Board Officers
Adam Rossbach - Chair
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Pascale Henn - Vice Chair
Adam is a proud father of 3, passionate advocate for early education and COO of Kansas City based Tickets for Less and Ticket Solutions.
His favorite book from childhood is Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Pascale Henn - Vice Chair
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Pascale Henn - Vice Chair
Pascale Henn is an experienced business lawyer who advises business clients from Fortune 500 multi-nationals, to closely-held family businesses and start-ups. Her firm, Business Law Advisors, is committed to strategy, simplified solutions and collaboration with other professionals as ways of approaching business challenges and growth opp
Pascale Henn is an experienced business lawyer who advises business clients from Fortune 500 multi-nationals, to closely-held family businesses and start-ups. Her firm, Business Law Advisors, is committed to strategy, simplified solutions and collaboration with other professionals as ways of approaching business challenges and growth opportunities. Her favorite book to read aloud is Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse.
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Kelly is a lifelong learner who has found her perfect work home at Google. Her favorite book to read to her children is Llama Llama Red Pajama.
Mary Widmer - Treasurer
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Kelly Carnago - Past Chair
Mary Widmer is a Chief Financial Officer who has a love of reading. Her favorite books as a child were the Laura Ingalls Wilder series.
Board Members
Jessica Adams-Weber
Jessica Adams-Weber
Jessica Adams-Weber
Jess is a Vice President and registered professional engineer at HDR Engineering. Her passion lies in inspiring more girls to find careers in STEM. She enjoys reading “Ada Twist, Scientist” to her two kiddos (or any of the Andrea Beaty books).
Debbie Ballard
Jessica Adams-Weber
Jessica Adams-Weber
Debby Ballard retired from a 35-year career with Sprint/T-Mobile and started her own small business called The Ballard Connection in which she enjoys meeting and connecting people with powerful professional opportunities. Debby is an active member of a book club and reading is an important part of her life.
Tino Herrera
Jessica Adams-Weber
Oscar Monterroso
Tino Herrera is the lead pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in Midtown KC.
Oscar Monterroso
Jessica Adams-Weber
Oscar Monterroso
Oscar Monterroso is the CEO and Founder of Tico Sports Productions and color commentator for the Kansas City Chiefs Spanish language broadcast.
Ann Tinsman
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson
Ann Tinsman has been a community volunteer for over 20 years giving her time to children and literacy causes. She is married and has two adult children. She enjoys reading and her favorite book to read to her children was "Going on a Bear Hunt".
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson
Robin has worked in many facets of education over her 30-year career. She is passionate about helping children find their love of reading at an early age, as she did. Her favorite children's book is "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds.
Tom Wright
Robin Wilson
Tom Wright
Tom Wright stepped out of retirement to become the Executive Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer at Children's Mercy Kansas City.