Ward Katz

Ward Katz is a former practicing attorney and real estate developer and operates a property management company specializing in multifamily housing. A graduate in English at the University of Wisconsin and with JD and LLM degrees in law from Washington University and the University of Missouri – Kansas City, Ward lives with his wife, Donna, in Prairie Village, Kansas. They have two children and three grandchildren. Ward and his family have been members of Oakwood Country Club and its predecessor for over a century, with his grandfather, Isaac "Ike" Katz having become a member of the Progress Club in 1923. Katz has participated in club activities from camp to swimming and golf and various social and life cycle events throughout his life and, like three others of the extended Katz family, have served as president of Oakwood.
 
Ruth Bigus is a freelance journalist and media relations consultant in Kansas City with a long and highly successful history of working with community nonprofits.