Jeanie Sell Latz, Director, has been a leader in public, private, academic and non-profit sectors. She served as executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Great Plains Energy, and currently teaches in the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. She also consults in the areas of corporate governance and strategy. She received a B.S. degree in Business Education from Missouri State University and a J.D. from the University of Missouri.