Thank you to Micah with Micah Marie Photography for taking the KC-APA Board group and individual photos!
kansas city section of apa
The Kansas City Section is a regional organization of planning professionals. Its members belong to the Missouri and Kansas Chapters of APA and the National APA. Our local section benefits an eleven county area surrounding Kansas City in two states. Our members come from a wide variety of planning and land development backgrounds, including private, public and non-for-profit spheres. The Kansas City Section is led by a nine member elected board.
PRESIDENT
Drew Pearson, AICP
drew.pearson@wilsonco.com
PRESIDENT ELECT
Martin Rivarola, AICP
mrivarola@MARC.org
PAST PRESIDENT
Chris Chiodini AICP
SECRETARY
Xue Wood
TREASURER
Chris Hughey, AICP
KS CHAPTER REPRESENTITIVE
Kim Portillo
MO CHAPTER REPRESENTITIVE
Fernando Oliveira
MEMBER AT-LARGE
Taylor Vande Velde
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Ty Nagle
PROGRAMMING CHAIR
Najma Muhammad
UMKC STUDENT REPRESENTITIVE
Jason Nickles
CfAD LIASION
Brian Ortiz
SPONSORSHIP & BRAND MANAGER
Jenna Fernandez
2024 BOARD MeetingS
KC-APA’s regular meeting location is the Center for Architecture and Design on the third Monday of every month at 4:30 pm. All meetings are open to the public.