David Anthony Burress, Ph.D.,
President
David Burress studied
at Oberlin and has a Masters in Physics and a Ph.D in Economics from
the University of Wisconsin. He has worked as a computer systems analyst,
a college teacher, and a research economist specializing in state and
local tax policy, economic development, benefit-cost analysis, econometrics,
and state-level transportation modeling. He retired from the University
of Kansas in 2004. He serves on the state and national boards of the
ACLU, and on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission and Metropolitan
Transportation Planning Organization. Many of his publications are available
at http://www.ku.edu/pri/
(search for burress)
Beverley Marshall Worster, MA, Vice-President
After studying at
universities in Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, and California, Bev Worster
taught English and History at middle school, high school, adult, and
college level in Maine, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, California,
and Kansas. Then she became a sheep farmer in rural Douglas County.
She was director of the Land Institute's Matfield Green Consortium for
Place-based Education, administering a three-year Annenberg Foundation
grant for rural schools and conducting extensive K-12 teacher training
workshops in cooperation with Emporia State and KU. She is treasurer
of the Kansas Land Trust, a member of the Douglas County Eco2 Working
Groups, and a board member of the Wetlands Preservation Group. She was
president of the Douglas County Preservation Alliance for 10 years.
Louise Hanson, MLS, Secretary
Louise Hanson graduated from Douglass College (Rutgers University ) and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked as a reference librarian at the University of Kansas Law School and as a library administrator at Baker University Library and Lawrence Public Library. Since 1997, she has been President of the company she established, Hanson Research Services, Inc., that provides research assistance to law firms and businesses nationally. For many years, Louise has been active in progressive organizations, including service as Coordinator of the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice .
Caroljean Brune, MBA, Treasurer
Caroljean Brune
has an undergraduate degree and an MBA from KU. She has also done postgraduate
work in the schools of Social Welfare and Education. Her fields of concentration
were labor relations, macro-economics, and community organizing.
Coursework on organizing took place in an Indian reservation, a migrant
worker camp, a ghetto school, and a community soup kitchen. She is employed
as a Business Manager in KU's Education Administration Department. With
others, she organized the Unclassified Professional Staff Association.
She was twice president of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas
County and State Treasurer. She has been chair of the Lawrence Traffic
Safety Commission. Currently she is Treasurer of the Peggy Bowman Second
Chance Fund, and Treasurer of the Women's Transitional Care Services
Executive Board. She is often a Guest Lecturer in the KU Women's Studies
Department, lecturing on student activism and the February Sisters.
She has been active in the anti-war movement since 1964, currently with
the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice and Kansas Mutual Aid.
Caroljean is the subject of the last chapter in Robbie Lieberman's book,
"Prairie Power: Voices of 1960's," 2004.
Creed Shepard, Web Administrator
A writer, activist and lifetime Douglas County, Kansas native, Creed Shepard has studied at the University of Kansas, Johnson County and largely on his own. He has organized local events for MoveOn, was organizer for the local chapter of Democracy For America, instrumental in putting together a weekend training camp and acted as a precinct coordinator the 2006 election for the pivoting Kansas Democrats. He is currently studying Spanish and working on two research projects; state level policies on energy efficiency and Renewables and examining the relationship between the US electorate and US foreign policy.
Pat Allbrook Bates, MBA
Pat Bates has an
MBA with a Marketing Focus from Webster University. She recently retired
after working nearly 30 years in management, marketing consultation
and nonprofit organizational development and fundraising. She and her
husband are long-time Kansans currently residing in Kansas City, Missouri.
She is a member of the boards of directors of the ACLU of Kansas and
Western Missouri; KC Women's Political Caucus; and Four Freedoms Democratic
Club. She is the a Founding Member and first Advisory Board Chair of
GLAAD-KC.
Maj. Bill Campsey (USARMY,
ret.), MA, MMAS
Bill Campsey was educated at West Point, the Command and General Staff
College in Fort Leavenworth, and Webster University. He lives in Leavenworth.
His research at the Command and General Staff College and in his subsequent
consulting career yielded the following publications: The Forward
Face of Janus: An Historical Sketch of the US Army Experimental Force,
1998; Intuitive Vision Versus Practical Realities in Studies
in Battle Command; The Sioux Wars Atlas: An Illustrated History
of the Sioux Wars between 1868 and 1876; and (with others) Identifying
Critical Factors Affecting Warrior Readiness for Coalition and Collaborative
Teams.
David E. Kingsley, PhD
David E. Kingsley, PhD is currently President and CEO of GRI Research & Training. In his research and consulting capacity he consults with organizations serving youth. His research and publications primarily pertains to the effectiveness of programs serving adjudicated offenders in the juvenile justice system. In addition to juvenile justice, Dr. Kingsley has extensive consulting and research experience in the field of education. He is currently conducting school finance research. His other current activities include collaboration with the National Research Institute at Girls & Boys Town Nebraska on post-treatment effectiveness. His latest peer-reviewed publication reported the reanalysis of an earlier finding pertaining to the post-treatment effectiveness of the Teaching-Family Model group home for juvenile offenders.
Dr. Kingsley has received a BA from San Diego State University, a MS from California State University, Los Angeles, and a PhD from Kansas State University in 1989. In addition to his private research activities, he is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Health and Policy Management at the KU Medical Center. He teaches graduate statistics and research methods.
Doug Walker, MA
With an undergraduate
degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in History from Pittsburg
State, Doug Walker has been active in Kansas politics. He served on
the Osawatomie City Council for four years and in the Kansas State Senate
from 1988 to 1996. He was the ranking minority member of Education and
Public Health and Welfare Committees. In 1996 he was a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor. The KU School of Social Welfare gave him the Kansas
Legislator of the Year Award in 1992. He was the only legislative member
on Governor Finney's Kansas Commission on the Future of Health Care.
He resides in Osawatomie, where he is a high school teacher.
