Board Officers
Kelly Carnago - Chair
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Adam Rossbach - Vice 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.
Adam Rossbach - Vice Chair
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Adam Rossbach - 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
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Eric Morgenstern is an executive communications consultant with a deep passion for childhood literacy. As a young boy, his mom once asked the librarian if it was a problem that almost all the books he chose were about sports. The librarian smiled and said, "...may all of our children have that problem." And yes, he still reads a lot about sports.
Kelly Kerns - Treasurer
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Eric Morgenstern - Secretary
Kelly is a senior principal and architect at Populous and has led projects for 20 NFL teams and numerous collegiate clients throughout his career. His favorite childhood book is The Little Engine That Could.
Board Members
Debbie Ballard
Debbie Ballard
Debbie Ballard
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.
Pascale Henn
Debbie Ballard
Debbie Ballard
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.
Tino Herrera
Debbie Ballard
Tino Herrera
Tino Herrera is a congregational care pastor at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS.
Oscar Monterroso
Oscar Monterroso
Oscar Monterroso
Oscar Monterroso is the CEO and Founder of Tico Sports Productions and color commentator for the Kansas City Chiefs Spanish language broadcast.
Mary Widmer
Oscar Monterroso
Oscar Monterroso
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.
Tom Wright
Oscar Monterroso
Tom Wright
Tom Wright stepped out of retirement to become the Executive Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer at Children's Mercy Kansas City.