Leadership

Kansas Bioscience Authority Board of Directors

The Kansas Bioscience Authority is governed by an 11-member board of directors. By law, one member of the board is an agricultural expert recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the field of bioscience. Eight members of the board are representatives of the public who are recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the fields of finance, business, bioscience research, plant biotechnology, basic research, health care, legal affairs, bioscience manufacturing or product commercialization, education, or government. Two members of the board are nonvoting members with research expertise representing state universities.

KBA board appointments are made by the governor, the Senate president and minority leader, the House speaker and minority leader, and the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation. The two nonvoting directors are appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents.

Voting Members

	CHAIRWOMAN: Sandra A. J. Lawrence Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
	VICE CHAIRMAN: Bill Sanford Chairman Symark LLC
	SECRETARY/TREASURER: Ed McKechnie Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Watco Companies
	John W. Carlin Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence Kansas State University
	David Franz, D.V.M., Ph.D.* Vice President and Chief Biological Scientist Midwest Research Institute * Agricultural expert
	Dan Glickman Chairman and CEO Motion Picture Association of America
	Angela Kreps President KansasBio
	Ray Smilor, Ph.D. Executive Director Beyster Institute, Rady School of Management University of California, San Diego
Nonvoting Members
	Reginald L. Robinson CEO Kansas Board of Regents
	William R. Thornton Vice President of Quality Management MGP Ingredients, Inc.
Advisory Board
	Robert Hemenway, Ph.D. Chancellor University of Kansas
	Jon Wefald, Ph.D. President Kansas State University