2026 Board of Directors

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
BCBS - KS

John Maschger

Secretary-Treasurer
CFO, SNHH

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