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Task Forces

Centurions plan and attend monthly task forces that provide insight into prevalent and pertinent issues facing the Kansas City community. The 2010-2011 Curriculum Committee summarized what Centurions learned from the task forces of the last program year in their Year In Review report.

2011-2012 Task Force Assignments
October: Arts & Entertainment
Chair: Joe Bellinger, Cornerstones of Care
Chair: Mora Thompson, Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
Ty Hudson, Wagstaff & Cartmell LLC
Joe Loeffler, Blue Star Benefits, Inc.
Susie Morris, American Century Investments

November: Agribusiness
Chair: Brian Geary, CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Chair: Ryan Kramer, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Suzanna Stagemeyer, Kansas City Business Journal
Steve Erickson, M&I Bank, A part of BMO Financial Group
Ashley Z. Hand, AECOM
Russ Keller, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Greg Sikora, The Weitz Company

December: Changing Media Landscape
Chair: Kate Gates Calderon, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
Chair: Alex Ogata, HNTB Companies
Kate Wind, BRR Architecture
Leah Huddleston, KCP&L
Tricia Jaworski, Morningstar Communications
Bud Reynolds, The Reynolds Law Firm, LLC
Jason Waldron, HDR Engineering

January: Flavor of Kansas City
Chair: Steve Bowling, AMAI Architecture
Chair: Christopher Cribb, Marquee Selections - Green, Global, Grapes
Chair: Nicolle Ratliff, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Adam Tilton, Colliers International
Kara Bouillette, BNIM Architects
Megan Day, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Jennifer Jordan, University of Kansas School of Business
Jodi Robinson, CBIZ
Bridget Romero, Lathrop & Gage LLP

February: Entrepreneurship
Chair: Angela Augur, Axcet HR Solutions
Chair: Kelli Christman, Cerner Corp.
John Tebbe, GFI Digital, Inc.
Barb Cross, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Brett Gray, Commerce Bank
Philip Hickman, Genesis School
Frank Koranda, SNR Denton
Troy Lillebo, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Marshall Lockton, Lockton Companies

March: Opportunities for Youth
Chair: Jon Hile, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
Chair: Andrea Perdomo-Morales, Mattie Rhodes Center
Bonnie Limbird, encompas
Molly Turner, YMCA of Greater Kansas City
Jamie Arnold, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Megan Hunter, Harvesters-The Community Food Network
Leslie Fields, Saint Luke's Health System
Louis Williams, Bank of Kansas City

April: Making KC Work
Chair: Dan Brown, Walter P. Moore & Associates
Chair: Chris Vaeth, McCownGordon Construction LLC
Shannon Jaax, Kansas City Missouri School District
Tim Weaver, Smith Electric Vehicles USA
Suzy Hall, Mariner Wealth Advisors, LLP
Jennifer Kraenzle, Alphapointe Association for the Blind
Callie Merritt-Jones, Sprint
John Teasdale, Haake Companies

May: Benchmarking Trip
Chair: Shawn Hickey, Perceptive Software, Inc.
Chair: Kate Migneron, The University of Kansas Hospital
Chair: Strickland Tudor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Marsh Dean, Alliance Affiliated Equities Corp.
Kate Bender, City of Kansas City, MIssouri
Gordon Braun, Protiviti
Nikki Hininger Howell, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mike Funkey, Grant Thornton LLP
Jake Jacobson, Garmin International
Christopher Mitchell, McHenry Shaffer Mitchell Architects
John Waller, HDR Engineering, Inc.

June: Wild Card
Chair: Mike Hauser, 360 Architecture
Chair: Patti Sosa, Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City
Josh Trask, LaserCycle, Inc.
Wendy Van Duyne, Bartlett & West
Jessica Best, emfluence
Jami Byer, VHC - Van Hoecke Contracting, Inc.
Jessica Hembree, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Korb Maxwell, Polsinelli Shughart PC
Kris Ryan, AT&T
Becky Schieber, Kansas University Endowment Association

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