1: See above, ha-ha. I tend to most admire those that have had a business and social impact. COLLEGE: Worcester Polytechnic Institute He began his career with Turner Construction as a field engineer in 1984. Unfortunately, the strikes dont come as often as I would like.. He is a powerful brand builder who redefined an established market, with a strong track record of innovation and execution skills. COLLEGE: B.S., M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia COLLEGE B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia After retiring from DST Systems, where he had been president and CEO since 1973, McDonnell went to the Kauffman Foundation in 2012, leaving in 2014 after a tenure in which he focused on reinforcing the foundations commitment to Kansas City while continuing to deliver impact in the areas of education and entrepreneurship. 1: Sailing across the Atlantic. BEST ADVICE: Learn everything you can from every role or experience. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Tacos. Find role models you respect and admire and learn from them. Lamar treated everyone with kindness, his humility is an inspiration and he was one of the most innovative people in the history of sports. COLLEGE: B.A., Olivet Nazarene University; B.S., Clinical Psychology, and Ed.D., Ball State University 3 in 2009.). ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Nebraska corn-fed tenderloin steak.. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: World-class chocolate ice cream at Baskin-Robbins.. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Jeff Hermanson of Larimer Group in Denver. In 2008, this civic-cause whirlwind took the entrepreneurial plunge, co-founding Global Prairie and combining legacy advertising tools with digital marketing strategies, big-data crunching, and more at seven U.S. offices and two in Europe. Today the mother-daughter entrepreneurial duo offers products in catalogues, online and at Peruvian Connection retail stores. 26 nationally in the most recent Engineering News-Record rankings of U.S. general contractors. Today, Sam Graves represents his lifelong district in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and sits on the Committee on Armed Services. 1: To travel into the Himalayas. Jonathan Kemper can, and he can trace their careers, too: His great-grandfather was the patriarch for two lines of banks here. From the days of J.D. In college, he sold homes for his fathers real estate business, then he went into corporate banking, got to know a client called Santa Fe Pacific Corp., and before long found himself in the railroad business for a while. He sees client relationships as long-term investments and delights in seeing them bear fruit. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: It would be hard for me to live without a really great filet. BUCKET LIST NO. Small wonder. COLLEGE: B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia; M.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, UMKC 3. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Returning to my hometown of Kansas City (Im a Shawnee Mission South grad) to lead American Century Investments. The association provides a wide range of support services for the construction sector. FDIC-willing, a new bank will break into the list of the regions largest soon, but it wont be new to the market: A network of seven banks that shared a marketing presence has filed to become one, under the flag of Security Bank of Kansas City. PREVIOUS STOPS: Ottensmeyer has been CFO of Intranasal Therapeutics, and vice president finance and treasurer for Dade-Behring Holdings, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and BNSF Railway. JOE RATTERMAN MANAGING PRINCIPAL, BLOCK REAL ESTATE SERVICES, In commercial real estate, Kansas City has a name that tends dominate: Block. BEST ADVICE: Be patient and flexible when it comes to your careeraccept that you cant plan out every step and learn to adapt. For me its more about finding people who impact change and are kind. Among her achievements is helping to create the CBIZ national onsite clinic consulting practice; earlier in her career, she participated in the implementation of such an onsite center at Cerner. PASSION/HOBBY: My family., FRED COULSON EMPLOYMENT MUSCLE: More than 650 people work for the company, most of them in the 670,000-square-foot manufacturing center in Grandview. The Olathe-based maker of overhead doors-perhaps best known for that Overhead Door red ribbion adorning a fleet of service vehicles, makes many other construction-sector products, and it is one of the 100 largest privately-owned companies in the region, with $314 million in 2015 revenues. Pondering his careers high points, Paul Khoury stops to think: This is our 30th year in business, he muses. Hes president and CEO of the regions highest-profile business-development organization, the Kansas City Area Development Council, but Tim Cowden says he still hasnt logged his biggest professional achievement: I am still working towards it, he says. He believes in attracting the best talent, sustaining a culture that encourages and accepts change, strengthening partnerships, recognizing success and using resources to give back to the community. He signed with the Chiefs as a free-agent punter in 1981, but made the team for his defensive acumen. And, if possible, recruit that person as a sponsor but make sure that you contribute as much to the relationship as you take from it! COLLEGE: B.A., Economics, Benedictine College; J.D. