Board of Directors

The KC Chamber has stood strong for more than 130 years because of our outstanding volunteer leadership.

Officers

*indicates Executive Committee member

Chair
Charlie
Shields*
President and CEO
Chair Elect
Jeff
Simon*
Managing Partner
Vice Chair
Kimberly
Beatty*
Chancellor and CEO
Treasurer
Bridgette
Williams*
Executive Director
Joe
Reardon*
Immediate Past Chair
Lisa
Ginter*
Chief Executive Officer

Board of Directors

*indicates Executive Committee member

Shanna
Adamic
Executive Director of Oracle Health Foundation
Mauli
Agrawal
Mayra
Aguirre
Rick L.
Armstrong
Mario
Azar
Chairman and CEO
Kevin
Barth*
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jack
Beal
Chief Administration and Integration Officer and SVP, Kansas City Division
Jason
Bennett
SVP - Head of Finance
DeAngela
Burns-Wallace
Dr. Sandra
Cassady
President and CEO
Ramin
Cherafat
Thalia
Cherry*
Founder and CEO
Ron
Coker
Senior Vice President
Dr. Jennifer
Collier
CEO and Superintendent of Schools
Rich
Cray
Senior Vice President
Jenny
Doan (genKC Chair)
Project Engineer
Iris
Edelen (Centurions Pinnacle)
Vice President of People & Culture
Warren
Erdman
Executive Advisor Strategic Projects
Wesley O.
Fields* (Legal Counsel/Corporate Secretary)
Office Managing Partner
Dave
Frantze (KCMOBLC Co-Chair)
Partner
Doug
Girod
Marc
Hahn, DO, FAOCA
President and Chief Executive Officer
David E.
Hall
Executive Vice Chairman
Dave
Harrison* (KCMOBLC Co-Chair)
Sam
Huenergardt*
Heather
Humphrey*
SVP - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Gretchen
Ivy
SVP, PE - Central States Office Leader
Mary Jane
Judy*
Shareholder, Co-Office Managing Partner
Rick
Kahle
Senior Vice President
Paul D.
Kempinski, MS, FACHE*
President and CEO
Deeanne
King
EVP, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Charlie
Koch
President
Kevin
Kramer
Market CEO
Lisa
Krigsten (Civic Council Chair)
Kansas City Managing Partner
Gordon
Lansford, III
President and CEO
Mark
Larrabee
Ronald
Lindsay
Beto
Lopez*
President and CEO
Matt
Marino
Clyde
McQueen*
President and CEO
Jenn
Miller (Centurions Apex)
Director of Business Development
Laurie
Minard
Vice President, Human Resources
Kyle
Myers
Regional President and Head of Corporate Banking
Kimber
Myers Givner
Executive Director
Caitlyn
O'Byrne Waters
President Elect, Employee Benefits-Kansas City
M. Gayle
Packer
President and CEO
Roshann
Parris*
Founder and CEO
Fahteema
Parrish*
President and CEO
Stephen
Penn
Managing Partner
Tim
Petty
Managing Market Leader in KS, OK, IL, & MI, Institutional Client Group
Stacie
Prosser
Market President and Publisher
Ora
Reynolds (KCADC Co-Chair)
President and CEO
James D.
Rine*
President and CEO
Anthony G.
Rohr, FAIA
National Managing Principal
Brooks
Sherman
President - Business Operations
Erin
Stucky
Charlie
Tetrick (Mr. K Award Winner)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Qiana
Thomason*
President and CEO
Frank
White, III
Julián
Zugazagoitia

Elected Officials

Tyrone
Garner
Mayor and CEO
City of Kansas City, KS, Unified Government of Wyandotte County
John
Josendale
Mayor
City of St. Joseph, MO
Mike
Kelly
Chairman
Johnson County Board of Commissioners
Quinton
Lucas
Mayor
City of Kansas City, MO
Brian
Platt
City Manager
City of Kansas City, MO
Julie
Sayers
Mayor
City of Lenexa, KS
Curt
Skoog
Mayor
City of Overland Park, KS
Frank
White, Jr.
Jackson County Executive
Jackson County, Missouri