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.
For membership or volunteer information, send an e-mail to
Will Hodgkinson.
Board Members:
Bob Chien - President of the Board, President of Kansas City-Xi’an Sister City Committee
John Phillips - Executive VP, Partner, HuschBlackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
Jeannette Nichols - VP - Community, Miller Nichols Foundation
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
Don Breckenridge -Director, General Manager, InterContinental Hotel
Fang Shen - Director - Legal, Attorney at Law, HuschBlackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
Jingsong Zhang - Director
Advisory Board for 2010:
Yijing Brentano - Sprint, Vice President
Tammy Breitenbach - Catalyst Partners, President
Marcia Cooper - Web Page
Linda Hanley - Photographer
Dan Gilbert - Photographer
Donna Kelke - Banquet
Mary Edith Lillis - Dragon Boat and Lantern Committee
Kile Morrison - GLMV Architecture, Inc.
Michael Newby - Web Page Host, Sponsor and Computer Advisor
Mike Newburger - Newburger Foundation
Gary Pettett - The Edgar Snow Memorial Fund Board President
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