Staff & Leadership

Missouri United
Methodist Foundation Staff

Rev. Nate Berneking

President/CEO

Rev. Laura Murphy

Director of Development

Monett Lite

Director of Operations/CFO

Chris Bouchard

Associate Director
(Interim Director)

Austin View

Accounting & Finance Associate

Bridget Hill

Office Administrator

Board of Trustees

chair

Julie Salmon

St. John’s UMC,
Kansas City

vice chair

Trista Soendker Nicholson

Wood’s Chapel UMC,
Lee’s Summit

treasurer

David Guess

The Gathering UMC,
St. Louis

secretary

Robyn Criswell-Bloom

First UMC,
Warrensburg

scholarship chair

Robert Brown

St. Paul’s UMC,
Joplin

investment chair

Jeff Stuerman

New Haven UMC,
New Haven

grant chair

Martha Rundel Blue

Campbell UMC,
Springfield

Sam Adams

Platte Woods UMC,
Kansas City

David Gnaegy

Manchester UMC,
St. Louis

Mark Harbison

Linn Memorial UMC, Fayette

Lori Lampert

The Downtown Church,
Springfield

Natalie Leamer

Chillicothe UMC,
Chillicothe

Marsha Limbaugh

Centenary Methodist,
Cape Girardeau

Jim Marchbank

Salem UMC,
St. Louis

Susan McCollegan

Missouri UMC, 
Columbia

Jorje Quinn

Webster Hills UMC,
Webster Groves

Steve Shirar

Kirkwood UMC,
St. Louis

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