Board of Directors -
Executive Committee
Chair
Mark Fortino
Chair Elect
Howard Cohen
Immediate Past Chair
Ora Reynolds
Secretary
Terry O’Toole
Vice Chair, Community Engagement
Nancy Whitworth
Vice Chair, Employee Experience
Lesley Elwell
Vice Chair, Facilities
August L. Huber, III
Vice Chair, Finance
Robert K. Wolf
Vice Chair, Government Aairs
Dean Newton
Vice Chair, Marketing
Sabrina Wiewel
Vice Chair, Philanthropy
Amy Guerich
President of the Association
Richard Baker
Treasurer of the Association
Mandi Wright
Board of Directors -
Members
Aviva Ajmera
Denise Bade
Robert M. Barnes
Becky Blades
Wendy Burgess
Je Carson
Michael Collins
Michael Condon
Nikki Emison
Ed Enyeart
Jill Farrell
Anita B. Gorman
Richard Heise
Robert Hingula
Jenny Housley
Heather Jones
Kevin Kelly
Michael Knecht
Michael T. Lanning
Dr. Troy Nash
Greg A. Reid
Daniel C. Schulte
Christopher Stine
Angelo Trozzolo
Mark Van Dyne
Vanessa Vaughn West
City of Kansas City, Missouri -
Ex-Ocio Board Members
Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw
Oce of the Mayor Kansas City, MO Designee
Chris Cotten
City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation
Director
Councilwoman Heather Hall
City Manager Kansas City, MO Designee
Scott Wagner
City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation
Board of Commissioners Designee
Starlight Sta Leadership
Rich Baker
President + C.E.O.
Lindsey Rood-Cliord
C.O.O. and Incoming President + C.E.O.
Kent Andel
V.P. of Production
Deb Churchill
V.P. of Operations
Caroline Gibel
Director of Programming
Jacques’ Hassen
Director of Human Relations
Alex Jones
V.P. of Community Engagement
Andrew Lang
Director of Philanthropy
Ken McClain
Director of Ticket Services
Bess Wallerstein Hu
V.P. of Marketing + Sales
Bill Waugh
V.P. of Concerts + Information Systems
Mandi Wright
V.P. of Finance + C.F.O.
Past Board Chairs -
Ex-Ocio Board Members
Charles W. Battey
Robert A. Bernstein
Dianne Cleaver
James D. Dawson
Steve Doyal
Peggy J. Dunn
Greg M. Graves
Shirley Bush Helzberg
Jack W. Kennedy
Michael F. Morrissey
John Murphy
Carolyn Watley
W. Russell Welsh
Young Friends of Starlight
Chair - Ex-Ocio Board
Member
Elise Jones
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