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