| Lora S. Cheatum |
Lora S. Cheatum is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer & SVP at Kansas City Southern and the Senior Vice President-Human Resources at The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. Previously, she worked as the Director-Human Resources at Walmart, Inc., Manager-Human Resources at PepsiCo, Inc., Vice President-Human Resources at Evergy Metro, Inc., Director-Field Operations at WellBiz Brands, Inc., and Senior Vice President-Global Human Resources at Layne Christensen Co. She holds an MBA from the University of Kansas and an undergraduate degree from Washburn University. |
| Michael J. Naatz |
Michael J. Naatz is currently a Director at Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City and a Director at Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV. He previously held the position of Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President at Kansas City Southern and The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. Prior to that, he was a Director at Railinc Corp. and served as President & Chief Customer Officer at Yellow Corp. He also held the role of Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at USF Corp. and President at USF Holland LLC. Additionally, he was the Chief Information Officer & Vice President at YRC Regional Transportation, Inc. and the Executive Vice President-Technologies at YRC Worldwide Enterprise Services, Inc. Mr. Naatz holds an MBA from Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois. |
| Robert J. Druten |
Robert J. Druten's current jobs include being the Chairman at Kansas City Southern since 2014, an Independent Director at Alliance Resource Partners LP since 2019, an Independent Director at Alliance Holdings GP LP since 2011, a Director at Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV, a Director at Alliance Resource Management Gp LLC, an Executive Vice President at The Texas Mexican Railway Co., and a Member-Governor at The Real Estate Roundtable. Mr. Druten's former jobs include being the Chairman at EPR Properties from 1997 to 2022, the Chairman at Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., a Director at BHA Group, Inc., a Director at Sonar Entertainment LLC, a Director at American Italian Pasta Co. from 2007 to 2010, a Director at Crown Media Holdings, Inc. from 2000 to 2006, a Director at Smith Electric Vehicles Corp., a Director at Alliance GP LLC from 2007 to 2018, a Director at American Business Services, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Hallmark Cards, Inc. from 1994 to 2006, and the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Crown Media, Inc. from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Druten's education includes an MBA from Rockhurst University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas. |
| Michael W. Upchurch |
Michael W. Upchurch is currently the Chief Financial Officer, Director & EVP at The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. He is also a Director at Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV and an Independent Director at WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. In the past, he served as an Independent Director at Mobile Mini, Inc. and a Director at WillScot Corp. He was also the Senior Vice President-Financial Operations at Sprint Corp. (Old) and Sprint Communications LLC. Additionally, he worked as an Accountant at Pricewaterhouse LLP and as the Senior Vice President-Finance at RED Development LLC. Mr. Upchurch completed his undergraduate degree at Kansas State University. |
| Mitchell J. Krebs |
Mitchell J. Krebs is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Coeur Mining, Inc. He is also the Chairman at the National Mining Association. In addition, he serves as an Independent Director at Kansas City Southern. Mr. Krebs is a Director at The Big Shoulders Fund and President & Director at Coeur Sterling, Inc. Previously, Mr. Krebs held positions as a Director at World Gold Council Ltd. and World Business Chicago. He was also a Director at The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. Additionally, he worked as an Associate at Allied Capital Corp. from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Krebs served as the President of The Silver Institute and was the President of Mine Depot, Inc. from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Krebs obtained an MBA from Harvard University in 1999. He completed his undergraduate degree at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Lu M. Córdova |
Lu M. Córdova is currently the Chairman of Dreamworthy Foundation, an Independent Director at Kansas City Southern since 2010, and the Executive Director at Colorado Department of Revenue since 2019. Ms. Córdova has formerly held positions such as Chief Executive Officer at Acteva, Inc. from 1998 to 2000, Chief Executive Officer at Corlund Industries LLC from 2005 to 2019, and Deputy Chairman at Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from 2002 to 2011. Ms. Córdova has also served as an Independent Director at Euronet Worldwide, Inc., a Director at National Association for Business Economics, a Vice President at S&P Global, Inc., and a Managing Member at Almacen Storage US LLC from 2007 to 2019. Additionally, Ms. Córdova has held positions such as President at CTEK Venture Centers from 2001 to 2005 and President at Techstars Foundation from 2017 to 2019. Ms. Córdova received an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. |
| Lydia I. Beebe |
Lydia I. Beebe is currently the Independent Chairman at EQT Corp., Independent Director at Kansas City Southern, Secretary & Director-Governing Board at San Francisco Symphony, Director at Kansas University Endowment Association, Director at The Lincoln Club of Northern California, Independent Director at Aemetis, Inc., Director at Paxon Energy & Infrastructure, Inc., Director at Rock Center For Corporate Governance Stanford University, Corporate Secretary & Vice President at Texaco Capital, Inc., Trustee at The National Judicial College, Member-Governing Board at the University of Kansas School of Law, and Principal at Libb Advisors LLC. Previously, she served as the Chairman-Stanford Institutional Investors Forum at Stanford Law School, Director at HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., Co-Director-Institutional Investors at Stanford University, Director-Weinberg Centre for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, Director at Presidio Trust, Director at NACD Northern California Chapter, Inc., Director at Society for Corporate Governance, Inc., Director at Council of Institutional Investors, Director at California Fair Employment & Housing Commission, Secretary & Chief Governance Officer at Chevron Corp., Senior Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, Trustee at Golden Gate University, and President at Professional Business Women of California. She holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas. |
| Thomas A. McDonnell |
Mr. Thomas A. McDonnell is a Chairman at ENDI Corp., an Independent Director at Kansas City Southern, a Lead Independent Director at Euronet Worldwide, Inc. and a Member at The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. He is on the Board of Directors at Kansas City Southern, Euronet Worldwide, Inc., CHYF Ltd., Harry S. Truman Library Institute and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Mr. McDonnell was previously employed as a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a Non-Executive Chairman by DST Systems, Inc., a Chairman by The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, and a Chairman by The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. He also served on the board at Blue Valley Ban Corp., Asurion LLC, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (Missouri), Garmin Ltd., Blue Valley Ban Corp., Kansas City Southern, BHA Group Holdings, Inc., Cerner Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Informix Corp., Innovative Software, Inc., Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., MRIGlobal, Puritan Bennett Corp. and The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. He received his undergraduate degree from Rockhurst University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
