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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Kelle Gilmore, JD, MO-AFCC President
Attorney and Mediator, Burmeister Gilmore LLP Blue Springs, MO |
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Kylee Mattoon, JD, MO-AFCC Vice-President / President-Elect
Attorney, Grant, Miller & Smith, LLC St. Louis, MO |
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Lori Schwartz, PhD, MO-AFCC Treasurer
Psychologist, Counseling Psychologists, LLC Kansas City, MO |
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Chelsey Ortiz, MS, LPC, MO-AFCC Secretary
Director, Domestic Relations, Greene County Juvenile Office & Family Court Springfield, MO |
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Commissioner Gretchen Yancey, MO-AFCC Past-President
Family Court Commissioner, 13th Judicial Circuit Columbia, MO |
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Robert Boedeker, JD
Attorney of Counsel, The Center for Family Law St. Louis, MO |
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Jacque Brazas, JD
Attorney, Brazas Riley Fulton, MO |
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Michelle Frank, MSW, MPA
Social Worker, Mediator, Domestic Relations Services, St. Louis County Family Court St. Louis, MO |
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Jill M. Katz, JD, LPC
Counselor, Jill M. Katz, LLC Kansas City, MO |
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Carol Love, MA, LMFT
Therapist, Mediator, Counseling and Coparenting LLC St. Louis, MO |
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Shelly Renee’ Reece JD, MBA
Attorney, Reece Family Law, LLC, and Defending Your Family Springfield, MO |
Past Presidents
Past presidents of the MO-AFCC chapter have included the following:
- 2024-2025 - Commissioner Gretchen Yancey
- 2023-2024 - Shelly Renee' Reece, JD, MBA
- 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