NONPROFIT BREAKFAST FORUM SERIES for 
NONPROFIT BOARD and STAFF MEMBERS

Session I: PERSPECTIVES FROM TWO COLLABORATING HEALTH FOUNDATION LEADERS

December 5, 2006 (7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.)

 Breakfast at 7:30 a.m.

Program starts promptly at 7:45 a.m.

Steve Roling, President and CEO of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City and Brenda Sharpe, President and CEO of The REACH Healthcare Foundation will talk about the development and priorities of each of their foundations, formed from the sale of Health Midwest.  Together, they will discuss the benefits of their collaborative, regional approach to community health issues.  In addition, they will each share their reflections on trends in the nonprofit sector of our metropolitan area.

Steve Roling comes to his current position with a distinguished career of leadership in the community through his work in the worlds of nonprofit agencies, business, foundations, and national and state government.  His past positions include: legislative assistant to Senator Tom Eagleton, publisher of the Kansas City Business Journal, senior vice president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Director of the Missouri Department of Social Services.  Steve’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Brenda Sharpe brings to her position an impressive career in the nonprofit direct service field, having worked in a domestic violence shelter, rape crisis center, substance abuse prevention center and child advocacy center.  She is the former president and CEO of Sunflower House, where she led the organization for ten years.  Brenda’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Kansas State University.

Cost per participant - $15.00

The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership's Breakfast Forums are presented in the Pierson Auditorium located in the University Center at UMKC at 5000 Rockhill Road.  Enter from Rockhill Road and park in the metered area north and east of the University Center (click here* to view campus map).  NOTE: Parking is 75 cents per hour.

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