Board of Directors and Staff
Officers
Chris Mounts
Chair
Brian Williams
Vice-Chair Elect
Cynthia L. Williams
Co-Vice Chair
Qiana Thomason
Co-Vice Chair
Michael Cline
Treasurer
Bryan McGowan
Secretary
Directors
Kara Bouillette
Marcheta Baxley
LaDonna Gooden
Katie Gound
Colleen LeCount
Marvin Manlove
Maryanne Roepke
Sterling Stanford
Brad Thies
Martha Thompson
Lisa Williams
Dawn Zerbs
Directors Emeriti
Lennie Berkowitz
Robert P. Lyons
Advisory Directors
Pam Gradinger
William M. Lyons
Heidi Nast
Guy Townsend III
Reeves Wiedeman
Our Staff
Martin English
Executive Director
816.531.4022 ext. 1012
menglish@kcya.org
Kara Armstrong
Director of Arts Education
816.531.4022 ext. 1011
karmstrong@kcya.org
Marty Arvizu
Director of Marketing &
Business Development
816.531.4022 ext. 1002
marvizu@kcya.org
Shannon Fowler
Arts Partners Coordinator
816.531.4022 ext. 1008
sfowler@kcya.org
Dianne Gregg
Senior Arts Partners Coordinator
816.531.4022 ext. 1007
dgregg@kcya.org
Kim Heald
Administrative Assistant
816.531.4022 ext. 1000
kheald@kcya.org
Mary Needham
Director of Development
816.531.4022 ext. 1004
mneedham@kcya.org
Jenny Ruark
School and Community Programs Coordinator
816.531.4022 ext. 1009
jruark@kcya.org
Patricia Rusconi
Community Outreach Coordinator
816.531.4022 ext. 1010
prusconi@kcya.org
Tim Valverde
Director of Finance
816.531.4022 ext. 1005
tvalverde@kcya.org
