Board of Directors
E. Frank Ellis
Chairman since 1991
Chairman and CEO of Swope Community Enterprises. Previous President and CEO of Swope Health Services, formerly Swope Parkway Health Center, for twenty-one years, chairman and CEO of FirstGuard Health Plan, Swope Community Builders, and the Applied Urban Research Institute, all of which work to improve quality of life for patients and residents in surrounding communities.
Ms. Augustine Cameron
Director since June 1991
Founder of 26-year old Palestine Neighborhood Development Association. Founder of 3500 Bales Block Club.
Dorothy Fauntleroy
First Vice Chairperson, Director since June 1991
Member, board of directors, Swope Health Foundation. Recent governor-appointed member, Special Health,
Psychological and Social Needs of Minority Older Individuals Commission.
Ms. Becky Forrest
Director since Sept 2004
President, Town Fork Creek Neighborhood Association.
Mr. Gurnie Gunter
Secretary, Director since Sept 2000
Former Director, KCMO Water Department
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Edward F. Honesty, Jr.
Director since 2006
President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors of Best Harvest Bakeries, one of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Top Ten Small business of 2004.
Major Randall E. Hundley
Director since June 2008
Major at Metro Patrol Division, Kansas City, MO Police Department. Appointed to Police Department in 1987.
Mr. Arthur Johnson
Director since Sept 2004
Board member, Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council and Front Porch Alliance.
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Ms. Stacey Johnson-Cosby
Director since Sept 2004
Senior Sales Executive, Reece and Nichols Realtors.
Board member, Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors (KCRAR).
Ms. Anita Maltbia
Director since Sept 2004
Former Assistant to the Director, KCMO Public Works Department.
Former Interim Director, KCMO Convention and Entertainment Centers Department. Former Assistant City Manager, KCMO.
Dr. Phillip Olson
Director since Sept 2004
Professor of Sociology, UMKC.
Director, Urban Affairs Program, UMKC.
Program Director, Grandparents as Parents Program, UMKC.
Mr. James B. Wilson
Second Vice Chairperson, Director since June 1991
Marketing Director, Gates Bar-B-Q; 15 years in real estate and insurance including real estate broker and District Manager; Former Personnel Director, Jackson County; Present and past member of numerous area boards, councils and organizations.
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