Leadership/Executive

2009 Officers of the
Board of Governors

• Pete Lemke
  (EFL Associates), Chairman
  
  
• H.D. Cleberg
  (Community Volunteer), First Vice Chairman
  
  
• Thomas M. Scott
  (Madison Ventures), Vice Chairman

2009 American Royal
Officers and Directors

• Bryan Beaver
  (CarterEnergy), Chairman
  
  
• Greg Maday
  (GEM Holding), Chair-Elect
  
  
• David Fowler
  (KPMG LLP), Treasurer
  
  
• Ellen Merriman
  (Financial Holding Corp.), Corporate Secretary
  
  
• Jim McNair
  President and CEO

2009 American Royal
Executive Committee

• Bryan Beaver
  Chairman Board of Directors
  
  
• Pete Lemke
  Chairman Board of Governors
  
  
• Greg Maday
  Chair-Elect
  
  
• David Fowler
  Treasurer
  
  
• Ellen Merriman
  Corporate Secretary
  
  
• Jim McNair
  President
  
  
• David Ball
  
  
• Sheryl Clanton
  
  
• Harry Cleberg
  
  
• Bill Crooks
  
  
  
• David Dickey
  
  
• Mark DiCarlo
  
  
• Craig Huffhines
  
  
• Mary Hunkeler
  
  
• Julie Jurden
  
  
• Mariner Kemper
  
  
• Brant Laue
  
  
• Greg Lee
  
  
• Fred Lyons
  
  
• T. Nelson Mann
  
  
• Paul McKie
  
  
• John Mitchell
  
  
• Neal Patterson
  
  
• Landon Rowland
  
  
• Sarah Rowland
  
  
• Cynthia Savage
  
  
• Thomas Scott
  
  
• Jim Thome

Lifetime Directors

• Malcolm M. Aslin, M&I Bank
  
• H. D. Cleberg, Community Volunteer
  
• Robert D. Hovey, Hovey Williams LLP
  
• Mary Hunkeler, Community Volunteer
  
• Charles W. Keller, Community Volunteer
  
• R. Crosby Kemper, UMB Financial Corporation
  
• Pete Lemke, EFL Associates
  
• Fred W. Lyons, Jr., Five Creek Ranch
  
• Paul McKie, Tailgate Ranch
  
• Neal Patterson, Cerner
  
• David A. Rismiller, Burlington Capital Group
  
• Landon Rowland, Ever Glades Financial

Honorary Directors

• Mrs. Roy A. Edwards, Jr.
  
• Bill House
  
• Thomas M.  Scott

Board of Directors

Bryan Beaver
American Royal Chairman of the Board of Directors

Pete Lemke
American Royal Chairman of the Board of Governors

2009 American Royal Board of Directors

• David Ball, Balls Foods
  
  
• Paul Black, Consultant
  
  
• Cary Christensen, Bayer
  
  
• Sheryl Clanton, McCorkendale Construction
  
  
• Bill Crooks, PB&J Restaurants
  
  
• Rick Curl, Consultant
  
  
• Richard R. DeLuca, Jr., Ft. Dodge Animal Health
  
• David Forsee, Brookside Capital
  
  
• David Fowler, KPMG
  
  
• Ollie Gates, Gates’ Bar-B-Q
  
  
• Jim Hebenstreit, Bartlett Grain Co.  
  
  
• Rick Hoffman, Triumph Foods
  
  
• Craig Huffhines, American Hereford Association
  
  
• J. Mariner Kemper, UMB Financial Corporation
  
  
• Brant Laue, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
  
  
• Greg Lee, Mid-West Environmental Systems, Inc.
  
  
• Ron Lockton, Kansas City Property & Casualty
  
  
• Alex Lowe, RED Brokerage
  
  
• Greg Maday, SpecChem LLC 
  
  
• Joe Mandacina, Sprint Corporation
  
  
• T. Nelson Mann, Attorney
  
  
• Dr. Rich Markham, Teva Animal Health
  
  
• Ford Maurer, Foxx Equipment Company
  
  
• Ellen Merriman, Financial Holding Corporation
  
  
• Dana Nelson, Community Volunteer
  
  
• J. Neil Orth, American International Charolais Association
  
  
• Jeanne Patterson, First Hand Foundation/Cerner
  
  
• Margi Pence, Community Volunteer
  
  
• Mary Ann Powell, Community Volunteer
  
  
• Anne Potter Russ, The Independent
  
  
• Rex Purefoy, Photographer
  
  
• Ernie Rodina, Purina
  
  
• Terry Satterlee, Shook Hardy & Bacon
  
  
• Cynthia Savage, The Raphael Group
  
  
• John Sherman, Inergy
  
  
• Glenn Stephenson, Highwoods Properties
  
  
• Bob Sullivan, Boulevard Brewery
  
  
• Bob Sutherland, Sutherlands
  
  
• Rick Thaemert, Global Prairie
  
  
• Kevin Thimmesch, Compass Minerals
  
  
• Jonathan Thomas, American Century
  
  
• Jim Thome, JT Investments LLC
  
  
• H. Guyon Townsend, Townsend Communications LLC
  
  
• Tom Turner, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC
  
  
• Mike Valentine, Cerner
  
  
• Hilary Watson, Community Volunteer
  
  
• John Wilson, Ottawa Land & Cattle Company, Inc.  

