CURRENT LEADERSHIP
Executive Director
Regional Executive Council
(Elected – one-year terms serving Jan. 2019 through Dec. 2019)
Regional President and Board Chairman
Mark Deaton, RA, DBIA, LEED AP
Associate Vice President; Director of Operations – Architecture
HNTB
816.527.2645
Regional Vice President and President Elect
Karen Hogan, DBIA
Division Manager – Special Projects
Turner Construction
816.283.0555
Regional Treasurer
Chris Staus, AIA, NCARB, DBIA
Associate Principal
Populous Design Build
816.329.4465
Chapter President – Iowa
Jonathan Lewton
Senior Project Manager
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
515.309.8542
Chapter President – Nebraska
Ben Reicks, DBIA
Senior Project Manager
JE Dunn Construction
402.289.8004
Chapter President – Ozarks
Ryan Adler, Associate DBIA
Senior Project Manager
Crossland Heavy Contractors
620.429.1410
Chapter President – St. Louis
Chris Pelton, PE
Solutions Director
Siemens Building Technologies
314.560.9829
Chapter President – Kansas
Ty McGown, PE, DBIA
Associate Chemical Engineer / Water
Burns & McDonnell
316.616.0521
Regional Board of Directors
(Elected – one-year terms serving Jan. 2019 through Dec. 2019)
Laws & Regulations Chair
Brendan Quinn
Attorney
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford, P.C.
816.460.2871
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Patrick LaHue
Business Development Specialist
BranchPattern
913.254.3462
