Officers & Staff

Missouri Restaurant Association
1417 W. 47th Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 816-753-5222
Fax: 816-753-6993

• Buddy Lahl, Chief Executive Officer - buddyl@morestaurants.org
• Pete Babinski, Chief Financial Officer - peteb@morestaurants.org
• Trey Meyers, Director Marketing & Communications - treym@morestaurants.org
• Ashley Klotz, GKCRA Event Coordinator - gkcra@morestaurants.org

Membership & Events
• Bill Gomel, Membership & Events
Phone: 636-498-1451
bgomel@morestaurants.org

​ProStart School-to-Career Program
• John LaRocca, ProStart Coordinator
Phone: 573-356-7308
Fax: 314-391-6522 
jlarocca@morestaurants.org

ProStart School-to-Career Program
• Leone Herring, ProStart Coordinator
Phone: 573-216-7420
Fax: 314-260-7320
lherring@morestaurants.org



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MRA State Board

President
Tony Favazza
Favazza's
5201 Southwest Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
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Vice President
Jon Branstetter
Company Kitchen
8500 Shawnee Mission Pkwy
Merriam, KS 66202

Secretary/Treasurer
Meegan Whitehead
​Anthonino's Taverna
2225 Macklind Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110

​Chairman of the Board
Lydia Melton
Columbia, MO 65201
573-256-1205

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