As vice president of Education, 
Munro Richardson advises the Foundation on strategic program initiatives and new opportunities related to youth education. He also assists with the Foundation's civic engagement in Kansas City. Richardson helped to develop several major new programs, including Kauffman Scholars and the Foundation’s math and science education initiative. Previously, he was deputy director of Kauffman Scholars, Inc., where he worked with the Scholars team during its demanding startup phase to guide the program's administration, operations, and finances.
From 1996 to 1998, Richardson served as a legislative assistant for former Kansas Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum and a professional staff member on the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate for former Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. From 1998 to 2000, Richardson was manager of donor initiatives at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, where he was responsible for several community leadership initiatives. From 2000-2002, he was co-founder and vice president of BCT Partners, a strategic management, technology, and organizational development consulting services firm that works with government agencies, corporations, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and educational institutions.
Richardson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kansas where he received a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures (highest distinction); an MA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow; an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar; and currently is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.