Dental Alumni Association Board Members

2024-2025 Officers and Board of Trustees

Officers

President: Dr. Michael LeBlanc, Kansas
President-Elect: Dr. Eric Gottman, Missouri
1st Vice President: Dr. Sarah Mahaffey, Missouri
2nd Vice President: Dr. Mark Harwood
3rd Vice President: Dr. Becky Smith
Secretary: Dr. Wendy Weimer, Missouri
Treasurer: Dr. Ashley Knight, Kansas

Trustees

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. Wendy Weimer
At Large: Dr. Emily Mattingly

Term expires in April 2027

Kansas: Dr. Kathryn Stanley
Missouri: Dr. Becky Smith
Hawaii: Dr. Neil Furuya

Term expires in April 2026

Missouri: Dr. Carol Horton-Henley
Kansas: Dr. Craig Lashley
Faculty: Dr. John Uhlenhake
At Large: Dr. Julianna Ervin

Term expires in April 2025

Kansas: Dr. Ashley Knight
Missouri: Dr. Adam Naler
Missouri At-Large: Dr. Dan Stamos
Faculty: Dr. John Kiesendahl
Arkansas : Dr. Patrick Driver

University administrators

Russ Melchert, interim dean, School of Dentistry
Becky Higgins, director, alumni relations 

Recent grad liaison

Class of 2022: Nicole Kurlbaum
Class of 2023: Morgan Engelbrecht
Class of 2024: Nicole Riggs

Students

Class of 2025: Nic Wickerhauser
Class of 2026 : Michael Luong

Dental hygiene liaison

Tanya V. Mitchell

Rinehart liaison

Dr. Crystal Walker, chair
Dr. Reese Graue, treasurer