The Washburn University Foundation added four members to its Board of Trustees and one member to its Board of Directors.  Joining the Board of Directors is Mark E. Yardley, who has been on the Board of Trustees since 2014 and is currently on the Audit Committee.  Joining the Board of Trustees is George A. Barton, Deanna Smelser-Biesl, Steven W. Weeks and Michael W. Falk, who was also the 2013 Washburn University Alumni Fellow for the School of Business.  Barton was also named an Alumni Fellow in 2011 and received an honorary doctor of law from Washburn Law in 2015. The Board of Directors and Board of Trustees are responsible for managing and garnering private donations to Washburn University.