Board of Directors


Michael J. Chesser
     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Energy and KCP&L

William H. Downey
     President and Chief Operating Officer, Great Plains Energy and KCP&L

Dr. David L. Bodde
     Senior Fellow and Professor, Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Clemson University

Randall C. Ferguson
     Former Senior Partner of Tshibanda & Associates, LLC

Gary D. Forsee
     President, University of Missouri System

James A. Mitchell
     Executive Fellow - Leadership, Center for Ethical Business Cultures

William C. Nelson
     Chairman, George K. Baum Asset Management

John J. Sherman
     President and Chief Executive Officer, Inergy, L.P.

Dr. Linda Hood Talbott
     President and Chief Executive Officer, Talbott & Associates

Robert H. West
     Retired Chairman of the Board, Butler Manufacturing Company