Missouri State Representatives

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Representative Name MO House of Representatives 201 West Capitol Avenue Room ______Found in each Legislator’s Contact info below Jefferson City MO 65101

Representative Special Notes and Contact Info

Committees: Pensions, Ranking Minority Member; Elementary and Secondary

Education; Joint Committee on Education; Joint Committee on Public

Employee Retirement

Bio: Retired elementary school teacher; worked in Independence School

District for 28 years; Member of board of Education

Contact Info: Room 101-E | Legislative Assistant: Donna Haslag

Phone: 573-751-5701| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson County Rep. Ira Anders [D-21]

Committees: Health and Mental Health Policy, Ranking Minority Member; Rules (Admin. Oversight) Ranking Minority Member; Administration and Accounts; General Laws; Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia Bio: Currently works at VML and has worked as a middle school Language Arts Teacher at Urban Community Leadership Academy

Contact Info: Room 101-D | Legislative Assistant: Cherie Diemler Phone: 573-751-2199 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Clay County Rep. [D-18]

Committees: Veterans; Special Committee on Government Oversight; Special Committee on Tourism Bio: Served in the U.S. Army for 6 years, and retired from the Postal Service

Contact Info: Room 103-BB | Legislative Assistant: Carla Luebbert Phone: 573-751-9851 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Part of City and Jackson County Rep. [D-28]

Committees: Chairman, Special Committee on Innovation and Technology;

Economic Development; Rules – Administrative Oversight; Utilities

Bio: Co-Chair of Kansas City Caucus; owns over 5 businesses in the Kansas City

Area

Contact Info: Room 205 | Legislative Assistant: Amy Volkart

Phone: 573-751-2238 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Part of Clay County Rep. T.J. Berry [R-38]

Committees: Financial Institutions; Rules - Legislative Oversight; Utilities

Bio: Member of Belton Chamber of Commerce

Contact Info: Room 201-F | Legislative Assistant: Joe Bruns Phone: 573-751-2175| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Parts of Kansas City, Cass County and Bates County

Rep. [R-56] Lunch Attendee

Committees: Special Committee on Government Oversight – Chairman; Local

Government; Veterans

Bio: Owns and operates Brattin Construction and served in the U.S. Marine

Corps for 6 years

Contact Info: Room 114-C | Legislative Assistant: Jacinda Martin

Phone: 573-751-3783 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Cass County Rep. [R-55]

Newly Elected Committees: Special Committee on Tourism; Ways & Means; Joint Committee on Public Employment

Bio: Public School teacher for 23 years

Contact Info: Room 109-G | Legislative Assistant: Donna Gentzsch Phone: 573-751-7639| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson County (including Kansas City) Rep. Richard Brown [D-27]

Committees: Elementary and Secondary Education; Local Government; Special Committee on Small Business

Bio: Served on the Kansas City School District School Board, Greater Kansas City United Way Board of Directors

Contact Info: Room 105-G | Legislative Assistant: Sharon Williams Phone: 573-751-3310| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Northeast area of Kansas City, parts of Sugar Creek, Rep. [D-19] Independence and Jackson County Lunch Attendee Committees: General Laws Ranking Minority Member; Professional Registration and Licensing; Ranking Minority, Consent and House procedure; Rules (Admin. Oversight);Joint Committee on Life Sciences; Vice Chair of House Dems (in 2014)

Bio: Currently owns (with his Wife) Carpenter Communications, which does marketing and advertising with local businesses and non-profits

Contact Info: Room 103-BC | Legislative Assistant: Sean McLafferty Phone: 573-751-4787 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-15] District Boundaries: Clay County

Committees: Majority Floor Leader

Bio: Served as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader during his first term, Champion of Education Reform; Worked for AT&T for 37 years as at Network Engineer

Contact Info: Room 302-A | Legislative Assistant: Stephanie Willis Phone: 573-751-0907 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [R-30] District Boundaries: Kansas City, Jackson County

Committees: Vice-Chair of Judiciary Committee; Rules (Admin. Oversight); Transportation; Special Committee on Litigation Reform

Contact Info: Room 201-BA | Legislative Assistant: Latonya Percival Phone: 573-751-3618 | Email: [email protected]

Special Office Hours: Monday – Friday 6:30 a.m. – 5:00 pm

District Boundaries: Southeast Platte County, Clay County (in the Northland), Communities include: Kansas City, Riverside, Northmoor, Lake Waukomis, Rep. Kevin Corlew [R-14] Houston Lake, and Platte Woods.

