Panels & Committees
Volunteers power our mission through guidance and leadership.
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is grateful for the volunteers who lend their time and expertise to our committees. We are committed to the principle that local community members are best positioned to understand the needs and priorities of our region.
Advocacy Task Force
- Hollie Elliott, co-chair
- Gail Smart, co-chair
- Brad Erwin
- Jim Grebing
- Brian Hammons
- Staff: Matt Lemmon
Audit/Operations Committee
- Jan Baumgartner
- Jennifer Dalton
- Gary Garwitz
- Shari Hoffman
- Barbara Houser
- Steve Kelly
- Dr. Shannon McMurtrey
- Bill Miller
- Derek Richardson
- Staff: Luis Leon
Louis L. & Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation
- Jill Reynolds, chair
- Hollie Elliott
- Rob Foster
- Jim Holt
- Sarah Honeycutt
- Karen Miller
- Staff: Tenessya Tuley
Development Committee
- Emily Kembell, chair
- Michael Garrett
- Laurie Edmondson
- Anne E. McGregor
- Gail Smart
- Dean Thompson
- Staff: Ashley Silva
Everyone Outdoors Committee
- Eric Gibson
- Julie Gray
- Jason Hainline
- Ashley Krug
- Kelly Mills
- Tyler Schuster
- Staff: Tenessya Tuley
Executive Committee
- Kari Creighton
- Gary Garwitz
- Roy Hardy Jr.
- Greg Hoffman
- Sarah Honeycutt
- Barb Houser
- Jimmy Liles
- Anne E. McGregor
- Staff: Winter Kinne
Generosity Collective Advisory Board
- Emily Kembell, chair
- Paula Dougherty
- Chuck Dow
- Cara Erwin
- Mary Kromrey
- Tony Lewis
- Ami Miller
- Matthew Stublefield
- Adam Toth
- Staff: Ashley Silva
Governance Committee
- Laurie Edmondson
- Roy Hardy Jr.
- Anne E. McGregor
- Dean Thompson
- Staff: Winter Kinne
Grant Advisory Committee
- Margo Spilde, chair
- Julie Leeth
- Stacy Pyrtle
- Gail Smart
- Matthew Stublefield
- Bryan Vowels
- Staff: Ashley Walden
Greene County Senior Issues Panel
- Chuck Marinec, chair
- Mary Ellison
- Mike Jungers
- Joyce Munden
- Denny Pilant
- Steve Short
- Robert Thurman
- Staff: Tenessya Tuley
Inclusion & Belonging Committee
- Robin Blair
- Judy Cantoni
- Darline Mabins
- Matthew Stublefield
- Staff: Marie Drenon
Information Security Steering Committee
- Dr. Shannon McMurtrey, chair
- Jeff Eiserman
- Ron Kraettli
- David Shelton
- Staff: Devin Prahl
Investment Advisory Board
- Kari Creighton, chair
- Adam Blanch
- Andy Drennen
- Kim Garrison
- Gary Garwitz
- John Hiles
- Greg Hoffman
- Stephanie Hurt
- Jim Ihasz
- Stanley Irwin
- Justin Setser
- Drew Spencer
- Staff: Luis Leon
Mission-Related Investment Committee
- Sally Baird
- Thomas Finnie
- Steve Kelly, chair
- Jeremy Loftin
- Jason Whitesell
- Staff: Luis Leon
Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation Distribution Committee
- Rob Baird
- Rev. Emily Bowen-Marler
- Emily Denniston
- Ferba Lofton
- Matthew Simpson
- Michele Risdal-Barnes
- Tom Slaight
- Staff: Tenessya Tuley
Ozarks Charitable Real Estate Foundation
- Jeff Frye
- Roy Hardy Jr.
- Jimmy Liles
- Anne E. McGregor
- Thomas Rankin
- Keith Roberts
- Staff: Caitlin Golike
Rapid Response Committee
- Greg Hoffman
- Ashley Krug
- Travis Liles
- Stacy Pyrtle
- Cathy Willen
- Staff: Marie Drenon
Regional Committee
- Dr. Josh Cotter
- Hollie Elliott
- Michael Garrett
- Roy Hardy Jr.
- Greg Hoffman
- Sarah Honeycutt
- Stan Irwin
- Jimmy Liles
- Anne E. McGregor
- Louise Secker
- Angela Swan
- Staff: Ashley Silva
Scholarship Advisory Committee
- Dr. Judith Martínez-García, chair
- Jim Holt
- Travis Liles
- Karen Miller
- Brooke Widmar
- Staff: Ashley Walden
Scholarship Selection Committees
- Matt Ausburn
- Barb Baker
- Margie Beadles
- Martha Bledsoe
- Michele Boswell
- Leslie Carrier
- Bryan DiSylvester
- Laurie Edmondson
- Kim Flores
- Rob Foster
- Cindy Fulp
- Tamara Fusco
- Steve Gassel
- Roy Hardy Jr.
- Greg Hoffman
- Jim Holt
- Linda Holt
- Stacy Johnson
- Neil Kastler
- Ron Kraettli
- Karen Kunkel
- Callie Linville
- Kathy Looten
- Vicki McCurry
- Karen Miller
- Jarica Oeltjen
- Michelle Oliver
- Rebecca Pamperien
- Donna Petiford
- Samuel Pippin
- Jerry Popek
- Taylor Robertson
- Mary Kay Ross
- Kathy Sheppard
- Heath Silvey
- Andrea Stewart
- Rosalyn Thomas
- Idella Warden
- Suzette West
- Brooke Widmar
- Kory Wilcox
- Scott Woosley
- Staff: Beth Hersh
Schweitzer Quality of Life Committee
- Austin Elliott
- Tony Lewis
- Travis Liles
- Parker Reid
- Karen Shannon
- Chase Snider
- Margo Spilde
- Staff: Tenessya Tuley
Weaver Orthodontic Committee
- Carrie Burke
- Dr. Tara Cash DDS
- Dr. Jerry Cash DDS
- Lee Ann Neill
- Staff: Marie Drenon
Welcoming Communities Committee
- Dr. Josh Cotter
- Dr. Laurie Edmondson
- Kenny Kabak
- Denise Lofton
- Ana Ortiz
- Scott Sattler
- Summer Trottier
- Brooke Widmar
- Staff: Marie Drenon