Leadership & Staff

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Vice President of Community Impact (SN, JA, JF counties)
Brett Martin

Vice President of Douglas County Initiatives 
Kathy Smith

Director of Community Impact (Shawnee County)
Juliet McDiffett

Community Impact Grant Assistant
Audrey Mott

Director of LiveWell Shawnee County
Sarah Karns

AmeriCorps Program Director (Douglas County)
Kathy Smith

Eudora Resource Navigator (Douglas County)
Laura Smith

 

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

VP of Resource Development
Angel Romero

Director of Workplace Campaigns (Shawnee County)
Jenna Gorton

Director of Donor Engagement. Douglas County
Judy Riling

Administrative Assistant
Terri Long

 

ADMINISTRATION 

President & CEO
Jessica Lehnherr

Administrative Assistant
Nancy Muller

Senior Director of Applications
Joyce Katzer

 

VOLUNTEER & STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT

VGF Volunteer Coordinator (Shawnee County)
Jacqueline Lightcap

 

COMMUNICATIONS

Vice President of Communications
Donna Swaffar

 

FINANCE

Chief Financial Officer
Valerie Thieme

Senior Accounting Specialist
Jennifer Butts

Accounting Specialist (part-time)
Molly Cole

 

 

United Way of Kaw Valley

Board Officers & Executive Committee

SN=Shawnee County, DG=Douglas County, JA=Jackson County, JF=Jefferson County

Chair 
Marc Fried, Washburn University (SN)

Past Chair
Matt All, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (SN)

Chair-Elect
Beth Llewellyn, Relationships & Strategy Consultant (DG)

Treasurer
Lonnie Wild, Fidelity State Bank (SN)

Board Members at Large

Tonya Barta, Farmers State Bank (JA)

Joe Beasley, BOK Financial (SN)

Megan Burgess, Hill’s Pet Nutrition (SN)

Bill Cochran, Washburn Tech (SN)

Mario Edmonds, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (SN)

Stephanie Flood, Capitol Federal Savings (SN)

Trey George, Topeka Housing Authority (SN) 

Karla Hedquist, Stormont Vail Health (SN)

Maja Holmes, University of Kansas (DG)

Peggy Johnson, Community Volunteer (DG)

David Jordan, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (DG)

Peter Luckey, Retired (DG)

Brooklynne Mosley, GPS Impact (DG)

Arianna Riley, University of Kansas Student (DG)

Jacque Russell, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (SN)

Sarah Sharp, Topeka Public Schools (SN)

Ward Slocum, Black Hills Energy (DG)

Amy Stutzman, Hill’s Pet Nutrition (SN)

Johnathan Sublet, Fellowship Hi-Crest Church (SN)

Doria Watson, Kansas Department of Transportation (SN)

Doug Wolff, Security Benefit (SN)

Bella Wood, Washburn University Leadership Student (SN)