June Board Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2006
Contact: Dr. Julio S. León
(417) 625-9501

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) – Dwight Douglas, Joplin, will serve as Chair of the Board of Governors at Missouri Southern State University for the 2006-2007 fiscal year, following the recommendation of a Board Nominating Committee.

Mr. Douglas was appointed to his first term on the Board in 2003 and served as President of the Board in 2004-2005. He was reappointed for a second term February 28, 2006. His second term ends August 2011. Board By-laws were revised and updated last year and titles were changed from President to Chair, and a Nominating Committee selection process was established for appointment of leadership roles.

Mr. Douglas is an attorney in the Neosho law firm of Douglas & Douglas and serves as corporate counsel for Freeman Neosho Hospital. He also has served on the Missouri Safe Drinking Water Commission and is a former member of the Missouri State University Board of Governors. Mr. Douglas received his law and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He filled the position of Stephen P. Carlton, Carthage, who resigned from the Board after he was elected to Associate Circuit Judge Division VI in Jasper County.

The Board also accepted the nomination of Douglas A. Brooks, Ph.D., as Vice Chair.

Dr. Brooks opened a private practice in psychology in Joplin in 1982. From 1979 to 1994 he was director of the Clark Community Mental Health Center (formerly the Barry-Lawrence County Counseling Center). He consults for Elm Acres Youth Home and Police Departments in Carthage and Neosho. He was appointed to the Board in January 2002.

Mr. Douglas succeeds Elizabeth Deffenbaugh, whose term on the Board expires this year. She will continue serving on the Board pending action on a new appointment by Gov. Matt Blunt.
The two assumed their posts at the conclusion of a regular Board of Governors meeting Thursday, June 15.

 

2006-2007 Officers*

• Dwight Douglas, Joplin, Chair (Term expires 2011)
• Douglas A. Brooks, Ph.D., Joplin, Vice Chair (Term expires 2007)
• Nancy Messick, Secretary **
• Rob Yust, Treasurer **

Other Regents:

• Elizabeth Deffenbaugh, Carthage, Past President (Term expires 2006);
• Jane B. Wyman, Alba (Term expires 2008);
• Rod Anderson, Monett (Term expires 2009);
• David Ansley, Springfield (Term expires 2010);
• Charles C. McGinty, D.D.S., Joplin (Term expires 2010);
• David H. Jones, Springfield (Term expires 2011)
  

Board members are appointed by the Governor for six-year terms and assume the leadership posts at the conclusion of the June meeting.

 

** University employees