Past Presidents

The following lawyers have served as President of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation since its inception in 1979:

Jerome T. Wolf, 1979
Jerome T. Wolf, 1980
Jerome T. Wolf, 1981
W.H. Bert Bates, 1982
W.H. Bert Bates, 1983
W.H. Bert Bates, 1984
James W. Benjamin, 1985
James W. Benjamin, 1986
James W. Benjamin, 1987
Lantz Welch, 1988
Lantz Welch, 1989
Lantz Welch, 1990
Robert C. Welch, 1991
Robert C. Welch, 1992
Robert C. Welch, 1993
Sandra L. Schermerhorn, 1994
Fred Wilkins,1995
Fred Wilkins, 1996
Wm. Dirk Vandever, 1997
Wm. Dirk Vandever, 1998

Norman O. Sanders, 1999
James Bartimus, 2000
Hon. Cynthia L. Martin, 2001
James R. Bartimus, 2002
Hon. Cynthia L. Martin, 2003
John S. Johnston, 2004
P. John Brady, 2005
Walter Simpson, 2006
Walter Simpson, 2007
James P. Frickleton, 2008
Patricia M. Sexton, 2009
James R. Wyrsch, 2010
Timothy W. Monsees 2011
Alan B. Gallas, 2012
Gregory M. Bentz, 2013
Melissa Howard, 2014
Peter K. Hartweger, 2015
Leah M. Mason, 2016
David M. Skeens, 2017
Thomas V. Bender, 2018
Scott C. Gyllenborg, 2019
Peter E. Goss, 2020
Jill M. Katz, 2021