Trulaske Honors

Head of School (retired), Atlanta Girls’ School

Pinney Allen has been a 40-year leader in the Atlanta legal, educational and philanthropic community.

When she joined Alston & Bird in 1979, she was its 77th lawyer and eighth woman. She participated in and helped lead its growth to a national law firm of more than 800 professionals with numerous offices, serving in various leadership positions, including being a member of and chairing its executive committee, leading its tax practice, and being an early pioneer for improving diversity and developing practices to support women professionals. Pinney concentrated her practice on complex business transactions in the telecommunications, real estate and agri-business industries.

After more than 28 years of successful law practice, Pinney — drawn by her passion for issues affecting women and girls and education — resigned and accepted the position of head of school at Atlanta Girls’ School, a 6-12 grade, non-sectarian, independent school and one of the most racially and socio-economically diverse schools in the country.

When she left the school in 2012, Pinney carried her passion for issues affecting women and girls and for education into her community. She has served on the boards of the Atlanta Symphony, the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Breakthrough Atlanta (part of a national network of organizations serving promising under-resourced children to put them on a path to college), the advisory board to the president of Truman University, the dean’s advisory committee at the Trulaske College of Business, Atlanta Fulton County Library Foundation and the Lovett School. Pinney is active in Democratic politics and chairs voter protection for the Democratic Party of Georgia.

Pinney grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa, and Columbia, Missouri, and graduated from Mizzou's University High School in 1972. She attended Harvard University, graduating with an AB in economics, summa cum laude, and a JD, cum laude. After 40 years in Atlanta, Pinney recently moved with her husband, Charles “Buddy” Miller, to Pebble Beach, California. Pinney has two adult daughters — one in Los Angeles and one in New York. Her brother, W.D Allen, is a Trulaske faculty member.

Director of Financial Systems (retired), Bi-State Development

Steven Lanham is one of nine children born and raised by Gene and Trudy Lanham of Ballwin, Mo. He met his wife and co-donor, Gina Tutera, in 1986 in Columbia. Both are graduates of Mizzou — he received both a bachelors and masters in Accountancy, and she was a graduate of the Sinclair School of Nursing. They were married in Columbia in August 1989.

After graduation, both pursued careers in the St. Louis area — Steven working for the Bi-State Development Agency and Gina as a registered nurse for St. John's/Mercy Hospital. Both were staunch supporters of the University of Missouri and attended sporting and academic activities for many years. They lived in St. Charles, Missouri, where they took care of aging parents and siblings.

Gina was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and eventually succumbed to it in May 2015. Steven retired from Bi-State Development in August 2018 and still resides in St. Charles.

Vice President and Chief Tax Officer, Leggett & Platt, Inc.

Chuck Hutchins is vice president and chief tax officer for Leggett & Platt, Inc., a publicly traded S&P 500 global diversified manufacturing company headquartered in Carthage, Missouri.  Leggett operates 120 facilities in 18 countries and employs nearly 22,000 people worldwide. Chuck leads all aspects of Leggett’s tax operations around the world and has significant expertise in federal, state, local and international income taxes; U.S. and foreign indirect taxes; accounting for income taxes; and tax planning and strategy. Before joining Leggett in 2006, he spent more than 20 years in public accounting, mostly with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles and San Jose, California.

Chuck has obtained extensive project management skills over his career and is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.  He is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in both California and Missouri, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants.  He serves on the tax policy council for both the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, and is a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the Tax Executives Institute.

Chuck serves on the board of the Southwest Missouri Chapter of the Mizzou Alumni Association, the Jasper County Council of University of Missouri Extension, the Trulaske Dean’s Advisory Board, and Mizzou’s School of Accountancy Advisory Board.

Chuck graduated from MU in 1984 with a bachelor of science in accountancy degree.

Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Doug is the national leader of PricewaterhouseCooper’s International Tax Services (ITS) practice in the United States and a principal in the Washington National Tax Services group. Doug was formerly the national co-leader of the U.S. Integrated Global Structuring practice, working with large multinationals on deal structuring and reorganizations.  He was also the national ITS leader for the retail and consumer industry sector.  In all of these roles, he has provided tax consulting services for acquisitions, dispositions, structuring of tax efficient business models, intellectual property planning, integrated foreign holding companies and treasury management structures.   Doug is a frequent author and lecturer, as well as a member of the advisory board for the International Tax Journal.  He is a member of the American Bar Association (Taxation Section) as well as the bars of the State of Missouri and the State of Illinois. He has more than 15,000 followers across social media platforms and hosts the Doug McHoney leadership channel on YouTube and the biweekly podcast Cross-Border Tax Talks.

