University Officers
Board of Trustees

University Officers

Roger D. Drake, BBA, MBA, EdD
President
660-248-6221, x56221

Rita J. Gulstad, BA, MA, MLS, PhD
Provost
660-248-6211, x56211

Chad Gaines, BS, MS
Vice President for Technology and Planning and Athletics
660-248-6228, x54228

Bill Sheehan, BS, MEd, PhD
Executive Vice President
660-248-6214, x56214

Melissa Mace, PhD
Vice President for Enrollment Management
660-248-6247, x56247

Julee Sherman, BS, MBA
Vice President for Finance and Administration
660-248-6203, x56203

Bradley Dixon
Vice President for Student Life 
660-248-6267, 58267

Board of Trustees

Shelby Alexander '97
Financial Associate, Stifel, Nicolaus, Inc.
Columbia, Missouri

Robert F. Anderson
CEO, Cardiovascular Provider Resources (ret.)
Denton, Texas

David Atkins
Executive Director, Missouri United Methodist Foundation
Columbia, Missouri

Laura Blair '86
President, CMU Alumni Association
Treat America Food
Kansas City, Missouri

Robert Blanton, ‘94

Head of Retail and SBB Collections, U.S., TD Bank

Greer, South Carolina

Doug Burton '63
Executive Vice President, Westlake Ace Hardware
Village of Loch Loyd, Missouri

Marilyn Caul '68
Executive (retired), IBM
Whitewater, Missouri

Robert Courtney
President (retired), Business Supply Centers, Inc.

Wemi Daramola '01
Senior Project Manager, Scottrade, Inc.
Ballwin, Missouri

Mark Dempsey '85
VP and COO of Peak Sport and Spine
Columbia, Missouri

Robert D. Farr
Bishop, The Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church
Columbia, Missouri

Terry Henderson '83
General Manager, Bodine Aluminum Inc.

Ted House ‘81
State Senator, Retired, Circuit Judge, Retired
St. Charles, Missouri

Tim Jackman '81
Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer, MEM
Fayette, Missouri

Janet Jacobs '77
Board Chair, Commercial Trust Company
Fayette, Missouri

James Kimbell '80
Partner, Clark Hill Strasburger Attorneys at Law
Sugar Land, Texas

Ron Knigge ‘65
Retired Executive Vice President, Young Group LTD
Montgomery City, Missouri

Kirk Meyer '83
CFO, Chalmers Automotive Group

Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Michael Miserocchi '81
VP, Clinical Support and Service Lines, Community Health Systems
Brentwood, Tennessee

Sandra Nenadal
Assistant to the Bishop, The Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church
Columbia, Missouri

Dr. Nancy Walker Peacock '82
Chair, Board of Trustees, CMU
Oncologist
Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Kellie Platz '02
Anesthesiologist, Irwin Army Community Hospital
Manhattan, Kansas

Jacque Richmond '83
Mercy Health
St. Charles, Missouri

Sharon Rubey ‘65
Cumming, Georgia

Nancy Louann Shaner '70
Science Educator, Civic Leader
Chicago, Illinois

Niki Scott '94
Gifted Education Center, Park Hill School District
Kansas City, Missouri

Jay Shelton '86
Michael Anesthesia Services
Columbia, Missouri

Rev. Clayton Smith '70
Executive Pastor of Generosity, UMC of the Resurrection
Stillwell, Kansas

Rev. Terri Swan
Senior Pastor, Salem United Methodist Church
St. Louis, Missouri

Larry Tucker '69
Partner, Armstrong Teasdale
Liberty, Missouri

Kathy Vieth '66
Entrepreneur, IBM (ret.)
Denver, Colorado

Frank Wallis '66
Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljim, LLP
St. Louis, Missouri

Randall Washburn '70
Versailles, Missouri

Dr. Keith Young '86
Private practice psychiatry
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA
Rancho Mirage, California

Trustee Emeriti

Fred Alexander '58
Farmer/Developer
Fayette, Missouri

Virginia Bergsten '59
Educator (ret.)
Annandale, Virginia

Glenn A. Cox, Jr. '51
President and COO (ret.)
Phillips Petroleum
Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Sondra Spalding '57
Educator, Civic Leader
Palm Harbor, Florida