Board of Trustees
Rev. Jennifer Ahrens-Sims
Class of 2023
Pastor, Asbury UMC
Orange Park, FL
Academic Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Mrs. Dana Aldridge
Class of 2023
SS&C Technologies
Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Executive Committee
Governance Committee Interim Chair
Resource Committee
Mr. Arden L. Borgen
Class of 2020
Founder & CEO of Borgen Systems, Inc.
Des Moines, IA
Executive Committee (at-Large)
Governance Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Rev. Andy Bryan
Class of 2021
Lead Pastor, Manchester UMC,
Manchester, MO
Academic Committee
Governance Committee
Ms. Debra Buzard
Class of 2025
Director of Outreach Ministry
First UM Church of Kearney
Kearney, MO
Academic Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Ms. Sharon Cleaver
Class of 2024
Senior Director of Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City
Academic Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Mr. Mark Faulkner
Class of 2019
Owner/Broker of Faulkner Real Estate
Executive Committee
Governance Committee Chair
Resource Committee
Rev. Martin “Tino” Herrera
Class of 2025
Congregational Care Pastor
UM Church of the Resurrection
Leawood, KS
Resource Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Dr. Amy S. Hogan
Class of 2023
Ottawa University
Dean of the School of Education and Professor
Board Vice-Chair
Executive Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee Chair
Academic Committee
Rev. Lee Myane
Class of 2019
Co-founder of Sand Creek Engineering and Landscape Architecture
Prairie Grove, AR
Board Secretary
Executive Committee
Academic Committee Chair
Governance Committee
Rev. Dr. Dustin Petz
Class of 2019
President & CEO Kansas Area United Methodist Foundation
Academic Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Rev. Tex Sample, PhD
Class of 2019
Pastor, Trinity UMC
Kansas City, MO
Author, speaker & retired faculty member of Saint Paul
Board Chair
Executive Committee
Ex-Officio on all Committees
Mrs. Linda Shipman, CPA
Class of 2023
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
Director of Corporate Accounting
Board Treasurer
Executive Committee
Resource Committee Chair
Governance Committee
Mr. Rogers Strickland
Class of 2024
Founder/CEO of Strickland Construction
Founder/Partner of Attic Storage
Founder/Sole Proprietor of Strickland Farms
Governance Committee
Resource Committee
Bishop James D. Tindall, Sr.
Class of 2024
Pastor Emeritus
Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ
Kansas City, MO
Governance Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Mr. Jabari Wamble, JD
Class of 2021
Assistant United States Attorney
Academic Committee
Resource Committee
Rev. David Wiggs
Class of 2023
Senior Minister, Boston Avenue UMC
Tulsa, OK
Academic Committee
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Committee
Life Members
Rev. Charlotte Abrams
Mr. John W. Ballard III
Bishop Ann Brookshire Sherer-Simpson
Mr. Harry D. Cleberg
Ms. Sally Firestone
Bishop Fritz Mutti
Dr. Michael Parmely
Mr. Melvin Winger
If you have questions please contact:
Leanna Walkowiak, Director of Operations/Equity Compliance Officer & Title IX Coordinator
(913) 253-5091 leanna.walkowiak@spst.edu