Members of the Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Board of Directors and Foundation Board volunteer their time, and all live in our service area. Their local leadership ensures that Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care is in tune with the needs of our community and can continually work to find the best ways to meet those needs.

Board of Directors

Al Biggs Chair

Elaine McIntosh, President and CEO

Steve Jones, Immediate Past Chair

Lynne Brown, Vice Chair

Michelle Stark Kaufman, Secretary

Robert Hill, Treasurer

Sherry Ainsworth

Keith Ashcraft

Graciela Couchonnal

Nancy DeBasio

Melissa Edman

Barrett Hatches

Fran Martinsen

Freda Mendez-Smith

Mike O’Flaherty

Marjorie Sirridge

Lee Stanford

Sherman Steinzeig

William Tammeus

Robert Wood

Foundation Board

Keith Ashcraft, Chair

Jarene Stanford, Vice Chair

Elaine McIntosh, Assistant Secretary

Susan Asjes

Dave Brown

David Francis

Gina Kaiser

Mike Kerr

Peter Mallouk

Mike O’Flaherty

Kristin Patterson

Clarence Roeder

Lee Stanford