2011-2012
All Board terms are for one year running Sept. 2011- Sept. 2012
Officers
Clyde McQueen, Chairman
President & CEO
Full Employment Council
Mike Chesser, Immediate Past Chair
Chairman & CEO
Great Plains Energy, Inc./KCP&L
Bridgette Williams, First Vice Chair
Deputy Director
The Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City
Tom Trabon, Second Vice Chair
President
Trabon Consulting
Councilman Ed Ford, Third Vice Chair
2nd District At-Large
City of Kansas City, MO.
Board of Directors
Anthony Abbott
President
Abbott Properties
Kevin Barth
President
Commerce Bank, N.A.
Nick Benjamin
Executive Director
Kansas City Power & Light District
Rosana Privitera Biondo
President
Mark One Electric
Randy Brwedar
Senior Vice President
JE Dunn Construction Co.
Cindy Circo
Mayor Pro Tem
City of Kansas City
Joanne Collins
Vice Chair
Port Authority
Rita Cortes
President
Hoffman Cortes Contracting Co.
Councilwoman Melba Curls
3rd District At-Large
City of Kansas City, MO.
Patrick A. Dujakovich
President
Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO
R. Michael Duffy
Managing Attorney
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
E. Frank Ellis
Chairman & CEO
Swope Community Enterprises
Spencer Fields
Principal
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
David Frantze
Attorney
Stinson Morrison Hecker
Carlos Gomez
President
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Greater Kansas City
Rick Hughes
President & CEO
Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association
Mark James
Chancellor
Metropolitan Community College
Mayor Sly James
City of Kansas City, MO
Maria Jenks
Vice President of Purchasing
Great Plains Energy/KCP&L
Rodger Kaminska
Business Mngr. & International Trustee
Operating Engineers Local 101, AFL-CIO
Christine Kemper
Founder
Kemper & Company
Kevin Kramer
Executive Vice President
Bank Midwest, N.A.
Deuce Livers
President
Livers Bronze Company
Bill Lucas
Executive Vice President
Hallmark Cards
Councilwoman Jan Marcason
4th District
City of Kansas City, MO.
Korb Maxwell
Shareholder
Polsinelli Shughart
Tom McGee
Vice President
DST Realty, Inc.
Kevin McIntosh
Asst. Vice President State & Local Affairs
Kansas City Southern
Leo Morton
Chancellor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kevin Neal
Vice President of Adminstration
Smith Electric Vehicles
Bernardo Ramirez
Executive Director
Hispanic Economic Development Corporation
Tony Reinhart
Regional Director Government Relations
Ford Motor Company
Frederick H. “Fritz” Riesmeyer
Attorney
Spradley & Riesmeyer
Teri Rogers
Owner & CEO
T2 + Back Alley Films
Troy Schulte
City Manager
City of Kansas City, MO.
Councilman John Sharp
6th District
City of Kansas City, MO
Councilman Scott Wagner
1st District
City of Kansas City, MO
Ajamu Webster
President
DuBois Consultants, Inc.
Dwayne Williams
President & CEO
12th Street Heritage Development Corp.
Ron Yaffe
Ex-Officio Board Members
Mayor Kay Barnes
Park University
Mayor Richard Berkley
Tension Envelope Corporation
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II
U.S. House of Representatives
Tom Coyle
Director
City Planning & Development Department
Mayor Mark Funkhouser
Bill Dietrich
President & CEO
Downtown Council
Burdette (Pete) Fullerton
Executive Director
Platte County Economic Development Council
Jim Hampton
Executive Director
Clay County Economic Development Council
Randy Landes
Director
City Finance Department
Robbie Makinen
Assistant to the County Executive
Bob Marcusse
President & CEO
Kansas City Area Development Council
Mark McHenry
Director
Kansas City Park & Recreation Department
