GHF Board Members
Sara Abeita, Lawrence
Helen Alexander, Lawrence
Lisa Ball, Lawrence
Reb Bryant, Lawrence
Mike Campbell, Eudora - President
Steve Case, Overland Park
Lisa Castle, Lawrence
Steve Holcomb, Olathe - Treasurer
Sue Holcomb, Olathe
Laird Ingham, Lawrence - Secretary
Mary Kowalski, Kansas City, MO
Daphne Mayes, Emporia
Roxie McGee, Lawrence - Vice President
Brent Mortensen, Atchison
Andrea Repinsky, Lawrence
Sandy Sanders, Lawrence
Orley "Chip" Taylor, Berryton
Megan Withiam, Lawrence
Past Board Members
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Thank you for your service to tallgrass prairie conservation!
Ted Abel
Angie Babbit
Amy Carlson
Glen Fell
Craig Freeman
Brad Guess
Ruth Ann Guess
Tom Hammer
Jeff Hansen
John Leahy
William Jensen
Doug Martin
Courtney Masterson
Frank Norman
Rex Powell
Randy Rasa
Ann Simpson
Gary Tegtmeier
Carol Williamson
GHF Staff
Nicole Stanton-Wilson
Preserve Manager
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Nicole was first bitten by the “prairie bug” while collecting prairie seed on remnant and restored prairies as a Missouri Master Naturalist volunteer. Sunsets on the late summer prairie were so infectious that she changed career paths and returned to school to pursue a career in grassland ecology. After completing her M.S. in Biology at K-State, she continued to conduct ecological sampling on Konza Prairie and the KU Field Station as a botanist for the National Ecological Observatory Network. She has since managed and taught undergraduate biology lab courses at UMKC, where she exposed every student she could to the wonder of plants & prairies. Nicole is beyond thrilled to bring her career full-circle by returning to the nonprofit field, and is excited to cultivate experiences that bring joy and inspire awe of the prairie. When she has two free hands, she can be found gardening (i.e. weeding!) or baking, but is most frequently found wrangling her toddling son with her husband by her side.
Kathy Denning
Program Director
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Kathy's fascination for all things prairie-related began as an undergraduate at Creighton University, when she took a trip to the Nebraska Sandhills as part of Dr. Mary Ann Vinton's ecology class. Kathy subsequently worked in the Plant Conservation Laboratory at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, and then pursued a M.S. in biology at the University of Nebraska, followed by a Ph.D. in ecology & evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas. Kathy was first introduced to GHF and Snyder Prairie while working on her dissertation research, which focused on the effects of tallgrass prairie reconstruction on insect pollinator communities. She served on the GHF Board of Governors for 4 years prior to taking on the Program Director role. For the record, Kathy's favorite prairie wildflower is blue-eyed grass, and her favorite prairie grass is blue grama.