Board of Directors
Cultivate KC Board Members, 2026
Board Chair
Cori Stites
Impact Strategist, Health Forward Foundation
Vice Chair
Becky Behrens
Executive Administrator, International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)
Treasurer
Scott Archuletta
Vice President of Corporate Banking, Academy Bank
Secretary
Gene Moses
Director of Product, The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
Mo Awad
Director of Transmissions Operations, Evergy
Sarah Duitsman
Engineering Director,C2FO
Suzanne Gunning
Chief Marketing Officer, FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Kristan Kaplan
Associate General Counsel, Regulatory Post Holdings, Inc.
Sherise Kirkwood
EDCKC Program Administrator, City of Kanas City, Missouri
Sue Patterson
Marketing & Communications Director, City Market
Christine Sanders
Director of Business Graduate Programs, Central Methodist University
Scott Rodman
Managing Director, Accenture, LLP
Founding Board Members, 2005-2007
Chair, Tina Hoover, Community Volunteer
Secretary, Edward Carey, K-State Research & Extension, Vegetable Specialist
Treasurer, Sherri Harvel, Farmer/Owner Root Deep Urban Farm Kansas City, MO
John Kaiahua, Farmer/Owner J&J Produce, retired military, Raytown, MO
Kwang Kim, Farmer, Olathe, KS
Howard Lotven, Attorney
Lisa Markely, Nutritionist, Health Educator
Beverly Pender, Farmer/Owner, Soul & Soil Rainbow Gardens, KCK
Julie Xiong, Girls Scouts, KCK Greenmarket Director