2010-2011
All Board terms are for one year running Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2011
Officers
Clyde McQueen, Chairman
President & CEO
Full Employment Council
Bridgette Williams, First Vice Chair
Deputy Director
The Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City
Tom Trabon, Second Vice Chair
President
Trabon Consulting
Councilman Terry Riley, Third Vice Chair
5th District
City of Kansas City, MO.
Board of Directors
Anthony Abbott
President
Abbott Properties
Evert Asjes
Chairman – City Plan Commission
Kevin Barth
President
Commerce Bank, N.A.
Mike Chesser
Chairman & CEO
Great Plains Energy, Inc./KCP&L
Joanne Collins
Vice Chair
Port Authority
Rita Cortes
President
Hoffman Cortes Contracting Co.
Tom Coyle
Director, City Planning & Development Dept.
City of Kansas City, MO.
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
Councilman Ed Ford
2nd District At-Large
City of Kansas City, MO.
David Frantze
Attorney
Stinson Morrison Hecker
Mayor Mark Funkhouser
City of Kansas City, MO
Greg Graves
President & CEO
Burns & McDonnell
Claudia Onate Greim
Attorney
The Ashcroft Law Firm
Councilwoman Deb Hermann
1st District
City of Kansas City, MO
Rick Hughes
President & CEO
Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association
Mark James
Chancellor
Metropolitan Community College
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
Randy Landes
Director, Finance Dept.
City of Kansas City, MO.
Councilwoman Jan Marcason
4th District
City of Kansas City, MO.
Tom McGee
Vice President
DST Realty, Inc.
Mark McHenry
Director, Parks & Recreation Dept.
City of Kansas City, MO.
Leo Morton
Chancellor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Bernardo Ramirez
Executive Director
Hispanic Economic Development Corporation
Tony Reinhart
Regional Director Government Relations
Ford Motor Company
Frederick H. “Fritz” Riesmeyer
Attorney
Spradley & Riesmeyer
Tom Roberts
President
cfm Distributors
Teri Rogers
Owner & CEO
T2 + Back Alley Films
Troy Schulte
Interim City Manager
City of Kansas City, MO.
Councilman John Sharp
6th District
City of Kansas City, MO
Dwayne Williams
President & CEO
12th Street Heritage Development Corp.
Ex-Officio Board Members
Mayor Kay Barnes
Mayor Richard Berkley
Tension Envelope Corporation
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II
U.S. House of Representatives
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
Robbie Makinen
Assistant to the County Executive
Bob Marcusse
President & CEO
Kansas City Area Development Council
