Governance
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is governed by an all-volunteer, seven member Board of Directors. It engages a diverse range of other committed volunteers through its committee structure. Click any listing below to see the complete membership of a group.
Board
Ms. Julia Irene Kauffman, Chairman
Chairman and CEO, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
Mr. David C. Lady, Vice-Chairman
President & Chief Operating Officer, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
The Honorable Peggy J. Dunn
Mayor, City of Leawood Kansas
Mr. Ken Dworak
Owners Representative
President, Land Capital Corporation
Mrs. Shirley Bush Helzberg
Civic Leader
Mrs. Jan Kreamer
Civic Leader
Mr. Louis W. Smith
Civic Leader
Project Oversight Committee
Mr. G.P. (Rusty) Jandl, Committee Chair
Certified Public Accountant, Partner, JMW Associates, LLC
Mr. Peter Brown
Member, Lathrop and Gage, L.C.
Mr. Paul Copaken
Copaken White and Blitt
Mr. Ken Dworak
Kauffman Center Board of Directors, Owners Rep
Ms. Julia Irene Kauffman
Kauffman Center Chairman
Mr. Bill Lucas
President, Crown Center Redevelopment
Mr. Louis W. Smith
Kauffman Center Board of Directors
Mr. Vince Dasta
President, MC Realty Group, LLC, Construction Manager (Advisor)
Mr. Terry Dunn
President and CEO, JE Dunn Construction Company (Advisor)
Finance Committee
Mr. Louis W. Smith, Committee Chair
Kauffman Center Board of Directors
Mr. David C. Lady
Kauffman Center Board of Directors
Mr. Thomas A. McDonnell
CEO & President, DST Systems, Inc.
Mr. Michael F. Morrissey
Managing Partner (Retired), Ernst and Young LLP
Mr. Art Krause
Executive Vice-President and CFO (Retired) Sprint Corporation
Investment Committee
Mr. David C. Lady, Committee Chair
Kauffman Center Board of Directors
Mr. Harold Bradley
Chief Investment Officer, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Mr. Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.
Shirley B. and Barnett C. Helzberg Foundation
Mr. John A. MacDonald
Director, Private Investing, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Mr. Jim Seward
Private Investment Manager
Mr. Louis W. Smith
Kauffman Center Board of Directors
Capital Campaign Steering Committee
- Ms. Julia Irene Kauffman, Chairman
- Mr. Ken Dworak, Vice Chairman
- Mr. Tom Beal
- Mr. Tom Bowser
- Mr. Peter Brown
- Mr. Bart Cohen
- Mrs. Martha Comment
- Mrs. Bunni Copaken
- Mr. Paul Copaken
- Mrs. Ann Dickinson
- The Honorable Peggy Dunn (ex officio)
- Mr. Terry Dunn
- Mr. Mark Ernst
- Mr. Scott Francis
- Mrs. Adele Hall
- Mrs. Shirley Bush Helzberg (ex officio)
- Mrs. Betty Henson
- Mr. Rusty Jandl (ex officio)
- Mr. J. Philip Kirk, Jr.
- Mrs. Jan Kreamer (ex officio)
- Mr. Dave Lady (ex officio)
- Mr. Bill Lyons
- Mr. Tom McDonnell
- Mr. Michael Merriman
- Mrs. Barbara Nelson
- Mr. Bill Nelson
- Mrs. Cara Zanotti Newell (ex officio)
- Mrs. Jeannette Nichols
- Mr. Tom Rhone
- Mr. Lou Smith (ex officio)
- Mrs. Julia Power Weld (ex officio)
- Mr. David Wysong
