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Board of Directors

Members of the Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Board of Directors and Foundation Board volunteer their time, and all live in our service area. Their local leadership ensures that Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care is in tune with the needs of our community and can continually work to find the best ways to meet those needs.

Board of Directors

Steve Jones
Steve Jones,
Chair, Presiding Bishop,
Community of Christ 
International Headquarters
Elaine McIntosh
Elaine McIntosh,
President and CEO


Lynne Brown, Vice Chair, educator and community volunteer
Alfred Biggs, Vice Chair, retired physician and executive
Keith Ashcraft, retired pediatric surgeon
Graciela Couchonnal, Program Director, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Nancy DeBasio, Dean, Research College of Nursing
Barrett Hatches, President, Swope Health Services
Robert Hill, Senior Minister, Community Christian Church
Marjorie Sirridge, physician and faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Michelle Stark Kaufman, attorney and partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Fran Martinsen, retired nurse and community volunteer
Freda Mendez-Smith, community activist and radio and television show host
Mike O’Flaherty, attorney and public servant
Lee Stanford, retired attorney and community leader
Sherman Steinzeig, retired physician
Bill Tammeus, columnist for The Kansas City Star Faith section and retired editor
Bob Wood, retired rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Foundation Board
Fran Martinsen, Chair, retired nurse and community volunteer
Jarene Stanford, Vice-Chair, community leader and volunteer
Elaine McIntosh, President and CEO, Board Secretary
Cathy Alpert, community volunteer
Keith Ashcraft, retired pediatric surgeon
Dave Brown, Financial Executive, Community of Christ World Headquarters 
Dan Euston, Executive, JE Dunn Construction
Gina Kaiser, retired attorney and faculty member at the University of Kansas School of Law
Mike Kerr, Director of Finance, Community Health Group
Peter Mallouk, certified financial planner and estate planning attorney
Mike O’Flaherty, attorney and public servant
Kristin Patterson, investment counselor
Clarence Roeder, retired executive and community leader
Lee Stanford, retired attorney and community leader