Executive Committee
The EDC’s leadership is comprised of volunteer members who represent some of the most dynamic organizations in Clay County.
Julie Sola
Chair
Harrah's North Kansas City
Kirk Davis
Chair-Elect
Bruce Cramer
secretary
Cramer Capital Management
Dan Horn
Treasurer
Metro North Crossing
Jerry Nolte
Presiding Clay County Commissioner
Clay County
Tony Reinhart
Past Chair Advisor
Ford Motor Co.
Lori Dugger
Affiliate representative for Midwest small business finance
Twin Financial Expertise
David Slater
Assistant Treasurer/ Secretary
Clay County EDC
Board of Directors
Rick Birkner
Liberty Hospital
Michael Collins
JE Dunn
Ken Hollander
Security Bank
John Miller, Sr.
StorSaf & iWerx
Megan Thompson
Eastern Commissioner
Clay County
Dawn Wolff
Children’s Mercy Northland
Jim Bowers
White Goss Bowers March Schulte & Weisenfels
Adele Ducharme
Saint Luke’s Northland
Joseph E. James
Country Club Bank
Clyde McQueen
Full Employment Council
Nic Rosenberg
North Kansas City Hospital
Angela Castle
KAW
Dan Carr
CBC Real Estate Group – Lane 4 Property Group
Brad Filger
Continental Disc
David Mathews
Olsson Associates
Rick Morovits
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Aaron Mason
Mid-Continent Public Library
Suzanne McCanles
Oak Hill Day School
Doug Coleman
Hunt Midwest Enterprises
Pete Fullerton
Kansas City Aviation Department
Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, Ph.D.
William Jewell College
Jon Carpenter
Western Commissioner Clay County
Mark Ward
Mark One Electric
Luke Deets
McGownGordon
Brett Daffron
Commerce Bank
Dr. Larry Rideaux
President, MCC-Maple Woods
Darin Miles
KCB Bank
Jabbar Wesley
Spire
Doug Beaver
Academy Bank
AWARD WINNERS
1979 James Burke *
1979 Anita Gorman
1980 Charles Garney
1981 John Dillingham
1982 Van Williams *
1983 Robert Lemons
1984 Phil Snowden
1984 Richard Harriman *
1985 Jay Dillingham *
1985 Henry Wurst *
1986 J. Harold Hamil *
1987 Raymond Brock
1987 Jewett Fulkerson *
1988 Sarah Snow *
1988 Joe Wally *
1989 Clark Ferguson *
1990 Gordon Kingsley
1991 Gerald James *
1992 Virgil Bower *
1993 John Pritchard *
1993 Mary Pritchard *
1994 Milton Ferguson
1995 Mack Porter
1996 Stephen Brainard
1996 Patty Garney
1997 Harold Townsend, Jr. *
1998 H.D. Cleberg
1999 Nancy Dillingham *
1999 Homer Williams
2000 Charles Myers
2000 Edna Shepherd
2001 Landon Rowland *
2002 James “Pete” Hall
2003 Cecilia Robinson
2004 Morty Lebedun
2004 Karl Morris
2005 Lee Derrough
2005 Ed Quick
2006 Nettie Agnew
2006 Dr. Tom Cummings
2007 Linda Ward
2007 Sandra Mellinger (formerly Aust)
2008 Dan Kahler
2009 Reuben Siverling
2010 Terry Ward
2011 Jim Corwin
2012 Mark Tankesley
2013 Cerner (accepted by Julie Wilson)
2014 Albert W. Zimmer III
2014 Dobbe Dobberstine
2015 Mark McHenry
2016 Deb Hermann
2016 Kirk Davis
2017 Tony Reinhart
2018 Virginia B. McCoy
2018 Tim Kristl
2019 Award was not given
2020 John Miller, Sr.
2021 Tim Harris
2022 Dave Horn
2023 Ora Reynolds
Staff
Whether you’re looking for new opportunities for your business to grow in the Northland or needing to find low interest, long-term, fixed rate financing for your small business, our staff is ready to help you.
David Slater
Executive Director
Julie Lewis
Business Retention Specialist
