Board of Directors
Industry at the Lead
The KC SmartPort Board of Directors brings together leading voices from across Kansas City’s industrial landscape. Their cross-sector expertise shapes the strategy, vision and momentum behind the organization.
Officers
Grant Harrison (Chair)
VanTrust Real Estate
Executive Vice President
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Mike Bell
Hunt Midwest
Senior Vice President
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Cary Hutchings
BNSF Railway
General Director, Corporate Real Estate
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Mark Long
Newmark Zimmer
President and CEO
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Tim Cowden
Kansas City Area Development Council
President & CEO
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Chris Gutierrez
KC SmartPort
President
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Board of Directors
Ron Achelpohl | Director, Transportation & Environment | Mid-America Regional Council
Austin Baier | Executive Vice President | CBRE
Brandon Brensing | Senior Vice President | Ryan Companies
Joseph Caldwell | CEO | Bartlett & West
Sterling Cramer | Vice President | GBA
Amanda Davenport | Vice President, Operations & Development | Distribution by Air
Jeff Freeman | Business Recruitment Senior Regional Director | Kansas Department of Commerce
Pete Fullerton | Deputy Director – Properties & Commercial Development | Kansas City Aviation Department
Jack Goldsborough | Director | Cushman & Wakefield
Eric Goodman | Managing Director, Business Development & Transload | CPKC
Justin Hamilton | Vice President, National Manufacturing | McCownGordon Construction
Darren Hennen | Vice President | Olsson
Elli Houston | Vice President | KC SmartPort
Bryan Johnson | Executive Director | Johnson County Airport Commission
Chase Johnson | Director of Development | Port KC
Mark Johnson | Vice President | ARCO National Construction – KC
Jim Kuecker | Chief Commercial Officer | KPI Solutions
Sal Maniaci | Vice President, Business Recruitment | Missouri Partnership
Eric Mann | Business Development Manager | Emery Sapp & Sons
Eric McDonald | Senior Automation Solutions Specialist | Storage Solutions
Michael Moriarty | Director, Planning & Development | Kansas Department of Transportation
Bob Morton | Director of Business Development | OWN
Reid Schultz | President | R/S Electric
Gino Serra | Board Chair | KC Foreign Trade Zones
Greg Sulentic | Franchise Owner | Express Employment Professionals
Greg Topjon | Director of Sales | Wiese USA
Bobby Vickers | Vice President | IMA Financial Group
Justin Volkers | Area Sales Manager | UPS
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