Park University Board of Trustees Adds Two New Members

July 2, 2018 — The governing body of Park University — its Board of Trustees — has elected two individuals to serve as members of the Board. W. Ann Hansbrough, J.D., and retired Col. Andrew Shoffner were both elected to serve a three-year term on the board, effective July 1.

W. Ann Hansbrough, J.D.
Hansbrough is an associate circuit judge in the Circuit Court of Platte County, Mo., where her docket responsibilities include felony criminal, civil and juvenile cases. She was appointed to the position in 2014 by then Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, becoming the first appointed female judge in Platte County. She is also a member of the Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Realignment Task Force and has been on the board of directors for the Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges since 2015.

Prior to becoming a circuit court judge, Hansbrough practiced in the law offices of Stout and Hansbrough LLC in North Kansas City, Mo., from 2004 to 2014 with her husband, David Stout. She began her professional career in 1985 as an attorney at Swanson Midgley LLC in Kansas City, Mo., and became the first woman partner in the firm’s history in 1999. While at Swanson Midgley, she founded and directed the firm’s Volunteer Attorney Project, and held stints as director of professional development and director of facilities.

Hansbrough earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, as well as a Bachelor of Journalism degree from MU. She is also a graduate of the first Leadership Northland class through the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce that serves Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

Col. Andrew Shoffner
Shoffner, a retired U.S. Army colonel, serves as a senior consultant for CGI Federal in Leavenworth, Kan., and is a seminar leader at the University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. At the UFMCS, he teaches Red Teaming, which provides commanders an independent capability to fully explore alternatives in plans, operations, concepts, organizations and capabilities in the context of the operational environment.

Shoffner previously served as the garrison commander (city manager) of Fort Leavenworth from 2015 to 2017, stewarding a $65 million budget and managing 700 employees that supported a daytime population of 35,000. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he served 27 years as an armored cavalry officer. His career included four tours in combat (three in Iraq and one in Afghanistan). One of his notable assignments was serving as the director of the Commander’s Action Group for Strategic Initiatives where he advised the commander of the International Security Assistance Force – Afghanistan on U.S. interagency policy development and helped the commander prepare for meetings with the president, the secretary general of NATO, Secretary of Defense and other cabinet-level officials.

Shoffner earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy, and he has three master’s degrees in military history, operational planning and national security studies.