Kansas Bioscience Authority Board of Directors

The Kansas Bioscience Authority is governed by an 11-member board of directors.

By law, one member of the board is an agricultural expert recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the field of bioscience. Eight members of the board are representatives of the public who are recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the fields of finance, business, bioscience research, plant biotechnology, basic research, health care, legal affairs, bioscience manufacturing or product commercialization, education, or government. Two members of the board are nonvoting members with research expertise representing state universities.

KBA board appointments are made by the governor, the Senate president and minority leader, the House speaker and minority leader, and the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation. The two nonvoting directors are appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents.

Voting Members

	CHAIRMAN: John W. Carlin Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence Kansas State University
	VICE CHAIRMAN: Ray Smilor, Ph.D. Neeley School of Business Executive Faculty Fellow Texas Christian University
	SECRETARY/TREASURER: Ed McKechnie Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Watco Companies
	Michael Borgman Advanced Materials Engineer and Research Scientist MD Borgman Consulting
	David Franz, D.V.M., Ph.D.* Vice President and Chief Biological Scientist Midwest Research Institute * Agricultural expert
	Dan Glickman Chairman and CEO Motion Picture Association of America
	Angela Kreps President KansasBio
	Sandra A. J. Lawrence Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
	Bill Sanford Chairman Symark LLC
Nonvoting Members
	Reginald L. Robinson CEO Kansas Board of Regents
	Jarold Boettcher President Boettcher Enterprises, Inc., Boettcher Supply, Inc., Boettcher Aerial, Inc.
Research and Development Advisory Council
	Donald L. Beggs, Ph.D. President Wichita State University
	Bernadette Gray-Little, Ph.D. Chancellor University of Kansas
	Kirk H. Schulz, Ph.D. President Kansas State University
	Steven A. Scott, Ph.D. President Pittsburg State University