Board Members

2026-2027 Officers and Board of Trustees

Officers

President, Dr. Sarah Mahaffey, Missouri
President-Elect, Dr. Mark Harwood, Oklahoma
1st Vice President, Dr. Becky Smith, Missouri
2nd Vice President, Dr. Wendy Weimer, Missouri
3rd Vice President, Open
Secretary, Dr. Eric Gottman, Missouri
Treasurer, Dr. Kathi Matthes, Missouri

Trustees

Term expires in April 2031

Missouri, Dr. Samantha Mahaffey
Kansas, Dr. Taylar Morgan Ford
Faculty, Open
At Large, Dr. Brett Durbin
Kansas, Dr. Bri Kerns

Term expires in April 2030

Kansas, Dr. Liz Hechler
Missouri, Dr. Stuart Samples
At-Large (Michigan), Dr. Josh Leal
Faculty, Dr. Jared Gerhardt
Missouri, Dr. Mac Darnall

Term expires in April 2029

Kansas, Dr. Tyler Webb
Missouri, Dr. Mack Taylor
At-Large (Texas), Dr. Stephanie Van Dyne
Oklahoma, Dr. Shaun Heier
Faculty, Dr. Todd Brower

Term expires in April 2028

New Mexico, Dr. Taylor Leeper
Missouri, Dr. Kathi Matthes
Missouri, Dr. Amy Nery Schulte
Faculty, Dr. David Platt
At Large, Open

Term expires in April 2027

Kansas, Dr. Kathryn Stanley
Missouri, Dr. Becky Smith
Hawaii, Dr. Neil Furuya
Open, Open
Open, Open

University administrators

Dr. Paul Luepke, Dean School of Dentistry
Becky Higgins, Alumni Director

Recent grad liaison

Class of 2024 – Nicole Riggs
Class of 2025 – Nic Wickerhauser
Class of 2026 – Michael Luong

Students

Class of 2027 – Sage Newton
Class of 2028 – Mary Gipson

Dental hygiene liaison

Tanya V. Mitchell

Rinehart liaison

Dr. Nancy Newhouse, Chair
Dr. Stephen Huber, Treasurer