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Greg Graves (Burns & McDonnell) dedicated his career to one company and experienced tremendous corporate growth. 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This year, VML was recognized by Advertising Age as one of the top 10 agencies in that sector, and Cooks charge is to forge strategic relationships with some of the worlds best-known brands, like Ford, Colgate-Palmolive, Kellogg, Pepsi and Wendys. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Buttermilk pie., MARK JORGENSON JAN KREAMER He is also a philanthropist, and has made significant donations to various charitable causes throughout his career. When in doubt, communicate. 1: Marrying my wife, Betty. BEST ADVICE: Commitment and passion trumps intelligence. COLLEGE: B.S., M.B.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City EYE FOR NUMBERS: Feess is also a certified public accountant. He is not concerned about being measured against competitors, but rather about their progress towards achieving their undefined potential. With entrepreneurial spirit and personal drive, Russ Welsh has led Polsinelli in expansion to such cities as Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. BUCKET LIST NO. BUCKET LIST NO. Proud of what he calls a world class team, he sees himself as an advocate for his team members and ultimately wants to help them achieve their ultimate career goals. BUCKET LIST NO. PERRY BRANDT BEST ADVICE: Whatever the event is, good or bad, own it. Watching their successes and helping them through the inevitable rough patches. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and member of both the CFA Institute and Kansas City CFA Society. I think thats why Im a gadget freak.. BUCKET LIST NO. PASSION/HOBBY: Weekends on the lake and golf. It was life changing! Dont take your foot off the pedal. PASSION/HOBBY: Fly fishing, scuba, and sailing. BUCKET LIST NO. No bank in this region has grown quite the way UMB has in recent years, and the man now driving that financial Ferrari comes from a banking-family background in his native Iowa. COLLEGE: B.A., Kansas State University 1 passion is my family, especially my 13 grandchildren! MOST-ADMIRED CEOs: Greg Graves (Burns & McDonnell) and Terry Bassham (Great Plains Energy). ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Kung Pao chicken., MARTY BICKNELL PASSION/HOBBY: Flying. 1: Im not sure Ill actually be able to jump out of a plane, but I think it will be a very exciting., FRED GREENBAUM BEST ADVICE: If you are the first to arrive and the last to leave, you are almost automatically in the top 50 percent. He treated everyone with respect. BEST ADVICE: Make your boss a hero. 1 hobby. 1: I have visited all 50 states. Theyve come a long way from the $56 the stand brought in on its first day, but family unity and effort is still the engine behind Cosentino Food Stores, its dedicated employees and its commitment to build relationships, one customer at a time., COLLEGE: B.A., Marketing and Communications, Missouri State University Customer-centric approach and long-term vision. I am passionate about them all. Brands, for his focus on people and recognition. If you fall behind, miss the changing preferences of your clients, or what your business rivals are doing to build their market share, you can easily lose your competitive position. Sales, purchases, leasing, financing, joint ventures, development, redevelopment, government approvals, development incentivesCharlie Millers job gives him hands-on perspective on a wide range of real estate projects. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com. PREVIOUS STOPS: Before joining Black & Veatch, she spent 11 years with the CPA firm of Peat Marwick (later KPMG). Thats the foundation for his own approach to one of the regions biggest banks, with 365 employees and $1.33 billion in assets. MICK HAVERTY He operates on a platform that lasers in on education, employment efficiency and enforcement. An Ingrams Forty Under 40 alum, Pat Whalen has been recognized as a top intellectual property lawyer, a trailblazer in cybersecurity and data privacy and among the best in the world at Internet and e-commerce law. COLLEGE: B.A., Marketing, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey PRESIDENT, BERNSTEIN-REIN. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Chicken!, DON AHNGER This former member of the Missouri House oversees GSA operations in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. CONTRARIAN VIEWS: As a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets key interest rates, George has consistently argued for higher ratesnudged up slowlyto reflect an economy that is slowly regaining strength. Since 1986, this nationally known personal injury attorney has achieved total awarded verdicts and negotiated settlements of more than $1 billion. BEST ADVICE: Never forget that success is not an individual gain. 1: I dont have a bucket list. Hard to think of anyone whos outhustled Greg Graves, either in the engineering world or as a civic booster for all things Kansas City. 1: U.S. