Meet M-AAA's governing body

Jimmy Cunningham, Jr.
Executive Director, Delta Rhythm Bayous Alliance (DRBA)
Pine Bluff

Representative Denise Garner
Founder, Board Chair, Feed Communities
Fayetteville

John Gaudin
President, Argenta Wealth Management
North Little Rock

Garbo Hearne
Owner, Hearne Fine Art
Little Rock

Antzee Magruder
Council Member, Arkansas Arts Council
West Memphis

Patrick Ralston
Executive Director, Arkansas Arts Council
Little Rock

Melissa Thoma
Secretary, M-AAA
Principal, Thoma Thoma
Little Rock

Stacey Dillon
Civic Leader
Lawrence

Jane M. Gates
Executive Director, Stiefel Theatre
Salina

Joan Horan
Civic Leader
Leawood

Larry Meeker
Chair, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Lake Quivira

Daniel Sabatini
Sabatini Architects Inc.
Lawrence

Kate VanSteenhuyse
Interim Director, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Topeka

Sharon Beshore
Chair, Missouri Arts Council
Joplin

Michael Donovan
Treasurer, M-AAA
Executive Director, Missouri Arts Council
St. Louis

Mayor Sly James
Co-Founder, Wickham James Strategies & Solutions
Kansas City

Monique Johnston, Ph.D
Executive Director, Youth Ambassadors
Kansas City

Nola Ruth
Civic Leader
Columbia

Shari Hofschire
Chair, Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha

Ruth H. Keene
Civic Leader
Omaha

Kathy LeBaron
Civic Leader
Lincoln

Mike Markey
Executive Director, Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha

Rhonda Seacrest
Civic Leader
Lincoln

Todd Simon
Sr. Vice President, Omaha Steaks
Omaha

Richard J. Vierk
Managing Partner, Vierk & Associates, LLC
Lincoln

Billie Barnett
Civic Leader
Tulsa

Lona Barrick
Executive Officer, Cultural Tourism, Department of Communications and Community Development, The Chickasaw Nation
Ada

Kendric Fergeson
President, NBC Oklahoma
Altus

Linda S. Frazier
Civic Leader
Tulsa

Holbrook Lawson, At-large member
Chair, M-AAA
Holbrook Campbell Lawson, LLC
Tulsa

Charles Moore
Chair, Oklahoma Arts Council
Muskogee

Amber Sharples
Vice Chairperson, M-AAA
Executive Director, Oklahoma Arts Council
Oklahoma City

Kym Koch Thompson
Principal, Koch Communications
Oklahoma City

Dale Brock
Chair, Texas Commission on the Arts
Owner, Visiting Angels
Fort Worth

Dr. Gary Gibbs
Executive Director, Texas Commission on the Arts
Austin

Linda Hatchel
Civic Leader
Waco

Maria May
Senior Vice President, Resnicow and Associates
Dallas

Celeste Guzmán Mendoza
Senior Director, Major Gifts and Planned Giving, Trinity University
San Antonio

Gregory Perrin
Playwright & Associate Vice-President, St. Edward’s University
Austin

Mike Rome
Senior Partner, Allen Austin
Houston

Todd Stein
President and Chief Executive Officer, M-AAA
Kansas City, MO

John Paul Batiste
Civic Leader
Dallas, TX

Ed Clifford
Director of Campaign Gifts, The Jones Trust
Bentonville, AR

Carolyn Dillon
Artist
Hutchinson, KS

J. Robert Duncan
Chairman Emeritus, Duncan Aviation
Lincoln

Lillie Fontenot
Consultant, Accent Management/Chesterfield Engineering
Houston

Ann Garvey
Civic Leader
Wichita, KS

Kay Goebel, PhD
Psychologist
Oklahoma City, OK

Donald A. Johnston
Executive (ret.), INTRUST Bank
Lawrence, KS

Dorothy Morris
President, Morris Foundation
Hot Springs, AR

Betty Price
Civic Leader
Oklahoma City, OK

Judith Sabatini
Photographer
Topeka, KS

Art Thompson
President, Cooper Foundation
Lincoln, NE

James R. Tolbert, III
Chairman, First Oklahoma Corporation
Oklahoma City, OK