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.

advisory council photo of men and women standing and sitting on a couch

Cancer Research & Education Advisory Council members:

Executive Committee:

  • President: Hank Doering, MD, Manhattan, KS
  • Vice President: Jennifer Jackson, MD, FACP, Douglass, KS
  • Immediiate Past President: Brian S. Olsen, MD, Overland Park, KS
  • Secretary: Jennifer Jackson, MD, FACP, Douglass, KS

Council Members: (in alphabetical order)

  • Trent Armbrust, MS, Manhattan, KS
  • Webster Cavenee, Ph.D., San Diego, CA
  • Clifton C. Jones, MD, Topeka, KS
  • Robert J. Kinders, PhD, K-State Alumni Fellow, Walkersville, MD
  • Mary Martell, MBA, Manhattan, KS
  • Steve McCarter, PLA, ASLA, CLIA, Blue Ridge, TX
  • Kelly Mason, CPA, Wichita, KS
  • Ryan J. Rafferty, PhD, Manhattan, KS (Interim Director)
  • Kim Rowden, BS, Wamego, KS
  • Scott Rottinghaus, MD, Dover, MA
  • Bill D. Snyder, MA, Manhattan, KS
  • Philip Vega, BS, Sierra Vista, AZ
  • Sarah Young, PhD, New York, NY

Emeritus (not pictured unless stated)

  • Brent Benkelman, DDS, Manhattan, KS
  • Bryan Costantino, MBA, MS, Naples, FL
  • 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
  • Lorene Oppy, Manhattan, 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

  • Webster Cavenee, Ph.D., San Diego, CA (not pictured)
  • 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)