Honorary Co-Chairs
Margaret Truman Daniel†
Clifton Truman Daniel

William C. Nelson, Chairman of the Board
Chairman, George K. Baum Asset Management
Kansas City, Missouri

Mary E. Hunkeler, Vice Chair
Community Volunteer
Kansas City, Missouri

Michael J. Devine
President, Harry S. Truman Library Institute
Director, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Independence, Missouri

Milton P. Kayle, Secretary
Counsel - Gilbert, Segall & Young, Retired
Glenview, Illinois

Roger A. Novak, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, Novak Birks, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri

Carol Anderson
Associate Professor of History
University of Missouri-Columbia

John A. Dillingham
President, JoDill, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri

Charles M. Foudree
Community Volunteer
Executive VP of Finance, Harmon Industries, Inc. (1972-1999)
Blue Springs, Missouri

Richard A. Gephardt
Gephardt & Associates, L.C.
Atlanta, Georgia
United States Congressman (MO) 1977-2005

Sam F. Hamra
Chairman & CEO, Hamra Enterprises
Springfield, Missouri

Susan M. Hartmann
Professor of History and Women's Studies, Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Richard S. Kirkendall
Professor Emeritus of History, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Herbert M. Kohn
Partner, Bryan Cave, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri

Allen L. Lefko
Chairman & CEO, Bank of Grain Valley and Grain Valley Bancshares
Kansas City, Missouri

Thomas R. McGee, Jr.
Vice President, DST Realty
Kansas City, Missouri

John P. McMeel
Chairman & President, Andrews McMeel Universal
Kansas City, Missouri

Larry L. McMullen
Partner, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP
Kansas City, Missouri

Wilson D. Miscamble
Professor of History
University of Notre Dame

James B. Nutter, Jr.
President & CEO, James B. Nutter & Company
Kansas City, Missouri

Barbara J. Potts
Community Volunteer
Mayor of Independence (1982 - 1990)
Independence, Missouri

Bill Reisler
Managing Director
Consumer Growth Partners
Kansas City, Missouri

John J. Sherman
President & CEO, Inergy
Kansas City, Missouri

Beth K. Smith
Community Volunteer
Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

Elizabeth T. Solberg
Regional President & Senior Partner, Fleishman Hillard, Inc., Retired
Kansas City, Missouri

Charles S. Sosland
President & CEO, Sosland Companies, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri

Charles A. Spaulding, III
Partner, Parkwood Real Estate
Overland Park, Kansas

Clyde F. Wendel
President Asset Management, UMB Bank, N.A.
Managing Director Private Banking, UMB Financial Corporation
Kansas City, Missouri

National Advisory Council

John C. Danforth
United States Senator (MO) 1976-1995
Partner, Bryan Cave, LLP
St. Louis, Missouri

Walter Isaacson
President & CEO, Aspen Institute
Washington, D.C.