He has received a Non-Profit Professional of the Year Award and the Greater Kansas City Hotel Associations Hospitality Leadership Award. CIVIC: Its hard to count the civic causes Bowser has engaged with, but hes currently chairman of the board of directors for MRIGlobal, the Kansas City-based research institute. COLLEGE: Bachelors, Journalism, University of Oklahoma David Warm understands that the challenges facing Kansas City go way beyond a state line down the middle. In addition to his professional duties, he serves on the GO Topeka Board of Directors and volunteers at the Haiti Lifeline Ministries orphanage in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Cappuccino., KEN BLOCK Its among the fastest-growing law firms in the country, breaking into the AmLaw 100 list of the nations biggest firms in 2013. BEST ADVICE: Surround yourself with those that you most admire and invest the time in having business mentors both outside and within your organization; those mentors can and should change periodically. You will gain the respect and trust of others, thats leadership. VICE PRESIDENT-SUPPLY CHAIN, HONEYWELL, Rick Lavelock is VP for supply chain at Honeywell, which operates the National Nuclear Security Administrations $687 million campus on 185 acres in south Kansas City. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: I favor the Good to Great CEOs who are not transformational but foster great culture and lead from behind. 8 on Ingrams list of the Top 100 Private Companies in the Kansas City region. COLLEGE: B.S., Accounting, M.B.A., Kansas State University CHAIRMAN, LOCKTON COMPANIES. PRESIDENT/CEO, NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL, Combining a nurses informed perspective with an attorneys keen insight, Schmitt leads the largest hospital in Kansas Citys Northland with 550 physicians representing 49 medical specialties. PASSION/HOBBY: Reading and music. I am proud to be on her team. BEST ADVICE: Be positive. BEST ADVICE: Hire talented people of high integrity and give them the resources and support they need to be successful. FUND-RAISING MUSCLE: The iconic look of the Downtown librarywith its faade of classic books on a shelfstemmed from a $52 million fund-raising campaign that Kemper helped orchestrate, keeping the main library in the central business district. Through a company-wide we do the right thing attitude, he encourages employees to see clients lives through the lens of taxes and find ways to help. Find the right role in the right organization and all the other pieces of your life will fall into place. 1: Caddying in a professional golf tournament. Small wonder. He came here from Chicago in 1990, and has been at the helm of JKV since 2001, as well as a member of key industry boards. 1: To be wearing Husker red in the stands, with my husband and son, when Nebraska wins its next national championship game! LUXURY LINEAGE: Battaglia has spent most of his career in high-end vehicle sales. MAYOR/CEO, UNIFIED GOVT. RECOGNITION: Lifetime Achievement Award, Corporate Responsibility magazine. ONE FOR THE GIPPER: White House intern during the Reagan Administration. Steve Jobs, he was creative, prescient, and stood by his vision through tough times. As I have gotten older, I have to watch the sports I used to play., ROGER NEIGHBORS His background in clinical development of pharmaceuticals for Pfizer, Inc.including brands like Viagra, Erlotinib, Sutent, and Darifenacinhelped make Wayne Carter the candidate of choice when the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute was looking for a new president and CEO in 2012. PASSION/HOBBY: Landscaping. 1: A flight with the Blue Angels., TYLER NOTTBERG Today, Gary Alexander runs his own company, with revenues above $100 million, matching businesses with technology solutions, earning a 99:100 customer referral ratio and 4.8 out of 5.0 rating in customer satisfaction. But for every slam-dunk choice that went into selecting the Ingrams 250high-profile chief executives of the regions largest companiesthere are vast numbers of people who operate behind the scenes, in key roles on corporate or non-profit boards, in private-capital environs, or in other important ways. OWNER, EXECUTIVE HILLS MANAGEMENT. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Warren Buffettsmart businessman, smart philanthropist, humble and down to earth, personal frugality despite immense wealth, likes to play the ukulele. AFFILIATIONS: Executive Committee of the Heart of America Council of Boy Scouts of America, Stowers Institute Board of Directors. Know the people that support you and thank them. GROWTH FACTORS: Mitchell has cited the companys entrepreneurial culture as a key to successmore than 10 percent of the associates there have direct or individual P&L accountability, and many are paid on a pure commission basis to encourage a customer-satisfaction mind set. TOM FITZSIMMONS MANAGING PRINCIPAL, BLOCK REAL ESTATE SERVICES, In commercial real estate, Kansas City has a name that tends dominate: Block. He was appointed to his current role in 2015. C. FROGS. COLLEGE: B.S., Accounting and Business, Baker University PASSION/HOBBY: Family, pop culture, University of Arizona basketball, and the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs. Say yes to new opportunities and be confident you will get rewarded down the line. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Serving as a champion for the inclusion of psycho-social care with the technical wonders of medicine. Most of the time, and Papa Minskys Pizza., DON GREENWELL 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. A cash outflow of $280 million is included to account for his 2000 purchase of a 95% stake in the Dallas Mavericks, a National Basketball Association team. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Starting of the Bank of Blue Valley as a de novo bank [a newly chartered bank, not acquired through purchase]. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Bob Page at The University of Kansas Hospital for his consistent message that the interests of the patient/customer always come first and the leadership to get his employees to buy into that culture. PREVIOUSLY: Assistant general manager, Atlanta Braves. PASSION/HOBBY: Golf., MIKE MADDOX BOARD DUTIES: In addition to a number of other civic causes hes aligned with, Reinhart wrapped up a term as president of the Clay County Economic Development Council last year. He leads strategic planning, growth and employee development strategies that help 1,100 employee-owners achieve annual revenues exceeding $600 mil. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Ice cream., RANDY PETERSON Always look for opportunities to help your boss with things that are important to them. