About MO-AFCC
The Missouri Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (MO-AFCC)
The Missouri Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (MO-AFCC) was founded in 2003 by a committee of professionals who sought to bring the kind of cutting-edge educational programs for which AFCC is famous to our state.
MO-AFCC has always striven to make its events accessible to members at the grassroots level. The chapter's signature free brown-bag seminars, called "Lunch and Learns," take place in St. Louis and Kansas City on a quarterly basis and less frequently in Columbia and Springfield.
In addition, in 2004 MO-AFCC began offering a yearly spring conference featuring a nationally-known speaker in the field of high-conflict family court cases. Past conference presenters have included Christie Coates, Robin Deutsch, Joan Kelly, Marsha Kline Pruett, Leslie Drozd, Larry Fong, Arnie Shienvold and Mindy Mitnick.
Download a copy of the MO-AFCC Chapter bylaws.
MO-AFCC has always striven to make its events accessible to members at the grassroots level. The chapter's signature free brown-bag seminars, called "Lunch and Learns," take place in St. Louis and Kansas City on a quarterly basis and less frequently in Columbia and Springfield.
In addition, in 2004 MO-AFCC began offering a yearly spring conference featuring a nationally-known speaker in the field of high-conflict family court cases. Past conference presenters have included Christie Coates, Robin Deutsch, Joan Kelly, Marsha Kline Pruett, Leslie Drozd, Larry Fong, Arnie Shienvold and Mindy Mitnick.
Download a copy of the MO-AFCC Chapter bylaws.
Board of Directors
A committed group of professionals from across the state serve as board members for MO-AFCC.
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Shelly Renee’ Reece JD, MBA, MO-AFCC President
Attorney, Reece Family Law, LLC, and Defending Your Family Springfield, MO 417-881-0881, [email protected] |
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Gretchen Yancey, JD, MO-AFCC Vice-President/President-Elect
Shareholder, VanMatre Law Firm, PC Jefferson City, MO 573-636-2177, [email protected] |
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Kelle Gilmore, JD, MO-AFCC Treasurer
Attorney and Mediator, Burmeister Gilmore LLP Blue Springs, MO 816-373-5590, [email protected] |
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Kylee Mattoon, JD, MO-AFCC Secretary
Associate Attorney, Grant, Miller & Smith, LLC St. Louis, MO 314-721-6677, [email protected] |
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Shannon Sorensen, JD, MO-AFCC Past-President
Partner, Lawson Jadric Sorensen, LLC Kansas City, MO 816-524-3838, [email protected] |
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M.J. Crawford, MAEd
Domestic Relations Services, Family Court of St. Louis County St. Louis, MO 314-615-8045, [email protected] |
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Kevin Chafin, MA, LPC
Counselor and Mediator, Kevin Chafin, LPC, Inc. Kansas City, MO 816-674-4782, [email protected] |
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Robert Boedeker, JD
Attorney, Co-Manager Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's Lasting Solutions Family Law Program St. Louis, MO 314-256-8703, [email protected] |
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Nicole Pace, LCSW
Mediator, Divorce Coach, and Parenting Coordinator, Pace Mediation St. Louis, MO 314-300-9873, [email protected] |
Past Presidents
Past presidents of the MO-AFCC chapter have included the following:
- 2022-2023 - Shannon Sorenson, JD
- 2021-2022 - MJ Crawford, MAEd
- 2019-2021 - Kevin J. Chafin, LPC
- 2018-2019 - Simone A. Habersock, JD, LLM
- 2017-2018 - Charlene Berquist, PhD
- 2015-2017 - Richard Scott, PhD
- 2014-2015 - Art Nissenbaum
- 2012-2013 - Rachael Kennedy
- 2011-2012 - Michelle Henry
- 2010-2011 - Mercedes Fort
- 2008-2010 - Norman Steimel
- 2007-2008 - Jane Rippetto
- 2006-2007 - Larry Swall
- 2005-2006 - Andrea Clark
- 2004-2005 - Ellen Cowell
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.”
~Anthony Brandt