OUR LEADERSHIP
AMETHYST PLACE STAFF
Executive Team
- Starla Wulf Brennan, Executive Director
- Lauren Clifton-Thompson, Director of Development, lauren@amethystplace.org, 816-343-4037
- Jamila Edwards, Director of Clinical Services
- Sarah Knopf-Amelung, Director of Strategy & Growth, sarah@amethystplace.org, 816-343-4937
- Steven Tucker, Director of Housing
Administration
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Randi Cagle, Org. Design Specialist
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Lauren Euritt, Financial Accountant
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Katie Van Hove, Fractional CFO
Clinical Services
- Erin Hestand, Senior Family Empowerment Manager
- Jill Hanlin, Family Empowerment Coach
- Jerry McNeal, Family Partnerships Manager, jerry@amethystplace.org, 816-231-8782
- Olivia Deeken, Clinical Therapist
- Mollee Flores, Senior Family Empowerment Coach
- Angel Harris, Family Empowerment Coach
- Latrese Kabuya, Clinical Innovation Manager
- Monique Taylor, Family Empowerment Coach
- Tonille Williams, Family Empowerment Coach
Housing
- Eboney Allmon, Housing Navigator, eboney@amethystplace.org, 816-226-4667
- Gina Green, Supportive Housing Manager
- Michael O’Neill, Housing Coordinator, michael@amethystplace.org, 816-652-2485
Strategy & Growth
- Ashley Rudd, Philanthropy & Communications Manager, ashleyr@amethystplace.org, 816-200-0384
Office hours are generally Monday – Friday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.
The Amethyst Place Board consists of leaders from the public and private sectors who are committed to our Noble Cause. Current Board members are listed below:
- Vladimir Sainte’, Board Chair, University Health Behavioral Health
- Kathryn Evans, Board Vice-Chair, Rooted Strategy
- Dr. Angela Gist-Mackey, Board Secretary, University of Kansas
- Sara Beth Burton, Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee, Hallmark
- Jasmin Avakyants, Creative Consultations
- Liz Bean, REVILO: A Liz A. Bean Salon/Alumni
- Randy Bennett, Rawhide Harley Davidson Olathe
- Yvonne Brewington, Research Medical Center
- Erica Handley, Operation Breakthrough/Program Council
- Alexandria Murnan, Travois
- Emily Parish, University Health Foundation
- Angela Stamate, University Health/Alumni
- Brooke Runnion, Lockton Companies
- Barbara Anne Washington, MO State Senator, District 9
- Brittani Williams, Jackson County Family Treatment Court/Program Council
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