Pete Brownell served on the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees from 2012 to 2015 and rejoined the board in 2021. He was elected as the Foundation’s Vice Chair Central Region, in 2022.

Brownell is the chairman of the board of Brownells, a supplier of firearm accessories, ammunition and supplies, based in Grinnell, Iowa. He is also chairman of the board and CEO of Brownell’s parent company, 2nd Adventure Group.

Brownell earned his bachelor’s in administration and marketing and his MBA from the University of Iowa.

Lora was selected as President/CEO on Feb. 12, 2024, after serving as Interim President/CEO since Aug. 17, 2023. Prior to that position she served as the Foundation’s Director of Operations since November 2018.

As the spouse of an Army officer for more than 24 years, Lora has extensive experience raising her own family in the Army and working with military families and communities. A native Missourian, Lora holds a bachelor’s in business management from the University of Central Missouri. She has worked in school systems in Georgia and Kansas and also has more than five year’s experience in the financial services industry.

Joe Burch has served on the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees since September 2022 and was elected secretary Oct. 11, 2023.

Burch has been president and chief operating officer of CB Construction Services in Paola, Kansas since 2019. Prior to assuming that role he worked up through the ranks in various levels of increasing responsibility, including superintendent, project manager, operations manager and vice president at several construction companies before joining CB Construction Services. He earned his bachelor’s in Construction Engineering Technology from Missouri Western State University.

Terry Lillis has served on the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees since Aug. 7, 2018 and was elected treasurer Aug. 20, 2020.

Lillis retired in 2017 as executive vice president and chief financial officer with the Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa. After serving in the U.S. Army in the Republic of Korea, Terry received a bachelor’s degree from Simpson College. He also received a master’s degree in actuarial science from the University of Iowa. He is a member of both the American Academy of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries.

Rolf Snyder has served on the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees since June 2010 and was elected as the Foundation’s Legal Advisor in September 2022.

Snyder is the German Consul for Kansas and Missouri and, as such, represents the Federal Republic of Germany for his areas of jurisdiction. He is also the president of Real Estate Corporation, Inc. and works extensively with various nonprofits around the country. Snyder’s practice focuses primarily on businesses and not for profit organizations.

Snyder received his MBA and law degree from the University of Kansas and his MIM from ESC Clermont Ferrand, France.

Brig. Gen. Bryan W. Wampler, U.S. Army, Ret., has served on the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees since Aug. 6, 2019. He was elected as chair of the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees on Sept. 22, 2021. He had previously served as the chair of the Resource Development and Human Resource Committees.

Wampler is currently the principal and co-founder of Egerer Wampler, LLC. He is a career reserve component officer and retired with more than 32 years of service in September 2015. He began his Army career by enlisting as a combat engineer in the Kansas Army National Guard. Commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps, he served in the Kansas Army National Guard, Illinois Army National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Wampler graduated from Emporia State University, received a Master of Science from Baker University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Wampler is a proud alumnus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College completing the Combined Arms Service Staff School in 1994, the Command and General Staff Officer Course in 1997, and the Pre-Command Course in 2005.