Civic Council Of Greater Kc

RubinBrown is one of the nation’s largest accounting and business consulting firms, with almost 600 team members working from offices in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville and St. Louis. Founded in 1952, the firm’s mission is to help clients build and protect value, while at all times honoring the responsibility to serve the public interest.

Great Plains Energy Incorporated, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is the holding company for two business units: Kansas City Power & Light, a leading regulated provider of electricity in the Midwest; and Strategic Energy, an energy management company providing load aggregation and power supply coordination. Kansas City Power & Light, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is Great Plains Energy's core business. A leading regulated provider of electricity in the Midwest, this integrated utility serves approximately 500,000 customers in 24 counties of western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Operating eight stations with 25 generating units providing power to customers and selling into the wholesale market, KCP&L has more than 4,000 megawatts of efficient generation assets. Strategic Energy, headquartered in Pittsburgh, manages electricity procurement for commercial, institutional and government customers in states that offer retail electricity choice, including California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

The American Public Works Association is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services. The association is considered to be a highly participatory organization, with a variety of opportunities for leadership and service. It also offers its members from the United States with a network of several dozen national committees in every area of public works. Governed by a 17-member board of directors, elected at both the regional and national levels, American Public Works Association is a flexible association with a diversified membership of nearly 30,000. Operating from two locations, one of American Public Works Association s offices is in Kansas City, Mo.