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Jack Frost of Hardin and Stockton, Coldwell Banker and J.C. Nicholsmy mentor growing up in the industry. PREVIOUS STOPS: Maddox spent six years as a lawyer, first with the Stevens & Brand law firm in Lawrence, then as a partner at Skepnek & Maddox. KANSAS CITY MANAGING PARTNER, STINSON LEONARD STREET. CENTRAL AREA PRESIDENT, SPRINT. INVESTMENT SAVVY: Glass bought the Royals for $96 million in 2000. He has received a Non-Profit Professional of the Year Award and the Greater Kansas City Hotel Associations Hospitality Leadership Award. While the inaugural line-up in the Ingrams 250 is loaded with C-suite power players, sprinkled throughout are key executives from non-profit and public-sector settings, those whose day-to-day decisions go a long way toward influencing regional business. Dunn had a hand in that with various vice president roles, as treasurer, and, since 2000, as chairman of the board. One of the well-known family members of Jay Briscoe is his brother whose name is Mark Briscoe. For more than six decades, Ollie Gates has been building a company founded by his parents back in 1946. Still in the Air Force when he started working for Olathe Ford Lincoln in 1972, Sam Mansker today shares ownership (with Mark McEver) of a dealership that is an 11-time winner of Fords prestigious Presidents Award, and a 22-time member of Fords top 100 dealerships. BEST ADVICE: To have both patience and sense of urgencyhows that for confusing a young person! BEST ADVICE: Live your professional life as a continual quest for learning. There are 16 counties, dozens of cities, and 2.8 million people who want basic servicesnow, of coursethat wont be there without some element of regional cooperation. An interesting exercise for our readers and your associates may be to create your own list of the most powerful and influential business leaders in the greater Kansas City region. COLLEGE: Bachelors, Economics, University of California-Davis; M.B.A., University of Chicago-Booth School of Business BEST ADVICE: It simply isnt possible to plan out your entire career. Passion for people. Mike Heitmann arrived at Garney straight out of college and went to work on projects all over the country, focusing largely on piping system challenges for power, pulp and paper and food and beverage companies. He was passionate, engaged, energetic, entrepreneurial, tough-minded, but at the same time he cared greatly about the people in our organization and took the time to know them personally, says Thompson. ADAM HAMILTON BUCKET LIST NO. Those in the middle of the organization have the tricky assignment of managing up, sideways, and down. In fact, for our recent anniversary, I bought her a tractorand she loved it! Focus on all that you dont know, because big fundamentals are likely changing. Jim Schwartz has the job every hungry 10-year-old dreams of, because pizza, burgers and other goodies are the focus of his day, every day, at NPC, the descendant of Gene Bicknells National Pizza Co. monolith. In addition, Thomas is vice president of the board of directors at Turner House Childrens Clinic. PRESIDENT/CEO/CHAIRMAN, DST SYSTEMS. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Our Board of Trustees and our leadership have had a vision for many years of a full continuum of care available on one campus. He has an amazing work ethic and extraordinary vision for initiatives that lead to success. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Pizza from Pizza Hut and Wendys single hamburger and frostyof course!, DAVID SETCHEL Empower and inspire those around you to enhance their professional and personal best self. Tom Ford. In addition, the Hall Family Foundation does tremendous good throughout our broad community. After 29 years rising through the ranks to the role of president and CEO at YRCs Yellow Transportation subsidiary, Welch spent about three years at the helm of another company before returning to lead the entire $5 billion YRC Worldwide organization beyond some struggles and forward to today. 1: Hang gliding.. BEST ADVICE: Follow your passion and have a positive impact in our world. BEST ADVICE: Focus on whats best for the organization, not on whats best for yourself. He was appointed to his current role in 2015. Working in a firm specializing in litigation of complex commercial cases, Stueve has been recognized by peers as one of the top commercial trial lawyers in the country. Congratulations to each of our honorees and thank you for contributing to help build a greater Kansas City. This National Railroad Hall of Famer started as a Missouri Pacific Railroad brakeman/switchman and later became president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The best way to advance in your career is to adequately develop your successors. Of course, such attention to detail is to be expected from a nearly four-decade company veteran who worked his way from entry level through management as a fourth-generation member of the family that has led Kansas City Life for more than 70 years. Industrial. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Leading optimistically. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Irv Hockaday (formerly of Hallmark). Balance of life is important, but in todays world hard and smart work still matters. Founded as Medi-Flex Inc., Enturia received Food and BEST ADVICE: Focus on doing your best at the job you have today. In the end, you succeed if your colleagues see the success of the business coming first before their personal success. