Our Staff

The Missouri Bar serves the public and Missouri's more than 30,000 licensed lawyers with a full-time staff of nearly 50 people. Various departments within the organization are responsible for such activities as administration, communications, legislation, continuing legal education, minimum continuing legal education compliance and lawyers' assistance services.

The directors and assistant directors are listed below:

Member
Mischa Buford Epps
Mischa Buford Epps
Executive Director
(573) 635-4128
Kent Randall Hopper
Kent Randall Hopper
Associate Executive Director
(573) 638-2239
Shannon Lynn Briesacher
Shannon Lynn Briesacher
MCLE Director
(573) 638-2231
Andrew William Briscoe
Government Relations Director
(573) 659-2280
Jason Cecil
Jason Cecil
Chief Technology Officer
(573) 635-4128
Cody Dickerson
CLE Attorney
(573) 635-4128
Ashley Fishback
Ashley Fishback
Assistant Director of Meetings & Events
(573) 635-4128
Robert Ryan Harding
General Counsel
(573) 638-2253
Hannah Kiddoo Frevert
Hannah Kiddoo Frevert
Communications Director
(573) 659-2294
Andrea D. Koelling
Andrea D. Koelling
Assistant Director of Dispute Resolution Programs
(573) 638-2260
Krista Lepper
Director of Committees and Meetings
(573) 638-2248
Jeff Markway
IT Director
(573) 638-2271
Stacy Parmer
Stacy Parmer
MOLAP Director
(573) 635-4128
Elizabeth Reed
Elizabeth Reed
Diversity & Inclusion Director
(573) 638-2266
Maria Ann Sanders
Maria Ann Sanders
Director of CLE and Member Services
(573) 638-2238
Anthony Simones, JD, PhD
Anthony Simones, JD, PhD
Citizenship Education Director
(573) 638-2250
Kate Stottle
Assistant Director of CLE
(573) 635-4128