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY. He calls it his biggest political achievement because he did it through nothing more than determination and hard work. COLLEGE: B.A., University of Kansas; Master of Divinity, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary It was obviously a profound honor for ARC just to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mr. Ewing Kauffman. He always made people feel good about their efforts. COLLEGE: B.S., Microbiology, Kansas State University; B.S., Chemistry, Rockhurst University; M.B.A., University of St. Mary Some estimate his net worth to be $2 million US dollars. FOUNDER, GRASSMERE PARTNERS/STANDEES/ It's valued based PRESIDENT/CEO, MOSAIC LIFE CARE. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Wowobviously, KC BBQ., KEVIN CRULL I am very proud of how well we are continuing to meet that vision., JOHN DICUS Netsmart focuses on tech solutions for the mental-health sector, a huge component of care in the U.S. COLLEGE: B.S., Industrial Engineering, Kansas State University PRESIDENT, ST. FRANCIS HEALTH, Setchels career in acute care hospital operations brought him to St. Francis in 2012 as COO. And in so doing, he was extremely successful in creating the strongest brand in collegiate athletics. 1: Fatherhood. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Neal Patterson (Cerner), because he brings imagination to the table. During his tenure, JE Dunn transitioned to employee ownership, but retained the philanthropic vision that has made the company a civic pillar. Dan Duffy is the proud leader of a team that has restored and refreshed a 91-year-old business, resulting in career opportunities and positive outcomes for affiliated brokers, agents and auctioneers nationwide and on four continents. 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. Dont ever think you have all the answers, but rather ask lots of questions. SHOW-ME ROOTS: He made his name south of the state line, but Glass home town was Mountain View, Mo. 1: Spend a month in the Greek isles. 1: Preserving architectural history and significant environmental resources. BUCKET LIST NO. 1: Visit 100 countries in the world (at 58 so far). 1: Sales of more than $305 million in 2015 make Ledezmas company the regions largest minority-owned business. GROWTH FACTOR: Construction isnt generally thought of as a tech-dependent sector, but Neighbors has invested in it to bolster efficiencies in design work, estimating and business operations. That they mattered. COLLEGE: B.A., Business Marketing, Indiana University Also, the many CEOs I have had the privilege to work with, who have been instrumental in their companies success. 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. His honors include a Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award from the NAACP Olathe Branch and a Chairmans Award from the Olathe Human Relations Commission. Since then, it has grown to account for up to 5 percent of U.S. stock market sales volume, thanks to its unique algorithms that add liquidity to those markets. FAMILY AFFAIR: The company was founded by Neighbors father, Pat, and Roger Neighbors started there in 1975. 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. In recent years, the cooperatives revenues have reached as high as $18 billion, easily outdistancing the next-closest organizations. 1: Travel with Peggy to Australia, New Zealand and Africa BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: I loved being president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. BEST ADVICE: Everything rises and falls on leadership. COLLEGE: B.S., Civil Engineering, Missouri-Rolla (Missouri University of Science & Technology); honorary degree, Engineering, honorary doctoral degree, MUS&T. PASSION/HOBBY: Hunting: ducks, turkey, pheasants, quail. BUCKET LIST NO. COLLEGE: B.S., Finance, Indiana University BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Theres no one, big thing. Net worth. BEST ADVICE: Show up and follow-up. GORDON LANSFORD And he is seriously the most genuine CEO I have ever met. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Larry Page, Google, for his vision and impatience to achieve it. She has a clear focus on the mission of improving the health of the community. Mike Valentine ran his own tech solutions company, Maryville Technologies, then went to Cerner for more than a decade, rising to COO, before heading up New York-based Netsmart. He was one of the first Childrens Mercy trustees I met twenty-four years ago. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: Gordon Moore, Intel. BEST ADVICE: Expand your knowledge, never stop improving your proficiencies through educational and training opportunities. BUCKET LIST NO. He began his career with Turner Construction as a field engineer in 1984. Shes also been CFO for School Employees Credit Union and president of Catholic Family Credit Union. BEST ADVICE: Always dream big and go for it! BEST ADVICE: Be committed but flexible in career paths and opportunities. CHARLIE MILLER ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Steak!. In 2009, while CFO, he and some colleagues discovered that about 10-million Boulevard bottles were sitting in landfills. Fleet and commercial trucks are key to moving the U.S. economy, and many of them roll out of Midway Ford Truck Center. Develop relationships. PHILANTHROPIC MIGHT: Brandmeyer and his wife, Jean, made one of the largest individual donations to the University of Kansas Cancer Centers drive to become a nationally designated cancer institute, $10 million. COLLEGE: B.S., Finance, St. Louis University; M.B.A., St. Louis University School of Business; J.D., St. Louis University Law School MUSICAL DISTINCTION: Were pretty sure that Gates is the only Kansas City barbecue magnate to be featured in a video by rap star Tech N9ne. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: My biggest personal achievement is my daughter, Sabrina. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: I have to pick two: Elon Musk and Jack Ma. 1: Touring the Holy Land with my wife, Marlys.. ONE FOOD YOU WOULDNT LIVE WITHOUT: Chocolate., DERON CHERRY PREVIOUS STOP: Before joining the foundation, Wilkerson spent five years as an estate-planning associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Zane Burke says the biggest professional achievements arent necessarily defined by a few distinct moments, but by building relationships over time. HOBBY/PASSION: Im a serial passion/hobby nut, having gone through a few phases in my life: rock-climbing, semi-professional water skiing, professional photographer, and most recently a professional pilot. MOST-ADMIRED CEO: David Novak, former CEO of YUM! BEST ADVICE: Whatever the event is, good or bad, own it. PRESIDENT, MCCOWNGORDON CONSTRUCTION. 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