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

• Chair of the Board: Michael Kuckelman
  Kuckelman, Torline, Kirkland, Lewis
• Vice Chair of the Board: S. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger, OSB
  Prioress, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery
• Secretary of the Board: Abbot James Albers, OSB
  Abbot, St. Benedict’s Abbey
• Assistant Secretary of the Board: S. Carol Ann Petersen, OSB
  Director, Sophia Center
• President: Stephen D. Minnis, ’82
  President, Benedictine College
• Vice President: Kimberly C. Shankman, Ph.D.
  Provost and Dean of the College, Benedictine College
• Treasurer: Stan Sluder
  Executive Vice President, Benedictine College
• Assistant Treasurer: Kristie Scholz
  Chief Financial Officer, Benedictine College

Board Members

• Abbot James Albers, OSB
  St. Benedict’s Abbey
• Montse Alvarado
  President & COO, EWTN
• Danielle Brown
  Assoc. Director, Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism
• Paul Camarata
  University of Kansas School of Medicine
• Patrick Carr
  President & CEO, History & Heraldry, USA
• Alietia Caughron
  Managing Director, TIAA
• Kathryn (Kathie) Weishar Dalzell
• S. Bridget Dickason, OSB, ’85
  Director of Keeler Women’s Center, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery
• Sean Doherty ’82
  President, Asset Management Group, Inc.
• Mike Gangel’69
  Owner of Brittany Homes
• Fr. Matthew Habiger, OSB
  St. Benedict’s Abbey
• John Harpole
  Mercator Energy
• Helen Healy ’88
• Craig Husting ’87
• Thomas Kemlage ’83
  Owner, Kemlage Family Dentistry
• Scott Kincaid
  Chief Executive Officer, The Kincaid Group
• Michael Kuckelman (Chair)
  Attorney, Kuckelman Torline Kirkland
• Fr. Jay Kythe
  Novice Master, Retreat Master, and Maur Hill – Mount Academy Sacramental Minister
• Matthew McClorey
  President, CritiTech Particle Engineering Solutions
• Stephen D. Minnis (ex officio) ’82
  President, Benedictine College
• Theresa Murphy ’83
• Donald Ray Neal, Jr. ’01
  Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry – United States Army 
• Kevin O’Malley ’79
  President, O’Malley Beverage of Kansas, Inc.
• S. Carol Ann Petersen, OSB
  Director, Sophia Center
• Donnell Rehagen
• Dianne Ryan
• Mark Schell
  Co-Owner, Diamond Pet Foods
• S. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger, OSB
  Prioress, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery
• Lené Westerman ’85
• Ken Williams
  Black and Veatch (retired)

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
• Amanda Gibson
  Senior Executive Assistant to the President, Dean & C.B.O.
• 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 ’60
• Thomas Burke
• Peggy J. Dunn
• Stephen D. Dunn
• Michael J. Easterday
• Dan Fangman
• S. Esther Fangman, OSB
• Buford M. Fraser
• Fr. Maurice 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
• S. Jeannine Neavitt, OSB
• Robert J. Reintjes
• Davyeon Ross ’00
• Laidacker M. Seaberg
• S. Ann Shepard, OSB
• Dr. Thomas L. Shriwis
• Carol M. Shomin
• Patrick J. Sly
• Patrick J. Stueve
• Judith Taggart
• Byron Thompson
• Stephanie Van Dyne, DDS
• Howard G. Westerman, Jr.
• Thomas A. Wessels
• Lionel W. Young, MD