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Salmon.. Jim Polsinelli was only five years removed from the UMKC School of Law when he and two other lawyers started their own firm. 2) Founding EPR Properties, which has grown from $276 million to a company worth almost $7 billion. STUNNING GROWTH: Americos total assets have grown 8,980% since 1988. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Richard Yuengling Jr. of Yuengling Brewery is a great example of perseverance, determination, and not accepting the norm. COLLEGE: Bachelors, Business Administration, Southern Methodist University BEST ADVICE: Find something that you love to do and work hard. RAY KOWALIK RECOGNITION: In 2004, the state House of Representatives issued a proclamation recognizing Gates for his tenure on the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, including a stint as its chairman. I have seen his passion, his commitment to patients, and how he engages people. BUCKET LIST NO. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Being president & CEO of North Kansas City Hospital. PRESIDENT, BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. A year into his second term, Sly James is what you might call Kansas Citys first 4-E Mayor. OWNER/CEO, KANSAS CITY ROYALS. Under the wing of this iconic rainmaker, the firm has placed nine practice groups, handling everything from capital markets to mergers and acquisitions to venture capital. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Don Hall Sr. (formerly of Hallmark); he evaluates all of the resources and then makes a fair and just decision, and Julian Zugazagoitia (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), who works tirelessly and has high expectations for others. BEST ADVICE: Start at the bottom of the ladder, and work your way up. Peterson is a leader who believes in listening to all stakeholders and building positive relationships with everyone from staff, to physicians, to board members. 1: Complete my tour of Major League stadiums. BASEBALL BUSY: Glass is also on the board of directors of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Executive Council of Major League Baseball, and served as chairman of MLB Advanced Media. His expertise has been recognized with election to the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. The business legacy of Red Privitera continues today at Mark One Electric, where his four children operate one of the regions biggest electrical subcontractors. Ask questions, share your thoughts and ideas. 1: Experience life with grandchildren. Definitely, tacos., MATT CONDON COLLEGE: B.A., Political Science and Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara; M.P.A., University of California-Riverside He became a vice president in 2001 and won his current role in 2011. Be prepared when opportunities present themselves. NOTABLE HOLDINGS: Among the local companies funded by Five Elms are Smart Warehousing, SelectQuote, and Spring Venture Group, a sales and marketing company specializing in health and life insurance. 1: Travel to each one of the continents with my wife Monica and authentically experience the cultures that reside there. Most families in this region cant even trace their roots back seven generations. PASSION/HOBBY: Fly fishing. PASSION/HOBBY: Travel with family with an emphasis on new environments and new experiences.. Reliability and consistency are crucial to our success and longevity, and an important part of our company culture., ELS THERMOTE 0. barrels of crude oil and is equivalent to 0%. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Elon Musk. in Hotel/Restaurant Management, University of Denver Still working on the hobby part, but plenty of time to figure it out. Strive for deeper understanding of your role inside your organization beyond the job description and job function. I, as an individual, accomplish very little. This former president/CEO at Kansas City Area Transportation Authority and two-term mayor/CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, assumed his current post with a lot of experience in regional improvements. PREVIOUS STOPS: His background includes more than a decade on Wall Street (with Merrill Lynch and Butcher & Singer), and Kornitzer managed assets for Employers Reinsurance Corp., rising to vice president of investments. Last spring, the $70.5 million Capitol Federal Hall was completed, and she was able to check that off. CHAIRMAN & CEO, BURNS & MCDONNELL, Have we ever seen a more devoted, or more effective, champion of both business and civic affairs? VICE CHAIRMAN, COMMERCE BANK. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Theres no one, big thing. BEST ADVICE: I believe the best aspiring leaders are prepared to do any and all tasks in the organization regardless of its apparent importance today. Kevin Nash is an American expert wrestler and actor, signed to WWE under a legends contract. