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 Executive Director (573) 635-4128 mepps@mobar.org
Kent Randall Hopper Associate Executive Director (573) 638-2239 khopper@mobar.org
Shannon Lynn Briesacher MCLE Director (573) 638-2231 sbriesacher@mobar.org
Andrew William Briscoe Government Relations Director (573) 659-2280 abriscoe@mobar.org
Jason Cecil Chief Technology Officer (573) 635-4128 jcecil@mobar.org
Cody Dickerson CLE Attorney (573) 635-4128 cdickerson@mobar.org
Ashley Fishback Assistant Director of Meetings & Events (573) 635-4128 afishback@mobar.org
Robert Ryan Harding General Counsel (573) 638-2253 rharding@mobar.org
Nicole R. Hillen Assistant Communications Director & Editor (573) 638-2276 nhillen@mobar.org
Hannah Kiddoo Frevert Communications Director (573) 659-2294 hkiddoo@mobar.org
Andrea D. Koelling Assistant Director of Dispute Resolution Programs (573) 638-2260 akoelling@mobar.org
Krista Lepper Director of Committees and Meetings (573) 638-2248 klepper@mobar.org
Jeff Markway IT Director (573) 638-2271 jmarkway@mobar.org
Stacy Parmer MOLAP Director (573) 635-4128 sparmer@mobar.org
Elizabeth Reed Diversity & Inclusion Director (573) 638-2266 ereed@mobar.org
Maria Ann Sanders Director of CLE and Member Services (573) 638-2238 msanders@mobar.org
Anthony Simones, JD, PhD Citizenship Education Director (573) 638-2250 tsimones@mobar.org
Kate Stottle Assistant Director of CLE (573) 635-4128 kstottle@mobar.org