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CURRENT LEADERSHIP

Executive Director

Sara Jacobson
DBIA-MAR Executive Director

sara.jacobson@dbiamar.org 

816.868.1686

Regional Executive Council

(Elected – one-year terms serving January through December)

Regional President & Board Chairman

Jon Lee
Principal | Partner

Lankford Fendler & Associates

620.727.6458

Regional Past President

Matt Meier, RA, AIA, NCARB

Associate Principal

Pulse Design Group

913.438.9095

Regional Vice President & President-Elect

Bob Morton

Midwest Regional Leader

OWN, Inc.

816.777.0400

Regional Secretary

Mechelle Bliss
Commercial Business Development Specification Manager

All Surfaces

913.945.0616

Regional Treasurer

Dustin Haywood, CPA
Managing Director | Assurance

Forvis Mazars

816.489.4295

Chapter President – Iowa

Lauren Bockholt
Project Manager

Ryan Companies

515.412.5528

Chapter President – Kansas City

Eileen Weir
Development Executive

Centric

816.536.7638

Chapter President – Nebraska

James Franks
Preconstruction Manager

Cerris Systems

402.861.0681

Chapter President – Ozarks

Kam Evans

Business Development Officer

Nabholz

417.450.6039

Chapter President – Kansas

Taylor Frazier

Sales Manager

Wichita Concrete Pipe Co.

316.838.8651

Chapter President – St. Louis

Doug Wachsnicht

Vice President

Goodwin Brothers

636.931.6084 x107

Regional Board of Directors

(Elected – one-year terms serving January through December)

Education Chair

Open Position

Laws & Regulations Chair

David Schatz
Attorney/Partner

Spencer Fane

816.292.8163

Owner’s Council Co-Chair

Douglas Wesselschmidt
Director and City Engineer

City of Grandview

913.238.2624

Owner’s Council Co-Chair

Dan Wehmueller

Senior Project Manager

Newmark Zimmer

816.260.0240

Programs Chair

Matt Grace
Senior Superintendent

Clarkson Construction Company

913.708.1693

Technology Chair

Cary Shiner

CEO

Smart Pro Technologies

913.228.1334

Public Relations Chair

Sara Freetly
Executive Vice President

candid marketing

816.820.0916

Sponsorship Chair

Bob Lindeblad
Retired

913.663.1900

Membership Committee Co-Chair

Kelly Rotert
Executive Vice President

Rone Engineering

913.221.8823

Next Gen Committee Co-Chair

Camryn Webster
Account Manager

Actalent

913.905.3375

Next Gen Committee Co-Chair

Ryan Duren

Associate

BSE Structural Engineers

913.754.1128

Advisory Member

Mark Deaton, RA, DBIA, LEED AP
Retired

816.527.2645

Advisory Member

Jesse Dull

President

JDG Construction

913.406.6049

Advisory Member

Doug Beichley, AIA, NCARB, DBIA

Senior Design Manager

JE Dunn Construction

816.283.9019