Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Brig. Gen. Gregory D. Mason ’89, and Alfred Purcell to serve on the Missouri Western Board of Governors in December 2012.
Greg, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., serves as Assistant Adjutant General-Army in the Missouri National Guard. As Assistant Adjutant General, he has overseen emergency management efforts in Missouri, including flooding in northwest Missouri in recent years.
Al, of Easton, Mo., is president of Purcell Consulting. He is an authority on management systems and business process with special emphasis on improving business results. Al spent 40 years in executive positions with Xerox Corporation, holding many key service and sales management positions including senior vice president North America technical services and senior vice president North America services operations.
Al and Greg’s terms will expire Oct. 29, 2018. They were appointed to replace Dan Danford and Tommye Quilty, whose terms expired earlier last year. Dan and Tommye were named board emeriti at the January board meeting.