Committees: General Laws; Ways and Means; Special Committee on Small Business

Bio: Small business owner in Lee’s Summit

Contact Info: Room 112 | Legislative Assistant: Jacqueline Geary Phone: 573-751-1459 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Kansas City, Jackson County

Rep. Gary L. Cross [R-35]

Committees: Subcommittee on Appropriations - Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, and Economic Development, Ranking Minority Member; Budget; Consent and House Procedure; Economic Development; Elections and Elected Officials

Bio: Served as a City Planner

Contact Info: Room 130 DA | Legislative Assistant: Stephanie Bias Phone: 573-751-0538 | Email: [email protected] Rep. Randy Dunn [D-23] Lunch Attendee District Boundaries: Jackson County

Committees: Insurance Policy (Ranking Minority Member); Judiciary Committee; Special Committee on Litigation Reform; Joint Committee on Justice System

Bio: Attorney, non-commissioned officer in the United States Army (1999- 2003)

Contact Info: Room 135-BA | Legislative Assistant: Ronda Griggs Phone: 573-751-1218 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-17] District Boundaries: Clay County (including parts of Liberty, Pleasant Valley, Lunch Attendee Kansas City and Claycomo)

Committees: Minority Floor Leader; ex-officio member of all committees

Contact Info: Room 204 | Legislative Assistant: Jamie Ordway Phone: 573-751-2124| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Kansas City Metro Area

Rep. Gail McCann-Beatty [D-26]

Committees: Ways and Means, Ranking Minority Member; Special Committee on Homeland Security; Special Committee on Urban Issues

Bio: Involved heavily in community programs such as neighborhood cleanup programs, mentorship and community outreach.

Contact Info: Room 101-C | Legislative Assistant: Lucy Tran Phone: 573-751-3129 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-22] District Boundaries: Parts of Jackson County, Independence Lunch Attendee

Committees: Special Committee on Homeland Security (Chair), Joint Committee on Capital Security, Corrections & Public Institutions, Elections & Elected Officials,

Bio: Retired Deputy of Buchanan County Sheriff's Department

Contact Info: Room 411-2 | Legislative Assistant: Deanna Rhodes Phone: 573-751-3643 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Platte County Rep. Galen Higdon [R-11]

Committees: Special Committee on Homeland Security Vice Chair;

Government Efficiency; Utilities

Bio: Small Business Owner and holds various positions with different

corporations

Contact Info: Room 236-A | Legislative Assistant: Dorothy Caudle

Phone: 573-751-3674 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson County Rep. Bill Kidd [R-20]

Committees: Administration and Accounts; Ethics; Transportation; Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Bio: 35 years in Fire Service; Owner and CEO of Energy Transport in Bates, MO

Contact Info: Room 402 | Legislative Assistant: Danyale Bryant Phone: 573-751-1462 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Lafayette County and Parts of Jackson County Rep. [R-53]

Committees: Workforce Development Chairman; Crime Prevention and Public Safety; Special Committee on Innovation and Technology

Bio: Founder of The Management Edge – a firm that provides mediation, strategic planning, and performance improvement services to area enterprises. Also has served as a Blue Springs District 1 City Councilwoman.

Contact Info: Room 413-B | Legislative Assistant: Chris Crawford Phone: 573-751-1487 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Jeanie Lauer [R-32] District Boundaries: Jackson County

Committees: Elections & Elected Officials; Judiciary

Bio: three time recipient of the Locke & Smith Champion of Justice Award from the Association of Trial Attorneys, Admitted to the Missouri Bar.

Contact Info: Room 134 | Legislative Assistant: Betty Nally Phone: 573-751-6593 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Platte County Rep. Nick Marshall [R-13]

Committees: Subcommittee on Appropriations (Education); Budget; Ethics and Professional Registration and Licensing; Special Committee on Small Business.

Contact Info: Room 135-AA | Legislative Assistant: Beth Walker Phone: 573-751-9469| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson County

Rep. DaRon McGee [D-36]

Will not be attending lunch, but will be presenting at Missouri Arts Council Award Committees: Elementary & Secondary Education, Ranking Minority Member; Fiscal Review, Ranking Minority Member; Pensions

Bio: Retired school teacher and served as President of the American Federation of Teachers

Contact Info: Room 105-A | Legislative Assistant: Cheri Coats Phone: 573-751-4485| Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-24] District Boundaries: Jackson County

Committees: Consent and House Procedure, Chairman; Health and Mental Health Policy; Insurance Policy; Special Committee on Innovation and Technology

Bio: Retired school teacher and served as President of the American Federation of Teachers

Contact Info: Room 404-B | Legislative Assistant: Jessica Kent Phone: 573-751-9766| Email: [email protected]

Rep. [R-33] District Boundaries: Lafayette, Cass, and Jackson Counties

Newly Elected Committees: Ranking minority member, Higher Education Committee; Special Committee on Innovation and Technology

Contact Info: Room 103-BA | Legislative Assistant: Lisa Buhr Phone: 573-751-2437| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson County Rep. [D-25] Lunch Attendee

Committees: Elementary and Secondary Education, Vice-Chair; General Laws; Rules-Administrative Oversight; Special Committee on Urban Issues

