The Visit KC Board of Directors is comprised of up to 11 civic and business leaders from the greater Kansas City area. The Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, with the advice and consent of the City Council, appoints five members and six members shall be approved by the existing Board of Directors.

2024 Visit KC Board of Directors

 

LEADERSHIP

  • CHAIR – Stacey Paine, President, Crown Center Redevelopment Corp.
  • VICE CHAIR – Brian Johnson, Managing Director, Loews Kansas City Hotel
  • SECRETARY – George Guastello, President & CEO, Union Station Kansas City
  • TREASURER  Mike Cappo, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP 
  • AT-LARGE – Adam Miller, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, American Century Investments

 

MEMBERS

  • DeAngela Burns-Wallace, CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  • Mike Cappo (Treasurer), Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
  • Tyler Enders, Co-Owner, Made in KC
  • George Guastello, President & CEO, Union Station Kansas City
  • Brian Johnson (Vice Chair), Managing Director, Loews Kansas City Hotel
  • David Lopez, General Manager, Manny’s Mexican Restaurant
  • Quinton Lucas, Mayor, City of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Adam Miller (At-Large), Head of Diversity & Inclusion, American Century Investments
  • Stacey Paine (Chair), President, Crown Center Redevelopment Corp.
  • Brian Platt, City Manager, City of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Anne Scharf, Vice President, Community Impact and Civic Affairs, Kansas City Chiefs

 

EX OFFICIOS

  • Cindy Circo, Director, Contact & Business Care, Evergy
  • Melissa Cooper, Aviation Director, City of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Kimiko Gilmore, Deputy City Manager, Convention & Entertainment Facilities, City of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Amy Jordan-Wooden, President & CEO, AJW Consulting
  • Buddy Lahl, Executive Director, Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association
  • Pat Macdonald, Director, Strategic Ventures & Operations, Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality
  • Derek McCann, Managing Director, Marriott Downtown
  • Andrea O’Hara, Executive Director, Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Kansas City
  • Kevin Pistilli, President, Raphael Hotel Group
  • Jeanette Prenger, Founder & CEO, ECCO Select Corporation
  • Cici Rojas, President, Tico Productions & Tico Sports

 

2024 Board and Committee Meeting Schedule

Meeting Schedule