Officers and Board of Directors
ChairMAN
Eric McDonald
Vice President
Storage Solutions
14869 W. 95th St.
Lenexa, KS 66215
Phone: 913.671.8001
Fax: 913.671.8005
Email: ericm@storage-solutions.com
President
Chris J.F. Gutierrez
President
Kansas City SmartPort, Inc.
30 West Pershing Road
Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816.374.5680
Fax: 816.842.2865
Email: gutierrez@KCSmartPort.com
Executive Committee
Alfred J. Figuly
President
Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.
20 East Fifth Street, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: 816.474.2227
Fax: 816.421.5500
Email: alfiguly@GKCFTZ.com
Melody Warren
President
Transportation Logistics Systems, Inc.
2510 East 85th St.
Kansas City, MO 64132
Phone: 816.931.9479
Fax: 816.931.2698
Email: mwarren@translogsys.com
John Hein
President & CEO
WLX, LLC
124 NW Business Park Lane
Riverside, MO 64150
Phone: 816.746.2800
Fax: 816.421.550
Email: jhein@wlxtrans.com
Robert J. Marcusse
President
Kansas City Area Development Council
30 West Pershing Road
Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816.374.5633
Fax: 816.842.2865
Email: marcusse@thinkKC.com
Secretary
Holly Robben
Marketing Specialist
Kansas City SmartPort, Inc.
30 West Pershing Road
Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816.374.5640
Fax: 816.591.2764
Email: robben@KCSmartPort.com
Board of Directors
Ronald B. Achelpohl
Assistant Director of Transportation
Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816.474.4240
Fax: 816.421.7758
Email: rona@marc.org
Leslie Carlson
Vice President of Sales
OrTran / OIX Inc.
4220 S. Hocker, Suite 170
Independence, MO 64055
Phone: 816.373.8855
Fax: 816.373.8897
Email: lcarlson@oixi.com
Michael Copeland
Mayor
City of Olate, Kansas
Olathe City Hall
100 W. Santa Fe Drive
P.O. Box 768
Olathe, KS 66051
Phone: 913.393.6200
Fax: 913.393.6204
Email: mcopeland@olatheks.org
Melba Curls
Councilwoman
City of Kansas City, Missouri
City Hall, 22nd Floor
414 E. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: 816.513.6511
Fax: 816.513.1612
Email:melba.curls@kcmo.org
Mike Downing
Deputy Director
Missouri Department of Economic Development
301 W. High Street
P.O. Box 1157
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573.751.5098
Email: mike.downing@ded.mo.gov
Chris Herrick
Director of Planning & Development
Kansas Department of Transportation
700 Harrison, 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785.296.2252
Fax: 785.296.7173
Email:chrish@ksdot.org
David C. Hinchman
First Vice President
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
4717 Grand Avenue,
Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 816.968.5812
Fax: 816.968.5890
Email: david.hinchman@cbre.com
Ken Hoffman
Attorney
Dysart Taylor
4420 Madison Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816.931.2700
Fax: 816.931.7377
Email: khoffman@dysarttaylor.com
Eric M. Johnson
President
Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority
Forbes Field Bldg. 620
P.O. Box 19053
Topeka, KS 66619
Phone: 785.862.2362
Fax: 785.862.1830
E-Mail: ejohnson@mtaa-topeka.org
Skip Kalb
Director, Strategic Develioment
BNSF Railway
2650 Lou Menk Drive, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 961051
Fort Worth, TX 76131
Phone: 817.867.6133
Fax: 817.352.0376
Email: skip.kalb@bnsf.com
Steve Kelly
Director of Business Development
Kansas Department of Commerce
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785.296.5298
Fax: 785.296.3490
Email: skelly@kansascommerce.com
Whitney Kerr Jr.
Vice President
Cassidy Turley
2600 Grand, Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816.412.0245
Fax: 816.412.0345
Email: whitney.kerrjr@cassidyturley.com
Douglas S. Kinsinger
President & CEO
Greater Topeka Chamber
120 S.E. Sixth Avenue, Suite 110
Topeka, KS 66603-3515
Phone: 785.234.2644
Fax: 785.234.8656
Email: dkinsinger@topekachamber.org
Michael Lally
Manager, Business Development
Olsson Associates
7301 W 133rd St Ste 200
Overland Park KS 66213
Phone: 913.381.1170
Fax: 816.665.6218
Email: mlally@aoconsulting.com
Paul Licausi
President
LS Commercial Real Estate
8301 W. 125th Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
Phone: 913.681.5888
Fax: 913.681.7869
Email: licausi@lscr.com
Mark Long
Senior Vice President
Zimmer Real Estate Services
1220 Washington Street
Suite 200
PO Box 411299
Kansas City, MO 64141-1299
Phone: 816.474.2000
Fax: 816.421.6666
Email: mlong@zimmercos.com
Thomas P. McKenna
Assistant Director of Aviation/Marketing
City of Kansas City, Missouri
P.O. Box 20047
Kansas City, MO 64195-0047
Phone: 816. 243.3160
Fax: 816.243.3171
Email: tom_mckenna@kcmo.org
R. Lee Metcalfe
Executive Director
Johnson County Airport Commission
One New Century Parkway
New Century, KS 66031
Phone: 913.782.5338
Fax: 913.782.1775
Email: lee.metcalfe@jocogov.org
Dan Niec
District Engineer
Missouri Department of Transportation
600 N.E. Colbern Road
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
Phone: 816.622.5300
Fax: 816. 622.6323
Email: daniel.niec@modot.mo.gov
Rick Perry
Director of Administration
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
30 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816.374.5430
Fax: 816.221.7440
Email: perry@kcchamber.com
John Ratigan
Director of Finance and Operations
eShipping
173 English Landing Drive, Suite 210
Parkville, MO 64152
Phone: 816.505.4158
Email: jratigan@eshipping.biz
Jason Rawlings
President
Focus Workforces
8651 Hauser Court
Lenexa, KS 66215
Phone: 816.412.0245
Fax: 816.412.0345
Email: jason@focusworkforces.com
John Wagner
President and CEO
Wagner Industries, Inc.
1201 East 12th Avenue
North Kansas City, MO 64116
Phone: 816.421.3520
Fax: 816.421.2568
Email: johnw@wagnerindustries.com
Frank L. Weatherford
Senior Vice President
TransSystems Corporation
2400 Pershing Road, Suite 400
Kansas City, MO 64 08
Phone: 816 329 8775
Fax: 816 329 8601
Email: flweatherford@transystems.com
Roger Woody
Chairman
Trade Data Exchange
University of Kansas
1530 W. 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 913.451.7850
Email: rwoody2@ku.edu
Owen Zidar
Vice President, Marketing & Sales
Kansas City Southern
427 West 12 Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816.983.1454
Fax: 816.983.1297
Email: ozidar@kcsouthern.com
