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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