By Janice Phelan,
July 14, 2021

Dr. Laurel Hogue, UCM vice provost for online and learning engagement, was recently
named to the Board of Directors.
Hogue has worked for UCM since 2003, serving as vice provost for Extended Studies
for the past six years before being recently named vice provost for online and learning
engagement. Her duties include overseeing UCM operations and workforce programs at
the Missouri Innovation Campus, the university鈥檚 Lee鈥檚 Summit campus. She holds a
BSBA and an MBA degree from UCM, and a doctor of education degree in educational leadership
and policy analysis from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
A Lee鈥檚 Summit resident, Hogue also serves as vice chair for the Lee鈥檚 Summit Medical
Center Board of Trustees, as board member of the Greater Lee鈥檚 Summit Healthcare Foundation,
as chair of Gradforce and as a member of both the Standing Committee for the Keystone
Innovation District and KC Rising鈥檚 People Driving Committee.
Hogue is joining the 17-member Board of Directors and will serve a three -year term.
The Lee鈥檚 Summit Economic Development Council is a public-private sector partnership
devoted to improving the economic well-being of Lee鈥檚 Summit. With an economic base
of more than $2 billion and growing, Lee鈥檚 Summit is the employment epicenter of Eastern
Jackson County in the Kansas City metropolitan area.