board of Directors

Dianne Cleaver, Chairperson
Truman Medical Center

Emmanuel Cooper, Jr., Secretary
Euphrates Inc.

Dean Davison, Vice Chairman
Employers Re-Insurance Corporation

Dr. Mark Buckner
East Side Chiropractic Clinic

Alvin Brooks
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime

Jane Heide
Community Member

Colleen Hernandez
President
Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance

Reverend Andrew King, Sr.
Baptist Minister's Union

Clyde McQueen
Executive Director
Full Employment Council

Rudolph (Rudy) Rhodes
Community Member

Beth K. Smith
Community Member

Alan Young
Community Member

Jim Nunn
Project Director

Jim Bridgeford
Continuum of Care Coordinator

Diane Davis
Community Systems Specialist

Paula Davis
Administrative Assistant

Ron Hunt
NCI Facilitator

Jessie Jefferson
NCI Facilitator/Youth Coordinator

Riccardo Lucas
NCI Facilitator

Hazel McAllister
Director of Fiscal Operations

Barbara Nolan
Community Systems Specialist

Paul Onuzuruike
Community Systems Specialist

Louise Saffold
Accounting Assistant

Dawna Shumate
Community Systems Specialist

Carrie Strother
Receptionist/Office Manager

Margaret Turner
Communications & Development Coordinator
NCI Coordinator

Community Epidemiology Work Group

Jinwen Cai, MD, MS
Public Health Chief Statistician
Kansas City, MO Health Department

Tracy Dranginis, PhD
Research and Analysis
KC LINC

Nancy Dunton, PhD
Ethnographer
Midwest Research Institute

Patricia Fazzone, PhD
Qualitative Research
Kansas University School of Nursing

Major Kathy Pierce
Information Services
Kansas City Police Department

Mark Seever, MA
Research and Analysis
Kansas City, MO School District

Randall Smith
Program Coordinator
State Department of Mental Health
Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Jim Topolski, PhD
Research and Analysis
Missouri Institute for Mental Health

Susan Wilson, PhD
Director of Behavioral Health
Swope Parkway Health Center

Jacob Gordon, PhD
Director
Institute for Multicultural Leadership
University of Kansas

Bill Geis, PhD
Research and Analysis
Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health

Freda Brashearas, MSW
Research Associate
Project Neighborhood Inc., Fighting Back

Truman Medical Center Committee

Maureen Cunningham
Truman Medical Center

Jim Nunnelly
Jackson County COMBAT

Barbara Nolan
Project Neighborhood, Inc.

Paul Onuzuruike
Project Neighborhood, Inc.

Bill Geis
Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health

Karlous O. Kalu
Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health

L.C. Liddell
Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health

Sherlene Spears
Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health

Susan Thompson
Newhouse

Nancy McReynolds
Crittenton

Avery Bratt
Rodgers Health Care

Samuel Rodgers
Rodgers Health Care

Nancy McCormick
Rose Brooks Center

Joseph S. Smith
Salvation Army/MOSOS

Marion R. Halim
Renaissance West

Shawnda Hayes
COMBAT

Youth and Families Committee

Jane Heide
Heart of America United Way

Dawna Shumate
Project Neighborhood, Inc.

Kelly Bowland
COMBAT

Willis Turner

Lisa Boone
Boys & Girls Clubs

Doc Bass
Kansas City School District

Edward Marquez
Kansas City School District

Vince Ortega
Kansas City Police Department

Cynthia Bland
Student Assistance Program

Denise McDowell
Penn Valley Community College

Alan DuBois
Genesis School

Sharon Perry
Kansas City Police Department
Tracy Draginis
LINC

Martha Strand
U.S. Census Bureau

Anita Matbia

Kevin Harrell
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office

Ossco Bolton
P.O.S.S.E.

Tracy Blaylock
Pioneer Campus

Beth Wilson
NCADD

Diane Koehler
Kidsafe

Donna Snead
Kidsafe

Arthur Seabury
Kidsafe

Scott Greening
Kidsafe

Doug Zimmerman
Ozanam

Susan Edwards
Ozanam

Susan Wilson
Swope Parkway Health Center

Olufemi Sharp
Swope Parkway Health Center

Dawn Nicole Lee
KCMSD

Susan Rodgers
United Way/P.A.S.S.

Major John Coleman
KCMSD

Mitch Mewash
KCMSD

Jim Hulme
P.A.S.S.

Octavio Villaborbos
Alta Vista Education Center

Paul Mugula
Alta Vista Education Center

Sgt. Brad Deichler
Kansas City Police Department

Sgt. Janet Hargarden
Kansas City Police Department

Capt. Chad Reid
Kansas City Police Department

Rosalyn Taylro
Tillman-Marillac

Law Enforcement Committee

Reverend Andrew King
Project Neighborhood, Inc.

Kathy Pierce
Kansas City Police Department

Capt. Paul Weatherford
Kansas City Police Department

Kevin Chrissman
Kansas City Police Department

John Armilio
Kansas City Police Department

Donna Rollo-Leap
Kansas City Police Department

Bill Gies
Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health

Courts Committee

Capt. Pat McInerney
U.S. Attorney's Office

Guyla Stidmon

James Olmes
Big Dis Liquors

Joseph Mouton
Probation and Parole

Gail Clair
Kansas City Regional Center

Gus Sonnenberg
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office

Michael Yost
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office

Molly Merrigan
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office

Jackie Dunn

Brent Morris
Probation and Parole

Pat Miller

Charles Megerman
KCCC

Rudy Rhodes
Jackson County Courthouse

Patricia Fazzone
Kansas University School of Nursing

David Kierst
Family Court

Theresa Byrd
Family Court

Alma J. Rollison
Family Court

Alan Wigadna
Family Court

Gary Charles
Family Court

Vicki Boyd
Drug Court

Diane Thomas
Niles Home for Children

Stephanie Morris
DJO, JCFDC

Patrick Bucher
DFS, JCFDC

Janet Rhone
Family Resource Center

Penny Howell
Circuit Court of Jackson County

Rex Mhoon
Drug Court/Judge Mason Center

Colleen Hernandez
KCNC

Dr. Jacob Gordon
Project Neighborhood

Pat Murfey
Project Neighborhood, Inc.

Ron Hunt
NCI Facilitator

Riccardo Lucas
NCI Facilitator

Bill Nelson
Bank of America

Michael Grube
Bank of America