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Roger Hershey - Vice President and General Counsel
Hershey was a member of the Park University Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2004, serving as Board Chair for two years, a member the Executive Committee, and as Chair of the Business and Endowment Committee. He served as the President of Park University Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of the University, and served on its Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006. Hershey received a B.A. from Graceland University, and a LL.M. and a J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He also graduated from the United States Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I., and served four years active duty as a Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Naval Reserve. Hershey received the 2003 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Independence, Missouri. Chamber of Commerce for community service and leadership in the passage of Independence Streets and Parks Sales Taxes in 1997, 1998 and 2003, and the City's Street Excise Tax in 2000. Hershey also received the 2002 Civic Leadership Award presented by the Missouri Municipal League and the mayor of Independence for business and civic leadership in the development of Independence, Mo. An active participant in civic and nonprofit groups, Hershey serves and has served in various leadership roles with the Independence Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board of Directors, the Independence, MO License Surcharge Annual Review Committee, the Parkville, MO Economic Development Committee, the Independence Chamber of Commerce; Independence Citizens for Streets and Parks; Independence Council on Economic Development; Independence Missouri Park Commission; Mid-America Regional Council Metro Green Civic Leadership Board; Rotary International; Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City; Sierra Club; The Jackson County Historical Society; and, The Sierra Club Foundation. Courtney E. Goddard - Assistant General Counsel
Her main areas of focus within the OGC include labor and employment law, discrimination law, commercial transactions, leases, service agreements and policy compliance. Ms. Goddard is an honors graduate of Florida State University, Class of 1997, and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Class of 2000. She is a member of the Missouri, Illinois and Kansas bars.
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Courtney E. Goddard joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2007 as the Assistant General Counsel. She was previously employed at the law firms Blackwell Sanders LLP in Kansas City and Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt PC in St. Louis, specializing in the representation of colleges and universities at both firms. Ms. Goddard has represented higher education clients for more than eight years as outside counsel. She has also represented corporate clients and k-12 education clients, including the Kansas City, Missouri School District.