Board of Directors

Benedictine College is governed by an independent board of directors. The Board of Directors meets three times annually and sets the strategic policy and direction of the college.

Emeritus members are non-voting members who have served at least two full terms as Board members. Board members completing such terms may be nominated for emeriti status and so elected by the full board.

Board Officers

• President: Stephen D. Minnis, ’82
  President, Benedictine College
• Vice President: Kimberly C. Shankman, Ph.D.
  Dean of the College, Benedictine College
• Treasurer: Stan Sluder
  Chief Financial Officer, Benedictine College
• Chair of the Board: Michael Kuckelman
  Kuckelman, Torline, Kirkland, Lewis
• Vice Chair of the Board: Abbot James Albers, OSB, ’94
  Abbot, St. Benedict’s Abbey
• Secretary of the Board: S. Esther Fangman, OSB, ’72
  Prioress, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery
• Assistant Treasurer: Kristie Scholz
  Controller, Benedictine College
• Assistant Treasurer: Fr. Maurice Haefling, OSB
  Business Manager, St. Benedict’s Abbey

Board Members

• Abbot James Albers, OSB, ’94
  St. Benedict’s Abbey
• Montse Alvarado
  VP and Executive Director, Becket – Religious Liberty for All
• Michael Boland, MD
  Neurosurgery of St. Louis
• Alietia Caughron, Ph.D.
  Risk & Economic Capital
• Kathryn Weishar Dalzell, ’80
• S. Bridget Dickason, OSB
  Director – Keeler Women’s Center
• Sean Doherty
  Asset Management Group, Inc.
• S. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger
  Prioress – Mount St. Scholastica Monastery
• Mike Gangel
  Brittany Homes
• Fr. Matthew Habiger, OSB
  St. Benedict’s Abbey
• John Harpole
  Mercator Energy
• Helen Healy
• Scott Kincaid
  CEO – The Kincaid Group
• Michael Kuckelman
  Kuckelman, Torline, Kirkland, Lewis
• Fr. Jay Kythe, OSB
  St. Benedict’s Abbey
• Matthew McClorey
  President – Business Management Drug Development and Manufacturing
• Theresa Murphy
  
• Donald Ray Neal, Jr.
  Lt. Colonel – U.S. Army
• Kevin O’Malley
  President – O’Malley Beverage of Kansas, Inc.
• Davyeon Ross ’00
  President & Co-Founder – ShotTracker
• Dianne Ryan
• Lené Westerman, ’85
  The Westerman Foundation
• Ken Williams
  Chief Financial Officer – Black & Veatch
• Danielle Brown
• Patrick Carr

Benedictine College Staff

• Charlie Gartenmayer
  Athletic Director
• Tom Hoopes
  Vice President of College Relations
• Kelly Vowels
  Vice President for Advancement 
• Pete Helgesen
  Dean of Enrollment Management
• Amanda Gibson
  Senior Executive Assistant to the President, Dean & C.B.O.
• Joe Wurtz, Ed.D.
  Dean of Students 
• Linda Henry, Ed.D.
  Vice President for Student Life

Emeritus Board Members

• Matthew D. Anthony
• Catherine E. Belden
• Larry Buessing ’60
• Thomas Burke
• Peggy J. Dunn
• Stephen D. Dunn
• Michael J. Easterday
• Dan Fangman
• S. Esther Fangman, OSB
• Buford M. Fraser
• Fr. Maurice Haefling, OSB
• Thomas M. Hoenig
• James W. Humphrey, Jr.
• Larry Kaminsky
• Mildred J. Ketter
• Pamela A. Kramer
• Fr. Gabriel Landis, OSB
• Janelle Lazzo
• Louis J. McAvoy
• C. Patrick McLarney
• Kathy O’Hara
• Francis B. O’Malley
• S. Jeannine Neavitt, OSB
• Robert J. Reintjes
• Davyeon Ross ’00
• Laidacker M. Seaberg
• S. Ann Shepard, OSB
• Dr. Thomas L. Shriwis
• Carol M. Shomin
• Patrick J. Sly
• Patrick J. Stueve
• Judith Taggart
• Byron Thompson
• Stephanie Van Dyne, DDS
• Howard G. Westerman, Jr.
• Thomas A. Wessels
• Lionel W. Young, MD