Board Of Directors

Chuck Laue, Chairman
Jami Hepting, Vice-Chair
Pam Scott, Secretary
Ron Berg
Janet Curran
Kathleen Kunkler
Jodde Lanning
Jennifer Laue
Liz Maday
Linda Nicholson
Tawn Nugent
John Ritter
Kevin Westrope

Board Counsel

Traci Daffer Martin
Christine DeMarea

Executive Leadership Team

Courtney Thomas,
President & CEO
cthomas@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7307

Shannon Blizzard,
Chief Operating Officer – Merriam Campus
sblizzard@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7307

Barbara Poe,
Chief Operating Officer – Independence Campus
bpoe@greatplainsspca.org
(816) 256-9609

David Towery,
Chief Financial Officer
dtowery@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7330

Melissa Reed,
Chief Development Officer
mreed@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7336

Rachel Hodgson,
Chief Communications Officer
rhodgson@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7319

Director’s Team

Dr. Michelle Taylor,
Director of Clinical and Shelter Medicine
mtaylor@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7333

Dr. Trent Eddy,
Director of Surgery
teddy@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7302

Joe Hinkle,
Director of Humane Resources
jhinkle@greatlplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7323

Ashley Flores,
Director of Volunteers and Staff Development
aflores@greatplainspca.org
(417) 459-0272

Barbara Ross,
SASSY Program Director
bross@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7318

Tori Snowden,
Director of Special Events
tsnowden@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7308

Managing Staff

Jackie Lightle
Shelter Manager
jlightle@greatplainsspca.org
(816) 783-5111

Leandria Hancock-Ramirez
Foster Care Manager
lhancock@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7328

Johnna Phythian
Clinic Manager
jphythian@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7338

Jamie Straley
Volunteer Manager – Merriam Campus
jstraley@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 742-7321

Tomomi Suenaga
Volunteer Manager – Independence Campus
tsuenaga@greatplainsspca.org
(913) 626-7620