CFO names businesspeople to board, executive committee

Community Foundation of the Ozarks has named three businesspeople to its board of directors for 2013-14 and selected the members comprising its executive committee.

According to a news release, the elected members are:

• Ron Penney, principal with Penney, Murray & Associates, a Springfield-based private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc.;
• Gary Powell, managing partner for Husch Blackwell LLP's Springfield law office and past-president of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; and
• Robin Walker, managing partner for Walnut Capital Management, an independent wealth management firm affiliated with SignalPoint Asset Management.

Serving CFO's 21-member board, the 2013-14 executive committee comprises:

• Chairwoman Gloria Galanes, dean of Missouri State University's College of Arts and Letters;
• Vice Chairman Richard Cavendar, of Rolla, retired director of the Meramec Regional Planning Commission;
• Treasurer Shari Hoffman, senior wealth manager at BKD Wealth Advisors;
• Secretary Roger "Dusty" Shaw, a rancher in Thomasville; and
• Chairwoman-Emeritus Jill Reynolds, vice president at The Commerce Trust Co.

At-large members are Karren Miller, a retired Ozark teacher; Mark Nelson, wealth management adviser at Merrill Lynch in Springfield and chairman of the CFO Investment Advisory Board; and Jami Peebles, senior vice president of Central Trust & Investment Co., according to the release.