Board of Directors Bios 2009-2010
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kitty McCoy | CHAIR
Kitty is the president and CEO of Enterprise Control Systems, Inc., providing strategy development for mid-size organizations and a TAPS (tax, accounting, payroll, and computer security) program for small businesses. She is a multifaceted senior management professional with a distinguished career supporting network infrastructure systems implementation, technical operations, finance, security, governance, and business/technology alignment. Kitty has served in several leadership capacities across Kansas City and returned to KC after 13 years in New England.
E. Crichton "Kite" Singleton| VICE CHAIR
Kite, an architect, has traveled extensively to research transit issues, written essays, published articles and given public presentations on what he has seen other cities do in using transit to maintain and renew their urban centers. He lives in Jackson County, Mo.
Ted is a Senior Transit Planner with HDR and has thirty years experience in virtually facets of public transit including a successful tenure as President and General Manager of the Indianapolis transit system. He lives in Johnson County, Kan.
BOARD DIRECTORS
Becky Ansley
Becky is an experienced real estate broker and sales associate in Kansas and Missouri. She serves on the Overland Park Committee for its 50th year celebration in 2010 and is also a graduate of Leadership Overland Park. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Central Exchange and is also involved with Mensa - the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. Becky is a mass transit enthusiast and is a top talent in her profession. Becky resides in Johnson County.
Robert Bromberg
Robert is a consultant for Olsson Associates and lives in Clay County, Mo.
Evelyn Childers
Evelyn is a retired educator with two children and one grandchild. She volunteers for the Kansas City Symphony, Union Station, and is active in political campaigns both local and national. She dabbles in gardening, antiquing and planning city spaces. Evelyn lives in Clay County, Mo.
William(Bill) Joens
Bill Jones is President of Swope Community Builders.
Ronda Law is a finance accountant with Russell Stover Candies. She holds a bachelor's degree in management with emphasis in business administration from Webster University. A women's advocate, she has helped to organize political debates, and has an interest in green solutions.
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson is retired and was a founding principal of BNIM Architects. He lives in Kansas City.
Barry Rolle
Barry is a Vice President with HDR and serves as the Transportation Program Manager for Missouri and Kansas with that company. He has over 30 years of public and private experience in all disciplines of transportation. Previous engagements for Barry include City of Lenexa, City of Columbia, and County of Santa Barbara, CA. He resides in Overland Park.
Matthew Staub
Matthew Staub is a neighborhood leader; bicycle, pedestrian and transit advocate; and feet-on-the-street urbanist who travels to cities seeking to understand the essence of community and how transit and the built environment play a role in it. In Kansas City, he has served on the boards of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, River Market Community Association, Kansas City Area Transit Authority's Customer Advisory Team, City Council's Neighborhood Advisory Council and numerous civic steering committees. Matthew is a marketing strategist at H&R Block focusing in social media. He lives and works downtown and is an avid cyclist and transit user.
Franklin served for 34 years as a math teacher, vice principal and principal in the Kansas City, Mo., School District. In retirement, Franklin has been a volunteer with AARP Missouri for the last three years, and has participated in state legislative sessions and lobbied legislators for AARP Missouri. Currently, Franklin is a member of the AARP Missouri Executive Council and takes the lead on mobility issues (transportation, walking, etc.) under the Livable Communities AARP Social Impact Agenda objective.
William(Bill) Joens
Mike Walrod is Vice President of Operations at QC Holdings, Inc.
William(Bill) Joens
Frank Weatherford is Senior Vice President and Principal at TranSystems.
