Advisory Councils

The Johnson Cancer Research Center has two advisory councils. The Cancer Research & Education Advisory Council, established in 1980, consists of volunteers who provide guidance from the medical, corporate, and private sectors. The Scientific Advisory Council guides K-State's cancer research endeavors. The council members have been valuable team players, and their willingness to provide energy and guidance to the center is greatly appreciated by the center's faculty, students, and staff.

Cancer Research & Education Advisory Council members:

Executive Committee:

• President: Scott Smiley, MD, Emporia, KS
• Vice President: Brian S. Olsen, MD, Overland Park, KS
• Past President: Scott Rottinghaus, MD, Council President-Elect, Dover, MA, Read about Dr. Rottinghaus in our 2022 Conquest magazine.
• Secretary: Hank Doering, MD, Manhattan, KS

Council Members: (in alphabetical order)

• Trent Armbrust, MS, Manhattan, KS
• Webster Cavenee, Ph.D., San Diego, CA
• Bryan Costantino, MBA, MS, Naples, FL
• Leigh Eck, MD, Fairway, KS
• Sherry Fleming, PhD, JCRC Director
• Kent Glasscock, Manhattan, KS
• Jennifer Jackson, MD, FACP, Douglass, KS
• Clifton C. Jones, MD, Topeka, KS
• Robert J. Kinders, PhD, K-State Alumni Fellow, Walkersville, MD, Read about Dr. Kinders in our 2016 Conquest magazine.
• Mary Martell, MBA, Manhattan, KS
• Lorene Oppy, Manhattan, KS
• Kim Rowden, BS, Wamego, KS
• Bill D. Snyder, MA, Manhattan, KS, Read about Coach Bill Snyder in our 2019 Conquest magazine.
• Sarah Young, PhD, New York, NY, Read about Dr. Young on our In Memoriam page.
• Philip Vega, BS, Sierra Vista, AZ

Emeritus (not pictured unless stated)

• Brent Benkelman, DDS, Manhattan, KS
• Former Kansas Governor John Carlin, Manhattan, KS
• Edie Dahlsten, Lindsborg, KS
• R. Clay Harvey, MD, Topeka, KS
• James N. Haymaker, MBA, K-State Alumni Fellow, Key West, FL
• Mary Jo Heyka, RN, Manhattan, KS
• Mike & Elaine Jacobson, PhDs, Fort Worth, TX (pictured) Read about the Jacobsons in our 2013 Conquest magazine.
• Ken Jennison, Salina, KS
• Albert Perry, MS, Potomac, MD
• Ed Petrik, MD, Topeka, KD
• Sandy Regier, Overland Park, KS. Read about the Regier family in our 2016 Conquest magazine.
• James M. and Cibyl C. Ronen, St. John, KS

Scientific Advisory Council

• Frank Blecha, University Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
• Webster Cavenee, Ph.D., San Diego, CA (not pictured)
• Elaine Jacobson, PhD, Co-Founder, President, Chief Scientist, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Niadyne, Inc. Fort Worth, TX
• Bob Kinders, PhD, Director of Pharmacodynamics, Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis, Walkersville, MD (not pictured)
• Beth Montelone, PhD, Associate Vice President for Research, Kansas State University (not pictured)