John Fox Arnold

• St. Louis County
• Engaged in a wide-ranging corporate, transactional, and municipal finance practice
• Former President, The Missouri Bar
• Represented Missouri in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws since 1973
• Member, American Law Institute
• AB, Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia
• LLB, University of Missouri-Columbia

Stephen Bradford, Co-Chair

• Cape Girardeau
• President and CEO of the Pyramid Group Inc., a company that provides skilled nursing and in-home services to the elderly
• Played a key role in the last state government reorganization when former Governor Kit Bond appointed him to staff the task force that led the Omnibus Reorganization
• Bradford has served under six Missouri governors in a variety of positions

Cynthia Brinkley

• St. Louis County
• President, SBC Missouri, responsible for all regulatory, legislative, governmental, and external affairs activities
• Named one of the 2003 most influential business women in St. Louis
• Co-chaired the Missouri Governor's Business Education Roundtable
• Attended U.S. Defense Department's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference
• BJ, University of Missouri
• BS, Political Science, Truman State University

Cathy Dean

• Kansas City
• Chair of Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte, Suelthaus' Litigation Department
• Chair, Board of Governors of Urban League of Greater Kansas City
• Member, Board of Trustees, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Board of the Law Foundation, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
• Former member, Governor's Task Force (appointed by Governor John Ashcroft to evaluate the management of the Kansas City, Missouri public school system)
• Former member, Public Safety Task Force (appointed by Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Emanuel Cleaver)
• Holds Missouri lifetime teaching certificate
• JD, University of Missouri-Columbia
• BA, English, University of Missouri-Columbia

Ron Dittemore

• St. Joseph
• Mental Health Consultant
• Served as Superintendent of Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center
• Former special education teacher
• Former part-time psychology instructor, Northwest Missouri Community College, University of Missouri - Kansas City, University of Missouri - Columbia
• ED, Education Administration, Western Colorado University
• MS, Guidance & Counseling/Psychology, Northwest Missouri State University
• MS, Special Education/Psychology, Central Missouri State University
• BS, Science & Physical Education, Northwest Missouri State University

Warren Erdman, Co-Chair

• Kansas City
• Vice President - Corporate Affairs, Kansas City Southern
• Served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Kit Bond
• Served in Missouri gubernatorial administrations of Bond and John Ashcroft

Jerry Hunter

• St. Louis
• Partner, Bryan Cave LLP, Labor and Employment Law Client Service Group
• General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, 1989-1993 (nominated by President George H. W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate)
• Served a four-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance, United States Congress, and charged with enforcing the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
• Director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1986-1989 (appointed by former Governor John D. Ashcroft, confirmed by the Missouri State Senate)
• Labor Counsel for Kellwood Company
• Senior trial attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, St. Louis District Office
• Field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, St. Louis Regional Office
• JD, Washington University School of Law
• BA, History and Government, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Peter Kinder

• Jefferson City
• Lieutenant Governor
• Former Missouri Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate
• Former Associate Publisher, Southeast Missourian
• Southeast Missouri State University
• University of Missouri, Columbia
• St. Mary's School of Law, San Antonio

Charles Kruse

• Dexter
• Missouri Farm Bureau President
• American Farm Bureau Board of Directors member, representing 12 mid-western State Farm Bureaus
• Served on Missouri Board of Curators
• Served as Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture
• Missouri Army National Guard, retired
• MS, University of Missouri
• BS, Arkansas State University

Charles McClain

• Columbia
• Served as Desegregation Monitor, U.S. District Court, Western Division of Missouri
• Founding President of Jefferson College -- 1963-1970
• Former Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education
• Former President, Truman State University
• President, Council on Public Higher Education in Missouri
• First President, Three Rivers District Boy Scouts of America

Dick Moore

• Jefferson City
• Former Director, Missouri Department of Corrections
• Former Chairman, Missouri Board of Probation and Parole
• Worked as institutional parole officer
• Awarded Law Enforcement Commendation Medal
• Served as U.S. Marine Corp member
• MS, Criminal Justice Administration, Central Missouri State University

Rob O'Brian

• Joplin
• President, Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce
• President of the Missouri Chamber Federation
• President, Missouri Economic Development Council
• Ball State University, Indiana

Kathleen Osborn

• St. Louis
• Executive Director of St. Louis Regional Business Council, a consortium of CEOs representing the region's largest Midcap companies
• Served as Vice Chancellor of University Relations, University of Missouri - St. Louis
• Graduate and undergraduate degrees, University of Missouri

Sharon Rohrbach, R.N.

• St. Louis
• Founder, CEO, Nurses for Newborns Foundation, a foundation committed to reducing infant mortality and preventing child abuse and neglect
• Author, speaker, national consultant to hospitals, home health agencies, and nurses
• Meramec College School of Nursing
• Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, Maryville University

Cici Rojas

• Kansas City
• President of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City
• Kansas City Missouri Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioner
• National Advisory Board of Small Business Administration member
• BS, Liberal Arts, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Gary Rust

• Cape Girardeau
• Owner of Southeast Missourian newspaper
• Former State Representative
• Served on conference committee reorganization
• Member of Missouri Press Hall of Fame
• BS, Retailing, Washington University

Paul Steele

• Chillicothe
• Owns, operates Livingston County crop and livestock farm that has been in his family for five generations
• Served in various local and state positions related to education and agriculture
• University of Missouri Curator Emeritus, served as President and member

Ray Wagner

• St. Louis
• Vice President, Enterprise Rent-a-Car
• Former Director, Illinois Department of Revenue
• Former Director, Missouri Department of Revenue
• Chairman, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, appointed by President Bush, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate
• Served as Chief Legal Counsel to Governor John Ashcroft
• BA & MBA, St. Louis University
• JD, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
• LLM - Taxation, Washington University School of Law

Joyce Wood

• Bonne Terre
• Owner, Wood & Associates, family business accounting office for investments including real estate development and commercial beef operation
• Board of Parkland Health Center, Chairman, and Board of Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Former tax accountant, Arthur Andersen & Co.
• BSBA/MBA, Washington University

Dalton Wright

• Lebanon
• President/Owner, Lebanon Publishing Company
• Past President, Missouri Transportation and Development Council
• Past President of Missouri Press Association and National Newspaper Association
• Missouri Army National Guard-retired
• BS, Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri