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2025 Association of Trust Organizations Annual Meeting

Casie Stephens, Associate Director and Bianca Farr, Executive Director are pictured at the Association of Trust Organizations Annual Meeting, gaining insights and building lasting connections.

2025 Mizzou Homecoming Parade

Staff and supporters showing their Tiger pride at the 2025 Mizzou Homecoming Parade! With 30,000 strong in attendance, the energy was electric—full of excitement, loads of candy, and community spirit. A fun time was had by all. Go Tigers!

2025 Boone Center Inc (BCI) Transition Conference

Miranda Martin, Trust Specialist I, and Lilly Vincent Kirubakaran, Trust Specialist II exhibited at the Boone Center Inc (BCI) Transition Conference. The conference focused on the transition period for individuals with disabilities between graduating high school and...

Missouri Coalition for Oral Health – 2023 Conference

MSNT was proud to be a part of the 2023 Missouri Oral Health Policy Conference. Bianca Farr and Jen Homer shared information with conference attendees about the ways MSNT’s Charitable Grant Program plays a part in...

Celebrating a Distinguished Career

It is with sincere gratitude that Midwest Special Needs Trust announces the retirement of its Executive Director Kathy Birkes.  Kathy will be retiring effective February 4, 2023.  We are indebted to her as her vision,...

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Past President

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Past President

Immediate Past President of the Arkansas Bar Association for a few more minutes, Denise Hoggard joins MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes at the 120th ArkBar Annual Joint Meeting with the Arkansas Judicial Council in Hot Springs. [su_spacer size="30"]

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Drawing Winner

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Drawing Winner

Christopher Tolleson, an Arkansas Attorney and previous Juvenile Public Defender, won the drawing for the MSNT canvas bag at the 120th ArkBar Annual Joint Meeting with the Arkansas Judicial Council in Hot Springs June, 2018. Executive Director Kathy Birkes drew the...

MSNT: A Model For the World

MSNT: A Model For the World

In October 2017, MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes traveled as a guest of the University of Hong Kong (UHK) to participate in an international symposium on financial planning for special needs. Kathy joined experts from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Canada,...

2017 MACDDS Annual Conference

2017 MACDDS Annual Conference

Casie Stephens, MSNT Trust Specialist III, at the MACDDS Annual Conference (October 26-27, 2017) at the Tan Tar A Resort in Osage Beach, MO where she presented on special needs trusts and ABLE accounts. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Real Voices Real Choices

2017 Real Voices Real Choices

Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen, Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens, Trust Specialist I Donald Hiatt and Co-Chair of the 2017 Real Voices Real Choices Conference Garrett Lawrence at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, MO August 20-22, 2017. [su_spacer...

17th Annual Family Law Conference

17th Annual Family Law Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens and Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen at the 17th Annual Family Law Conference in Branson, Missouri August 3-4, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Arkansas Bar Association

2017 Arkansas Bar Association

Executive Director Kathy Birkes and Trust Specialist II Mary Lou Hughes providing pooled trust educational materials at the Arkansas Bar Association Annual meeting in Hot Springs, AR June 14-16, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

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