A transformational vision of this magnitude is achieved together. Through collaboration, individual, corporate, philanthropic and societal investment, the greatest benefit can be realized – we can change lives. Together, we can reverse the vicious cycle of generational poverty, collectively taking our most vulnerable citizens by the hand and leading them to jobs that will provide them a successful wage, financial freedom and open the door to a very different future for them and their entire family.
Leadership
KCKCC President’s Downtown Advisory Council
Rita Adams
Economic Opportunity Foundation
Dr. Scott Balog
Executive Vice President, KCKCC
Whitney Bartelli
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Commissioner Tom Burroughs
Unified Government of Wyandotte County/ Kansas City, Kansas
Commissioner Melissa Bynum
District 1 Unified Government of Wyandotte County/ Kansas City, Kansas
Rev. Tony Carter
Salem Baptist Church
Irene Caudillo
Mayor's Office Unified Government of Wyandotte County/ Kansas City, Kansas
Michael Dean
Mi Rancho Tequila
La Familia Dean Lozoya Foundation
Bill Dunn, Jr.
Campione Interior Solutions, LLC
Jim Echols
Renaissance Management & Training
Lisa Ginter
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Kris Green
Chief Marketing & Institutional Image Officer KCKCC
Elnora Tellis Jefferson
Historic Northeast-Midtown Association, Inc.
Harold L. Johnson, Jr.
Senior Pastor and Chief Executive Officer
Faith Deliverance Family Worship Center
Greg Kindle
Wyandotte County Economic Development Council
Tony Martinez
Wyandotte County District Court Judge
Alise Martiny
Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Chris Meiers, Ph.D.
Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, KCKCC
Greg Mosier, Ed.D.
President, KCKCC
Edwin Birch
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
Jerry Pope
Vice President of Academic Affairs, KCKCC
J.D. Rios
Mayor’s Office, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/ Kansas City, Kansas
Angela Smart
Swope Health
Mary Hurla Spangler
Executive Director, KCKCC Foundation
Dr. Anna Stubblefield
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
Jose Sustaita
IBEW Local Union 124
Bishop Lemuel Thuston
Kansas East Jurisdiction (COGIC)
Centennial Path Campaign Steering Committee
McKenzie Breidenthal
Breidenthal Family Foundation
Mike Bukaty
Bukaty Companies
Michael Dean
Mi Rancho Tequila
La Familia Dean Lozoya Foundation
William H. Dunn, Jr.
Campione Interior Solutions
Dunn Family Foundation
Jim Echols
Renaissance Management & Training
Craig Gaffney
Country Club Bank & Trust
Carlos Gomez
Greater Kansas City
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
William Hutton
Attorney at Law
Alise Martiny
Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Rose Mulvany Henry
Rose Henry Law
Mary T. Ricketts
Turning Point Training and Development, LLC
Angela Smart
Swope Health
Matt Watkins
Reece Commercial, Inc.
KCKCC Foundation Board
Matt Watkins, Chair
Reece Commercial, Inc.
Erik Dickinson, Vice-Chair
Urban Ranger Corps
Amarilis Valdez-Dempsey, Treasurer
Bank of America
Mike Bukaty, Secretary
Bukaty Companies
Andrea Generaux
Local Initiative Support
Network of Greater Kansas City
Linda Hoskins Sutton
KCKCC Trustee
Brad Isnard
KCKCC Trustee
Danielle Jones
Association of Women’sHealth
Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Tom Mayfield
American Family Insurance
Greg Mosier
KCKCC President
Randy Powell
Heartland Print & Design
United Rotary Brush
Melanie Simpson
University of Kansas Health System
Leah Wilken
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
KCKCC Board of Trustees
Brad Isnard, Chair
Evelyn Criswell
Mark S. Gilstrap
Linda Hoskins Sutton
Brenda Scruggs Andrieu,
Ph.D.