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Debra Box
Executive Director
Debra brings a diverse skill set that includes organizational and board development, fiscal management and information management, and fund development. During her nine years at SKC, she has developed tools to help agencies better focus on their strategies and effectively monitor and report their outcomes. Debra provides executive coaching to our clients’ leadership teams including assisting them with their board development and strategic planning. Debra has degrees in Business Administration from the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration and a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Ottawa University and has received advanced board training for consultants from BoardSource.
Debra is a frequent presenter to the nonprofit community and has served as adjunct professor at both Hauptmann School of Public Affairs at Park University and Ottawa University. She is currently developing the board training curriculum on behalf of Nonprofit Connect. Debra has been active in both the not-for-profit and for-profit community, including serving as vice president for a community developer and database manager for St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation. In 2010, Debra was named one of Kansas City’s Influential Women by the Kansas City Business Magazine. |
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Lisa
Boos
Payroll Specialist
Lisa has experience in individual financial planning, retirement
plans, and as an auditor. She has also earned her Series 6
and 63 licenses. Lisa graduated from Kansas State University
where she earned a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in
Family Studies and Human Services with an emphasis in Family Financial
Planning. Lisa is active in the running community and with
her nonprofit running/walking club as well as other nonprofit organizations.
Lisa joined SKC in 2006. |
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Lynda Charles
Bookkeeper
Lynda has 25 years
of payroll, commission and accounting background. Her experience
includes 19 years with an insurance agency as an Office Manager
and 5 years as a Commission/Accounting Manager of a local Broker/Dealer.
In addition to her extensive accounting background, Lynda has received
training through the Professional Bookkeeper Program from the Universal
Accounting Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Lynda began working
for SKC in 2007. |
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Katrina Gronniger
Bookkeeper
Katrina has worked over the last eight years in the accounting
department of a local audio/video systems integrating company.
That experience gained her the knowledge of accounts receivable, cash
management, month end closing and accounting reporting. She
has over ten years of experience working in a multi-client environment.
She began her college education at Maple Woods Community College
and will be continuing her studies in accounting this fall.
Katrina joined SKC in 2007. Katrina is a Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor.

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Wendy
Kor
Accounting Specialist
Wendy has 15 years of work experience in accounting in
a small business environment and in the public accounting arena.
She has also served in a volunteer capacity for a variety of Kansas
City nonprofits. She has worked with all aspects of general
accounting, as well as tax preparation, payroll, and database management.
Wendy is a graduate of the University of Kansas where she earned
her B.A. in Political Science and a Masters in Business Administration.
She joined SKC in 2005. Wendy is a Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor.

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Pam Lander
Client Support Team
Pam has worked as an office manager in the public school
system, in city government administration, in the health insurance
industry, and in the human relations field. She has experience in
marketing and has worked as a copy editor for Tyndale House Publishers
in Chicago and for Peachtree Editorial Service in Atlanta. Pam has
a B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of Memphis.
She began working for SKC in 2002. |
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Elizabeth Liddle
Client Accountant
Elizabeth has a B.S. in Anthropology and German from Albion
College and two years of graduate studies in Ethnology at the University
of New Mexico. After living in England for four years, she relocated
to Oregon where she worked with a bank holding company and pursued
accounting degrees at Southwestern Community College and Linfield
College. As a licensed CPA, she has worked for Moss Adams, LLP in
Oregon and Miller Haviland Ketter PC in Kansas. Elizabeth's tax and
audit experience includes for-profit, non-profit, and governmental
entities. She is a licensed C.P.A. in Oregon, Kansas and Missouri;
and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
She is an avid reader and a less than avid gardener. Elizabeth joined
SKC as a full-time Client Accountant in June 2005. |
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Francie Mayer
Client Accountant
Francie
has six years experience in public accounting working for CPA firms
in Wichita , Kansas. While there she performed financial statement
audits and reviews for manufacturing, construction, and professional
service companies, as well as not-for-profit organizations. She
also provided corporate, individual, and nonprofit tax preparation
services. Prior to her accounting career, she worked five years
as partner/manager in a Wichita travel agency. She received her
Masters in Accounting from Wichita State University in 1993, her
CPA certificate in 1997, and is licensed to practice in Kansas.
Francie has been a member of the Kansas City Ballet Guild for three
years, and currently serves as Vice President of Membership. She
joined the Support KC staff in 2005.
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Kassie
Sands
Fund Development Specialist
Kassie
has ten years of experience working with social service and
nonprofit businesses, including as a case manager for the Greater
Kansas City Foundation and volunteering with Big Brothers and Big
Sisters, the Alzheimer's Association and Headquarters Counseling
Center. For the last four years, Kassie has provided assistance to over 30 nonprofit clients in fund development;
including fund development planning, special events, grant writing, database creation and management, and donor
communications such as annual appeal mailings. Kassie completed
major course work toward a B.A. in English Literature at the University
of Kansas, and received her B.S. in Organizational Management and
Leadership from Friends University. She earned her Certificate in Fundraising from the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership. She serves on the
board for YNPN of Kansas City and is a member of the AFP Mid America
Chapter. She joined SKC in 2007.
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Leslie
Taylor
Bookkeeper
Leslie
recently graduated from the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and
Public Administration where she earned a B.S. in Accounting. She
is a native of Kansas City and has over 5 years in customer service.
Leslie also has certifications in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
She plans to go back to graduate school to pursue a Masters in Accounting
and thereafter, take the C.P.A. Exam. Leslie began working for SKC
in 2010. Leslie is a Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor.
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Cristina
Vargas
Client Support Team
Cristina has been working
in the Kansas City metropolitan area for the last 15 years providing
social work services in the following roles: Parent Educator with
the Parent as Teachers program; Family Advocate with the Kansas
City Healthy Start program; Case Manager for El Centro Inc.; and
most recently, Accounting Clerk for El Centro, Inc. Cristina
is fluent in speaking and writing the Spanish language. She
earned a Diploma in Accounting from Brown Mackie College and a B.F.A.
from the University of Lincoln Nebraska. She is experienced
in accounting, payroll, and database softwares. Cristina joined
SKC in 2007. |
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