Patrick J. McCown
CEO
McCownGordon Construction
www.mccowngordon.com

David Fowler
Office Managing Partner
KPMG LLP
www.kpmg.com

Mark Jorgenson
President and CEO
U.S. Bank, Kansas City
www.usbank.com

Karen L. Pletz

Stephen D. Aliber
Attorney
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
www.shb.com

Kevin G. Barth
President and COO
Commerce Bank
www.commercebank.com

Kenneth C. "KC" Borden
Executive Director
NECA/IBEW
www.kcneca.com

Steve Corbeil
President, Midwest Division
HCA Midwest Health System
www.healthmidwest.org

William H. Downey
President and CEO
Kansas City Power & Light Company
www.kcpl.com

Steve Doyal
Senior VP of Public Affairs and Communications
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
www.hallmark.com

Mark Foster
Attorney at Law
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
www.stinson.com

Kent Glasscock
President and CEO
Kansas State University, National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition & Commercialization
www.ksu.edu

Mike Goff
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Sprint
www.sprint.com

Don Greenwell
President
Builders' Association
KC Chapter, Assoc. General Contractors
www.buildersassociation.com

James W. Grice
Partner
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP
www.spencerfane.com

Robert J. Hack
Chief Operating Officer
Missouri Gas Energy
www.missourigasenergy.com

Joyce Hayhow
Publisher
Business Journal
www.bizjournals.com/kansascity

James A. Heeter
Attorney at Law
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
www.sonnenschein.com

Jim Kissick, PE
President
Kissick Construction Company
Heavy Constructors Association
www.heavyconstructors.com

Brett L. Lewis, CPA
Office Managing Partner
Grant Thornton LLP
www.gt.com

Robert J. Marcusse
President and CEO
Kansas City Area Development Council
www.thinkKC.com

Marc C. Maun
Chairman and CEO
Bank of Kansas City, N.A.
www.bankofkansascity.com

Leo Morton
Chancellor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
www.umkc.edu

Greg Nook
Executive Vice President of Marketing
JE Dunn Construction
www.jedunn.com

Robert Page
President and Chief Executive Officer
University of Kansas Hospital
www.kumc.edu

Dennis E. Pierce
CEO
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
www.cacu.com

Rosana Privitera Biondo
President   
Mark One Electric Company, Inc.
www.markone.com

Craig R. Ramsey
Executive Vice President, CFO
AMC Entertainment Inc.
www.amctheatres.com

Joe Reardon
Mayor/CEO
Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK
www.wycokck.org

Charles Renner
Partner
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
www.huschblackwell.com

James A. Sangster
President
UMB Bank, n.a.
www.umb.com

Mark Schmidtlein
Managing Partner
The Private Bank
www.theprivatebank.com

Jacqueline I. Snyder
Chancellor
Metropolitan Community College
www.mcckc.edu

Anne St. Peter
Global Prairie
www.global-prairie.com

Dennis Thompson
President, Western Region
Walton Construction Company, LLC
www.waltonbuilt.com

Mark VanLoh
Director of Aviation  
Kansas City Aviation Department
www.flykci.com

Joel Voran
Chief Executive Officer
Lathrop & Gage
www.lathropgage.com

Dan Wright
Group Vice President, Operations - Kansas City
Time Warner Cable, Kansas City
www.twcable.com

David J. Zimmer, SIOR, FRICS
President-Principal
Zimmer Real Estate Services, L.C.
www.zimmercos.com

Representing the Economic Development Corporation
Michael J. Chesser
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kansas City Power & Light
www.kcpl.com

Representing the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce - Ex Officio
Carolyn Watley
President
CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc.
www.cbiz.com

Representing the Missouri Community of Saint Joseph
Matthew Dority
North District Manager
KCP&L
www.kcpl.com

Representing the Kansas Community of Ottawa
Blake Jorgensen
Mayor
City of Ottawa
www.ottawakansas.net

Representing the Missouri Community of Riverside
Kathy L. Rose
Mayor
City of Riverside
www.riversidemo.com

Representing the Kansas Community of Bonner Springs
Clausie W. Smith
Mayor
City of Bonner Springs
www.bonnersprings.org