CHILDREN’S CRISIS HOTLINE
816-321-7060
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
816-321-7050800-491-1114
YOUTH CRISIS HOTLINE
816-741-8700888-233-1639
Synergy’s 150-member staff dedicate themselves every day to confronting and overcoming violence in our community. They are led by an experienced group of professionals including:
Robin Shanberg Winner
Co-Executive Director
Robin has provided non-profit management for more than forty-five years and has been at the helm for Synergy Services since 2000.
Dennis Meier, Ph. D.
Co-Executive Director
Dennis is a 30+ year veteran of Synergy Services, serving first as a Family Counselor, then as Director of Therapeutic Services and finally as Associate Executive of Clinical Services before being named Co-Executive Director in 2018.
Executive Committee
Board Chair: Susan M. Casey, Community Member
Vice Chair: Brynn McCan, Curry Real Estate Services
Board Secretary: Amanda Richardson, Grant Thornton, LLP
Board Treasurer: Jim Caniglia, UMB Bank
Immediate Past Board Chair: Michelle Brown, CBIZ
Members at Large
Michael Gabrick, Community Member
Tom Isenberg, Retired Western Extralite President
Lauren Kepler, JE Dunn
Greg Personelli, Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa
Rachel Peterson, Stinson LLP
Ryan H. Powell, O.D., Vision Source Eyecare
Cheryl Givens, Community Member
Jason Bennett, American Century Investments
Mia Scott, Mia Johnae Photography
Dustin Kerr, QuikTrip Corporation, KC Division
Laure Christensen, Park University
Tommy Taylor, Retired from Polsinelli Shughart PC
Wayne Threatt, WBT Strategy Consulting, LLC