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JENNIFER McNIEL It’s impossible to overstate the importance placed on patient satisfaction at The University of Kansas Health

grad, got married at Union Station, works as a commercial/construction-law litigator as a partner at Stinson, LLP. There, he has a national practice representing businesses in state and federal courts across the country. “During the last 13 years,” he says, “I have represented companies in all sorts of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and other business tort matters. I represent some of the firm's largest clients, including Koch Industries and Mitsui.” For clients, it is money well spent: Last year, for example, his team obtained a $16 million judgment against a real-estate developer in New York, and he’s been named to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list and noted by Missouri Lawyers Weekly as an Up and Coming Attorney. Right out of law System, and that starts at the bedside with the nursing staff. There, Jennifer McNiel makes an over-sized impact on one of the region’s biggest employers as director of nursing excellence and the Magnet program. “My primary responsibility is to work hand-in-hand with leaders throughout the health system to ensure the organization retains Magnet designation and the nursing centric culture that Magnet promotes,” McNiel says. Magnet recognition is the most prestigious and highest nursing designation in the world—fewer than 10 percent of the nation’s hospitals can claim that designation. “I led the organization to receive its fourth designation in August 2021, putting TUKHS in the elite 2 percent of hospitals who hold the

school, he went to work for engineering firm Terracon, then did a stint at Kutak Rock before aligning with Stinson in 2018. “I grew up in Kansas City, so this community is important to me,” says Moderson. Indeed, he and Elyssa met at Union Station and were married there, and now have two sons, Matthew and Thomas. Off the clock, he’s a longtime supporter of Newhouse domestic-vio lence shelter, where he served on the board of directors from 2014 through 2019, including a stint as its treasurer, and supported various fundraising ini tiatives, such as guest bartender for its Worthy Pop-up Bar in 2023 and 2024. At home, in addition to football, tennis, and biking with the boys, he coaches his older son's flag football team. designation four or more times,” she says. She also supports nursing recruitment and retention efforts, including the launch of a Nursing Extern Program, the creation of a nursing recruitment and retention fund of more than $150,000, and the launch of a Nursing Center of Excellence. At 37, she earned this year’s Early Career Achievement in Nursing Alumna award from KU. “I am most passionate about connecting with people,” says this Kansas City native. “Through relationships, I believe we can embrace vulnerability—the element that fuels connection and growth.” She and her high-school sweetheart, Dave, have three children—Macy and identical twin girls Payton and Madison, the focus of her coaching and PTO activities.

MATT MODERSON Matt Moderson, 38, is about as hometown as it gets in Kansas City: Rockhurst High grad, UMKC law school

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