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About The Society For Friendship With China, Inc

The Society for Friendship with China, Inc. was formed in 2004 as a 501 (c) (3) organization for the purpose of officially conducting friendship activities, trade, tourism and educational exchanges, and for promoting better understanding between the people of China and the Kansas City Metropolitan area. Our most immediate goal is to provide a better understanding of Chinese culture in Kansas City by holding the Annual Kansas City International Dragon Boat Festival along Brush Creek and by providing a Chinese New Year or Spring Festival Banquet each Lunar New Year. Our long term goal is to develop a Chinese Garden in Kansas City. You can learn more about these projects under separate headings on the homepage.

The Society for Friendship with China, Inc. is run by a Board of Directors that meets on January 17, 2008, May 22, 2008, August 21, 2008, and October 16, 2008.

For membership information, send an e-mail to Will Hodgkinson.


Board Members:

Bob Chien - President of the Board, Quality Printing (Retired)

John Phillips - Executive VP, Senior Partner, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

Jeannette Nichols - VP - Community, Miller Nichols Foundation

Bill French - VP - Finance, UMKC (Retired)

Joan J. Horan - VP - Corporate, Vice President, DST Systems

Joyce Cox - VP - Grants, President of US - China Peoples Friendship Association

Christopher Graham - Treasurer, CPA, Graham and Associates

Will Hodgkinson -Secretary, Penn Valley College

Teresa Chien -Director- Culture, China Commissioner of Ethnic Enrichment

Paul Lillig - Director - Logistician, Operations Director of Dragon Boat Festival

Fang Shen - Director - Legal, Attorney at Law, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

William M. Tsutsui -Director - Education, President, Confucius Institute

Jinsong Zhang - Director -Youth Service, Web designer

Advisory Board for 2007 -2008:

Homer Erekson - UMKC Block School of Business, Dean

Dan Gilbert - Activity Sponsor and Photographer

Donna Kelke - Banquet

Mary Edith Lillis - Events

Kile Morrison - Dragon Boat Festival

Mike Newburger - Activity Sponsor

Gary Pettett - Snow Funds

Patrick Randolph - UMKC Law School, China Great Wall award winner

Mike Searcy - Rotary Club Liaison

Dan Stoll - UMKC, New Year Scholarship

Tammy Wang - KCCA



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