2026 Board of Directors

Kansas City Skyline

Officers

Isaac Opole, MD, PhD
Chair
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Charles Orth, MD

Vice-Chair
OSI Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Realene Knolla, DO

Immediate Past Chair
Medrina

John Maschger

Secretary-Treasurer
CFO, St. Mary's Hospital

Margaret Smith, MD

Chair, Charitable Care

Retired - Family Medicine

Karla Juarez

Member At Large

Executive Director, AIRR

Members

Anjalee Carlson, DO, MA

KU - Olathe Medical Center


Wendell Clarkston, MD

St. Luke's Plaza


Ingenue Cobbinah, MD

St. Luke's East


Mark Cole, JD
Spencer Fane


Carole Freiberger-O'Keefe, DO

St. Luke's Health System


Bradley Garstang, MD

President, Kansas City Medical Society

Shoal Creek Primary Care


Edward Higgins, MD
Retired Physician Organization Chair


Naiomi Jamal, MD, MPH

Chief Health Officer

Swope Health


Karla Juarez

Advocates for Immigrant Rights & Reconciliation (AIRR)

Executive Director


Raelene Knolla, DO
Medrina


Marielena Marroquin

CEO, Cultura Consultants KC


John Maschger, FHFMA, CHC
CFO, St. Mary's Hospital







Essence Montgomery, CPA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer, Swope Health


Muhammad Mushtaq, MD

The University of Kansas Health System


Isaac Opole, MD, PhD
The University of Kansas Medical Center


Charles Orth, DO
Orthopedic Surgeons, Inc.


Carlos Pacheco, III, MD
Heartland Primary Care


Beth Radtke
Executive Director, Acrux KC


Jignesh Shah, MD

UniversityHealth - KC


Margaret Smith, MD, MPH

Retired - Family Medicine


Manuel Solano

Director of Behavioral Health, Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center


Rachel Sosland, MD
HCA Menorah


James Stowe, PhD

President and CEO, Center for Practical Bioethics


Karole Bradford (ex-officio)
Chief Executive Officer

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