DEPARTMENTS OF THE CONSERVATORY

Office of the Dean

Jim Mobberley - Interim Dean of the Conservatory of Music and Dance
Phone: 816-235-2731
Email: mobberleyj@umkc.edu

Barbara Lutman - Manager of Advancement
Phone: 816-235-6173
Email: lutmanb@umkc.edu

Tom Reed - System Support Analyst-Specialist
Phone: 816-235-2926
Email: reede@umkc.edu

Linda Robbins - Director of Development
Phone: 816-235-1247
Email: robbinsl@umkc.edu

Gailyn Strayer - Business/Fiscal Manager
Phone: 816-235-2731
Email: strayerg@umkc.edu

Anna Armstrong - Administrative Assistant
Phone: 816-235-2966
Email: aba7v7@umkc.edu

Office of Academic Affairs - Recruiting, Admissions and Advising

Jaclyn Swope - Coordinator of Admissions and Recruiting
Phone: 816-235-2743
Email: swopej@umkc.edu

Robert Groene - Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Phone: 816-235-2945
Email: groener@umkc.edu

Crystal Bevell - Student Services Coordinator
Phone: 816-235-2899
Email: bevellc@umkc.edu

Dana Buchanan - Administrative Assistant
Phone: 816-235-2913
Email: buchananda@umkc.edu

James Elswick - Associate Director, Conservatory Admissions
Phone: 816-235-2932
Email: elswickj@umkc.edu

Lee Fowler - Senior Secretary
Phone: 816-235-5209
Email: fowlerlm@umkc.edu

Wayne Nagy - Senior Secretary
Phone: 816-235-2900
Email: nagyw@umkc.edu

Helen Perry - Admissions Coordinator
Phone: 816-235-2956
Email: perryh@umkc.edu

Office of Performance Studies

Robert Beck - Recording Engineer
Phone: 816-235-2948
Email: beckr@umkc.edu

Jason Scheufler - Recording Engineer
Phone: 816-235-2965
Email: jaswv8@umkc.edu

Stephanie Laws - Media Relations Specialist
Phone: 816-235-2799
Email: lawss@umkc.edu

Jane Schaefer - Event Scheduling Coordinator
Phone: 816-235-5222
Email: schaeferja@umkc.edu

Dana Self - Director of Marketing
Phone: 816-235-2949
Email: selfdr@umkc.edu

Kent Swafford - Piano Technician
Phone: 816-235-1379
Email: swaffordk@umkc.edu

Office of Community Music and Dance Academy

Mara Gibson - Manager
Phone: 816-235-2742
Email: gibsonmb@umkc.edu

Cheryl Melfi - Sr. Secretary
Phone: 816-235-2741
Email: melfic@umkc.edu