Directors

Board Members

A key strength of the council is the strong corporate and minority leadership provided by the MAMBDC board of directors. These forward-thinking individuals have exercised their influence in opening doors that have been closed to minority business.

Officers

 
Chairman  

Dennis Thompson
President, Kansas City Region
Walton Construction


   

Vice Chairman
Bret Pilney, P.E.

Associate Vice President

 

Burns & McDonnell

 

 

President

 

Lonnie C. Scott
President
MidAmerica Minority Business Development Council
 


Secretary
William H. Dunn, Jr.
Senior Vice President
J.E. Dunn Construction Company

Co-Secretary
Tricia Harrod
VP Strategic Sourcing
Aquila, Inc.

Treasurer
Dave Platt
Vice President-Sourcing & Procurement
Embarq

Chair, MBEIC
Patrice Manuel
Senior Principal
P/Strada, LLC


   

Directors

 

Pat Ayars
Vice President
Key Construction, Inc.

Brian Britton
AVP-Strategic Sourcing Manager
Black & Veatch

Pete Burney
Operations Vice President-Logistics Solutions
Hallmark Cards

L. Eric Burtin (MBE)
President/General Manager
Burtin & Associates, inc.

Lora Cheatum
Vice President, Administrative Services
Kansas City Power and Light

James M. Creegan
Vice President General Manager
OfficeMax

James M. Daley,, Ph.D.
Dean, Helzberg School of Management
Rockhurst University

Jennifer Goldston
General Manager
Fleishman Hillard

Robert (Bob) Grant
Senior Vice President Business Growth
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Ronald Harland (MBE)
President
Evolv Solutions, LLC

 


Robert C. Levy
Attorney, Senior Partner
Seigfried, Bingham, Levy & Gee

Janet Lloyd-Williams
Senior Vice President/Community Development
INTRUST Bank, N.A.

Kathy Loshbaugh

 

Vice President, Interconnection Solutions
Sprint Nextel

Godwin R. Opara (MBE)

President/CEO

Transtecs Corporation (Wichita)

 

 

Young W. Sexton (MBE)
President & CEO
WingGate Travel (MBE)

Troy A. Stremming
Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

Marilyn D. Townsend (MBE)
Chairman and CEO
Controlled Environment Products (MBE)


 

Emeritus

 

Bert Berkley
Chairman
Tension Envelope Corporation 

Donald J. Hall
Chairman
Hallmark Cards, Inc.

John P. Meyer
Director, Center for Leadership and Ethics
Rockhurst University

Robert B. Rogers
Chairman & CEO
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Ex-Officio

 

Wayne Cauthen
City Manager
City of Kansas City, Missouri

Advisors

 

Program and Planning Committee
Cathy Barker
Mamager, Purchasing
University of Missouri-Kansas City

NMSDC Board Member
Vacant