Board of Directors
Benedictine College is governed by an independent board of directors. The Board of Directors meets three times annually and sets the strategic policy and direction of the college.
Emeritus members are non-voting members who have served at least two full terms as Board members. Board members completing such terms may be nominated for emeriti status and so elected by the full board.
Board Officers
- President: Stephen D. Minnis, '82
President, Benedictine College - Vice President: Kimberly C. Shankman, Ph.D.
Dean of the College, Benedictine College - Treasurer: Ronald Olinger
Chief Financial Officer, Benedictine College - Chair of the Board: Jack A. Newman, Jr., '70
Jack Newman Advisory Services - Vice Chair of the Board: Abbot James Albers, OSB, '94
Abbot, St. Benedict's Abbey - Secretary of the Board: S. Esther Fangman, OSB, '72
Prioress, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery - Assistant Secretary: S. Thomasita Homan, OSB, '70
Director of Oblates, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery - Assistant Treasurer: Fr. Maurice Haefling, OSB, '65
St. Benedict's Abbey, Emeritus Board Member - Assistant Treasurer: Kristie Scholz
Controller, Benedictine College
Board Members
- Michael Boland, MD
St. Luke's East Hospital - Gerard S. Brungardt, MD, BeL, '79
Professor, University of Kansas School of Medicine - Larry Buessing '60
- Alietia Caughron
Risk & Economic Capital - Joan Koechner Charbonneau, '90
Verité, Inc. - Kathryn Weishar Dalzell, '80
- Sean Doherty
Asset Management Group, Inc. - Dan Fangman
- Patrick George, '79
- Helen Healy, '88
- Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB, '00
Prior, St. Benedict's Abbey - Darryl Jones, '68
State Farm Companies - Michael Kuckelman
Kuckelman, Torline, Kirkland, Lewis - Dave Laughlin, '67
- Kathleen O'Hara
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas - Kevin O'Malley
O'Malley Beverage of Kansas, Inc. - Carol L. Rogers, MBA, CPWA, '71
Rogers & Company - Davyeon Ross '00
- S. Diana Seago, OSB, '71
Mount St. Scholastica - Lené Westerman, '85
The Westerman Foundation - Bob Wholey, '72
Cross First Advisors
Benedictine College Staff
- Charlie Gartenmayer
Athletic Director - Tom Hoopes
Vice President of College Relations - Kelly Vowels
Vice President for Advancement - Pete Helgesen
Dean of Enrollment Management - Abby Bartlett
Executive Assistant to President - Joe Wurtz, Ed.D.
Dean of Students - Linda Henry, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Life
Emeritus Board Members
Matthew D. Anthony | Catherine E. Belden | Larry Buessing |
Thomas Burke | Peggy J. Dunn | Stephen D. Dunn |
Michael J. Easterday | Buford M. Fraser | Fr. Maurice C. Haefling, OSB |
Thomas M. Hoenig | James W. Humphrey, Jr. | Larry Kaminsky |
Mildred J. Ketter | Pamela A. Kramer | Fr. Gabriel Landis, OSB |
Janelle Lazzo | Louis J. McAvoy | C. Patrick McLarney |
Kathy O'Hara | Francis B. O'Malley | Robert J. Reintjes |
Dr. Thomas L. Shriwise | Laidacker M. Seaberg | Carol M. Shomin |
Patrick J. Sly | Judith Taggart | Byron Thompson |
Stephanie C. Van Dyne, DDS | Howard G. Westerman, Jr. | Thomas A. Wessels |
Lionel W. Young, MD |