American Royal Board of Directors

2026 Board of Governors

Ken Wagner

Chairman, Heritage Tractor

Gordon Lansford

First Vice Chairman, JE Dunn

Cynthia Savage

Co-Vice Chairman, Raphael Hotel Group

Angie Stanland

Co-Vice Chairman, TIFEC

Charlie Tetrick

Co-Vice Chairman, Walz Tetrick

2026 American Royal Officers & Directors

Walt George

Chairman, G3 Consulting, LLC

Lindsey Smith

Vice-Chairman and Chair-Elect, Excolo, LLC

Jara Settles

Secretary, LMA

Brad Bendle

Treasurer, Next-Level Growth Strategies

Pat Macy

Chief Executive Officer, American Royal

Jackie McClaskey

President & Chief Innovation Officer, American Royal Association

Term Ending Spring 2027

Brad Bendle

Treasurer, Next-Level Growth Strategies

Bret Borota

Amazon Web Services

Carol Carlson

Community Volunteer

Tim Congrove

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Walt George

Chairman, G3 Consulting, LLC

Kevin Heikes

Intent

Carl Ice

Retired, BNSF

Mark Kolkhorst

Retired, ADM

Ann Konecny

Foley Equipment

Missy Love

BioStar Renewables

Alex Lowe

Go Chicken Go

Molly Olson

Eli Lilly & Co.

Amy Polen

UMB

Randy Reinhardt

Zephyr Products

Tony Rohr

Multistudio

Jara Settles

Secretary, LMA

Lindsey Smith

Vice-Chairman and Chair-Elect, Excolo, LLC

Mark Stewart

AFA

David Stofer

Mariner Wealth Advisors

Ryan Wilkerson

Haas & Wilkerson

Trae Venerable

Kansas City National Security Campus

Term Ending Spring 2028

Allen Dillingham

Dillingham Enterprises, Inc

Andrew Fahey

JM Fahey Construction

Paul Friedrichs

United Mosquito & Fly Control

Evan Howe

Kansas State Bank

John Lagemann

Retired, John Deere

Russ Meinhardt

OWS Foods

Scott Strickland

Community America Ins. Agency

Sarah Tate

Sanofi

Nancy Wilkerson

Donnelly College

Jeff Yowell

Getter Farms, LLC

Term Ending Spring 2029

Charisse Bowen

ECCO Select

Megan Bubb

Realtor, Reece Nichols

Brandee Fraille

People First

John Fuchs

Edward Jones

Jim Gamble

Keller Williams

Richard Green

U.S. Engineering

Alden Harris

Bartlett

Angela Hudson

Oracle

Dustin Johansen

Farm Journal

Shannon Kellner

Merck

David Morris

KU School of Business

Blake Nelson

American Maine-Anjou

Ben Nichols

Compass Minerals

Tyler Reed

Reed Automotive

Mike Roos

KPMG

John Russ

UMB

Mark Thomas

Link Logistics

Natalie Welch

Merrill Lynch

Additional Voting Members

Deb DeBusk

Saddle and Sirloin

Mary Ann Knopke

BOTAR

Lifetime Directors

Malcolm M. Aslin

Entrepreneur

Bryan Beaver

Flat Tail Ranch

H.D. Cleberg

Retired, Farmland

John Dillingham

Dillingham Enterprises

David Fowler

Retired, KPMG

Mary Hunkeler

Retired

Mariner Kemper

UMB

Gordon Lansford

First Vice Chairman, JE Dunn

Brant Laue

Laue Ranch

Pete Lemke

Retired, EFL Associates

Fred Lyons

Five Creek Farm

Greg Maday

SpecChem

John Mitchell Jr.

Co-Vice Chairman, Mission Drive Capital

Bob Petersen

Petersen Consulting

Cynthia Savage

Co-Vice Chairman, Raphael Hotel Group

Angie Stanland

Co-Vice Chairman, TIFEC

Charlie Tetrick

Co-Vice Chairman, Walz Tetrick

Ken Wagner

Chairman, Heritage Tractor

Executive Committee

Walt George

Chairman, G3 Consulting, LLC

Lindsey Smith

Vice-Chairman and Chair-Elect, Excolo, LLC

Jara Settles

Secretary, LMA

Brad Bendle

Treasurer, Next-Level Growth Strategies

Tim Congrove

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Carl Ice

Retired, BNSF

John Lagemann

Retired, John Deere

Gordon Lansford

First Vice Chairman, JE Dunn

David Morris

KU School of Business

Tony Rohr

Multistudio

Mike Roos

KPMG

Cynthia Savage

Co-Vice Chairman, Raphael Hotel Group

Angie Stanland

Co-Vice Chairman, TIFEC

David Stofer

Mariner Wealth Advisors

Charlie Tetrick

Co-Vice Chairman, Walz Tetrick

Ken Wagner

Chairman, Heritage Tractor

Jeff Yowell

Getter Farms, LLC

2026 Advisory Directors

Mike Beam

Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture

Nancy Buchmann

Saddle and Sirloin

Chris Chinn

Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture

Rod Gray

Kansas City Barbeque Society

Renee Hadley

KCK Chamber

Emily Ibach Thomas

Chairman's Club Leadership

Mindy Lallier

Visit Kansas City, Kansas

John Moncke

KC Power & Light District

Joe Reardon

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Hannah Reifschneider

Chairman's Club Leadership

Mindy Roper

BOTAR

Bob Thompson

Bryan Cave

Kim Young

Kansas City Animal Health Corridor

Jack Ward

American Hereford Association