INFOSEC - Key Persons
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- Senior Records Center Technician
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- Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications
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- Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications
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- for Media and Press Inquiries
- Interim Director, Public Affairs
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- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
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- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
- Member of the Mizzou Intercollegiate Athletics Special Committee
- Member of Governance, Compensation and Human Resources Committee
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- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
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- Director, Records and Information Management
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- Supervisor, Records Center
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- Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Joint Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing
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- Associate Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications
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- Chairman
- Member of the Finance Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
- Board Member of Three Rivers Endowment Trust
- Founder and Owner of Professional Packaging
Keith A. Holloway was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2021 by Governor Mike Parson.
Holloway is founder and owner of Professional Packaging, incorporated in 1992, a regional pallet brokerage in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Holloway was born and raised in Poplar Bluff, Missouri returning there after college to engage in family real estate brokerage and development business. He entered the pallet business in 1983 with Libla Industries, a pallet manufacturer in Wayne County, Missouri.
Holloway is a member and Legislative Action Committee member of the Missouri Forest Products Association. He is a commercial real estate investor and manager in Cape Girardeau county and Wayne & Butler counties in Missouri. From 1997 - 2005, he was founding member and former Board Chair of PECO Pallet, Inc., a national pallet rental and logistics company.
Holloway is a Board member of Three Rivers Endowment Trust and ERASE Foundation. He is a member and former officer of University of Missouri Extension Council for Cape Girardeau County since 2012 and a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church. Holloway is an active fundraiser for Boy Scouts and several youth sports teams in the community.
In 1976, Holloway received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Missouri - Columbia.
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- Director, Integrated Strategic Communications
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- Assistant Vice President
- Treasurer
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- Chancellor, University of Missouri - St. Louis
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- Member of the Finance Committee
- Chairman of Governance, Compensation and Human Resources Committee
Lyda Krewson was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2024 by Governor Mike Parson.
Krewson served as the 46th Mayor of the City St. Louis from 2017-2021, and as an Alderman of St. Louis from 1997-2017.
She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and served as the CFO of an international design firm in St. Louis from 1984 until her election as the first woman mayor of St. Louis in 2017. From 1977 to 1984, she worked in public accounting with Touche Ross & Co (now Deloitte).
Krewson is also an alumna of Leadership St Louis and has served on numerous community boards and committees.
In 1976, Krewson received a Bachelor of General Studies in Accounting from the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and in 1974, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education in Psychology and Special Education from Truman State University. She grew up in the Midwest and is a proud graduate of Moberly High School.
Krewson and her husband, Mike Owens, reside in the Central West End (CWE) in St Louis. They have two grown children and one grandchild.
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- Executive Director, Strategic Planning, Marketing and Communications
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Chairman of the Health Affairs Committee
- Vice - Chair of the Executive Committee
- Vice Chair
- Founding Partner of Williams Dirks Dameron LLC
Michael A. Williams was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2019 by Gov. Mike Parson.
Williams is the founding partner of Williams Dirks Dameron LLC where he specializes in Labor & Employment Law, litigating discrimination and retaliation claims on behalf of plaintiffs. Williams is a member of the Missouri Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and National Employment Lawyers Association. In 2004, he became the first African American to serve on the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors. He also previously served on the Board of Governors for the Young Lawyers Section of the Missouri Bar.
Williams obtained both his bachelor's degree and juris doctorate from the University of Missouri. Michael has twice returned to the University of Missouri School of Law as an adjunct professor and has received Distinguished Recent Alumni Awards both from the School of Law and the MU College of Arts and Sciences. In 2014, he received the Alumni Award from the University of Missouri. Michael served for over a decade as a mentor and board member for Higher M-PACT, a non-profit group working with at-risk inner-city youth. He has also worked closely with Hope House, the United Way Young Leaders Society, and numerous other civic organizations. The Missouri Bar awarded him the Tom Cochran Community Service Award in 2014. The Missouri Supreme Court appointed Michael to the Commission on Civil Justice Reform (2018 to present) and the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness (2015 to present).
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- Chancellor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
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- President, University of Missouri
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- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
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- Chairman of the Mizzou Intercollegiate Athletics Special Committee
- Member of the Finance Committee
Robert D. Blitz was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators by Governor Mike Parson in April 2023.
Blitz has practiced law for 50 years since graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1973. He is a member of the law firm of Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, L.C., with offices in St. Louis, Columbia and Jefferson City. During his career, Blitz has had the highest verdict and settlement in each of the last three decades. He has been awarded Lawyer of the Year twice and the BAMSL Distinguished Lawyer Award. Over his career, he has changed or made new law in both the state and federal courts.
Anonymously, Blitz has made significant contributions to health, education, public safety and legal organizations. In 2022, Blitz was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He lives with his wife, Janet, in St. Louis.
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- Director, Communications and Marketing
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- Member of the Finance Committee
- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
- Member of Governance, Compensation and Human Resources Committee
Robert W. Fry was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators by Governor Mike Parson in April 2023.
Fry graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry in the top 1% of his class. Fry served as a captain in the US Army at Fort Hood, TX, from 1973-1975. After serving in the Army, he attended the University of North Carolina where he received his Master of Science (MS) degree in Orthodontics.
In 1977, Fry began his private practice in the Kansas City area. Fry formerly held the position of Adjunct Clinical Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Southern California (USC), New York University (NYU) and the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry (UOP). He served as the President of the Kansas Dental Association in 1987. In 2002, he received the Martin L. (Bud) Schulman Award for highest achievement in the Orthodontic Profession.
Fry resides in Greenwood, MO with Mary, his wife, and has been married since 1970. Mary has a PhD. in counseling and is a Professor Emeritus at MidAmerica Nazarene University. Their son, Dr. Jeremy Fry, joined Fry Orthodontics in the spring of 2006. Their daughter, Whitney, has a doctorate in International Public Health.
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- Member of the Health Affairs Committee
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Mizzou Intercollegiate Athletics Special Committee
Todd P. Graves was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2021 by Governor Mike Parson.
Graves is a lawyer in private practice with the law firm of Graves Garrett. He represents clients nationwide before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Graves served previously as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. At that time, he also served as a member of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee, advising the Attorney General on Department of Justice national priorities and policies. In 1994, he was elected as Platte County Prosecuting Attorney and held that position until 1998. Prior to his service as Platte County Prosecuting Attorney, Graves was in private practice with the Bryan Cave law firm. Before joining Bryan Cave, he was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri.
Graves is the immediate past President of the Pony Express Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for Ballotpedia, an organization dedicated to building the Encyclopedia of American Politics, and is a founding board member of the Kansas City Missouri Police Foundation.
In 1991, Graves received his law degree and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Virginia. He received a bachelor's degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Missouri in 1988.