The National WWI Museum and Memorial

Rebecca Jacobsen Graham spent more than 25 years serving the United States Federal Government in the
Directorate of Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency and as a foreign service officer in the U.S.
Department of State. Her diplomatic assignments spanned Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Today, as the owner of Belinder Oaks, a Kansas City-based consultancy, Rebecca applies her experience as
an executive leadership coach to develop both private-industry and public-service leaders to make a broad,
meaningful impact for themselves, their teams, their organizations, and their communities.

In addition to degrees from Missouri State University and Purdue University and an International Rotary
Scholarship at the National University of Singapore, Rebecca holds a certificate in leadership coaching from
Georgetown University and is certified (ACC) by the International Coaching Federation. She is a native of
Parkville, Missouri.

Ted Place (Chief Development Officer)  has worked in fundraising and community development for more than
20 years; his experience includes time in both community service organizations
and educational institutions, most recently he spent 7 years as Senior Vice
President and Chief Development Officer at Kansas City PBS. Ted is an alumnus of
the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions program and Northwest
Missouri State University. He has served on the boards of the Community
Foundation of Northwest Missouri, Catholic Charities of Kansas City/St. Joseph
and is President of the Northwest Missouri State University Foundation.