Jonathan D. Truesdale

Jonathan D. Truesdale

Board Member

Jonathan D. Truesdale of Raymore, Missouri, joined the Board of Curators on July 17, 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Johnson C. Smith University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public & International Affairs and a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law. Truesdale is a licensed attorney in private practice who specializes in criminal defense, probate law and personal injury cases in Missouri and Kansas.

A life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Truesdale previously served on the fraternity’s Middle Western Province Board of Directors and is a recipient of the Middle Western Province’s Most Outstanding Alumni Member award. He is a past president of the Midwesterners Club of Greater Kansas City.

Truesdale’s community service includes serving on the advisory board of the North Kansas City virtual reality business OmniLife VR; the board of directors of the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City; and the board of directors of the Mercury Club of Kansas City. He and his wife, physician Shynda F. Miles, are the parents of two children.