Lee Tieman
Chair
Date Appointed:
November 2, 2018
Education:
B.A., History-Government and B.S., Business Administration, Columbia College
Juris Doctor, University of Missouri School of Law
Career:
Attorney, Managing Partner – Tieman, Spencer & Hicks, L.L.C.
Bill Grimwood
Vice Chair
Date Appointed:
July 31, 2023
Education:
B.S., Business Administration, University of Kansas
Career:
Chief Information Officer, Hillyard Companies
Scott Albers
Date Appointed:
March 3, 2025
Education:
B.A., Finance, University of Northern Iowa
M.B.A., University of California-Los Angeles
Career:
President, Nor-Am Cold Storage
Dan Danford ’78
Date Appointed:
February 27, 2025
Education:
B.S.B.A., Marketing, Missouri Western State University
M.B.A., Northwest Missouri State University
M.S., Personal Finance, Kansas State University
Career:
Founder, Family Investment Center
Todd Michalski ’92
Date Appointed:
March 3, 2025
Education:
B.S.B.A., Missouri Western State University
Career:
Senior Vice President-Sales and Marketing, Gray Manufacturing
Lisa Norton
Date Appointed:
September 28, 2020
Education:
B.S., Accounting, University of Missouri-Columbia
M.S., Accounting, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Career:
President, BioZyme Incorporated
Bill Severn
Date Appointed:
February 27, 2025
Education:
B.S., Park Resource Management, Kansas State University
Career:
Executive Vice President, News-Press and Gazette Company
Garrett Jackson
Student Governor
Date Appointed:
April 23, 2023
Contact the Board of Governors
Betsy Wright
Executive Associate to the President/Secretary to the Board of Governors
Popplewell Hall Room 218
816-271-4237
bwright3@missouriwestern.edu