MAOPS Central Office Team

Brian Bowles
Executive Director
(573) 634-3415, Ext. 200
Brian has served as MAOPS Executive Director since 2008. He represents MAOPS at all local, state and federal meetings, as well as with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). He also directs legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts. Along with the Association’s president, Brian visits osteopathic district affiliates, colleges of osteopathic medicine and postgraduate programs. He serves as the staff liaison to the Association’s Executive, Legislative, and Leadership Development Committees, as well as various task forces and fast action teams. He is a past president of the Association of Osteopathic State Executive Directors.
Brian has been married to his wife Chris for 34 years. They have four children: Miller, Sam, Elly and Mikaela. When not working, Brian spends his time traveling to be with the kids, reading, hiking, fly fishing, and playing with his dog Aussie.

Chris Bowles
Chief Operating Officer
(573) 634-3415, Ext. 201
Chris wears many hats at MAOPS, serving as the chief operations officer, chief financial officer, database manager, human resources manager and accreditation director. Chris is the jack-of-all trades in the Central Office!
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with Brian and their four children, and gardening, canning, baking, sewing, reading and pursuing family activities.

Jeff Buthod
Director of Education
(573) 634-3415, Ext. 203
Jeff recently joined the MAOPS team as the Director of Education. His background is in education, and he served as a teacher and coach for fifteen years and then as a school administrator for the past twelve years. Jeff is responsible for planning the Midwest Osteopathic Annual Convention (MOAC) as well as planning smaller regional conferences and a variety of special events. He will also lead the Education and Convention Committee in the development and implementation of continuing medical education (CME) programming. Other responsibilities include working with staff from Missouri’s Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine on educational goals and working with the student chapters of MAOPS.
Jeff has been married to his wife Sharla for 29 years, and they have two kids: Blake (24) and Tara (21). He enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, traveling, attending sporting events, exercising, and watching movies.