Board of Directors         Committee Members   Advisory Council Staff
Marilou Joyner, President

James M. Warden, Vice-President

Mark A. Schweizer, Secretary

Joyce Williams, Treasurer

Louisa Raich Grill, Member at Large

Barbara Funk

Catherine Goodson

Eunice K. Johnson

Patricia Lees

Dr. Thomas Pham

Cliff Schiappa

Dennis Siefers

Kelly Sullivan-Deady
Eliot S. Berkley

Rachel Brown

Boots Leiter Churchill

Michael S.B. Churchman

Mark Clegg

Larry Gamble

Dr. Robert S. Laubach

Carrie McDonald

William W. Meier

Robert B. Rogers

Mark A. Schweizer
Lynne Brown
Interim Executive Director

Gaylon Umbarger
Director of Training

Melissa Crites
Operations Director

Beth Seberger
Volunteer Coordinator

Gillian Ford
GEARS & CITY Program Coordinator

Phil Denver
Classroom Instructor,
GEARS at MCC-Penn Valley

Lisa Honn
Open Doors Coordinator
Curt McConnell

Jeanne M. Rooney
Our Clients
Literacy Kansas City provides free one-to-one tutoring for a diverse population of students age 16 and above. Nearly half of our students are in the 30 to 50 year age range.
Our Volunteers
Literacy Kansas City's volunteers are passionate literacy advocates. Tutors make an initial commitment of one year and receive extensive training prior to certification. Volunteers annually donate over 13,000 hours of service.
Our Organization
Literacy Kansas City's 2009-2010 budget is approximately $450,000. We are not affiliated with any government or church-sponsored entity.