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President & CEO
phone: 816.374.5633

With 30 years of development experience, Bob has an extensive background working with international companies, specifically from Asia and Europe. He has spearheaded major growth initiatives for the KC region in the life sciences -- creating the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute -- as well as transportation and logistics -- founding KC SmartPort. Bob leads a team of 17 development professionals who represent 50 major cities in 18 counties that comprise the KC metro (MO/KS) of 2 million residents.

Senior Vice President, Business Development
phone: 816.374.5650

Tim leads KCADC's prospect attraction efforts for the KC area, which is one of the country's largest metro footprints for development. With 20 years in economic development, Tim brings solid skills to the development process from his private sector experience in real estate and business management. He also has a strong understanding of advanced energy, manufacturing, distribution operations and headquarters attraction.

Vice President, Business Development
phone: 816.374.5636

Jill has 18 years of experience in economic development -- specializing in regional business recruitment efforts for KCADC across multiple disciplines.  Jill has worked comprehensively in assisting customer/shared service centers, manufacturing, distribution, data centers and advanced energy projects.  Jill works with companies and consultants considering a KC metro location through extensive briefings, site visits and outreach. Jill has led many successful deals providing a breadth of expansion and relocation expertise to major corporations.

President, KC SmartPort
phone: 816.374.5680

Chris is the President of KC SmartPort, Inc., a KCADC affiliate organization. KC SmartPort is the primary advocate facilitating the growth of the transportation and logistics industry. It focuses on the attraction of freight-based companies to the KC region in partnership with KCADC. Chris has been active in economic development and logistics for over 20 years and has experience in the transportation industry, including advanced energy logistics.