The role of the Advisory Board is to provide feedback to the Director and staff of the Center and to facilitate the success of the Center in reaching its goals and objectives. Advisory Board members provide a wealth of local expertise in neighborhood planning and community development.
The Center for Neighborhoods Advisory Board is a group of local experts and advocates who support the programs and activities of the Center and the Center’s mission to help build the capacity of Kansas City’s urban neighborhoods. The Board meets quarterly.
Current Board Members:
Michael Carmona – Senior Director of Regional Ecosystem Development- UMKC Innovation Center
M. Jenise Comer(Chair) – LCSW, Professor Emeritus – University of Kansas, Neighborhood Leader
Jason Cooley – Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Erica Dobreff – President- Somerset Consulting
Michael Duffy –Legal Aid of Western Missouri (retired)
Sandy Eeds – Architect (retired), former President of the League of Women Voters
Gloria Ortiz Fisher – Westside Housing (retired)
Michael Frisch – UMKC Architecture, Urban Planning and Design
Sheron Fulson – Chief of Staff for Senator Barbara Washington (Ex-officio)
Kayla Hogan – Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Brandon Mason – Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Jacob Wagner – UMKC Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, CFN Co-founder
