Brad Scott – First Vice Chairman

Mr. Scott is the Principal at B.M. Scott and Associates, LLC. Previously, He was the regional administrator (Chief Executive) for the federal General Services Administration’s Heartland Region serving Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.  He served U.S. Senator Kit Bond for 12 years and Congressman Sam Graves for 9 months (awaiting a Presidential Appointment) and U.S. Senator Roy Blunt as Secretary of State. Mr. Scott is, currently, the General Manager of the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission.  He is an independent consultant and has worked on a number of public/private developments in Missouri. Mr. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Shawn Foster– Chairman

Shawn Foster is a founding member of Preuss Foster Law, LLC. Mr. Foster earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance and his Master of Science degree from Central Missouri State University.  He received his Juris Doctorate Degree from University of Missouri – Kansas City.  Mr. Foster has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri – Kansas City law school for the last 18 years.  Mr. Foster is a board member and/or committee member for numerous organizations, including but not limited to, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Sporting Lee’s Summit Soccer Association, the Kansas City Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.

Mr. Foster grew up in Sedalia, Missouri and currently lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri with his wife, Heather and their two children, Olivia and Jillian.

Mark bredemeier– Treasurer

Mark Bredemeier is a Lee’s Summit, Missouri attorney with a broad background in political, government and business litigation and policy-making. Mark has served as the appointed legal advisor to the Jackson County, Missouri Legislature and as an elected member of the Lee’s Summit Board of Education and the City Charter Commission. He has been appointed to numerous local committees and task forces, including the city’s first Charter Review Commission, where he served as vice chair, and the most recent Redistricting Committee, which he chaired. Mark has been elected to various positions with Missouri Republican Party organizations and has been the GOP nominee for Jackson County Executive and Missouri Attorney General.

Before opening his own practice in 1997, Bredemeier served for 11 years as the General Counsel of Landmark Legal Foundation, a conservative non-profit public interest law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. Mark earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and is now a sole practitioner focusing on business, tort and public law litigation.

John Mulvihill – second vice chairman

John Mulvihill, a lifelong Jackson County resident, is chief of staff for the office of CEO at VMLY&R, a global advertising and marketing agency based in Kansas City, Missouri. He also serves as executive director of the VMLY&R Foundation, the company’s charitable outreach organization. John is a former board member of the Kansas City Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (LCRA) and former chairman of the Kansas City Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA).

John is the co-founder of TEDxKC, established in 2009. He is a former board member of the KCMO Police Athletic League (PAL) and recipient of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Frank Cramer Award for lifetime service to the NAIA. John graduated from Rockhurst University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Political Science.

Pastor John Modest Miles – Secretary

John Modest Miles was born in Magnolia, Arkansas. He received his B.S. from Arkansas Baptist College, his M. ED. degree from Quachita Baptist College, A D.D. degree from Central Mississippi College, attended the Midwest Theological Seminary, and received an Honorary D.D. degree from Western Baptist Bible College. He has been pastor at churches in Los Angeles, Detroit, Little Rock, and is currently at Morning Star Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO.

Pastor Miles has taught in the Little Rock Public School System, at Arkansas Baptist College, and is the Moderator of the New Era District Association. He is also a long time friend of President Bill Clinton.

He is married to Jeanette Richard Miles and they have 3 children: Gerald, Janet, and Derrick. He is also the grandfather of 6 grandchildren