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
Howard Cohen
Deloitte (retired)
Immediate Past Chair
Mark Fortino
Country Club Bank
Secretary
Terry O’Toole
Kansas City Transportation Group
Vice Chair, Community Engagement
Nikki Emison
North Kansas City Hospital/Emison Life Care Planning
Vice Chair, Employee Experience
Lesley Elwell
Evergy
Vice Chair, Facilities
Michael T. Lanning
US Asset Services
Vice Chair, Finance
Robert K. Wolf
KPMG
Vice Chair, Government Affairs
Dean Newton
Delta Dental of Kansas
Vice Chair – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access
Vanessa Vaughn West
Lathrop GPM
Vice Chair, Marketing
Sabrina Wiewel
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Vice Chair, Philanthropy
Amy Guerich
Stepp & Rothwell
Vice Chair – Strategic Planning
Aviva Ajmera
SoLVE KC
President of the Association
Lindsey Rood-Clifford
Starlight
Treasurer of the Association
Mandi Wright
Starlight
Board Directors
Becky Blades
Startistry Publishing
Wendy Burgess
RDD Family Office
Jeff Carson
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Toby Cook
The University of Kansas Health
Joni Cobb
Creative Planning
Michael Collins
Grayson Capital, LLC
Michael Condon
IMA Financial Group
Mark Coulter
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
Ed Enyeart
Bardavon Health Innovations
Jill Farrell
American Century Investments
Anita B. Gorman - Lifetime Member
Community Volunteer
Richard Heise
Commerce Bank
Robert Hingula
Polsinelli
Jenny Housley
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Heather Jones
Seigfreid Bingham, P.C.
Kevin Kelly
U.S. Federal Properties Co., LLC
Michael Knecht
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
Tondee Lutterman
FORVIS
Ramsey Mohsen
Everhance LLC
Dr. Troy Nash
Newmark Zimmer
Tempe Ostergren Elsberry
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Emily Tilgner
McCowenGordon Construction
Angelo Trozzolo
Trozzolo Communications
Mark Van Dyne
Burns & McDonnell
Carey Wilkins
Evolytics – A Concord Company
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
Michael F. Morrissey
Ernst & Young, LLP (retired)
John Murphy
J. Murphy Strategies/Shook, Hardy & Bacon (retired)
Ora Reynolds
Hunt Midwest
Carolyn Watley
CBIZ
W. Russell Welsh
Polsinelli
City of Kansas City, Missouri Ex-Officio Members
Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw
Office 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