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Nancy Blackwell
Immediate Past Chair |
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Chinnery Evans & Nail 816-525-2050 |
Nancy is an attorney practicing in the areas of Estate Planning, Business Law, and Real Estate with the law firm of Chinnery Evans & Nail, P.C. in Lee’s Summit. She is a member of the Missouri Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce, Lee’s Summit Education Foundation Board, John Knox Village Board and Foundation Board and other organizations. Nancy is a lifetime resident of Lee’s Summit, a graduate of Lee’s Summit High School and was once selected Outstanding Young Woman in Lee’s Summit.
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Jon Ellis
Chair |
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Paradise Park 816-246-5224 |
Jon has been President and CEO of Paradise Park, Inc., since 1991. He recently oversaw a 38,000 square feet expansion of the facility to include new attractions, activities and special event areas. The Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce voted Paradise Park its 1998 Small Business of the Year. Jon is active in numerous community organizations, having served as Chairman of the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce, President of the Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation, Chairman of the Fundraising Committee of the International FarmHouse Foundation, and Co-Chair of the Powell Gardens Harvest Gardens Capital Campaign. He is also a Board Member of the Lee’s Summit Hospital Foundation and Jackson County Extension Service, and a member of the Lee’s Summit Noon Rotary Club and the Lee’s Summit Optimists Club.
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Roger Meyer
Vice Chair |
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Meyer Brothers Construction 816-246-4800 |
Roger Meyer has been associated with the construction industry since 1973, the last twenty-eight years as President of Meyer Brothers Building Company. His areas of concentration are administration, and sales & marketing of commercial, institutional, and industrial construction projects.
In 1971, he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Central Missouri State University.
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Dr. George Pagels
Secretary |
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Saint Luke's East - Lee's Summit 816-347-5000 |
George A. Pagels, M.D. joined Saint Luke's Health System in 1998 bringing more than 20 years of experience to his position. He serves as Chief Medical Officer for Saint Luke's Health System and the Chief Executive Officer for Saint Luke's East Lee's Summit. Dr. Pagels holds a bachelor of science and medical degree from the University of Illinois and a master's in business administration from the University of Minnesota. He did his internship and residency at Case Western Reserve. Dr. Pagels is also a member of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physician Executives.
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Kurt Pycior
Treasurer |
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FPC 816-554-7117 |
Kurt Pycior is President of FPC, a residential and commercial building and development company. FPC serves as developer, builder and manager of several commercial projects in Lee’s Summit including Main Street Centre, Grand Street Quarters, Ward Road Place, the Hartley Block Redevelopment and the Vogue Condominiums. FPC was the honored recipient of the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award in 2004 and Business in Motion Award in 2007, the Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street Business of the Year in 2005 and recently named one of the 25 Under 25 Small Businesses in Kansas City. Kurt is an appointed member of the Planning Commission in Lee’s Summit, serves on the Board of Directors for the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce and Summit Bank, an Advisory Board member for St. Luke’s Hospital and is an active member of Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street. In addition, Kurt serves as President of the Hope House Board of Directors and on both the Facilities and Executive committees for Hope House. Kurt graduated from William Jewel College with a degree in public relations.
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Karen Messerli
Mayor |
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City of Lee's Summit 816-969-1010 |
Karen became the first woman Mayor of Lee’s Summit on April 4, 1994. In her more than 10 years as Mayor, and five years as a City Council member, Mayor Messerli has presided over one of the state’s most high-growth, quality communities. She was a founding member of the Tri City Mayors Coalition and the Eastern Jackson County Betterment Council, President of the Missouri Municipal League, and an active supporter of the Eastern Jackson County United Way and Hope House for Battered Women. She has been named Woman of the Year for the State of Missouri Business and Professional Women’s Organization in 1998. In 2002 she was one of 60 women featured in the book, “A Power of Her Own.” In 2004 she received the 2004 Missouri Parks and Recreation Association Public Official Achievement Award. Mayor Messerli is employed as Public Affairs Manager for St. Luke’s Health System.
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Stephen Arbo
Interim City Manager |
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City of Lee's Summit 816-969-1013 |
Stephen Arbo has served as the Deputy City Manager since early 2001. Prior to Lee's Summit, he was the City Manager of Liberty, MO and several smaller suburbs in west St. Louis County, MO. Currently Stephen is serving as the Interim City Manager while the City Council is conducting their search for a new City Manager. The appointment of the new City Manager is scheduled for early 2008. Stephen has Bachelor of Arts from William Jewell College, Liberty, MO and a Masters in Public Administration from the Stene Urban Management Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
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Dr. David McGehee
Superintendent |
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Lee's Summit R-7 School District 816-986-1008 |
Dr. David McGehee began serving as R-7 School District superintendent in July 2006. He previously served as superintendent of the Raymore-Peculiar School District, as superintendent of the Sparta R-III School District, as high school principal in Sparta, as a middle-school science teacher and coach in Logan-Rogersville School District and as a science/physical-education teacher and coach in the Drexel R-IV School District. In 2000, he was named New Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School Administrators. He is currently serving as president of the Kansas City Missouri Association of School Administrators, was selected to serve on the Missouri Commissioner's Task Force on High Schools and is a member of the Kansas City Area Superintendent's Leadership Institute. Dr. McGehee has a total of 19 years in education and 11 years in public education administration. He earned his doctorate in education leadership from St. Louis University, his specialist's degree in superintendent leadership from Missouri State University, his master's degree in secondary administration from Missouri State University and his bachelor's degree in physical education and science education from Missouri Valley College.
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Jim Devine
President and CEO |
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Lee's Summit Economic Development Council |
Jim Devine joined LSEDC in 1999. With over 30 years of experience as a consultant or chief executive, Jim has worked for cities, counties, states, chambers of commerce, management consulting and real estate firms in 22 states in the U.S.A. He has managed multimillion dollar marketing and public relations campaigns in the United States and Europe; industrial parks; labor force studies; foreign trade zones; enterprise zones; downtown and redevelopment programs, and strategic plans for communities throughout the west. He served as the chairman of Washington, DC based International Economic Development Council (IEDC), representing over 4,000 economic development professionals. Jim is a Ford Foundation Scholar, holds a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University and a BA cum laude from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He is a graduate of the Japan Business Institute, Tokyo, Japan; the Economic Development Institute, Norman Oklahoma; and the Institute for Participatory Management and Planning, Monterey, California. Jim’s wife Elayne, graduated from Lee’s Summit High School, is an ordained Unity minister and clinical psychological counselor.
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