Pharmacy of Grace Board of Directors
John Yost, PharmD, MBA
John Yost has spent many years in the pharmacy and pharmaceuticals business. After graduating with his pharmacy degree from KU, he worked in a community pharmacy and started a pharmacy in Oklahoma. He eventually sold the business to shift his career to selling pharmaceuticals for Roche Labs
in Topeka. His experience launched a career in managing and training sales people until he was promoted to operations director, and then Regional Manager at Agouron, Warner Lambert and then Pfizer (by acquisition) in the HIV treatment space, where he spent nine years. Yost survived a few more pharmaceutical acquisitions before eventually feeling called to something greater: starting a charitable pharmacy in KCK.
Sara Yost, PharmD, PMP, BCMAS
Medical Information Specialist Team Lead
ProPharma Group.
Doctor of Pharmacy focused on patient care through safe and effective medication use. Information Technology professional, experienced in development, analysis, design and project management. Particularly interested in combining experience and skills to optimize medication-related health outcomes.
Colby Jones
Colby Jones is the Chief Financial Officer at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. He previously worked as Chief Financial Officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters and the KC Ballet. Jones graduated from Kansas State University.
Yolanda Byers
Yolanda Flemming Byers is both a business professional and United Methodist minister. She has diverse expertise in financial services, banking, customer service, telecommunications, and tax examination. After spending nearly six years on staff at Church of the Resurrection (Leawood, KS), in July 2022, Yolanda was appointed to serve as a Senior Pastor at two churches in the Kansas City area. Alongside her business and ministerial endeavors, Yolanda holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wichita State University (with honors) and a Master of Science in Management from Southwestern College.
In July 2018, Yolanda became a full-time, United Methodist Licensed Local Pastor within the Great Plains Conference. She is deeply passionate about community justice and empowering the Body of Christ to positively impact the world! Yolanda currently serves as Senior Pastor at Bristol Hill UMC in Kansas City, KS. Additionally, she is a Master of Divinity student at Saint Paul School of Theology in Leawood, KS. Following her graduation, Yolanda intends to become an ordained elder within the United Methodist denomination.
To relax, Yolanda enjoys reading, traveling, cooking, horseback riding, and spending time with family and friends. She is also involved in community and social organizations; among those, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Yolanda resides in Overland Park, KS and is the mother of two incredible young adults.
Brenda Chumley
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation - Chief Development and Relationship Officer
Brenda is responsible for managing business development at Greater Horizons and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, working to connect with new and existing donors and helping them accomplish their charitable goals.
Brenda played an integral role in developing many community foundation “firsts.” She developed the Community Foundation’s first online grantmaking system before any such product was available to the field. Brenda worked diligently to create a line of back-office services for community foundations across the country, and she established the in-house infrastructure and customer service system for Giving Cards.
Brenda earned her undergraduate degree in business administration from Ottawa University. She has served as a member of the Council on Foundations Leadership Team and has also participated in the Center for Creative
Leadership program.
Michael R. Dunaway
Mike Dunaway has over 40 years of healthcare experience in clinical, hospital administration and trade associations. Most recently, Mike was the senior vice president for the Kansas City Metropolitan Hospital Council – a regional office of the Missouri and Kansas hospital associations – representing 45 hospitals in the bi-state Kansas City region.
Currently, Mike is a health care consultant and serves as the Executive Director for the Conference of Metropolitan Hospital Associations, an affinity group of 19 metropolitan hospital association across the United States. He has undergraduate degrees in allied health education and business administration, as well as a master’s degree in health care administration and serves on a number of not-for-profit boards.
Cathy Harding
Cathy Harding has served in an executive capacity in the nonprofit health sector for more than two decades, having most recently serving as the President & CEO of the Wyandotte Health Foundation before her retirement on December 31, 2023. She has served on numerous nonprofit Boards of Directors and Advisory Committees during her professional career, and brings a wealth of knowledge of the needs and challenges of vulnerable populations to the Board. Cathy has been a strong supporter of Pharmacy of Grace since its inception, and is dedicated to serving the organization’s mission.
DongJoo "DJ" Kim
DongJoo Kim, also known as DJ, is an attorney with MSB Law (Morefield, Speicher Bachman) specializing in business and corporate law. DJ was born and raised as the son of a pastor whose mission was helping homeless elders. His mom is a social worker who currently owns a faith-based nursing home in South Korea. DJ has a heart for others in need due to being raised so immersed in the charitable community and witnessing his parents’ ministry.
DJ received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his law
degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. DJ was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2018 and the Kansas Bar in 2020. During law school, he interned at Kansas Legal Services, where he was introduced to the nonprofit legal practice. Prior to attending law school, he served in the US-South Korea Alliance Special Force, and then worked as a diplomat for South Korea in Dallas, Texas. DJ’s military and government experience helped him learn how to serve his clients with integrity and loyalty.
Ryan Matthews
Sr. Vice President at CHC Consulting, LLC
Ryan Mathews is an experienced Vice President of Operations with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in Sales Management, Contact Centers, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Solution Selling, and Direct Sales. Strong business development professional with a Masters Business Administration (MBA) focused in Finance and Entrepreneurial Business from University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Mary Jane Muchow
Mary Jane Muchow is currently a Therapeutic Area Manager at Genetech, a biotechnology research company.
"As someone who works in the healthcare industry I understand the devastating effects of untreated chronic disease. The need for therapeutic medicine is often denied to those who can’t afford it and they suffer most. Pharmacy of Grace can break the dependence of pharmaceutical acquisition based on cost."
Carlos Salazar
Carlos Salazar is a seasoned non-profit executive with over 25 years experience in government, corporate and nonprofit administration.
Carlos is the Director of Community Engagement for the United Way of Greater Kansas City. His responsibilities include fundraising, allocations, community and government relations.
Prior to the United Way of Greater Kansas, Carlos was the Executive Director of Project Equality a National faith based nonprofit focused on civil rights and the Executive Director of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation focusing on Economic Development initiatives for the Latino community in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
Carlos spent 19 years in the corporate arena with responsibilities in Human Resources with emphasis in EEO, Affirmative Action, Recruitment, Testing, Employment and Compensation. His last eight years were focused on Community and Government Relations.
Carlos currently serves on the following Boards: the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Development Fund, the Loose Foundation, Chairman of the Hispanic Advisory Board to the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Carlos previously sat on several local, state and national level Boards including the State of Missouri’s Children’s Trust Fund, the National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders, the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations, MOCSA, Youth Net, and Guadalupe Center, Inc.
Carlos is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Kansas City with a degree in Sociology and a minor in Criminal Justice.
Liz Sutherlin, R. Ph.
Business Consultant with over 30 years of experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit business segments specializing in general management, coaching and mentoring, strategic planning, team and leadership development and achievement of business results.