Bio: public school educator for 17 years in the Raytown School District

Contact Info: Room 404-B | Legislative Assistant: Dylan Robinson Phone: 573-751-1456| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson County Rep. Rebecca Roeber [R-34]

Committees: Economic Development; Financial Institutions, Fiscal Review

Bio: Owner of Royland Construction, served as President of two credit unions in Kansas City

Contact Info: Room 109-F | Legislative Assistant: Keri Wolters Phone: 573-751-3623 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: parts of Jackson County and Kansas City Rep. [D-29] Lunch Attendee

Committees: Rules, Administrative Oversight; Transportation; Special

Committee on Employment Security; Joint Committee on Public Employee

Retirement; Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Bio: Electrician for 42 years, member of International Brotherhood of Electrical

Workers

Contact Info: Room 109-B | Legislative Assistant: Janet Ritter

Phone: 573-751-0238| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson and Cass Counties Rep. [D-37] Lunch Attendee Sponsoring Bill HCR 19 to issue bonds to fund half of the UMKC Conservatory

Committees: Insurance Policy; Rules-Legislative Oversight; Ways and Means

Bio: Served as EVP with UMB Bank; Served on the Missouri Gaming Commission from 2005-2011 (Commission President from 2006-2009); Veteran of the U.S. Army

Contact Info: Room 412-C | Legislative Assistant: Wanda Mehrhoff Phone: 573-751-9458| Email: [email protected] Rep. [R-16] District Boundaries: Clay County

Committees: Special Committee on Urban Issues, Vice Chair; Children and Families, Elections and Elected Officials

Contact Info: Room 116-3 | Legislative Assistant: Daniel Seitz Phone: 573-751- 8636 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Jackson

Rep. [R-31]

Committees: Veterans (Vice-Chair), Local Government, Special Committee on Small Business,

Bio: Chief of Police (Retired in April 2012) for Smithville, MO, Pastor of Edgerton Christian Church

Contact Info: Room 206-A | Legislative Assistant: Christina Smith Phone: 573-751-9760 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Clay & Platte Counties (Including Camden Point, Kearney, Rep. Kenneth Wilson [R-12] Platte City, Ridgely and Smithville)

Missouri State Senators

If you would like to mail your representative please use the following form:

Representative Name MO House of Representatives 201 West Capitol Avenue Room ______Found in each Legislator’s Contact info below Jefferson City MO 65101

Senator Special Notes and Contact Info

Committees: Appropriations Committee, Vice-Chair of Progress and Development

Bio: sponsors numerous events in Kansas City, Including Small Biz Day, Grant Writing Symposiums

Contact Info: Room 434 | Legislative Assistant: Sheron Fulson, Regina Anderson Phone: 573-751-3158 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Part of Jackson County Sen. [D-9] Lunch Attendee

Committees: Majority Caucus Chair

Bio: Community Affairs Manager for Kansas City Power & Light

Contact Info: Room 332 | Legislative Assistant: Diane Lindsay, Drew Dampf Beers Phone: 573-751-5282 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Part of Clay County

Sen. [R-12]

Committees: Minority Caucus Chair; Newly elected (Jan. 9th)

Bio: Former Member of House of Reps, Jobs Economic Development and local government committees' among many others.

Contact Info: Room 421| Legislative Assistant: Zac Sweets, Debbie Mullally Phone: 573-751-6607 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Kansas City Area (Eastern edge and southwest corner of Jackson)

Sen. [D-7]

Committees: Economic Development Committee, Ways & Means Chair

Bio: Veteran of the US Army

Contact Info: Room 320 Legislative Assistant: Chris Sutherland, John Shelby Phone: 573-751-1464 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Part of Jackson County

Sen. [R-8]

Committees: Government Reform; Economic Development; Ways & Means Committees

Bio: Marketing Consultant

Contact Info: Room 425 | Legislative Assistant: Lisa Hurst, Tom Hoppe Phone: 573-751-3074 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Independence, Sugar Creek, and NE Kansas City Sen. [D-11] Lunch Attendee

Committees: Appropriations; Heath and Pensions Chairman; Seniors, Families and Children; Small Business and Industry; Joint Committee on Children Abuse and Neglect; Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement, Vice Chair Bio: Physician in Northwest Missouri and serves on the board of Missouri Doctors Mutual Insurance Company; Lives in St. Joseph

Contact Info: Room 320 Legislative Assistant: , Tammy Laird Phone: 573-751-2183 | Email: [email protected]

Sen. Rob Schaaf [R-34] District Boundaries: Part of Platte County

Committees: Vice Chair of Senate Appropriations Committee; Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight

Contact Info: Room 331A | Legislative Assistant: Kari Hoescher, Nick Haynes, Hannah Beers Phone: 573-751-5282 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: southwest corner of Clay County (Kansas City, Gladstone, Oaks, Oakwood, Oakwood Park, Oakview, Liberty, Glenaire, Pleasant Valley, Claycomo, North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph and Birmingham Sen. Ryan Sivey {R-17]