2025-26 Board of Directors

Volunteer leadership is one of the most significant keys to Donnelly College’s success, and we have had the help of some incredible individuals over the years serving the College as Board of Directors members. 

 

Karen Jones
Karen Jones
2024-26 Board Chair
Manager, Workforce Engagement
Federal Aviation Administration
Member since 2015
Bob Bartunek

Bob Bartunek
Attorney
Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. 
Member since 2005

Vincent Cascone, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Member since 2022

Rachel Cruz, CPA
Rachel Cruz, CPA
Former Board Chair, 2018-2020
Consultant
Member since 2010
 
Dr. Karen Curls

Karen Curls, Ph.D.

Professor, Criminal Justice
Metropolitan Community College
Member Since 2024
Lauren Dercher, MSN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Member since 2025
Karen Donnelly
Karen Donnelly
Attorney
Bill Dunn, Jr.

Bill Dunn, Jr.
Market Services Advisor
Campione Interior Solutions
Member since 1999

Richard Flanigan

Richard Flanigan

President
Digital Health KC
Member since 2006
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia 
Development Committee Chair
Product Manager, Client Connections Squad
Member since 2018
Sheri Gonzales
Board Chair-Elect (2026-28)
Academic & Student Affairs Committee Chair
Senior Director of Engagement and Workforce Development, Evergy
Member since 2022

Dr. Judy Hemberger
CEO, SuviCa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Member since 2019

Jason Kotlyarov
Attorney
Kutak Rock
Member since 2024
Ryan Lowry
Associate Director- Strategic Planning and Program Operations
IRS Whistleblower Office
Maureen Mahoney

Maureen Mahoney
Consultant
Member since 2018

Carolyn McKnight, Ed.D.
Sr. Director of Community Engagement
Member since 2024
Most Reverend Shawn McKnight, S.T.D. Archbishop
Most Reverend Shawn McKnight, S.T.D.
Archbishop
Member since 2025
Maurice Moss

   

Maurice Moss
Finance Committee Chair
Senior Director, Central Regional Electricity & Transmission Policy
Member since 2022
David Mulvany
David Mulvany
Mission & Trustee Committee Chair
Executive Vice President/Chief Operations Officer

Theresa Osredker, ‘77
Senior Advisor and Program Manager
Enterprise Leadership Development
Department of Health and Human Services
Member since 2023

Joseph Privitera

Joseph Privitera
Vice President / Owner
Mark One Electric
Member since 2017

Doug Riedel
Retired Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Burns & McDonnell
Member since 2023
Very Reverend John Riley
Chancellor & Vicar General
Member since 2021
Sister Mary Elizabeth Schweiger, OSB
Prioress
Mount St. Scholastica
Member since 2023

   

Sister Diana Seago, OSB
Director of Computing / Network Administrator
Mount St. Scholastica
Member since 2024

Sister Anne Shepard, OSB

Former Prioress,
Mount St. Scholastica
Member from 2005-2017 and since 2020

Herb Sizemore
Consultant
The Sizemore Group
Member Since 2021
Reverend Randolph Sly
Senior Priest
Member since 2025
Stephenie K. Smith, MSW
CEO/Cofounder, Sophic Solutions, LLC
Member since 2025
Gina Taylor, DNP
Director of Nursing 

   

Carlos Walker CPA '01
Graham & Walker, LLC
Member since 2023

Nestor Zuluaga
Scott Wasserman
CEO Emeritus
Unbound
Member since 2025
Cheryl Wright, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
University of Kansas
Member since 2025
Nestor Zuluaga
Nestor Zuluaga
Owner, Zuluaga Real Estate Group
Member since 2015

Last year, the following individuals retired from Donnelly's Board of Directors. Their dedication to Donnelly's mission and community is appreciated.

Most Rev. Joseph F. Naumann, D.D.
Archbishop, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Member since 2005

 
 
 
 
Dr. Rita Burnett
Retired, KC Mobile Dental
Member since 2007
 
 
 

Andres Dominguez, '79
Impact Strategist / Equity Fellow,
Health Forward Foundation
Member since 2016
 
 

Father Agustín Martínez
Parochial Vicar, St. Paul Catholic Church,
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Member since 2022