MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
RISK MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, 2:30 P.M.
Present - Mr. Craig Frazier, Committee Chair (by conference phone)
Mr. Gabriel Gore, Committee Member (by conference phone)
Mr. Gregory Spears, Committee Member (by conference phone)
Ms. Carrie Tergin, Committee Member (by conference phone)
Also Present - Mr. Clifton Smart III, President
Ms. Donna Christian, Director of Internal Audit and Risk Management
Ms. Amelia Counts (by conference phone)
Mr. Ryan DeBoef, Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President for Governmental Relations
Ms. Rachael Dockery, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Steve Foucart, Chief Financial Officer (by conference phone)
Dr. Shirley Lawler, Chancellor, West Plains Campus
Ms. Beverly Miller Keltner, Governor
Mr. William Miller, Student Governor (by conference phone)
Mr. Kyle Moats, Director of Athletics
Dr. Dave Muegge, Director of Health and Wellness Services
Mr. Kendall Seal, Governor (by conference phone)
Ms. Carol Silvey, Governor (by conference phone)
Ms. Suzanne Shaw, Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Dr. Dee Siscoe, Vice President for Student Affairs
Ms. Kristan Gochenauer, Secretary to the Board (by conference phone)
1. Roll Call – Mr. Craig Frazier, Committee Chair, called the Risk Management and
Audit Committee meeting to order at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2019, on the
Missouri State University campus.
2. Approval of Minutes – Mr. Frazier mentioned that the first item of business was the approval of minutes from the June 20, 2019 meeting. Mr. Gregory Spears made a motion, seconded by Mr. Gabriel Gore.
Motion passed unanimously.
3. Closed Meeting – It was determined that the Board of Governors needed to meet in a closed session to consider items of business provided in the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Mr. Frazier asked if a resolution authorizing a closed meeting of the Board was prepared. Thereupon, the following resolution was presented for consideration:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Governors for Missouri State University that a closed meeting, with closed records and closed vote, be held during a recess of the September 30, 2019, Risk Management and Audit Committee meeting of the Board of Governors to consider items of business pursuant to:
A. R.S.Mo. 610.021(3). “Hiring, firing, disciplinary or promoting of particular employee by a pubic governmental body…”
B. R.S.Mo. 610.021(13). “Individually identifiable personnel records, performance
ratings or records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment…;” and
C. R.S.Mo. 610.021(17). “Confidential or privileged communications between a
public governmental body and its auditor,...”
Mr. Gore moved the approval of the resolution and Mr. Spears seconded the motion.
A roll-call vote on the motion was as follows: those voting in favor – Governors Frazier, Gore, Spears and Tergin; those voting against – none.
Mr. Frazier declared the resolution passed unanimously. The open meeting was recessed at 2:35 p.m. to go into closed session.
The open meeting was reconvened at 3:48 p.m.
4. Adjournment – Mr. Frazier adjourned the meeting at 3:48 p.m., on the motion
of Mr. Gore, the second of Ms. Carrie Tergin, and the unanimous approval of the committee.
Kristan Gochenauer
Secretary to the Board