Doug is a third generation Missouri Tiger. He holds a bachelor of science in accountancy and juris doctor from MU. 

Retired Partner, BKD, LLP

Doug retired in 2012 after 33 years with BKD, LLP. At the time of his retirement, he was the accounting and auditing director over the Oklahoma practice unit of BKD. His responsibilities included overseeing audit quality, assisting engagement teams in resolving complex accounting and auditing technical matters, and performing technical reviews on complex engagements. Doug served on the firm’s Accounting and Auditing Committee and was a firm-designated reviewer for engagements in the healthcare and governmental industries.

Doug has been active in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, community, serving on the board of directors of the Eastern Oklahoma Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, as board member and treasurer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green Country, and as board member and treasurer of the Jenks Trojan Football Booster Club.

He has stayed connected to Mizzou through life membership in the Mizzou Alumni Association. He is a member of the Davenport Society, a fellow member of the Jefferson Club and a member of the MU Legacy Society.

Doug is a 1979 graduate of MU, where he earned a bachelor of science in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. Doug and his wife, Angie, live in Tulsa and are the parents of five children.

Strategic Initiatives Director, Empower Retirement

Sophia started her career at JP Morgan, where her first deal was orchestrating JP Morgan’s sale of their retirement plan services division to Empower Retirement, creating the number two retirement plan provider in the nation.  She now works for Empower as the director of strategic initiatives, reporting to the executive vice president.  She is responsible for mergers and acquisition strategy, investor relations and executive communications.  Sophia currently serves as the youngest director at Empower. 

Sophia graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri with dual emphasis in finance and banking, as well as real estate.  While at Mizzou, she served in leadership roles in a variety of organizations, including as a campus tour guide, a Trulaske ambassador, managing director of the Allen Angel Capital Education Fund, an Alternative Breaks site leader and as a member of the Mizzou Homecoming Steering Committee.  In addition, she was a member of the prestigious Cornell Leadership Program, a Walton Scholar, a secret society president, a Mizzou 39 recipient and Greek Week Queen.  Her Mizzou career was capped off by being named as one of five most influential students on campus, a top five graduate in both of her emphasis areas and outstanding senior in her College of Business graduating class.

Sophia currently gives back to Trulaske by serving as president of the Recent Alumni Advisory Board, where she has coordinated and executed a five-year plan in line with Dean Vinze’s vision for the college.  She also remains actively involved with her sorority, Kappa Delta. 

Sophia is the daughter of James and Mary Ann, and sister to Theresa and Julia.  Sophia is a devoted Mizzou sports fan, and goes to at least one away game with her father every season.   

Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, University of Missouri system

Ryan Rapp joined the University of Missouri System in 2010, working primarily in the areas of accounting, finance and audit. He has responsibility for the university’s $3 billion budget and its endowment and retirement trust fund. Under his direction are the university’s financial planning, treasury, investment, accounting, procurement, facilities planning and design, real estate, internal audit, and risk and insurance management. He regularly presents to academic leaders and finance staff across the four campuses of the University of Missouri on higher education, budgeting and finance.

Sales Director, B2B Verticals, AT&T

Michael currently leads the B2B Verticals Organization, a team focused on inside business development and inside mobility sales across AT&T Business. In 2019, he led the formation of this organization and his team has grown to 140 sellers and 14 sales managers operating across every one of AT&T’s business segments (small, mid-market and enterprise).  He and his team are transforming AT&T's inside sales strategy, establishing a healthy funnel and a long-term vitality plan for his partner sales organizations.

Michael began his career with AT&T shortly after graduation with its Business Sales Leadership Development Program in Atlanta. Upon completion of the 6-month program, Michael relocated to Boston, where he held several business-to-business sales positions, including being selected to participate in a leading-edge mobility marketing pilot program.

In August 2015, Michael was promoted to a project management role in sales execution, located in Dallas. Having gained insight into both sales execution and front-line sales, Michael transitioned to a sales management role, responsible for leading a team in the North Texas market, supporting 12 sellers and a $200 million book of business across AT&T's headquarter market in Dallas.

Michael received a BSBA in marketing with a certificate in sales and customer development in May 2013.