EDC Board Members

Kevin Barth

President, Commerce Bank N.A.

Nick Benjamin

Executive Director, KC Power & Light District

Randy Bredar

Senior Vice President, J.E. Dunn Construction Co.

Cindy Circo

5th District At Large, City of Kansas City, MO

Rita Cortes

President, Hoffman Cortes Contracting Co.

Melba Curls

3rd District At Large, City of Kansas City, MO

Bill Dietrich

President & CEO, Downtown Council

Michael Duffy

Managing Attorney, Legal Aid of Western MO

Pat Dujakovich

President, Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO

E. Frank Ellis

Chairman & CEO, Swope Community Enterprises

Spencer Fields

Principal, Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Ed Ford

2nd District At Large, City of Kansas City, MO

David Frantze

Attorney, Stinson Morrison Hecker

Carlos Gomez

President, Hispanic Chamber of Greater KC

Jim Hampton

Executive Director, Clay County EDC

Rick Hughes

President, KC Convention & Visitors Assoc.

Mark James

Chancellor, Metropolitan Community College

Maria Jenks

VP of Purchasing, Great Plains Energy/KCP&L

Rodger Kaminska

Business Mgr & International Trustee, Operating Engineers Local 101, AFL-CIO

Kevin Kramer

Exec VP, Commercial Banking, Bank Midwest

Randy Landes

Director, City Finance Dept.

Bill Lucas

Executive VP, Real Estate, Hallmark Cards

Babette Macy

Dir. Business Dev. Kissick Construction Co

Robbie Makinen

Assistant to the County Executive, Jackson County

Bob Marcusse

President & CEO, KC Area Development Council

Jan Marcason

4th District, City of Kansas City, MO

Korb Maxwell

Shareholder, Polsinelli Shughart

Mark McHenry

Director, Kansas City Parks & Recreation Dept.

Tom McGee

Vice President, DST Realty, Inc.

Kevin McIntosh

Asst.VP State & Local Affairs, KC Southern

Clyde McQueen

President & CEO, Full Employment Council

Kevin Neal

VP of Admin & HR, Smith Electric Vehicles

Rosana Privitera Biondo

President, Mark One Electric Co.

Bernardo Ramirez

Exec Director, Hispanic EDC

Tony Reinhart

Regional Director Gov. Relations, Ford Motor Co.

Ora Reynolds

President, Hunt Midwest Real Estate Dev

Fritz Riesmeyer

Attorney, Seigfreid Bingham Levy Selzer & Gee

Teri Rogers

Owner & CEO T2 + Back Alley Films

Jake Schopp

iCON Architecture

Troy Schulte

City Manager, City of Kansas City, MO

John Sharp

Councilman, 6th District, City of Kansas City, MO

Bob Simmons

Assoc. Vice Chancellor-Administration, UMKC

Alicia Stephens

Executive Director, Platte County EDC

Tom Trabon

President, Trabon Consulting

Scott Wagner

1st District At Large, City of Kansas City, MO

Ajamu Webster

President, DuBois Consultants, Inc.

Bridgette Williams, Chair

Dep Dir. Heavy Constructors Assoc. of KC

Dwayne Williams

President, 12th Street Heritage Dev. Corp.

George Wolf

Attorney, Shook Hardy & Bacon

Ron Yaffe

Sly James

City of Kansas City, MO

Kay Barnes

Former Mayor, Park University

Richard Berkley

Former Mayor, Tension Envelope Corporation

Charles Wheeler

Former Mayor

Emanuel Cleaver

Former Mayor, U.S. House of Representatives