Board of Directors
Starlight's board of directors is made of dedicated business and civic leaders dedicated to ensuring Starlight's legacy through governance and advocacy.
Officers - Executive Committee
Chair
Mark Fortino
Country Club Bank
Immediate Past Chair
Ora Reynolds
Hunt Midwest
Secretary
Michael Nguyen
BOK Financial
Vice Chair, Community Engagement
Nancy Whitworth
McCownGordon Construction
Vice Chair, Employee Experience
Lesley Elwell
Evergy
Vice Chair, Facilities
August L. Huber, III
A.L Huber General Contractor
Vice Chair, Finance
Robert M. Barnes
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Vice Chair, Government Affairs
Charlie Shields
Truman Medical Centers
Vice Chair, Marketing
Sabrina Wiewel
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Vice Chair, Philanthropy
Howard Cohen
Deloitte (Retired)
President of the Association
Richard Baker
Starlight
Treasurer of the Association
Mandi Wright
Starlight
Board Directors
Aviva Ajmera
SoLVE KC
Denise Bade
Lockton Companies
Kevin Barth
Commerce Bank
Becky Blades
Startistry Publishing
Wendy Burgess
RDD Family Office
Jeff Carson
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Cindy Circo
Evergy
Michael Condon
IMA Financial Group
Nikki Emison
North Kansas City Hospital/Emison Life Care Planning
Ed Enyeart
Bardavon Health Innovations
Anita B. Gorman - Lifetime Member
Community Volunteer
Amy Guerich
Stepp & Rothwell
Kara Hendon
FleishmanHillard
Robert Hingula
Polsinelli
Jenny Housley
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Mary Jorgenson
Community Volunteer
Michael Knecht
AdventHealth
Michael T. Lanning
US Asset Services
Dean Newton
Delta Dental of Kansas
Terry O’Toole
Kansas City Transportation Group
Greg A. Reid
BoomDeYada – LLC
Daniel C. Schulte
Schulte Ventures LLC
Christopher Stine
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Angelo Trozzolo
Trozzolo Communications
Mark Van Dyne
Burns & McDonnell
Vanessa Vaughn West
Lathrop GPM
Eddy Whitley
Whitley Construction
Ex-Officio Members
Past Board Chairs
Charles W. Battey
Sprint (retired)
Robert A. Bernstein
Bernstein Rein Advertising (retired)
Dianne Cleaver
Community Volunteer
James D. Dawson
Fairway Consulting Group
Steve Doyal
Hallmark Cards, Inc. (retired)
Peggy J. Dunn
Mayor of Leawood
Greg M. Graves
Burns & McDonnell (retired)
Shirley Bush Helzberg
Helzberg Foundation
Jack W. Kennedy
Community Volunteer
Robert A. Kipp
Hallmark Cards, Inc. (retired)
Michael F. Morrissey
Ernst & Young, LLP (retired)
John Murphy
J. Murphy Strategies/Shook, Hardy & Bacon (Retired)
Carolyn Watley
CBIZ
W. Russell Welsh
Polsinelli
Young Friends of Starlight Chair
Elise Jones
Academy Bank
City of Kansas City, Missouri Ex-Officio Members
Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw
Office of the Mayor Kansas City, MO Designee
Roosevelt Lyons
City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Interim Director
Councilwoman Heather Hall
City Manager Kansas City, MO Designee
Scott Wagner
City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners Designee