KCADC Annual Meeting 

KCADC’s Annual Meeting celebration is the region’s most significant and well-attended business luncheon – drawing 2,000 of KC’s top corporate executives and civic leaders. 

Join us to celebrate the KC region’s innovation, growth and opportunity as we highlight corporate attraction successes and major community developments that positively impact the market’s ongoing economic development.

November 14, 2024
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Kay Barnes Grand Ballroom - Kansas City Convention Center
Attire is business casual

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Program

As our region continues on the world stage, the 2024 KCADC Annual Meeting will celebrate Kansas City’s momentum and highlight what’s next for the market.

Keynote Speaker | Lisa Bodell

Lisa Bodell Headshot 2024Lisa Bodell, CEO of FutureThink, is a leading expert on collaboration, simplification and innovation. Her best-selling books, Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins, teach organizations to cut through complexity and focus on meaningful work. Bodell provides practical tools that inspire change, helping leaders from top organizations including Google, Cisco and Citigroup streamline operations.


A monthly contributor to Forbes and with  features in Fast Company, WIRED, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek and CNN, Lisa’s approach empowers individuals and businesses to eliminate time-wasting practices, making simplicity their new operating system for success.

Bodell has taught innovation at both American University and Fordham University, and has a TED talk on the topic. She has served on the board of advisors of several organizations, including the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum, the United States National Security Agency, the Association of Professional Futurists, and the Novartis board of Diversity & Inclusion. 

 

Learn more about Lisa’s business philosophy:

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Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors for helping elevate this year's program:


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Featured Speakers

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Utaukwa Allen | Google

As global head of economic development for Google’s data centers, Utaukwa Allen shares her wealth of expertise in community development and sustainability strategies, developing programs at the intersection of technological innovation and global social impact. She previously served in roles at Microsoft, Ada Infrastructure and Knydryl.





Rob Bratcher 

Board of Directors Co-Chair
Rob Bratcher

President
Commerce Bank 

OraReynolds 

Board of Directors Co-Chair
Ora Reynolds

President & CEO
Hunt Midwest

DavidCampbell 

Board of Directors Incoming Co-Chair
David Campbell

President & CEO
Evergy 

Tim Cowden

KCADC
Tim Cowden

President & CEO
KC Area Development Council

  


Thank you to our 2024 KCADC Annual Meeting Sponsors

 

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