Dr. Linda Hood Talbott
Chairman, Center for Philanthropic Leadership, President, Talbott Associates

Dr. Talbott is President and Chief Executive Officer of Talbott & Associates (since 1975), consultants in strategic planning, philanthropic management and development to foundations, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. She is also Chairman of the Center for Philanthropic Leadership. Dr. Talbott served as the Advising Director for Corporate Social Responsibility and on the Governance and Compensation and Development Committees during 2009. She is also a director of our two public utility subsidiaries, KCP&L and GMO.