Panels & Committees
Volunteers power our mission through guidance and leadership.
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is grateful for the volunteers who lend their time and expertise to our committees. We are committed to the principle that local community members are best positioned to understand the needs and priorities of our region.
Audit/Operations
- Gary Garwitz, Chair
- Jan Baumgartner
- Jennifer Dalton
- Shari Hoffman
- Barb Houser
- Steve Kelly
- Shannon McMurtrey
- Bill Miller
- Derek Richardson
- Staff: Luis Leon
Louis L. & Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation
- Jill Reynolds, Chair
- Rob Foster
- Jim Holt
- Karen Miller
- Kristi Montague
- Robin Morgan
- Kyler Sherman-Wilkins
- Staff: Bridget Dierks
Development
- Morey Mechlin, Chair
- Laurie Edmondson
- Mike Garrett
- Anne E. McGregor
- Robin Morgan
- Debra Shantz-Hart
- Gail Smart
- Dean Thompson
- Bryan Vowels
- Staff: Ashley Silva and Alice Wingo
Governance
- Rhonda Christopher, Chair
- Abram McGull II
- Robin Morgan
- Robin Walker
- Staff: Winter Kinne
Greene County Senior Issues Panel
- Chuck Marinec, Chair
- Monica Horton
- Mike Jungers
- Amy Montebello
- Joyce Munden
- Denny Pilant
- Roberta Wurst
- Staff: Bridget Dierks
Investment Advisory Board
- Chair: Kari Creighton
- Adam S. Blanch
- Andy Drennen
- Jason Flores
- Stephanie Hurt
- Jim Ihasz
- Stan Irwin
- Kim Nichols
- Marvin Silliman
- Staff: Luis Leon
Mission-Related Investment
- Tom Finnie, Chair
- Sally Baird
- Steve Kelly
- Jeff Schrag
- Andy Bennett, Legal Counsel
- Staff: Winter Kinne
Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation Distribution Committee
- Rob Baird, Chair
- Emily Bowen-Marler
- Tom Carlson
- Ferba Lofton
- Danny Perches
- Peggy Riggs
- Thomas Slaight
- Staff: Bridget Dierks and Ashley Fleming
Ozarks Charitable Real Estate Foundation
- Rhonda Christopher
- Laurie Edmondson
- Jeff Frye
- Robin Morgan
- Tom Rankin
- Keith Roberts
- Staff: Winter Kinne
Ozarks Early Childhood Support
- Robin Morgan, Chair
- Laurie Edmondson
- Dr. Doug McNeal
- Alice Wingo
- Heather Zoromski
- Staff: Bridget Dierks
Regional Committee
- Robin Morgan, Chair
- Richard Cavender
- Michael Garrett
- Stan Irwin
- Ron Kraettli
- Jimmy Liles
- Anne E. McGregor
- Kristi Montague
- Marvin Silliman
- Dean Thompson
- Bryan Vowels
- Staff: Alice Wingo
Scholarships
- Rob Foster, Chair
- Roy Hardy Jr., Chair
- Jim Holt, Chair
- Linda Holt, Chair
- Karen Miller, Chair
- Jarica Oeltjen, Chair
- Matt Ausburn
- Margie Beadles
- Celestine Copeland
- Cary Davison
- Bryan DiSylvester
- Laurie Edmondson
- Elizabeth Exley
- Cindy Fulp
- Steve Gassel
- Tabitha Golike
- Ron Kraettli
- Karen Kunkel
- Janette Hobrath-Liddle
- Kristi Montague
- Lori Pace
- Jerry Popek
- Carol Pyles
- Joe Pyles
- Mary Kay Ross
- Kathy Sheppard
- Andrea Stewart
- Rosalyn Thomas
- Suzette West
- Kory Wilcox
- Staff: Beth Hersh
Springfield-Greene County Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Abram McGull II, Chair
- Heather Hardinger
- Kathy Munzinger
- Daniel Ogunyemi
- Summer Trottier
- Brooke Widmar
- Staff: Bridget Dierks
Springfield-Greene County Collective Impact
- Roy Hardy Jr., Chair
- Abby Glenn
- Emily Kembell
- Travis Liles
- Mike Meek
- Lynne Meyerkord
- Chase Snider
- Margo Spilde
- Staff: Bridget Dierks
Weaver Orthodontic Grant Program
- Dr. Jerry Cash, Chair
- Carrie Burke
- Dr. Tara Cash
- Jean Grabeel
- Dr. Joyce Noble
- Staff: Ashley Fleming