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Serving as a champion for the inclusion of psycho-social care with the technical wonders of medicine. He invests in employees in meaningful ways, including offering comprehensive health coverage and equity stock ownership for Starbucks employees. BEST ADVICE: Be relentlessly curious, dont be afraid to respectfully challenge, and bring solutions to challenges as they arise. COLLEGE: Bachelors, Journalism, University of Oklahoma Jim Lewis will be the CEO of the combined entity, which will incorporate Industrial State Bank, Valley View Bank, The Mission Bank, First Bank of Missouri, Bank of Lees Summit and Citizens State Bank of Paola. FULL SCHEDULE: Basshams board service includes corporate duties, as with the board for Commerce Bancshares, and civic causes like the Urban Neighborhood Initiative, the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, the Linda Hall Library at UMKC and win|win, an organization that promotes the advancement of women in business. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Marrying Peggy and raising a great family. Instead, he chose to accept an offer from the University of Missouri system, which included his alma mater in Rolla, and become its president. 1: My husband and I enjoy traveling. BEST ADVICE: Hire talented people of high integrity and give them the resources and support they need to be successful. Listen well, understand and embrace the problems of others. They are your biggest asset. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Jerry Grisko of CBIZ. Be honest. Maybe not truly a CEO but a tremendous leader who stood in the face of overwhelming circumstances, called upon friends for help, encouraged and empowered people to never lose faith and focus and persisted to see Britain and Europe free from tyranny. Serving clients in the insurance, medical and construction sectors, he drives top-line revenues for the firm with more lawyers in this region than any other. Trent Green played 15 seasons in the NFL, including six with the Chiefs, then retired in 2009 to take on various business interests, and stayed here to do so. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: My most gratifying and enduring achievement would be the opportunity to build and lead successful teams.. He grew up on a rural farm, became a CPA and went on to put his collected experience to work for the pork industry. More FOUNDER, MEDI-FLEX/ENTURIA. 1: Travel to other countries to explore their healthcare systems and apply these learnings to the U.S. healthcare transformation. He got his start working in the gaming industry, then transitioned into municipal work in 2005, with stops since then in Baltimore, Indianapolis and Washington before Kansas City made this New Jersey native a Midwesterner. For four decades, John Meara has been a fixture on the regional financial-services scene, one dominated today by large national and global firms with often transient leadership. COLLEGE: B.A., M.B.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Kansas We worrieda lotabout how a Cubs fan like Bob Page would get through the baseball playoffs, but it turns out he had all that under control. Feeling fortunate to have lived and worked in many places during his 30 years at KPMG, Sprong has led several multi-country engagements, identifying opportunities and building client teams based on specific needs. When you assess law-firm expertise in financial services, Stinson Leonard Street is always competing for the top spot on the list, in large part because of the work of its Corporate Finance Division, where John Granda is the chairman. Its also the teaching hospital for UMKCs schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry and pharmacy. 1: Visit 100 countries in the world (at 58 so far). ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Cheese.. She took the top spot in 2012, directing a foundation with $2.4 billion in assetsthe bloom from a $213.19 seed planted by a few civic leaders who passed the hat to start a charity in 1978. He is also board chairman of Johnson County Community College Foundation. 1: Figuring out lifes next chapter. Hes not a member of Hallmarks namesake family, but since 1976 he has been managing their generous support of charities, organizations and institutions in and around Kansas City. BUCKET LIST NO. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Ben Edwards, former CEO, A.G. Edwards. He had a tremendous knack for creating products that people didnt even know they wanted or needed. His turnaround of Ford was a great example of what a passionate and determined CEO can do in the face of extreme adversity. Hes vice chairman of Commerce Bancshares, the holding company, and chairman of Commerce Banks Kansas City Region, where he started working in 1982, and hes a highly engaged and respected civic booster. PASSION/HOBBY: Local, American and International History. FOUNDING PASTOR, CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. The Chiefs mean a lot to Kansas City and Hunt takes fan loyalty seriously. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Bryan Cook, Central Bancompany, for the successful management of the family banking company as the fourth-generation CEO. GENERAL MANAGER, BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. A true entrepreneur in the Kansas City tradition, Joe Ratterman took over shortly after Bats was founded in 2005, and helped turn it into the worlds second-largest equities trading platform. Work very hard. 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