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Gregory A. Knapp, Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer, was elected to his current position in March 2002. He was previously General Manager of Finance for the Company. During an eighteen-month separation in employment, he held the position of Controller for the Missouri Department of Transportation. Prior to that, Knapp had twenty-two years of service with the Company, beginning as the Director of Auditing in 1978 and in 1983 was named Controller and Assistant Treasurer. Knapp has broad overall responsibility for all aspects of financial planning and reporting, as well as the accounting, tax, treasury, and investor relations activities of the Company.
Knapp received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Missouri Southern State University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Missouri State University.
Throughout his career, Knapp has taken an active role in the community serving on several committees at the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, as a member of the City of Joplin - Board of Adjustment, and the United Way LinkLine Board. Knapp has served as a member and President of the Joplin RVIII Board of Education and is a member and former President of the Joplin Schools Foundation. Mr. Knapp is a member of the local chapter of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants and is a graduate of Leadership Missouri. | 