Our Board of Directors

After graduating from Anderson High School, obtained an A.A. from Joplin Junior College, a B.A. and M.S. from the University of Missouri (Columbia) and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska (Medical Center). He took a faculty position at the University of Kansas Medical Center where he...
Graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Nursing. Employed as Community Health Nurse IV and Administrator of McDonald County Health Department for 44 years. Began the McDonald County Home Health Agency for 22 years, from 1968 to 1990. On the committee that began the OTCCHC, and served ...
Attended Arkansas State in Conway, Arkansas majoring in Business Administration/Secretarial Science. Previous Administrative Assistant of Mid-American Business College and previous Administrative Assistant of Draughon's Business College. Previous Director of Jay Truck Driver Training Center;...
Peggy was educated in the Baxter Springs/Riverton, Kansas school systems. She has five grown children and has resided in the Joplin, MO. area for 39 years.
Kelly farms along with her husband in Barry and Newton counties. She is active in the community and is the daughter of one of ACCESS's founders, Pat Tichenor.
Heather is in the process of sitting for her CPA exam. She is a graduate of Missouri Southern State University and resides in McDonald County with her husband.
Pedro is well-known in the Joplin community for his active involvement in the community and his volunteer work. Mr. Pantoja spent most of his life in international business and currently serves as an international consultant.  He graduated with an agricultural major from the Institute of...
Beth has been a Neosho resident since 2003. Beth and her husband, Greg, have four children whom she homeschooled for 20 years. All of them have graduated or are attending Crowder. In 2008 Beth returned to college and completed her Associate’s in General, Teaching, and Spanish at Crowder while also...

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