A Park For All
Campaign & Board Leadership
A Park For All is a Kansas not-for-profit corporation organized in 2006 pursuant to Kansas State Statutes, and is a not-for-profit public charitable foundation. The Park For All was organized for the development of an open and barrier free outdoor recreation environment. The Park For All’s purpose is to support initiatives that make playgrounds available to people of all abilities.
Campaign Leadership
Honorary Chair
Jim Cosgrove “Mr. Stinky Feet”
Steering Committee
David Shepard - Chair
Board Leadership
Executive Committee
Board Chairman
David Shepard
Vice President, National Sales, iHigh Marketing, Inc.
President
Mary Dettmer, BSN, MS,
Nurse Clinician, Maternal/Child Patient Educator, University of Kansas Hospital
Vice President
Leona Therou, MD
Pediatrician, University of Kansas Hospital
Secretary
Jean Porter, MS Special Education
Transition Specialist for students with disabilities, Shawnee Mission Public Schools
Treasurer
Janet Fanska, CPA
Herfordt, Shelton, Mertens & Couch, P.C.
Governing Board
Dan Barry, MBA
Shelia Boerger, OTR/L
Gay Drake, MS Adapted Physical Education
Amy Heinen, MS Physical Therapy
Kathy Kochersperger, PhD Adapted Physical Education
Councilwoman Debbie Kring
Karla Kerschen Shepard, JD
Professional Advisors
Laura Gay, Assistant City Administrator/Director of Finance, City of Mission, KS
Steve Jones, CPSI, Fry and Associates, Inc.
Lynn Kring, Kring Associates, Webmaster
P.J. Novick and Scott Bingham, Bowman Bowman Novick, Inc.
Mike Scanlon, City Administrator, City of Mission, KS
Support Kansas City
Nancy Walterstein, Special Advisor, President of Johnson County Parks & Recreation