Additional Voting Members

Advisory Directors – Business & Industry

• Julie Jurden, 2009 President of BOTAR Organization
  
  
  
• Mark DiCarlo, 2009 President of the Saddle and Sirloin Club
  
  
  
• Neil Olson,  Dean of the Vet School at University of Missouri
  
  
  
• Ralph Richardson, Dean of the Vet School at Kansas State University
  
  
  
• Russ Weathers, President & CEO, Agriculture Future of America
  
  
  
• Rick Hughes, President & CEO, Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association
  
  
  
• Bill Bowman, American Angus Association
  
  
  
• Charles Kruse, Missouri Farm Bureau
  
  
  
• Paul James, Hotel and Motel Association
  
  
  
• Darby Trotter, CIDA and Rivertrails
  
  
  
• Mike Beam, Kansas Agri-Business Council

Advisory Directors – Government and Elected Officials

• Jay Nixon, Governor – Missouri*
  
  
  
• Mark Parkinson, Governor - Kansas*
  
  
  
• Mark Funkhouser, Mayor, Kansas City MO
  
  
  
• Wayne Cauthen, City Manager, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Joe Reardon, Mayor, Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, KS
  
  
  
• Bill J. Miller, Commissioner, Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, KS
  
  
  
• Deb Hermann, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Bill Skaggs,  City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Ed Ford, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Russ Johnson, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Melba Curls, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Sharon Sanders Brooks, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Beth Gottstein, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Jan Marcason, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Cindy Circo, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Terry Riley, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• Cathy Jolly, City Council, Kansas City, MO
  
  
  
• John A. Sharp, City Council, Kansas City, MO

PRESIDENTS/CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD


KIRKLAND B. ARMOUR 1899 - 1902

CHARLES E. LEONARD 1903

C.A. STANNARD 1904

ALLEN M. THOMPSON 1905

GEORGE STEVENSON, JR. 1906

EUGENE RUST 1907

C.R. THOMAS 1908

NICHOLAS H. GENTRY 1909 & 1917

R.W. BROWN 1910

PAUL M. CULVER 1911

R.H. HAZLETT 1912, 1916 & 1922

H.C. DUNCAN 1913

CHARLES D. BELLOWS 1914 & 1923

EDWIN F. CALDWELL 1915

JAMES C. SWIFT 1918-1921 & 1927 - 1937

EDWARD F. SWINNEY 1924 - 1925

JOHN R. TOMSON 1926

GEORGE H. DAVIS 1938 - 1940

HARRY DARBY 1941 - 1952

JOHN B. GAGE 1953

L. RUSSELL KELCE 1954 - 1955

E.M. DODDS 1956 - 1957

DALLAS R. ALDERMAN 1958 - 1959

JAY B. DILLINGHAM 1960 - 1961

HERBERT H. WILSON 1962 - 1963

E.K. HARTENBOWER 1964 - 1965

RODERICK TURNBULL 1966 - 1967

J.W. PUTSCH 1968 - 1969

WILLIAM E. MAURER 1970 - 1971

JOHN C. GAGE 1972

WILLIS C. THEIS 1973 - 1974

WILLIAM P. HARSH 1975 - 1976

ROY A. EDWARDS 1977 - 1978

ROBERT D. HOVEY 1979 - 1980

ROBERT W. WAGSTAFF 1981 - 1982

DWIGHT D. SUTHERLAND 1983 - 1984

DAVID A. RISMILLER 1985 - 1986

RAY R. EVANS 1987 - 1988

CHARLES W. KELLER 1989 - 1990

R. CROSBY KEMPER 1991 - 1992

MALCOLM M. ASLIN 1993 - 1994

MARY HUNKELER 1995-1996 

LANDON ROWLAND 1997 - 1998

FRED W. LYONS, JR. 1999 - 2000

PAUL S. MCKIE (Last Volunteer President) 2001 - 2002

PAUL S. MCKIE (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD) 2002 - 2003

HARRY CLEBERG (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD) 2003 -2004

NEAL PATTERSON (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD) 2005-2006

PETE LEMKE (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD) 2007-2008

BRYAN BEAVER (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD) 2009

GREG MADAY (CHAIR-ELECT OF THE BOARD) 2010