Deborah J. Smith ’79
Chair
Date Appointed:
November 5, 2015 (Reappointed)
Education:
B.S.B.A, Marketing, Missouri Western State University
Career:
Retired—Account Executive, Vice President—Enright & Wessel Advertising
Term Expires:
October, 2020
Lee Tieman
Vice 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.
Term Expires:
October, 2024
Rick Ebersold
Date Appointed:
March 6, 2019
Education:
Central Missouri State College; Missouri Western State University; University of Buffalo
Career:
Director, Herzog Services, Inc.
Term Expires:
October, 2021
Al Landes
Date Appointed:
March 6, 2019
Education:
Missouri Western State University
Career:
President and Chief Operating Officer, Herzog Contracting Corp.
Term Expires:
October, 2023
David Liechti
Date Appointed:
March 18, 2014
Education:
B.S., Business and M.S., Accountancy, University of Missouri-Columbia
Career:
CPA, Managing Partner— Liechti, Franken & Young, LLC
Term Expires:
October, 2019
Brig. Gen. Gregory Mason, MOARNG, Retired ‘89
Date Appointed:
December 12, 2012
Education:
B.S., Criminal Justice, Missouri Western State University
M.P.A., Public Management, Park University
Master of Strategic Studies, War and Strategy, U.S. Army War College
Career:
Director of the Office of Ethics, Human Relations and Citizens Complaints at Jackson County, Missouri; Retired Missouri Highway Patrol; Retired Assistant Adjutant General, Missouri Army National Guard
Term Expires:
October, 2018
Kayla Schoonover ’77
Date Appointed:
November 2, 2018
Education:
B.S., Recreation, Missouri Western State University
K-12 Teacher Certification, Northwest Missouri State University
Career:
Special Education Teacher – Mound City R-2 Schools
Term Expires:
October, 2022
Paul Granberry III
Student Governor
Date Appointed:
July 26, 2018
Education:
Junior, Political Science
Term Expires:
December 31, 2019